Interim Results

dotDigital

27/02/2018 07:00

RNS Number : 9756F

dotDigital Group plc

27 February 2018

dotdigital Group plc

("dotdigital" or the "Company")

Interim Results

dotdigital Group plc (AIM: DOTD),a leading omnichannel marketing automation platform, announces its Interim Results for the six months ended 31December 2017 ("H1 2018"). The results reported here represent strong progress towards the Company's strategic pillars of geographic expansion, strong partnerships and product innovation.

Highlights

 Group revenue grew 25% to 18.8m from 15.0m in H1 2017

o Organic revenue grew 17% to 17.5m (H1 2017: 15.0m)

o Functionality revenue from additional services now annualised at 7.6m

 Group adjusted EBITDA grew 8% to 5.7m from 5.3m in H1 2017

 Cash balance at period end of 10.5m reflects cash outflow of 10.7m relating to Comapi Acquisition in November 2017

 Continued strong delivery against strategic pillars: product innovation, partnership development and geographic expansion

 Comapi acquisition provides further progress towards fully-fledged omnichannel offering

 Growing strength of platform enabling high quality data-led insights that drive better results and revenue for customers

Product innovation

 First channels now online from Comapi

 Launched additional features to support customer GDPR compliance

 Secured more than 10,000 customer domains to date, to further enhance security of the platform

 Launched a new cloud based Big Data infrastructure for storage of customer Insight data to underpin new machine learning and AI innovations

Partnership development

 Sales through strategic partners increased by 35% to 7.2m (H1 2017: 5.4m) - 63% e-commerce partners / 37% CRM partners

 dotmailer software bundled into the latest version of the Magento Ecommerce platform launched in November 2017, enhancing reach and visibility

 Shopify connector launched in July 2017 and client numbers now growing steadily

 Big Commerce, Woo Commerce, Shopware and Salesforce Commerce Cloud integrations have also gone live during the period

Geographic Expansion

 Core International sales represented 25% of total sales, up from 22% in H1 2017

 Core EMEA business continued to grow at double digit rate despite some sales cycle lengthening ahead of the introduction of GDPR in May 2018

 Revenue from the US region was up approximately 44% to $3.3m, (H1 2017: $2.3m) driven by channel partners and system integrators for Magento and Shopify

 APAC sales-team expansion and channel partners drove revenue from the region up approximately 75% to AUS$0.9m, (H1 2017: AUS$0.5m)

Milan Patel, CEO of dotdigital, commented:

"These results show dotdigital is making good progress. We are expanding and strengthening the platform which underpins our growth, while continuing to grow our presence in international markets. We're also delighted to have further cemented our partnerships with Magento, Shopify, Microsoft and our other partners, which demonstrates their trust in our ability to drive revenue for their customers through our platform.

As our offering becomes broader and more integrated, we continue to expand the quality and breadth of data on which our customers can draw when devising their campaigns. These insights are a vital component in creating personalised and relevant campaigns which increases customer engagement and ultimately ROI for marketers. We're working hard to ensure dotdigital continues to innovate in this area and we look forward to an exciting second half of the year".

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For further information, please contact:

dotdigital Group Plc
Milan Patel, CEO
Paraag Amin, CFO
Tel: 020 3770 1502
FTI Consulting
Matt Dixon
Adam Davidson
Tel: 020 3727 1000
N+1 Singer (Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker)
Shaun Dobson, Head of Corporate Finance
Liz Yong, Corporate Finance
Tel: 020 7496 3000
finnCap (Joint Broker)
Stuart Andrews, Corporate Finance
Rhys Williams, Sales
Camille Gochez, Corporate Broking
Tel: 020 7220 0500

Operational Review

Our approach

dotdigital's model is based on the fact that consumers respond most positively to personalised, timely and channel-sensitive marketing campaigns. Ultimately, we seek to empower marketers to reach their customers in ways that engage them on their own terms. By first allowing customers to integrate broad and vast ecommerce and CRM data sets into a single platform, and then using leading-edge automation technology to support campaign development and execution, dotdigital ensures marketers can point to reliable returns on their investments and ultimately drive revenue for their brands.

For dotdigital, our 'software-and-a-service' model provides a high-quality and highly visible revenue stream with repeatable characteristics that underpins our future growth plans. Our products are sticky, and the relationships we have with a range of industry-leading ecommerce providers indicates the level of trust our industry has in our solution. We pursue a strategy which places organic growth at its core, and enables a virtuous cycle of product innovation, improved partner relationships, international expansion and inorganic activity which continues to drive dotdigital forward.

The Group's organic growth strategy continues to be focussed around three core areas:

1. Geographic expansion;

2. Developing strategic partnerships; and

3. Product innovation and features.

In the six months to 31 December 2017, key performance highlights against these areas were:

Geographic Expansion

EMEA

Whilst core international sales represented 25% of total sales, up from 22% in H1 2017, our core EMEA business continued to grow at a double digit rate.

This performance demonstrates the underlying strength of our offering, despite some customers lengthening their purchasing cycles ahead of the introduction of GDPR in May 2018. As clients assessed their customer data ahead of implementation, to comply, we saw some volatility in volume-related spending while these processes were worked through. We continue to work with our customers to help them ensure GDPR compliance and would expect normal spending patterns to resume following further guidance from the EU regulator. Furthermore, the improved data-sets resulting from the implementation efforts will likely lead to better data-driven insights for customers, improving ROI for them and growing revenue for dotdigital.

Specifically, within the UK, dotdigital continued to focus on extending its market leading position through product development and innovation resulting in an increasing number of new clients signing up to the platform. We pride ourselves on our customer service and have seen high levels of customer satisfaction over the last six months following on from enhancing our Account Management service in the second half of the last financial year. In addition, we continued to invest in our dedicated sales team for the EMEA region and build our future sales pipeline.

We have a strong growing pipeline, alongside an increased number of new customer sign ups, in the Nordics and Benelux markets.

US

dotdigital continues to make excellent progress with its US expansion plans. Revenues from the region were up 44% to $3.3m (H1 2017: $2.3m), largely driven by the success of our partnerships with Magento and Shopify. We continue to strengthen our partnerships, increase our addressable market and improve our brand awareness in the industry.

The US office now employs 28 people. The investment that we have made in bringing the right people into the business has further enhanced our customer retention, average customer value and accelerated new business growth.

The restructuring programme in the US was completed at the end of the last financial year and the business has seen an acceleration in revenue growth and customer success following this.

APAC

Performance during the first six months of the year was also strong in dotdigital's newest geography as we continue to convert a healthy sales pipeline, particularly in Australia, with revenues from the region up 75% to AUS$0.9m, (H1 2017: AUS$0.5m).

As in the US, efforts made in previous periods to establish channel partnerships have seen dotdigital progress in building valuable relationships from which we are now seeing growing sales in the region.

Internally, we have invested in expanding our direct APAC sales team to meet the growing demand for our services in the region. Whilst our business in APAC is at a relatively early stage, we are confident and optimistic about the opportunities in the region and continue to focus on ways to increase sales through partnerships, e-commerce integration and growth in our sales and customer success team.

During the period we have seen our brand strengthening in the Far East, through thought leadership events and partnerships, resulting in new customer wins in Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Thailand. As we continue to strengthen our relationships with our partners, we expect the impact to be seen over the next 12-18 months.

Partnerships

Our partnerships remain a key part of our organic growth strategy, and we saw notable advancements during the first six months of the year. Sales through strategic partners increased by 35% to 7.2m (H1 2017: 5.4m) and were driven by a number of important relationships with trusted partners at the heart of the ecommerce and CRM verticals.

Perhaps most notably, our dotmailer software was bundled into the latest version of the Magento Ecommerce platform, which was launched in November 2017. In being included as part of Magento's core platform, dotmailer can be seamlessly integrated to increase ease of use for consumers. In addition, integrations with Big Commerce, Woo Commerce, Shopware and Salesforce Commerce Cloud were also launched during the period.

We also continued to see take-up of the dotmailer ecommerce connectors. We also see a strong opportunity with the Microsoft Dynamics connector, as we continue to strengthen our relationship with senior individuals and further enhance our integration, which adds to the value proposition to our customers.

Product Innovation

We have added features and enhancements to our product in the last six months to ensure that we continue to adapt to the changing market and offer a comprehensive service to our customers.

A new campaign reporting tool was launched within dotmailer following customer feedback, allowing the customer to increase their insight into both how customers behave alongside the success of their campaigns.

It is critical that we continue to invest in both our own and our customers' data security and as a result we have secured more than 10,000 customer domains (through SSL, Secure Socket Layer) to date. With GDPR on the horizon, we have launched additional features - such as The Right to be Forgotten (data deletion and modification), Evidence of Consent and Data Subject Requests - to support our customers, with the aim to make compliance as easy as possible.

Comapi Acquisition

In addition to our organic growth strategy, we also continue to add to our offering through selected acquisition. During the period we completed the acquisition of Comapi, a fast-growing business focused in the omnichannel messaging and cloud communications market, for a cash consideration of 10.7m.

The acquisition marks a significant step forward in the development of the Company's platform to provide a fully integrated omnichannel and conversational commerce platform to support marketers. It further enables dotdigital to deliver aligned conversational messaging across relevant channels for our customers, including email, mobile push, SMS, Facebook messenger, Apple business messenger, Twitter and live chat.

The move positions dotdigital as one of the most advanced platforms on the market, making the business more relevant in the strategic mobile-first Asian market.

With new channels now online, we have already seen early signs of success from our combination with Comapi. The integration of Comapi is on track and we look forward to launching a fully integrated omnichannel platform at our dotmailer summit in April.

Financial Review

Revenue

Group revenue during the period grew 25% to 18.8m from 15.0m in H1 2017. This performance was driven primarily by new direct customer wins and through our partnerships. Recurring revenue now represents c80% of group revenues, enhancing visibility on future revenues.

Organic revenue grew 17% to 17.5m (H1 2017: 15.0m), in line with management expectations, with functional revenue (includes license fees and bolt-on functionality), now annualised at 7.6m.

The geographic split of revenues continued to diversify, with core international sales representing 25% of total sales in the period, up from 22% in H1 2017. Of that, revenues were up 44% in the US to $3.3m (H1 2017: $2.3m), and up 75% in APAC to AUS$0.9m (H1 2017 AUS$0.5m).

EBITDA

Group adjusted EBITDA grew 8% to 5.7m from 5.3m in H1 2017, which was in line with management expectations. Adjusted EBITDA excludes a one-off charge of 0.2m for the acquisition of Comapi. We continued to maintain an EBITDA margin of over 30%.

Balance Sheet & Cash Position

dotdigital continues to generate strong cash flow from its core operations. After total expenditure of 13.1m, largely due to the strategic acquisition of Comapi for a cash consideration of 10.7m, interim end net cash balance stood at 10.5m.

dotdigital continues to prioritise product development and during the period spent 1.7m on development (compared to 1.3m in H1 2017). The Group continues to maintain a healthy balance sheet with gross assets of 40.2m and no debt.

Dividend Policy

A dividend of 0.55p per ordinary share (an increase of 28% on the prior period, up from 0.43p) was proposed by the Company at the time of its Final Results in October last year, demonstrating a commitment from the Board to deliver value by focusing on total shareholder return.

This dividend was approved by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on 19 December 2017 and paid on 31 January 2018.

The Group's dividend policy continues to be that a full review of dividends will be held at the time of the year end, therefore the Board is not proposing an interim dividend.

Summary & Outlook

The first half of 2017 was a transformational period for dotdigital, as the business continued to deliver against its organic growth strategy as well as making significant advancements in our offering through the acquisition of Comapi.

As clients prepare for the introduction of GDPR in May 2018, we have launched additional features to support compliance, and have successfully implemented gap analysis measures to ensure our own. As the regulation comes into force, the Board will continue to proactively monitor and assess any impact to dotdigital and assess how it can best help clients through any transition they undergo.

Based on dotdigital's strong performance during H1 2018 and the continued demand for our core product solutions we have seen at the beginning of the second half, the Board remains confident in its expectations for the full year.

Dotdigital Group Plc
Consolidated Income Statement
For the six months ended 31 December 2017
6 months
6 months
12 months
to 31 Dec 2017
to 31 Dec 2016
to 30 June 2017
Unaudited
Unaudited
Audited
notes
'000s
'000s
'000s
Continuing operations
Revenue
4
18,767
14,983
31,966
Cost of sales
(3,163)
(1,955)
(4,459)
Gross profit
4
15,604
13,028
27,507
Administrative expenses
(11,060)
(8,760)
(19,431)
Exceptional costs
(199)
-
-
Operating profit
4,345
4,268
8,076
Finance income
3
14
15
Profit before income tax
4,348
4,282
8,091
Income tax expense
5
(356)
(627)
(945)
Profit for the period attributable to the owners of the parent
3,992
3,655
7,146
Earnings per share from continuing operations
(pence per share)
Basic
7
1.35
1.24
2.42
Diluted
7
1.34
1.23
2.41
Adjusted basic
7
1.41
1.24
2.42
Adjusted diluted
7
1.41
1.23
2.41


Dotdigital Group Plc
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
For the six months ended 31 December 2017
6 months
6 months
12 months
to 31 Dec 2016
to 31 Dec 2016
to 30 June 2017
Unaudited
Unaudited
Audited
notes
'000s
'000s
'000s
Profit for the period
3,992
3,655
7,146
Other comprehensive income
Items that may be subsequently reclassified to
profit and loss:
Exchange differences on translating foreign operations
(6)
(28)
(54)
Total comprehensive income attributable to:
Owners of the parent
4
3,986
3,627
7,092


Dotdigital Group Plc
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
For the six months ended 31 December 2017
notes
6 months
6 months
12 months
to 31 Dec 2017
to 31 Dec 2016
to 30 June 2017
Unaudited
Unaudited
Audited
'000s
'000s
'000s
Assets
Non-current assets
Goodwill
12,140
609
609
Intangible assets
5,105
3,712
4,519
Property, plant and equipment
1,404
1,267
1,033
18,649
5,588
6,161
Current assets
Trade and other receivables
11,106
8,504
7,847
Cash and cash equivalents
10,497
18,928
20,428
21,603
27,432
28,275
Total assets
4
40,252
33,020
34,436
Equity attributable to the owners of the parent
Called up share capital
10
1,482
1,478
1,481
Share premium
6,321
6,138
6,290
Reverse acquisition reserve
(4,695)
(4,695)
(4,695)
Other reserves
331
231
305
Retranslation reserve
(52)
(20)
(46)
Retained earnings
29,298
24,293
25,306
Total equity
32,685
27,425
28,641


Dotdigital Group Plc
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
For the six months ended 31 December 2017
6 months
6 months
12 months
to 31 Dec 2017
to 31 Dec 2016
to 30 June 2017
Unaudited
Unaudited
Audited
'000s
'000s
'000s
Liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Financial instruments
17
-
-
Deferred tax
767
687
814
784
687
814
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables
6,532
4,230
4,440
Current tax payable
251
678
541
6,783
4,908
4,981
Total liabilities
7,567
5,595
5,795
Total equity and liabilities
40,252
33,020
34,436


Dotdigital Group Plc
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
For the six months ended 31 December 2017
Share
Share
Retained
Other
Reverse
Re-
Total
capital
premium
earnings
reserves
acquisition
translation
reserve
reserve
'000s
'000s
'000s
'000s
'000s
'000s
'000s
As at 1 July 2016
1,473
6,138
20,611
174
(4,695)
8
23,709
Profit for the period
-
-
3,655
-
-
-
3,655
Retranslation reserve
-
-
-
-
-
(28)
(28)
Issue of share capital
5
-
-
-
-
-
5
Reserve transfer
-
-
27
(27)
-
-
-
Share based payments
-
-
-
84
-
-
84
As at 31 December 2016
1,478
6,138
24,293
231
(4,695)
(20)
27,425
As at 1 January 2017
1,478
6,138
24,293
231
(4,695)
(20)
27,425
Profit for the period
-
-
3,491
-
-
-
3,491
Dividends
-
-
(2,479)
-
-
-
(2,479)
Issue of share capital
3
152
-
(3)
-
-
152
Reserve transfer
-
-
1
(1)
-
-
-
Retranslation reserve
-
-
-
-
-
(26)
(26)
Share based payments
-
-
-
78
-
-
78
As at 30 June 2017
1,481
6,290
25,306
305
(4,695)
(46)
28,641
As at 1 July 2017
1,481
6,290
25,306
305
(4,695)
(46)
28,641
Profit for the period
-
-
3,992
-
-
-
3,992
Retranslation reserve
-
-
-
-
-
(6)
(6)
Issue of share capital
1
31
-
-
-
-
32
Reserve transfer
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Share based payments
-
-
-
26
-
-
26
As at 31 December 2017
1,482
6,321
29,298
331
(4,695)
(52)
32,685
Dotdigital Group Plc
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
For the six months ended 31 December 2017


- Share capital is the amount subscribed for shares at nominal value.

- Share premium represents the excess of the amount subscribed for Share Capital over the nominal value net of the share issue expenses.

- Retained earnings represents the cumulative earnings of the Group attributable to equity shareholders.

- The reverse acquisition reserve relates to the adjustment required to account the reverse acquisition in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards.

- Other reserves relate to the charge for the share based payments in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standard 2.

- Retranslation reserve relates to the retranslation of a foreign subsidiary into the functional currency of the Group.

Dotdigital Group Plc
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
For the six months ended 31 December 2017
6 months
6 months
12 months
to 31 Dec 2017
to 31 Dec 2016
to 30 June 2017
Unaudited
Unaudited
Audited
notes
'000s
'000s
'000s
Cash flow from operating activities
9
3,192
3,113
8,813
Tax paid
(591)
(420)
(685)
Net cash generated from operating activities
2,601
2,693
8,128
Cash flow from investing activities
Purchase of subsidiary
(9,736)
-
-
Purchase of intangible fixed assets
(1,718)
(964)
(2,379)
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
(327)
(128)
(375)
Cash introduced from acquisitions
158
-
-
Sale of tangible fixed assets
-
-
48
Interest received
3
14
15
Net cash used in investing activities
(11,620)
(1,078)
(2,691)
Cash flows from financing activities
Equity dividends paid
-
-
(2,479)
Loan repayment related to acquisition
(942)
-
-
Loan repayment
(2)
-
-
Share issue
32
-
157
Net cash generated from financing activities
(912)
-
(2,322)
(Decrease)/Increase in cash and cash equivalents
(9,931)
1,615
3,115
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
20,428
17,313
17,313
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period.
10,497
18,928
20,428
The above does not include the effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
due to its immaterial nature.
Dotdigital Group Plc
Notes to interim financial statements
For the six months ended 31 December 2017
1. GENERAL INFORMATION
dotdigital Group Plc is a company incorporated in England and Wales and quoted on the AIM market.
2. BASIS OF INFORMATION
These consolidated interim financial have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as adopted by the European Union and on a historical basis, using the accounting policies which are consistent with those set out in the Group's annual report and accounts for the year ended 30 June 2017. The interim financial information for the six months to 31 December 2017, which complies with IAS 34 'Interim Financial Reporting' has been approved by the Board of Directors on 27 February 2018.
The unaudited interim financial information for the period ended 31 December 2017 does not constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of Section 435 of the Companies Act 2006. The comparative figures for the year ended 30 June 2017 are extracted from the statutory financial statements which have been filed with the Registrar of Companies and contain an unqualified audit report and did not contain statements under Section498 to 502 of the Companies Act 2006.
3. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The accounting policies applied are consistent with those of the annual financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2017, as described in those financial statements.
Taxes on income in the interim periods are accrued using the tax rate that would be applicable to expected total earnings.
4. SEGMENTAL REPORTING
On the 21 November 2017, the Group completed the acquisition of the Comapi group of companies ("Comapi") whose line of business is the provision of omni-channel messaging and cloud communication. Dotmailer's single line of business remains the provision of web-based marketing services.The chief operating decision maker considers the Group's only reportable segment to be by geographical location this being UK, US and rest of the world("RoW") operations are shown below:
6 months to 31 December 2017
UK
US
RoW
Operations
Operations
Operations
Total
'000s
'000s
'000s
'000s
Income statement
Revenue
14,403
2,516
1,848
18,767
Gross profit
11,909
2,082
1,613
15,604
Profit before income tax
2,423
828
1,097
4,348
Total comprehensive income
attributable to the owners of the parent
2,345
526
1,115
3,986
UK
Operations
'000s
US
Operations
'000s
RoW
Operations
'000s
Total
'000s
Financial position
Total assets
37,378
2,166
708
40,252
Net current assets
12,607
1,726
487
14,820


The UK operations includes Comapi as its turnover and expenses arise solely from operations within the UK, though Comapi delivers messages to over 200 countries around the world on behalf of its customers. The revenue from Comapi was 1.3m and the profit before tax was 0.1m from the date of acquisition to the end of the period.

The Group has not reported the different lines of businesses as separate operating segments as they do not meet the qualitative threshold under IFRS 8 Operating Segments.

6 months to 31 December 2016
UK
US
RoW
Operations
Operations
Operations
Total
'000s
'000s
'000s
'000s
Income statement
Revenue
11,747
1,839
1,397
14,983
Gross profit
10,273
1,554
1,201
13,028
Profit before income tax
2,852
512
918
4,282
Total comprehensive income
attributable to the owners of the parent
2,360
356
911
3,627
Financial position
Total assets
31,119
1,483
418
33,020
Net current assets
21,109
1,099
316
22,524
12 months to 30 June 2017
UK
US
RoW
Operations
Operations
Operations
Total
'000s
'000s
'000s
'000s
Income statement
Revenue
24,743
3,907
3,316
31,966
Gross profit
21,291
3,293
2,923
27,507
Profit before income tax
4,779
1,062
2,250
8,091
Total comprehensive income
attributable to the owners of the parent
3,929
921
2,242
7,092
Financial position
Total assets
32,578
1,556
302
34,436
Net current assets
21,961
1,120
213
23,294
5. INCOME TAX EXPENSE
Analysis of the tax charge from continuing operations:
6 months
6 months
12 months
to 31 Dec 2017
to 31 Dec 2016
to 30 June 2017
Unaudited
Unaudited
Audited
'000
'000
'000
Current tax on profits for the period
403
655
847
Deferred tax on origination and reversal of timing differences
(47)
(28)
98
356
627
945
6. DIVIDENDS
The proposed final dividend of 1,627,056 for the year ended 30 June 2017 of 0.55p per share was paid on
the 31 January 2018.


7. EARNINGS PER SHARE
6 months
6 months
12 months
to 31 Dec 2017
to 31 Dec 2016
to 30 June 2017
Unaudited
Unaudited
Audited
Continuing operations
Earnings per Ordinary share:
Basic (pence)
1.35
1.24
2.42
Diluted (pence)
1.34
1.23
2.41
Adjusted basic (pence)
1.41
1.24
2.42
Adjusted diluted (pence)
1.41
1.23
2.41
6 months
6 months
12 months
to 31 Dec 2017
to 31 Dec 2016
to 30 June 2017
Unaudited
Unaudited
Audited
'000s
'000s
'000s
Profit for the period from continuing
operations for the purpose of basic earnings
per share excluding discontinued operations
3,992
3,655
7,146
Adjusted profit for the period from continuing operations for the purpose of basic earnings per share excluding discontinued operations
4,191
3,655
7,146
Weighted average number of shares in issue as follows:
6 months
6 months
12 months
to 31 Dec
2017
to 31 Dec 2016
to 30 June 2017
Unaudited
Unaudited
Audited
Weighted average number
Basic
296,283,322
294,981,963
295,457,101
Diluted
297,924,652
296,251,618
296,518,859


The adjusted profit for the period, adjusted basic earnings per ordinary share and adjusted diluted earnings per ordinary share exclude exceptional costs of 0.2m relating to one-off acquisitions costs of Comapi.



8. GOODWILL

As at
As at
As at
31 Dec
2017
31 Dec
2016
30 June
2017
Unaudited
Unaudited
Audited
Group
'000s
'000s
'000s
Cost
At beginning of period
4,121
4,121
4,121
Additions
11,531
-
-
At end of period
15,652
4,121
4,121
Amortisation
At beginning of period
3,512
3,512
3,512
Impairment
-
-
-
At end of period
3,512
3,512
3,512
Net book value at end of period
12,140
609
609

On the 21 November 2017, the Group acquired all the voting rights of Comapi for a purchase consideration of 10.7m in cash in exchange for all Comapi shares. Comapi's business is the provision of omni-channel messaging and cloud communication.

The Directors believe the acquisition will:

 Extend dotdigital's marketing automation platform to provide an industry leading solution offering fully integrated omni-channel and conversational commerce support to marketers,

 Enable dotdigital to deliver aligned conversational messaging across channels including email, mobile push, SMS, Facebook messenger, Apple business messenger, Twitter and live chat

 Enable dotdigital customers to meet consumer demand for a more personalised communication experience and

 Position dotdigital as the most advanced platform on the market and make dotdigital more relevant in the strategic mobile first Asian market.

Goodwill of 11.5m was recognised on the acquisition, being the excess of the purchase consideration over the provisional fair value of net assets acquired as set out below.

Provisional Fair value of assets acquired

'000s
Assets
Non-current assets
Intangibles assets
-
Property, plant and equipment
42
42
Current assets
Trade and other receivables
1,258
Cash and cash equivalents
158
1,416
Total assets
1,458
Liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Debt
20
20
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables
3,233
3,233
Total liabilities
3,253
Total
(1,795)

Acquisition costs of 0.2m were recognised in the Consolidated Income Statement under exceptional costs.

As at 31 December 2017, the Group had not obtained all information required on the valuation of all identifiable intangible assets acquired from Comapi. This will be completed during the measurement in accordance with IFRS 3 revised.

Goodwill is allocated to the Group's two cash generating units identified, that being Dotmailer and Comapi. The goodwill addition in the period ended 31 December 2017 relates to the acquisition of Comapi and the goodwill at the beginning of the period relates to Dotmailer.

Goodwill arising on business combinations is not amortised but is reviewed for impairment on an annual basis, or more frequently if there are indications that goodwill may be impaired. Goodwill acquired in a business combination is allocated, at acquisition, to cash generating units (CGUs) that are expected to benefit from that business combination.

The carrying amount of goodwill relates to the Group's two trading activities and business segments. This has been tested for impairment during the current period by comparison with the recoverable amounts of the CGU. Recoverable amounts for CGUs are based on the higher of value in use and fair value less costs to sell. The recoverable amounts of the CGU have been determined from value in use calculations. These calculations use pre-tax cash flow projections based on financial budgets approved by management covering a five-year period. The key assumptions for the value in use calculations are those regarding discount rates, growth rates, and expected changes in margins. Management estimates discount rates using pre-tax rates that reflect the current market assessment of the time value of money and the risks specific to the CGUs. Changes in income and expenditure are based on past experience and expectations of the future changes in the market. The pre-tax discount rate used to calculate the value in use is 10% (2017: 10%). The valuations indicate sufficient headroom such that a reasonably possible change in key assumptions would not result in impairment of goodwill.

9. RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE CORPORATION TAX TO NET CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS
6 months
6 months
12 months
to 31 Dec
2017
to 31 Dec 2016
to 30 June 2017
Unaudited
Unaudited
Audited
'000s
'000s
'000s
Profit before income tax from all operations
4,348
4,282
8,091
Adjustments for:
Depreciation and amortisation
1,124
1,003
2,038
Loss on disposal of fixed assets
3
-
(58)
Share based payments
26
84
162
Unpaid share capital
-
5
-
Finance income
(3)
(14)
(15)
Currency revaluation
(4)
(28)
(54)
Increase/(Decrease) in trade and other receivables
(2,103)
(2,298)
(1,641)
Decrease/(Increase) in trade and other payables
(199)
79
290
Net cash from operations
3,192
3,113
8,813
10. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL
During the period ended 31 December 2017, 250,000 Ordinary Shares of 0.005 per share (31 December 2016: 788,696 Ordinary Shares of 0.005 per share, 30 June 2017: 1,453,696 Ordinary Shares of 0.005 per share) were issued.
The issued share capital as at 31 December 2017 was 296,488,485 Ordinary Shares of 0.005 per share
(31 December 2016: 295,573,485 Ordinary Shares of 0.005 per share, 30 June 2017: 296,238,485 Ordinary Shares of 0.005 per share as per the audited accounts).


11. RELATED PARTY NOTE
Transactions between the company and its subsidiaries, who are related parties, have been eliminated on
consolidation and are not disclosed in this note.
Key management remuneration:
Key management include Directors and non-executive Directors
The remuneration paid for key management for employee services are as follows:
6 months
6 months
12 months
to 31 Dec 2017
to 31 Dec 2016
to 30 June 2017
Unaudited
Unaudited
Audited
'000s
'000s
'000s
Remuneration and other short term benefits
346
301
558
Pension cost
17
24
50
363
325
608

6 months
6 months
12 months
to 31 Dec 2016
to 31 Dec 2016
to 30 June 2017
Unaudited
Unaudited
Audited
'000s
'000s
'000s
The following transactions were carried out with related parties
Sale of services
Entities controlled by non - executive director of the Group:
Cloudcall - Email marketing services
9
10
-
Cadence Performance Ltd - Email marketing services
1
1
2
10
11
2
Year end balances arising from the sale of services
Entities controlled by non-executive directors of the Group:
Cloudcall - Email marketing services
-
1
-
-
1
-
12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS TO 31 DECEMBER 2017
As at the date of these statements and the date they were approved by the Board of Directors there were no such events to report.
Copies of this interim statement are available from the Company at its registered office at, No 1 London Bridge London, SE1 9BG. The interim financial information document will also be available on the Company's website www.dotdigitalgroup.com.


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