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Kape Technologies - Half-year Results

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Kape Technologies PLC
15 September 2020
 

This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014

 

15 September 2020

Kape Technologies plc

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

 

HALF YEAR RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 30 JUNE 2020

 

Kape Technologies plc (AIM: KAPE), the digital security and privacy software business, announces its unaudited results for the six months ended 30 June 2020.

 

Financial highlights

 

·    Increasing global demand for online security and privacy solutions continues to underpin strong financial progress and user growth:

Revenues increased 97% to $59.0 million (H1 2019: $29.9 million), a 12% increase on a pro-forma basis

Strong growth in recurring revenues to $50.8 million, an increase of 140% (H1 2019: $21.2 million)

Organic revenue growth in the Digital Privacy segment excluding PIA was 47% in the period, $17.9 million (H1 2019: $12.2 million)

Adjusted EBITDA[1] up 185% to $16.4 million (H1 2019: $5.8 million), an increase of 21.6% on a pro-forma basis. Adjusted EBITDA margin increased to 27.8% (H1 2019: 19.2%)

Operating Profit up 142% to $3.4 million (H1 2019: $1.4 million)

Increase of 142% in Adjusted Earnings Per Share2 to 6.3 cents (H1 2019: 2.6 cents)

Strong cash generation; adjusted operating cashflow of $8.8 million (H1 2019: $0.2 million). Reported operating cash flow of $5.9 million (H1 2019: ($0.3))

Secured a new senior term loan and revolving credit facilities of up to $70 million in March 2020, significantly strengthening the Group's balance sheet

·    Trading towards the upper range of management's expectations

 

Operational highlights

 

·   Significant product launches across both the Digital Privacy and Digital Security divisions in the period include:

The beta CyberGhost 8 Privacy Suite and the introduction of new product verticals including End Point Security, Privacy Guard and Security Updater

A new Endpoint Security for Windows integrated into Microsoft Virus Initiative program and as well as a new privacy browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge

The encrypted WireGuard protocol across the Digital Privacy division - an 'industry first'

·    Visibility over revenues from existing users increased to $106.6 million (31 December 2019: $98.8 million), with 86% of revenues on a subscription basis

·    Maintained a consistently high level of user retention of 80% (31 December 2019: 81%)

·    Integration of PIA progressing rapidly and expected to complete in the second half of 2020.

·    On track to achieve a 40% reduction in PIA's monthly operating costs in Q3 2020 as part of the integration

·    Enlarged group already benefiting from increased economies of scale and expected to deliver synergies towards the upper end of the previous $3.5-4.5 million guidance

 

Outlook

 

·    Kape continues to be very well-placed to benefit from the growing online privacy and security markets, despite the ongoing disruption and uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,

·    Since period end the Group has experienced strong growth in PIA subscribers, driven by Kape's user-acquisition initiatives

·    The board remains confident of the Group achieving revenues of between $120-123 million and Adjusted EBITDA of between $35-38 million for the full year 2020, and in the growth prospects for the Group in 2021 and beyond

 

Ido Erlichman, Chief Executive Officer of Kape, commented:

 

"The first six months of 2020 have been extremely productive for Kape both in terms of operational progress and our financial performance. With COVID-19 causing widespread uncertainty globally, the need for high quality and secure internet software solutions has been further reinforced. With this growing demand from our users we feel more inspired than ever to develop, innovate and expand our product offering, with our customers' digital privacy and security our number one priority.

 

"As anticipated, the acquisition of PIA has accelerated our progress and our teams have seamlessly brought our two organisations together creating a truly global leader.

 

"We remain focused on delivering against our strategic growth priorities in the second half and look to the future with confidence."

 

An audio webcast of Kape's results presentation will be available on the Company's website later today.

 

1Adjusted EBITDA is a non GAAP measure and a company specific measure which excludes other operating income and expenses which are considered to be one off and non-recurring in nature.

2 Adjusted EPS was calculated from the earnings per share adding back, share-based payments and non-recurring costs 

 

 

Enquiries:

 

Kape Technologies plc

Ido Erlichman, Chief Executive Officer

Moran Laufer, Chief Financial Officer

 

via Vigo Communications

Shore Capital (Nominated Adviser & Broker)

Mark Percy / Toby Gibbs / James Thomas

 

+44 (0)20 7408 4090

N+1 Singer (Joint Broker)

Harry Gooden / George Tzimas

 

+44 (0) 20 7496 3000

Vigo Communications (Financial Public Relations)

Jeremy Garcia / Antonia Pollock

kape@vigocomms.com

+44 (0)20 7390 0237

 

About Kape

 

Kape is a leading 'privacy-first' digital security software provider to consumers. Through its range of privacy and security products, Kape focusses on protecting consumers and their personal data as they go about their daily digital lives.

 

To date, Kape has 2.4 million paying subscribers, supported by a team of over 350 people across eight locations worldwide. Kape has a proven track record of revenue and EBITDA growth, underpinned by a strong business model which leverages our digital marketing expertise.

 

Through our subscription based platform, Kape has fast established a highly scalable SaaS-based operating model, geared towards capitalising on the vast global consumer digital privacy market.

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Chief Executive Officer's review

 

Overview

 

We are pleased to report that in the first half of 2020 Kape continued to successfully deliver against our strategy, achieving record revenues and user numbers, despite the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 across the global economy. In the current environment, individuals are increasingly depending on Kape to enable them to stay connected securely. This growing demand, which we believe is set to continue, underpins our focus on innovation and product development.

 

In the six months ended 30 June 2020, trading was towards the upper range of management's expectations. Group revenues increased 97% in the period to $59.0 million (H1 2019: $29.9 million), as we benefitted from a full six months of contribution from Private Internet Access ("PIA"), with strong underlying organic revenue growth of 12% delivered on a proforma basis. Adjusted EBITDA increased 185% to $16.4 million (H1 2019: $5.8 million), an increase of 21.6% on a pro-forma basis. Adjusted EBITDA margin increased to 27.8% (H1 2019: 19.2%), alongside improved cash conversion.

 

With COVID-19 severely impacting the macroeconomic environment and driving an increased requirement for workforces to shift to home working, heightened concerns relating to digital security and privacy have resulted in Kape benefitting from favorable market tailwinds. The global shift to remote working has provided further impetus to our existing growth trajectory through increased demand for Kape's digital privacy solutions, with the size of the global VPN market alone expected to reach $70 billion in 20261. In addition to a continued focus on cost control, travel restrictions have curtailed the costs associated with the Group's global marketing activities and other operational expenses, resulting in an improvement in the Group's operating margin.

 

In March 2020, Kape secured a new senior term loan and revolving credit facilities of up to $70 million with Citi, Barclays and the Bank of Ireland, which significantly strengthened the Group's balance sheet. This provides Kape with a low-cost capital structure to fund growth and ongoing strategic investments, reinforcing management's confidence in the long-term outlook for the Group. 

 

As we continue to strengthen and expand the Group's privacy and security product ecosystem alongside growing our customer base, we believe Kape is in a prime position to reap the benefits of the fast-growth digital privacy and security markets.

 

Operational review

 

Key Performance Indicators

Kape performed very strongly across its KPIs during the period, which the Group reports against to track the ongoing progress of its SaaS business model, which in-turn underpins the profitability, earnings predictability and growth potential of the Group.

 

 

30 June

2020

'000

31 Dec

2019

'000

Subscribers (thousands)

2,380

2,308

Retention rate

80%

81%

Deferred income ($'000)

36,909

35,312

 

 

 

 

Six months ended 30 June 2020

(unaudited)

 

Six months ended 30 June 2019

(unaudited)

 

Adjusted EBITDA

16,422

5,756

Adjusted operating cash flow3:

 

 

Attributable to current year ($'000)

19,232

7,297

Investment in growth

(10,478)

(7,094)

Adjusted operating cash flow ($'000)

8,754

203

 

The Group's total number of subscribers increased to 2,380,000 as at 30 June 2020, from 2,308,000 at 31 December 2019. In the first quarter of 2020 we focused on PIA's integration into the Group, preparing the infrastructure for our user growth initiatives. Following a flat first quarter in terms of PIA user growth, the successful implementation of Kape's specialist user acquisition strategy and technology in March, has seen growth in PIA's subscriber base resume, with a steady growth in monthly PIA sign-ups in Q2 2020. Kape's user acquisition initiatives alone, drove c. 8,000 new PIA sign ups in August, in addition to the new users which have been generated from organic traffic. This upward trend is expected to continue throughout the second half.

 

The number of CyberGhost and Intego subscribers increased 20% and 22% respectively on an annualised basis during the period and we expect PIA to achieve these double digit growth rates, as all solutions continue to benefit from Kape's ongoing customer acquisition technologies.

 

The PC performance products saw a 2.4% annualised decrease in users during the period, as we continue to shift our customer acquisition focus to the high growth privacy and security verticals.

 

Overall, the Group's retention rate remained very high at 80% (31 December 2019: 81%) and deferred income was $36.9 million as at 30 June 2020 (31 December 2019: $35.3 million). The Group has continued to significantly invest in growth initiatives throughout the first half of 2020, with adjusted operating cashflow stronger than expected at $8.8 million (H1 2019: $0.2 million).

 

Integration and cross-promotion

 

The integration of PIA has progressed extremely well and more rapidly than originally anticipated, with the associated cost synergies now expected at the upper end of the $3.5-4.5 million previously guided. The enlarged group has begun to benefit from increased economies of scale, and it is anticipated that the integration will be completed in the second half of 2020.

 

As outlined at the Company's capital markets event in June, the key elements of the integration have comprised user acquisition and marketing, customer service, infrastructure, R&D and culture, with significant benefits realised as the integration advances.

 

In terms of infrastructure, we have implemented new technology protocols whilst reducing expenditure. We expect to achieve an impressive 40%2 reduction in PIA's monthly operating costs in Q3 2020, mainly derived from achieving economies of scale with vendors and high-level synergies. We have enhanced our combined customer support function providing a better-quality service to our customers across the board while reducing costs. We have reduced wait times, achieving an 800% increase in chat support and adding 24/7 service, whilst achieving a 45% reduction in costs.

 

Culturally, the acquisition has exceeded our expectations. Kape has been able to adopt PIA's remote working culture to our existing way of working, with the combined teams working seamlessly throughout lockdown across R&D, Marketing and Finance to achieve our unified growth targets. Management also believes there is significant potential to amplify the brand and pedigree of PIA to capture a larger proportion of an expanded target market.

 

The combination of the Kape and PIA user bases has created a likeminded community, united by a common theme and interest in privacy and security. This provides a strong foundation and opportunity for the Group to deepen cross-promotional offerings that serve customer needs, thereby increasing user retention and average order value. During the period, we began implementing Intego's end point security solution into CyberGhost's product suite and offering PIA's VPN solution to Intego's customers.

 

As a result of cross promotion initiatives, we have seen a 15% take-up rate of Kape's premium VPN from Intego antivirus new users during the second quarter of the year. Kape now serves an aggregate user base of 2.4 million, and there is substantial opportunity to increase cross-selling throughout the Group in the coming years.

 

Product development

 

The first half of the year has been one of most significant in Kape's history in terms of product development, with a number of launches across both the Digital Privacy and Digital Security divisions. Following the acquisition of PIA, the Group's R&D function has expanded with a broader spectrum of expertise and, pleasingly, more collaboration and innovation across product teams has been evident than ever before.

 

Our product development efforts have been focused on two main strategic objectives: expanding our privacy and security ecosystem offering; and providing superior infrastructure to our customers.

 

Substantial progress has been made in the expansion of our software suite. Kape recently launched the beta version of the CyberGhost 8 Privacy Suite, a comprehensive one-stop shop for our users' privacy and security needs. Within the suite, we have incorporated our end point security solution and introduced new product verticals including End Point Security, Privacy Guard and Security Updater. In addition, we introduced Kape's end-point security solution for Windows, integrated into the Microsoft Virus Initiative programme, and launched the Company's new privacy browser extension for Chrome, Firefox and Edge.

 

On the infrastructure front, we deployed a new 'industry-first' encrypted WireGuard protocol across the Digital Privacy division - providing a state-of-the-art cryptography to our users. In addition, we begun to co-locate a Kape owned and controlled server network which facilitates a custom technology deployment giving our users better security, speed and overall service quality.

 

At Kape, we made a commitment to our users to stay ahead of the curve. To fulfil that, we have created a unique beta programme which allows us to accelerate the development cycle. Through our pilot programme we can align our product pipeline with our customers' needs by receiving constant feedback. Amongst our current initiatives are private browsing and digital identity protection solutions, which are expected to be formally launched in due course, as we continue to evolve our end-to-end technology stack.

 

Outlook

 

Whilst we continue to monitor the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the wider macro-economic situation closely, Kape remains well placed to continue on its exciting growth trajectory as market fundamentals remain strong and we expand our user base and broaden our software suite to capture this.

 

Our focus in the near-term remains on generating organic growth through a number of priorities, including completing the integration of PIA, further augmenting the Group's Digital Privacy suite, leveraging Kape's proprietary user acquisition platform to deliver strong organic growth. Management continues to evaluate select M&A opportunities as appropriate, which has always been central to Kape's growth strategy.

 

The board remains confident in the Group achieving revenues of between $120-123 million and Adjusted EBITDA of between $35-38 million in the full year 2020, and in the growth prospects for the Group in 2021 and beyond.

 

 

Ido Erlichman

Chief Executive Officer

14 September 2020

 

1Source: Global Market Insight - April 2020

2 PC performance users comprise of 15.8% of Kape's current subscriber base

 

 

Chief Financial Officer's review

 

Overview

 

Revenues in the first half of 2020 increased by 97% to $59.0 million (H1 2019: $29.9 million from continued activities). Segmental results increased by 149% to $31.6 million (H1 2019: $14.7 million from continued activities). The increase in revenues was driven through a combination of a full six months' contribution from Private Internet Access, as well as an increase in revenue from renewals from the existing user base at the beginning of the period, and an increase in revenue from new users as a result of an increase in marketing activities, with direct marketing expenses of $18.8 million in the period (H1 2019: $11.1 million). Adjusted EBITDA increased by 185% to $16.4 million (H1 2019: $5.8 million).

 

Adjusted cash flow from operations attributable to the current financial period was $19.2 million (H1 2019: $7.3 million), which represents a cash conversion of 117%. During the period, $10.5 million was reinvested in user acquisition costs that will be expensed in future periods (H1 2019: $7.1 million). When including this investment, adjusted cash flow from operations was $8.8 million (H1 2019: $0.2 million). This represents a significant improvement in cash generation compared to the comparable period, a trend we expect to continue in the second half of the year.

 

On 6 December 2019, Kape entered into a $40.0 million short-term debt loan from Unikmind Holdings Limited, Kape's largest shareholder, with a fixed interest rate of 5% above 6 months USD Libor. On 28 April 2020, Kape agreed with Bank of Ireland, Barclays Bank, and Citi Commercial Bank, to refinance the shareholder loan with a senior secured term and revolving credit facilities of up to $70 million. The New Debt Facilities comprise a $40 million term facility, a $10 million revolving credit facility, and a $20 million uncommitted acquisition facility. The new Debt Facilities carry an interest rate of 3 months LIBOR (as of the beginning of the relevant period) plus an opening margin of 2% per annum.

 

The applicable Margin is linked to the Adjusted Leverage, tested at the end of each quarter. In the instance that the Adjusted Leverage is greater than 2 or less than 1 the applicable margin will change to 2.25% or 1.85% respectively. The effective interest rate after considering debt issuance costs is 4.1%. The Company's balance sheet remains strong with a cash balance of $17.0 million on 30 June 2020 (31 December 2019: $8.2 million) and net debt of $25.6 million representing an adjusted leverage of 0.7.

 

Segment Result

 

 

Revenue

 

Segment result

 

 

 

H1 2020

 

 

H1 2019

 

 

H1 2020

 

 

H1 2019

 

 

$'000

 

$'000

 

$'000

 

$'000

Digital Privacy

 

42,237

 

12,228

 

24,560

 

6,521

Digital Security

 

16,749

 

17,705

 

7,041

 

8,178

Revenue

 

58,986

 

29,933

 

31,601

 

14,699

The segment result has been calculated using revenue less costs directly attributable to that segment. Cost of sales comprises payment processing fees and infrastructure costs for the Group's privacy products. Direct sales and marketing costs are user acquisition costs.

 

Digital Privacy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H1 2020

 

H1 2019

 

 

 

$'000

 

$'000

Revenue

 

 

42,237

 

12,228

Cost of sales

 

 

(7,526)

 

(2,338)

Direct sales and marketing costs

 

 

(10,151)

 

(3,369)

Segment result

 

 

24,560

 

6,521

Segment margin (%)

 

 

58.1

 

53.3

 

During the period, the Digital Privacy segment has seen continued growth with a 245% increase in revenue to $42.2 million (H1 2019: $12.2 million) and a 277% increase in the segment result to $24.6 million (H1 2019: $6.5 million). Following the completion of its acquisition in December 2019, Private Internet Access contributed $24.3 million of revenue in the period (H1 2019: Nil). Organic revenue growth excluding Private Internet Access was 47% in the period and was driven by a 181% increase in revenue from existing customers and a 7% increase in revenue from new sign-ups. Following the increase in recurring revenue from existing customers, Segment Margin has increased to 58.1% (H1 2019: 53.3%).

 

Digital Security

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H1 2020

 

H1 2019

 

 

 

$'000

 

$'000

Revenue

 

 

16,749

 

17,705

Cost of sales

 

 

(1,087)

 

(1,825)

Direct sales and marketing costs

 

 

(8,621)

 

(7,702)

Segment result

 

 

7,041

 

8,178

Segment margin (%)

 

 

42.0

 

46.2

 

During the period, revenue from the Digital Security segment slightly decreased, by 5% to $16.7 million (H1 2019: $17.7 million). This decrease was driven by reduced investment in direct marketing of the PC performance products following a management decision to shift budgets to Intego's Endpoint security products and Digital Privacy solutions where on average users generate a higher lifetime value. An increase of 6% in revenue from Intego's endpoint security products has partially mitigated the decrease in the segment.

 

Adjusted EBITDA from continued operations

 

Adjusted EBITDA for the six months to 30 June 2020 was $16.4 million (H1 2019: $5.8 million). Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP company specific measure which is considered to be a key performance indicator for the Group. It excludes share-based payment charges and expenses, which are considered to be one-off and non-recurring in nature and are excluded from the following analysis:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H1 2020

 

H1 2019

 

 

 

$'000

 

$'000

Revenue

 

 

58,986

 

29,933

Cost of sales

 

 

(8,613)

 

(4,163)

Direct sales and marketing costs

 

 

(18,772)

 

(11,071)

Segment result

 

 

31,601

 

14,699

 

 

 

 

 

 

Indirect sales and marketing costs

 

 

(4,644)

 

(3,687)

Research and development costs

 

 

(2,963)

 

(1,384)

Management, general and administrative cost

 

 

(7,572)

 

(3,872)

Adjusted EBITDA

 

 

16,422

 

5,756

EBITDA margin %

 

 

27.8

 

19.2

The increase in adjusted operating expenses is mainly due to a $4.6 million contribution from Private Internet Access in the period. In addition, there is a $0.6 million increase in payroll and staff costs driven by higher headcount mainly in the Research and development department.

 

Operating profit

 

A reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to operating profit is provided as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H1 2020

 

H1 2019

 

 

 

$'000

 

$'000

Adjusted EBITDA

 

 

16,422

 

5,756

Employee share-based payment charge

 

 

(542)

 

(989)

Exceptional and non-recurring costs

 

 

(2,683)

 

(519)

Depreciation and amortisation

 

 

(9,790)

 

(2,840)

Operating profit

 

 

3,407

 

1,408

 

Exceptional and non-recurring costs in H1 2020 comprised non-recurring staff costs of $2.5 million (H1 2019: $0.4 million) related to employee bonuses for the acquisition and the integration of Private Internet Access, and $0.2 million (H1 2019: $0.1 million) for professional services related to acquisitions. The increase in depreciation and amortisation derives from $6.3 million amortisation charges of acquired intangible assets that were added through the acquisitions of Private Internet Access in December 2019.

 

Profit before tax

 

Profit before tax was $1.4 million (H1 2019: $1.3 million). Finance costs of $2.0 million comprised mainly of $1.2 million of interest on debt facilities, $0.5 million non-cash interest on deferred consideration related to the Private Internet Access acquisition, and foreign exchange differences of $0.3 million.

 

Profit after tax

 

Profit after tax was $0.2 million (H1 2019: $0.9 million). The tax charge derives mainly from group subsidiaries' residual profits. Since the amortisation of acquired intangibles and share-based payment charges are not tax-deductible in the main jurisdictions in which the Company operates, management believes it is appropriate to examine the effective tax rate out of Adjusted EBITDA rather than Profit Before Tax. The effective tax rate out of Adjusted EBITDA remained broadly stable at 7.1% (H1: 2019 6.4%).

 

Cash flow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H1 2020

 

H1 2019

 

 

 

$'000

 

$'000

Cash flow/(outflow) from operations

 

 

5,890

 

(350)

Exceptional and non-recurring cash outflow

 

 

2,864

 

553

Adjusted cash flow from operations

 

 

8,754

 

203

% of Adjusted EBITDA

 

 

53%

 

4%

Excluding increase of deferred contract costs

 

 

10,478

 

 

7,094

Adjusted Cash flow from operations attributable to the current year

 

 

19,232

 

7,297

% of Adjusted EBITDA

 

 

117%

 

127%

 

Cash flow from operations was $5.9 million (H1 2019: $0.3 million cash outflow). Adjusted cash flow from operations after adding back one-off payments was $8.8 million (H1 2019: $0.2 million). The significant increase in operating cash flow is due to an increase in collections from existing users' renewals. Adjusted operating cash flow attributable to the current financial period increased to $19.2 million (H1 2019: $7.3 million), which represents a cash conversion of 117%. This excludes investment in user acquisition that will drive future revenue and therefore will be recognised in future periods.

 

Net tax payments in the period were $0.3 million (H1 2019: $0.8 million). The decrease is due to refunds from tax authorities of payments that were paid in previous periods.

 

Cash spent in the period on capital expenditure of $1.4 million (H1 2019: $1.4 million), comprises capitalised development costs and fixed asset purchases.

 

Cash flow from financing activities of $4.8 million (H1 2019: $1.4 million outflow) included $0.7 million (H1 2019: $0.6 million) for leases, full repayment of $40 million principal, and $1.2 million interest related to the shareholder loan, which was funded by a long term bank debt of $40.8 million, net of issuance costs. In addition, $5.9 million (H1 2019: $0.1 million) related to the exercise of employee share options in the period. Out of the $5.9 million, $4.3 million are payable to employees .

 

Financial position

 

At 30 June 2020, the Group had cash of $17.0 million (31 December 2019: $8.2 million), net assets of $157.3 million (31 December 2019: $155.0 million), and net debt of $25.6 (31 December 2019: $32 million).

 

 

 

Moran Laufer

Chief Financial Officer

14 September 2020

 

 

Consolidated statement of comprehensive income

For the six months ended 30 June 2020

 

 

 

Six months ended 30 June 2020

(unaudited)

 

Six months ended 30 June 2019

(unaudited)

 

Note

 

$'000

 

$'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

3

 

58,986

 

29,933

Cost of sales

 

 

(8,613)

 

(4,163)

Gross profit

 

 

50,373

 

25,770

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling and marketing costs

 

 

(23,457)

 

(14,827)

Research and development costs

 

 

(3,054)

 

(1,547)

Management, general and administrative costs

 

 

(10,665)

 

(5,148)

Depreciation and amortisation

 

 

(9,790)

 

(2,840)

Total operating costs

5

 

(46,966)

 

(24,362)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating profit

5

 

3,407

 

1,408

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

5

 

16,422

 

5,756

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee share-based payment charge

 

 

(542)

 

(989)

Exceptional and non-recurring costs

5

 

(2,683)

 

(519)

Depreciation and amortisation

 

 

(9,790)

 

(2,840)

Operating profit

5

 

3,407

 

1,408

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance income

 

 

-

 

317

Finance costs

 

 

(2,031)

 

(420)

Profit before taxation

 

 

1,376

 

1,305

Tax charge

 

 

(1,167)

 

(369)

Profit for the period

 

 

209

 

936

Other comprehensive income:

 

 

 

 

 

Items that may be reclassified to profit and loss:

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange differences on translation of foreign operations

 

 

8

 

6

Total comprehensive profit for the period

 

 

217

 

942

Earnings per share attributable to the ordinary equity holders of the company:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share (cents)

7

 

0.13

 

0.7

Diluted earnings per share (cents)

7

 

0.11

 

0.6

 

 

*Adjusted EBITDA is a non GAAP measure and a company specific measure which is earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation, share based payment charges and exceptional and non-recurring costs.
 

Consolidated statement of financial position

As at 30 June 2020

 

 

 

30 June

2020

(unaudited)

 

31 December

2019

(audited)

 

Note

 

$'000

 

$'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current assets

 

 

 

 

 

Intangible assets

 

 

234,578

 

242,100

Property, plant and equipment

 

 

2,289

 

2,351

Right-of-use assets

 

 

2,485

 

2,985

Deferred consideration

 

 

446

 

446

Deferred contract costs

 

 

20,857

 

16,542

Deferred tax asset

 

 

2,125

 

2,180

 

 

 

262,780

 

266,604

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

Software license inventory

 

 

80

 

96

Deferred contract costs

 

 

18,961

 

12,798

Deferred consideration

 

 

346

 

346

Trade and other receivables

 

 

7,692

 

6,687

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

17,012

 

8,211

 

 

 

44,091

 

28,138

Total assets

 

 

306,871

 

294,742

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

Share capital

6

 

16

 

16

Additional paid in capital

 

 

154,573

 

153,002

Shares to be issued

 

 

56,499

 

56,499

Foreign exchange differences on translation of foreign operations

 

 

786

 

778

Retained earnings

 

 

(54,540)

 

(55,291)

Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent

 

 

157,334

 

155,004

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Contract liabilities

 

 

5,501

 

6,013

Loans and Borrowings

8

 

33,065

 

-

Deferred tax liabilities

 

 

23,189

 

22,102

Long term lease liabilities

 

 

1,347

 

1,753

Deferred consideration

 

 

14,922

 

14,578

 

 

 

78,024

 

44,446

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Trade and other payables

10

 

26,502

 

19,632

Loans and Borrowings

8

 

7,371

 

-

Shareholder loan

8,9

 

-

 

40,221

Contract liabilities

 

 

31,408

 

29,299

Short term lease liabilities

 

 

1,337

 

1,365

Deferred consideration

 

 

4,895

 

4,775

 

 

 

71,513

 

95,292

Total equity and liabilities

 

 

306,871

 

294,742

 

 

Consolidated statement of cash flows

For the six months ended 30 June 2020

 

 

Six months ended 30 June 2020

(unaudited)

 

 

 

$'000

 

Cash flow from operating activities

 

 

 

Profit for the period after taxation

 

209

 

936

Adjustments for:

 

 

 

 

Amortisation of intangible assets

 

8,780

 

2,049

Profit on sale of intangible assets

 

(27)

 

-

Amortisation of Right-to-use assets

 

680

 

628

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment

 

330

 

163

(Profit)/Loss on sale of property, plant and equipment

 

(7)

 

37

Tax charge

 

1,167

 

369

Interest Income

 

-

 

(317)

Interest expenses

 

1,752

 

37

Share based payment charge

 

542

 

989

Interest received

 

-

 

169

Unrealised foreign exchange differences

 

(16)

 

39

Operating cash flow before movement in working capital

 

13,410

 

5,099

(Increase)/Decrease in trade and other receivables

 

(1,265)

 

321

Decrease/(Increase) in software licences inventory

 

16

 

(60)

Increase/(Decrease) in trade and other payables

 

2,610

 

(33)

Increase in deferred contract costs

 

(10,478)

 

(7,094)

Increase in contract liabilities

 

1,597

 

1,417

Cash flow/(outflow) from operations

 

5,890

 

(350)

Tax paid net of refunds

 

(294)

 

(839)

Cash generated from/(used in) operations

 

5,596

 

(1,189)

 

 

 

 

Cash flow from investing activities

 

 

 

 

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

 

(193)

 

(302)

Sale of property, plant and equipment

 

7

 

6

Sales of intangible assets

 

130

 

-

Intangible assets acquired

 

(148)

 

(1)

Capitalisation of development costs

 

(1,205)

 

(1,084)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(1,409)

 

(1,381)

 

 

 

 

Cash flow from financing activities

 

 

 

Repurchase of share-based consideration

 

-

 

(880)

Payment of leases

 

(693)

 

(591)

Proceeds from loan

 

40,000

 

-

Proceeds from RCF

 

1,654

 

-

Debt issuance costs

 

(873)

 

-

Repayment of interest on Shareholder loan

 

(1,155)

 

-

Repayment of Shareholder loan

 

(40,000)

 

-

Exercise of options by employees

 

5,904

 

74

Net cash generated from/(used in) financing activities

 

4,837

 

(1,397)

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

9,024

 

(3,967)

 

 

 

 

Revaluation of cash due to changes in foreign exchange rates

 

(223)

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

 

8,211

 

40,405

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

 

17,012

 

36,433

 

Notes

 

1.   General information

 

The financial information set out in this document is for Kape Technologies plc (the "Company") and its subsidiary undertakings (together the "Group") in respect of the six months ended 30 June 2020.

 

Kape is a leading 'privacy-first' digital security software provider to consumers. Through its range of privacy and security products, Kape focusses on protecting consumers and their personal data as they go about their daily digital lives. To date, Kape has 2.4 million paying subscribers, supported by a team of over 350 people across eight locations worldwide. Through its subscription based platform, Kape has established a highly scalable SaaS-based operating model, geared towards capitalising on the vast global consumer digital privacy market.

The Board of Directors approved this interim financial information on 14 September 2020.

 

2.   Basis of preparation

 

This interim consolidated financial information has been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards, International Accounting Standards and interpretations (collectively IFRS) issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) as adopted for use in the EU. They do not include all disclosures that would otherwise be required in a complete set of financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the 31 December 2019 Annual Report. The financial information for the half years ended 30 June 2020 and 30 June 2019 does not constitute statutory accounts.

 

The annual financial statements of Kape Technologies Plc ('the group') are prepared in accordance with IFRS as adopted by the European Union. The comparative financial information for the year ended 31 December 2019 included within this report does not constitute the full statutory Annual Report for that period. The statutory Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2019 have been filed with the Registrar of Companies. The Independent Auditors' Report on the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2019 was unqualified and did not draw attention to any matters by way of emphasis.

 

The Group has applied the same accounting policies and methods of computation in its interim consolidated financial statements as in its 2019 annual financial statements, except for those that relate to new standards and interpretations effective for the first time for periods beginning on (or after) 1 January 2020, and are adopted in the 2020 financial statements.

 

There are a number of standards, amendments to standards, and interpretations which have been issued by the IASB that are effective in future accounting periods that the Group has decided not to adopt early. The following amendments are effective for the period beginning 1 January 2020:

 

• IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements and IAS 8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors (Amendment - Definition of Material)

• IFRS 3 Business Combinations (Amendment - Definition of Business)

• Revised Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting

 

In January 2020, the IASB issued amendments to IAS 1, which clarify the criteria used to determine whether liabilities are classified as current or non-current. These amendments clarify that current or non-current classification is based on whether an entity has a right at the end of the reporting period to defer settlement of the liability for at least 12 months after the reporting period. The amendments also clarify that 'settlement' includes the transfer of cash, goods, services, or equity instruments unless the obligation to transfer equity instruments arises from a conversion feature classified as an equity

instrument separately from the liability component of a compound financial instrument. The amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2022.

 

The Group is currently assessing the impact of these new accounting standards and amendments. The Group does not expect any other standards issued by the IASB, but not yet effective, to have a material impact on the Group.

 

After making enquiries, the directors have concluded that the Group has adequate resources to continue operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the half-yearly consolidated unaudited financial statements.

 

3.  Disaggregation of revenue

 

 

 

Six months ended 30 June 2020

 

Six months ended 30 June 2019

 

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

 

$'000

 

$'000

Sale of Digital Security, endpoint protection, and PC performance products

 

16,749

 

17,705

Sale of Digital Privacy software solutions

 

42,237

 

12,228

 

 

58,986

 

29,933

 

The following table presents our revenues disaggregated by the timing of revenue recognition in accordance with our reporting segments:

 

 

Six months ended 30 June 2020 (unaudited)

(USD, in thousands)

Six months ended 30 June 2019 (unaudited)

(USD, in thousands)

 

 

Digital Security

Digital Privacy

Total

Digital

Security

Digital Privacy

 

Total

Revenue recognised over a period

2,158

35,884

38,042

2,196

7,862

10,058

Revenue recognised at a point in time

14,591

6,353

20,944

15,509

4,366

19,875

Total

16,749

42,237

58,986

17,705

12,228

29,933

 

4.   Segmental information

 

Segment revenues and results

Based on the management reporting system, the Group operates two reportable segments:

·   Digital Security - comprising software and SaaS products offering security, endpoint protection and PC performance.

·      Digital Privacy - comprising virtual private network ("VPN") solutions and other privacy SaaS products.

 

Six months ended 30 June 2020

 

Digital Security 

 

 

Digital Privacy

 

 

Total

 

 

$'000

 

 

$'000

 

$'000

Revenue

 

16,749

 

 

42,237

 

58,986

Cost of sales

 

(1,087)

 

 

(7,526)

 

(8,613)

Direct sales and marketing costs

 

(8,621)

 

 

(10,151)

 

(18,772)

Segment result

 

7,041

 

Central operating costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

(15,179)

Adjusted EBITDA (note 5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,422

Depreciation and amortisation

 

 

 

 

 

 

(9,790)

Employee share-based payment charge

 

 

 

 

 

 

(542)

Exceptional or non-recurring costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,683)

Operating profit

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,407

Finance income

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

Finance costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,031)

Profit before tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxation

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,167)

Profit from the period

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six months ended 30 June 2019

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Digital Security 

 

 

Digital Privacy

 

 

Total

 

 

$'000

 

 

$'000

 

$'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

 

17,705

 

 

12,228

 

29,933

Cost of sales

 

(1,825)

 

 

(2,338)

 

(4,163)

Direct sales and marketing costs

 

(7,702)

 

 

(3,369)

 

(11,071)

Segment result

 

8,178

 

Central operating costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

(8,943)

Adjusted EBITDA (note 5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,756

Depreciation and amortisation

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,840)

Employee share-based payment charge

 

 

 

 

 

 

(989)

Exceptional or non-recurring costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

(519)

Operating profit

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,408

Finance income

 

 

 

 

 

 

317

Finance costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

(420)

Profit before tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

Taxation

 

 

 

 

 

 

(369)

Profit from the period

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.   Operating Profit

 

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as follows:

 

 

 

Six months ended 30 June 2020

 

Six months ended 30

June 2019

 

 

 

$'000

 

$'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating profit

 

 

3,407

 

1,408

Depreciation and amortisation

 

 

9,790

 

2,840

Employee share-based payment charge

 

 

542

 

989

Exceptional and non-recurring costs:

 

 

 

 

 

      Non-recurring staff and restructuring costs

 

 

2,465

 

401

      Exceptional professional services costs

 

 

218

 

118

Adjusted EBITDA

 

 

16,422

 

5,756

 

Operating costs

Operating costs are further analysed as follows:

 

Six months ended 30 June 2020

Adjusted

$'000

Six months ended 30 June 2020

Total

$'000

 

Six months ended 30 June 2019

Adjusted

$'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct sales and marketing costs

18,772

18,772

 

11,071

11,071

Indirect sales and marketing costs

4,644

4,685

 

3,687

3,756

Selling and marketing costs

23,416

23,457

 

14,758

14,827

Research and development costs

2,963

3,054

 

1,384

1,547

Management, general and administrative cost

7,572

10,665

 

3,872

5,148

Depreciation and amortisation

2,155

9,790

 

1,281

2,840

Total operating costs

36,106

46,966

 

21,295

24,362

 

 

Adjusted operating costs exclude share-based payment charges and employer costs related to employee exercises, exceptional bonuses for the acquisition and integration of PIA, professional services related to business combinations, and amortisation of acquired intangible assets.

 

6.   Shareholder's equity

 

Ordinary share capital as at 30 June 2020 amounted to $16,014 (30 June 2019: $14,850; 31 December 2019: $16,014).

 

The number of shares in issue as at 30 June 2020 was 160,144,132 (30 June 2019: 148,496,073; 31 December 2019: 160,144,132).

 

As of 30 June 2020, the Company held in treasury a total of 436,884 ordinary shares of $0.0001 (30 June 2019: 4,390,442; 31 December 2019: 3,865,223). During the six months ended 30 June 2020, 3,428,339 ordinary shares of $0.0001 were transferred out of treasury to satisfy the exercise of options by the Company employees (30 June 2019: 85,111).

 

The Kape Technologic plc Employee Benefit Trust holds 1,200,000 Ordinary Shares (30 June 2019: 1,800,000; 31 December 2019: 1,800,000), the voting rights to which have been waived.

 

7.   Earnings per share

 

Basic profit per share is calculated by dividing the profit attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period.

 

 

 

 

Six months ended 30 June 2020

 

Six months ended 30 June 2019

 

 

 

cents

 

cents

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share

 

 

0.13

 

0.7

Diluted earnings per share

 

 

0.11

 

0.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted basic

 

 

6.3

 

2.6

Adjusted diluted

 

 

5.3

 

2.5

 

Adjusted earnings per share is a non-GAAP measure and therefore the approach may differ between companies. Adjusted earnings have been calculated as follows:

 

 

 

 

Six months ended 30 June 2020

 

Six months ended 30 June 2019

 

 

 

$'000

 

$'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit/(Loss) for the period

 

 

209

 

936

 

 

 

 

 

 

Post tax adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

Employee share-based payment charge

 

 

542

 

1,010

Exceptional and non-recurring costs

 

 

2,213

 

416

Amortisation on acquired intangible assets

 

 

6,785

 

1,244

Finance cost on deferred consideration and leases

 

 

550

 

-

Adjusted profit for the year

 

 

10,299

 

3,606

 

 

 

 

Number

 

Number

Denominator - basic:

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of equity shares for the purpose of earnings per share

 

 

163,228,289

 

142,285,061

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustments for calculation of diluted earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

Impact of potentially dilutive shares related to employee options

 

 

7,658,686

 

3,227,811

Impact of potentially dilutive shares related to deferred shares consideration for business

 

 

23,146,630

 

-

Impact of potentially dilutive shares related to deferred shares consideration for business

 

 

194,033,605

 

145,512,872

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The diluted denominator has not been used where this has anti-dilutive effect.

 

The difference between weighted average number of Ordinary shares used for basic earnings per share and the diluted earnings per share is 30,805,316 (H1 2019: 3,227,811) being the effect of all potentially dilutive Ordinary shares derived from the number of share options granted to employees and deferred share consideration relating to the acquisition of LTMI Holding ("PIA") that are to be held in escrow against future claims.

 

8.   Loans and Borrowings

 

 

 

 

Bank Loan

 

Shareholder loan

 

 

 

 

 

$'000

 

$'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At 31 December 2019

 

 

-

 

40,221

 

 

Term Facility

 

 

40,000

 

-

 

 

Revolving credit facility

 

 

1,654

 

-

 

 

Debt issuance costs

 

 

(1,486)

 

-

 

 

Interest expenses

 

 

268

 

934

 

 

Interest paid

 

 

-

 

(1,155)

 

 

Repayment of loan

 

 

-

 

(40,000)

 

 

At 30 June 2020

 

 

40,436

 

-

 

 

 

Shareholder loan

On 6 December 2019, Kape entered into a $40.0 million short-term debt loan from Unikmind Holdings Limited ("Unikmind"), Kape's largest shareholder, and was also provided with an additional debt facility of $20.0 million, $5 million of it would have been available on December 2020 and $15 million on December 2021 ("Term Loan"). The Term Loan had a fixed interest rate of 5% above 6 months USD Libor. Each tranche of the Term Loan was repayable on the earlier of a third-party refinancing of the Term Loan and 6 months after its utilisation unless such tranche's maturity is extended until 31 March 2021. The Term Loan can be repaid early in whole or part by the Borrower free of any penalty. The Term Loan also includes a commitment fee on undrawn amounts only from the moment they become available in accordance with the payment schedule and certain other customary obligations on the Borrower in relation to the lender's costs and expenses and in relation to taxes. Term debt facilities have a fixed interest of 1.5% upon availability.

On 4 May 2020, Kape repaid the Term Loan and accumulated interest following closing of a new bank debt facility.

 

Bank loan

(a)  General

On 28 April 2020, Kape agreed with Bank of Ireland, Barclays Bank, and Citi Commercial Bank (the "Banks"), to provide a senior secured term and revolving credit facilities of up to $70 million (the "New Debt Facilities"), the facility is a club of banks with Bank of Ireland acting as the agent bank replacing a short-term debt facility.

 

The New Debt Facilities comprise a $40 million term facility (the "Term Facility"), a $10 million revolving credit facility (the "RCF"), and a $20 million uncommitted acquisition facility (the "Uncommitted Acquisition Facility"). The New Debt Facilities have a three-year term with an option to extend by up to an additional two years, 50% of the Term Facility will be repaid on a quarterly basis across 36 months starting from 30 September 2020.

 

Term Facility

The net proceeds of the Term Facility after deducting commissions and other direct costs of the Term Facility totalled $38.514 million. Commissions and other direct costs of the Term Facility have been offset against the principal balance and are amortised throughout the loan.

 

The Term Facility carries an interest rate of 3 months LIBOR (as of the beginning of the relevant period) plus an opening margin of 2% per annum.

 

The applicable Margin is linked to the Adjusted Leverage, tested at the end of each quarter for the preceding 12 months (first test will be a six-month test, second will be nine months and then 12 months at each quarterly test date thereafter). In case the Adjusted Leverage will be greater than 2 or less than 1 the applicable margin will change to 2.25% or 1.85% respectively. The effective interest rate after considering debt issuance cost is 4.1%.

 

RCF

A $10 million revolving credit facility, that carries a commitment fee for the unused facility of 35% of the applicable margin and interest rate as of the Term Facility. As of the reporting date the credit facility drawn amount is $1.65 million.

 

Uncommitted Acquisition Facility

Up to $20 million to be used for Acquisitions, including the funding of deferred consideration due under the acquisition agreement of Private Internet Access. The interest rate will be 3 months LIBOR plus a margin of no more than 1% above the original Margin applicable to the Term Loan or Revolving Credit Facility.

 

(b)  Security

The New Debt Facilities is secured by first ranking security over all assets (including material Intellectual Property) of Kape Technologies Plc ("Parent") and her material subsidiaries ("Obligors") and over the shares in all Obligors (other than the Parent).

 

(c)   Loan Covenants

The Group is required to comply with the following financial covenants:

 

·   The ratio of EBITDA to Net Finance Charges ("Interest Cover") shall not be less than 4.0x in respect of any Relevant Period.

·   The ratio of Total Net Debt on the last day of the relevant period to Adjusted EBITDA in respect of that Relevant period ("Adjusted Leverage"), shall not exceed 2.5x for the first 4 relevant periods and 2.0x thereafter.

 

As of 30 June 2020, the Group has met the financial covenants as follows:

 

·    Interest Cover: 27

·    Adjusted Leverage: 0.71

 

30 June 2020

Carrying amount

Contractual cash flow

3 months or less

Between 3-12 months

Between 1-5 years

More than 5 years

 

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

$'000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bank Loan

40,436

44,005

2,291

6,239

35,475

-

 

 

9.   Related party transactions

 

The Group is controlled by Unikmind Holdings Limited, registered in Isle of Man, which owns 67.65% of the Company's shares. Mr. Teddy Sagi is the sole ultimate beneficiary of Unikmind Holdings Limited.

On 4 May 2020, the Company fully repaid the shareholder loan and accumulated interest following the closing of a bank debt facility, see Note 8.

 

 

During the period the following transactions were carried out with related parties:

 

 

Six months ended 30 June 2020

 

Six months ended 30 June 2019

 

$'000

 

$'000

 

 

 

 

Technical support services to end customers and administration services provided by common controlled companies

(120)

 

(128)

Office expenses to common controlled companies

(89)

 

(37)

Development services provided by common controlled company

-

 

(30)

Payment processing services provided by common controlled company

-

 

(170)

Amortisation of right-of-use assets with common controlled companies related to office leases

(496)

 

(414)

Interest expenses from lease liabilities to common controlled companies related to office leases

(64)

 

(35)

Interest expenses from shareholder short-term loan and debt facility (Note 8)

(934)

 

-

 

(1,703)

 

(814)

 

10.   Government Grants

 

On 30 April 2020, Private Internet Access Inc received $0.7 million from the US Treasury as part of the Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP"). Following the Covid-19 crisis, US Treasury declared the PPP to provide relief to small businesses during the Coronavirus pandemic as part of the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid. Each business can borrow up to 2.5 of monthly payrolls, rent, and utilities expenses. The loan will bear interest of 0.5% and potentially can be fully forgiven if the proceeds were used to fund qualified payroll and non-payroll (rent and utilities) expenses in the 24 weeks subsequent to disbursement while keeping a level factor of the expenses.

 

As of 30 June 2020, the Group believes the PPP amount will be fully forgiven and accounted as a Government grant. The PPP is included in Trade and other payables as deferred income and recognised in profit and loss over the period necessary to match them with the costs that they are intended to compensate.

                 

11.   Cautionary statement

 

This document contains certain forward-looking statements relating to Kape Technologies plc ('the Group'). The Group considers any statements that are not historical facts as "forward-looking statements". They relate to events and trends that are subject to risk and uncertainty that may cause actual results and the financial performance of the Group to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement. These statements are made by the directors in good faith based on information available to them and such statements should be treated with caution due to the inherent uncertainties, including both economic and business risk factors, underlying any such forward-looking information.

 

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