Half Yearly Report

RNS Number : 7337R
Computacenter PLC
27 August 2010
 



 

Computacenter plc

Interim Results announcement

 

Computacenter plc, the European IT infrastructure services provider, today announces unaudited results for the six months ended 30 June 2010.

 

Financial Highlights

 

Financial performance

 

·     Adjusted* profit before tax increased 16.6% to £21.3 million (2009: £18.2million)

·     Adjusted* diluted earnings per share increased by 8.3% to 10.4p (2009: 9.6p)

·     Group revenues increased by 5.4% to £1.29 billion (2009: £1.22 billion)

·     Interim dividend increased 16.7% to 3.5p (2009: 3.0p)

·     Net funds before customer-specific financing ('CSF') of £95.6 million (2009:£47.3 million)

 

Statutory performance

 

·     Profit before tax increased by 75.1% to £21.0m (2009: £12.0 million)

·     Diluted earnings per share increased by 63.5% to 10.3p (2009: 6.3p)

·     Net funds after CSF of £57.1 million (2009: net debt of £18.1 million) 

 

Operating highlights

 

·     Revenue growth ahead of the market in all our major geographies

·     Growth in contractual services base of 4.6% to £509.7 million (2009: £487.3 million)

·     Encouraging growth in product revenue, up 14.8%, in constant currency and excluding the effect of the disposal of our trade distribution business in 2009

·     Professional services revenue, closely linked to product and shorter term projects, improved by 8.1% in the UK and by 11.6% in France

·     Clear signs of improved performance in Germany after a challenging start to the period

 

Outlook

 

Mike Norris, Chief Executive of Computacenter plc, commented:

 

"Computacenter made good progress in the first six months of 2010. The improvement in profitability in the period, was largely driven by a strong rebound in infrastructure spend, together with steady growth in services, as well as our continued focus on cost control.  

 

We are confident that we are on track to meet our expectations for the year as a whole and looking further ahead, our plans to increase the services mix, allied with our strong balance sheet, give us encouragement for further growth in the future."

 

 

* Adjusted for exceptional items and amortisation of acquired intangibles. Adjusted Operating Profit is also stated after charging finance costs on customer-specific financing.

 

 

Enquiries:

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Mike Norris                                                                                          

Tessa Freeman

 

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Chairman's Statement

We continue to make good progress in the markets we have chosen to serve. Customers value our offerings and service, as demonstrated by revenue growth in excess of 5% and as further underscored by our top rating in the customer advocacy section of an independent survey, by EquaTerra in 2009. The growth in adjusted1 profit before tax, in excess of 16%, is testament to the hard work of our people and to the strategic decisions we made at the beginning of 2009. In a nutshell, our cost reductions, as well as our exit from markets which absorb working capital without delivering good yield, have resulted in the operational gearing we continue to see in these first-half results. Our net funds, excluding customer specific financing has grown further to £95.6 million (H1 2009: £47.3 million).

 

Behind the scenes, we are implementing programmes designed to improve all aspects of our business on a sustainable basis. We are taking Group-wide actions to share best practices in our offerings, customer service and in the relentless drive to ensure our service delivery capabilities are of the highest quality. We continue to focus on the use of our working capital and the development of our people's talents in relation to how we serve customers. We are doing this with specific Group-wide methods and processes. We are investing a very significant sum in the implementation of our new ERP system. The combined effect of these programmes is designed to create even more operational gearing and to accelerate our organic growth in higher margin activities.

 

I am pleased with our results for this period, and thankful for the commitment and hard work of Computacenter's people, but we can and must do considerably better. The actions I have summarised above are even more important to our future success than the improvements we have achieved in the past 18 months. We are determined to demonstrate that through continual growth in profitability. Mike Norris has provided a more detailed assessment of our progress so far, in the summaries below.      

Greg Lock

1 Adjusted for exceptional items and amortisation of acquired intangibles. Adjusted Operating Profit is also stated after charging finance costs on customer-specific financing.

 

Operating Review

Group Summary

Computacenter made good progress in the first six months of 2010, delivering a 16.6% increase in adjusted1profit before tax to £21.3 million (H1 2009: £18.2 million). The improvement in profitability in the period, was largely driven by a strong rebound in infrastructure spend, together with steady growth in services, particularly in the UK, as well as our continued focus on cost control. Overall reported revenues increased by 5.4% to £1.29 billion (H1 2009: £1.22 billion).

Adjusted1 diluted earnings per share for the period grew by 8.3% to 10.4p (H1 2009: 9.6p). The EPS improvement is lower than the level of profit growth achieved, due to the mix of earnings adversely impacting the Group's tax rate and the dilution from the exercise of share options resulting from the higher share price during the period. The tax rate for the year as a whole is not expected to remain at the current increased level, but is expected to exceed the overall tax rate in 2009, due to the likely geographic mix of profits for the full year.  

There are no exceptional charges incurred in the period (H1 2009: £6.0 million) and we do not anticipate material exceptional charges during the rest of the year. Therefore, on a statutory basis, after taking amortisation on acquired intangibles into account, profit before tax increased materially, by 75.1% to £21.0 million (H1 2009: £12.0 million) and diluted earnings per share grew by 63.5% to 10.3p (H1 2009: 6.3p).

We are pleased to announce the payment of an increased interim dividend of 3.5p per share (H1 2009: 3.0p). The interim dividend will be paid on 15 October 2010 to shareholders on the register as at 17 September 2010.

Our progress was achieved within an environment where the economy continues to be challenging.  Growth in services in the Technology Sector in Europe has been forecast at 2.4% for 20102. We believe that our growth above the market is due to our continued focus on reducing our customers' costs and our well positioned offerings, which serve the market's apparent appetite to invest in new technologies.

The positive trend in increased IT capital expenditure, over the first half of 2010, is evidenced by an encouraging growth in product revenue by 14.8%, in constant currency and excluding the effect of the disposal of our trade distribution business in 2009.

The growth in our contractual services base of 4.6% to £509.7 million (H1 2009: £487.3 million), in constant currency, has already helped performance in the first half of 2010, with more significant contribution anticipated in the second half of the year and beyond. The pipeline for the future is encouraging and, as has been the case in the past, we anticipate that new contractual services wins will increase in the second half of the year. However, some of these prospects are binary in nature and present the risk that if not won, could reduce the contractual services base.  

We continue to strengthen our balance sheet, with net funds excluding customer-specific financing (CSF) of £95.6 million at the period end (H1 2009: net funds of £47.3 million). Including CSF, net funds were £57.1 million (H1 2009: net debt of £18.1 million). Capital expenditure of £16.1 million was incurred during the period, partly in relation to the investment into the ERP system. This level of cash generation is particularly encouraging, since it has occurred during a period of revenue growth. The level of CSF has also reduced from £65.3 million, at the end of the first half of 2009, to the current level of £38.5 million. As previously reported, our cash position was flattered by approximately £25 million, due to the ongoing extended credit facility from one of our major vendors, which is set to continue, at least until the end of 2010.

We remain broadly on time and budget with our implementation of a new Group-wide ERP system, which we expect to complete in 2011. We estimated the cost at £35 million over three years, of which, in excess of 80% has been spent to date. 

Outlook

Looking particularly at the second half of 2010, we are confident about further progress in our contractual services business. Whilst we anticipate that UK Public Sector capital expenditure is likely to be curbed, we believe that this will not result in any significant impact at a Group level. Other sectors remain positive, particularly the Industrial Sector in Germany and the Financial Services Sector in the UK. There is also the potential that the VAT increase early in 2011, could stimulate increased spend activity towards the end of this year.  

We remain focused on the cost management of our, as well as our customers' businesses and we are well aware that in this market, for which low growth is forecast2, much remains to be done. We are confident that we are on track to meet our expectations for the year as a whole and looking further ahead, our plans to increase the services mix, allied with our strong balance sheet, give us encouragement for further growth in the future.

1  Adjusted for exceptional items and amortisation of acquired intangibles. Adjusted Operating Profit is also stated after charging finance costs on customer-specific financing.

2  Gartner (June 2010)

 

UK Summary

UK performance was strong compared to the same period in 2009, with adjusted1 operating profit growing by 43.7% to £18.1 million (H1 2009: £12.6 million). This improvement is largely a result of sharpening our focus as a services and solutions company, resulting in significant growth  in the product business, especially in the first quarter and a pleasing revenue growth in the services business, in turn, primarily in the second quarter.

Overall UK revenues for the period, excluding the disposal of the distribution business, were up by 12.7% to £651.9 million (H1 2009: £578.4 million). Services revenues grew by 8.0%, which was largely driven by growth in contractual services, mainly within the Financial Services environment. Product revenue increased by 14.6%, as customers continued to invest into new technologies. Removal of cost remains at the top of our customers' agenda and our offerings suit these aspirations. We have witnessed this growth trend for the last year and we believe it is likely to continue throughout the second half of 2010.

After delivering a £13.4 million reduction in UK Sales, General and Administration (SG&A) expenses in H1 2009, excluding the impact of acquisitions and disposals, SG&A in this period remained broadly unchanged. This SG&A stability was achieved despite some investment into projects aimed at enhancing our services capability further.

The correlation between products and professional services revenue was demonstrated once again. There was a revenue decline in both businesses in the first half of 2009, as customers put non-critical project expenditure on hold. The first half of 2010 saw product revenue growth, and predictably, professional services revenue improved by 8.1%.  The mutuality of these businesses is demonstrated by a recent successful win within a major datacentre consolidation programme being undertaken by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Euronext in the UK. During phase 1 of this strategic NYSE Euronext led programme, Computacenter has contributed in key enablement areas, such as cabling, server installation, hardware support, build QA and logistics. The programme will result in NYSE Euronext extending its use of Tier IV datacentre facilities to support a strategic objective of significantly reducing trading latency for its customers. 

The UK contract base over this term grew by 6.1% in H1 to £234.6 million (H1 2009: £221.2 million). We attribute our contract base improvement to a continued trend in multi-vendor outsourcing in the market. Due to customers wishing to retain control, whilst gaining flexibility through outsourcing solutions, there has been a larger degree of selectivity in identifying services suitable for outsourcing, as well as a multi-sourcing approach when choosing providers.

This widening of the outsourcing arena has given us increased opportunities to present our offerings to more customers and also provides better potential for supplier partnering.

A recent five-year contract win evidences the benefit of partnered offerings. Trinity Expert Systems, an IT Solutions Provider, with which Computacenter has a long working history of jointly providing application services, awarded us a contract to deliver datacentre hosting and associated services to a London based specialist insurance group. Our new Tier IV facility in Romford is well suited for this purpose and is geared for future expansion.

Similarly, we have been awarded two contracts involving the newly integrated Oracle/Sun Exadata storage solution, born out of the Sun acquisition last year, by Oracle. As the only Oracle business partner in the UK, with an Exadata proof of concept facility, Computacenter has been selected to deploy this solution to a major European bank and a solutions provider to the Financial Sector.

The Exadata storage servers will enable the bank to enhance operational efficiency and reduce costs, through supporting the creation of a centralised global data warehouse. In the instance of the solutions provider, the Exadata solution will provide financial transaction services and payment processing to banks, corporations and government departments, worldwide.

Our repeatable solutions, which provide a consistent level of quality, governance and results, gained further traction in the market. Best Buy UK, a leading consumer electronics retailer and part of  a joint venture with The Carphone Warehouse plc, has awarded Computacenter a three-year contract to implement an IT infrastructure solution for its stores, including provisioning, staging, configuring, installing and support, as well as deploying and maintaining point of sale devices, desktops, cabling, network connections and servers.      

The IBM premium partner, Thesaurus, which we acquired in 2009, has now been fully integrated into the UK business and we are encouraged by the early signs that these added offerings have already contributed to our recent wins and the pipeline.

RDC, our remarketing and recycling arm, recorded another strong first half, with revenues up by 24.3%. There has been consistent growth in this business over recent years and we have identified certain investment opportunities, to support future growth.

 

Germany Summary

In Germany, overall adjusted1 operating profit in the first half of 2010, reduced by 46.7% in local currency. In sterling, this translates to a decrease of 48.1% to £3.7 million (H1 2009: £7.2 million).

The primary reason for the decline in profitability was a weaker start for services in Germany during the first two months of the year, which in turn, was mainly due to a larger contract that had expired towards the end of 2009. This caused under-utilisation of the services business at that time, resulting in 2.4% decrease in services revenue, in local currency, for the period as a whole.

Overall, revenue increased by 8.0% in local currency, with the decline in the services business, countered by a 14.9% growth in the products business. The strong products sales were mainly in the high-end product arenas of security, network and datacentre, with the becom acquisition assisting particularly in the growth of datacentre revenues. Product growth, excluding becom, was 3%.

In addressing the decline in both services revenue and margin, during the first months of 2010, we reviewed some processes, as well as our services efficiency in our central functions, such as logistics, in order to stabilise the services margins. Since March 2010, margin stability and utilisation has returned to the business, albeit that the shortfall in profitability has not been reversed.  

We experienced, especially during the second quarter of the year, an increasing demand for desktop virtualisation, identity management, security, Windows 7, networking and collaboration.

Towards the end of the first half, the pipeline for consulting projects improved, which is particularly pleasing, since an increased demand for consulting projects often precedes hardware and maintenance services contracts, signalling possible relief in the uncertain market we still find ourselves in.

This early trend may be evidenced by two framework agreements concluded in April 2010 with the Beschaffungsamt des Bundesministeriums des Innern (Procurement department of the German Federal Ministry of the Interior), for the supply of workstations for three years and storage products, as well as consulting, maintenance and support services, over a four-year term.

Also indicative of the early signs that IT spend may be on the increase is a five-year desktop product supply and related services contract win with RAG Aktiengesellschaft, which will entail the supply of more than 6,500 workstations.

Computacenter Germany received the prestigious 'Daimler Supplier Award 2009' at the Daimler Key Supplier Meeting in March, in the category 'IT, General Goods & Services' for its outstanding performance in providing IT services. Additionally, as a member of the Virtual Computing Environment (VCE), a coalition partner system founded by Cisco, EMC and VMware, Computacenter is the first IT service provider which has integrated the Vblock infrastructure packages of the VCE coalition into its portfolio and is advising customers in the planning and implementation of private cloud infrastructures, based on the Vblock architecture. 

The integration of the becom business was successfully completed in April 2010, with Computacenter Germany becoming IBM's number one business partner in Germany.

 

France Summary

In a recovering economic environment, with a flat market forecast for 2010 in both the products and services businesses, our French operation achieved strong revenue growth, well ahead of the market, with reported revenue increasing by 8.7% to £164.3 million (H1 2009: £151.1 million). This growth was, however offset by margin erosion, following the renewal in H2 2009 of a major product contract. Consequently, adjusted1 operating loss improved marginally to £1.2 million (H1 2009: loss of £1.4 million). 

Both product and services revenue, in local currency, grew materially by 12.6% and 7.8% respectively. Product growth resulted mainly from strong development in the customer base, enterprise product sales and software revenues. As in the UK, this improvement in product sales was mirrored by an 11.6% growth in professional services revenue; a first in several years. Contractual services growth of 6.0% represents steady progress after significant growth in 2009.

Since we anticipated product margin and volume erosion, our efforts were focused on services revenue and customer base growth. However, better than expected product margins were achieved and services margins continued to grow, driven by increased volume and a leaner, more cost-efficient organisation. General overhead cost reduction has continued, but with some investment made, aimed at accelerating sales during the second half of the year and 2011. We have reorganised the sales force through establishing a sales specialist team with revised performance targets and specific customer sector focus. The reorganised sales force has already achieved successes and in this period, we have won two Wintel product supply contracts with a major advertising company, as well as a mutual insurer to the agricultural workforce. Particularly pleasing, were a number of managed services contract wins with a leading French bank.

Further contributing to an increase in our contractual services customer base, has been a recent contract win with ENIM, a school of the French Army and a maintenance contract with UGAP.

The French enterprise business showed encouraging development, evidenced by good wins with UGAP, the Public Purchasing Agency, and a Europe-wide roll-out for an international telecommunications group. We have also managed to upscale our offerings to the French Army, from primarily, the supply of laptops and desktops, to select services and enterprise activities.

 

Benelux Summary

Our Belgium and Netherlands operations recorded an adjusted1 operating profit of £280,000 (H1 2009: loss of £166,000). Overall revenue increased by 35.6%, with a significant increase in product sales.

Aside from the revenue increase, the improved result was also assisted by a reduction in the cost base, achieved through a reorganisation during 2009. Contract wins in late 2009 also became fully operational and our decision to leverage our software licensing competences towards the local market, delivered some encouraging successes, as can be evidenced by key software licensing wins with Asco, Lotus Bakeries and Bank J Van Breda & Co. We also implemented a cabling project for Ikea.

Our business in Luxembourg recorded a loss of £298,000,with reduced revenue of 5.3%, compared to the same period last year (H1 2009: loss of £244,000). The services activity in Luxembourg has, in the first months of 2010, been challenged, but clear signs of improvement towards the end of the half have transpired, especially within the consulting and managed services space, as can be evidenced by a recent three-year managed services contract win with a major energy utilities group.

 

Group Risk Statement

The principal risks to our business and our approach to mitigating those risks remain as set out on pages 22 and 23 of our 2009 Report and Accounts. The economic climate remains uncertain and our enhanced offerings, which help customers remove cost and risk from their IT expenditure, continue to be Computacenter's primary defence against this threat. In addition, strategies remain in place to mitigate operational risks in particular, those relating to the implementation of complex end-to-end service contracts. These mitigation strategies are currently being enhanced through the building of services processes. Together with achieving the desired progress on the Group-wide ERP project, the successful implementation of the new services processes, feature at the top of our Group Risk Log.

 

 Mike Norris

 

 

 

Responsibility statement

 

 

The Directors confirm that to the best of their knowledge:

 

·     This financial information has been prepared in accordance with IAS 34;

·     This interim management report includes a fair review of the information required by DTR 4.2.7R (indication of important events during the first six months and description of principal risks and uncertainties for the remaining six months of the year);and

 

·     This interim management report includes a fair review of the information required by DTR 4.2.8R (disclosure of related party transactions and changes therein.)

 

 

  

MJ Norris                               FA Conophy

Chief Executive                       Finance Director              

26 August 2010                       26 August 2010

 

On behalf of the Board

 

 

 

Independent review report to Computacenter plc

 

Introduction

We have been engaged by the Company to review the condensed set of financial statements in the half-yearly financial report for the six months ended 30 June 2010 which comprises the Consolidated Income Statement, Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, Consolidated Balance Sheet, Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity, Consolidated Cash Flow Statement, and the related notes 1 to 12. We have read the other information contained in the half yearly financial report and considered whether it contains any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the information in the condensed set of financial statements.

 

This report is made solely to the Company in accordance with guidance contained in ISRE 2410 (UK and Ireland) "Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity" issued by the Auditing Practices Board. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company, for our work, for this report, or for the conclusions we have formed.

 

Directors' Responsibilities

The half-yearly financial report is the responsibility of, and has been approved by, the Directors. The Directors are responsible for preparing the half-yearly financial report in accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom's Financial Services Authority.

 

As disclosed in note 2, the annual financial statements of the Group are prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union. The condensed set of financial statements included in this half-yearly financial report has been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34, "Interim Financial Reporting", as adopted by the European Union.

 

Our Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express to the Company a conclusion on the condensed set of financial statements in the half-yearly financial report based on our review.

 

Scope of Review

We conducted our review in accordance with International Standard on Review Engagements (UK and Ireland) 2410, "Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity" issued by the Auditing Practices Board for use in the United Kingdom. A review of interim financial information consists of making enquiries, primarily of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) and consequently does not enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion.

 

Conclusion

Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the condensed set of financial statements in the half-yearly financial report for the six months ended 30 June 2010 is not prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34 as adopted by the European Union and the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom's Financial Services Authority.

 

 

 

 

Ernst & Young LLP

Luton

26 August 2010



 

 

 

Consolidated income statement







For the six months ended 30 June 2010









Unaudited


Unaudited


Audited

 



H1 2010


H1 2009


Year 2009

 


Note

£'000


£'000


£'000

 

Revenue

4

1,288,780


1,222,184


2,503,198

 

Cost of sales


(1,115,022)


(1,051,560)


(2,153,395)

 

Gross profit


173,758


170,624


349,803

 








 

Distribution costs


(9,384)


(9,686)


(19,032)

 

Administrative expenses


(142,434)


(140,947)


(272,876)

 

Operating profit:







 

Before amortisation of acquired intangibles and exceptional items


21,940


19,991


57,895

 

Amortisation of acquired intangibles


(299)


(259)


(517)

 

Exceptional items

6

-


(6,003)


(5,299)

 

Operating profit


21,641


13,729


52,079

 








 

Finance revenue


1,249


1,000


1,307

 

Finance costs


(1,914)


(2,748)


(4,977)

 

Profit before tax:







 

Before amortisation of acquired intangibles and exceptional items


21,275


18,243


54,225

 

Amortisation of acquired intangibles


(299)


(259)


(517)

 

Exceptional items

6

-


(6,003)


(5,299)

 

Profit before tax


20,976


11,981


48,409

 








 

Income tax expense:







 

Before exceptional items


(5,208)


(3,851)


(12,113)

 

Tax on exceptional items

6

-


1,276


1,415

 

Income tax expense

7

(5,208)


(2,575)


(10,698)

 

Profit for the period


15,768


9,406


37,711

 








 

Attributable to:







 

Equity holders of the parent


15,768


9,406


37,703

 

Non-controlling interest



 -


8

 

Profit for the period


15,768


9,406


37,711

 








Earnings per share







- basic for profit for the period

8

10.7p


6.4p


25.7p

- diluted for profit for the period

8

10.3p


6.3p


24.9p

                                                                                   

 



 

 

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income





For the six months ended 30 June 2010







Unaudited


Unaudited


Audited


H1 2010


H1 2009


Year 2009


£'000


£'000


£'000

Profit for the period

15,768


9,406


37,711

Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations

(8,149)


(12,163)


(10,173)

Total comprehensive income for the period

7,619


(2,757)


27,538







Attributable to:






Equity holders of the parent

7,626


(2,755)


27,543

Non-controlling interest

  (7)


(2)


(5)


7,619


(2,757)


27,538

 



 

Consolidated balance sheet







As at 30 June 2010









Unaudited


Unaudited


Audited



H1 2010


H1 2009


Year 2009



£'000


£'000


£'000

Non-current assets







Property, plant and equipment


96,241


113,392


105,290

Intangible assets


77,336


52,503


72,965

Investment in associate


52


-


57

Deferred income tax asset


17,647


17,674


16,444



191,276


183,569


194,756

Current assets







Inventories


69,062


71,056


67,086

Trade and other receivables


410,479


403,101


475,646

Prepayments


52,247


59,214


55,785

Accrued income


51,631


70,229


29,538

Forward currency contracts


588


-


726

Cash and short-term deposits


129,571


75,542


108,017



713,578


679,142


736,798

Total assets


904,854


862,711


931,554








Current liabilities







Trade and other payables


384,637


332,022


378,929

Deferred income


93,769


107,648


123,861

Financial liabilities


55,971


64,362


48,647

Forward currency contracts


-


25


-

Income tax payable


5,768


3,849


3,815

Provisions


2,202


2,439


2,202



542,347


510,345


557,454

Non-current liabilities







Financial liabilities


16,503


29,256


22,022

Provisions


10,338


10,337


11,605

Other non-current liabilities


47


381


227

Deferred income tax liabilities


1,556


1,515


1,674



28,444


41,489


35,528

Total liabilities


570,791


551,834


592,982

Net assets


334,063


310,877


338,572








Capital and reserves







Issued capital


9,231


9,184


9,186

Share premium


3,168


2,890


2,929

Capital redemption reserve


74,950


74,950


74,950

Own shares held


(10,377)


(9,838)


(9,657)

Foreign currency translation reserve


8,066


14,207


16,208

Retained earnings


249,016


219,465


244,940

Shareholders' equity


334,054


310,858


338,556

Non-controlling interest


9


19


16

Total equity


334,063


310,877


338,572

 

 

 

Approved by the Board on  26 August  2010

  

 

 

 

MJ Norris, Chief Executive                                                          FA Conophy, Finance Director

Consolidated statement of changes in equity

 


Attributable   to   equity   holders   of   the   parent




Issued capital   

   Share premium

Capital redemption reserve

Own shares held

Foreign currency translation reserve

Retained earnings   

   Total

Non-controlling interests

Total equity


£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

At 1 January 2009

9,181

2,890

74,950

(11,169)

26,368

218,970

321,190

21

321,211

Profit for the period

 -

 -

-

-

-

9,406

9,406

 -

9,406

Other comprehensive income

-

-

-

-

(12,161)

-

(12,161)

(2)

(12,163)

Total comprehensive income

            -  

             -  

                -  

            -  

(12,161)

        9,406

(2,755)

(2)

(2,757)

Cost of share-based payment

            -  

             -  

                -  

            -  

               -  

1,076

1,076

-

1,076

Exercise of options

3

             -  

                -  

1,890

               -  

(1,890)

3

-

3

Purchase of own shares

-

-

 -

(559)

 -

 -

(559)

-

(559)

Equity dividends

-

-

-

-

-

(8,097)

(8,097)

-

(8,097)

At 30 June 2009

9,184

2,890

74,950

(9,838)

14,207

219,465

310,858

19

310,877

Profit for the period

 -

 -

-

-

-

28,297

28,297

8

28,305

Other comprehensive income

-

-

-

-

2,001

-

2,001

(11)

1,990

Total comprehensive income

            -  

             -  

                -  

            -  

2,001

     28,297

     30,298

          (3)

     30,295

Cost of share-based payment

            -  

             -  

                -  

            -  

               -  

1,479

1,479

-

1,479

Deferred taxation on share based payments

-

-

-

-

-

298

298

-

298

Exercise  of options

           2 

          39 

                -  

      182

               -  

(182)

        41

-

           41

Purchase of own shares

-

-

 -

(1)

 -

 -

(1)

-

(1)

Equity dividends

-

-

-

-

-

(4,417)

(4,417)

-

(4,417)

At 31 December 2009

9,186

2,929

74,950

(9,657)

16,208

244,940

338,556

16

338,572

Profit for the period

-

-

-

-

-

            15,768

       15,768

-

            15,768

Other comprehensive income

 -

 -

 -

 -

(8,142)

   (8,142)

           (7)

    (8,149)

Total comprehensive income

            -  

             -  

                -  

            -  

     (8,142)

     15,768

     7,626

           (7)

      7,619

Cost of share-based payment

            -  

             -  

                -  

            -  

               -  

       1,320

      1,320

-

      1,320

Deferred taxation on share based payments

            -  

             -  

                -  

            -  

               -  

          131

         131

-

         131

Exercise of options

         45

        239

                 -

    1,332

               -  

     (1,332)

         284

-

         284

Purchase of own shares

            -  

             -  

                -  

 (2,052)

               -  

   (2,052)

-

    (2,052)

Equity dividends

-

-

-

-

-

(11,811)

(11,811)

-

(11,811)

 

At 30 June 2010

9,231

3,168

74,950

(10,377)

8,066

   249,016

  334,054

              9

  334,063

 


           

Consolidated cash flow statement






For the six months ended 30 June 2010






Unaudited


Unaudited


Audited


H1 2010



Year 2009


£'000



£'000

Operating activities





Profit before tax

20,976



48,409

Net finance costs

665



3,670

Depreciation

16,066



35,326

Amortisation

2,433



4,631

Share-based payments

1,320



2,555

Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment

18



23

Loss on disposal of intangible assets

-



-

Profit on disposal of business

-



(1,879)

(Increase)/decrease in inventories

(6,171)



34,126

Decrease in trade and other receivables

24,358



52,348

(Decrease)/increase in trade and other payables

(3,529)


(24,495)


10,960

Other adjustments

(23)


(428)


283

Cash generated from operations

56,113



190,452

Income taxes paid

(4,568)



(17,500)

Net cash flow from operating activities

51,545


86,432


172,952







Investing activities





Interest received

1,122



1,717

Acquisition of subsidiaries, net of cash acquired

                 -  



(9,742)

Proceeds from sale of business

                 -  



2,982

Sale of property, plant and equipment

50



7

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

(7,983)



(9,511)

Purchases of intangible assets

(8,137)



(11,790)

Net cash flow from investing activities

(14,948)


(7,659)


(26,337)






Financing activities





Interest paid

(1,914)



(4,540)

Dividends paid to equity shareholders of the parent

(11,811)



(12,514)

Proceeds from issue of shares

284



44

Purchase of own shares

(2,052)



(560)

Repayment of capital element of finance leases

(10,339)



(20,956)

Repayment of loans

(8,781)



(40,248)

New borrowings

6,019



16,357

Increase/(decrease) in factor financing

17,142



(25,600)

Net cash flow from financing activities

(11,452)


(54,893)


(88,017)






Increase in cash and cash equivalents

25,145



58,598

Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

(1,987)



(533)

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period

104,954



46,889

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period

128,112


69,688


104,954


 

Notes to the accounts

 

1 Corporate information

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements of the Group for the six months ended 30 June 2010 were authorised for issue in accordance with a resolution of the Directors on 26 August 2010.

 

Computacenter plc is a limited company incorporated and domiciled in England whose shares are publicly traded.

 

 2 Basis of preparation

The interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the six months ended 30 June 2010 have been preparedin accordance with International Accounting Standard 34 'Interim Financial Reporting', as adopted by the European Union. They do not include all of the information and disclosures required in the annual financial statements, and should be read in conjunction with the Group's annual financial statements as at 31 December 2009.

 

The Group's strong cash position, combined with the strong cash flows generated by the business, support the Directors' view that the Group has sufficient funds available for it to meet its foreseeable working capital requirements. The directors have concluded therefore that the going concern basis remains appropriate.

 

 3 Significant accounting policies

The accounting policies applied by the Group in these condensed consolidated interim financial statements are the same as those applied by the Group in its consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2009, except for the adoption of new Standards and Interpretations as of 1 January 2010, noted below:

 

IFRS 3 Business Combinations (Revised)

IFRS 3 (Revised) introduces significant changes in the accounting for business combinations. It requires that all acquisition related costs are expensed in the period incurred rather than included in the cost of the investment, that changes to the contingent consideration following a business combination are shown in the statement of comprehensive income instead of adjusting goodwill and that changes to deferred tax assets relating to business combinations are only reflected within goodwill if they occur within the measurement period. The Group has applied IFRS 3 (Revised) with effect from 1 January 2010.  During the period the Group recognised the benefit of tax losses of £932,000 attributable to an acquisition completed in a previous period. The impact is included within current income tax expense. Had the standard not been adopted, an adjustment to goodwill would have been required.

 

A number of other new, revised or amended standards and interpretations are effective for the current period, but none of them has had any material impact on the interim condensed financial statements.

 

4 Segment information

For management purposes, the Group is organised into geographical segments, with each segment determined by the location of the Group's assets and operations.  The Group's business in each geography is managed separately and held in separate statutory entities.

 

No operating segments have been aggregated to form the above reportable operating segments.

 

Management monitors the operating results of its geographical segments separately for the purposes of making decisions about resource allocation and performance assessment. Segment performance is evaluated based on adjusted operating profit or loss which is measured differently from operating profit or loss in the consolidated financial statements. Adjusted operating profit or loss takes account of the interest paid on customer-specific financing ('CSF') which management consider to be a cost of sale. Excluded from adjusted operating profit is the amortisation of acquired intangibles, exceptional items and the transfer of internal ERP implementation costs between segments as management do not consider these items when reviewing the underlying performance of a segment.

 

 

Segmental performance for the periods to H1 2010, H1 2009 and Full Year 2009 were as follows:



 

 

Six months ended 30 June 2010 (unaudited)







UK

Germany

France

Benelux

Total



£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000








Revenue


651,859

455,781

164,252

16,888

1,288,780








Results







Adjusted gross profit


91,932

60,005

18,315

2,207

172,459

Adjusted net operating expenses


(73,805)

(56,265)

(19,523)

(2,225)

(151,818)

Adjusted operating profit/(loss)


18,127

3,740

(1,208)

(18)

20,641

Adjusted net interest






634

Adjusted profit/(loss) before tax






21,275








 

 

Six months ended 30 June 2009 (unaudited)







UK

Germany

France

Benelux

Total



£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000








Revenue


624,888

433,315

151,085

12,896

1,222,184








Results







Adjusted gross profit


87,772

60,336

18,996

1,496

168,600

Adjusted net operating expenses


(75,155)

(53,131)

(20,442)

(1,905)

(150,633)

Adjusted operating profit/(loss)


12,617

7,205

(1,446)

(409)

17,967

Adjusted net interest






276

Adjusted profit/(loss) before tax






18,243














 

Year ended 31 December 2009 (audited)







UK

Germany

France

Benelux

Total



£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000








Revenue


1,226,917

930,673

319,384

26,224

2,503,198








Results







Adjusted gross profit


181,149

124,395

37,448

2,838

345,830

Adjusted net operating expenses


(143,310)

(104,831)

(40,169)

(3,597)

(291,907)

Adjusted operating profit/(loss)


37,839

19,564

(2,721)

(759)

53,923

Adjusted net interest






302

Adjusted profit/(loss) before tax






54,225















 

Reconciliation to adjusted results

Management reviews adjusted measures of performance as shown in the tables above. Adjusted profit before tax excludes exceptional items and the amortisation of acquired intangibles as shown below:

 


H1 2010


H1 2009


Year 2009


£'000


£'000


£'000

Adjusted profit before tax

21,275


18,243


54,225

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

(299)


(259)


(517)

Exceptional items

-


(6,003)


(5,299)

Profit before tax

20,976


11,981


48,409

 

 

 Management also reviews adjusted measures for gross profit, operating expenses, operating profit and net interest, which in addition takes account of interest costs of CSF within cost of sales (as these are considered to form part of the gross profit performance of a contract). The reconciliation for adjusted operating profit to operating profit, as disclosed in the Consolidated Income Statement, is as follows:

 


UK
£'000

Germany
£'000

France
£'000

Benelux
£'000

Total
£'000

Six months ended 30 June 2010






Adjusted operating profit/(loss)

18,127

3,740

(1,208)

(18)

20,641

Add back interest on CSF

                875

                424

   -  

                  -  

1,299

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

(240)

(59)

 -

 -

(299)

Exceptional items

                     -                        

                     -                      

                  -             

                     -  

                  -  

ERP implementation costs     

 (2,051)

          2,051

                  -

                     -

                  -  

Segment operating profit/(loss)

16,711

6,156

(1,208)

(18)

21,641







Six months ended 30 June 2009






Adjusted operating profit/(loss)

12,617

7,205

(1,446)

(409)

17,967

Add back interest on CSF

1,650

374

-

-

2,024

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

(241)

(18)

-

-

(259)

Exceptional items

(4,556)

-

(1,206)

(241)

(6,003)

ERP implementation costs

(1,143)

1,143

-

-

-

Segment operating profit/(loss)

8,327

8,704

(2,652)

(650)

13,729

 

 

 


UK
£'000

Germany
£'000

France
£'000

Benelux
£'000

Total
£'000

For the year ended 31 December 2009






Adjusted operating profit/(loss)

37,839

19,564

(2,721)

(759)

53,923

Add back interest on CSF

2,921

1,051

-

-

3,972

Amortisation of acquired intangibles

(481)

(36)

-

-

(517)

Exceptional items

(3,155)

(291)

(1,613)

(240)

(5,299)

ERP implementation costs

(2,728)

2,728

-

-

-

Segment operating profit/(loss)

34,396

23,016

(4,334)

(999)

52,079

 

Sources of revenue

Each geographical segment principally consists of a single entity with shared assets, liabilities and capital expenditure. The Group has three sources of revenue, which are aggregated and shown in the table below. The sale of goods is recorded within product revenues and the rendering of services is split into Professional and Support and Managed Services.

 

Revenue performance is reported to the Chief Operating Decision Maker excluding the UK Trade Distribution business, which was disposed of on 27th October 2009. The table below reflects revenue performance before and after the impact of the sold business.

 



H1 2010


H1 2009

Year 2009



£'000


£'000

£'000

Sources of revenue

 

 

 

 

 

Product revenue






Ongoing operations


907,078


800,351

1,678,613

Trade distribution


-


46,483

84,589

Total product revenue


907,078


846,834

1,763,202

Services revenue






Professional services


90,313


85,712

175,364

Support and managed services


291,389


289,638

564,632

Total services revenue


381,702


375,350

739,996

Total revenue


1,288,780


1,222,184

2,503,198

 


 

5 Seasonality of operations

Historically revenues have been higher in the second half of the year than in the first six months. This is principally driven by customer buying behaviour in the markets in which we operate.  Typically this leads to a more pronounced effect on operating profit. In addition the effect is compounded further by the tendency for the holiday entitlements of our employees to accrue during the first half of the year and to be utilised in the second half.

 

6 Exceptional items


H1 2010


H1 2009


Year 2009


£'000


£'000


£'000

Operating profit






Profit on disposal of business, net of goodwill

-


                 -  


1,879

Restructuring costs

-


(6,003)


(7,178)


-


(6,003)


(5,299)

 

 

Income tax






Tax on exceptional items included in operating profit

-


                 1,276


1,415


-


1,276


1,415

 

 

 

Restructuring costs in H1 2009 arose from the change programme to reduce net operating expenses. They include expenses from headcount reductions and vacant premises costs.

 

The net gain on disposal of business of £1,879,000 arose from the Group disposing of its trade distribution division to Ingram Micro in October 2009. The disposal did not match the criteria of IFRS 5 'Non-current assets held-for-sale and discontinued operations' as the disposal did not represent a separate major line of business or geographical area of operations and hence was not treated as a discontinued operation.

 

 

7 Income tax

 

The charge based on the profit for the period comprises:







Unaudited


Unaudited


Audited


H1 2010


H1 2009


Year 2009


£'000


£'000


£'000

UK corporation tax

6,082


3,270


11,181

Foreign tax

316


147


1,394

Adjustments in respect of prior periods

-


(49)


(853)

Deferred tax

(1,190)


(793)


(1,024)


5,208


2,575


10,698

 

In his budget of 22 June 2010, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced Budget tax changes, which, if enacted in the proposed manner, will have an effect on the Group's future tax position. As at 30 June 2010, the tax changes announced in the Budget are not yet regarded as 'substantively enacted' and as such, in accordance with accounting standards, the changes have not been reflected in the Group's financial statements as at 30 June 2010. The budget proposed a decrease in the rate of UK corporation tax from 28% to 24% by 1% each year, from April 2011, which will be enacted annually.

 

The effect on the Group of these proposed changes to the UK tax system will be reflected in the Group's financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2010 once the proposals have been substantively enacted.

8 Earnings per ordinary share

Earnings per share (EPS) amounts are calculated by dividing profit attributable to ordinary equity holders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year (excluding own shares held).

 

Diluted earnings per share amounts are calculated by dividing profit attributable to ordinary equity holders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year (excluding own shares held) adjusted for the effect of dilutive options.

 

Adjusted basic and adjusted diluted EPS are presented to provide more comparable and representative information. Accordingly the adjusted basic and adjusted diluted EPS figures exclude the amortisation of acquired intangibles and exceptional items.

 


Unaudited


Unaudited


Audited


H1 2010


H1 2009


Year 2009


£'000


£'000


£'000

Profit attributable to equity holders of the parent

15,768


9,406


37,703

Amortisation of acquired intangibles attributable to equity holders of the parent

299


259


517

Tax on amortisation of acquired intangibles

(84)


(67)


           (145)

Exceptional items

-


6,003


5,299

Tax on exceptional items

-


(1,276)


(1,415)

Adjusted profit after tax

15,983


14,325


41,959








No '000


No '000


No '000

Basic weighted average number of shares (excluding own shares held)

147,563


146,845


146,918

Effect of dilution:






Share options

6,256


3,143


4,671

Diluted weighted average number of shares

153,819


149,988


151,589

 


H1 2010


H1 2009


Year 2009


pence


pence


pence

Basic earnings per share

10.7


6.4


25.7

Diluted earnings per share

10.3


6.3


24.9

Adjusted basic earnings per share

10.8


9.8


28.6

Adjusted diluted earnings per share

10.4


9.6


27.7

 

9 Dividends paid and proposed

A second interim dividend for 2009 of 8.0p per ordinary share in lieu of a final dividend was paid on 1 April 2010. No final dividends in respect of 2009 were proposed or paid. An interim dividend in respect of 2010 of 3.5p per ordinary share, amounting to a total dividend of £5,173,000, was declared by the Directors at their meeting on 26 August 2010. This interim report does not reflect this dividend payable.



10 Adjusted management cash flow statement

 

The adjusted management cash flow has been provided to explain how management view the cash performance of the business.  There are two primary differences to this presentation compared to the statutory cash flow statement, as follows:

 

1)   Factor financing is not included within the statutory definition of cash and cash equivalents, but operationally is managed within the total net funds/borrowings of the businesses; and

 

2)   Items relating to customer-specific financing ("CSF") are adjusted for as follows:

 

a.   Interest paid on customer-specific financing is reclassified from interest paid to adjusted operating profit; and

b.   Where customer-specific assets are financed by finance leases and the liabilities are matched by future amounts receivable under customer operating lease rentals, the depreciation of leased assets and  the repayment of the capital element of finance leases are offset within net working capital; and

c.   Where assets are financed by loans and the liabilities are matched by amounts receivable under customer operating lease rentals, the movement on loans within financing activities is also offset within working capital.

 

Adjusted management cash flow statement

For the six months ended 30 June 2010


Unaudited


Unaudited


Audited


H1 2010


H1 2009


Year 2009


£'000


£'000


£'000

Adjusted profit before tax

21,275


18,243


54,225

Net finance income

(634)


(276)


(302)

Depreciation and amortisation

8,817


8,262


17,695

Share-based payment

1,320


1,076


2,555

Working capital movements

13,188


39,332


65,337

Other adjustments

9


(193)


(1,567)

Adjusted operating cash inflow

43,975


66,444


137,943

Net interest received

507


328


1,149

Income taxes paid

(4,568)


(10,029)


(17,500)

Capital expenditure and investments

(16,069)


(8,590)


(21,294)

Acquisitions and disposals

-


-


(6,775)

Equity dividends paid

(11,811)


(8,097)


(12,514)

Cash inflow before financing

12,034


40,056


81,009

Proceeds from issue of shares

284


3


44

Purchase of own shares

(2,052)


(559)


(560)

Increase in net funds excluding CSF in the period

10,266


39,500


80,493







Increase in net funds excluding CSF

10,266


39,500


80,493

Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

(1,089)


3,152


1,301

Net funds excluding CSF at beginning of period

86,403


4,609


4,609

Net funds excluding CSF at end of period

95,580


47,261


86,403

 

11  Analysis of net funds






 


Unaudited


Unaudited


Audited


H1 2010


H1 2009


Year 2009


£'000


£'000


£'000

Cash and short term deposits

129,571


75,542


108,017

Bank overdraft

(1,459)


(5,854)


(3,063)

Cash and cash equivalents

128,112


69,688


104,954

Other loans non-CSF

(1,442)


-


(3,705)

Factor financing

(31,090)


(22,427)


(14,846)

Net funds excluding CSF

95,580


47,261


86,403

Finance leases

(32,759)


(48,892)


(42,567)

Other loans

(5,725)


(16,444)


(6,488)

Total CSF

(38,484)


(65,336)


(49,055)

Net funds/(debt)

57,096


(18,075)


37,348

 

12 Publication of non-statutory accounts

The financial information contained in the interim statement does not constitute statutory accounts as defined in section 435 of the Companies Act 2006. The auditors have issued an unqualified opinion on the Group's statutory financial statements under International Accounting Standards for the year ended 31 December 2009 and did not include a statement under section 498(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006. Those accounts have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.

 


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