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Kofax® Limited (NASDAQ and LSE: KFX), a leading provider of smart process applications for the business critical First Miletm of customer interactions, today reported its unaudited financial results for the second quarter and six months ended December 31, 2013.

 

IFRS Financial Highlights:

 
 
    -- Software license revenue increased 21.4% to $30.4 million (Prior Year 

or PY: $25.0 million), and for the six months increased 16.3% to $54.8

million (PY: $47.1 million)

 
    -- Total revenues increased 16.2% to $74.0 million (PY: $63.7 million), 

and for the six months increased 12.6% to $139.5 million (PY: $123.8

million)

 
    -- Income from operations increased 18.7% to $4.5 million (PY: $3.8 

million) or a 6.1% margin (PY: 6.0%), and for the six months increased

1.2% to $3.9 million (PY: $3.9 million) or a 2.8% margin (PY: 3.1%)

 
    -- Diluted earnings per share (EPS) was $0.03 (PY: $0.01), and for the 

six months was $0.05 (PY: $0.00)

 
    -- Cash generated (used) by operations was ($0.2) million (PY: $0.6 

million), and for the six months was $18.2 million (PY: $9.2 million)

 
    -- Quarter end cash was $81.2 million (PY: $87.0 million) 
 

Non-IFRS Financial Highlights:

 
 
    -- Software license revenue increased 30.0% to $32.6 million (PY: $25.1 

million), and for the six months increased 23.9% to $58.5 million (PY:

$47.2 million)

 
    -- Total revenues increased 20.7% to $77.0 million (PY: $63.9 million), 

and for the six months increased 16.6% to $144.6 million (PY: $124.0

million)

 
    -- Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and 

amortization (EBITDA) increased 29.1% to $13.0 million (PY: $10.1

million) or a 16.8% margin (PY: 15.7%), and for the six months

increased 30.3% to $21.3 million (PY: $16.3 million) or a 14.7% margin

(Prior Year: 13.2%)

 
    -- Adjusted diluted EPS was $0.08 (PY: $0.07), and for the six months was 

$0.13 (PY: $0.10)

 
    -- Adjusted cash generated (used) by operations was $3.9 million (PY: 

$3.6 million), and for the six months was $23.7 million (PY: $14.9

million)

 

A summary of Kofax's unaudited revenues and adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter and six months compared to the prior year on both an IFRS and non-IFRS basis is as follows:

 
                         IFRS 
                         Quarter                Six Months 
Unaudited                      Y/Y     %               Y/Y     % 
                         $M    Change  Total    $M     Change  Total 
Software Licenses        30.4  21.4%   41.0%    54.8   16.3%   39.3% 
Maintenance Services     33.5  8.7%    45.3%    65.6   8.1%    47.0% 
Professional Services    10.1  29.1%   13.7%    19.1   18.9%   13.7% 
Total Revenues           74.0  16.2%   100.0%   139.5  12.6%   100.0% 
Income from Operations   4.5   18.7%            3.9    1.2% 
Margin                   6.1%  2.2%             2.8%   -10.1% 
 
 
                        Non-IFRS 
                        Quarter                 Six Months 
Unaudited                      Y/Y     %               Y/Y     % 
                        $M     Change  Total    $M     Change  Total 
Software Licenses       32.6   30.0%   42.3%    58.5   23.9%   40.5% 
Maintenance Services    33.8   9.3%    43.9%    66.2   8.9%    45.8% 
Professional Services   10.6   35.6%   13.8%    19.9   24.1%   13.7% 
Total Revenues          77.0   20.7%   100.0%   144.6  16.6%   100.0% 
Adjusted EBITDA         13.0   29.1%            21.3   30.3% 
Margin                  16.8%  7.0%             14.7%  11.8% 
 
 

Operating Highlights:

 
 
    -- Closed an increasing number of mid-sized software license transactions: 

50 greater than $100,000 (PY: 32) and 2 greater than $1 million

(PY: 2), and for the six months 85 greater than $100,000 (PY: 70)

and 4 greater than $1 million (PY: 3)

These periods again included two of the largest sales in the

history of the Company at $7.6 million to a U.S. government agency

during the first quarter and $3.7 million to a major global

insurance company based in the U.S. during the second quarter

"Legacy capture" software license revenue increased 17.7% and

"mobile and new or acquired products" increased 107.4%, and for

the six months 13.0% and 100.8%, respectively, on a Non IFRS basis

 
    -- Launched numerous new software products and releases, including: 

Kofax TotalAgilitytm 7.0, which the Company believes is the first

unified platform for the development and deployment of smart

process applications and has been well received to date

Kofax AP Automation, which can be used with any accounting or ERP

system and offers "out-of-the-box" integration with Microsoft

Dynamics AX, Kofax Mailroom Automation and Kofax Customer

Onboarding solutions, all built on the Kofax TotalAgility 7.0

platform

An update to Kofax Medical Claims Add-on Pack to support Centers

for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) regulations related to the

Affordable Care Act taking effect in January 2014

Kapow Enterprise 9.3, which features a redesigned interface to

simplify the user experience and encompass the entire information

supply chain from data acquisition to enrichment, persistence,

exploration and distribution

 
    -- Continued receiving recognition for Kofax's software products and 

solutions from independent sources, including:

DM Magazine recognized Kofax TotalAgility as a Product of the Year

in its 2013 Document Manager Awards

Mortgage banking executives selected Kofax Mobile Capturetm for

Mortgage Banking Magazine's 2013 "Harnessing Mobile Award"

Attendees at FinovateAsia 2013 in Singapore voted Kofax Mobile

Capture Best of Show

Database Trends and Applications Magazine named Kapow Enterprise

9.3 as a Trendsetting Product of 2014

The Analyst One web site included Kapow's platform on its list of

24 breakthrough technologies every analyst should be aware of

 
    -- Received an extension to patent number 8,345,981 from the United 

States Patent and Trademark Office covering reverse matching

technology to determine the validity of data extracted from documents

captured using a mobile device and correcting erroneous or suspicious

data, thus ensuring its accuracy

 
    -- Welcomed Grant Johnson as the Company's new Chief Marketing Officer 
 
    -- Extended the term of the Company's existing, undrawn $40.0 million 

revolving line of credit facility with Bank of America Merrill Lynch

to June 30, 2016

 
    -- Implemented corporate structure changes to create a new parent 

corporation for Kofax, which maintains a premium listing on the London

Stock Exchange and listed on NASDAQ effective as of December 5, 2013

 
    -- Two full service securities brokerage firms based in the U.S. 

initiated financial analyst coverage on Kofax

 

Commenting on these results, Reynolds C. Bish, Chief Executive Officer, said: "We're pleased with our performance during the second quarter and first half of this fiscal year, which was in line with our expectations for those periods as well as our previous revenue growth guidance for fiscal year 2014. We continue to invest in strengthening and growing our sales organization and expanding our research and development efforts in order to drive faster software license revenue growth in the future. We continue to realize improved sales execution across all geographies and product lines, including our legacy capture as well as mobile and new or acquired product offerings in the faster growing segments of our target markets, and the introduction of additional new product and solution offerings. We're therefore sufficiently confident in our outlook to reaffirm our previous revenue growth guidance and now provide adjusted EBITDA margin guidance for fiscal year 2014 on a constant currency basis as follows:

 
                           IFRS                         Non-IFRS 
Software License           Low Double Digits            Mid to High Teens 
Revenue Growth 
Total Revenues Growth      Mid to High Single Digits    Low Double Digits 
Adjusted EBITDA Margin     12.5 - 13.5%                 14.5 - 15.5% 
 
 

Webcast

 

Chief Executive Officer Reynolds C. Bish and Chief Financial Officer Jamie Arnold will present these results and conduct a question and answer session in the London offices of FTI Consulting today at 1:00 p.m. U.K. time / 8:00 a.m. U.S. Eastern Standard time.

 

A live webcast and accompanying presentation can be listened to and viewed, and questions can be asked via the webcast console instant messaging facility, through the investor relations section of the Company's website at: http://investor.kofax.com/events.cfm.

 

The audio only portion of the webcast can be listened to and questions can be verbally asked as follows:

 
         Live                   Replay                Access Code 
U.K.     +44 (0) 1452 555566    +44 (0)1452 550000    31147206 
U.S.     +1 (866) 966 9439      +1 (866) 247 4222     31147206 
 
 

A replay of the webcast and a transcript of the presentation will be posted on the Company's investor relations site by 5:00 p.m. U.K. time / 12:00 p.m. U.S. Eastern Standard Time on February 5.

 

About Kofax

 

Kofax Limited is a leading provider of innovative smart capture and process automation software and solutions for the business critical First Mile of customer interactions. These begin with an organization's systems of engagement, which generate real time, information intensive communications from customers, and provide an essential connection to their systems of record, which are typically large scale, rigid enterprise applications and repositories not easily adapted to more contemporary technology. Success in the First Mile can dramatically improve an organization's customer experience and greatly reduce operating costs, thus driving increased competitiveness, growth and profitability. Kofax software and solutions provide a rapid return on investment to more than 20,000 customers in financial services, insurance, government, healthcare, business process outsourcing and other markets. Kofax delivers these through its own sales and service organization, and a global network of more than 800 authorized partners in more than 75 countries throughout the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific. For more information, visit kofax.com.

 

Safe Harbor Statement

 

This document contains forward looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to vary materially from those projected in the forward looking statements. The Company may experience significant fluctuations in future operating results due to a number of economic, competitive, and other factors, including, among other things, our reliance on third-party manufacturers and suppliers, government agency budgetary and political constraints, new or increased competition, changes in market demand, and the performance or reliability of our products. These factors and others could cause operating results to vary significantly from those in prior periods, and those projected in forward looking statements. Additional information with respect to these and other factors, which could materially affect the Company and its operations, are included in certain forms the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Non-IFRS Financial Measures

 

Management uses financial measures, both IFRS and non-IFRS, in analyzing and assessing the overall performance of the business and making operational decisions. We have provided and believe that the non-IFRS financial measures and supplemental reconciliation to IFRS financial measures are useful to investors and other users of our financial statements because the non-IFRS financial measures may be used as additional tools to compare our performance across peer companies, periods and financial markets. Please refer to the Chief Financial Officer's Review for a discussion of the non-IFRS financial measures and supplemental reconciliation to IFRS financial measures for more information regarding the non-IFRS measures.

 

Company Names

 

Except as otherwise required by the context, references to "Kofax," "the Company," "we," "us" and "our" are to (1) Kofax plc, a company organized under the laws of the U.K. and listed on the London Stock Exchange, or Kofax U.K., for all periods prior to December 5, 2013, and (2) Kofax Limited, a company organized under the laws of Bermuda and listed on the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ, or Kofax Bermuda, for all periods thereafter.

 

© 2014 Kofax Limited "Kofax" is a registered trademark and "First Mile", "TotalAgility" and "Kofax Mobile Capture" are trademarks of Kofax Limited. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

 

Chief Executive Officer's Review

 

Financial Performance

 

During the second quarter and six months ended December 31, 2013, we continued to progressively realize the benefits expected to result from the October 2012 reorganization of our sales force to better focus its resources, improve its execution and productivity, increase the number of mid-sized software license transactions and reduce our reliance on large, seven figure sales.

 

Non-IFRS software license revenues increased 30.0% to $32.6 million, and for the six months increased 23.9% to $58.5 million, and non-IFRS total revenues increased 20.7% to $77.0 million, and for the six months increased 16.6% to $144.5 million.

 

During these periods we closed an increasing number of mid-sized software license transactions, as outlined below:

 
                       Quarter       Six Months 
                       FY13  FY14    FY13  FY14 
Sales > $100,000       32    50      70    85 
Sales > $1 million     2     2       3     4 
 
 

The second quarter and six months ended December 31, 2013 once again included two of the largest sales in the history of the Company. One was for $7.6 million to a U.S. government agency during the first quarter, and another for $3.7 million to a major global insurance company based in the U.S. during the second quarter.

 

We were very pleased with the "legacy capture" software license revenue growth rate, and we continued to realize significantly faster growth in the "mobile and new or acquired products" portion of our business. Legacy capture software license revenue increased 17.7%, and mobile and new or acquired products increased 107.4%, and for the six months 13.0% and 100.8%, respectively, on a non-IFRS basis. Part of the mobile and new or acquired products software license revenue growth was attributable to the contributions of the Altosoft and Kapow acquisitions during calendar year 2013, but it was nonetheless impressive without that effect, and bookings in this part of our business were even stronger.

 

During the second quarter we closed a $1.25 million smart process application software license sale to a major global financial services company based in Western Europe that we believe will be delivered and recognized as revenue during the current quarter ending March 31, 2014. This solution is being built on Kofax Total Agility 7.0, so this sale is an early and very positive indicator of this exciting new product's market potential.

 

In addition, during January 2014 we closed a $950K mobile software license sale to one of the five largest U.S. based banks, which included the recently announced Kofax Mobile Capture Platform, and frameworks for Mobile Bill Pay and Mobile Check Deposit apps.

 

While the increased number of mid-sized software license transactions and both "legacy capture" and "mobile and new or acquired products" software license revenue growth rates are encouraging, we cannot guarantee that these metrics will continually improve on a sequential quarter over quarter basis. We therefore caution readers to consider and evaluate these metrics on the basis of longer term trends rather than variations arising from a single quarter's results.

 

As a result of this revenue growth and prudently managing our operating expenses, non- IFRS adjusted EBITDA increased 29.1% to $13.0 million or a 16.8% margin, and for the six months increased 30.3% to $21.3 million or a 14.7% margin.

 

We ended the second quarter with cash of $81.2 million and reported adjusted cash generated from operations of $3.9 million for the quarter and $23.7 million for the six months. In addition, our existing, undrawn $40.0 million revolving line of credit facility with Bank of America Merrill Lynch remains available and has been extended to June 30, 2016.

 

During the second quarter we also implemented the corporate structure changes to create a new parent corporation for Kofax, which continues to maintain a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange, and we listed on NASDAQ effective as of December 5, 2013 through the offering of 2.3 million new common shares. All Kofax common shares now trade on and between both exchanges, and this has to date resulted in a higher share price and increased trading volumes and liquidity in our common shares. Following the NASDAQ listing, we were pleased to see two full service securities brokerage firms based in the U.S. initiate financial analyst coverage on the Company. We expect additional U.S. firms to initiate coverage during fiscal year 2014.

 

As a result of the foregoing, our balance sheet remains strong, we have the resources needed to fund organic revenue growth while executing our acquisition strategy and we have access to the world's leading financial markets for technology companies.

 

Changes in currency exchange rates did not have a material effect on our financial performance during the second quarter and six months ended December 31, 2013.

 

All of the foregoing was in line with our expectations for the second quarter and six months ended December 31, 2013. In light of these results and financial position, we remain confident in our business and optimistic about our future.

 

Operating Highlights

 

Our investments in research and development allowed us to successfully launch a number of new software products and solutions during the second quarter, including:

 
 
    -- Kofax TotalAgilitytm 7.0, which the Company believes is the first 

unified platform for the development and deployment of smart process

applications and has been well received to date

 
    -- Kofax AP Automation, which can be used with any accounting or ERP 

system and offers "out-of-the-box" integration with Microsoft Dynamics

AX, Kofax Mailroom Automation and Kofax Customer Onboarding solutions,

all built on the Kofax TotalAgility 7.0 platform

 
    -- An update to Kofax Medical Claims Add-on Pack to support Centers for 

Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) regulations related to the Affordable Care

Act taking effect in January 2014

 
    -- Kapow Enterprise 9.3, which features a redesigned interface to 

simplify the user experience and encompass the entire information

supply chain from data acquisition to enrichment, persistence,

exploration and distribution

 

These investments also resulted in the issuance of an extension to Kofax's patent number 8,345,981 from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. This covers reverse matching technology to determine the validity of data extracted from documents captured using a mobile device and correcting erroneous or suspicious data, thus ensuring its accuracy.

 

During the second quarter we were also pleased to continue receiving widespread recognition for our software products and solutions, including:

 
 
    -- DM Magazine recognized Kofax TotalAgility as a Product of the Year in 

its 2013 Document Manager Awards

 
    -- Mortgage banking executives selected Kofax Mobile Capturetm for 

Mortgage Banking Magazine's 2013 "Harnessing Mobile Award"

 
    -- Attendees at FinovateAsia 2013 in Singapore voted Kofax Mobile Capture 

Best of Show

 
    -- Database Trends and Applications Magazine named Kapow Enterprise 9.3 

as a Trendsetting Product of 2014

 
    -- The Analyst One web site included Kapow's platform on its list of 24 

breakthrough technologies every analyst should be aware of

 

Finally, we welcomed Grant Johnson as our new Chief Marketing Officer, who brings extensive and very relevant global senior management and enterprise software marketing experience to Kofax.

 

Guidance

 

We're pleased with our performance during the second quarter and first half of this fiscal year, which was in line with our expectations for those periods as well as our previous revenue growth guidance for fiscal year 2014. We continue to invest in strengthening and growing our sales organization and expanding our research and development efforts in order to drive faster software license revenue growth in the future. We also continue to realize improved sales execution across all geographies and product lines, including our legacy capture as well as mobile and new or acquired product offerings in the faster growing segments of our target markets, and the introduction of additional new product and solution offerings. We're therefore sufficiently confident in our outlook to reaffirm our previous revenue growth guidance and now provide adjusted EBITDA margin guidance for fiscal year 2014 on a constant currency basis as follows:

 
                           IFRS                         Non-IFRS 
Software License           Low Double Digits            Mid to High Teens 
Revenue Growth 
Total Revenues Growth      Mid to High Single Digits    Low Double Digits 
Adjusted EBITDA Margin     12.5 - 13.5%                 14.5 - 15.5% 
 
 

Non-IFRS guidance does not reflect the write off of substantially all of the deferred revenues of acquired companies as of their acquisition dates as a result of IFRS purchase accounting guidelines.

 

Thank You

 

Our performance is the direct result of the dedication and hard work of our valued employees, indirect channel partners and suppliers, and the continued support of our customers and shareholders. I would like to once again use this opportunity to sincerely thank all of these stakeholders for their on-going contributions to our success.

 

Reynolds C. BishChief Executive OfficerFebruary 4, 2014

 

Chief Financial Officer's Review

 

The first half of fiscal year 2014 continued the trends which began to emerge in the second half of the fiscal year 2013. For both the three months and six months ended December 31, 2013, we generated growth in every revenue line item and every geography. We expanded our sales organization, particularly the number of quota carrying sales reps, as well as invested in our product development organization both, of which position us for continued growth. We significantly enhanced our product set with the acquisition of Kapow in July and the introduction of Kofax Total AgilityTM 7.0 in October. Finally, we strengthened our balance sheet with the extension of our $40.0 million revolving line of credit, and increased the liquidity in our shares and enhanced shareholder value when we completed our NASDAQ listing on December 5, 2013. On December 5, 2013, Kofax (U.K.) became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kofax (Bermuda). Kofax (Bermuda) was incorporated solely for this purpose. The scheme of arrangement will have no effect on the manner in which our business is conducted and the results continue to present the results of the Group applying the appropriate accounting principles.

 

There are a couple of items I want to note before continuing with my review. First, we are and in the future will be providing three month and year-to-date financial information and statements. Second, with the exception of the section titled "Discussion of Non-IFRS Measures", the Chief Financial Officer's refers to IFRS financial measures.

 

Revenues

 

The following tables present revenues by financial statement line, as well as in total for each of our geographic regions:

 
                   Three Months EndedDecember 31,                 % of Total Revenues 
                   2013       2012                     % Change   2013     2012 
                   ($ in thousands, except percentages) 
Software license   $ 30,385   $ 25,017                 21.4 %     41.0  %  39.3  % 
Maintenance          33,491     30,804                 8.7  %     45.3  %  48.3  % 
services 
Professional         10,173     7,883                  29.1 %     13.7  %  12.4  % 
services 
Total revenues     $ 74,049   $ 63,704                 16.2 %     100.0 %  100.0 % 
                   Three Months EndedDecember 31,                 % of Total Revenues 
                   2013       2012                     % Change   2013     2012 
                   ($ in thousands, except percentages) 
Americas           $ 41,354   $ 34,520                 19.8 %     55.8  %  54.2  % 
EMEA                 27,756     24,839                 11.7 %     37.5  %  39.0  % 
Asia Pacific         4,939      4,345                  13.7 %     6.7   %  6.8   % 
Total revenues     $ 74,049   $ 63,704                 16.2 %     100.0 %  100.0 % 
                   Six Months EndedDecember 31,                   % of Total Revenues 
                   2013       2012                     % Change   2013     2012 
                   ($ in thousands, except percentages) 
Software license   $ 54,829   $ 47,149                 16.3 %     39.3  %  38.1  % 
Maintenance          65,588     60,680                 8.1  %     47.0  %  49.0  % 
services 
Professional         19,043     16,010                 18.9 %     13.7  %  12.9  % 
services 
Total revenues     $ 139,460  $ 123,839                12.6 %     100.0 %  100.0 % 
Americas           $ 78,850   $ 67,109                 17.5 %     56.6  %  54.2  % 
EMEA                 51,498     47,683                 8.0  %     36.9  %  38.5  % 
Asia Pacific         9,112      9,047                  0.7  %     6.5   %  7.3   % 
Total revenues     $ 139,460  $ 123,839                12.6 %     100.0 %  100.0 % 
 
 

Software license revenues increased $5.4 million, or 21.4%, in the three months ended December 31, 2013, due to a $3.8 million increase in our legacy capture products and a $1.6 million increase in mobile and new or acquired products. Software license revenues increased $3.1 million in Americas, $1.4 million in EMEA, and $0.9 million in Asia Pacific.

 

Software license revenues increased $7.7 million, or 16.3%, in the six months ended December 31, 2013, due to a $5.5 million increase in our legacy capture products and a $2.4 million increase in our mobile and new or acquired products. Software license revenues increased $4.9 million in Americas, $2.1 million in EMEA, and $0.7 million in Asia Pacific.

 

Maintenance services revenue increased $2.7 million, or 8.7%, in the three months ended December 31, 2013 due to an increase of $1.3 million or 8.4% in the Americas and $1.5 million or 11.6% in EMEA offset by a decrease of $0.1 million or 6.7% in Asia Pacific. In the six months ended December 31, 2013, maintenance services revenue increased $4.9 million, or 8.1%, due to an increase of a $2.5 million or 8.2% in the America and $2.8 million or 10.8% in EMEA offset by a decrease of $0.4 million or 9.3% in Asia Pacific. The increase in maintenance services revenue is primarily due to continued high maintenance contract renewal rates and the expansion of our installed base from prior quarter software license sales and to a lesser extent, maintenance revenues from our acquisition of Kapow and Altosoft.

 

Professional services revenue increased $2.3 million, or 29.1%, in the three months ended December 31, 2013 due to an increase of $2.4 million or 64.8% in the Americas offset by a decrease of $0.1 million in EMEA and Asia Pacific or a 1.1% and 11.5% decrease, respectively. In the six months ended December 31, 2013, professional services revenue increased $3.0 million, or 18.9%, due to an increase of $4.4 million or 60.5% in the Americas offset by a decrease of $1.1 million or 15.0% in EMEA and $0.3 million or 14.5% in Asia Pacific. The increase in professional services revenue is primarily due to incremental professional services arrangements from our acquisition of Kapow as well as several large capture projects in the Americas.

 

Costs and Expenses

 

Cost of Software Licenses

 

Cost of software licenses primarily consists of royalties to third-party software developers as well as personnel costs related to the distribution of our software licenses and associated costs such as facilities and related overhead charges.

 

The following table reflects cost of software license revenues, in dollars and as a percentage of software license revenues:

 
                   Three Months EndedDecember 31,    Change        Six Months EndedDecember 31,    Change 
                   2013     2012                     $      %      2013     2012                   $      % 
                   (in thousands, except percentages) 
Cost of software   $ 3,029  $ 2,295                  $ 734  32.0%  $ 5,685  $ 4,726                $ 959  20.3% 
license 
% of software      10.0%    9.2%                                   10.4%    10.0% 
license 
revenues 
 
 

Cost of software licenses increased by $0.7 million, or 32.0%, in the three months ended December 31, 2013 and $1.0 million, or 20.3%, in the six months ended December 31, 2013 which is generally the result of increases in software license revenues as well as a shift to more royalty bearing products. Royalty costs vary by product, as applicable, and accordingly, the cost of software licenses as a percentage of the software license revenues can fluctuate based on the mix of software licenses sold.

 

Cost of Maintenance Services

 

Cost of maintenance services primarily consists of personnel costs for our staff who respond to customer inquiries as well as associated costs such as facilities and related overhead charges. The following table shows cost of maintenance services, in dollars and as a percentage of maintenance services revenue:

 
                      Three Months EndedDecember 31,    Change        Six Months EndedDecember 31,    Change 
                      2013     2012                     $      %      2013     2012                   $        % 
                      (in thousands, except percentages) 
Cost of maintenance   $ 5,079  $ 4,537                  $ 542  11.9%  $ 9,886  $ 8,763                $ 1,123  12.8% 
services 
% of maintenance      15.2%    14.7%                                  15.1%    14.4% 
services revenue 
 
 

Cost of maintenance services increased $0.5 million, or 11.9%, in the three months ended December 31, 2013 as we increased our technical support organization to support a larger installed base as well as to support Altosoft and Kapow customers. Cost of maintenance services increased $1.1 million, or 12.8%, in the six months ended December 31, 2013 as we increased our technical support organization to support a larger installed base as well as to support Altosoft and Kapow customers.

 

Cost of Professional Services

 

Cost of professional services primarily consists of personnel costs for our staff of consultants and trainers, other associated costs such as facilities and related overhead charges, travel related expenses and the cost of contractors, whom we engage from time to time to assist us in delivering professional services.

 

The following table shows cost of professional services, in dollars and as a percentage of professional services revenue:

 
                       Three Months EndedDecember 31,    Change          Six Months EndedDecember 31,    Change 
                       2013     2012                     $        %      2013      2012                  $        % 
                       (in thousands, except percentages) 
Cost of professional   $ 8,218  $ 7,205                  $ 1,013  14.1%  $ 15,847  $ 14,130              $ 1,717  12.2% 
services 
% of professional      80.8%    91.4%                                    83.2%     88.3% 
services revenue 
 
 

Cost of professional services increased $1.0 million, or 14.1%, in the three months ended December 31, 2013 primarily due to a $0.4 million increase in compensation costs largely associated with our acquisitions of Altosoft and Kapow. Cost of professional services increased $1.7 million, or 12.2%, in the six months ended December 31, 2013 due to a $0.5 million increase in compensation costs largely for that same reason. Our gross margin on professional services increased 10.6% and 5.1% in the three months and six months ended December 31, 2013, respectively as we were able to better utilize our professional services staff.

 

Research and Development

 

Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel costs incurred in connection with the design, development, testing and documentation of our software products and technology as well as associated costs such as facilities and related overhead charges. All research and development expenses are expensed as incurred. The following table shows research and development expense, in dollars and as a percentage of total revenues:

 
                      Three Months EndedDecember 31,    Change          Six Months EndedDecember 31,    Change 
                      2013     2012                     $        %      2013      2012                  $        % 
                      (in thousands, except percentages) 
Research and          $ 9,951  $ 8,433                  $ 1,518  18.0%  $ 19,028  $ 16,904              $ 2,124  12.6% 
development 
% of total revenues   13.4%    13.2%                                    13.6%     13.6% 
 
 

Research and development expenses increased $1.5 million, or 18.0%, in the three months ended December 31, 2013 due to a $1.3 million increase in compensation costs largely associated with our acquisitions of Altosoft and Kapow as well as increased headcount to support or mobile and new or acquired products. Research and development expenses increased $2.1 million, or 12.6%, in the six months ended December 31, 2013 due to a $1.9 million increase in compensation costs largely for those same reasons

 

Sales and Marketing

 

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of personnel costs related to our sales and marketing staff, costs for trade shows, advertising and other lead generating activities, as well as associated costs such as facilities and related overhead charges.

 

The following table shows sales and marketing expense, in dollars and as a percentage of total revenues:

 
                      Three Months EndedDecember 31,    Change          Six Months EndedDecember 31,    Change 
                      2013      2012                    $        %      2013      2012                  $         % 
                      (in thousands, except percentages) 
Sales and marketing   $ 30,502  $ 23,720                $ 6,782  28.6%  $ 58,541  $ 48,205              $ 10,336  21.4% 
expense 
% of total revenues   41.2%     37.2%                                   42.0%     38.9% 
 
 

Sales and marketing expenses increased $6.8 million, or 28.6%, in the three months ended December 31, 2013 due to a $4.4 million increase in compensation costs largely associated with our acquisitions of Altosoft and Kapow and consistent with our plan to increase investment in the sales organization. Sales and marketing expenses increased $10.3 million, or 21.4%, in the six months ended December 31, 2013 due to a $6.1 million increase in compensation costs largely for those same reasons.

 

General and Administrative

 

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel costs for our executive, finance, human resource and legal functions, as well as associated costs such as facilities and related overhead charges. Also included in general and administrative expenses are costs associated with legal, accounting, tax and advisory fees.

 

The following table shows general and administrative expense, in dollars and as a percentage of total revenues:

 
                      Three Months EndedDecember 31,    Change           Six Months EndedDecember 31,    Change 
                      2013     2012                     $        %       2013      2012                  $        % 
                      (in thousands, except percentages) 
General               $ 9,695  $ 9,907                  $ (212)  (2.1)%  $ 18,886  $ 19,235              $ (349)  (1.8)% 
and administrative 
expense 
% of total revenues   13.1%    15.5%                                     13.5%     15.5% 
 
 

General and administrative expenses decreased $0.2 million, or 2.1%, in the three months ended December 31, 2013 primarily due to a decrease in depreciation and amortization expense as well as reduced share-based payment expense. General and administrative expenses decreased $0.4 million, or 1.8%, in the six months ended December 31, 2013 primarily due to those same reasons.

 

Amortization of Acquired Intangible Assets - We record amortization expense relating to our acquired intangible assets using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the respective asset. Our intangible assets include acquired contractual and customer relationships, technology and trade names, each based on their fair values ascribed in accounting for the initial business acquisition. The following table shows expense related to the amortization of acquired intangible assets, in dollars and as a percentage of total revenues:

 
                      Three Months EndedDecember 31,    Change        Six Months EndedDecember 31,    Change 
                      2013     2012                     $      %      2013     2012                   $        % 
                      (in thousands, except percentages) 
Amortization          $ 2,340  $ 1,619                  $ 721  44.5%  $ 4,564  $ 3,226                $ 1,338  41.5% 
of acquired 
intangible assets 
% of total revenues   3.2%     2.5%                                   3.3%     2.6% 
 
 

Amortization of acquired intangible assets increased $0.7 million, or 44.5%, to $2.3 million in the three months ended December 31, 2013, due to additional amortization of acquired intangible assets arising from our acquisitions of Altosoft and Kapow. Amortization of acquired intangible assets increased $1.3 million, or 41.5%, to $4.6 million in the six months ended December 31, 2013, due to that same reason.

 

Acquisition-related Costs - Acquisition-related costs include those costs related to acquisitions and consist of (i) costs directly attributable to our acquisition strategy and the evaluation, consummation and integration of our acquisitions and (ii) transition compensation costs.

 

The following table shows Acquisition-related costs, in dollars and as a percentage of total revenues:

 
                      Three Months EndedDecember 31,    Change                Six Months EndedDecember 31,    Change 
                      2013       2012                   $          %          2013     2012                   $          % 
                      (in thousands, except percentages) 
Acquisition-related   $ (2,208)  $ 1,505                $ (3,713)  (246.7) %  $ (105)  $ 2,943                $ (3,048)  (103.6)% 
costs 
% of total revenues   (3.0)%     2.4%                                         (0.1)%   2.4% 
 
 

Acquisition-related costs decreased $3.7 million, or 246.7%, to a $2.2 million credit in the three months ended December 31, 2013 due to a decrease in the fair value of contingent consideration related to the Singularity and Altosoft acquisitions as well as other acquisition costs of $0.4 million related to the acquisition of Kapow.

 

Acquisition-related costs decreased $3.0 million, or 103.6%, to a $0.1 million credit in the six months ended December 31, 2013 due to a $2.5 million decrease in the fair value of contingent consideration related to the Singularity and Altosoft acquisitions as well as direct acquisition costs of $0.7 million related to the acquisition of Kapow.

 

Other Operating Expense, net - Other operating expenses, net consists of all income or expense that is not directly attributable to one of our other operating revenue or expense lines. The following table shows other operating expenses, net, in dollars and as a percentage of total revenues:

 
                      Three Months EndedDecember 31,    Change           Six Months EndedDecember 31,    Change 
                      2013     2012                     $        %       2013     2012                   $        % 
                      (in thousands, except percentages) 
Other operating       $ 2,923  $ 678                    $ 2,245  331.6%  $ 3,231  $ 1,857                $ 1,374  74.0% 
expenses, net 
% of total revenues   3.9%     1.1%                                      2.3%     1.5% 
 
 

Other operating expenses increased $2.2 million, or 331.6% to $2.9 million in the three months ended December 31, 2013 and increased $1.4 million, or 74.0% to $3.2 million in the six months ended December 31, 2013 as a result of the costs associated with the NASDAQ listing.

 

Finance Income (Expense), net - Finance income (expense), net consists primarily of foreign exchange gains or losses related to our intercompany receivables and payables, to fair value adjustments relating to forward contracts or other financial instruments and to a lesser extent to interest income (expense). The following table shows finance income (expense), net, in dollars and as a percentage of total revenues:

 
                      Three Months EndedDecember 31,    Change             Six Months EndedDecember 31,    Change 
                      2013   2012                       $        %         2013     2012                   $        % 
                      (in thousands, except percentages) 
Finance income        $ 465  $ (1,657)                  $ 2,122  (128.0)%  $ 4,153  $ (1,779)              $ 5,932  (333.6)% 
(expense), net 
% of total revenues   0.6%   (2.6)%                                        3.0%     (1.4)% 
 
 

Finance income (expense) net, fluctuated $2.1 million in the three months ended December 31, 2013 and $5.9 million in the six months ended December 31, 2013 representing a swing from loss to income primarily due to unrealized foreign exchange gains related to revaluing non-functional currency denominated intercompany positions.

 

Income tax expense - The following table shows income tax expense, in dollars and as a percentage of profit from continuing operations:

 
                         Three Months EndedDecember 31,    Change        Six Months EndedDecember 31,    Change 
                         2013     2012                     $      %      2013     2012                   $      % 
                         (in thousands, except percentages) 
Income tax expense       $ 2,648  $ 1,651                  $ 997  60.3%  $ 3,258  $ 2,440                $ 818  33.5% 
Income from continuing   $ 4,985  $ 2,148                                $ 8,050  $ 2,071 
operations 
Effective tax rate       53.1%    76.9%                                  40.5%    117.8% 
 
 

Income tax expense increased by $1.0 million, or 60.3%, to $2.7 million during the three months ended December 31, 2013 and increased by $0.8 million, or 33.5%, to $3.3 million during the six months ended December 31, 2013. Increased income tax expense was the result of greater income from continuing operations for the three and six months ended December 31, 2013 as compared to the three and six months ended December 31, 2012. Effective tax rates decreased, due to the relatively disproportionate effect of significant expenses during the three and six months ended December 31, 2012 that are not deductible for tax purposes.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Historically, we have financed our business primarily through our cash on hand as well as cash flows from operations. We had $81.2 million of cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2013, compared to $93.4 million at June 30, 2013. The majority of our cash is held in U.S. dollars, Euros and to a lesser extent, British Pounds. We had no outstanding debt as of June 30, 2013. On October 14, 2013, the Company extended its $40.0 million revolving line of credit to June 30, 2016. Subject to certain conditions, borrowings under the credit facility can be denominated in U.S. dollars, Euros and certain other currencies, can be made in the US and certain other countries and can be increased by an additional $10.0 million. The credit facility is available for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions. As of December 31, 2013, we had $39.5 million available under this revolving credit facility, as $0.5 million is used to guarantee letters of credit in certain operating facilities and payroll services.

 

The following tables set forth the summary of our cash flows:

 
                         Three Months EndedDecember 31, 
                         2013         2012                     Change 
                         ($ in thousands) 
Cash generated 
from (used in) 
Operating activities     $ (186    )  $ 597                    $ (783    ) 
Investing activities       (2,011  )    (3,081 )                 1,070 
Financing activities       11,627       (896   )                 12,523 
Exchange rate effects      (196    )    132                      (328    ) 
Net increase (decrease)  $ 9,234      $ (3,248 )               $ 12,482 
                         Six Months EndedDecember 31, 
                         2013         2012                     Change 
                         ($ in thousands) 
Cash generated 
from (used in) 
Operating activities     $ 18,220     $ 9,205                  $ 9,015 
Investing activities       (43,193 )    (5,025 )                 (38,168 ) 
Financing activities       11,814       566                      11,248 
Exchange rate effects      979          1,163                    (184    ) 
Net increase (decrease)  $ (12,180 )  $ 5,909                  $ (18,089 ) 
 
 

Operating Activities

 

Net cash used in operating activities was $0.2 million in the three months ended December 31, 2013, compared to cash generated from operating activities of $0.6 million in the three months ended December 31, 2012, a net decrease of $0.8 million. That decrease was primarily attributable to a $0.7 million increase in cash paid for taxes in the quarter.

 

Net cash generated from operating activities was $18.2 million in the six months ended December 31, 2013, compared to $9.2 million in the six months ended December 31, 2012, an increase of $9.0 million. That increase was primarily attributable to a $12.5 million increase in deferred revenue offset by a $3.7 million decrease in provisions and other assets.

 

Investing Activities

 

Net cash used in investing activities was $2.0 million in the three months ended December 31, 2013, compared to $3.1 million in the three months ended December 31, 2012, a decreased use of cash of $1.0 million. The primary use of cash in the current period was a $0.8 million in payment associated with our acquisition of Atalasoft and $0.5 million in purchases of fixed assets.

 

Net cash used in investing activities was $43.2 million in the six months ended December 31, 2013, compared to $5.0 million in the six months ended December 31, 2012, an increased use of $38.2 million. The primary use of cash in the current period was a $40.3 million payment associated with our acquisition of Kapow, $0.7 million deferred consideration payment for the Altosoft acquisition, and $1.1 million earnout payment for the Atalasoft acquisition. Additionally, we purchased $2.0 million of fixed assets.

 

Financing Activities

 

Net cash generated from financing activities was $11.6 million in the three months ended December 31, 2013, compared to net cash used of $0.9 million in the three months ended December 31, 2012 an increase of $12.5 million due primarily to $12.4 in net proceeds from our NASDAQ listing.

 

Net cash generated from financing activities was $11.8 million in the six months ended December 31, 2013, compared to $0.6 million in the six months ended December 31, 2012 an increase of $11.2 million due primarily to $12.4 million in net proceeds from NASDAQ listing offset by decreases of $0.6 million from net purchases of employee benefit shares and proceeds from option exercises, issuance of share capital and interest paid.

 

Exchange Rate Effects

 

We operate in many countries around the world, and maintain cash balances in locations in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. In the three months ended December 31, 2013 cash and cash equivalents decreased by $0.2 million due to changes in foreign exchange rate, while during the three months ended December 31, 2012 our cash and cash equivalents increased by $0.1 million. During the six months ended December 31, 2013 cash and cash equivalents increased by $1.0 million due to changes in foreign exchange rates, while during the six months ended December 31, 2012 our cash and cash equivalents increased by $1.2 million due to changes in foreign exchange rates, as we maintained more cash on hand in U.S. dollars this period. Our cash and cash equivalents will continue to fluctuate in the future, as foreign currency exchange rates vary over time.

 

Treasury Management

 

On October 14, 2013, the Company extended the term of its $40.0 million revolving line of credit with Bank of America Merrill Lynch to June 30, 2016. Subject to certain conditions, borrowings under the credit facility can be denominated in U.S. dollars, euros and certain other currencies and can be made in the U.S. and certain other countries. The credit facility is available for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions, is secured by certain assets of the Company and can be increased by an additional $10.0 million. As of December 31, 2013 $39.5 million was available as $0.5 million has been used to guarantee letters of credit in certain operating facilities and payroll services.

 

The Company has significant overseas subsidiaries, which operate principally in their local currencies. Where appropriate, intra group borrowings are arranged in functional currencies of the borrower to centralize the foreign exchange impact and provide a natural hedge against exchange rate movement risks.

 

The Company hedges certain foreign currency cash and cash flows relating to transactions in accordance with policies set by the Board of Directors. Assessment of the credit risk profile of the Company's key customers and resellers is centralized for increased focus.

 

Reconciliation of Non-IFRS Measures

 

Management uses financial measures, both IFRS and non-IFRS, in analyzing and assessing the overall performance of the business and for making operational decisions. We have provided and believe that the non-IFRS financial measures and supplemental reconciliation to IFRS financial measures are useful to investors and other users of our financial statements because the non-IFRS financial measures may be used as additional tools to compare business performance across peer companies, periods and financial markets.

 

While we use non-IFRS measures as a tool to enhance our understanding of certain aspects of our financial performance, we do not believe that these non-IFRS measures are a substitute for, or are superior to, the information provided by IFRS results. As such, the presentation of non-IFRS measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for any measure prepared in accordance with IFRS. The primary limitations associated with the use of non-IFRS measures as compared to IFRS results are that non-IFRS measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies in our industry and that non-IFRS measures may exclude financial information that some investors may consider important in evaluating our performance. We compensate for these limitations by providing disclosure of the differences between non-IFRS measures and IFRS results, including providing a reconciliation of each non-IFRS measure to IFRS results, in order to enable investors to perform their own analysis of our operating results.

 

Non-IFRS Revenues - We define Non-IFRS revenue as revenue, as reported under IFRS, increased to include revenue that is associated with our historic acquisitions that has been excluded from reported results for a given period due to the effects of purchase accounting. In accordance with IFRS purchase accounting, an acquired company's deferred revenue at the date of acquisition is subject to a fair value adjustment which reduces the deferred amount and revenues recognized subsequent to an acquisition. We include Non-IFRS revenue to allow for more complete comparisons to the financial results of our historical operations, forward-looking guidance and the financial results of peer companies. We believe these adjustments are useful to management and investors as a measure of the ongoing performance of the business. Additionally, although acquisition related revenue adjustments are non-recurring we may incur similar adjustments in connection with any future acquisitions. The tables below provide a reconciliation of IFRS revenues to Non-IFRS revenues related to all of our historic acquisitions:

 
                       Three Months Ended December 31, 2013                                                          Three Months Ended December 31, 2012 
                       Revenues (asreportedunder IFRS)   AcquisitionFair ValueAdjustment   Non-IFRSRevenues          Revenues (asreportedunder IFRS)   AcquisitionFair ValueAdjustment   Non-IFRSRevenues 
                       ($ in thousands)                                                                              ($ in thousands) 
Software licenses      $ 30,385                          $ 2,187                           $ 32,572                  $ 25,017                          $ 42                              $ 25,059 
Maintenance services     33,491                            297                               33,788                    30,804                            112                               30,916 
Professional services    10,173                            516                               10,689                    7,883                             -                                 7,883 
Total revenues         $ 74,049                          $ 3,000                           $ 77,049                  $ 63,704                          $ 154                             $ 63,858 
                       Six Months Ended December 31, 2013                                                            Six Months Ended December 31, 2012 
                       Revenues (asreportedunder IFRS)   AcquisitionFair ValueAdjustment   Non-IFRSRevenues          Revenues (asreportedunder IFRS)   AcquisitionFair ValueAdjustment   Non-IFRSRevenues 
                       ($ in thousands)                                                                              ($ in thousands) 
Software licenses      $ 54,829                          $ 3,702                           $ 58,531                  $ 47,149                          $ 85                              $ 47,234 
Maintenance services     65,588                            603                               66,191                    60,680                            112                               60,792 
Professional services    19,043                            830                               19,873                    16,010                            -                                 16,010 
Total revenues         $ 139,460                         $ 5,135                           $ 144,595                 $ 123,839                         $ 197                             $ 124,036 
 
 

Non-IFRS Income from Operations - We define Non-IFRS income from operations as income from operations, as reported under IFRS, excluding the effect of acquisition fair value adjustment to revenue, share-based payment expense, depreciation expense, amortization of acquired intangible assets, acquisition-related costs, restructuring costs and other operating expense, net. Share-based payment expense, depreciation expense and amortization of acquired intangible assets in our Non-IFRS income from operations reconciliation represent non-cash charges which are not considered by management in evaluating our operating performance. Acquisition-related costs consist of: (i) costs directly attributable to our acquisition strategy and the evaluation, consummation and integration of our acquisitions (composed substantially of professional services fees including legal, accounting and other consultants and to a lesser degree to our personnel whose responsibilities are devoted to acquisition activities), and (ii) transition compensation costs (composed substantially of contingent payments for shares that are treated as compensation expense and retention payments that are anticipated to become payable to employees, as well as severance payments to employees whose positions were made redundant). These acquisition-related costs are not considered to be related to the organic continuing operations of the acquired businesses and are generally not relevant to assessing or estimating the long-term performance of the acquired assets. Restructuring costs are not considered in assessing our performance as we have not generally incurred such costs for our continuing operations. Other operating expense, net represents items that are not necessarily related to our recurring operations and which therefore are not, under IFRS, included in other expense lines. Accordingly, we exclude those amounts when assessing Non-IFRS income from operations. At times when we are communicating with our shareholders, analysts and other parties we refer to Non-IFRS income from operations as adjusted EBITDA.

 

We assess Non-IFRS income from operations as a percentage of total Non-IFRS revenues and by doing so; we are able to evaluate our relative performance of our revenue growth compared to the expense growth for those items included in Non-IFRS income from operations. This measure allows management and our Board of Directors to compare our performance against that of other companies in our industry that may be of different sizes.

 

The following table provides a reconciliation of IFRS income from operations to Non-IFRS income from operations and presents Non-IFRS income from operations as a percentage of total revenues.

 
                      Three Months EndedDecember 31,        Six Months EndedDecember 31, 
                      2013        2012                      2013        2012 
                      ($ in thousands) 
Income from           $ 4,520     $ 3,805                   $ 3,897     $ 3,850 
operations 
Acquisition             3,000       154                       5,135       197 
fair value 
adjustment to 
revenues 
Share-based             1,117       829                       1,866       1,191 
payment 
expense 
Depreciation            1,288       1,465                     2,670       3,048 
and 
amortization 
expense 
Amortization            2,340       1,619                     4,564       3,226 
of acquired 
intangible 
assets 
Acquisition-related     (2,208 )    1,505                     (105   )    2,943 
costs 
Other                   2,922       678                       3,231       1,857 
operating 
expenses, net 
Non-IFRS              $ 12,979    $ 10,055                  $ 21,258    $ 16,312 
income 
from 
operations 
Non-IFRS                16.8   %    15.7   %                  14.7   %    13.2   % 
income 
from 
operations 
as a 
percentage of 
adjusted 
revenues 
 
 

Adjusted Cash Flows from Operations - We define Adjusted cash flows from operations as net cash inflows from operating activities, as reported under IFRS, adjusted for income taxes paid or refunded and payments under restructurings. Income taxes paid is included in this reconciliation as the timing of cash payments and receipts can vary significantly from year-to-year based on a number of factors, including the influence of acquisitions on our consolidated tax attributes. Payments for restructurings relate to a specific activity that is not part of ongoing operations. The table below provides a reconciliation of IFRS cash flows from operations to Adjusted cash flows from operations:

 
                      Three Months EndedDecember 31,        Six Months EndedDecember 31, 
                      2013       2012                       2013      2012 
                      ($ in thousands) 
Cash flows from       $ (186  )  $ 597                      $ 18,220  $ 9,205 
operations 
Income taxes paid       3,568      2,927                      4,870     4,778 
Payments under          488        27                         588       867 
restructuring 
Adjusted cash flows   $ 3,870    $ 3,551                    $ 23,678  $ 14,850 
from operations 
 
 

Adjusted cash flow from operations increased $0.3 million to $3.9 million for the three months ended December 31, 2013 as a result of increased tax and restructuring payments combined with decreases in cash flow from operations.

 

Adjusted cash flow from operations increased $8.8 million to $23.7 million for the six months ended December 31, 2013 as a result of increased cash flows from operations and tax payments combined with a decrease in payments under restructuring.

 

Adjusted diluted earnings per share - We define Adjusted diluted earnings per share as diluted earnings per share, as reported under IFRS, adjusted by certain items that are also excluded from our Non-IFRS income from operations and which are discussed above. The most comparable IFRS metrics, 'income (loss) from continuing operations, after tax' and 'earnings per share - diluted', also include the reconciling items finance income (expense), net, and the impacts of income taxes on each of the other reconciling items. Therefore, we include this non-IFRS measure in order to provide a more complete comparison of our earnings per share from one period to another.

 

The tables below provide a reconciliation of our Adjusted diluted earnings per share, and our associated Non-IFRS income (loss) from continuing operations, after tax:

 

Reconciliation of Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share

 
                      For the Three Months Ended December 31, 
                      2013                            2012 
                      Per DilutedShare                Per DilutedShare 
                      ($ in thousands, except per share data) 
Income from           $ 0.03              $ 2,337     $ 0.01              $ 497 
continuing 
operations, 
after tax 
Acquisition             0.03                3,000       0.00                154 
fair value 
adjustment to 
revenues 
Share-based             0.01                1,117       0.01                829 
payment 
expense 
Amortization            0.03                2,340       0.02                1,619 
of 
intangible 
assets 
Acquisition-related     (0.03 )             (2,208 )    0.01                1,505 
costs 
Net finance             0.03                2,457       0.03                2,335 
and other 
income and 
expense 
Tax effect              (0.02 )             (1,671 )    (0.01 )             (1,126 ) 
of above 
Adjusted              $ 0.08                          $ 0.07 
diluted 
earnings 
per share 
                      For the Six Months Ended December 31, 
                      2013                            2012 
                      Per DilutedShare                Per DilutedShare 
                      ($ in thousands, except per share data) 
Income/(loss)         $ 0.05              $ 4,792     $ (0.00 )           $ (369   ) 
from 
continuing 
operations, 
after tax 
Acquisition             0.06                5,135       0.00                197 
fair value 
adjustment to 
revenues 
Share-based             0.02                1,866       0.01                1,191 
payment 
expense 
Amortization            0.05                4,564       0.04                3,226 
of 
intangible 
assets 
Acquisition-related     (0.00 )             (105   )    0.03                2,943 
costs 
Net finance             (0.01 )             (922   )    0.04                3,636 
and other 
income and 
expense 
Tax effect              (0.04 )             (3,761 )    (0.02 )             (1,879 ) 
of above 
Adjusted              $ 0.13                          $ 0.10 
diluted 
earnings 
per share 
 
 

Supplemental Information

 

The following supplemental information is used to reconcile IFRS Income from operations to Non-IFRS Income from operations:

 

Share based payment expense recognized by functional line in the Condensed Consolidated Income Statements is as follows:

 
                               For the Three Months EndedDecember 31, 
                               2013     2012 
                               ($ in thousands) 
Cost of maintenance services   $ 17     $ - 
Cost of professional             16       - 
services 
Research and development         210      129 
Selling and marketing            567      323 
General and administrative       307      377 
Total share-based              $ 1,117  $ 829 
payment expense 
                               For the Six Months EndedDecember 31, 
                               2013     2012 
                               ($ in thousands) 
Cost of maintenance services   $ 31     $ - 
Cost of professional             41       1 
services 
Research and development         350      204 
Selling and marketing            936      411 
General and administrative       508      575 
Total share-based              $ 1,866  $ 1,191 
payment expense 
 
 

Depreciation and amortization expense recognized by functional line in the Condensed Consolidated Income Statements is as follows:

 
                                For the Three Months EndedDecember 31, 
                                2013     2012 
                                ($ in thousands) 
Cost of software licenses       $ 8      $ 16 
Cost of maintenance services      117      140 
Cost of professional services     193      260 
Research and development          399      402 
Selling and marketing             392      423 
General and administrative        179      224 
Total depreciation and          $ 1,288  $ 1,465 
amortization expense 
                                For the Six Months EndedDecember 31, 
                                2013     2012 
                                ($ in thousands) 
Cost of software licenses       $ 22     $ 33 
Cost of maintenance services      247      294 
Cost of professional services     413      553 
Research and development          802      821 
Selling and marketing             809      885 
General and administrative        377      462 
Total depreciation and          $ 2,670  $ 3,048 
amortization expense 
 
 

Going Concern

 

Our financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the Company is a going concern. In connection with this presentation, the Board has reviewed the Company's forecasts and budgets, borrowing facilities, plans and various other analyses to determine the level of uncertainties in the business. The use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate because there are no material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern.

 

Principal Risks and Uncertainties

 

The principal risks and uncertainties facing the Company were disclosed on pages 12 and 13 of Kofax plc's 2013 Annual Report, which presents the results of the Company prior to the structural change, in which Kofax plc. became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kofax Limited. Kofax Limited was incorporated solely for this purpose. This change will not have any effect on the manner in which our business is conducted.

 

James Arnold, Jr.Chief Financial OfficerFebruary 3, 2014

 
Kofax Limited 
Unaudited 
Condensed 
Consolidated 
Income 
Statements 
($ 
in thousands, 
except 
per share 
amounts) 
                      For the Three Months Ended            For the Six Months Ended 
                      December 31,2013  December 31,2012    December 31,2013  December 31,2012 
Software              30,385            25,017              54,829            47,149 
licenses 
Maintenance           33,491            30,804              65,588            60,680 
services 
Professional          10,173            7,883               19,043            16,010 
services 
Total revenues        74,049            63,704              139,460           123,839 
Cost                  3,029             2,295               5,685             4,726 
of software 
licenses 
Cost                  5,079             4,537               9,886             8,763 
of maintenance 
services 
Cost                  8,218             7,205               15,847            14,130 
of 
professional 
services 
Research and          9,951             8,433               19,028            16,904 
development 
Sales                 30,502            23,720              58,541            48,205 
and marketing 
General               9,695             9,907               18,886            19,235 
and 
administrative 
Amortization          2,340             1,619               4,564             3,226 
of acquired 
intangible 
assets 
Acquisition-related   (2,208)           1,505               (105)             2,943 
costs 
Other                 2,923             678                 3,231             1,857 
operating 
expenses, net 
Operating             69,529            59,899              135,563           119,989 
costs 
and expenses 
Income from           4,520             3,805               3,897             3,850 
operations 
Finance income        754               65                  4,599             116 
Finance               (289)             (1,722)             (446)             (1,895) 
expense 
Income from           4,985             2,148               8,050             2,071 
continuing 
operations, 
before tax 
Income tax            2,648             1,651               3,258             2,440 
expense 
Income/(loss)         2,337             497                 4,792             (369) 
attributable 
to 
equity holders 
of the Parent 
Earnings/(loss) 
per share 
> Basic               0.03              0.01                0.06              (0.00) 
> Diluted             0.03              0.01                0.05              (0.00) 
 
 
Kofax 
Limited 
Unaudited 
Condensed 
Consolidated 
Statements 
of 
Comprehensive 
Income 
($ 
in 
thousands) 
                 For the Three Months Ended            For the Six Months Ended 
                 December 31,2013  December 31,2012    December 31,2013  December 31,2012 
Income/(loss)    2,337             497                 4,792             (369) 
attributable 
to 
equity 
holders 
of the 
Parent 
Other 
comprehensive 
income/(loss) 
Items 
that 
may be 
subsequently 
reclassified 
to 
profit or 
loss 
Exchange         (1,830)           1,928               (1,110)           4,106 
gains/(losses) 
arising 
on 
translation 
of 
foreign 
operations 
Income           (2)               (43)                (12)              22 
tax 
relating 
to items 
that 
may 
be 
reclassified 
                 (1,832)           1,885               (1,122)           4,128 
Items 
that 
will not 
be 
reclassified 
to profit 
or loss 
Actuarial        398               127                 339               252 
(losses)/gains 
on 
defined 
benefit 
pension 
plans 
Income           (59)              (21)                (59)              (40) 
tax 
relating 
to items 
that 
will 
not 
be 
reclassified 
                 339               106                 280               212 
Other 
comprehensive 
income/(loss) 
for 
the 
period, 
net of 
tax 
Total            (1,493)           1,991               (842)             4,340 
comprehensive 
income 
for 
the 
period, 
net 
of tax, 
attributable 
to equity 
holders 
of 
the 
Parent 
Income/(loss)    844               2,488               3,950             3,971 
attributable 
to 
equity 
holders 
of the 
Parent 
 
 
Kofax Limited 
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated 
Statements of Financial Position 
($ in thousands) 
                                   December 31, 2013   June 30, 2013 
Current assets: 
Cash and cash equivalents          81,233              93,413 
Trade receivables, net             60,486              60,929 
Inventories                        1,528               1,800 
Deferred tax assets                609                 2,024 
Other current assets               9,234               8,657 
Total current assets               153,090             166,823 
Other non-current assets           3,468               3,671 
Property and equipment             4,599               4,510 
Deferred tax assets                26,126              14,350 
Intangible assets                  232,732             189,789 
Total assets                       420,015             379,143 
Current liabilities 
Trade and other payables           36,969              35,504 
Deferred income - current          72,610              62,955 
Current tax liabilities            10,578              10,106 
Provisions - current               7,899               8,397 
Total current liabilities          128,056             116,962 
Employee benefits                  3,210               3,018 
Deferred income - non-current      7,657               5,095 
Deferred tax liabilities           18,098              14,607 
Provisions - non-current           5,873               2,334 
Shareholders' equity 
Share capital                      97                  95 
Share premium account              31,634              18,957 
Employee benefit shares            (15,712)            (15,294) 
Treasury shares                    (15,980)            (15,980) 
Merger reserve                     2,835               2,835 
Retained earnings                  236,052             227,197 
Currency translation adjustment    18,195              19,317 
Total Shareholders' equity         257,121             237,127 
Total liabilities and              420,015             379,143 
Shareholders' equity 
 
 
Kofax Limited 
Unaudited Condensed 
Consolidated 
Statements of Changes 
in Equity 
($ in thousands) 
                              ShareCapital  Share PremiumAccount  EmployeeBenefitShares  TreasuryShares  MergerReserve  RetainedEarnings  CurrencyTranslationAdjustment  TotalEquity 
As of June 30, 2012           94            17,091                (17,386)               (15,980)        2,835          216,585           14,701                         217,940 
Loss for the period           -             -                     -                      -               -              (369)             -                              (369) 
Other comprehensive           -             -                     -                      -               -              212               4,128                          4,340 
income, net of tax 
Total comprehensive income    -             -                     -                      -               -              (157)             4,128                          3,971 
for the period 
Tax on equity awards          -             -                     -                      -               -              1,173             -                              1,173 
Share-based payment expense   -             -                     -                      -               -              1,503             -                              1,503 
Changes in employee           -             -                     (953)                  -               -              -                 -                              (953) 
benefit shares 
New share capital issued      1             1,783                 -                      -               -              -                 -                              1,784 
As of December 31, 2012       95            18,874                (18,339)               (15,980)        2,835          219,104           18,829                         225,418 
Profit for the period         -             -                     -                      -               -              10,370            -                              10,370 
Other comprehensive           -             -                     -                      -               -              (891)             488                            (403) 
income, net of tax 
Total comprehensive income    -             -                     -                      -               -              9,479             488                            9,967 
for the period 
Tax on equity awards          -             -                     -                      -               -              1,012             -                              1,012 
Share-based payment expense   -             -                     -                      -               -              (110)             -                              (110) 
Changes in employee           -             -                     3,045                  -               -              (2,288)           -                              757 
benefit shares 
New share capital issued      -             83                    -                      -               -              -                 -                              83 
As of June 30, 2013           95            18,957                (15,294)               (15,980)        2,835          227,197           19,317                         237,127 
Profit for the period         -             -                     -                      -               -              4,792             -                              4,792 
Other comprehensive           -             -                     -                      -               -              280               (1,122)                        (842) 
income, net of tax 
Total comprehensive income    -             -                     -                      -               -              5,072             (1,122)                        3,950 
for the period 
Tax on equity awards          -             -                     -                      -               -              2,088             -                              2,088 
Share-based payment expense   -             -                     -                      -               -              1,866             -                              1,866 
Changes in employee           -             -                     (418)                  -               -              (171)             -                              (589) 
benefit shares 
New share capital issued      2             12,677                -                      -               -              -                 -                              12,679 
As of December 31, 2013       97            31,634                (15,712)               (15,980)        2,835          236,052           18,195                         257,121 
 
 
Kofax Limited 
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated 
Statements of Cash Flows 
($ in thousands) 
                                        For the Six Months Ended 
                                        December 31,2013  December 31,2012 
Cash flows from operating activities 
Income from continuing                  8,050             2,071 
operations before tax 
Adjustments to reconcile profit 
before tax to net cash flows: 
Finance income                          (4,599)           (116) 
Finance expense                         446               1,895 
Depreciation and amortization           7,287             6,274 
Share-based payment expense             1,866             1,191 
Changes in operating assets 
and liabilities: 
Trade receivables, net                  3,508             11,550 
Other assets                            618               (1,591) 
Trade and other payables                (47)              (5,893) 
Deferred income                         9,562             (2,878) 
Provisions                              (3,013)           2,347 
Payments under restructuring            (588)             (867) 
- personnel 
Income taxes paid                       (4,870)           (4,778) 
Net cash inflow from                    18,220            9,205 
operating activities 
Cash flows from investing activities 
Purchase of property and equipment,     (2,177)           (1,233) 
licenses and similar rights 
Acquisition of subsidiaries,            (41,085)          (4,499) 
net of cash acquired* 
Proceeds from sale of discontinued      -                 600 
operations 
Interest received                       69                107 
Net cash outflow from                   (43,193)          (5,025) 
investing activities 
Cash flows from financing activities 
Issue of share capital                  313               1,746 
Proceeds from initial public offering   12,366            - 
Purchases of and proceeds from          (589)             (959) 
employee benefit shares 
Interest paid                           (276)             (221) 
Net cash inflow from                    11,814            566 
financing activities 
Net increase/(decrease) in              (13,159)          4,746 
cash and cash equivalents 
Cash and cash equivalents               93,413            81,122 
at start of the period 
Exchange rate effects                   979               1,163 
Cash and cash equivalents               81,233            87,031 
at the end of the period 
 
 

* The Group cash outflow from acquisitions is net of $1.3 million cash acquired from the Kapow acquisition and also includes payments of contingent consideration related to the Atalasoft acquisition of $1.2 million and deferred consideration related to the Altosoft acquisition of $0.7 million.

 

NOTE 1ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

1.1 Basis of presentation

 

The unaudited Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements for the six months ended December 31, 2013 have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34, "Interim Financial Reporting" and the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Services Authority.

 

On December 5, 2013, the Group effected an initial public offering of 2,300,000 shares of common stock at a price to the public of $5.85 per share. The shares began trading on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on that exchange under the ticker symbol "KFX." All of the shares of common stock being offered were by Kofax; there were no selling Kofax shareholders. Additionally, the Group established Kofax Limited as the parent company through a scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the U.K. Companies Act of 2006. As part of the scheme, the Group established a new par value of $0.001 per share replacing the 2.5 pence per under Kofax plc. The reorganization of the Group has been accounted for in accordance with the principles of merger accounting as applicable to group reorganizations. The consolidated financial statements are therefore presented as if Kofax Limited had been the parent company of the Group throughout the periods presented. Share capital and share premium mounts in the comparative periods have been retroactively adjusted to reflect such establishment.

 

The Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements do not include all information and disclosures as required in the Consolidated Annual Financial Statements, and should be read in conjunction with the Group's Consolidated Annual Financial Statements of Kofax plc for the year ended June 30, 2013 and prospectus dated November 28, 2013.

 

The Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements were approved by the Board of Directors on February 3, 2014.

 

1.2 Summary of significant accounting policies

 

The accounting policies adopted in preparation of the Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements are consistent with those followed in preparation of the Consolidated Annual Financial Statements for the year ended June 30, 2013.

 

The adoption of the standards/ interpretations that have become effective for the current fiscal year have already been outlined in detail in the Consolidated Annual Financial Statements for the year ended June 30, 2013 and were not considered to have a significant impact on these Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Statements.

 

1.3 Seasonality of operations

 

Many contracts, particularly those sold through the direct sales force, are finalized in the latter portions of any given quarter. Additionally, Group revenue may vary from quarter to quarter, depending on the timing and size of license revenue, which may contain individually large contracts in any given period. The first and third fiscal quarters have historically been seasonally weaker than the second and fourth quarters. This information is provided to allow for a proper appreciation of the results, however management have concluded that this does not constitute "highly seasonal" as considered by IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting.

 

NOTE 2BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

 

Acquisition of Kapow

 

On July 31, 2013, Kofax acquired 100% of the shares of Kapow Technologies Holdings, Inc. (Kapow), a company incorporated in the United States, specializing in data integration software. Kapow's software will assist in Kofax's ability to integrate smart process applications with third party software for content import and export purposes as well as data validation during a business process. In addition, it will assist in penetrating the emerging electronic content transformation segment of the multichannel capture market, and is highly complementary to the recent acquisition of Altosoft's business intelligence and analytics products. The acquisition will be accounted for using the acquisition method.

 

The consolidated financial statements include the results of Kapow during the five month period from the acquisition date. The provisional fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities of Kapow, at the acquisition date, are as follows:

 
                                                July 31, 2013 
                                                ($ in thousands) 
Current assets: 
Cash and cash equivalents                       1,276 
Trade receivables, net                          3,048 
Other current assets                            461 
Total current assets                            4,785 
Other non-current assets                        87 
Property and equipment                          99 
Deferred tax assets                             8,703 
Technology-intangible                           10,700 
Customer relationships-intangible               5,400 
In-process R&D-intangible                       700 
Trade names-intangibles                         200 
Total assets                                    30,674 
Current liabilities 
Trade and other payables                        536 
Other current liabilities                       961 
Deferred income - current                       1,076 
Total current liabilities                       2,573 
Other liabilities                               25 
Deferred tax liabilities                        6,384 
Total liabilities                               8,982 
Net assets acquired                             21,692 
Consideration paid in cash at time of closing   40,524 
Deferred consideration                          6,624 
Total consideration                             47,148 
Goodwill arising from acquisition               25,456 
 
 

Analysis of cash flows on acquisition:

 
                                  ($ in thousands) 
Cash outflow at time of closing   40,524 
Less: cash acquired               1,276 
Total cash consideration          39,248 
 
 

The provisional goodwill of $25.5 million includes the value of acquired technologies, and expected synergies arising from the acquisition and the workforce, which is not separately recognizable. None of the goodwill is expected to be deductible for tax purposes.

 

From the date of acquisition, Kapow has contributed $2.5 million of revenues and $4.0 million of net loss to the Group. If the combination had taken place at the beginning of the fiscal year, revenues from Kapow's operations would have been approximately $3.5 million higher and the net income would have decreased by approximately $5.0 million and would have made the Group's total revenues $140.4 million and net income $3.8 million.

 

NOTE 3OPERATING SEGMENTS

 

The Group operates one business segment, the software business. All products and services are considered one solution to customers and are operated and analyzed under one income statement provided to and evaluated by the chief operating decision maker (CODM). The CODM manages the business based on the key measures for resource allocation, based on a single set of financial data that encompasses the Group's entire operations for purposes of making operating decisions and assessing financial performance. The Group's CODM is the Chief Executive Officer.

 

There are no reportable assets that meet the criteria under IFRS 8 to be reported under the single operating segment.

 

Entity-wide Disclosures

 

The following revenue information is based on the location of the customer:

 
           Americas  UK      Germany  Rest ofEMEA  Asia-Pacific  Total 
External   ($ in thousands) 
Revenues 
forthe 
Three 
Months 
Ended 
December   41,354    7,256   5,201    15,299       4,939         74,049 
31, 
2013 
December   34,520    6,555   4,330    13,954       4,345         63,704 
31, 
2012 
           Americas  UK      Germany  Rest ofEMEA  Asia-Pacific  Total 
External   ($ in thousands) 
Revenues 
forthe 
Six 
Months 
Ended 
December   78,850    14,060  9,423    28,015       9,112         139,460 
31, 
2013 
December   67,109    14,620  8,504    24,559       9,047         123,839 
31, 
2012 
 
 

The following table presents non-current assets by subsidiary location:

 
              America  UK      Germany  Rest ofEMEA  Asia-Pacific  Total 
Non-current   ($ in thousands) 
assets 
As            154,584  35,502  6,536    35,577       6,985         239,184 
of December 
31, 2013 
As of June    116,054  34,806  6,078    33,734       6,407         197,079 
30, 2013 
 
 

Non-current assets for this purpose consist of property and equipment, intangible assets, and other non-current assets- excluding security deposits and deferred tax assets.

 

NOTE 4OPERATING COSTS AND EXPENSES

 

Operating costs and expenses include the following key elements:

 
                 For the Three                    For the Six Months Ended 
                 Months Ended 
                 December       December 31,2012  December 31,2013  December 31,2012 
                 31,2013 
                 ($ 
                 in thousands) 
Staff costs      44,331         36,435            83,973            72,724 
excluding 
share-based 
payment 
expense 
Share-based      1,117          829               1,866             1,191 
payment 
expense 
Depreciation     576            729               1,249             1,468 
of property 
and equipment 
Amortization     2,340          1,619             4,564             3,226 
of acquired 
intangible 
assets - 
technology 
and 
contractual 
relationships 
Amortization     712            736               1,421             1,580 
of 
intangible 
assets 
- licenses 
and 
similar 
rights 
Total            709            1,078             1,145             1,946 
remuneration 
for 
principal 
auditors 
Operating        2,030          2,075             4,008             4,047 
lease 
expense - 
minimum lease 
payments 
Acquisition      (2,208)        1,505             (105)             2,943 
related 
costs 
Third party      4,080          2,969             7,899             5,821 
royalties 
and 
commissions 
Travel           3,317          2,719             6,421             5,458 
and 
entertainment 
Consultants,     3,443          2,525             6,728             5,495 
contractors 
and advisors 
Direct           2,499          2,306             5,589             5,451 
marketing 
costs 
Utilities,       1,613          1,529             3,278             2,987 
maintenance 
and repair 
Other            4,970          2,845             7,527             5,652 
administrative 
costs 
Total            69,529         59,899            135,563           119,989 
operating 
costs 
and expenses 
 
 

Amortization of acquired intangibles is a component of both cost of sales and general and administrative expenses. Amortization of acquired technology intangible assets of $2.9 million (December 31, 2012: $2.3 million) relates to cost of sales, and amortization of other intangible assets of $1.7 million (December 31, 2012: $0.9 million) relates to general and administrative expenses.

 
                  For the Three                     For the Six Months Ended 
                  Months Ended 
                  December       December 31,2012   December 31,2013  December 31,2012 
                  31,2013 
                  ($ 
                  in thousands) 
Total cost 
of sales 
comprises: 
Cost              3,029          2,295              5,685             4,726 
of software 
licenses 
Cost              5,079          4,537              9,886             8,763 
of maintenance 
services 
Cost              8,218          7,205              15,847            14,130 
of professional 
services 
Amortization      1,630          1,159              2,910             2,310 
of acquired 
technology 
intangible 
assets 
Total cost        17,956         15,196             34,328            29,929 
of sales 
Total general 
and 
administrative 
comprises: 
General           9,695          9,907              18,886            19,235 
and 
administrative 
Amortization of   710            460                1,654             916 
other acquired 
intangibles 
assets 
Total general     10,405         10,367             20,540            20,151 
and 
administrative 
expenses 
 
 

NOTE 5INCOME TAX EXPENSE

 

The components of income tax expense related to current income tax expense and deferred income tax expense were as follows:

 
                        Three Months EndedDecember 31,     Six Months EndedDecember 31, 
                        2013     2012                      2013     2012 
                        (in thousands) 
Current income 
tax expense 
Income tax on profits   4,608    2,056                     7,625    4,027 
for the period 
Adjustment for          131      (89)                      (322)    (170) 
provision 
in prior periods 
Total current income    4,739    1,967                     7,303    3,857 
tax expense 
Deferred income 
tax expense 
Reversal of temporary   (2,091)  (188)                     (4,307)  (1,289) 
differences 
Adjustment for          -        (128)                     262      (128) 
provision 
in prior periods 
Total deferred income   (2,091)  (316)                     (4,045)  (1,417) 
tax expense 
Total income            2,648    1,651                     3,258    2,440 
tax expense 
 
 

The effective tax rate (income tax expense as a percentage of income from continuing operations) can be influenced by the disproportionate effect of significant expenses that are not deductible for tax purposes, together with non-recognition of certain tax losses, and certain income items that do not attract a tax charge.

 

NOTE 6EARNINGS PER SHARE

 

The table below presents the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share:

 
                  For the Three                              For the Six Months Ended 
                  Months Ended 
                  December                 December 31,2012  December 31,2013  December 31,2012 
                  31,2013 
                  ($ in thousands, except 
                  per share data) 
Income/(loss)     2,337                    497               4,792             (369) 
from 
continuing 
operations, 
after tax 
Earnings/(loss) 
per share 
> Basic           0.03                     0.01              0.06              (0.00) 
> Diluted         0.03                     0.01              0.05              (0.00) 
 
 

The difference between the diluted and basic calculation is due to the additional shares that would be issued on the conversion of all the dilutive ordinary shares. The table below presents the computation of basic and diluted shares:

 
                  For the Three                    For the Six Months Ended 
                  Months Ended 
                  December       December 31,2012  December 31,2013  December 31,2012 
                  31,2013 
                  ($ 
                  in thousands) 
Weighted          85.9           84.4              85.5              84.1 
average 
number 
of 
shares 
outstanding* 
Dilutive impact   2.3            1.6               2.1               1.6 
of 
share options 
Dilutive          3.5            3.2               3.5               3.2 
impact 
of Long Term 
Incentive Plan 
(LTIPs) 
Diluted shares    91.7           89.2              91.1              88.9 
 
 

*excluding employee benefit shares and Treasury shares

 

NOTE 7PROVISIONS

 
                       PersonnelRestructuring  OnerousLease  ContingentConsideration  Others  Total 
                       ($ in thousands) 
As of June 30, 2013    586                     644           8,090                    1,411   10,731 
Arising during         -                       -             9,596                    99      9,695 
the period 
Reversed against       -                       -             (3,458)                  (92)    (3,550) 
income statement 
Utilized during        (602)                   (278)         (2,072)                  (972)   (3,924) 
the period 
Exchange differences   16                      26            749                      29      820 
As of December         -                       392           12,905                   475     13,772 
31, 2013 
Current                -                       330           7,554                    15      7,899 
Non-current            -                       62            5,351                    460     5,873 
As of December         -                       392           12,905                   475     13,772 
31, 2013 
 
 

Contingent consideration relates to deferred consideration, contingent consideration, and employee retention payments associated with acquisitions in prior periods and in the six months ended December 31, 2013. On July 25, 2013, the Altosoft share purchase agreement was amended to allow for achievement of earnings targets based on cumulative results in the first two years of the assessment. Management assessed a number of scenarios and based on those scenarios, estimated for financial accounting purposes, that $3.7 million of the contingent consideration will be paid to former shareholders.

 

In relation to the acquisition of Kapow, an additional $6.6 million of deferred consideration is included in provisions, of which $1.9 million is expected to be paid during the third quarter of 2013, with an additional $2.2 million to be paid one year from closing and $2.5 million to be paid two years from closing, with said amounts being subject to certain indemnification terms and conditions.

 

Additionally, the threshold for the contingent consideration and related retention bonuses related to the acquisition of Singularity was not achieved in the second measurement period. Accordingly provisions totaling $3.6 million have been reversed against the income statement.

 

NOTE 9RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

Directors' interests in share options and LTIPs

 

Directors who are also executive officers of the Group held 1,199,800 LTIP shares as of December 31, 2013, of which 300,000 were granted during the six month period ended December 31, 2013 and no LTIPs were vested during the six months ended December 31, 2013. For the remaining LTIPs, based upon performance criteria and other factors, shares become subject to release three years after their issuance. Market prices of the shares were between 146.0 pence and 361.5 pence at the grant dates.

 

Directors who are also executive officers of the Group held 1,950,000 share options as of December 31, 2013, and no options were granted during six month period ended December 31, 2013, nor did any share options lapse during the period. The exercise periods are between calendar years 2012 and 2020 with exercise prices of the shares between 146 pence and 240 pence.

 

NOTE 10CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

 

There are no material pending or threatened lawsuits against the Group except for one filed November 29, 2012 in which the Group was named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by Scan EMEA Holding GmbH in Zurich, Switzerland, alleging that the Group breached its contract with Scan EMEA Holding GmbH in connection with the January 2011 agreement to sell the Group's hardware business. As of December 31, 2013, the Group assessed the merits of the lawsuit, believe it would not have a material adverse effect on its business, results of operations or financial condition and has vigorously litigated this matter and taken other actions available to it to mitigate any potential loss. Concurrent with filing the lawsuit Scan EMEA withheld EUR1.5 million of the final EUR2.0 million payment associated with their purchase of the Group's hardware business.

 

In January 2014, Scan EMEA Holding GmbH was acquired by Spigraph International SA a pan-European value-added reseller of scanners and capture and image processing software. In conjunction with that transaction, the Group entered into a settlement agreement that resulted in Scan EMEA Holding GmbH waiving the claim.

 

NOTE 11SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

No subsequent events other than described in Note 10 have been identified requiring disclosure.

 

RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS IN RESPECT OF THE INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

We confirm that to the best of our knowledge:

 

The condensed consolidated set of financial statements has been prepared in accordance with IAS 34, "Interim Financial Reporting" as adopted by the EU;

 

The interim management report includes a fair review of the information required by:

 

a) DTR 4.2.7 R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, being an indication of important events that have occurred during the first six months of the financial year and their impact on the condensed set of financial statements and a description of the principal risks and uncertainties for the remaining six months of the year; and

 

b) DTR 4.2.8 R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules, being related party transactions that have taken place in the first six months of the current financial year and that have materially affected the financial position or performance of the entity during that period and any changes in the related party transactions described in the last annual report that could do so.

 

Reynolds C. BishChief Executive OfficerFebruary 3, 2014

 

James Arnold, Jr.Chief Financial OfficerFebruary 3, 2014

 

Media Contact:Kofax LimitedColleen Edwards, +1-949-783-1582Vice President, Corporate Communicationscolleen.edwards@kofax.comorInvestor Contacts:MKR Group Inc.Todd Kehrli, +1-323-468-2300kfx@mkr-group.comorFTI ConsultingSophie McMillan, +44 (0) 20 7831 3113kofax@fticonsulting.com

 

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