TIDMFXI

RNS Number : 6393H

Fusionex International PLC

21 May 2014

 
 For immediate release   21 May 2014 
 

Fusionex International plc

("Fusionex" or "the Company" or "the Group")

Interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2014

Fusionex, an award-winning and market leading international provider of enterprise software solutions, specialising in Business Intelligence and Big Data Analytics, is pleased to announce its interim results for the six months ended 31 March 2014.

Financial Highlights:

 
 Item (MYR million)             6 months ended   6 months ended   Change (%) 
  (unless stated otherwise)      31 March 2014    31 March 2013 
-----------------------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
 Revenue                             25.0             18.5           +35% 
-----------------------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
 Gross Profit                        19.0             13.5           +41% 
-----------------------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
 EBITDA*                             10.1             7.4            +36% 
-----------------------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
 Earnings per share**              17.5 sen         14.6 sen         +20% 
-----------------------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
 Dividend                         2.05 pence       2.00 pence       +2.5% 
-----------------------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
 Cash and bank balances 
  (including fixed deposits)         49.5             49.6          -0.2% 
-----------------------------  ---------------  ---------------  ----------- 
 

* EBITDA (MYR million) is derived from

PBT (2014: 8.18; 2013: 6.54) + amortisation of intangible assets (2014: 1.08; 2013: 0.48) + depreciation of property, plant and equipment (2014:0.44; 2013: 0.22) +interest expenses (2014: 0.35; 2013 0.14)

** weighted average number of ordinary shares during the period was 43,000,000 (6 months to March 2013: 39,571,000)

Operating Highlights:

   --          Continued deployment of Fusionex GIANT ("GIANT") following its launch in December 2013 

o Successfully converted three pilot clients for GIANT to 'live' production clients

o Continue to drive product development and accelerate R&D roadmap to further enrich GIANT's functionality

   --          Progress made in establishing partner channel network with leading Big Data providers 

o Partner channel network now includes Cloudera, Hortonworks and Revolution Analytics

o Also newly recruited Avnet, one of the world's largest IT distributors and listed on the NYSE into Fusionex's partner channel network

   --          Strong new customer traction during the first six months of current financial year 

o New customer wins include a multi-million dollar deal with a client with global operations in the travel, leisure and hospitality sectors, a global hypermarket chain, and a number of contracts from clients within the aviation, retail, oil & gas, travel and hospitality sectors

o New business order book remains strong

-- An additional three GIANT contracts have been secured

-- 40 per cent of the revenue growth for the period coming from GIANT

-- Won the 2013 highly coveted Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Award for Best Application & Platform

-- Appointment of four experienced sales executives originating from IBM, Microsoft, Huawei and Citibank respectively

   --          Trading remains strong and in line with market expectations 

Ivan Teh, Chief Executive of Fusionex commented:

"We are delighted to announce another set of strong results, underpinned by accelerating growth from new business wins for our new flagship product GIANT. We continue to invest in the best people and our product development strategy, to stay ahead of the curve and to be the leading big data analytics provider.

Our sales pipeline is increasing and we expect further momentum as the Group continues to expand its partner channel network with some of the leading companies. We are grateful for the support received from our investors and remain confident in both our products and the future trading prospects of the Group."

For further details:

Fusionex

 
 Ivan Teh, Chief Executive Officer            Through Buchanan 
  Yuen Choong Lai, Chief Financial Officer 
 Panmure Gordon 
  Fred Walsh, Alina Vaskina, Ben Roberts 
  (Investment Banking) 
  Tom Nicholson, Charles Leigh-Pemberton 
  (Corporate Broking)                            020 7886 2500 
 
 Buchanan 
  Jeremy Garcia, Gabriella Clinkard 
  www.buchanan.uk.com                            020 7466 5000 
 

Operational and Financial Review

Fusionex is pleased to report another strong six months of trading for the Group. Fusionex has continued to develop its products and market reach, highlighted by the launch of GIANT, its Big Data Analytics software, in December 2013. This coupled with the continuation of the Group's strong financial performance and the on-going development of its software solutions leaves the Group well placed to continue this success during the remainder of the current financial year.

Revenue during the period grew by 35% to MYR 25.0 million (2013: MYR 18.5 million), whilst EBITDA grew to MYR 10.1 million (2013: MYR 7.4 million).

As announced on 28 January, Fusionex declared a dividend of approximately MYR 4.79 million equating to MYR 0.11 per share to shareholders on the register as at 6 February 2014. The payment was made on 28 February 2014.

Operational and Financial Update

The Group continues to see strong levels of demand and traction for its products and offerings. The Group's revenue in the first half of its financial year increased substantially (+35%) compared to the same period last year, while the Group's PBT grew from MYR 6.5 million to MYR 8.2 million (+26%) over the same period. The slightly lower PBT margin (33% for H1 2014, compared to 35% for H1 2013) is due to the increased investment in marketing spend, product development and the Group's expansion into new territories.

New customer wins in the six months to 31 March 2014 included:

-- Multi-million dollar deal with a client with global operations in the travel, leisure and hospitality sectors

   --    A contract with a large global hypermarket chain 
   --    Further contracts and wider traction within the media and marketing sector 

-- A number of multi-year contracts with customers from the aviation, retail, oil and gas, travel and hospitality, utilities, financial services as well as property development and property management sectors

In addition to this strong new business momentum, the Group continued to gain market traction with its Big Data Analytics software solution GIANT. During the first 6 months of the current financial year, the Group has successfully converted all three of its pilot clients for GIANT to 'live' production clients. Furthermore, the company has won an additional three new GIANT mandates in the property, hospitality and media sectors.

Elsewhere, the Company continues to engage proactively with a number of existing customers regarding GIANT and is confident of gaining new clients in other sectors.

Recently, Fusionex has also established a strategic partnership with Avnet, a fortune 500 group listed on the NYSE to offer both on premise and a cloud based GIANT solution. The partnership focuses on a jointly beneficial approach where both parties will be able to bundle their respective products and packages, providing customers with peace of mind that the bundled package end product would be jointly certified by Fusionex and Avnet.

With global estimates of the Big Data global market place set to increase over the next 5 years, the demand for cloud services and Software-as-a-service (SaaS) will help to accelerate this growth.

Gartner reports that, with the global economy showing signs of a gradual recovery, worldwide IT spending is on pace to total USD 3.8 trillion in 2014. Gartner has also commented that growing interest in Big Data solutions will continue to positively impact Business Intelligence spending across Asia Pacific in 2014 and beyond.

With many current Big Data initiatives still focused on improving business processes and more importantly customer engagement, Fusionex's GIANT offering sits at the core of such initiatives. The recent growth in data coupled with the need for near real-time insights presents key decision makers with a tremendous challenge, thus the business benefit of Big Data analytics has never been greater.

Recruitment

The Group has further strengthened its Enterprise Sales Team through the hiring of four experienced sales executives originating from IBM, Microsoft, Huawei and Citibank respectively. These new hires will be focused on customer generation in both existing markets as well as developing new client opportunities in new markets and will further help support the Group as it moves into new geographies and scales up sales channels for its offerings.

The Group expects to further expand its sales channels during the current financial year as demand for its products increases.

Research and Development

Research and development remains a key business driver for the Group as it seeks to maintain its competitive advantage in delivering software solutions ahead of the market. Since Fusionex GIANT's launch in December 2013, the Group has continued with its accelerated R&D roadmap to further enrich Fusionex GIANT's functionality.

Fusionex has also won the 2013 highly coveted Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Award for Best Application & Platform in this period. APICTA is the largest ICT alliance in the Asia Pacific region, currently comprising of more than 15 key member economies. The awards are the most prestigious and highly rated ICT awards in the region.

During the period, the Group moved into its state of the art new office, an office designed by Fusionex colleagues. The office has been uniquely designed to inspire innovation and creativity. It reinforces the Group's position as a leading global software business and an employer of choice, enabling Fusionex to attract and retain high quality talent.

Growth Strategy

Fusionex operates from a well-established base within the Asia Pacific region.

Alongside the opportunities in the Asia Pacific region, the Group expects to build and maintain its business within the more mature markets in Europe and the United States.

Management is focused on product development in order to expand its software solutions portfolio as well as leverage new opportunities within Fusionex's existing client base by encouraging greater levels of cross-selling and up-selling.

In addition to its existing organic growth drivers which underpin the Groups strong sales momentum to date, management believes that further opportunities exist through its partner channel network. Therefore the Group has established key technology partnerships including with established and leading Big Data platform providers Cloudera and Hortonworks, as well as other leading organisations such as Revolution Analytics and Avnet. The Company plans to recruit additional channel partners over the coming months with the core aim of widening the Group's sales network and market reach.

Current Trading and Outlook

The last six months has seen the Group deliver a robust financial performance with demand for its products and offerings continuing to gather momentum.

The Board remains confident that the continued investment in sales as well as research and development teams will accelerate growth, and is confident that results for year ended 30 September 2014 will be at least in line with market expectations.

FUSIONEX INTERNATIONAL PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

For the six months ended 31 March 2014

 
                                                                  1.10.2012 
                                                  1.10.2013          to          1.10.2012 
                                                      to          31.3.2013          to 
                                                  31.3.2014       Unaudited      30.9.2013 
                                                  Unaudited      (Restated)       Audited 
                                          Note        RM             RM              RM 
 
 
 Revenue                                           25,015,489      18,473,025     44,423,206 
 
 Cost of sales                                    (6,027,217)     (5,022,167)   (10,090,185) 
 
 
 Gross profit                                      18,988,272      13,450,858     34,333,021 
 
 Other income                                         140,282         205,668      2,183,063 
 
 
                                                   19,128,554      13,656,526     36,516,084 
 
 Other expenses                                  (10,596,418)     (6,976,233)   (15,676,003) 
 
 Finance costs                                      (347,268)       (137,441)      (340,115) 
 
 
 Profit before taxation                             8,184,868       6,542,852     20,499,966 
 
 Income tax expense                          2      (654,229)       (785,202)    (1,488,168) 
 
 
 Profit after taxation                              7,530,639       5,757,650     19,011,798 
 
 
 Other comprehensive income/(expenses)                579,807     (2,585,253)        307,031 
 
 
 Total comprehensive income 
  for the 
  financial period                                  8,110,446       3,172,397     19,318,829 
 
 
 Profit after tax attributable 
  to: 
 
 Owners of the Group                                7,530,639       5,757,650     19,011,798 
 
 
 Total comprehensive income attributable 
  to: 
 
 Owners of the Group                                8,110,446       3,172,397     19,318,829 
 
 
 Earnings per share attributable 
  to owners of the Group 
 Basic, sen                                  3          17.51           14.55          45.30 
 Diluted, sen                                3          17.51           14.55          45.30 
 
 
 
 

FUSIONEX INTERNATIONAL PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

For the six months ended 31 March 2014

 
                                                                                                                                              31.3.2013 
                                                                31.3.2014                                                                     Unaudited                                     30.9.2013 
                                                                Unaudited                                                                    (Restated)                                      Audited 
                    Note                                           RM                                                                            RM                                             RM 
 
 ASSETS 
 
 NON-CURRENT 
 ASSETS 
 Property, 
  plant and 
  equipment             4                                                                       37,082,328                                                                    8,005,134      35,434,770 
 Goodwill on 
  consolidation         5                                                                          549,572                                                                      549,572         549,572 
 Intangible 
  assets                6                                                                       17,189,491                                                                    9,068,923      13,092,656 
 
 
                                                                                                54,821,391                                                                   17,623,629      49,076,998 
 
 
 CURRENT ASSETS 
 Trade 
  receivables                                                                                    9,225,587                                                                    9,788,537       6,626,987 
 Other 
 receivables, 
 deposits 
  and 
   prepayments                                                                                   3,101,993                                                                    2,867,715         824,188 
 Amount owing 
  by contract 
  customers                                                                                      4,259,123                                                                    2,971,802       2,742,394 
 Tax 
  recoverable                                                                                      151,630                                                                            -          93,343 
 Cash and cash 
  equivalents                                                                                   49,491,421                                                                   49,597,963      62,391,526 
 
 
                                                                                                66,229,754                                                                   65,226,017      72,678,438 
 
 
 ASSET HELD FOR 
  SALE                  7                                                                        3,490,063                                                                            -               - 
                              ----------------------------------------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------------------------------------   ------------- 
 
 TOTAL ASSETS                                                                                  124,541,208                                                                   82,849,646     121,755,436 
 
 
 
 EQUITY AND 
 LIABILITIES 
 
 Share capital                                                                                  71,457,058                                                                   71,457,058      71,457,058 
 Merger reserve         8                                                                     (17,668,186)                                                                 (17,668,186)    (17,668,186) 
 Foreign 
  exchange 
  translation 
  reserve               9                                                                        1,269,928                                                                  (1,740,788)         690,121 
 Retained 
  profits                                                                                       34,772,765                                                                   18,783,338      32,037,486 
 
 
 TOTAL EQUITY                                                                                   89,831,565                                                                   70,831,422      86,516,479 
 
 
 NON-CURRENT 
 LIABILITIES 
 Long-term 
  borrowings                                                                                    26,281,511                                                                    6,116,667      26,776,464 
 Deferred tax 
  liabilities                                                                                    1,115,026                                                                    1,161,389       1,117,157 
 
 
                                                                                                27,396,537                                                                    7,278,056      27,893,621 
 
 
 
 
 
 CURRENT 
 LIABILITIES 
 Payables and 
  accruals                                                                                   5,144,449                                                                        3,025,386       5,521,382 
 Short-term 
  borrowings                                                                                   992,370                                                                          311,694         968,783 
 Provision for 
  taxation                                                                                   1,176,287                                                                        1,403,088         855,171 
 
 
                                                                                             7,313,106                                                                        4,740,168       7,345,336 
 
 
 TOTAL 
  LIABILITIES                                                                               34,709,643                                                                       12,018,224      35,238,957 
 
 
 TOTAL EQUITY 
  AND 
  LIABILITIES                                                                              124,541,208                                                                       82,849,646     121,755,436 
 
 
 

FUSIONEX INTERNATIONAL PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

For the six months ended 31 March 2014

 
 
                                                 <- - - - - - - - Non distributable 
                                                   - - - - - - - -> Distributable 
 
                                     Share          Merger           Foreign         Retained     Attributable         Total 
                                     capital        reserve          exchange         profits       to owners          equity 
                                                                   translation                        of the 
                                                                     reserve                          Group 
                           Note        RM             RM               RM                    RM        RM               RM 
 (Unaudited) 
 Balance at 
  1 October 2012                    1,000,000                -           383,090     17,285,096      18,668,186        18,668,186 
 
 
 Profit after 
  taxation                                  -                -                 -      5,757,650       5,757,650         5,757,650 
 
 Other comprehensive 
  expenses, 
   net of tax 
 
 - Foreign currency 
  translation 
  differences 
  for 
  foreign operations                        -                -       (2,123,878)              -     (2,123,878)       (2,123,878) 
 
 
 Total comprehensive 
  income for 
   the 
   financial 
   period                                   -                -       (2,123,878)      5,757,650       3,633,772         3,633,772 
 
                     Issuance of 
                          shares   70,457,058     (17,668,186)                 -              -      52,788,872        52,788,872 
 
 Dividend                                   -                -                 -    (4,259,408)     (4,259,408)       (4,259,408) 
 
 
 Balance at 
  31 March 2013 
  (restated)                       71,457,058     (17,668,186)       (1,740,788)     18,783,338      70,831,422        70,831,422 
                                  -----------  ---------------  ----------------  -------------  --------------  ---------------- 
 
 (Unaudited) 
 Balance at 
  1 April 
  2013                             71,457,058     (17,668,186)       (1,740,788)     18,783,338      70,831,422        70,831,422 
 
 
 Profit after 
  taxation                                  -                -                 -     13,254,148      13,254,148        13,254,148 
 
 Other comprehensive 
  income, net 
   of tax 
 
 
   *    foreign currency 
 
 
  translation 
  differences 
  for 
  foreign operations                        -                -         2,430,909              -       2,430,909         2,430,909 
 
 
 Total comprehensive 
  income for 
  the 
  financial 
  period                                    -                -         2,430,909     13,254,148      15,685,057        15,685,057 
 
 
 Balance at 30 
  September 2013                   71,457,058     (17,668,186)           690,121     32,037,486      86,516,479        86,516,479 
                                  -----------  ---------------  ----------------  -------------  --------------  ---------------- 
 
 

FUSIONEX INTERNATIONAL PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

For the six months ended 31 March 2014

 
 
                                              <- - - - - - - - Non distributable 
                                                - - - - - - - -> Distributable 
 
                                    Share         Merger          Foreign       Retained     Attributable       Total 
                                    capital       reserve         exchange       profits       to owners        equity 
                                                                translation                     of the 
                                                                  reserve                        Group 
                           Note       RM            RM              RM                  RM        RM             RM 
 
 (Unaudited) 
 Balance at 
  1 October 2013                  71,457,058    (17,668,186)         690,121    32,037,486     86,516,479      86,516,479 
 
 
 Profit after 
  taxation                                 -               -               -     7,530,639      7,530,639       7,530,639 
 
 Other comprehensive 
  income, net 
   of tax 
 
 
   *    foreign currency 
 
 
  translation 
  differences 
  for 
  foreign operations                       -               -         579,807             -        579,807         579,807 
 
 
 Total comprehensive 
  income for 
  the 
  financial 
  period                                   -               -         579,807     7,530,639      8,110,446       8,110,446 
 
 Dividend                   10             -               -               -   (4,795,360)    (4,795,360)    (4,795,360) 
 
 
 Balance at 31 
  March 2014                      71,457,058    (17,668,186)       1,269,928    34,772,765     89,831,565      89,831,565 
                                 -----------  --------------  --------------  ------------  -------------  -------------- 
 
 

FUSIONEX INTERNATIONAL PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

For the six months ended 31 March 2014

 
 
                                                          1.10.2013           1.10.2012            1.10.2012 
                                                       to 31.3.2014        to 31.3.2013         to 30.9.2013 
                                                          Unaudited           Unaudited              Audited 
                                                                 RM                  RM                   RM 
 Cash flow from operating activities 
 Profit before taxation                                   8,184,868           6,542,852           20,499,966 
 Adjustments for:- 
 Amortisation of intangible assets                        1,108,878             484,572            1,152,029 
 Depreciation of property, plant 
  and equipment                                             435,049             217,317              485,744 
 Interest expenses                                          347,268             137,441              340,115 
 Unrealised (gain)/loss on foreign 
  exchange                                                 (56,881)             117,042                    - 
 Interest income                                          (109,621)            (64,174)            (343,021) 
                                               --------------------   -----------------   ------------------ 
 Operating profit before working 
  capital changes                                         9,909,561           7,435,050           22,134,833 
 Increase in trade and other receivables 
  deposits and prepayments                              (4,876,405)         (7,894,162)          (2,572,043) 
 Decrease in payables                                     (376,933)         (1,948,425)            2,247,579 
 Increase in amount owing by contract 
  customers                                             (1,516,729)           (580,777)            (351,369) 
                                               --------------------   -----------------   ------------------ 
 Cash flow used in operations                             3,139,494         (2,988,314)           21,459,000 
 Interest paid                                            (347,268)           (137,441)            (340,115) 
 Interest received                                          109,621              64,174              343,021 
 Income tax paid                                          (393,531)           (254,054)          (1,642,512) 
                                               --------------------   -----------------   ------------------ 
 Net cash flow used in operating 
  activities                                              2,508,316         (3,315,635)           19,819,394 
                                               --------------------   -----------------   ------------------ 
 Cash flow used in investing activities 
 Purchase of plant and equipment                        (5,572,670)           (861,112)         (28,559,175) 
 Development costs on intangible 
  assets                                                (5,141,518)         (1,966,287)          (6,625,462) 
                                               --------------------   -----------------   ------------------ 
 Net cash flow used in investing 
  activities                                           (10,714,188)         (2,827,399)         (35,184,637) 
                                               --------------------   -----------------   ------------------ 
 Cash flow (used in)/from financing 
  activities 
                                               --------------------   -----------------   ------------------ 
 Repayment to related parties                                     -         (1,224,486)          (1,224,486) 
 Dividend paid                                          (4,795,360)         (4,259,400)          (5,959,408) 
 Drawdown of term loans                                           -                   -           21,440,000 
 Repayment of term loans                                  (420,636)           (104,232)            (181,258) 
 (Repayment)/Drawdown of hire purchase 
  payables, net                                            (50,730)             372,106              326,018 
 Proceeds from issuance of share 
  capital                                                         -          53,250,247           52,788,872 
                                               --------------------   -----------------   ------------------ 
 Net cash flow (used in)/from financing 
  activities                                            (5,266,726)          48,034,235           67,189,738 
                                               --------------------   -----------------   ------------------ 
 Net (decrease)/increase in cash 
  and cash equivalents                                 (13,472,598)          41,891,201           51,824,495 
 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning 
  of the 
  financial period/year                                  62,391,526          10,313,386           10,313,386 
 Effects of foreign exchange rate 
  changes, net                                              572,493         (2,606,624)              253,645 
                                               --------------------   -----------------   ------------------ 
 Cash and cash equivalents at end 
  of the 
  financial period/year                                  49,491,421          49,597,963           62,391,526 
                                               --------------------   -----------------   ------------------ 
 
 
 

FUSIONEX INTERNATIONAL PLC

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

For the six months ended 31 March 2014

   1.        Basis of preparation 

The condensed consolidated interim financial statements ("Interim Financial Statements") have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as adopted by the European Union ("EU") issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB"), including related interpretations issued by the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee ("IFRIC").

The Interim Financial Statements are unaudited and have been prepared in accordance with AIM Rules for Companies and IAS 34 'Interim Financial Reporting' as adopted by the EU and should be read in conjunction with the annual financial statements for the year ended 30 September 2013, which have been prepared in accordance with IFRS adopted by the European Union.

The individual financial information of each entity is measured and presented in the currency of the primary economic environment in which the entity operates (its functional currency). The Interim Financial Statements of the Group are presented in Ringgit Malaysia (RM), which is the presentation currency for the Interim Financial Statements. The functional currency of each of the individual entity is the local currency of each individual entity.

Going concern

As at 31 March 2014, the Group had net assets of RM89,831,565 (31 March 2013: RM70,831,422; 30 September 2013: RM86,516,479) as set out in the Interim Financial Statements above. Following the admission of the ordinary shares to trading on AIM, Fusionex International Plc has considerable financial resources. As a consequence, the Directors believe that Fusionex International Plc and the Group are well placed to manage its business risks successfully and the Directors have reasonable expectations that the Group have sufficient working capital available for its present requirements that is for the next 12 months from the date of this report. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the historical financial information.

   2.         Income tax expense 

Tax expense is recognised based on management's best estimate of the weighted average annual tax rate expected for the full financial year applied to the pre-tax income of the interim period. The Group's consolidated effective tax rate in respect of continuing operations for the six months ended 31.3.2014 was lower that the Malaysian statutory tax rate of 25% (six months ended 30.3.2013: 25%) caused mainly by the following factors:-

   i)          effects of lower tax rates in certain tax jurisdictions; and 
   ii)          effects of certain income not subject to tax. 
   3.         Earnings per share 

The calculation for earnings per share, based on the weighted average number of shares, is shown in the table below:

 
                                              1.10.2013    1.10.2012    1.10.2012 
                                                     to           to           to 
                                              31.3.2014    31.3.2013    30.9.2013 
                                              Unaudited    Unaudited      Audited 
 
   Net profit for the financial period 
    after taxation attributable to owners 
    of the Group                              7,530,639    5,757,650   19,011,798 
 
   Weighted average number of ordinary 
    shares for basic earnings per share 
    ('000)                                       43,000       39,571       41,941 
 
   Weighted average number of ordinary 
    shares for diluted earnings per 
    share ('000)                                 43,000       39,571       41,941 
                                            -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 
   Earnings per share (sen), basic 
    and diluted                                   17.51        14.55        45.30 
                                            -----------  -----------  ----------- 
 
   4.         Property, plant and equipment 

Acquisitions

During the six months ended 31.3.2014, the Group acquired assets costing RM5,573,000 (31.3.2013: RM861,000; 30.9.2013: RM28,559,000).

   5.         Goodwill on consolidation 
 
                                  31.3.2014   31.3.2013   30.9.2013 
                                  Unaudited   Unaudited    Audited 
                                      RM          RM          RM 
 At cost: 
 At 1 October 2013/2012             558,887     558,887     558,887 
 Less: Impairment losses            (9,315)     (9,315)     (9,315) 
 
 
 As the end of the period/year      549,572     549,572     549,572 
 
 

During the financial period, the Group assessed the recoverable amount of the goodwill and determined that no additional impairment is required.

   6.         Intangible assets 
 
 Development expenditure 
                                            31.3.2014     31.3.2013     30.9.2013 
                                            Unaudited     Unaudited      Audited 
                                                RM            RM            RM 
 At cost: 
 At 1 October 2013/2012                     15,110,585     8,421,582     8,421,582 
 Addition during the financial 
  period/year                                5,141,518     1,966,287     6,625,462 
 Translation differences                        99,884        23,105        63,541 
 
 
                                            20,351,987    10,410,974    15,110,585 
 Accumulated amortisation: 
                                          ------------  ------------  ------------ 
 
 At 1 October 2013/2012                    (2,017,929)     (855,745)     (855,745) 
 Addition for the financial 
  period/year                              (1,108,878)     (484,572)   (1,152,029) 
 Translation differences                      (35,689)       (1,734)      (10,155) 
 
 
                                           (3,162,496)   (1,342,051)   (2,017,929) 
 
 
 Balance at the end of the 
  period/year                               17,189,491     9,068,923    13,092,656 
 
 
 
 

The intangible assets relate to staff costs.

   7.         Asset held for sale 

On 23 December 2013, the Group has entered into a sales and purchase agreement for the disposal of an office building. At the end of the current reporting period, the asset has been presented in the consolidated statement of financial position as "Asset held for sale". The disposal is expected to be completed by the end of the financial year.

   8.         Merger reserve 

The merger reserve arose from the difference between the carrying value of the investment and nominal value of the shares of subsidiaries upon consolidation under the merger accounting principles.

   9.         Foreign exchange translation reserve 

The foreign exchange translation reserves arose from the translation of the financial statements of foreign subsidiaries and are not distributable by way of dividends.

   10.       Dividends 
 
                                       1.10.2013     1.10.2012     1.10.2012 
                                          to            to            to 
                                       31.3.2014     31.3.2013     30.9.2013 
                                       Unaudited     Unaudited      Audited 
                                          RM            RM            RM 
 
 Interim tax-exempt dividend 
  for 
  31.3.2014: 10.87 sen (31.3.2013/ 
  30.9.2013: 9.9 sen) per 
  ordinary 
  share                                 4,795,360     4,259,408     4,259,408 
 
 
   11.       Related party disclosures 

Details of related party transactions in respect of the year ended 30 September 2013 are contained in Note 27 to the consolidated financial statements of the Group's 2013 annual report. The Group continued to enter into transactions in the normal course of business with its associates and other related parties during the period. There were no material transactions with related parties in the first half of 2014 or changes to transactions with related parties disclosed in the 2013 consolidated financial statements that had a material effect on the financial position or the performance of the Group.

   12.       Capital commitment 

Authorised capital expenditure contracted but not provided for in the Interim Financial Statements is analysed as follows:-

 
                                          31.3.2014   31.3.2013    30.9.2013 
                                          Unaudited   Unaudited     Audited 
                                              RM          RM           RM 
 
 Property                                     -       26,662,000       - 
 Furniture and fittings and renovation     697,538        -        1,127,438 
 
 
   13.       Risks relating to the Group and its business 

The 2013 group annual report and accounts describes the risks that could impact the group's performance. These remain unchanged since the annual report was published and accordingly are valid for these interim financial statements. The group operates a structured risk management process, which identifies and evaluates risks and uncertainties and reviews mitigation activity.

   14.     Segment analysis 

IFRS 8 requires operating segments to be identified on the basis of internal reports about components of the Group that are regularly reviewed by the chief operating decision maker as defined in IFRS 8, in order to allocate resources to the segment and to assess its performance.

All other segments primarily comprise income and expenses relating to the Group's administrative functions. Interest income and interest expense are not allocated to segments, as this type of activity is driven by the central treasury function, which manages the cash position of the Group. Accordingly, this information is not separately reported to the Board for each reportable segment.

Operating segments are prepared ina manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the Executive Directors as its chief operating decision maker in order to allocate resources to segments and to assess their performance. Formanagement purposes, the Group is organised into business units based on their products and services provided.

 
                          Product     Services      Total 
                            RM           RM            RM 
 At 31 March 2014 
 Revenue               21,026,980    3,988,509   25,015,489 
 
 
 At 31 March 2013 
 Revenue               13,108,049    5,364,976   18,473,025 
 
 
 
 At 30 September 
  2013 
 Revenue            36,939,240   7,483,966   44,423,206 
 
 

Geographical location

 
                                    Asia       Europe       America   Elimination^        Total 
 At 31 March 2014                    RM           RM           RM          RM                RM 
  (Unaudited) 
 
 Revenue                       22,903,114     5,348,904   2,374,035    (5,610,564)      25,015,489 
 
 
 Result 
 
 Segment result before 
  financing result 
  and tax                       5,982,266     1,766,039     783,831              -       8,532,136 
 
 
 Finance costs                                                                           (347,268) 
 Income tax                                                                              (654,229) 
 
 
 Profit for the year                                                                     7,530,639 
 
 Assets and liabilities 
 
 Segmental assets             160,561,055    73,757,277           -                    234,318,332 
 
 
 Non-allocated assets                                                                      549,572 
 Consolidation adjustments                                                           (110,326,696) 
 
 
 Total assets                                                                          124,541,208 
 
 Segmental liabilities         86,232,792    11,518,977           -                     97,751,769 
 
 
 Non-allocated liabilities                                                              47,284,570 
 Consolidation adjustments                                                           (110,326,696) 
 
 
 Total liabilities                                                                      34,709,643 
 
 
 
 
 Other segmental 
  reporting 
 
 Capital expenditure: 
 - tangible assets            5,572,670     -     -     -     5,572,670 
 
 - intangible assets          5,141,518     -     -     -     5,141,518 
 
 Depreciation                   435,049     -     -     -       435,049 
 
 Other non-cash expenses 
 Unrealised foreign 
  exchange gain                (56,881)     -     -     -      (56,881) 
                           ------------  ----  ----  ----  ------------ 
 
   Amortisation of 
   intangible assets          1,108,878     -     -     -     1,108,878 
                           ------------  ----  ----  ----  ------------ 
 
 

^ Related to Asia Pacific intercompany sales

 
       Asia     Europe     America   Elimination^     Total 
         RM         RM          RM             RM        RM 
 
 
 At 31 March 2013 
  (Unaudited) 
 
 Revenue                       14,476,028     6,002,419   1,184,368     (3,189,790)     18,473,025 
 
 
 Result 
 
 Segment result before 
  financing result 
  and tax                       6,649,475     2,491,124     729,484     (3,189,790)      6,680,293 
 
 
 Finance costs                                                                           (137,441) 
 Income tax                                                                              (785,202) 
 
 
 Profit for the year                                                                     5,757,650 
 
 
 Assets and liabilities 
 
 Segmental assets              65,437,242    55,049,601           -                    120,486,843 
 
 
 Non-allocated assets                                                                      549,572 
 Consolidation adjustments                                                            (38,186,769) 
 
 
 Total assets                                                                           82,849,646 
 
 Segmental liabilities         43,661,534     7,946,539           -                     51,608,073 
 
 
 Non-allocated liabilities                                                             (1,403,080) 
 Consolidation adjustments                                                            (38,186,769) 
 
 
 Total liabilities                                                                      12,018,224 
 
 
 
 
 Other segmental 
  reporting 
 
 Capital expenditure: 
 - tangible assets            861,112     -     -     -     861,112 
 
 
 - intangible assets        1,966,287     -     -     -   1,966,287 
 
 Depreciation                 217,317     -     -     -     217,317 
 
 Other non-cash expenses 
 Unrealised foreign 
  exchange gain               117,042     -     -     -     117,042 
                           ----------  ----  ----  ----  ---------- 
 
 
   Amortisation of 
   intangible assets          484,572     -     -     -     484,572 
 
 
 

^ Related to Asia Pacific intercompany sales

 
                                      Asia        Europe       America    Elimination^          Total 
                                        RM            RM            RM              RM             RM 
 At 30 September 
  2013 
  (Audited) 
 
 Revenue                        40,381,223    10,751,802     3,711,241    (10,421,060)     44,423,206 
 
 
 Result 
 
 Segment result before 
  financing result 
  and tax                       17,138,052     6,362,788     1,575,075     (4,235,834)     20,840,081 
 
 
 Finance costs                                                                              (340,115) 
 Income tax                                                                               (1,488,168) 
 
 
 Profit for the year                                                                       19,011,798 
 
 Assets and liabilities 
 
 Segmental assets              119,608,436    69,340,899             -                    188,949,335 
 
 
 Non-allocated assets                                                                         549,573 
 Consolidation adjustments                                                               (67,743,472) 
 
 
 Total assets                                                                             121,755,436 
 
 Segmental liabilities          48,014,421    11,833,611             -                     59,848,032 
 
 
 Non-allocated liabilities                                                                 43,134,397 
 Consolidation adjustments                                                               (67,743,472) 
 
 
 Total liabilities                                                                         35,238,957 
 
 
 
 
 Other segmental 
  reporting 
 
 Capital expenditure: 
 - tangible assets             28,559,175     -     -     -      28,559,175 
 
 
 - intangible assets            6,625,462     -     -     -       6,625,462 
 
 Depreciation                     485,744     -     -     -         485,744 
 
 Other non-cash expenses 
 Unrealised foreign 
  exchange gain               (1,007,853)     -     -     -     (1,007,853) 
                           --------------  ----  ----  ----  -------------- 
 
 Amortisation of 
  intangible assets             1,152,029     -     -     -       1,152,029 
 
 

^ Related to Asia Pacific intercompany sales

Major customers

Revenue from 2 (31.3.2013: 2; 30.9.2013: 2) major customers amounting to RM5,572,000 (31.3.2013: RM4,886,000; 30.9.2013: RM11,335,000) arose from sales derived from Asia Pacific and Europe.

   15.      Comparative Information 
 
 
   The following figures have been reclassified to conform with 
   the presentation of the current financial period and should 
   be read in conjunction with the annual financial statements 
   for the year ended 30 September 2013: 
 
   31 March 2013: 
                                                              As previously 
                                              As restated       reported 
                                                  RM               RM 
 Consolidated Statement of Financial Position (Extract): 
 Share capital                                   71,457,058      71,918,433 
 Foreign exchange translation 
  reserve                                       (1,740,788)     (2,202,163) 
 
 Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income 
  (Extract): 
 Cost of sales                                  (5,022,167)     (8,760,286) 
 Other expenses                                 (6,976,233)     (3,238,114) 
                                           ----------------  -------------- 
 
 
 
 

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