31st Jul 2014 11:51
For immediate release | 31 July 2014 |
VIPERA PLC
("VIPERA" or "THE COMPANY")
Interim results for period ended 30 June 2014
Vipera, the specialist provider of mobile financial services, today announces its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2014. A copy of these can be found on the Company's website www.vipera.com
For further information please contact:
Vipera PLC
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Marco Casartelli, CEO | Tel: +39 02 7214 2424 |
Martin Perrin, CFO | Tel: +44 7785 505 337 |
Beaumont Cornish Limited (NOMAD) |
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7628 3396 |
Roland Cornish | |
Felicity Geidt | |
Chairman's Statement
Group revenues in the first six months of 2014 have increased significantly, to €2.9M. Vipera has continued to reach out to rather larger financial institutions than before. We are selling into a rapidly growing market for mobile card management and payment solutions, addressing the ultimate goal of providing financial institutions with the ability to add value to their merchant relations as well as an option to provide additional cardholder benefits. This is reflected in the continued development of our product offering over the last six months.
Thanks to the acquisition in December 2013 of Codd & Date Srl, our team has grown to more than 80 employees and contractors as we scale up our capacity to deliver our customer projects. As well as a number of technologists, this includes consultants and senior sales people who help promote the Motif platform. In the last six months we have deeply extended the integration with them and I am pleased to report that they are performing to expectations.
Particularly after the acquisition of Codd and Date, a significant part of our group revenue is from consulting; providing advice at a senior level into the banking industry on technology and in particular new digital trends. Synergies with the consulting activities arise in a deeper body of technical and customer knowledge and support to sale of our Motif customer engagement and merchant loyalty solutions for banks. Consulting also gives us a source of more even stable income.
In February, we raised a further €1.3M of capital which, together with sums raised in December 2013 bring the additional capital available to some €2M. A key allocation of this has been deployment into recruiting additional resource. We intend to continue to invest in sales and strategic development resources.
On 1 January 2014, the presentation currency of the Group's results changed from Sterling to Euros and all historic comparatives have been translated into euros at the rate prevailing at 1 January 2014.
In looking to the rest of the year, the financial result will be significantly dependent on the timing of transactions and in particular the speed of customer decision-making. Nevertheless the response of some major banks to the more sophisticated functionalities and offering built on our Motif platform is generally positive; this response and the market reception being given to some of our newly developed ideas is encouraging and in due course we hope to make public announcements in relation to these, some of which have been under implementation for some time.
Luciano Martucci
Chairman
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
For the six months ended 30 June 2014
Note | 6 months to 30 June 2014 | 6 months to 30 June 2013 | Year to 31 December 2013 | |
(Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Audited) | ||
€ | € | € | ||
Revenues | 2 | 2,903,920 | 881,577 | 1,715,067 |
Operating expenses | (3,219,168) | (893,361) | (1,788,188) | |
Operating loss | (315,248) | (11,784) | (73,121) | |
Finance income | 333 | 19 | 79 | |
Finance costs | (6,062) | (25,245) | (52,512) | |
Loss before taxation | (320,977) | (37,010) | (125,554) | |
Taxation | 1,378 | (32,714) | (19,932) | |
Loss for the period | (319,599) | (69,724) | (145,486) | |
Other comprehensive income | ||||
Items that may be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss: | ||||
Currency translation difference | 151,658 | 9,234 | (1,091) | |
Total comprehensive income for the period | (167,941) | (60,490) | (146,577) | |
Attributable to: | ||||
Owners of the parent | (274,210) | (60,490) | (146,577) | |
Non-controlling interest | 106,269 | - | - | |
Total comprehensive income for the period | (167,941) | (60,490) | (146,577) | |
Loss per ordinary share attributable to owners of the parent during the period (expressed in €cents per share) | ||||
Basic and diluted | 3 | (0.22) | (0.05) | (0.11) |
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
As at 30 June 2013
Company number 05383355
Note | 30 June 2014 | 30 June 2013 | 31 December 2013 | |
(Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Audited) | ||
€ | € | € | ||
Non-current Assets | ||||
Goodwill | 2,444,145 | 422,672 | 2,444,145 | |
Intangible assets | 4 | 2,559,240 | 2,467,849 | 2,496,135 |
Deferred taxation | 627,623 | 490,729 | 537,392 | |
Property, plant and equipment | 38,754 | 11,319 | 25,841 | |
Total non-current assets | 5,669,762 | 3,392,569 | 5,503,513 | |
Current Assets | ||||
Trade and other receivables | 2,679,645 | 515,453 | 2,554,242 | |
Cash and cash equivalents | 1,310,745 | 212,607 | 1,051,368 | |
Total current assets | 3,990,390 | 728,060 | 3,605,610 | |
Current liabilities | ||||
Trade and other payables | (1,911,671) | (715,517) | (2,294,310) | |
Borrowings | (157,819) | - | (231,646) | |
Deferred revenue | (183,044) | (51,576) | (361,618) | |
Current taxation | (199,638) | (14,079) | (164,334) | |
Total current liabilities | (2,452,172) | (781,172) | (3,051,908) | |
Net current assets/(liabilities) | 1,538,218 | (53,112) | 553,702 | |
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Non-current liabilities | ||||
Deferred taxation | (255,986) | (206,460) | (232,176) | |
Trade and other payables | - | (906,541) | - | |
Total non-current liabilities | (255,986) | (1,113,001) | (232,176) | |
Net Assets | 6,951,994 | 2,226,456 | 5,825,039 | |
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EQUITY | ||||
Share capital | 5 | 6,215,381 | 5,407,487 | 5,909,793 |
Share premium | 6,521,613 | 2,548,761 | 5,000,215 | |
Reverse acquisition reserve | (4,016,334) | (4,016,334) | (4,016,334) | |
Shares to be issued | - | - | 546,472 | |
Foreign currency translation reserve | 70,492 | (70,841) | (81,166) | |
Retained loss | (2,103,396) | (1,642,617) | (1,691,910) | |
Equity attributable to owners of the parent | 6,687,756 | 2,226,456 | 5,667,070 | |
Non-controlling interest | 264,238 | - | 157,969 | |
Total equity | 6,951,994 | 2,226,456 | 5,825,039 | |
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
For the six months ended 30 June 2014
Attributable to equity shareholders of the parent
Group | Share capital | Share premium | Reverse acquisition reserve |
Shares to be issued | Foreign currency translation reserve | Retained loss | Total |
Non-controlling interest | Total |
€ | € | € | € | € | € | € | € | € | |
As at 1 January 2014 | 5,909,793 | 5,000,215 | (4,016,334) | 546,472 | (81,166) | (1,691,910) | 5,667,070 | 157,969 | 5,825,039 |
Loss for the period | - | - | - | - | - | (425,868) | (425,868) | 106,269 | (319,599) |
Other comprehensive income for the period - items that may be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss | |||||||||
Currency translation difference | - | - | - | - | 151,658 | - | 151,658 | - | 151,658 |
Total comprehensive income for the period | - | - | - | - | 151,658 | (425,868) | (274,210) | 106,269 | (167,941) |
Share based payment transactions | - | - | - | - | - | 14,382 | 14,382 | - | 14,382 |
Shares issued | 305,588 | 1,521,398 | - | (546,472) | - | - | 1,280,514 | - | 1,280,514 |
Total transactions with owners, recognized directly in equity | 305,588 | 1,521,398 | - | (546,472) | - | 14,382 | 1,294,896 | - | 1,294,896 |
As at 30 June 2014 | 6,215,381 | 6,521,613 | (4,016,334) | - | 70,492 | (2,103,396) | 6,687,756 | 264,238 | 6,951,994 |
Group | Share capital | Share premium | Reverse acquisition reserve |
Shares to be issued | Foreign currency translation reserve | Retained loss | Total |
Non-controlling interest | Total |
€ | € | € | € | € | € | € | € | € | |
As at 1 January 2013 | 5,407,487 | 2,548,761 | (4,016,334) | - | (80,075) | (1,586,567) | 2,273,272 | - | 2,273,272 |
Loss for the period | - | - | - | - | - | (69,723) | (69,723) | - | (69,723) |
Other comprehensive income for the period - items that may be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss | |||||||||
Currency translation difference | - | - | - | - | 9,234 | - | 9,234 | - | 9,234 |
Total comprehensive income for the period | - | - | - | - | 9,234 | (69,723) | (60,489) | - | (60,489) |
Share based payment transactions | - | - | - | - | - | 13,673 | 13,673 | - | 13,673 |
Shares issued | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Total contributions by and distributions to owners of the Company | - | - | - | - | - | 13,673 | 13,673 | - | 13,673 |
As at 30 June 2013 | 5,407,487 | 2,548,761 | (4,016,334) | - | (70,841) | (1,642,617) | 2,226,456 | - | 2,226,456 |
As at 1 January 2013 | 5,407,487 | 2,548,761 | (4,016,334) | - | (80,075) | (1,586,567) | 2,273,272 | - | 2,273,272 |
Loss for the financial year | - | - | - | - | - | (145,490) | (145,490) | - | (145,490) |
Other comprehensive income for the period - items that may be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss | |||||||||
Currency translation difference | - | - | - | - | (1,091) | - | (1,091) | - | (1,091) |
Total comprehensive income for the year | - | - | - | - | (1,091) | (145,490) | (146,581) | - | (146,581) |
Share based payment transactions | - | - | - | - | - | 40,147 | 40,147 | - | 40,147 |
Non-controlling interest arising on business combination | 230,094 | 1,409,323 | - | 546,472 | - | - | 2,185,889 | 157,969 | 2,343,858 |
Shares issued | 272,212 | 1,042,131 | - | - | - | - | 1,314,343 | - | 1,314,343 |
Total contributions by and distributions to owners of the Company | 502,306 | 2,451,454 | - | 546,472 | - | 40,147 | 3,540,379 | 157,969 | 3,698,348 |
As at 1 January 2014 | 5,909,793 | 5,000,215 | (4,016,334) | 546,472 | (81,166) | (1,691,910) | 5,667,070 | 157,969 | 5,825,039 |
Group Cash Flow Statements
For the six months ended 30 June 2014
6 months to 30 June 2014 | 6 months to 30 June 2013 | Year to 31 December 2013 | ||
(Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Audited) | ||
€ | € | € | ||
Loss for the period before tax | (320,977) | (37,010) | (125,556) | |
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment | 7,643 | 2,655 | 6,309 | |
Impairment of intangible assets | 89,855 | - | - | |
Expenses settled by the issue of shares | 14,382 | 13,673 | 40,147 | |
Finance costs (net) | 5,729 | 25,225 | 52,432 | |
Foreign exchange on operating activities | 151,658 | (9,231) | 1,264 | |
(Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables | 205,586 | 208,795 | 62,591 | |
Increase/(decrease) in payables | (966,023) | (431,754) | 298,678 | |
Cash used in operations | (812,147) | (227,647) | 335,865 | |
Interest expense | (6,062) | (25,245) | (52,512) | |
Tax paid | (29,740) | (13,936) | (10,787) | |
Net cash used in operating activities | (847,949) | (266,828) | 272,566 | |
Cash flows generated from/(used in) investing activities | ||||
Purchases of intangible assets | (130,059) | (171,767) | (266,389) | |
Purchases of property, plant and equipment | (20,494) | (3,577) | (9,064) | |
Cash acquired with subsidiary undertaking | - | - | 178,005 | |
Interest received | 332 | 21 | 79 | |
Net cash used in investing activities | (150,221) | (175,323) | (97,369) | |
Financing activities | ||||
Net proceeds from borrowings | - | 576,494 | 130,970 | |
Net proceeds from issue of shares | 1,280,514 | - | 636,654 | |
Net cash generated from financing activities | 1,280,514 | 576,494 | 767,624 | |
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 282,344 | 134,343 | 942,821 | |
Exchange gains/(losses) | (22,967) | (52,554) | (22,271) | |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 1,051,368 | 130,818 | 130,818 | |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | 1,310,745 | 212,607 | 1,051,368 | |
1 Basis of preparation
The financial information contained in this half year financial report does not constitute statutory accounts as defined in section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. The financial information for the half years ended 30 June 2014 and 30 June 2013 has been neither audited nor reviewed by the auditors.
The figures and financial information for the period ended 31 December 2013 are derived and extracted from the latest published audited financial statements of the Group and do not constitute the statutory financial statements for that period.
The audited financial statements for the period ended 31 December 2012 have been filed with the Registrar of Companies. The report of the independent auditors on those financial statements contained no qualification or statement under section 498(2) or section 498(3) of the Companies Act 2006.
The financial information has been prepared in accordance with the recognition and measurement criteria of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European Union and IFRIC interpretations. The financial information has been prepared under the historical cost convention. The statutory financial statements are prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union.
As from 1 January 2014, the Group's presentation currency has changed from Sterling to Euros. Prior period comparative financial data has been translated into Euros at the exchange rate prevailing at 31 December 2013.
The Group has applied consistent accounting policies in preparing the interim financial statements for the six months ended 30 June 2014, the comparative information for the six months ended 30 June 2013, and the financial statements for the period ended 31 December 2013.
As permitted, the Company has chosen not to adopt IAS 34 "Interim Financial Statements" in preparing this interim financial information.
The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing these half-yearly financial statements.
2 Total revenue
Total revenue comprises:
6 months to 30 June 2014 | 6 months to 30 June 2013 | Year to 31 December 2013 | |
(Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Audited) | |
Revenue from external customers: | € | € | € |
Licence and deployment fees | 1,208,778 | 820,540 | 1,533,973 |
Consultancy | 1,575,387 | - | - |
Support and maintenance charges | 119,583 | 60,754 | 180,811 |
Other fees | 172 | 283 | 283 |
2,903,920 | 881,577 | 1,715,067 |
3 Loss per share
Basic loss per share has been calculated by dividing the loss on ordinary activities after taxation by the weighted average number of shares in issue during the year. None of the share based payments were potentially dilutive at the year end and so there is no difference between the basic and diluted loss per share.
6 months to 30 June 2014 | 6 months to 30 June 2013 | Year to 31 December 2013 | |
(Unaudited) | (Unaudited) | (Audited) | |
Loss on ordinary activities after taxation | € | € 69,724 | € 145,486 |
Number of shares | 190,849,656 | 130,003,631 | 130,197,940 |
Loss per share (Euro cents) | (0.22) | (0.05) | (0.11) |
4 Share capital
Called up share capital
On 14 February 2014 the Company raised additional capital, issuing 17,648,363 new ordinary shares to raise £1,058,900 before expenses at a price of 6p per share.
On 26 February 2014 the Company raised additional capital, issuing 1,229,999 new ordinary shares to raise £73,800 before expenses at a price of 6p per share.
On 30 May 2014 the Company allotted 6,375,000 new Ordinary shares being deferred consideration for the acquisition of the Company's controlling stake in Codd & Date srl (formerly called AC&D Srl).
At 30 June 2014, there were 197,007,837 Ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company in issue.
Warrants and options
On 14 February 2014, the Company issued options to purchase a total of 4,000,000 New Ordinary Shares pursuant to a Share Option Plan, for the benefit of employees of the Group. These options are exercisable at a price of 6p per Ordinary Share, and are exercisable in 3 tranches as to 1/3rd from 31 December 2014, 1/3rd from 31 December 2015 and 1/3rd from 31 December 2015, in each case up and until 31 December 2017 subject to normal conditions as to the option holder being an eligible employee.
On each of 14 April 2014 and 19 May 2014, the Company issued options to purchase 300,000 New Ordinary Shares pursuant to a Share Option Plan, for the benefit of employees of the Group. These options are exercisable at a price of 6.875p per Ordinary Share, and are exercisable in 3 tranches as to 1/3rd from 31 December 2014, 1/3rd from 31 December 2015 and 1/3rd from 31 December 2015, in each case up and until 31 December 2017 subject to normal conditions as to the option holder being an eligible employee.
As at 30 June 2013, there were 8,169,932 warrants in issue and options to subscribe for 8,620,000 outstanding.
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