Final Results

Glen Group PLC 28 March 2008 28 March 2008 Glen Group plc ('Glen Group' or 'the Company') Final Results Glen Group, the Edinburgh based provider of telecommunication solutions to the SME market, is pleased to announce its final results for the year ended 30 September 2007. Operating Highlights: • Pinnacle Telecom Group, acquired in June 2007, provides stable recurring income and is now at the heart of the business. • Major downsizing of Glen Communications in the second half, resulting in exceptional costs of £305k, strengthens the business going forward • Since the year end, the businesses of Eclectic Group Limited ('Eclectic') and its wholly owned subsidiary I G Software Limited ('inGroup') sold to Maxima Holdings plc for a net cash consideration of £2.7m. Carrying value of assets reduced to estimated realisation • All bank debt eliminated post year end Financial Highlights: • Turnover increases 80% from £3.7m to £6.7m (under IFRS the turnover from the continuing business increases from £965k to £1.01m) • Operating loss before goodwill impairment, intangible amortisation and exceptionals widens from £597k to £1.2m under IFRS treatment • A prudent approach taken to the carrying value of goodwill and intangible assets with £1.06m written off Eric M Hagman, Chairman of Glen Group commented: 'The company has come to a crossroads. Its size is small in the public arena, particularly in the present climate and the profits generated by the remaining business, focused around Pinnacle, are not sufficient to cover all the costs of the holding company, Glen Group plc. However, following the disposal of Eclectic and inGroup, we have a debt free balance sheet with cash in hand. Your Board continues to explore all possible options to return the business to a profitable and cash generative model. Whilst we review our options, our operational focus is the communications business which continues to meet our financial targets. We expect to complete the review by the summer 2008, and I can assure all shareholders that the agreed approach will meet our cash and profit criteria from commencement.' Enquiries: Glen Group plc Graham J Duncan, Chief Executive Officer Tel: 0845 119 2100 Jonathan Wright Seymour Pierce Tel: 020 7107 8000 Pelham PR Alex Walters Tel: 020 3170 7435 CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT Overview We have had a disappointing year. Our operating loss, before IFRS adjustments and exceptional costs as more fully explained in the Business Review, was £1.2m compared to £597k last year. Although the first half saw us trading in line with expectations, the second half has been coloured by several major events. On the positive side we acquired the Pinnacle Telecom Group of companies early in June 2007, giving us valuable recurring income and a move into mainstream telecommunications. We also acquired I G Software Limited ('inGroup') in August as an add-on to the service portfolio of Eclectic, a provider of business intelligence solutions to the corporate and middle market space. Eclectic was the biggest company in the group and sat at the heart of the business in terms of turnover and profit. However, Eclectic performed below expectations, particularly in the second half, and when the opportunity arose we elected to dispose of Eclectic and inGroup and completed the sale in early January 2008. During the year we also materially downscaled the activities of Glen Communications. Eclectic and inGroup In the first half, Eclectic reported a strong operating profit of £191k. This was after an investment of £76k incurred in that period to develop Oracle and Microsoft consultancy practices. In the second half Eclectic experienced an operating loss of £116k making the full year operating profit a most disappointing £75k. Although part of this was caused by an increasing investment in the new practices, which resulted in further costs of £136k in the second half, the result was significantly below expectations resulting in your Board immediately having to consider the future of this business. The Eclectic business was also augmented at the beginning of August with the acquisition of inGroup. From the date of acquisition this company performed poorly and contributed a very modest £6k to operating profit over the two month period from acquisition to the year end. Although its performance picked up after the year end, the operating result for the year fell well below our expectations. Given the economic climate, particularly in respect of the credit markets and our significant involvement with the financial services industry, your Board felt that the risk of continuing in this business could overwhelm the group. Accordingly, we moved quickly to dispose of these businesses, and completed the sale in early January 2008. We believe that it was a timely sale. Glen Communications Since our original AIM admission in December 2004, we have invested significant sums in developing the Glen Communications business using a direct sales team. This company was our prime SME focussed business, but much of its income was non-recurring. The acquisition last year of ExploreIT allowed us to have a more rounded portfolio of integrated services to the SME market, as well as contributing some recurring income. As outlined to shareholders in our interim statement, we started to reduce the size of the sales team and concentrate on IT-centric services which could give us higher revenues and margins from each sale. However, we found that the transition to IT was developing at a slower pace than we expected. The acquisition of Pinnacle in June 2007 gave us the impetus to abandon both the direct selling and the project driven business, allowing us to concentrate on recurring income streams. Although we firmly believe that there was nothing fundamentally wrong with a direct sales strategy, it was expensive and becoming increasingly difficult to fund. We also believe that the time scale to profitability was too long and difficult to sustain, given our size. We have incurred material costs in downsizing this business, which included the departure of the Managing Director and all the employees of that company. Pinnacle Group The acquisition of this company in June 2007 has proven to be a success story. With stable recurring income, and an increasing customer base, Pinnacle has performed well and the various companies in the Pinnacle group have contributed operating profit of £41k since acquisition. Your Board has given approval to expand this business, in a manner consistent with a prudent approach. The development of this business maximises the skill set of our highly experienced team. Our CEO, Graham Duncan, has 25 years of experience in the telecom business and Alan Bonner, who co-founded Pinnacle and is its MD, has been in the business over 10 years. Summary The company has come to a crossroads. Its size is small in the public arena, particularly in the present climate and the profits generated by the remaining business, focused around Pinnacle, are not sufficient to cover all the costs of the holding company, Glen Group plc. However, following the disposal of Eclectic and inGroup, we have a debt free balance sheet with cash in hand. Your Board continues to explore all possible options to return the business to a profitable and cash generative model. Whilst we review our options, our operational focus is the communications business which continues to meet our financial targets. We expect to complete the review by the summer 2008, and I can assure all shareholders that the agreed approach will meet our cash and profit criteria from commencement. In order to strengthen our Board, I was delighted a few weeks ago to welcome to the Board David Hewitt, a sales specialist of considerable experience, as an additional non-executive director His skill set will give Graham Duncan, our CEO, valuable support as we seek to move the business forward. David Hewitt will come up for election at our Annual General Meeting. I would also like to pay tribute to Peter Ford who retires by rotation at the AGM and is not seeking re-election. Peter has made a major contribution to the Company over a six year period but now feels that the time is right to move on. On behalf of all members of the Board, I wish him well. This has been a year of immense change, the funding of which has had a major impact on our operating costs. This, coupled with the requirements of IFRS accounting, has had a profound effect on our results. With these changes, and costs, behind us we anticipate a period of stability and sustainable growth going forward. Full details of the financial performance for the full year are contained in the Business Review. Eric M Hagman CBE CHAIRMAN 28 March 2008 BUSINESS REVIEW Introduction The year can be characterised as one of significant change. Following the acquisition on 7 June 2007 of Pinnacle Group Limited and its related companies Pinnacle Telecom plc, Pinnacle Mobile Limited and Sports Club Telecom Limited (collectively 'Pinnacle Group') the integrated communications business was redefined around the telecom operations of Pinnacle Group. Glen Communications Limited and its wholly owned subsidiary Explore IT Limited stopped active selling of project based IT services to the SME market and its Managing Director left following a material downscaling of this business which included the withdrawal of the direct sales team. As outlined in the Chairman's Statement, major changes have also been actioned since the year end with the sale on 7 January 2008 of Eclectic and inGroup to Maxima Holdings plc. The transaction took the form of a sale of the assets and undertaking of the businesses of Eclectic and inGroup, including its people, supply agreements, customer contracts, the Eclectic and inGroup names and other related data, all with effect as at close of business on 31 December 2007. Glen Group plc has guaranteed the obligations of Eclectic and inGroup under the agreement. The practical effect of selling the business undertakings, rather than the share capital of the companies, is that Glen is left with the two legal entities to wind down. This is currently in progress and is expected to take several months to complete. The total cash consideration received was £2.72m. These actions have left the retained businesses operating with fewer than 10 employees out of a single office in Edinburgh, and the cost structures have been completely overhauled. Since 7 January 2008, the Glen Group has consisted of five operating companies all addressing the SME market. Following a strategic review of our SME focused businesses conducted after the acquisition of Pinnacle Group in June 2007 the entire business was refocused on services that can generate recurring income streams. The retained businesses are as follows: • Pinnacle Telecom plc and Sports Club Telecom Limited, which provide line rental and calls, utilising the group's own in-house billing system; • Pinnacle Mobile Limited which provides a range of mobile voice and data services; • Glen Communications Limited, which principally provides voice-based hosted broadband services (hosted 'VoIP') and will in the future provide a range of application-based hosted solutions; and • Explore IT Limited, which provides external IT support services and internal technical support for our IP (Internet Protocol) solutions. Our customer acquisition strategy is now focused on generating customers for our telecom solutions business where we package line rental and calls for business customers. This service is at the core of the Pinnacle Group and the strategy going forward is to cross sell our other services into this customer base. Our customer acquisition strategy is being driven by the use of an offshore call centre under the control of an experienced consultant with several years of success in this area. The use of an offshore call centre has been introduced since the year end and has recently been up-scaled following a successful trial period. It is our intention to introduce other indirect channels to market during 2008. These changes were designed to a) significantly lower our costs, b) deliver services and cross selling opportunities into business areas which we perceive to be the fastest growing in the integrated communications space, c) deliver regular recurring income to our business and d) provide a much more focused approach to the marketplace. As an innovative company, we constantly examine the application of new technologies to our market as the market moves away from traditional telecommunication technologies to those that use IP technology, the language of the Internet. We see rapid change, and therefore opportunities, in introducing IP based solutions to customers in this fast moving market and are currently examining a number of initiatives in this area. Accounting under the IFRS rules requires us to treat the sale of Eclectic and inGroup, which took place after the year end, as a single line item headed 'discontinued operations' in the consolidated income statement to 30 September 2007 and as 'assets included in disposal groups' in the consolidated balance sheet at 30 September 2007. Moreover, the 2006 comparative figures in the consolidated income statement have also been similarly adjusted. In the consolidated balance sheet at 30 September 2007, there is also an adjustment which writes down the carrying value of the disposal groups to the anticipated realisable value of the assets and businesses sold. This presentation, in our view, makes comparison against the previously published figures for 2006 and the half year to 31 March 2007 very difficult. Accordingly, we have shown below the results for 2007 in a format which we believe makes for a simpler understanding and an easier comparison against the published results for 2006. 1) Revised Presentation The consolidated income statement for the year ended 30 September 2007 and the 2006 figures, as published in the prior year, are as follows: CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT 12 Months 12 Months 30 September 2007 30 September 2006 Revenue: £ £ Eclectic 5,499,844 2,733,144 inGroup 171,091 - Glen Communications, including Explore IT 638,044 965,101 Pinnacle Group 376,826 - Totals 6,685,805 3,698,245 Cost of Sales (4,917,696) (2,365,896) Gross Profit 1,768,109 1,332,349 Administration expenses (2,894,803) (1,921,571) Operating loss before amortisation, impairment and fundamental reorganisation (1,126,694) (589,222) Amortisation of intangibles (65,741) - Impairment of goodwill (1,444,111) - Exceptional cost of fundamental reorganisation (305,415) - Operating loss (2,941,961) (589,222) Finance costs (62,195) (20,566) Loss before taxation (3,004,156) (609,788) Taxation (1,221) (3,803) Loss for the year (3,005,377) (613,591) 2) Revenue Revenue for the full year was £6,685,805 compared to £3,698,245 in the equivalent period last year, a rise of approximately 80%, due largely to the impact of acquisitions. An analysis of revenue is as follows: CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT 12 Months 12 Months 30 September 2007 30 September 2006 Revenue: £ £ Eclectic 5,499,844 2,733,144 In Group 1 171,091 - Glen Communications, including Explore IT Limited 638,044 965,101 Pinnacle Group 2 376,826 - Totals 6,685,805 3,698,245 Notes: 1. From date of acquisition on 10 August 2007 2. From date of acquisition on 7 June 2007 Revenue in the first half of the financial year was reported at £2,924,819. The second half revenue therefore amounts to £3,760,986, an increase of 28.5% in the second half, which can be mainly explained by the impact of acquisitions in the second half, coupled with a rising revenue from Eclectic mainly due to the effect of licence sales. The revenue in Glen Communications, including Explore IT, has been adversely affected by the removal of the direct sales team coupled with a significant reduction in other staff numbers including the closure of the office in Rotherham and the abandonment of project based IT solutions aimed at the SME market and sold through Explore IT. 3) Gross Margins The overall gross profit for the full year was £1,768,109, representing a gross margin of 26.4%. This compares to a gross margin of 36.0% for last year. The margin has been adversely affected by a changing mix of services, but more materially by costs of £212,467 incurred by Eclectic in establishing Oracle and Microsoft practices, which have had little impact on the top line in the current year. Without these costs, the margin would have been 29.6%. In addition, Eclectic's licence sales represent 26.6% of Eclectic's overall revenue, and historically sold on low margins, compared to just 13.3% of revenue last year. These factors have adversely affected the overall margin. 4) Exceptional Reorganisation Costs As well as the development costs of £212,467 mentioned above which are included in cost of sales, the operating result for the year has also been very materially affected by the costs of a fundamental reorganisation totalling £305,415. These costs relate to specific moves taken to eliminate the direct sales team, close the Rotherham office, release people and abandon the IT project business. The majority of these costs relate to contractual termination and benefits paid to senior managers and others who have left the business. 5) Operating Loss before amortisation, impairment and fundamental reorganisation In the full year we have incurred an operating loss of £1,126,694 (2006: £589,222). Without the development costs, noted above, the operating loss would have been £914,227. In the first half of the financial year, the operating loss was reported as £565,350. In the second half, the operating loss has reduced marginally to £561,344. An analysis of the operating profit and loss by company and/or business unit is as follows: CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT 12 Months 12 Months 30 September 30 September 2007 2006 Operating profit/(loss) before exceptional £ £ costs: Eclectic 1 75,030 147,941 In Group 2 6,337 - Glen Communications, including Explore IT Limited (681,888) (365,894) Pinnacle Group 3 41,302 - Glen Group plc (567,475) (371,269) Totals (1,126,694) (589,222) Notes: 1 2006 figures cover a seven and a half month period 2 From date of acquisition on 10 August 2007 3. From date of acquisition on 7 June 2007 The overall performance for the year has been disappointing and major steps have been taken to fundamentally change the structure of the business. Comments on the individual performance by business unit are as follows: a) Eclectic The result has been coloured by the investment made to develop Oracle and Microsoft practices during the year which totalled £212,467, without the generation of any corresponding material income. With these development costs excluded, Eclectic would have delivered a profit of £287,497. It was anticipated that the development costs would self fund over a 12 month period and, because this did not materialise, the actual performance fell well short of our internal budgets. This business was sold on 7 January 2008. b) inGroup InGroup was acquired less than two months before the year end and its initial trading was disappointing, delivering a profit of £6,337 over that period. In the short period under which we owned the business, we had taken material steps to integrate its operations with that of Eclectic, a process which had been largely completed by the time we sold the business on 7 January 2008. c) Glen Communications/Explore IT In the first half of the year, Glen Communications, together with Explore IT, returned an operating loss of £276,420 before reorganisation costs. In the second half the losses have been reduced to £168,590. Since acquiring Pinnacle in June 2007, we have reduced Glen Communications to a near shell. It no longer has any employees and much of the loss for the year to 30 September 2007 is taken up by salary and benefit costs, employee termination costs, office closure costs and costs associated with running a direct sales team, all of which has now been eliminated. Explore IT has also been slimmed down but it carries an important skill set for our business going forward and has a solid base of recurring income. d) Pinnacle Group Since acquisition, Pinnacle has delivered a performance in line with our expectations and it is running profitably on a base of mainly recurring income. Since acquisition the Pinnacle companies have delivered an operating profit of £41,302. Apart from its people, its key assets are its billing system, which we are continuing to develop, and its customer base which delivers a steady stream of recurring income. e) Glen Group plc The holding company carries all the costs of the Board and the AIM listing costs. Although the costs have increased from £371,269 last year to £567,475 this year, an increase of £196,206, much of this cost can be attributed to the accounting group which we created inside the holding company structure following the acquisition of Eclectic. This group was disbanded in late September when the accounting costs were transferred back to the operating companies. f) Financing During the year, the earn-out provisions associated with the acquisition of Eclectic in February 2006 crystallised. Eclectic delivered the maximum level of profits under the terms of the earn-out conditions and, accordingly, Glen Group issued 73,825,818 shares at 1.067p per share to satisfy the deferred consideration payable to the vendors, all in accordance with the earn-out formula contained in the sale and purchase agreement. On 27 February 2007, following shareholder approval, the company's share capital was reorganised. Holders of each ordinary share of nominal one penny each received one ordinary share of nominal one-tenth of a penny and one deferred share of nominal nine-tenths of a penny. The conditions attaching to the deferred shares render them worthless and the practical effect is to lower the nominal value of the shares to one-tenth of a penny to allow the company to issue shares in the future. This had not been possible throughout most of 2006 as the market price of the shares had fallen below the original nominal value of one penny per share, and the issue of shares at a discount to the nominal value is unlawful. At the same time as the reorganisation became effective, the company raised a further £500,000 (before expenses) in new equity, applied to expanding working capital, by the issue of 100,000,000 new ordinary shares at 0.50 pence per share. The company has also issued further equity during the year as follows: • On 14 May 2007 the company raised £350,000 (before expenses) by the issue of 100,000,000 new ordinary shares at 0.35 pence per share in order to assist acquisitions, particularly the costs of due diligence, and provide further working capital, • On 6 June 2007 the company announced the acquisition of Pinnacle Group Limited for a consideration of £700,000 satisfied by the issue of 122,727,273 shares at 0.55 pence per share and £25,000 in cash. The shares were issued at a premium of 15.8% to the then mid-market price. • On 25 June 2007, the company issued 3,863,636 new ordinary shares at 0.55 pence per share to acquire certain minority interests in Sports Club Telecom Limited and 1,000,000 new ordinary shares at 0.55 pence per share to acquire 50% of the shares in Pinnacle Mobile Limited, giving the group 100% ownership of both companies. These shares were issued at a premium of 15.8% to the then mid-market price. • On 9 August 2007, the company announced the acquisition of I G Software Limited ('inGroup') for a consideration of £1,350,000 satisfied by the issue of 200,000,000 new ordinary shares at 0.55 pence per share and £250,000 in cash. The shares were issued at a premium of 100% to the then mid-market price. • On 23 August 2007 the company raised £400,000 (before expenses) by the issue of 200,000,000 new ordinary shares at 0.20 pence per share in order to provide further working capital. • On 19 September 2007 the company completed a follow-on fund raising of £130,000 (before expenses) by the issue of 65,000,000 new ordinary shares at 0.20 pence per share in order to provide further working capital. Where shares are issued at a premium to the mid-market price, a fair value adjustment is processed in the financial statements which recognises the difference between the value of shares issued at a premium and the value of the relevant shares had they been issued at the prevailing mid-market price. In the year to 30 September 2007 the fair value adjustment was £646,909 (2006: £417,221) 6) Amortisation of intangibles, impairment of goodwill and exceptional cost of fundamental reorganisation In accordance with IFRS, we have reviewed the assets acquired on the acquisition of Pinnacle Group Limited (consisting of Pinnacle Telecom plc and Sports Club Telecom Limited), and have allocated the net goodwill that was created, totalling £717,109, as follows: Billing system £150,000 Customer base £567,109 We are amortising these intangible assets over five years. Along with the amortisation of intangibles in ExploreIT, this has resulted in a charge to the consolidation income statement of £65,741. The Board has also reviewed the carrying cost of the goodwill relating to Glen Communications and ExploreIT and have determined that it is prudent to write it off. This has resulted in a charge of £994,111 in the consolidated income statement. The costs of fundamental reorganisation are commented on at 4) above. 7) Discontinued operations This consists of the profits of Eclectic and inGroup which have been retained for the period, totalling £28,219, less a write down of £450,000 relating to the estimated realisable value of the assets retained, following the sale of the business of these companies in January 2008. Graham J Duncan MA CA CHIEF EXECUTIVE 28 March 2008 CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2007 Year Year ended ended 2007 2006 £ £ Revenue 1,014,870 965,101 Cost of sales (777,911) (550,532) Gross profit 236,959 414,569 Administration expenses (1,445,020) (1,011,732) Operating loss before amortisation, impairment of goodwill and (1,208,061) (597,163) exceptional cost Amortisation of intangibles (65,741) - Impairment of goodwill (994,111) - Exceptional cost of fundamental reorganisation (305,415) - Operating loss (2,573,328) (597,163) Interest receivable 2,771 3,054 Interest payable (12,600) (10,170) Finance costs (9,829) (7,116) Loss before tax (2,583,157) (604,279) Taxation (439) (3,803) Loss for the year from continuing operations (2,583,596) (608,082) Discontinued operations Loss for the year from discontinued operations (421,781) (5,509) Loss for the year (3,005,377) (613,591) Loss per share - Loss per share basic and diluted - continuing (0.46)p (0.28)p - Loss per share basic and diluted - discontinued (0.07)p (0.00)p - Loss per share basic and diluted - total (0.53)p (0.28)p There are no other gains or losses other than the loss for the year. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2007 2007 2006 £ £ Assets Non-current assets Goodwill - 3,562,740 Intangible assets 751,368 100,000 Property, plant and equipment 105,132 112,667 856,500 3,775,407 Current assets Inventories 22,524 26,752 Trade and other receivables 1,729,599 1,571,471 Cash and cash equivalents 157,361 1,075 Total current assets 1,909,484 1,599,298 Assets included in disposal groups 2,749,005 Total assets 5,514,989 5,374,705 Short term borrowings (587,308) (578,731) Trade payables (1,234,194) (939,817) Other taxes and social security costs (442,776) (160,213) Accruals and other payables (384,987) (242,173) Total current liabilities (2,649,265) (1,920,934) Non-current liabilities Long-term borrowings (65,155) (87,557) Total liabilities (2,714,420) (2,008,491) Net assets 2,800,569 3,366,214 Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent Share capital 4,807,680 3,276,831 Share premium account 3,207,593 860,817 Shares to be issued - 787,500 Other reserve 16,544 20,028 Fair value adjustment (1,064,130) (417,221) Profit and loss account (4,167,118) (1,161,741) Total equity 2,800,569 3,366,214 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2007 Share Share Shares to Other Fair Retained Capital Premium be issued Reserve Value Earnings Total £ £ £ £ £ £ £ At 1 October 2005 600,000 957,541 - 815 - (548,150) 1,010,206 Loss for the year - - - - - (613,591) (613,591) Recognised directly in equity Share issue 2,676,831 - - - (417,221) - 2,259,610 Shares to be issued as part of acquisition - - 787,500 - - - 787,500 Premium on share issue - 335,669 - - - - 335,669 Expenses incurred on share issue - (432,393) - - - - (432,393) Share-based payments - - - 19,213 - - 19,213 Net change directly in equity 2,676,831 (96,724) 787,500 19,213 (417,221) - 2,969,599 Total movements 2,676,831 (96,724) 787,500 19,213 (417,221) (613,591) 2,356,008 Equity at 30 September 2006 3,276,831 860,817 787,500 20,028 (417,221) (1,161,741) 3,366,214 At 1 October 2006 3,276,831 860,817 787,500 20,028 (417,221) (1,161,741) 3,366,214 Loss for the year - - - - - (3,005,377) (3,005,377) Recognised directly in equity Share issue 1,530,849 - - - (646,909) - 883,940 Shares issued as part of acquisition - - (787,500) - - - (787,500) Premium on share issue - 2,438,401 - - - - 2,438,401 Share based payments - - - 8,272 - - 8,272 Lapse of share options - - - (11,765) - - (11,765) Expenses incurred on share issue (91,625) (91,625) Net change directly in equity 1,530,849 2,346,776 (787,500) (3,484) (646,909) - 2,439,732 Total movements 1,530,849 2,346,776 (787,500) (3,484) (646,909) (3,005,377) (565,645) Equity at 30 September 2007 4,807,680 3,207,593 - 16,544 (1,064,130) (4,167,118) 2,800,569 CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2007 2007 2006 £ £ Cash flows from operating activities Operating loss (including discontinued operations) (2,491,961) (589,222) Adjustments for: Depreciation 93,778 49,596 Amortisation 65,741 - Impairment of goodwill 994,110 - Release of negative goodwill (9,557) - Other non-cash items (3,484) 19,213 Payment of corporation tax (8,712) - Decrease/(increase) in inventories 11,228 (16,639) Decrease/(increase) in trade and other receivables 331,844 (1,362,845) Increase in trade payables, accruals and other creditors 70,872 1,099,760 Net cash outflow from operating activities (946,141) (800,137) Cash flows from investing activities Purchase of property, plant and equipment (135,220) (56,573) Sale of property, plant and equipment - 474 Acquisition of subsidiaries, net of cash 25,292 (2,412,993) acquired Net cash used in investing activities (109,928) (2,469,092) Cash flows from financing activities Interest paid (net) (62,195) (20,556) Issue of shares 1,380,000 3,012,500 Receipt of bank finance - 84,215 Repayment of bank borrowing (28,716) (32,612) Repayment of directors' and shareholder loans - (40,000) Former subsidiary director's loan notes less repayments (50,000) 50,000 Receipt of finance leases less repayments 34,695 9,547 Expenses paid in connection with share issues (91,625) (432,393) Net cash from financing activities 1,182,159 2,630,701 Net (decrease)/increase in cash 126,090 (638,538) Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period (475,547) 162,991 Cash and cash equivalents at end of period (349,457) (475,547) Cash and cash equivalents comprise: Cash and cash equivalents 157,361 1,075 Bank overdrafts (506,818) (476,622) (349,457) (475,547) Note: The report and accounts of the company for the year ended 30 September 2007 will be despatched to shareholders on 31 March 2008 and will be available from that date to be viewed on the company's website at www.glengroup.co.uk. 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