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2018 Interim Results Announcement

Half Year Results21 November 2017SKOIndustrials

Serko Limited, Saatchi Building, Unit 14D 125 The Strand, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
PO Box 47-638, Ponsonby, T: +64 9 309 4754, F: +64 9 377 0545, investor.relations@serko.com



Market Release

22 November 2017


FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR HALF YEAR ENDED 30 SEPTEMBER 2017

Serko achieves maiden profit and cash flow positive for the period

Revenue growth of 30%, Annualised Transactional Monthly Revenue increases to $17.8 million

Six monthly profit before tax of $1.2 million compared to a loss of ($2.0) million last year


Highlights from the unaudited six-month period include:

• Total Operating Revenue

1

for the period ended 30 September 2017 at $9.1 million is up 30% over the previous

corresponding six-month period of $7.0 million.

• Serko Online transaction volumes increased by 21% over the same period last year.

• ATMR

2

reached a peak of $17.8 million during the period.

• Total Income

1

from all sources including grants was $9.6 million for the period.

• Net profit before tax for the period was $1.2 million (a $3.2 million turnaround over the previous corresponding

period loss of $2.0 million).

• EBITDA

3

profit for the period was $1.3 million (a $3.1 million turnaround over the previous corresponding period

loss of $1.8 million).

• Cash on hand as at 30 September 2017 was $4.6m, up from $4.5m at 31 March 2017.

• Serko expects full-year operating revenue of $18 million - $19 million.

• Full-year EBITDA of $1.3 million is expected, due to an anticipated break-even performance in the second half as a

result of seasonal effects and the pursuit of expansion opportunities.

Serko Limited (NZX:SKO), a leader in online travel booking and expense management for business, today announces a

maiden first half net profit before tax (NPBT) of $1.2 million up from a loss of $2 million in the same period a year ago as it

benefits from growing usage of its suite of corporate travel and expense management solutions. It also announces it

remains on track to deliver its first full-year profit as a listed company.

Serko Chairman Simon Botherway said: “The onboarding of new customers to our suite of corporate travel and expense

management solutions; increased usage of the solutions by our existing customers; and the growing contribution to revenue

of travel-related content, such as hotels and airport transfers, resulted in strong growth in the half-year.

“We have also controlled costs and generated positive cash flows, while continuing to invest in the further development of

our solutions, including Serko Zeno - our new premium solution we are offering alongside Serko Online that was rolled out

to our first customers in October.


1

Total Operating Revenue is revenue excluding income from grants and finance income, while Total Income includes grants.


2

ATMR is a non-GAAP measure representing Annualised Transactional Monthly Revenue. Serko uses this as a useful indicator of recurring revenue from

Serko products, based on the monthly transactions and average revenue per booking, on a constant currency basis. Due to seasonality Serko uses the

latest month which is not affected by a seasonality trend. For the current period, September 2017 is affected by Australian school holidays and as such

the calculation is based on August 2017 transactions.

3

EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure representing Earnings or Losses before Interest (net Finance income/cost), Tax, Depreciation, Amortisation and

Impairments. Serko uses this as a useful measure for an estimate of operating profits excluding non-cash expenses.

Serko Limited, Saatchi Building, Unit 14D 125 The Strand, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
PO Box 47-638, Ponsonby, T: +64 9 309 4754, F: +64 9 377 0545, investor.relations@serko.com

“It has been a gratifying six-month period. Serko is well on its way to recording its first full-year profit and we are now looking

forward to making progress on the next phase of our growth plans, to expand our presence in the Northern Hemisphere

markets.”

Financial highlights

Total Operating Revenue

1

rose 30% to $9.1 million, reflecting the 21% increase in transacted booking volumes (which

translated into a 19% increase in transactional fee revenue) in the half-year period. It also reflected strong growth in income

from Serko Expense, content supplier commissions (both through Serko Online and serko.travel) and Serko Mobile licenses.

These latter sources of revenue contributed 29% to Total Operating Revenue.

Serko Chief Executive Darrin Grafton said: “Approximately 90% of revenue in the period was derived from recurring revenue

sources, with the remainder derived mainly from system customisation work. Annualised Transactional Monthly Revenue

(ATMR

2

), an indicator of the company’s recurring revenues, stood at $17.8 million at the end of September 2017, up from

$15.3 million as at the end of March 2017. We are very pleased with Serko’s progress and performance.”

Half-year Total Income

1

rose 26% to $9.6 million, which was a $2 million increase over the prior half-year result of $7.6

million. Relative to last year, operating revenue also benefited from the hedging of the company’s net forecast Australian

dollar position at approximately NZ$0.93. The prior half-year result was affected by unfavourable foreign-currency shifts.

A company-wide focus on achieving best-practice in terms of the cost base and realising operating efficiencies, resulted in

operating costs declining by 12%, while investment spending on intangibles such as software development and purchases of

property, plant and equipment was lower at $0.2 million compared to the same period last year of $0.8 million.

Coupled with revenue growth, these savings resulted in a first half EBITDA

3

of $1.3 million, a turnaround of $3.1 million from

the EBITDA loss of $1.8 million in the same period last year.

First half NPBT for the six months to 30 September 2017 was $1.2 million, well ahead of the $2 million loss in the same period

last year and slightly ahead of the guidance given in October.

“Serko remains in a sound financial position with cash balances of $4.6 million, up from $4.5 million at 31 March 2017. In

the same period last year net cash balances fell by $2.4 million,” Mr Grafton said.

“Serko’s three-pronged strategy of delivering market-leading technological innovations, growing its customer base and

increasing average revenue per booking (ARPB), continues to deliver favourable financial outcomes for the company. On all

three fronts Serko has made good progress, which has further enhanced the company’s position as the leading online

business travel booking platform in the Australasian market.”

Key strategic achievements for the period include:

• The development and release of Zeno, a premium and predictive door-to-door booking platform that will allow

Serko to continue to grow its customer base and give customers the opportunity to add additional content to their

travel programmes via the Zeno hub. Zeno will extend Serko’s content revenue sources. We are pleased with the

results from Zeno customer trials and we expect further uptake as commercial arrangements are finalised with our

partner Travel Management Company (TMC) resellers. Already, we anticipate more than 1,000 corporate customers

will transition to the platform. Zeno will spearhead our Northern Hemisphere entry strategy. It is engineered to

integrate additional content sources from multiple providers and is therefore adaptable to new geographies.

• The continued onboarding of new customers, resulting in a 21% increase in online booking transactions over the

same period last year. Transactions are expected to continue to increase with a number of planned transitions onto

the Serko platform in the second half, through agreements with Sabre and Tandem (Air New Zealand’s TMC). These

agreements are underpinned by minimum transaction commitments.

• A 43% increase in revenue generated by Serko Expense, our expense management solution, compared to the

previous corresponding period, as a result of the successful reseller programme introduced in the prior year with

our partner TMC.

• A 100% increase in content revenue growth over the same period last year with 5.4% of all bookings as of September

2017 now generating additional content revenues. Serko continues to add content to its platform and recently

completed the development work for accommodation providers Hotel Hub and HRS Global Hotel Solutions. We also

Serko Limited, Saatchi Building, Unit 14D 125 The Strand, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
PO Box 47-638, Ponsonby, T: +64 9 309 4754, F: +64 9 377 0545, investor.relations@serko.com

recently announced a partnership with Gullivers Travel Associates (GTA) to provide further hotel content. This

content combined with that from Expedia, Booking.com, Wotif and Expedia Affiliate Network makes Serko one of

the world’s largest metasearch engines for business travel accommodation.

• The partnership with Air New Zealand to bring the airline’s unique content to the Zeno platform, allowing customers

to book through Serko previously unavailable content, such as meal and seat selection.

OUTLOOK

While the second half is typically not as strong as the first due to the slowdown in corporate travel during the Australasian

December-to-January holiday period, Serko is expecting revenues to continue to grow through the onboarding of customers

and commencement of revenues from Zeno. Minimum transaction agreements, notably with Sabre and Tandem, will also

underpin revenue growth.

As disclosed in October, Serko expects Total Operating Revenue for the second half of the 2018 financial year to be 25% to

30% higher than the same period a year ago. As a result, we expect Total Operating Revenue for the year to 31 March 2018

to be in the range of $18 million to $19 million.

However, Serko is investing more during the second half as we begin our expansion into Northern Hemisphere territories.

We expect that our cost base will increase correspondingly. We aim to match our cost base with guaranteed minimum

revenue deals with prospective TMC partners in the Northern Hemisphere and we are comfortable that we have sufficient

capital to execute our current growth plans.

Serko remains committed to achieving EBITDA, NPBT and cash flow breakeven during the second half, while expansion

opportunities are pursued.

“Serko is looking forward confidently to the next phase of our growth plan. The company now provides an integrated, globally

competitive offering through the provision of Serko Zeno, alongside Serko Online, Serko Expense as well as serko.travel for

small and medium enterprises,” Mr Botherway said.

ENDS

For more information:

Investor.relations@serko.com

Susan Putt

Chief Financial Officer, Serko

+64 21 388 009

Visit www.serko.com for more information. Serko’s interim results are available for downloading from Serko’s website at

http://www.serko.com/investor-centre/ .

Non-GAAP financial information


Non-GAAP financial information does not have a standardised meaning prescribed by GAAP and therefore may not be

comparable to similar financial information presented by other entities. The information has not been audited.

The measures reported by Serko are used by management to monitor the performance of the company and are useful to

investors to assess performance. Non-GAAP measures are defined and explained by footnote where used in this release.

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Serko Limited (SKO)
Results for announcement to the market


Reporting Period 6 months to 30 September 2017

Previous Reporting Period 6 months to 30 September 2016


Amount

(NZ$000)

Percentage change

Revenue from ordinary

activities

9,070 Up 29.5%

Profit (loss) from ordinary

activities after tax

attributable to security

holder

1,097 Up 153.1%*

Net profit (loss) attributable

to security holders

1,097 Up 153.1%*


Interim/Final Dividend Amount per security Imputed amount per

security

No Dividend declared Not Applicable Not Applicable


Record Date Not Applicable

Dividend Payment Date Not Applicable


Comments:

This Appendix 1 should be read in conjunction with the

unaudited consolidated financial statements for the six months

ended 30 September 2017 and the Interim Report for the six

months ended 30 September 2017 (Interim Report).

For commentary on the results please refer to the Interim Report

and accompanying announcement.

The unaudited consolidated financial statements for the six

months ended 30 September 2017 have been prepared in

accordance with New Zealand Generally Accepted Accounting

Practice and with New Zealand Equivalents to International

Financial Reporting Standards (“NZIFRS”) and the accounting

policies set out in the Interim Report.


*Note - Serko moved from loss to profit when compared to the

previous corresponding period. The percentage change is

calculated by taking the movement for the six month period over

the absolute value of the loss from the previous corresponding

period.



Net tangible assets per

security

September 2017 September 2016

CENTS (NZD) CENTS (NZD)

Net tangible assets per

security

1.16 1.18


Basis of report

This report is based on unaudited financial statements.

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Interim Report
For the period ended 30 September 2017

Serko Interim Report September 2017
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Contents

Key Dates

Chairman and CEO’s report04

Interim Financial Statements08

Statement of comprehensive income10

Statement of changes in equity11

Statement of financial position12

Statement of cash flows13

Notes to the financial statements14

Corporate Directory and shareholders enquiries23

THIS REPORT IS DATED 22 NOVEMBER 2017 AND IS SIGNED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF SERKO LIMITED

BY SIMON BOTHERWAY, CHAIRMAN, AND DARRIN GRAFTON, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.

30 September 2017

23 May 2018

Half-year End

Full-year Results Announced

22 November 2017

June 2018

Half-year Results Announced

Annual Report Released

31 March 2018

22 August 2018

Financial-year End

Annual Shareholders Meeting

Darrin GraftonSimon Botherway

Chief Executive OfficerChairman

Chairman and CEO’s report
Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to report we have achieved our goal of

turning a profit in the first half of the 2018 financial year

(FY18) and that we are well on our way to recording

Serko’s first full-year profit. The onboarding of new

customers to our suite of corporate travel and expense

management solutions; increased usage of the solutions

by our existing customers; and the growing contribution

to revenue of travel-related content, such as hotels and

airport transfers, resulted in strong growth in the half-year.

We have also controlled costs and generated modest

positive cash flows, while continuing to invest in the further

development of our solutions, including Serko Zeno, our

new premium solution we are offering alongside Serko

Online that was rolled out to our first customers in October.

It has been a gratifying six-month period, and we are now

looking forward to making progress on the next phase of

our growth plans, to expand our presence in the Northern

Hemisphere markets.

Darrin GraftonSimon Botherway

Chief Executive OfficerChairman

Serko has achieved

profitability for the

first half of FY18

Serko Interim Report September 2017

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Serko Interim Report September 2017
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PERFORMANCE DRIVERS IN THE FIRST

HALF OF FY18

Serko’s three-pronged strategy of delivering market-

leading technological innovations, growing its customer

base and increasing average revenue per booking

(ARPB), continues to deliver favourable financial

outcomes for the company. On all three fronts Serko has

made good progress, which has further enhanced the

company’s position as the leading online business travel

booking platform in the Australasian market.

number of planned transitions onto the Serko

platform in the second half, through agreements

with Sabre and Tandem (Air New Zealand’s

TMC). These agreements are underpinned by

minimum transaction commitments.

•A 43% increase in revenue generated by Serko

Expense, our expense management solution,

compared to the previous corresponding

period, as a result of the successful reseller

programme introduced in the prior year with

our partner TMCs.

•A 100% increase in content revenue growth

over the same period last year with 5.4%

of all bookings as of September 2017 now

generating additional content revenues. Serko

continues to add content to its platform and

recently completed the development work

for accommodation providers Hotel Hub and

HRS Global Hotel Solutions. We also recently

announced a partnership with Gullivers Travel

Associates (GTA) to provide further hotel

content. This content combined with that from

Expedia, Booking.com, Wotif and Expedia

Affiliate Network makes Serko one of the

world’s largest metasearch engines for business

travel accommodation.

•The partnership with Air New Zealand to

bring the airline’s unique content to the Zeno

platform, allowing customers to book through

Serko previously unavailable content, such as

meal and seat selection.

Key strategic achievements for the period include:

•The development and release of Zeno, a

premium and predictive door-to-door booking

platform that will allow Serko to continue to

grow its customer base and give customers

the opportunities to add additional content to

their travel programmes via the Zeno hub. Zeno

will extend Serko’s content revenue sources.

We are pleased with the results from Zeno

customer trials and we expect further uptake as

commercial arrangements are finalised with our

partner Travel Management Company (TMC)

resellers. Already, we anticipate more than

1,000 corporate customers will transition to

the platform. Zeno will spearhead our Northern

Hemisphere entry strategy. It is engineered

to integrate additional content sources from

multiple providers and is therefore adaptable to

new geographies.

•The continued onboarding of new customers,

resulting in a 21% increase in online booking

transactions over the same period last year.

Transactions are expected to increase with a

21%

Increase in transacted booking volume

30%

Increase in revenue

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Total Operating Revenue

1

rose 30% to $9.1 million,

reflecting the 21% increase in transacted booking

volumes (which translated into a 19% increase in

transactional fee revenue) in the half-year period. It also

reflected strong growth in income from Serko Expense,

content supplier commissions (both through Serko

Online and serko.travel) and Serko Mobile licenses.

These latter sources of revenue contributed 29% to

Total Operating Revenue.

Half-year Total Income

1

rose 26% to $9.6 million,

which was a $2 million increase over the prior half-year

result of $7.6 million. Relative to last year, operating

revenue income also benefited from the hedging of the

company’s net forecasted Australian dollar position at

approximately NZ$0.93. The prior half-year result was

affected by unfavourable foreign-currency shifts.

A company-wide focus on achieving best-practice

in terms of the cost base and realising operating

efficiencies, resulted in operating costs declining by

12%, while investment spending on intangibles such as

software development and purchases of property, plant

and equipment was lower at $0.2 million compared to

the same period last year of $0.8 million.

Coupled with revenue growth, these savings resulted

in a first-half EBITDA

3

of $1.3 million, a turnaround of

$3.1 million from the EBITDA loss of $1.8 million in the

same period last year.

1. Total Operating Revenue is revenue excluding income from grants and finance income, while Total Income includes grants.

2. ATMR is a non-GAAP measure representing Annualised Transactional Monthly Revenue. Serko uses this as a useful indicator of

recurring revenues from Serko products, based on the monthly transactions and average revenue per booking, on a constant currency basis.

Due to seasonality Serko uses the latest month which is not affected by a seasonality trend. For the current period, September 2017 is

affected by Australian school holidays and as such the calculation is based on August 2017 transactions.

3. EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure representing Earnings Before the deduction of costs relating to Interest, Taxation, Depreciation,

Amortisation and Impairment.

4. NPBT is net profit before tax.

Approximately 90% of revenue in the period was derived

from recurring revenue sources, with the remainder

derived mainly from system customisation work.

Annualised Transactional Monthly Revenue (ATMR

2

),

an indicator of the company’s recurring revenues, stood

at $17.8 million at the end of September 2017, up from

$15.3 million as at the end of March 2017.

2

$17.8m

Up 28% from same month last year

PEAK ATMR

$1.3m

EBITDA

A turn around of $3.1m from last year

loss of $1.8m

3

Serko Interim Report September 2017
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First half net profit before tax (NPBT

4

) for the six

months to 30 September 2017 was $1.2 million, well

ahead of the $2 million loss in the same period last year

and ahead of the guidance given in October.

Serko remains in a sound financial position with cash

balances of $4.6 million, up from $4.5 million at 31

March 2017. In the same period last year net cash

balances fell by $2.4 million.

OUTLOOK FOR THE SECOND HALF OF FY18

While the second half is typically not as strong as

the first, due to the slowdown in corporate travel

during the Australasian December-to-January holiday

period, Serko is expecting revenues to continue to

grow through the onboarding of customers and

commencement of revenue from Zeno. Minimum

transaction agreements, notably with Sabre and

Tandem will also underpin revenue growth.

As disclosed in October, Serko expects Total Operating

Revenue for the second half of the 2018 financial year

to be 25% to 30% higher than the same period a year

ago. As a result, we expect Total Operating Revenue

for the year to 31 March 2018 to be in the range of $18

million to $19 million.

However, Serko is investing more during the second

half as we begin our expansion into Northern

Hemisphere territories. We expect that our cost base

will increase correspondingly. We aim to match our

cost base with guranteed minimum revenue deals

with prospective TMC partners in the Northern

Hemisphere and we are comfortable that we have

sufficient capital to execute our current growth plans.

Serko remains committed to achieving EBITDA, NPBT

and cash flow breakeven during the second half, while

expansion opportunities are pursued.

Serko is looking forward confidently to the next phase

of our growth plan. The company now provides an

integrated globally competitive offering through the

provision of Serko Zeno, alongside Serko Online, Serko

Expense as well as serko.travel for small and medium

enterprises.

Yours sincerely,

Darrin Grafton

Simon Botherway

Chief Executive Officer

Chairman

$1.2m

A turn around of $3.2m from last year

loss of $2.0m

NPBT

4

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Interim Financial

Statements

For the six month period ended 30 September 2017

For and on behalf of the Board of Directors, who authorise these Financial Statements

for issue on 22 November 2017

Statement of comprehensive income10

Statement of changes in equity11

Statement of financial position 12

Statement of cash flows13

Notes to the financial statements14

Darrin GraftonSimon Botherway

Chief Executive OfficerChairman

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Statement of comprehensive income

For the six months ended 30 September 2017

Revenue109,0707,00414,277

Other income4995941,092

Finance income158146142

Finance costs(31)(21)(54)

Income tax expense(69)(52)(144)

Movement in foreign currency reserve(17)(19)(140)

Operating expenses

Selling and marketing expenses(598)(966)(1,658)

Remuneration and benefits(5,607)(6,423)(12,285)

Administration expenses(1,832)(1,806)(3,880)

Other expenses(493)(540)(940)

Earnings per share

Basic and diluted profit/(loss) per share$0.01$(0.03)$(0.05)

Notes

6 Months

Unaudited

6 Months

Unaudited

12 Months

Audited

30 Sep 201730 Sep 201631 Mar 2017

Total revenue and other income9,5697,59815,369

Profit/(loss) before income tax1,166(2,012)(3,306)

Net profit/(loss) attributable to the shareholders of the company1,097(2,064)(3,450)

Total comprehensive profit/(loss) for the period 1,080(2,083)(3,590)

Total expenses from ordinary activities(8,530)(9,735)(18,763)

$ (000)$ (000)$ (000)

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of changes in equity

For the six months ended 30 September 2017

Balance as at 1 April 201625,185888107(16,447)9,733

Net loss for the period---(2,064)(2,064)

Other comprehensive income/(loss)*--(19)-(19)

Balance as at 1 April 201625,185888107(16,447)9,733

Net loss for the period---(3,450)(3,450)

Other comprehensive income/(loss)*--(140)-(140)

Balance as at 1 April 201725,1851,021(33)(19,897)6,276

Net profit for the period---1,0971,097

Other comprehensive income/(loss)*--(17)-(17)

Transactions with owners

Allocated shares to employees-118--118

Forfeiture of shares from employees -(162)--(162)

Transactions with owners

Allocated shares to employees8372--372

Forfeiture of shares from employees8-(239)--(239)

Transactions with owners

Allocated shares to employees8-72--72

NotesShare Capital

Share Based

Payment

Reserve

Foreign

Currency

Reserve

Accumulated

Losses

Total Equity

Total expenses from ordinary activities--(19)(2,064)(2,083)

Total expenses from ordinary activities--(140)(3,450)(3,590)

Total comprehensive profit for the year--(17)1,0971,080

Balance as at 30 September 201625,18584488(18,511)7,606

Balance as at 31 March 201725,1851,021(33)(19,897)6,276

Balance as at 30 September 201725,1851,093(50)(18,800)7,428

$ (000)$ (000)$ (000)$ (000)$ (000)

*

Items in other comprehensive income may be reclassified to the income statement and are shown net of tax.

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of financial position

As at 30 September 2017

NotesUnauditedUnauditedAudited

30 Sep 201730 Sep 201631 Mar 2017

$ (000)$ (000)$ (000)

Current Assets

Cash at bank and on hand4,5574,7714,451

Trade and other receivables24,3603,8173,167

Derivative financial instruments3-72-

Current liabilities

Trade and other payables62,8752,4912,582

Derivative financial instruments3154-245

Income tax payable14180160

Interest-bearing loans and borrowings7421333399

Non-current liabilities

Deferred tax liability-55-

Trade and other payables6222187269

Interest-bearing loans and borrowings7268369254

Derivative financial instruments3--34

Equity

Share capital825,18525,18525,185

Share-based payment reserve81,0938441,021

Foreign currency reserve(50)88(33)

Accumulated losses(18,800)(18,511)(19,897)

Non-current assets

Property, plant and equipment4867858886

Intangible assets 51,5941,6031,603

Deferred tax asset112-112

Derivative financial instruments319--

Total current assets8,9178,6607,618

Total current liabilities3,5912,9043,386

Total non-current liabilities490611557

Total equity7,4287,6066,276

Total non-current assets2,5922,4612,601

Total assets11,50911,12110,219

Total liabilities4,0813,5153,943

Total equity and liabilities11,509 11,121 10,219

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

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Statement of cash flows

For the six months ended 30 September 2017

Notes

6 Months

Unaudited

6 Months

Unaudited

12 Months

Audited

30 Sep 201730 Sep 201631 Mar 2017

$ (000)$ (000)$ (000)

Cash flows from operating activities

Receipts from customers8,3587,46415,113

Interest received447099

Receipts from grants4985941,075

Taxation (paid)/refund received(70)(54)(469)

Payments to suppliers and employees(8,558)(10,121)(17,349)

Interest payments(11)-(16)

Net GST refunded/(paid)4361(48)

Cash flows from investing activities

Purchase of property, plant and equipment(67)(268)(247)

Purchase of intangibles(103)(508)(791)

Cash flows from financing activities

Proceeds from borrowings-369-

Net increase (decrease) in total cash134(2,393)(2,633)

Net foreign exchange difference(28)46(34)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period4,4517,1187,118

Cash and cash equivalents comprises the following:

Cash at bank and on hand4,5574,7714,451

Net cash flows from (used) in operating activities9304(1,986)(1,595)

Net cash flows used in investing activities(170)(776)(1,038)

Net cash flows from financing activities-369-

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period4,5574,7714,451

4,5574,7714,451

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

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Notes to the financial statements (unaudited)

For the six months ended 30 September 2017

These unaudited, interim financial statements of Serko Limited (the company) and its subsidiaries

(together “the group”) have been prepared in accordance with New Zealand Generally Accepted

Accounting Practice and comply with the requirements of International Accounting Standard (IAS) 34

Interim Financial Reporting and with New Zealand Equivalent to International Accounting Standard (IAS)

34 Interim Financial Reporting. The Company is a profit orientated entity.

The Company is registered under the Companies Act 1993 and listed on the New Zealand Stock

Exchange. The Company is an FMC Reporting Entity under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 and

the Financial Reporting Act 2013.

The unaudited, interim financial statements of the group for the six months ended 30 September 2017

have been prepared using the same accounting policies and methods of computation as, and should be

read in conjunction with, the financial statements and related notes included in the group’s Annual Report

for the year ended 31 March 2017.

The same significant judgements, estimates and assumptions included in the notes to the financial

statements in the group’s Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2017 have been applied to

these interim financial statements.


Basis of presentation and accounting policies1

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UnauditedUnauditedAudited

30 Sep 201730 Sep 201631 Mar 2017

$ (000)$ (000)$ (000)

Current assets

Trade receivables3,1032,8552,544

Provision for doubtful debts(42)(7)(7)

GST receivable499122

Prepayments898548255

NuTravel Loan receivable - refer note 12352330353

Total trade and other receivables4,3603,8173,167

Trade and other receivables

2

On 9 April 2014 an interest bearing loan to NuTravel Technology Solutions LLC of US$200,000 was assigned

by Financial Equities Limited to Serko Limited in return for an interest-bearing loan repayable on receipt of the

loan receivable. The loan expired on 30 June 2016. The loan is currently outstanding and action is being taken

to recover the loan. There is no financial risk to Serko as the loan receivable is back to back with the associated

loan payable to Financial Equities Limited (refer note 7). Financial Equities Limited is a company associated with

directors Robert Shaw and Darrin Grafton.

NuTravel Receivable/Financial Equities Loan Payable

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UnauditedUnauditedAudited

UnauditedUnauditedAudited

30 Sep 201730 Sep 201631 Mar 2017

30 Sep 201730 Sep 201631 Mar 2017

$ (000)$ (000)$ (000)

$ (000)$ (000)$ (000)

Opening balance886613613

Additions67307538

Disposals-(34)(39)

Depreciation(86)(28)(225)

Currency translation--(1)

Net tangible assets per security (cents)1.161.181.18

Current:

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts(154)72(245)

Non-current:

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts19-(34)

Contractual amounts of forward exchange contracts outstanding were as follows:

Purchase commitments forward exchange contracts14,4881,22713,027

Closing balance867858886

To manage the group’s foreign exchange risk arising from future commercial transactions, the group employ

forward contracts. Management is responsible for managing exposures in each foreign currency (Australian

Dollar) by using forward foreign currency exchange contracts.

The following table presents the group’s foreign currency forward exchange contracts measured at fair value:

Derivative Financial Instruments have been determined to be within level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts have been fair valued using published market foreign

Derivative financial instruments

Property, plant and equipment

3

4

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UnauditedUnauditedAudited

UnauditedUnauditedAudited

30 Sep 201730 Sep 201631 Mar 2017

30 Sep 201730 Sep 201631 Mar 2017

$ (000)$ (000)$ (000)

$ (000)$ (000)$ (000)

Opening balance1,6031,4391,439

Additions 191453780

Amortisation(200)(283)(633)

Currency translation-(6)17

Trade payables1,6741,227532

Accrued expenses5225681,442

Lease incentive223252227

GST payable--16

Employee entitlements678631634

Closing balance1,5941,6031,603

Total trade and other payables3,0972,6782,851

3,0972,6782,851

Intangible assets

Trade and other payables

5

6

Disclosed as:

Current2,8752,4912,582

Non-current222187269

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UnauditedUnauditedAudited

Number of

shares

Value of

equity

30 Sep 201730 Sep 201631 Mar 2017

$ (000)$ (000)$ (000)

$ (000)$ (000)

Financial Equities loan payable - refer note 12352330353

Obligations under finance leases-4-

Leasehold fitout loan337368300

Balance at 1 April 201672,89426,073

Allocated shares to employees via Restricted Share Scheme-118

Forfeiture of shares from employees via Restricted Share Scheme-(162)

Balance at 1 October 201672,89426,029

Issue of new shares to employees via Restricted Share Scheme2,000-

Allocated shares to employees via Restricted Share Scheme -254

Forfeiture of shares from employees via Restricted Share Scheme-(77)

Balance at 1 April 201774,89426,206

Allocated shares to employees via Restricted Share Scheme-72

Total Interest bearing loans and borrowings689702653

Balance as at 30 September 201672,89426,029

Balance as at 31 March 201774,89426,206

Balance as at 31 March 201774,89426,278

689702653

Interest bearing loans and borrowings

Equity (share capital and share-based payment reserve)

7

8

Disclosed as:

Current421333399

Non-current268369254

Financial Equities is a loan payable against a loan receivable from NuTravel (refer note 2)

During the period the company issued 346,157 shares under a Restricted Share Scheme (RSS). In respect of the

RSS, as at 30 September 2017, 932,965 restricted shares are allocated to key management personnel and 497,015

allocated to other Serko employees. 1,589,976 restricted shares remain unallocated at 30 September 2017.

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UnauditedUnauditedAudited

30 Sep 201730 Sep 201631 Mar 2017

$ (000)$ (000)$ (000)

Net Profit/(loss) after tax 1,097(2,064)(3,450)

Reconciliation of operating cash flows

9

1,323(1,785)(2,703)

(1,019)(201)1,108

Net cash from operating activities304(1,986)(1,595)

Adjustments

Depreciation8628225

Amortisation200283633

Increase/(decrease) in deferred tax1(3)(170)

Loss on property, plant and equipment disposal-3536

Gain/(loss) on foreign exchange transactions(133)(20)(110)

Share-based compensation72(44)133

Changes in working capital items

(Increase)/decrease in trade receivables & prepayments(858)483820

(Increase)/decrease in derivative financial instruments(144)(67)285

Increase/(decrease) in trade payables & accruals2(382)158

Decrease in current tax payable(19)(235)(155)

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UnauditedUnauditedAudited

30 Sep 201730 Sep 201631 Mar 2017

$ (000)$ (000)$ (000)

Segments

10

9,0707,00414,277

2,4612,4612,489

Sales to external customers

New Zealand350379672

Australia8,5176,45513,195

India 2772136

Singapore241118

USA10746158

Other454198

Non-current operating assets

New Zealand2,4382,3252,464

Australia2313625

The board of directors and senior management team monitor the results of the group’s operations as a

whole for the purpose of making decisions about resource allocation and performance assessment, and

therefore the board has determined the group is a single reportable segment.

Revenue is allocated to geographical segments on the basis of where the sale is recorded by each

operating company within the group:

Non-current assets for this purpose consist of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets.

New Zealand, Australia and USA geographical information has been restated in the prior period.

Operating Segment Information

Geographical Segment Information

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UnauditedUnauditedAudited

UnauditedUnauditedAudited

30 Sep 201730 Sep 201631 Mar 2017

30 Sep 201730 Sep 201631 Mar 2017

$ (000)$ (000)$ (000)

% equity interest

Commitments

Related parties

11

12

2,2352,3772,462

-4-

Operating lease commitments

Payable within one year557495514

Payable later than one year, but not more than five years1,6781,5701,755

Payable later than five years-312193

Serko Australia Pty Limited100%100%100%

Serko Trustee Limited100%100%100%

Serko India Private Limited99%99%99%

Serko Investments Limited100%100%100%

Foshan Sige Information Technology Limited100%--

Finance lease commitments

Payable within one year-4-

The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Serko Limited and subsidiaries as

listed in the following table:

Serko Australia Pty Limited’s principal business is the marketing and support of travel booking software solutions

supplied by Serko Limited. This entity has been consolidated based on management accounts for the period ended

30 September 2017.

Serko Trustee Limited was incorporated on 4 June 2014 to hold the shares issued to key management and staff in

the Restricted Share Scheme and Salary Sacrifice Scheme in trust until vesting.

Serko India Private Limited was incorporated on 18 February 2015 as a subsidiary for the India-based operations.

Subsidiaries

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Related parties (continued)

Contingencies

Events after balance date

12

13

14

In the current year key management personnel received 182,306 issued shares via the Restricted Share Scheme in

July 2017, which are held in trust by Serko Trustee Limited until they vest. The shares vest on 7 July 2020.


Serko Investments Limited was incorporated on 5 November 2014 as a holding company. It holds 1% of the

shares in Serko India Private Limited.

Foshan Sige Information Technology Limited was incorporated on 7 August 2017 as a subsidary for the

China-based operations.

There were no contingent liabilities as at 30 September 2017 (30 September 2016: Nil, 31 March 2017: Nil).

There were no material events subsequent to balance date.

On 9 April 2014 an interest bearing loan to NuTravel Technology Solutions LLC of US$200,000 was assigned by

Financial Equities Limited to Serko Limited in return for an interest-bearing loan repayable on receipt of the loan

receivable. The loan expired on 30 June 2016, a notice for repayment has been provided to NuTravel. Financial

Equities Limited is a company associated with directors Robert Shaw and Darrin Grafton (refer note 2).

Other transactions with key management personnel and directors

Subsidiaries (continued)

NuTravel Receivable/Financial Equities Loan Payable

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Saatchi Building

Unit 14D

125 The Strand

Parnell, Auckland

New Zealand

+64 9 309 4754

Link Market Services Limited

Level 11, Deloitte House

80 Queen Street

Auckland

New Zealand

+64 9 375 5998

Simon Botherway (Chairman)

Claudia Batten

Robert (Clyde) McConaghy

Darrin Grafton

Robert Shaw

Deloitte Limited

Serko is a company incorporated with limited liability under the New Zealand Company Act 1993.

Companies Office registration number 1927488.

For investor relations queries contact InvestorRelations@serko.com

Registered Office

Share Registrar

Directors

Auditor

Corporate Directory

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