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Glantus Holdings PLC
30 May 2022
Glantus Holdings plc
("Glantus" or the "Company" or the "Group ")
Full Year Results
Successfully delivered on IPO goals and trading in the new
financial year in line with the Board's expectations
Glantus, a leading provider of software as a service ("SaaS")
solutions delivering automation and analytics to the Accounts
Payable ("AP") function is pleased to announce its final results
for the twelve months to 31 December 2021 ("FY21").
FY21 Highlights
-- Successful IPO in May 2021 raising net proceeds of EUR9.8m
which has strengthened our balance sheet and increased our profile
in the Accounts Payable sector
-- $1.6Tn transactions on the proprietary Glantus Platform
-- Revenue including other income growth of 27% to EUR10.7m
(FY20: EUR8.5m) due to strong organic trading performance and
acquisitions
-- Adjusted EBITDA margin increase to EUR3.1m / 29% (FY20:
EUR2.1m / 25%) as a result of full effects of acquisition
efficiencies and focus on operational costs
-- 2021 subscription churn rate of significantly reduced to 2.9%
(FY20: 6.9%) demonstrating the value and dependency customers place
on the SaaS solutions
-- 430 global customers, an increase of 31%, up from 328
customers in FY20, in over 50 countries
-- Accreditations in ISO 27701, ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 across the Group
-- Two successful strategic and earnings enhancing acquisitions in the US and UK
-- Glantus continues to accelerate the development of the SaaS
platform embracing new technologies and added value solutions to
the Accounts Payable product suite
Post year end highlights and outlook
-- Partnership with TealBook announced to create a Data
Intelligence Ecosystem of Procurement and Accounts Payable
-- New appointments to our executive team, Diane Gray-Smith and
David Rosenthal reflect our deepening focus on the role of
technology, innovation and expanding our services as SaaS solutions
to the global Accounts Payable functions
-- The Group continues to grow its headcount to support
expanding operations and now has 124 staff in 6 countries
-- Relaunch of product suite as part of overall brand refresh
-- Trading in the new financial year has been in line with the
Boards' expectations and the business model and strategy provides a
strong platform for significant growth.
-- Looking forward, the Board has the confidence of the
continued and sustained demand for the Glantus solutions and the
potential for additional products to be integrated onto the Glantus
platform.
Financial Highlights
EUR'000 FY21 FY20 YoY Change
%
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Revenue inc. other income 10,740 8,453 27%
Adjusted EBITDA 3,103 2,077 49%
Adjusted EBITDA % 29% 25% 16%
Adjusted operating profit 1,676 1,358 23%
Adjusted Profit before tax 709 684 4%
Adjusted basic EPS (cents) 9.36 7.90 18%
Closing cash and cash equivalents 2,353 1,891 24%
Customer Numbers 430 328 31%
Subscription Churn Rate % 2.9% 6.9% -58%
Maurice Healy, CEO, commented:
"I am delighted to present Glantus' maiden full year results for
the year ended 31 December 2021. It has been an exceptional year
for the Group, in which we accomplished the performance goals we
committed to at IPO and made successful acquisitions in the US and
UK.
Glantus operates in the expanding Accounts Payable market.
Having developed a unique range of products and services, we are
poised to become the dominant SaaS player in this sector. The
combination of our strong business fundamentals, cutting edge
technology, exceptional leadership team and targeted strategic
acquisitions heralds a strong future for our Group".
Company Contact Information
For further Information visit www.glantus.com ,follow on twitter
@GlantusLTD or contact:
Glantus Holdings Plc +353 87 9452047
Maurice Healy, Chief Executive Officer
ir@glantus.com
Grainne McKeown, Chief Financial Officer
Shore Capital +44 207 408 4090
Nominated Advisor and Broker
Patrick Castle / John More / Tom Knibbs (Corporate Advisory)
Andrew Beswick (Corporate Broking)
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Mark Edwards
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Share listing
Listed on AIM
TIDM GLAN
ISIN IE00BNG2V304
A copy of these financial statements is available on the
investor section of the Company's website at www.glantus.com . Full
Financial Statements and Annual Report will be published in June
2022 and made available on the Company's website and sent to
shareholders.
Final results presentation
Maurice Healy (CEO) and Grainne McKeown (CFO) will provide a
live presentation relating to Glantus 2021 Final Results via the
Investor Meet Company platform on 31 May 2021 at 5pm BST.
The presentation is open to all existing and potential
shareholders. Questions can be submitted pre-event via your
Investor Meet Company dashboard up until 9am the day before the
meeting or at any time during the live presentation.
Investors can sign up to Investor Meet Company for free and add
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About Glantus
S ince 2017, Glantus, a leading provider of software as a
service ("SaaS") solutions, has been helping global corporates
analyse, automate and digitise their accounts payable function on
its proprietary platform to recover lost working capital. Used by
over 400 corporates worldwide, including 120 Tier 1 customers, the
platform analyses over $1.6Tn spend, and has oversight of 120m
payments annually.
Glantus provides a proprietary and fully digital end-to-end
solution for companies' AP finance functions. It leverages
technology by deploying advanced data analytics capabilities,
including artificial intelligence (AI) and optical character
recognition (OCR), Robotic Processes Automation (RPA) and advanced
algorithms to consolidate and verify the accuracy of accounts
payable. It works to discover and recover lost working capital,
improve efficiency, minimise errors, measure performance and
mitigate fraud.
For more information see glantus.com
Chairman's Statement
Overview
This past year has been a landmark one for our Company. I am
extremely proud of the work performed by our executive team under
the leadership of our CEO Maurice Healy, and this is clearly
reflected in the financial results for 2021 published today. In May
2021 we successfully completed our fundraise and admission to
London Stock Exchange's AIM market (AIM: Glan), providing the Group
with the funds to invest in its continued product development and
evolution, expanding its sales & marketing opportunities and
providing the business with the ability to consider larger
acquisitions of complimentary technologies and customer reach.
Since admission, the Group has acquired US based Technology
Insights Corporation in July 2021, and in November 2021 we
completed the acquisition of Meridian Cost Benefit Ltd., a UK
company.
I would like to thank my fellow non-executive directors, Tom
Price and Diane Gray-Smith, appointed at the time of the IPO for
their invaluable insights and contributions as we continue our
strategy to grow Glantus internationally. There is always work to
be done in a rapidly growing company and their dedication and
commitment is very much appreciated.
Since the year end Diane has taken up an executive position
within Glantus but remains on the plc Board. Work is underway to
appoint another independent non-executive director in 2022.
Notwithstanding the admission process our teams have grown,
supporting our expanding service offering, achieved operational
efficiencies whilst the Company has remained focussed on delivery
to our customers and shareholders.
This is a tremendous accomplishment.
Results
The Group delivered revenue and other income growth of 27% to
EUR10.7m (FY20: EUR8.5m) and adjusted EBITDA growth of 49% to
EUR3.1m (FY20: EUR2.1m) which reflects a strong performance across
all business units.
Technology
We continue to evolve and improve our technology on the
proprietary Glantus SaaS platform, taking advantage of strides in
data analytic tools, artificial intelligence, robotic processes,
optical character recognition and advanced algorithms to deliver a
compelling AP solution that presents immediate return on investment
for our customers.
Environment, Social and Governance Considerations
At Glantus we encourage, promote and continuously seek to
improve a culture of good governance throughout our business. We
have an inclusive open environment and transparency,
accountability, risk management and responsibility is at the core
of our organisation. We continue to operate with the environment in
mind, being socially responsibly and investing in our people.
As Chairman and on behalf of the Board I would like to thank
Maurice and his team for an incredibly successful year and I look
forward to the year ahead.
Barry Townsley CBE
Non-Executive Chairman
30 May 2022
Chief Executive Statement and Operational Review
I am delighted to present Glantus' maiden full year results as a
public company for the year ended 31 December 2021. It has been an
exceptional year for the Group, in which we accomplished the
performance goals we committed to at IPO including investment in
account management, sales and marketing and completed successful
acquisitions in the US and UK. This performance was even more
impressive with the challenging backdrop of a global pandemic.
As our story continues to evolve, this year will be about
executing and expanding on our growth plans.
Strategy
The AP market continues to grow and continues to be a very
attractive sector as the importance of AP to secure supply chains
and influencing working capital escalates. It is also recognised as
a crucial part of the digitisation and innovation strategies within
organisations.
Glantus technology works with our clients' existing ERP systems
and provides a proprietary and fully digital end-to-end solution
for companies' finance functions. It employs advanced data
analytics capabilities, including artificial intelligence ("AI")
and optical character recognition ("OCR"), to consolidate and
verify the accuracy of AP. It works to discover and recover lost
working capital, improve efficiency, minimise errors, measure
performance and mitigate risk.
Our SaaS technology platform is highly respected and supports
over 400 customers, in over 50 countries, 120 of which are Tier 1
companies. Across our suite of products, we have analysed $1.6
trillion of spend over 120 million individual payments. We have 4.8
million suppliers on our platform.
The Glantus target customer is any organisation with an annual
spend of over $500 million and with suppliers in excess of
4,000.
Our current product offering is noted below with product
expansion versus prior years a result of the integration of our
strategic and technology driven acquisitions. Datashark SaaS
platform hosts the following suite of products;
Discover: Advanced analytics using AI to proactively identify,
minimise and facilitate recovery of overpayments, releasing working
capital;
Delve : OCR technology and advance algorithms used to reconcile
Vendor statement to the Accounts Payable transaction data within
our clients' ERP systems to recover overpayments and errors;
Flow: Robotic Process applications combined with OCR and AI to
automate workflows to optimise P2P matching, approval and posting
processes; and
Origin: A propriety semi automated service using advanced
algorithms to identify and expedite the recovery of unclaimed
credits from vendor statements.
A further exciting opportunity the Company has begun exploring
is leveraging the existing technologies, data, and expertise to
develop a unique and fully integrated buyer-led supply chain
finance programme.
People
We recognise the value and contribution every one of our
employees makes to the success of Glantus and for that reason our
employees remain our biggest investment.
I am very proud of all our teams in EMEA and US adapting to a
rapid changing world in terms of environment and the Glantus
products.
At Glantus, we are committed to building & developing a
"great workplace" ethos. We added a Head of People & Culture in
early 2021 whose remit is to work with everyone in the Glantus team
to build a special working environment on the pillars of Talent
Acquisition, Talent Development, Performance Coaching, Engagement
& Culture and Reward & Recognition.
Our commitment to investment in our current staff and growing
the Glantus team through acquiring highly rated talent will
continue in 2022. We are pleased that the acquisitions we have made
have meant we have captured some of the most talented people in the
AP sector.
We have added over 40 people to our global team in the last 12
months and have an employee turnover rate of less than 10%, in
contrast to the industry average of nearly 20%.
This commitment will ensure we have the dedicated and committed
people to continue our growth trajectory in 2022 and beyond.
This year we are pleased to announce two appointments which
build our senior leadership structure.
Diane Gray-Smith, previously a non-executive director on the plc
Board, has joined the Company as a full-time executive in the role
of Chief Corporate Growth Officer from March 2022. Over the last
decade, Diane has been in the C Suite of global fintech companies
in the hypergrowth space and brings tremendous experience and
background to Glantus as we continue to expand our platform
offering. Diane reports directly to the CEO and retains her seat on
the plc Board. Diane will be exploring a unique and fully
integrated supply chain finance programme to complete the Glantus
offering from 'procure to pay'.
We have also bolstered our Operations leadership with the
appointment of a new Chief Operating Officer ("COO"). David
Rosenthal has worked at COO level in large financial services
businesses at national and global level. He has been instrumental
in the definition and implementation of products and services and
has significantly scaled-up companies by delivering operational and
strategic transformation programs through digitisation and
automation. David is an expert in getting the most from the budget,
resources, time, and people available. David is responsible for the
day to day running of the business units, reporting directly to the
CEO.
Non-Executive Director
Our Board is very engaged and add a wealth of experience and
support to the executive team. With the migration of Diane
Gray-Smith from an independent non-executive role to our Chief
Corporate Growth Officer in March 2022, work has begun to find
another independent non-executive director.
Technology
Throughout 2022, a priority will be to continue to invest,
develop, build and explore leading edge technologies to facilitate
growth and frictionless end to end servicing of AP departments
which will drive adoption and scale of the Glantus product
suite.
The customer is at the heart of our product innovation. Our
development and engineering teams in Poland and Lithuania, Ireland,
UK, and the US continue to work with our product teams and our
customers identifying and developing products to address pain
points and friction in the AP lifecycle.
Currently the platform has integrated proprietorial IP that
allows advanced data analytics capabilities using AI, OCR, RPA,
advanced data cleansing algorithms and fraud analytics to
consolidate and verify the accuracy of AP. It works to discover and
recover lost working capital, improve efficiency, minimise errors,
measure performance and manage risk.
In addition, we have begun exploring the integrated technology
to support our move into supply chain finance. We look forward to
expanding on this strategy in the coming year.
Branding and Marketing
The last year has seen the development and definition of our
suite of products focussed on the AP market. Our products Datashark
Discover, Datashark Delve, Datashark Flow, and Datashark Origin are
now considered best of breed in their class. Our continued
development sees the evolution of added value applications into
other areas of the AP function, and we look forward to sharing
exciting product news throughout 2022. The development of our
products is powered by our unique, proprietary access to data
related to 1.6 trillion USD of corporate spend every year.
We are pleased to announce the rebranding and repositioning of
Glantus. The new logo and strapline "Liberate, Innovate" has been
well received by both customers and the market. My sincere thanks
to our product and marketing teams for their incredible work in
this area of our business. We also thank our customers for their
invaluable input.
Partnerships
As Glantus reaches out to new customers in innovative ways, our
global partnership program offers us an efficient way to develop
customers in new territories.
We recently announced new key partnerships including geographic
expansion. Our partnerships with companies like TealBook (Canada)
and VAT IT (South Africa) are our first foray into new
international markets. These partnerships provide Glantus with
links to new product sets that enhance both Glantus and our
partners to create real value for our mutual customers.
The continued development of our partner network globally,
enables us to realise the positive influences and styles of
business-to-business referral relationships that both demonstrates
and creates value for our customers and shareholders. This area
will remain a focus for investment during 2022 and as we mature our
partnership programs, we shall further significantly increase our
reach and our potential to increase our revenues.
Acquisitions
Our successful acquisitions and integrations confirm the value
of our acquisition strategy, and we will continue to consider
acquisitions that expand our Glantus offering, customer base and
technologies.
Our customers
The longevity of our customer relationships is testament to the
quality of the product and service Glantus provides, and the
efficiencies in working capital our platform delivers.
We have an incredibly successful client onboarding program that
connects our clients' ERP data via API with ease and little
disruption.
Strong relationships with our customers are key to our success
and we have a highly motivated and engaged sales team that
understands our client needs, together with sales support and
customer success teams.
Glantus' customers are diverse globally both in physical
location and industry segment.
In 2021 we onboarded significant global brands and now have in
excess of 120 Tier 1 clients. The sales team have continued to
develop a strong pipeline which is converting to sales in 2022 and
beyond.
While challenged with not being able to physically meet our
customers in 2021, we maintained regular and ongoing communications
remotely. Since COVID restrictions have been relaxed we ensure we
attend AP conferences and Shared Services events meeting our
customers and maximising the Glantus exposure in the sector.
Glantus has set a high bar in terms of compliance, data and risk
management successfully gaining re accreditations in ISO 27701, ISO
27001 and ISO 9001 across the Group.
Community & environment
The global pandemic has presented opportunities to companies to
rethink their approach to environmental impact and we are committed
to reducing our environmental footprint. In the last year we have
reviewed our business operations, maximised our resources and
reduced our footprint in all our office locations.
Outlook
Trading in the new financial year has been in line with the
Boards' expectations and the business model and strategy provides a
strong platform for significant growth. Looking forward, the Board
has the confidence of the continued and sustained demand for the
Glantus solutions and the enormous potential for additional
products to be integrated onto the Glantus platform. We will
achieve operational efficiencies as we continue to evolve and look
to the future with confidence.
My sincere thanks go to the entire Glantus team of diligent,
creative, and talented professionals. We look forward to 2022 with
increased confidence and determination to grow our organisation
globally to be a leading SaaS platform in the AP space and provide
an exceptional return to our shareholders.
Maurice Healy
Chief Executive Officer
30 May 2022
Financial Review
Chief Financial Officer's statement
We are pleased to report strong results in key financial metrics
resulting from both organic and acquisitive growth.
Key Performance Indicators
EUR'000 FY21 FY20 YoY Change
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Revenue inc. other income 10,740 8,453 27%
Gross Profit 8,345 6,585 27%
Gross Profit % 79% 81% -2%
Adjusted EBITDA [1] 3,103 2,077 49%
Adjusted EBITDA [2] % 29% 25% 16%
Adjusted operating profit
[3] 1,676 1,358 23%
Adjusted Profit before tax 709 684 4%
Closing cash and cash equivalents 2,353 1,891 24%
Basic & diluted EPS (cents)
3 (6.89) (1.19) 479%
Adjusted basic EPS (cents)
[4] 9.36 7.90 18%
Adjusted diluted EPS (cents)
3 8.73 7.32 19%
Customer Numbers 430 328 31%
Subscription Churn Rate 2.9% 6.9% -58%
1. Adjusted to exclude exceptional costs
2. Adjusted to exclude exceptional costs
3. The weighted average number of shares in EPS calculation
reflects a position as though the total numbers of Ordinary Shares
of 35,408,185 (including outstanding share options of 2,712,970)
were in issue at the year ended 31 December 2020. The retrospective
treatment of the FY20 comparatives is required to reflect the share
capital reorganisation which took place in April 2021. The weighted
average number of shares in issue at 31 December 2021 takes into
account the issue of 11,298,794 shares issued as a result of the
IPO and acquisitions.
Revenue and other Income growth of 27% to EUR10.7m (FY20:
EUR8.5m) came as a result of strong organic trading performance and
acquisition of Technology Insights Corporation in July 2021 and
Meridian Cost Benefit in November 2021.
Adjusted EBITDA growth of 49% to EUR3.1m (FY20: EUR2.1m)
reflects increased revenue and robust cost control at operational
level and acquisition efficiencies.
Adjusted Gross Profit slightly reduced to 79% as a result of mix
of revenue streams in 2021.
Customer numbers continue to grow with focus on tier 1
customers, subscription churn is low at 2.9% demonstrating the
value and dependency customers place on the SaaS solutions.
Reconciliation of statutory figures to alternative performance
measures
FY21 FY20
Note EUR '000 EUR '000
Revenue trading 3 10,523 8,171
Other income 217 282
Cost of sales (2,178) (1,586)
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Adjusted Gross profit 8,562 6,867
Administrative expenses (5,459) (4,790)
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Adjusted EBITDA 3,103 2,077
Amortisation of development
costs and goodwill (1,229) (482)
Depreciation (198) (237)
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Adjusted Operating profit 1,676 1,358
Finance costs (967) (674)
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Adjusted Profit on ordinary
activities before taxation 709 684
Exceptional Items 6 (2,948) (794)
Share Based Payments (24) (91)
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Loss before taxation (2,263) (201)
Income tax (22) (111)
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Loss for the financial year (2,285) (312)
Other comprehensive loss
for the year 126 (5)
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Total comprehensive loss
for the year attributable
to the owners of the Group (2,159) (317)
Revenue
Total revenue and other income recognised in the year increased
by 27% to EUR10.7m (FY20: EUR8.5m) with growth in both recurring
and non-recurring revenue streams.
Total subscription and transactional revenue increased to EUR9m
from EUR7.5m in FY20.
Professional services revenue increased by EUR0.8m from EUR0.6m
attributable to delivery of backlog in 2020 orders as a result of
impact of COVID on customers' business.
Other income of EUR271K represents primarily grants received for
investment in R&D projects with total trading income at
EUR10.5m.
Revenue model and sources of revenue
Glantus generates revenue through recurring annual contracted
subscription revenue ("ARR") and transactional revenue from
recovery audit and professional services.
Recurring revenue is the revenue that annually repeats either
under contractual subscription or predictable transactional
billing. Subscription revenue increased 79% to EUR3.9m (FY20:
EUR2.1m). Of this increase EUR1.1m is attributable to acquisition
of Technology Insights Corporation and EUR1.0m is from organic
growth of subscriptions demonstrating a continued growth trend
underpinning future revenue forecasts.
Total annualised subscription revenue as of 31 December 2021 was
EUR5.2m (FY20: EUR2.2m). Subscription churn remains very low at
2.9% with the average length of customer relationships being over 7
years demonstrating the continued value customers are deriving from
the Glantus product offering.
All of Glantus' products are interlinked and can be sold
separately or together. Recovery audit solutions can be sold
independent of software solutions or combined as a package which
together maximises the operational efficiencies and working capital
recovery for the customer.
FY21 FY20
EUR % Split EUR % Split
'000 '000
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Subscription Revenue 3,857 37% 2,149 26%
Transactional Revenue 5,193 49% 5,383 66%
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Total recurring Revenue 9,050 86% 7,532 92%
Professional Services Revenues 1,473 14% 639 8%
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Reported revenue 10,523 8,171
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Geographical split
FY21 FY20
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EUR % Split EUR % Split
'000 '000
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Amount of revenue by region:
United Kingdom 3,878 37% 2,577 32%
United States of America 3,679 35% 3,832 47%
Republic of Ireland 2,478 24% 1,382 17%
Others 488 5% 380 5%
Reported Revenue 10,523 8,171
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The Company's customers are located primarily in UK, Ireland and
US with 5% (FY20: 5%) deriving from other countries in Europe, Asia
and Africa. Transactional revenues in the US declined in 2021 as a
result of the impact of customer spend due to COVID however this is
showing signs of recovery in 2022.
Adjusted Gross Profit
Adjusted gross profit increased by 25% to EUR8.6m (FY20:
EUR6.9m) which reflects the addition of acquisitions in 2021. Gross
Profit % reduced slightly to 79% (FY20: 81%) as a result of mix of
revenue streams in 2021.
Adjusted EBITDA
Management has presented the performance measure 'adjusted
EBITDA' as it monitors this performance measure at a consolidated
level, and the Board considers that this metric provides the best
measure of assessing underlying trading performances.
Adjusted EBITDA is calculated by adjusting profit before
taxation to exclude the impact of net finance costs, depreciation,
amortisation, share based payment charges and exceptional
items.
FY21 FY20
EUR '000 EUR '000
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Operating (Loss)/profit (1,296) 473
Amortisation 1,229 482
Depreciation 198 237
Exceptional Items 2,948 794
Share Based payments 24 91
Adjusted EBITDA 3,103 2,077
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Adjusted EBITDA % 29.5% 25.4%
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Adjusted EBITDA increased by 49% to EUR3.1m (FY20: EUR2.1m)
reflecting growth in revenue and significant operational cost
efficiencies both in automation of processes and general overhead
efficiencies implemented in 2020.
The exceptional items include acquisition costs,
post-acquisition restructuring costs and IPO admission costs (see
Note 6).
Exceptional costs
Exceptional costs include fee costs related to the IPO of
EUR0.9m, payment to senior lender Beachpoint Capital of EUR1m as
part of a fee arrangement which triggered on change of control at
IPO. AIM admission totalled EUR1.8m - EUR0.9m exceptional cost
within the statement of comprehensive income and EUR0.9m booked in
the share premium account.
Acquisition costs of EUR1m relate to legal and professional fees
for acquisition of Technology Insight Corporation and Meridian Cost
Benefit in 2021.
Other exceptional items include EUR0.5m restructuring costs as a
result of the integration of acquisitions and a benefit of EUR0.5m
being US PPP (Payroll Protection Program) loan forgiveness which is
a US Government COVID business support scheme.
Exceptional Costs FY21 FY20
EUR '000 EUR '000
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Acquisition costs 1,015 546
Restructuring costs 489 745
AIM Admission costs 902 -
Fee to Beachpoint Capital on IPO 1,000 -
admission
Other exceptional (income) (458) (497)
Total exceptional items 2,948 794
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Share based payments
Share based payments account for changes to share options
outstanding as of 31 December 2021.
Adjusted profit before tax
Operating Loss before tax was adjusted to exclude exceptional
items creating an adjusted operating profit which increased by 23%
to EUR1.7m (FY20: EUR1.4m)
After financing expense, profit before tax adjusted to exclude
exceptional items increased 4% to EUR0.70m (FY20: EUR0.68m.
Earnings per Share
In preparation for admission to AIM a capital restructuring was
implemented in April 2021 with a 25 million bonus share issue.
Weighted average of ordinary shares has been adjusted to reflect
the bonus share issue (see Note 7).
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the net loss
for the year attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted
average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year.
FY21 FY20
Earnings EUR '000 EUR '000
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Loss for the year (2,285) (312)
Taxation 22 111
Amortisation 1,229 482
Depreciation 198 237
Exceptional items 2,948 794
Share based payments 24 91
Finance costs 967 674
Adjusted Earnings 3,103 2,077
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Number Number
Weighted average number of ordinary '000 '000
shares
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Total shares in issue (weighted) 33,168 26,275
Total diluted shares (weighted) 35,548 28,389
EPS Cent Cent
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Basic & diluted EPS (6.89) (1.19)
Adjusted EPS Cent Cent
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Basic EPS 9.36 7.90
Diluted EPS 8.73 7.32
Adjusted EPS is not a defined performance measure in IFRS. The
Group's definition of adjusted EPS may not be comparable with
similarly titled performance measures disclosures by other
entities.
Cashflow
Operating cashflow was EUR0.4m used within 2021 partly due to an
increase in working capital as at 31 December 2021. It is expected
this will convert to cash in 2022.
Cash used in investing activities was primarily for acquisition
of Technology Insights Corporation and Meridian Cost Benefit
totalling EUR6.9m.
Payment of deferred consideration of EUR2.4m comprised EUR2m to
JPD Financial, acquired in 2020, which completes the total
acquisition consideration and EUR0.4m to Technology Insights
Corporation in December 2021.
Cash spend on R&D investment totalled EUR1.2m for the
year.
Cash earned from financing activities was EUR11.3m largely
driven from IPO funds raised on admission to AIM. The IPO fees were
EUR1.8m and EUR1m fee to Beachpoint Capital on IPO admission.
The Group also received debt EUR5m funding from Beachpoint
Capital in July 2021 which was utilised for the acquisition of
Technology Insights Corporation.
Debt Funding
Total debt outstanding as of 31 December 2021 was EUR10.9m. This
was largely made up of Beachpoint Capital loan facility of EUR10.4m
and Bank of Ireland EUR0.2m and Enterprise Ireland EUR0.3m. It is
the Company's intention to refinance the existing senior debt in
2022.
Gráinne McKeown
Chief Financial Officer
30 May 2022
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME
Year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December
2021 2020
Note EUR '000 EUR '000
Revenue 3 10,523 8,171
Cost of sales (2,178) (1,586)
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Gross profit 8,345 6,585
Administrative expenses (5,459) (4,790)
Exceptional items 6 (2,948) (794)
Share based payments (24) (91)
Amortisation (1,229) (482)
Depreciation (198) (237)
Other income 217 282
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Operating (loss)/profit (1,296) 473
Finance costs (967) (674)
--------------------------------------- -------- ------------- ---------------
Loss on ordinary activities before
taxation (2,263) (201)
Income tax (22) (111)
--------------------------------------- -------- ------------- ---------------
Loss for the financial year (2,285) (312)
Other comprehensive income / (loss)
for the year 126 (5)
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Total comprehensive loss for the
year attributable to
the owners of the Group (2,159) (317)
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Loss per share - basic & diluted
(cent) 7 (6.89) (1.19)
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
As at As at
31 December 31 December
2021 2020
Note EUR '000 EUR '000
ASSETS
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Intangible assets 9 17,509 7,251
Property, plant and equipment 240 355
17,749 7,606
---------- -------------
CURRENT ASSETS
Trade and other receivables 6,751 2,909
Cash and cash equivalents 2,353 1,891
9,104 4,800
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TOTAL ASSETS 26,853 12,406
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EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
EQUITY
Called up share capital presented
as equity 8 38 1
Share premium 12,083 1,000
Reorganisation reserve 656 656
Foreign exchange reserve (44) (170)
Share option reserve 115 91
Retained earnings (2,791) (1,481)
TOTAL EQUITY 10,057 97
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CURRENT LIABILITIES
Trade and other payables 6,268 7,726
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Long term liabilities 10,528 4,583
TOTAL LIABILITIES 16,796 12,309
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TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY 26,853 12,406
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN
EQUITY
Called Share Reorganisation Foreign Share Retained Total
up share Premium Reserve exchange Option earnings
capital account reserves reserve
presented arising
as equity on translation
Note EUR '000 EUR '000 EUR '000 EUR '000 EUR '000 EUR '000 EUR '000
At 1 January 2020 1 1,000 656 (165) (1,169) 323
------------------------- ----------- --------- --------------- ---------------- --------- ---------- ---------
Share based payment
charge 91 91
Total comprehensive loss
for the
year (5) (312) (317)
At 31 December 2020 1 1,000 656 (170) 91 (1,481) 97
------------------------- ----------- --------- --------------- ---------------- --------- ---------- ---------
At 1 January 2021 1 1,000 656 (170) 91 (1,481) 97
------------------------- ----------- --------- --------------- ---------------- --------- ---------- ---------
Share based payment
charge 24 24
Reorganisation for AIM
Listing 8 25 (1,000) 975 -
Issue of shares 8 12 12,083 12,095
Total comprehensive loss
for the
year 126 (2,285) (2,159)
At 31 December 2021 38 12,083 656 (44) 115 (2,791) 10,057
------------------------- ----------- --------- --------------- ---------------- --------- ---------- ---------
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASHFLOWS
Year Ended Year Ended
31 December 31 December
2021 2020
EUR '000 EUR '000
Note
Cash flows from operating activities
Group loss after tax (2,285) (312)
Adjusted for:
Interest payable 967 674
R&D tax credit income (72) (82)
Income tax expense 22 111
Depreciation 198 237
Amortisation 1,229 482
Movement in trade and other receivables (2,339) 471
Movement in trade and other payables 1,795 310
Loss on disposal of tangible assets 17 1
Net tax received (4) 60
R&D refund received (72) 26
Share-based payment expense 24 91
Effects of movement in exchange rates 126 (5)
Net cash flows (used in)/generated from
operating activities (394) 2,064
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Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (37) (70)
Payment for acquisition of subsidiaries,
net of cash acquired 10 (6,853) (1,907)
Payment of deferred consideration (2,364) (250)
Payment for software development asset (1,189) (732)
Net cash used in investing activities (10,443) (2,959)
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Cash flow from financing activities
Loans received 11 4,537 628
Interest payable (967) (673)
IPO - Exceptional costs (2,948) -
Equity (Proceeds from issue of shares) 11,614 -
Equity (IPO costs against share premium) (937) -
Net cash generated from/(used in) financing
activities 11,299 (45)
----------------------------------------------- ------- -------------------- --------------------
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and
cash equivalents 462 (940)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning
of the year 1,891 2,831
Cash and cash equivalents at the end
of the year 2,353 1,891
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Notes to the financial information
1. General Information
Glantus Holdings Plc and its subsidiaries ("the Group") is a
public limited company incorporated in the Republic of Ireland. The
registered office is Marina House, Block V, Eastpoint Business
Park, Dublin, D03 AX24. The Company was admitted to AIM on 11th May
2021.
The principal activity of the Group is the specialist provision
of next generation and world class software platforms focused on
manufacturing, distribution and related industries.
2. Accounting policies
Basis of preparation
The financial information set out herein does not constitute
statutory accounts. The financial information for the year ended 31
December 2021 has been extracted from the Company's draft audited
financial statements. The annual report and statutory accounts for
the year ended 31 December 2021 will be finalised shortly on the
basis of the financial information presented in this announcement.
This announcement was approved on behalf of the Board of Directors
on 27 May 2022.
The comparative figures for the year ended 31 December 2020 have
been extracted from the financial statements prepared for the
Company's admission onto the Alternative Investment Market of the
London Stock Exchange and were included in the Company's admission
document.
The statutory financial statements for the year ended 31
December 2020 were prepared in accordance with FRS 102, the
Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of
Ireland.
On admission to AIM, the Company adopted International Financial
Reporting Standards and interpretations (collectively "IFRS")
issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") as
adopted by the European Union. The financial information in this
announcement has been prepared and presented on that basis.
The information included in this financial announcement has been
prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost
convention, and in accordance with International Financial
Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as adopted by the European Union and
the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee
("IFRIC") interpretations issued by the International Accounting
Standards Board ("IASB") that are effective as at the date of this
financial information and in accordance with the provisions of the
Companies Act, 2014.
The Group's accounting policies are set out in the Company's
admission document.
Going concern
At the time of approving this financial information, the
directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate
resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable
future. Accordingly, the directors continue to adopt the going
concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial
information.
3. Revenue
Segmental information
Segmental information is presented in respect of the Group's
geographical regions and operating segments in accordance with IFRS
8 'Operating Segments'. The Board considers that there is one
identifiable business segment being the provision of software
solutions including related recovery audit services.
Recurring revenue is the revenue that annually repeats either
under contractual subscription or predicable transactional
billing.
Year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December
2021 2020
EUR '000 EUR '000
Recurring Revenue 9,050 7,532
Non-recurring revenue 1,473 639
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Reported revenue 10,523 8,171
----------------------------------------- ------------------- -------------------
Recurring as % of total revenue 86% 92%
Year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December
2021 2020
EUR '000 EUR '000
Amount of revenue by class of
activity:
Recurring annual subscriptions 3,857 2,149
Recurring recovery services 5,193 5,383
Professional services & licences 1,473 639
Reported revenue 10,523 8,171
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3. Revenue (Continued)
Geographical analysis
The Group operates in three principal geographical regions being
Republic of Ireland, the United Kingdom and the United States of
America. The Group has customers in other countries such as
Singapore, Australia, Spain, Switzerland, Canada, Mexico and the
Netherlands, which are not material for separate
identification.
Year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December
2021 2020
EUR '000 EUR '000
Amount of revenue by region:
United Kingdom 3,878 2,577
United States of America 3,679 3,832
Republic of Ireland 2,478 1,382
Others 488 380
Reported Revenue 10,523 8,171
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4. Adjusted EBITDA
Management has presented adjusted EBITDA as it monitors this
performance measure at a consolidated level, and the Board
considers that this metric provides the best measure of assessing
underlying trading performance.
Adjusted EBITDA is calculated by adjusting profit or loss before
taxation to exclude the impact of net finance costs, depreciation,
amortisation, share based payment charges and exceptional
items.
The exceptional items include acquisition costs and costs
incurred in post-acquisition restructuring and are further detailed
in Note 6 below.
Year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December
2021 2020
EUR '000 EUR '000
----------------------------------- ----------- ------------- -------------
Operating (Loss)/profit (1,296) 473
Amortisation 1,229 482
Depreciation 198 237
Exceptional items 2,948 794
Share based payments 24 91
Adjusted EBITDA 3,103 2,077
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Adjusted EBITDA % of revenue 29.5% 25.4%
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5. Adjusted Profit before Tax
Year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December
2021 2020
EUR '000 EUR '000
------------------------------------ ------------- -------------
Loss on ordinary activities before
tax (2,263) (201)
Exceptional items 2,948 794
Share based payments 24 91
------------------------------------- ------------- -------------
Adjusted Profit before Tax 709 684
6. Exceptional Items
The exceptional items include IPO costs, acquisition costs and
costs incurred in post-acquisition restructuring.
Year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December
2021 2020
EUR '000 EUR '000
---------------------------------- ------------- -----------------
Acquisition costs 1,015 546
Restructuring costs 489 745
AIM Admission costs 902 -
Fee to Beachpoint Capital on IPO 1,000 -
admission
Other exceptional income (458) (497)
Total exceptional items 2,948 794
----------------------------------- ------------- -----------------
Total costs for AIM admission totalled EUR1.8m; EUR0.9m included
as exceptional costs within the statement of comprehensive income
and EUR0.9m offset against the share premium account.
Other exceptional Income relates to US government loan
forgiveness under PPP (Payroll Protection Program) COVID support
initiative for employers.
7. Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the net loss
for the year attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted
average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year.
In preparation for admission to AIM a capital restructuring was
implemented in April 2021 with a 25 million bonus share issue. The
weighted average of ordinary shares has been adjusted to reflect
the bonus share issue.
Year ended Year ended
31 December 31 December
2021 2020
Earnings EUR '000 EUR '000
------------------------------------- ------------- -------------
Loss for the year (2,285) (312)
Taxation 22 111
Amortisation 1,229 482
Depreciation 198 237
Exceptional items 2,948 794
Share based payments 24 91
Finance costs 967 674
Adjusted Earnings 3,103 2,077
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Number Number
Weighted average number of ordinary '000 '000
shares
------------------------------------- ------------- -------------
Total shares in issue (weighted) 33,168 26,275
Total diluted shares (weighted) 35,548 28,389
EPS Cent Cent
------------------------------------- ------------- -------------
Basic & diluted EPS (6.89) (1.19)
Adjusted EPS Cent Cent
---------------------- ---------------- --------------
Adjusted basic EPS 9.36 7.90
Adjusted diluted EPS 8.73 7.32
Adjusted EPS is not a defined performance measure in IFRS. The
Group's definition of adjusted EPS may not be comparable with
similarly titled performance measures disclosures by other
entities.
8. Share Capital
Ordinary Share Share
Shares Capital Premium
------------ --------- -----------
Number EUR EUR
@ EUR0.001
each
------------------------------------ ------------ --------- -----------
Opening position at 1 January 2021 1,275,444 1,275 999,791
Bonus share issue pre admission
reorganisation 25,000,000 25,000 (25,000)
Reduction in share premium (974,791)
Share options exercised 259,078 259 21,854
Shares issued 11,298,794 11,299 12,997,843
AIM admission costs offset against
share premium (936,984)
At 31 December 2021 37,833,316 37,833 12,082,713
------------------------------------- ------------ --------- -----------
In connection with the admission, the Company undertook a number
of steps to reorganise its share capital as follows:
1. On 9 April 2021, the Company had share premium of EUR999,791.
EUR25,000 of the share premium was capitalised and applied in
paying up in full unissued shares allotted as fully paid bonus
shares to the holders of the Ordinary Shares.
2. On 9 April 2021, share premium account was reduced by
EUR974,791 to nil.
3. On 13 April 2021, 300,000 Preference Shares with Enterprise
Ireland totalling EUR300,000 were paid up and cancelled.
4. On 11 May 2021, 196,078 ordinary shares were issued on
exercising of share options.
5. On 11 May 2021, 9,803,909 Ordinary shares were issued as part
of admission.
6. Following admission total ordinary share capital of the
Company was 36,275,431 shares @ EUR0.001.
7. On 15 July 2021, 913,490 Ordinary shares were issued as part
of Technology Insights Corporation acquisition.
8. On 28 July 2021, 63,000 ordinary shares were issued on
exercising of share options.
9. On 24 Nov 2021, 581,395 Ordinary shares were issued as part
of Meridian Cost Benefit acquisition.
9. Intangible Assets
The carrying value of intangible assets rose from EUR7.2m as at
31 December 2020 to EUR17.5m as at 31 December 2021.
EUR10.4m of intangible assets were recognised on acquisitions
during the year together with a credit of EUR0.1m for deferred
consideration.
Additionally, EUR1.2m of development expenditure costs were
capitalised and the total amortisation charge was EUR1.2m.
10. Cashflow used in investing activities
Cashflow used for acquisitions in 2021 was made up of:
Year ended
31 December
2021
EUR '000
--------------------------------- -------------
Technology Insights Corporation 5,529
Meridian Cost Benefit 1,324
Cashflow used in acquisitions 6,853
--------------------------------- -------------
11. Loans received
An additional loan of EUR5m was received in 2021 from Beachpoint
Capital as part of the acquisition of Technology Insights
Corporation.
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