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RapidCloud International PLC

24 September 2015

RapidCloud International Plc

("RapidCloud", the "Company" or the "Group")

Half Yearly Report

RapidCloud International plc (AIM:RCI), the computing services, web-hosting and web-solutions provider based in Southeast Asia, announces its results for the six months ended 30 June 2015.

Financial highlights

   --     Revenue of RM 7.8m (H1 2014: RM 6.1m) 

o Recurring revenue now 43% of total revenues (H1 2014: 48.9%)

o Goods and Services Tax implementation process temporarily slowed non-vital spending in Malaysia, a core revenue centre for the Company

   --     Gross profit increase of 14% to RM 4.4m (H1 2014: RM 3.9m) 

o Gross profit margin of 57% (H1 2014: 64%)

   --     Operating profit of RM 0.6m (H1 2014: RM 1.2m) 

o Certain of our businesses previously accounted for as associates are now consolidated

   --     Net profit attributable to shareholders of RM 0.8m (H1 2014: RM 1.1m) 
   --     Cash at 30 June 2015 of RM 13.6m (H1 2014: RM6.0m) 
   --     Trade receivables RM 9.9m (H1 2014: 4.7m) 
   --     Intention to pay interim dividend within Q4 2015 

Operational highlights

   --     Strategic partnership with CS Loxinfo PCL, a leading Internet Service Provider 
   --     Hewlett Packard joined the Strategic Partnership within the period under review 

-- Contract Win with Redbox, the courier service of AirAsia, to implement an online Booking and Tracking portal

-- Contract wins with two major international enterprises, a global printing firm and a Southeast Asian airline

-- Strong new business pipeline for H2, a typically weightier half in terms of new business conversion for the Company

   --     Equity subscription raised GBP1.74m at 54p per ordinary share 
   --     Appointment of Cindy Choo as Finance Director 

Post period-end highlights

-- Strategic partnership with Oriented Media Group Berhad to develop business-to-business E-commerce platform for sportswear manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers across Asia

o Contract has significant scale potential

-- Completion of Sales and Operational integration with RapidCloud Singapore (formerly known as Exxelnet Solutions Pte Ltd).

   --     Introduction of Digital Marketing as a new business unit 

Raymond Chee, Chief Executive of RapidCloud, commented:

"The first half of the year saw us continue to grow revenues, achieving RM7.8m. This was despite a slowdown in non-essential spending generally across Malaysia following the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (similar to VAT) on 1 April 2015. I am pleased to say that this destabilising period has now passed. The successful execution of our integration plan with RapidCloud Singapore enables us to quickly deliver a host of new products and services whilst the formation of the Digital Marketing business unit provides a strong footing to upsell services that enables our customers to effectively promote their brands online."

"We continue to invest in our cloud infrastructure and the strategic partnerships we have made put us in a strong position as a Company. The Company has historically produced more of its revenues in the second half. The combination of this, the return to normality of trading following the impact of the Goods and Services Tax and the number of attractive projects embarked upon and in the pipeline lead the Board to be confident of achieving market expectations for the current financial year."

Enquiries

 
RapidCloud International       investorqueries@rapidcloudasia.com 
 Plc 
 Raymond Chee, Managing 
 Director 
 David Cotterell, Chairman 
WH Ireland, Nominated Adviser             Tel:+44 (0)20 7220 1666 
 and Broker 
 Adrian Hadden 
 Mark Leonard 
Walbrook, Financial PR                    Tel: 44 (0)20 7933 8792 
 and IR                                 rapidcloud@walbrookpr.com 
 Paul Cornelius 
 Guy McDougall 
 Sam Allen 
 

About RapidCloud

RapidCloud, provides computing services, web-hosting and proprietary web-solutions, such as web-site building and e-commerce solutions. The Company is based in Southeast Asia and is one of the few solutions providers in the region to deliver its offerings through all three available Cloud Computing segments, i.e. Software-as-a-Service, Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service.

Formed in 1999 the Company has a well-established cloud offering with a customer base of over 42,000. These are predominantly SMEs but also include blue-chip clients such as Deloitte, BAE Systems and Canon, for which RapidCloud's extensive R&D department creates bespoke software solutions.

RapidCloud currently has operations in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines. According to industry research commissioned by RapidCloud from Frost & Sullivan in 2013, the Cloud Computing industry in Asia Pacific is expected to grow at a CAGR of 49.6% between 2013 and 2015, giving a market size of US45.6 billion by 2015. RapidCloud International plc was admitted to AIM on 14 August 2013. For further information, please visit www.rapidcloudasia.com

Chief Executive's Review

Financial performance

We were pleased to deliver a 28% increase in revenues over the comparative period in 2014, which itself had seen a 26% rise over the same period last year. Revenues for the first half of 2015 increased to RM 7.8m (H1 2014: RM 6.1m) due to both organic growth and the contribution of the newly acquired subsidiary, RapidCloud Singapore Pte Ltd ('RCSG'). The proportion of revenues which were recurring remained broadly steady at 43% (H1 2014: 48.9%).

Gross profit for the period increased 14% to RM 4.4m (H1 2014: RM 3.9m), with our gross profit margin decreasing to 57% (H1 2014: 64%) as the result of increase in hosting charges due to additions of new subsidiaries. Operating profit was RM 0.6m (H1 2014: RM 1.2m). Profit for the financial period after tax and basic earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders RM 0.8m (H1 2014: RM 1.1m).

Pre-tax profit decreased from RM1.15m to RM595,000 due to administration costs associated with the consolidation of associates becoming subsidiaries for Thailand and the Philippines, and the administration costs of our new subsidiary in Singapore and Indonesia.

Furthermore, although overall revenue for the group was higher than the comparative period last year, we experienced slower sales in Malaysia. This was due to the newly implemented Goods & Services Tax on 1 April 2015, which is the equivalent of VAT in the UK. During the implementation process organizations across the country could be seen to be delaying on non-vital spending. This somewhat chaotic period has now passed and business life has returned to normal in the territory.

In June we announced we had raised GBP1.74m (before expenses) by way of a subscription for 3,231,138 new ordinary shares by the Southeast Asian asset management firm, Corston-Smith Asset Management.

During 2014, the company made significant progress, both in terms of financial performance and operational capabilities. In particular, the earnings enhancing acquisition of Exxelnet Solutions Singapore, now renamed RapidCloud Singapore, has provided the Company new products and skillsets and accelerated its growth further.

Since the beginning of 2015, the Company has continued to invest in sales and marketing functions and recently launched several new software products specifically designed for the enterprise segment, significantly expanding its addressable market.

Our cash position at 30 June 2015 was RM 13.6m (H1 2014: RM6.0m), with trade receivables of RM 9.9m (H1 2014: 4.7m).

Further to the announcement made in our final results for the year ended 31 December 2014, published on 3 June 2015, the Company intends to pay an interim dividend within 2015. The intention is to pay this within the final quarter of this year. Further announcements will be made in due course.

Operational Review

The period saw us convert several new business wins with major, and in some cases, global organisations and successfully execute on our stated strategy to move up the value chain in terms of higher margin and higher value projects. We continue to pick up a steady stream of day-to-day corporate deals which alone, we are confident, will see us achieve management expectations for the full year.

There were however a number of substantial projects for which the onset was delayed due to the Goods and Services Tax slowdown in Malaysia. I am pleased to report the majority of these have now commenced.

Furthermore, there are a number of new business opportunities which we expect to be awarded within the remainder of this year. This follows businesses emerging from the period of the Good and Services Tax implementation and putting work out to tender.

Most significantly, we are waiting for the outcome of a number of sizeable deals being handled by key RapidCloud Executives. A positive conversion rate in this regard would have significant and positive effects on full year revenues.

It is worthy of note that RapidCloud traditionally converts a larger proportion of new business in the second half the year. Management expects this trend to be repeated for this calendar year.

I am also pleased to report that the geographic expansion completed last year and the subsequent investment required to do this, has now begun to yield a significant level of new cross selling opportunities across the group.

Strategic Partnership with CS Loxinfo and HP

In February we announced a strategic partnership and distributorship with CS Loxinfo PCL., a leading systems integrator and Internet Services Provider (ISP) in Thailand, for an initial period of three years. CS Loxinfo is one of the longest standing and most recognised ISP brands in Thailand, providing Internet data centre services, leased line, broadband and satellite services for domestic and international communications in Thailand. They have a considerable and wide-reaching customer base.

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The partnership allows CS Loxinfo to offer its large-scale enterprises and SME customers a selection of RapidCloud's enterprise cloud applications, beginning with RapidCRM, the Sales Automation and Management tool, on a revenue sharing basis. RapidCRM will be offered to enterprises in a choice of public-cloud or on-premise cloud environment.

Teleco companies play a central role in our growth strategy and we expect this partnership to accelerate the Company's presence within the Thailand enterprise market. We were delighted to announce in June, that Hewlett Packard has joined the partnership through the provision of their HP Helion OpenStack ("HP Helion") platform with multiple large-bandwidth redundant connections to International and domestic Internet gateways over a secure and scalable on-premise or public cloud delivery environment.

All three parties within this strategic partnership complement each other to deliver secure and scalable cloud services with a wide variety of 'Software As A Service' offerings, with RapidCloud receiving a share of the software revenue and CS Loxinfo and HP receiving either project-based installation fees or 'Infrastructure As A Service' revenue over the term of the strategic partnership.

Redbox, Air Asia

In April, we announced a contract with RedBox, the award-winning courier service of Air Asia, for an initial period of five years.

The agreement sees RapidCloud designing, building and operating a cloud-based Logistic Management System (LMS) for RedBox, with the proprietary LMS will providing a complete end-to-end solution to monitor Redbox's entire shipment network with a fully integrated online Booking & Tracking portal.

RedBox has contracts with several of the largest e-commerce enterprises in Asia Pacific, and is experiencing rapid growth. Industry forecasts state, Asia Pacific will surpass North America as the main e-commerce market in the world within 2015, at USD$681.2 Billion(1) .

(1) http://www.emarketer.com/Article/Global-B2C-Ecommerce-Sales-Hit-15-Trillion-This-Year-Driven-by-Growth-Emerging-Markets/1010575

RapidCloud will receive royalty revenue from each transaction processed by the LMS. The Company envisages that the agreement will generate revenues for RapidCloud of at least GBP150,000 in the first year with material increases thereafter.

Contracts with major two international enterprises

In May we announced contract wins with one of the world's leading printing enterprises and a major Southeast Asian airline, for our newly launched PortalWEB product worth an aggregate GBP180,000 in the first year.

For the printing enterprise RapidCloud will build a framework and workflow system to handle internal purchase requisition, purchase orders, invoices, budgeting, contracts and assets management to automate the internal procurement approval processes.

For the airline, RapidCloud will build an internal Training Management System ("TMS") on its PortalWEB platform. The TMS application will be developed to manage job posting, job recruitment, coaching, candidate profiling and on-the-job assessments. Job seekers, recruiters, trainers and administrative users will be granted different access controls and functionality to perform individual tasks. Dashboards for Business Intelligence analysis will provide an overview of the various key performance indicators of the entire placement processes enabling company-wide decision making.

Post Period End - Agreement with OMEDIA

Post the period end, we announced a significant partnership agreement with the Oriented Media Group Bhd ("OMEDIA") to develop a comprehensive business-2-business e-commerce platform for small to medium sportswear manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers across Asia.

OMEDIA is a Malaysia-based company focussed on software and services across the logistics and digital media industries. The logistics business offers web-based management systems to manage complex logistics networks while the digital media business offers a range of services including publishing massive multiplayer online games internet advert serving and the development of 'edutainment' related products and services. OMEDIA is listed on the Malaysian stock exchange with a market capitalisation of RM53.4m as of 18 September 2015.

Under the 24 month agreement, the Company will supply all the necessary hardware and software for OMEDIA to develop an Online Sportswear Trading Platform to enable manufacturers, initially across the Fujian province of the Peoples Republic of China ("PRC") to market and trade their products with wholesalers and retailers directly online.

The PRC e-commerce market is growing rapidly with global ecommerce sales volume increasing from USD561.0 billion in 2010 to USD1.2trillion in 2014. In particular, the ecommerce market in PRC is estimated to contribute approximately 40% of the global e-commerce market, having recorded a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 62% over the last six years(2) .

(2) Independent Market Research Report, Smith Zander International, Malaysia

Agreement Value

The agreement is worth a minimum of GBP760,000 for hosting and maintaining the Online Sports Trading Platform. However, the agreement could be worth up to GBP3.39m dependent upon the adoption of the additional modules offered by RapidCloud. The Company expects receipt of revenues on this contract in the final quarter of this year.

Outlook

The first half of the year saw us continue to grow revenues, achieving RM7.8m. This was despite a slowdown in non-essential spending generally across Malaysia following the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (similar to VAT) on 1 April 2015. I am pleased to say that this destabilising period has now passed. The successful execution of our integration plan with RapidCloud Singapore enables us to quickly deliver a host of new products and services whilst the formation of the Digital Marketing business unit provides a strong footing to upsell services that enables our customers to effectively promote their brands online

We continue to invest in our cloud infrastructure and the strategic partnerships we have made put us in a strong position as a Company. The Company has historically produced more of its revenues in the second half. The combination of this, the return to normality of trading following the impact of the Goods and Services Tax and the number of attractive projects embarked upon and in the pipeline lead the Board to be confident of achieving market expectations for the current financial year.

Consolidated Interim Statement of Comprehensive Income

for the six months ended 30 June 2015

 
                             Notes                 (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)     (Audited) 
                                                    Six months   Six months    Year ended 
                                                            to           to 
                                                       30 June      30 June   31 December 
                                                          2015         2014          2014 
                                                      (RM'000)     (RM'000)      (RM'000) 
                                    --------------------------  -----------  ------------ 
 
Continuing operations 
Revenue                       2                          7,838        6,088        17,820 
Cost of sales                                          (3,396)      (2,188)       (8,146) 
                                    --------------------------  -----------  ------------ 
 
Gross profit                                             4,442        3,900         9,674 
 
Other operating income                                      97           48         1,149 
Administrative expenses                                (3,936)      (2,786)       (7,559) 
Share of losses from 
 associate                                                   -            4             - 
                                    --------------------------  -----------  ------------ 
 
Operating profit                                           603        1,166         3,264 
 
Finance costs                                              (8)         (10)          (26) 
                                    --------------------------  -----------  ------------ 
 
Profit before tax                                          595        1,156         3,238 
 
Income tax expense                                        (21)         (27)          (50) 
                                    --------------------------  -----------  ------------ 
 
Profit for the year                                        574        1,129         3,188 
                                    --------------------------  -----------  ------------ 
 
Other comprehensive 
 income 
Exchange differences 
 on translation of 
 foreign operations                                       (41)            -         (100) 
                                    --------------------------  -----------  ------------ 
 
Total comprehensive 
 income                                                    533        1,129         3,088 
                                    --------------------------  -----------  ------------ 
 
Profit attributable 
 to: 
Equity owners of 
 the parent company                                        767        1,129         3,671 
Non-controlling interests                                (193)            -         (483) 
                                    --------------------------  -----------  ------------ 
                                                           574        1,129         3,188 
                                    --------------------------  -----------  ------------ 
 
Total comprehensive 
 income attributable 
 to: 
Equity owners of 
 the parent company                                        771        1,129         3,609 
Non-controlling interests                                (238)            -         (521) 
                                    --------------------------  -----------  ------------ 

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                                                           533        1,129         3,088 
                                    --------------------------  -----------  ------------ 
 
Earnings per share 
Basic (Sen)                   3                           4.11         6.50         20.59 
Diluted (Sen)                 3                           3.97         6.50         19.86 
                                    --------------------------  -----------  ------------ 
 

Consolidated Interim Statement of Financial Position

as at 30 June 2015

 
                               Notes     (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)     (Audited) 
                                          Six months   Six months    Year ended 
                                                  to           to 
                                             30 June      30 June   31 December 
                                                2015         2014          2014 
                                            (RM'000)     (RM'000)      (RM'000) 
                                      --------------  -----------  ------------ 
ASSETS 
Non-current assets 
Property, plant and 
 equipment                      4              6,032        4,314         5,215 
Software development 
 assets                         5              2,622        2,412         2,491 
Investment in associate 
 companies                                         -        1,076             - 
Intangible assets 
 and goodwill                                  5,839            -         5,839 
                                      --------------  -----------  ------------ 
                                              14,493        7,802        13,545 
                                      --------------  -----------  ------------ 
 
Current assets 
Trade and other receivables     6             11,623        5,895        11,191 
Amounts owed by associates                         -        2,143             - 
Cash and cash equivalents                     13,604        6,018         3,931 
Taxation recoverable                             111            -            68 
                                      --------------  -----------  ------------ 
                                              25,338       14,056        15,190 
                                      --------------  -----------  ------------ 
Total assets                                  39,831       21,858        28,735 
                                      --------------  -----------  ------------ 
 
LIABILITIES 
Current liabilities 
Trade and other payables                       2,463          915         2,393 
Hire purchase liabilities                        222           38            62 
Taxation payable                                   -          747             - 
                                      --------------  -----------  ------------ 
                                               2,685        1,700         2,455 
                                      --------------  -----------  ------------ 
 
Non-current liabilities 
Hire purchase liabilities                        457          613           457 
Deferred tax liability                            86           73            86 
                                      --------------  -----------  ------------ 
                                                 543          686           543 
                                      --------------  -----------  ------------ 
Total liabilities                              3,228        2,386         2,998 
                                      --------------  -----------  ------------ 
Net assets                                    36,603       19,472        25,737 
                                      --------------  -----------  ------------ 
 
EQUITY 
Capital and reserves 
 attributable to equity 
 holders 
Share capital                   7             34,942       21,643        24,609 
Shares to be issued                            2,074            -         2,074 
Merger reserve                              (13,260)     (13,260)      (13,260) 
Currency translation 
 reserve                                        (58)            -          (62) 
Retained earnings                             13,823       11,089        13,056 
                                      --------------  -----------  ------------ 
                                              37,521       19,472        26,417 
Non-controlling interest                       (918)            -         (680) 
                                      --------------  -----------  ------------ 
                                              36,603       19,472        25,737 
                                      --------------  -----------  ------------ 
 
 

Consolidated Interim Statement of Cash Flow

six months ended 30 June 2015

 
                               Notes  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)     (Audited) 
                                       Six months   Six months    Year ended 
                                               to           to 
                                          30 June      30 June   31 December 
                                             2015         2014          2014 
                                         (RM'000)     (RM'000)      (RM'000) 
                                      -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 
Cash flows from operating 
 activities 
Profit before tax                             595        1,156         3,238 
Adjustments for non-cash 
 items 
Depreciation                    4             282          290           683 
Amortisation of software 
 development assets              5            379          426           931 
Amortisation of website 
 assets                                         -            -             1 
Gain on disposal 
 of equipment                                   -          (1)          (60) 
Equipment written 
 off                                            -            -             2 
Impairment of trade 
 receivables                    6               -            -            62 
Foreign exchange 
 loss/(gain)                                  (6)            8            46 
Waiver of loan by 
 subsidiary's director                          -            -         (862) 
Share of loss/(profit) 
 from associate                                 -          (4)             - 
Finance income                                (1)         (34)          (52) 
Finance costs                                   8           10            26 
                                      -----------  -----------  ------------ 
Operating profit 
 before working capital 
 changes                                    1,257        1,851         4,015 
Increase in trade 
 and other receivables                      (423)          613       (1,216) 
Decrease in trade 
 and other payables                            70           46       (1,262) 
                                      -----------  -----------  ------------ 
Cash generated from 
 operations                                   904        2,510         1,537 
Interest paid                                 (8)         (10)          (26) 
Interest received                               1           34            52 
Tax paid                                     (62)         (98)         (929) 
                                      -----------  -----------  ------------ 
Net cash from operating 
 activities                                   835        2,436           634 
                                      -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 
Cash flow from investing 
 activities 
Purchase of property, 
 plant and equipment                        (847)      (1,427)       (2,060) 
Proceeds from sales 
 of property, plant 
 and equipment                                  -            2            78 
Software development 
 expenditure                    5           (510)        (620)       (1,204) 
Advances to associates                          -        (560)             - 
Acquisition of subsidiaries 
 (net of cash received)                         -            -       (2,465) 
                                      -----------  -----------  ------------ 
Net cash used in 
 investing activities                     (1,357)      (2,605)       (5,651) 
                                      -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 

Consolidated Interim Statement of Cash Flow (continued)

six months ended 30 June 2015

 
                              Notes  (Unaudited)  (Unaudited)     (Audited) 
                                      Six months   Six months    Year ended 
                                              to           to 
                                         30 June      30 June   31 December 
                                            2015         2014          2014 
                                        (RM'000)     (RM'000)      (RM'000) 
                                     -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 
Cash flows from financing 
 activities 
Dividends paid                                 -            -         (575) 
Advances from subsidiary's 
 director                                      -            -           529 
Repayment of hire 
 purchase liabilities                       (90)         (51)         (172) 
Proceeds on issue 
 of placing shares             7          10,333            -         2,966 
                                     -----------  -----------  ------------ 
Net cash from financing 
 activities                               10,243         (51)         2,748 
                                     -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 
Net (decrease)/increase 
 in cash and cash 
 equivalent                                9,721        (220)       (2,269) 
                                     -----------  -----------  ------------ 
Effect on exchange 
 rate changes on cash 
 and cash equivalent                        (48)            -          (38) 
                                     -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 
Cash and cash equivalents 
 at the beginning 

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 of the period                             3,931        6,238         6,238 
                                     -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 
Cash and cash equivalents 
 at the end of the 
 period                                   13,604        6,018         3,931 
                                     -----------  -----------  ------------ 
 

Consolidated Interim Statement of Changes in Equity

six months ended 30 June 2015

 
                      Share           Share     Merger       Foreign    Retained     Total   Non-controlling     Total 
                    capital    to be issued    reserve      Currency    earnings    RM'000         interests    equity 
                     RM'000          RM'000     RM'000   Translation      RM'000                      RM'000    RM'000 
                                                             Reserve 
                                                              RM,000 
                  ---------  --------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  --------  ----------------  -------- 
 
Balance on 1 
 January 2014        21,643               -   (13,260)             -       9,960    18,343                 -    18,343 
 
Total 
comprehensive 
income 
Profit for the 
 period                   -               -          -             -       1,129     1,129                 -     1,129 
Balance at 30 
 June 2014           21,643               -   (13,260)             -      11,089    19,472                 -    19,472 
                  ---------  --------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  --------  ----------------  -------- 
 
Transaction with 
owners, 
recorded 
directly in 
equity 
Acquisition of 
 subsidiary 
 companies                -           2,074          -             -           -     2,074             (159)     1,915 
Issue of placing 
 shares               3,235               -          -             -           -     3,235                 -     3,235 
Share issue 
 costs                (269)               -          -             -           -     (269)                 -     (269) 
Dividends paid            -               -          -             -       (575)     (575)                 -     (575) 
                  ---------  --------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  --------  ----------------  -------- 
 
Total 
comprehensive 
income 
Profit for the 
 year                     -               -          -             -       2,542     2,542             (483)     2,059 
Others 
 comprehensive 
 income                   -               -          -          (62)           -      (62)              (38)     (100) 
Balance at 31 
 December 
 2014                24,609           2,074   (13,260)          (62)      13,056    26,417             (680)    25,737 
                  ---------  --------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  --------  ----------------  -------- 
 
Transaction with 
owners, 
recorded 
directly in 
equity 
Issue of placing 
 shares              10,333               -          -             -           -    10,333                 -    10,333 
                  ---------  --------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  --------  ----------------  -------- 
 
Total 
comprehensive 
income 
Profit for the 
 period                   -               -          -             -         767       767             (193)       574 
Others 
 comprehensive 
 income                                                            4                     4              (45)      (41) 
Balance at 30 
 June 2015           34,942           2,074   (13,260)          (58)      13,823    37,521             (918)    36,603 
                  ---------  --------------  ---------  ------------  ----------  --------  ----------------  -------- 
 

Notes to Financial Statements

six months ended 30 June 2015

   1.      Accounting policies 

This consolidated interim financial information, which is unaudited for the half-year ended 30 June 2015, has been prepared on a consistent basis in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards ('IFRS') as adopted by the European Union ('EU') issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ('IASB').

They do not contain all of the information required for the full financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements of the Group as at and for the year ended 31 December 2014. These interim financial statements do not constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of the Companies Act.

This consolidated interim financial information has been prepared in accordance with AIM Rules for Companies and IAS 34 'Interim Financial Reporting' and is presented in Malaysia Ringgit ('RM') which is the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Group operates. The functional currency for each individual entity is the local currency of that individual entity. All amounts are prepared to the nearest thousand (RM'000) except where otherwise indicated.

RapidCloud International plc ('RCI' or the 'Company') is a company registered and incorporated in Jersey on 15 March 2013. The address of the registered office is 13-14 Esplanade, St. Helier, Jersey, JE1 1BD.

   2.      Operating segments 

An operating segment is a component of the Group that engages in business activities from which it may earn revenues and incur expenses. IFRS 8 'Operating Segments' requires disclosure of the operating segments that are reported to the Chief Operating Decision Maker ('CODM'). The CODM at the end of the financial period under review is the Board of Directors, who have responsibility for planning and controlling the activities of the Group. The Group's reportable segment has been identified as the provision of Cloud Computing services. Across the Group there is considered to be a commonality in the nature of services, the type of customer, the methods used to provide services and the regulatory environment.

All operations of the Group are carried out in South East Asia. All revenues therefore arise within South East Asia. No single external customer amounts to 10 per cent or more of the Group's revenues.

As the Group only has one reportable segment, no further segmental information is disclosed.

   3.             Earnings per share 

The calculation of the basic and diluted earnings per share is based on the following:

 
                               Six months   Six months    Year ended 
                               to 30 June   to 30 June   31 December 
                              2015 RM'000         2014          2014 
                                                RM'000        RM'000 
                             ------------  -----------  ------------ 
Profit for the financial 
 period and basic earnings 
 attributed to ordinary 
 shareholders                         767        1,129         3,671 
                             ------------  -----------  ------------ 
 
                                   Number       Number        Number 
                             ------------  -----------  ------------ 
Weighted average numbers 
 of ordinary shares            18,656,752   17,368,971    17,831,934 
 
 
                       Sen   Sen    Sen 
                      ----  ----  ----- 
Earnings per share: 
Basic                 4.11  6.50  20.59 
Diluted               3.97  6.50  19.86 
                      ----  ----  ----- 
 

If the basic earnings per share is diluted by the 650,000 deferred contingent shares to be issued as part of the acquisition of RapidCloud Singapore Pte. Ltd., the dilutive earnings per share would be 3.97 Sen (31 December 2014: 19.86 Sen; 30 June 2014: 6.50 Sen).

   4.      Property, plant and equipment 
 
                                   Fixtures,                         Office   Computers      Motor   Renovation   Signboard           Sun    Total 
                                    fittings                      equipment      RM'000   vehicles       RM'000      RM'000  Microsystems   RM'000 
                                 & equipment                         RM'000                 RM'000                              equipment 
                                      RM'000                                                                                       RM'000 
             -------------------------------  -----------------------------  ----------  ---------  -----------  ----------  ------------  ------- 
Year ended 
30 June 
2015 
Cost 
At 1 
 January 
 2015                                  1,003                            740       2,516        657        2,463          32           465    7,876 
Additions                                149                             22         658        218            -           -             -    1,047 
Disposals                                  -                              -           -          -            -           -             -        - 
Impaired/                                 -                               -           -          -            -           -             -        - 
Written 
off 
Exchange 
 difference                                5                              8           5          -           48           -             -       66 
             -------------------------------  -----------------------------  ----------  ---------  -----------  ----------  ------------  ------- 
At 30 June 
 2015                                  1,157                            770       3,179        875        2,511          32           465    8,989 
             -------------------------------  -----------------------------  ----------  ---------  -----------  ----------  ------------  ------- 
 
Charge for 
the 
year 
At 1 
 January 
 2015                                    134                            104       1,465        196          272          25           465    2,661 
Charge for 
 the 
 year                                     33                             34         102         40           72           1             -      282 

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Disposals                                  -                              -           -          -            -           -             -        - 
Impaired/                                 -                               -           -          -            -           -             -        - 
written 
off 
Exchange 
 difference                                3                              3           3          -            5           -             -       14 
             -------------------------------  -----------------------------  ----------  ---------  -----------  ----------  ------------  ------- 
At 30 June 
 2015                                    170                            141       1,570        236          349          26           465    2,957 
             -------------------------------  -----------------------------  ----------  ---------  -----------  ----------  ------------  ------- 
 
Net book 
value 
At 30 June 
 2015                                    987                            629       1,609        639        2,162           6             -    6,032 
             -------------------------------  -----------------------------  ----------  ---------  -----------  ----------  ------------  ------- 
 
   4.      Property, plant and equipment (continued) 
 
                    Fixtures,       Office   Computers       Motor   Renovation   Signboard              Sun     Total 
                     fittings    equipment      RM'000    vehicles       RM'000      RM'000     Microsystems    RM'000 
                  & equipment       RM'000                  RM'000                                 equipment 
                       RM'000                                                                         RM'000 
                 ------------  -----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------  ---------------  -------- 
Period ended 30 
 June 2014 
Cost 
At 1 January 
 2014                     731          395       1,440         850        1,395          32              465     5,308 
Additions                 162          112       1,118           -           35           -                -     1,427 
Disposals                (60)         (38)           -           -            -           -                -      (98) 
Impaired                    -            -           -           -            -           -                -         - 
                 ------------  -----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------  ---------------  -------- 
At 30 June 2014           833          469       2,558         850        1,430          32              465     6,637 
                 ------------  -----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------  ---------------  -------- 
 
Depreciation 
At 1 January 
 2014                      85           57       1,234         218           49          21              465     2,129 
Depreciation 
 charge                    37           19          78          85           70           1                -       290 
Disposals                (59)         (37)           -           -            -           -                -      (96) 
Impaired                    -            -           -           -            -           -                -         - 
                 ------------  -----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------  ---------------  -------- 
At 30 June 2014            63           39       1,312         303          119          22              465     2,323 
                 ------------  -----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------  ---------------  -------- 
 
Net book value 
At 30 June 2014           770          430       1,246         547        1,311          10                -     4,314 
                 ------------  -----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------  ---------------  -------- 
 
   4.      Property, plant and equipment (continued) 
 
                    Fixtures,       Office   Computers       Motor   Renovation   Signboard              Sun     Total 
                     fittings    equipment      RM'000    vehicles       RM'000      RM'000     Microsystems    RM'000 
                  & equipment       RM'000                  RM'000                                 equipment 
                       RM'000                                                                         RM'000 
                 ------------  -----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------  ---------------  -------- 
Year ended 31 
December 
2014 
Cost 
At 1 January 
 2014                     731          395       1,440         850        1,395          32              465     5,308 
Acquisition of 
 subsidiaries              43           60          34           -          624           -                -       761 
Additions                 288          319       1,045           -          408           -                -     2,060 
Disposals                (60)         (38)           -       (193)            -           -                -     (291) 
Impaired/ 
 Written 
 off                        -            -         (3)           -            -           -                -       (3) 
Exchange 
 difference                 1            4           -           -           36           -                -        41 
                 ------------  -----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------  ---------------  -------- 
At 31 December 
 2014                   1,003          740       2,516         657        2,463          32              465     7,876 
                 ------------  -----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------  ---------------  -------- 
 
Charge for the 
 year 
At 1 January 
 2014                      85           57       1,234         218           48          21              465     2,129 
Acquisition of 
 subsidiaries              29           27          26           -           36           -                -       118 
Charge for the 
 year                      80           55         206         154          184           4                -       683 
Disposals                (60)         (37)           -       (176)            -           -                -     (273) 
Impaired/ 
 written 
 off                        -            -         (1)           -            -           -                -       (1) 
Exchange 
 difference                 -            2           -           -            4           -                -         6 
                 ------------  -----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------  ---------------  -------- 
At 31 December 
 2014                     134          104       1,465         196          272          25              465     2,661 
                 ------------  -----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------  ---------------  -------- 
 
Net book value 
At 31 December 
 2014                     869          636       1,051         461        2,191           7                -     5,215 
                 ------------  -----------  ----------  ----------  -----------  ----------  ---------------  -------- 
 
   5.      Software development expenditure 
 
                           Six months to  Six months to    Year ended 
                            30 June 2015   30 June 2013   31 December 
                                  RM'000         RM'000          2014 
                                                               RM'000 
                           -------------  -------------  ------------ 
Cost 
At the beginning of the 
 period                            5,299          4,095         4,095 
Additions                            510            620         1,204 
                           -------------  -------------  ------------ 
At the end of the period           5,809          4,715         5,299 
                           -------------  -------------  ------------ 
 
Accumulated amortisation 
At the beginning of the 
 period                            2,808          1,877         1,877 
Charge for the financial 
 period                              379            426           931 
                           -------------  -------------  ------------ 
At the end of the period           3,187          2,303         2,808 
                           -------------  -------------  ------------ 
 
Carrying amount 
At the end of the period           2,622          2,412         2,491 
                           -------------  -------------  ------------ 
 

Software development assets comprise capitalised development work on software products. These costs are internally generated wages and salaries costs arising from the Group's software development and are recognised only if all the following conditions are met:

   --     an asset is created that can be identified; 
   --     it is possible that the asset created will generate future economic benefit; and 
   --     the development cost of the asset can be measured reliably. 

Once development has been completed the software development intangible assets are amortised on a straight-line basis over their useful lives, which is assessed annually and is currently considered to be 5 years.

The Group assesses at each reporting date whether there is an indication that an asset may be impaired. If any such indication exists, or when annual impairment testing for an asset is required, the Group makes an estimate of the asset's recoverable amount. An asset's recoverable amount is the higher of an asset's or cash-generating unit's fair value less costs to sell and its value in use and is determined for an individual asset, unless the asset does not generate cash inflows that are largely independent of those from other assets or groups of assets. Where the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its recoverable amount, the asset is considered impaired and is written down to its recoverable amount.

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