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Digital Barriers plc
14 October 2014
RNS
14 October 2014
Digital Barriers plc
Trading Update and Management Changes
The Board of Directors (the "Board") of Digital Barriers
("Digital Barriers" or the "Group", AIM: DGB), the specialist
provider of advanced surveillance technologies to the international
homeland security and defence markets, provides an update on
trading and management arrangements.
Trading Update
The Board is pleased to report that the contract it announced on
27 May 2014 for the supply ofa TVI video surveillance solution to a
major US federal agency has been delivered on schedule, enabling
the agency to distribute bandwidth-efficient high-definition video
across cellular networks. The value of the final contract was
larger than anticipated, at more than $1.5 million, making it the
Group's largest single TVI hardware sale and is likely to lead to
follow-on sales this financial year.
Taken in combination with the expected growth in revenues in the
six months to 30 September 2014, the first half of the Group's
current financial year, along with a much stronger contracted
backlog position and sales pipeline than at the same point last
year, the Board can confirm that it anticipates being in line with
itsexpectations for the full year, with significant international
growth despite delays in revenues from West Africa due to the Ebola
crisis as announced by the Group on 11 August 2014.
Sales recorded in the six months to 30 September 2014 included
the Group's first multi-year safe city surveillance programme with
a telecoms customer in Asia Pacific, the strongest period yet for
sales of
the Group's ThruVision screening products, and a number of
initial sales of TVI surveillance products into new government
customers in the US.
The Board expects losses for the first half of the current
financial year to show a year-on-year reduction and for this
reduction to accelerate through the remainder of the financial year
driven by continued revenue growth alongside a successful reduction
in the cost base.
Net cash as at 30 September 2014 was GBP7.6 million.
The Board expects to report full interim results on 27 November
2014.
Changes to Management Arrangements
The Board also announces today the appointment of Zak Doffman to
the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Group with immediate
effect. Tom Black will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board,
from today in a Non-Executive capacity, in order to provide Zak
with strong support and guidance in his new role.
A founding Executive Director of the Group and member of the
Board, Zak has been responsible for developing the strategy and
acquiring the businesses brought into the Group, as well as
establishing and managing commercial and sales operations around
the world. Zak will lead an executive team that includes Colin
Evans, currently the Executive Director responsible for the Group's
engineering and operations, who will become Chief Operating Officer
and Sharon Cooper, who will continue in her role as Group Finance
Director.
Tom Black, Chairman of Digital Barriers commented:
"We have now completed the integration of all of our
acquisitions into a coherent single operating company and are
focused on delivering sales derived from our core product
offerings. It has taken some time for us to develop the
relationships we need internationally to achieve the success we
aspire to, but that incubation period is now over and our strong
sales pipeline gives me and the Board great confidence that
continued revenue growth will bring us to break-even in the near
future.
The management changes we are making today are designed to put
us in the best possible position to exploit the sales momentum now
building. I believe this will provide the right leadership and
balance of skills to carry the Group through a phase of increased
revenue growth."
For further information, please contact:
Digital Barriers plc Tel: 020 7940 4740
Tom Black, Non-Executive Chairman
Zak Doffman, Chief Executive Officer
Sharon Cooper, Group Finance Director
Investec Investment Banking Tel: 020 7597 5970
Andrew Pinder / Dominic Emery
FTI Consulting Tel: 020 3727 1000
Edward Bridges / Matt Dixon
Biography of Zak Doffman
Zak Doffman(42) has spent the last 20 years working across the
technology and professional services sectors, and the last 10years
specialising in defence and homeland security.
Zak is a founding executive director and member of the board at
Digital Barriers. He was responsible for developing the Group's
strategy, after which he identified and acquired the fourteen
companies that underpin the technology platform on which today's
business is based. He has also been responsible for putting in
place and then leading the sales and commercial operations the
Group has established around the world. He has in-depth experience
in each of the Group's regions and direct relationships with key
customer organisations around the world.
Prior to Digital Barriers, Zak was the Managing Director for
Strategy and Development at Detica plc, with responsibility for all
areas of corporate strategy, acquisitions and organisational
development. Before Detica, Zak spent nine years at Andersen
Consulting (later Accenture), working across a number of industry
sectors.
Zak holds a degree in Politics from the University of Leeds.
About Digital Barriers
Digital Barriers provides advanced surveillance technologies to
the international homeland security and defence markets,
specialising in 'edge-intelligent' solutions that are designed for
remote, hostile or complex operating environments. We work with
governments, multinational corporations and system integrators in
the defence, law enforcement, critical infrastructure,
transportation and natural resources sectors. Our surveillance
technologies have been successfully proven on some of the most
demanding operational and environmental deployments around the
world.
www.digitalbarriers.com
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