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SDL 1H FY2024 Financial Results & Interim Dividend

Full Year Results21 February 2024SDLConsumer Discretionary

TRANSFORMING GLOBAL CUSTOMER COMMUNICATIONS www.solutiondynamics.com
INTERIM

REPORT

FOR THE SIX MONTHS

ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023

Transforming Global

Customer Communications

FY2024 1H Highlights
For the six months ended 31 December 2023

• Net profit after tax grew 0.6% to a record

$2.47 million and EPS of 16.8 cents

• Revenue declined 2.5% (NZ gained,

International declined)

• EBITDA declined 2.7% to $4.00 million

• Cash flow from operations $2.34 million

and net cash at 31 December 2023 was

$8.29 million

• Interim dividend of 7.0 cents per share

(down 3.0 cents)

• SDL’s largest customer conducting an RFP

for its communications requirements

• Earnings outlook uncertain until largest

customer RFP outcome known

Table of Contents
Directors’ & Chief Executive Officer’s Report

Result Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Operational Commentary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Financial Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Balance Sheet, Liquidity and Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Dividend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Largest Customer RFP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

FY 2024 Outlook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Consolidated Statements (unaudited)

Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Consolidated Statement of Changes In Equity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Notes to the Condensed Financial Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

As in prior years, the first half of FY2024 reflects a high
concentration of large international customer jobs, along

with usual seasonal 1H FY2024 strength in the New Zealand

operations. In a difficult global environment, international activity

declined year-on-year largely from SDL moving away from lower

margin accounts that had become increasingly commoditised

and US mortgage market customers continuing to operate with

very low levels of communication volumes. Positively, gross

margin from international customers continued to expand,

helped by an increase in higher margin professional services

revenue. There were one-time unrecoverable costs of around

$0.2 million incurred on a significant project during 1H FY2024.

Encouragingly, NZ print and mail services continues to grow in

what is an extremely difficult market, thanks to a combination

of new accounts, selective price increases and cross-selling

additional services. The overall NZ print and mail house market

remains in structural decline so SDL is pleased to grow market

share in such a challenging market.

Cash flow from operations was $2.34 million (1H FY2023

$3.41million) with cash flow from trading declining 9.3% to

$2.80 million. Several large customer payments from

1H FY2024 billings were received in January.

Directors’ & Chief Executive

Officer’s Report

Result Overview

Solution Dynamics Limited (“SDL” or “Company”) generated

a 0.6% growth in unaudited net profit after tax of $2.47

million for the FY2024 half year (1H FY2023 $2.46 million).

This was a record half-year earnings result and represents

earnings per share of 16.8 cents.

2.5%

REVENUE

2.7%

EBITDA

0.6%

NET PROFIT

4 | Directors’ & Chief Executive Officer’s Report

Operational Commentary
Total revenue declined slightly, down 2.5% to $22.77

million. The international revenue decline of 7% was

not fully offset by strong growth of 8% in New Zealand.

NZ growth was driven by new customers, price increases

and obtaining additional work from existing customers,

especially in the Councils market. SDL is the undisputed

leader in the Councils communication market in NZ and

extended that lead in 1H FY2024. The growth in NZ sales is

due to improved sales performance and a focus on “digital

first” communications as part of a complete multi-channel

communications approach. Email volumes in New Zealand

were up around 8% year-on-year although print volumes

declined around 11%.

SDL upgraded a portion of its leased printing equipment

during 1H FY2024 at more favourable terms.

International revenue declined 7%, largely driven by the

continuing mortgage market slump in the US, less low margin

print work, and slightly lower volumes from SDL’s largest

customer.

The closing net cash position at 31 December

was $8.29 million (1H FY2023 $7.13 million)

although this includes $0.5 million of

customer prepaid postage. The cash position

(net of prepaid postage) represents clear cash

available to the Company of around 53 cents

per share. The Directors have declared a fully

imputed interim dividend of 7.0 cents per

share (1H FY2023 10.0 cents).

5 | Directors’ & Chief Executive Officer’s Report

International sales remain focused on target
vertical markets such as NGOs (e.g. charities)

typically doing business globally (cross border

mail requirements) or provide business process

outsourcing to global enterprises. SDL was pleased

to partner with EY (formerly Ernst and Young) as

a customer in early 2023 and 1H FY2024 revenue

reflected rollout in several international markets for

one of their marquee financial services clients. The

UK continued to see steady recovery in volumes

from previously COVID-affected customers.

More difficult global macroeconomic conditions

are resulting in tightening of marketing budgets,

particularly in the NGO space, making international

sales efforts slower and more difficult. SDL

implemented price rises in 1H FY2024, offsetting a

range of cost pressures.

SG&A (Selling, General and Administration) costs

rose 1.3% year-on-year, despite general wage

increases across the Company of around 4-5%.

Staffing costs globally increased because of

general inflationary pressure, although the labour

market does appear to be loosening. Some salary

savings accrued from unfilled roles or from the

consolidation of roles. SDL increased investments

in building an improved brand awareness, launching

a new website, attending tradeshows, and

expanding digital marketing activity in 1H FY2024.

As previously advised, during 1H FY2024 the

Company’s largest customer notified SDL that it

intended to run an RFP (Request for Proposal)

tender for the communications requirements that

SDL currently provides. While 1H FY2024 earnings

were unaffected by the RFP, producing the response

utilised significant internal resource in the period.

6 | Directors’ & Chief Executive Officer’s Report

Financial Performance
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) declined 2.7% to $4.00 million

(1H FY2023 $4.11 million) on total revenue that slightly declined by 2.5%.

Summary Financial Performance

(all figures $000’s)

1H FY241H FY23Yr-on-Yr

$ Change

Yr-on-Yr

% Change

Total Revenue22,76623,344-578-2 .5%

Cost of Goods Sold13,79014,322-532-3.7%

Gross Profit8,9769,022-46-0.5%

Gross Margin (%)39.4%38.6%

Selling, General & Admin Costs4,9754,911641.3%

EBITDA4,0014,111-110-2 .7%

EBITDA Margin (%)17.6%17.6%  

Depreciation449494-45-9.1%

Amortisation1855-37-67.3%

EBIT3,5343,562-28-0 .8%

Net Interest (received) / paid-532679n.m.

Net Profit before Tax3,5873,536511 .4%

Taxation1,1141,079353.2%

Net Profit after Tax2,4732,457160 . 6%

The EBITDA margin was flat at 17.6% with higher Gross Margin (39.4% up from 38.6% the prior year)

offset by slightly higher SG&A costs.

SDL’s taxation rate in 1H FY2024 was 31.1% versus 30.5% in the prior period.

7 | Directors’ & Chief Executive Officer’s Report

Revenue Analysis
(all figures $000’s)

1H FY241H FY23Yr-on-Yr

$ Change

Yr-on-Yr

% Change

Software & Technology16,26517,125-860-5.0%

Digital Print & Document Handling2,2412,308-67-2.9%

Outsourced Services4,2603,9113498.9%

Total Revenue22,76623,344-578-2 .5%

Total revenue was 2.5% below prior year. Software

and Technology revenue, which is largely in

International, declined 5% to $16.26 million due to

the US mortgage market decline, less low margin

print work as SDL focused on growing more

profitable customers with global requirements, and

growth in digital services in New Zealand. Digital

Print and Document Handling revenue, which is

all in New Zealand, declined 2.9% to $2.24 million

reflecting lower print volumes as customers

shifted to digital channels, somewhat offset by

price increases. Outsourced Services revenue,

which is all in New Zealand, grew 8.9% to $4.26

million reflecting digital channel volume growth

and postage rate increases. While total revenue

declined, gross profit was essentially flat to prior

year due to growth in higher margin clients.

8 | Directors’ & Chief Executive Officer’s Report

Balance Sheet, Liquidity and Debt
SDL closed the half year with net cash on hand of $8.29 million, versus $7.13 million in 1H FY2023

although the closing position includes $0.5 million of customer prepaid postage. A bank overdraft facility

of $0.2 million remains in place but is unused.

Capital expenditure was $0.1 million in 1H FY2024, largely a technology refresh of selected networking

and computer equipment, plus upgrading of SDL internal systems.

Selected Balance Sheet and Cashflow Figures

(all figures $000’s)

1H FY241H FY23Yr-on-Yr

$ Change

Yr-on-Yr

% Change

Net Cash on Hand (net of debt)8,2917,1291,16216.3%

Non-current Assets (excl right of use asset)1,6831,67760.4%

Right of Use Assets2,1973,032-835-27.5%

Net Other Liabilities (excl right of use asset)-350-991641-64.7%

Right of Use Assets Liabilities-2,242-3,079837-27.2%

Net Assets9,5797,7681,81123 .3%

Cashflow from Trading2,8073,092-285-9.2%

Movement in Working Capital-465314-779n.m.

Cash Inflow from Operations2,3423,406-1,064-31 .2%

Book value (net assets) increased 23.3% to $9.58 million, largely the result of solid first half earnings.

Cashflow from trading declined 9.3% to $2.81 million as a result of December timing for payment of

suppliers with related customer receipts not received until January 2024.

9 | Directors’ & Chief Executive Officer’s Report

Dividend
SDL has declared an interim dividend of 7.0 cents per share, a 30% reduction on the prior year, on largely

flat earnings per share of 16.8 cents.

Earnings and Dividend per Share1H FY241H FY23Yr-on-Yr

Change

Yr-on-Yr

% Change

Shares on Issue ($000’s)14,719.814,719.800.0%

Earnings per share (cents)16.8016.690.110.6%

Dividend per share (cents)7.0010.00-3.00-30.0%

Dividend proportion Imputed100.0%100.0%n.a.n.a.

Payout ratio (on NPAT)41.7%59.9%n.a.n.a.

The dividend is fully imputed, and the cash dividend

amount represents a payout ratio of 41.7% of earnings

per share. SDL’s payout ratio (covering dividends and

buybacks) is currently limited to a maximum 50% of

earnings under the terms of co-funding from New Zealand

Trade and Enterprise’s (NZTE) International Growth Fund

(IGF). IGF co-funding is supporting a range of SDL’s market

development activities in North America. The IGF provides

50:50 co-funding for eligible project costs up to a maximum

of $600,000 from NZTE over a three-year period. At the

conclusion of the IGF agreement, the Directors will review

SDL’s dividend policy.

While SDL has a strong net cash position, the Directors

continue to maintain a preference for financial flexibility

given the macroeconomic uncertainty and the Company’s

largest customer currently undertaking review of its

communication needs. The Company continues to review

possible acquisition opportunities and emphasises that

any transaction must add shareholder value.

OPERATIONS

$2.34 M

CASH FLOW

NET CASH

$8.29 M

AT 31 DEC 2023

INTERIM

DIVIDEND

7. 0 C

PER SHARE

10 | Directors’ & Chief Executive Officer’s Report

Largest Customer RFP
There has been no change to the status of the RFP

since SDL provided the last update to shareholders

in November 2023. However, the RFP process is

now taking longer than initially expected.

Strategy

Leveraging the acquisition of Digital-to-Print (DTP),

SDL has become a leader in global customer

communications delivered as a service, to marquee

global NGOs and enterprise customers such as World

Vision, Pitney Bowes and EY. In 2024 and beyond

we are leveraging our expertise and technology into

digital transformation of customer communications.

“Digital transformation” appeals to a broad and

growing market, enabling SDL to integrate its

New Zealand and International businesses.

This approach in New Zealand has been

instrumental in capturing new business and the

Company’s market share gains. Our international

approach is a work in progress. Global customer

communications as a service will remain an

important part of what we do. Aligning with

and enabling our customers’ “digital first”

communications strategy will increasingly be our

strategic focus for growth.

FY 2024 Outlook

The timing and outcome of the largest customer

RFP make providing FY2024 guidance more

difficult than usual. The Directors continue to defer

providing FY2024 earnings guidance until the

result of the RFP is known as this could materially

affect 4Q FY2024 results. The first half result for

FY2024 was unaffected aside from diversion of

significant SDL resource into producing information

for the RFP response. SDL’s largest customer is

very material to SDL’s earnings and every effort will

be undertaken to ensure the business is retained,

although this RFP process will inevitably carry very

significant earnings risk for the Company.

We expect that the second half of FY2024 should

see ongoing gains in New Zealand operations

(new business and 1H FY2024 price increases).

International activity is expected to exhibit normal

lower seasonality similar to prior years, aside from

any impact from the RFP.

While the Company has a solid sales pipeline

in New Zealand, the Company’s international

growth opportunities are primarily with existing

clients. Additional full year result risk factors

beyond the RFP include other contract renewals

and new business success coupled with global

macroeconomic concerns and foreign exchange

volatility.

11 | Directors’ & Chief Executive Officer’s Report

Consolidated Statements
Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss (unaudited)

For the six months ended 31 December 2023

(NZ$000’s) 6 Months Ended

31 Dec 2023

6 Months Ended

31 Dec 2022

Year Ended 30

Jun 2023 Audited

Operating revenue22,43223,42540,443

Other income334(81)(58)

Total income22,76623,34440,385

Expenses

Employee costs5,4215,4119,921

Research & development--813

Directors’ fees & salaries144124268

Print & other outsource expenses3,7973,5506,730

Other expenses9,40310,14816,941

Total Expenses18,76519,23334,673

Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation

& amortisation (EBITDA)

4,0014,1115,712

Depreciation449494965

Amortisation of intangible assets (software)185585

Net Interest (income) / expense(53)2618

Profit before income tax3,5873,5364,644

Income tax1,1141,0791,219

Net profit after income tax2,4732,4573,425

CentsCentsCents

Basic earnings per share16.816.723.4

Diluted earnings per share16.116.022.8

12 | Consolidated Statements

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (unaudited)
For the six months ended 31 December 2023

(NZ$000’s) 6 Months Ended

31 Dec 2023

6 Months Ended

31 Dec 2022

Year Ended 30 Jun

2023 Audited

Net operating profit after income tax2,4732,4573,425

Exchange differences on translation of

foreign operations

(62)(50)(5)

Total comprehensive income for the year2,4112,4073,420

13 | Consolidated Statements

Consolidated Statement of Changes In Equity (unaudited)
For the six months ended 31 December 2023

(NZ$000’s) Share

Capital

Employee

Share Plan

Currency

Translation Reserve

Accumulated

Losses

Total

Equity

Balance 1 July 20225,57465(34)3095,914

Issue of shares to employees-36--36

Transactions with owners-36--36

Dividend---(589)(589)

Profit for the period after tax

Other comprehensive (loss)

income

-

-

-

-

-

(50)

2,457

-

2,457

(50)

Total comprehensive income--(50)1,8681,818

Balance 31 December 2022

(unaudited)

5,574101(84)2,1777,768

Issue of shares to employees-77--77

Exercise of employee options-----

Transactions with owners77--77

Dividend---(2,060)(2,060)

Profit for the year after tax---3,4253,425

Other comprehensive loss--(5)-(5)

Total comprehensive income--(5)1,6741,360

Balance 30 June 2023 (audited)5,574142(39)1,3657,351

Issue of shares to employees-39--39

Exercise of employee options

Dividend Paid

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(222)

-

(222)

Transactions with owners-39-(222)(183)

Profit for the period after tax---2,4732,473

Other comprehensive loss--(62)-(62)

Total comprehensive income--(62)2,4732,411

Balance 31 December 2023

(unaudited)5,574181(101)3,9259,579

14 | Consolidated Statements

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position (unaudited)
As at 31 December 2023

(NZ$000’s)As at

31 Dec 2023

As at


31 Dec 2022

As at 30 Jun 2023

Audited

Current Assets

Cash and cash equivalents8,2917,1296,628

Trade & other receivables3,0432,7374,565

Inventories and work in progress1,188390179

Deferred tax benefit188207187

Prepayments314389311

Total Current Assets13,02410,85211,870

Current Liabilities

Trade creditors1,2611,2682,389

Other current liabilities2,8732,3122,707

Other non-financial liabilities7422152

Employee benefit liabilities8751,112872

Lease liability – current677677676

Total Current Liabilities5,7605,3916,796

Working Capital7,2645,4615,074

Non-Current Assets

Capital works in progress36234263

Property, plant & equipment314352339

Right of use assets2,1973,0322,188

Intangible assets27230-

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15 | Consolidated Statements

(NZ$000’s)As at
31 Dec 2023

As at


31 Dec 2022

As at 30 Jun 2023

Audited

Goodwill1,0611,0611,061

Total Non-Current Assets3,8804,7093,851

Non-Current Liabilities

Lease liability1,5652,4021,574

1,5652,4021,574

Net Assets9,5797,7687,351

Equity

Share capital5,5745,5745,574

Employee share option plan181101142

Foreign currency translation reserve(101)(84)(39)

Accumulated profit3,9252,1771,674

Total Equity9,5797,7687,351

For and on behalf of the Board

______________________________________________ ______________________________________________

John McMahon – Director (Chair) Andy Preece – Director (Chair of Audit & Risk)

Date: 22 February 2024

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position (unaudited)

As at 31 December 2023

16 | Consolidated Statements

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow (unaudited)
For the six months ended 31 December 2023

(NZ$000’s) 6 Months to

31 Dec 2023

6 Months to


31 Dec 2022

Year to 30 Jun 2023


Audited

Cash Flow from Operating Activities

Cash was provided from:

Receipts from sales25,56626,01542,315

Other revenue334(91)(58)

25,90025,92442,257

Cash was applied to:

Payments to suppliers17,05316,45424,899

Payments to employees5,4915,02210,909

GST & Income Tax paid to Inland Revenue1,0141,0421,606

23,55822,51837,414

Net Cash Inflow from Operating Activities2,3423,4064,843

Cash Flow from Investing Activities

Cash was applied to:

Purchase of right-of-use assets381--

Purchase of property, plant & equipment &

capital works in progress

104240275

485240275

Net Cash from Investing Activities(485)(240)(275)

Cash Flow from Financing Activities

Cash was provided from:

Finance lease additions381--

381--

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17 | Consolidated Statements

(NZ$000’s) 6 Months to
31 Dec 2023

6 Months to


31 Dec 2022

Year to 30 Jun 2023


Audited

Cash was applied to:

Payment of dividends2225892,060

Interest (received) / paid

Finance lease liabilities

(53)

405

26

430

18

871

5741,0452,949

Net Cash Outflow from Financing Activities(193)(1,045)(2,949)

Net change in cash and cash equivalents1,6632,1201,619

Add cash & cash equivalents held at

beginning of year

6,6285,0095,009

Finance Facility and Cash Balance at End of

Year

8,2917,1296,628

Reconciliation of net deficit after income tax for the year with net cash inflow from operating activities

Net surplus after income tax2,4732,4573,425

Interest (received) / expense(53)2618

Add non-cash items:

Depreciation & amortisation of assets4675491,050

Gain / (loss) on foreign exchange(63)91168

Bad and doubtful debts(1)(16)(15)

Other non-cash items(16)(15)94

Cash Flow from Trading2,8073,0924,740

Add movements in Working Capital(465)314103

Net Cash Inflow from Operating Activities2,3423,4064,843

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow (unaudited)

For the six months ended 31 December 2023

18 | Consolidated Statements

Notes to the Financial Statement (unaudited)
For the six months ended 31 December 2023

1 . Corporate Information

Principles of consolidation

The condensed unaudited interim financial statements

include the accounts of Solution Dynamics Limited

(SDL or Company) and its subsidiaries, Solution

Dynamics International Limited, Solution Dynamics

Incorporated and Déjar International Limited

(collectively the Group) for the six months ended

31 December 2023 were authorised for issue in

accordance with a resolution of directors on 22

February 2024.

These unaudited interim financial statements are

for the six months ended 31 December 2023 and

are presented in rounded thousands NZ$, which

is the functional currency of the parent company.

They have been prepared in accordance with New

Zealand generally accepted accounting practice and

comply with New Zealand Equivalent to International

Accounting Standard 34 (NZ IAS 34) and IAS 34

“Interim Financial Reporting” (IAS 34). They do not

include all of the information required in annual

financial statements in accordance with IFRS’s and

should be read in conjunction with the consolidated

financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2023.

Solution Dynamics Limited is a public company

incorporated and domiciled in New Zealand and is

listed on the NZX. The registered office is located at

18 Canaveral Drive, Albany in Auckland.

Nature of Operations

The Group offers a range of integrated solutions

encompassing data management, electronic digital

printing, document distribution, web presentment

and archiving, fulfilment, traditional print services,

scanning, data entry and document management.

Accounting Framework

The preparation of the interim financial statements

have been prepared in compliance with generally

accepted accounting practice in New Zealand (NZ

GAAP), the requirements set out in Part 7 of the

Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013 as a reporting

entity, the Main Board Listing Rules of the NZX,

the Companies Act 1993, and other authoritative

pronouncements issued by the New Zealand

Accounting Standards Board (NZ ASB).

2 . Significant Accounting Policies

These interim financial statements have been prepared

in accordance with the accounting policies adopted in

the Group’s most recent annual financial statements

for the year ended 30 June 2023.

3 . Estimates

When preparing the interim financial statements,

management undertakes a number of judgements,

estimates and assumptions about recognition and

measurement of assets, liabilities, income and expenses.

The actual results may differ from the judgements,

estimates and assumptions made by management,

and will seldom equal the estimated results.

The judgements, estimates and assumptions applied

in the interim financial statements, including the key

sources of estimation uncertainty were the same

as those applied in the Group’s last annual financial

statements for the year ended 30 June 2023.

19 | Notes to the Financial Statement (unaudited)

The consolidated financial statements have been
prepared under the assumption that the Group

operates as a going concern.

4 . Segment Information

The Group operates in one business segment, the

supply of customer communication solutions.

These include a range of integrated document

management products and services separated into

three streams; Software & technology, Outsource

Services and Digital Communications. Specific

elements of these streams are as follows:

• Software & Technology, Solution Dynamics owns

the intellectual property in five products;

• Déjar is an enterprise-scale, SaaS-hosted

document archiving and retrieval solution.

It captures documents such as invoices,

statements, and customer correspondence at

the time of printing and stores them in highly

efficient format as a permanent record for later

viewing, reissue, or analysis.

• Bremy is a SaaS-based Digital Asset

Management system that can repurpose high-

resolution assets across multiple publishing

channels, such as Email and the web. It can

dynamically optimize these assets by changing

file formats and sizes depending on the desired

output channel.

• Composer is a SaaS-based PDF document

composition solution. It is template-driven

and uses client data to manage and generate

customer communication. Composer is highly

scalable and capable of generating millions of

documents.

• Digital Mail Centre (DMC) is a SaaS-based

solution that allows users to generate ad-hoc

print, email, or SMS communication based on

pre-configured templates. Users manage and

create their own templates within the system

using template builders. They can even use the

production Composer templates SDL uses to

generate the cyclic communication.

• Jupiter is a Global Job Workflow application

that was acquired through the purchase of the

DigitalToPrint business. The application manages

and routes print jobs received from clients to

multiple global print suppliers simultaneously.

Jupiter monitors and reports all jobs globally

informing clients of the job.

In addition to owning the intellectual property for

the above products, Solution Dynamics provides

programming, consulting and design services that

help clients to distribute marketing and essential

communications by mail and electronically. The

provision of these services is covered under this

category.

• Digital Printing & Output Services is solely New

Zealand revenue and includes the printing of

client’s information digitally using high speed

laser printers followed by output fulfilment,

lodgement and distribution of those documents

using a variety of machine and other processes.

• Outsourced Services, not all components of

Solution Dynamics’ services in New Zealand are

produced internally. External elements such as

domestic New Zealand post, freight, paper, and

envelopes are sourced from external suppliers

and included in this service stream. Solution

Dynamics has long term arrangements with a

number of key suppliers such as NZ Post for the

provision of these services.

An overhead structure including sales, marketing

and administration departments provides services

for all of the above revenue streams.

20 | Notes to the Financial Statement (unaudited)

(NZ$000’s)6 Months to
31 Dec 2023

6 Months to


31 Dec 2022

Year to

30 June 2023

Software & Technology16,26571%17,12573%28,42770%

Digital Printing &

Document Handling

Services

2,24110%2,30810%4,43011%

Outsourced services4,26019%3,91117%7,52819%

Total income22,766100%23,344100%40,385100%

Less cost of sales13,79061%14,32261%24,39960%

Gross margin8,97639%9,02239%15,98640%

Selling, general &

administration

4,97522%4,91121%10,27425%

Earnings before interest,

tax, depreciation &

amortisation

4,00118%4,11118%5,71214%

Depreciation4492%4942%9652%

Amortisation180%550%850%

Interest (received) / paid(53)0%260%180%

Income tax1,1145%1,0795%1,2193%

Operating Profit after

income tax

2,473 11%2,45711%3,4258%

21 | Notes to the Financial Statement (unaudited)

Notes to the Financial Statement (unaudited)
For the six months ended 31 December 2023

4 . Segment Information (continued)

Segment Assets

Assets are not segmented between service streams.

Information about major customers

Included in revenues for Solution Dynamics of $22.77 million (2022: $23.34 million) are service revenues of

$10.49 million (2022: $10.69 million) which arose from sales to the Company’s largest customer.

Included in revenues for the group of $22.77 million (2022: $23.34 million) are service revenues of $14.82

million (2022: $15.34 million) which arose from sales of the top five customers in the group.

Geographical Information

The Group has customers in New Zealand, Australia, United States of America, and Europe.

Revenue from external customersNon-current assets

(NZ$000’s)6 Months to


31 Dec 2023

6 Months to


31 Dec 2022

Year to


30 June 2023

As at


31 Dec 2023

As at


31 Dec 2022

As at


30 June 2023

New Zealand8,2097,44814,6683,8774,6993,845

Australia239260536---

United States

of America

12,67514,37522,214-31

Europe1,6431,2612,967375

Total22,76623,34440,3853,8804,7093,851

22 | Notes to the Financial Statement (unaudited)

5 . Cash & Cash Equivalents
(NZ$000’s) As at

31 Dec 2023

As at

31 Dec 2022

As at

30 Jun 2023

Cash and cash equivalents8,2917,1296,628

Total Finance Facility and Cash 8,2917,1296,628

Solution Dynamics has an overdraft facility in place with the ANZ Bank at an interest rate of

12.05% p.a. (2022: 10.6%). This facility is to support the operational requirements of the Group,

is interest only and is secured by first ranking security Agreement over the assets of the parent

Solution Dynamics Limited.

At period end, the ANZ Bank has imposed no financial covenants to secure the existing facilities.

The Group maintains a $200,000 overdraft facility that was unused at the reporting date (2022:

$200,000). The Group continues to hold a net cash position with no bank debt (2022: $Nil).

At the end of the reporting period the Bank provided commercial guarantees totalling $65,000

(2022: $65,000) to the Group’s suppliers.

23 | Notes to the Financial Statement (unaudited)

6 . Share Capital & Share-based Payments
Solution Dynamics Limited has 14,719,810 ordinary shares (2022: 14,719,810 ordinary shares) each fully paid.

The Group operates equity-settled, share-based compensation plans, under which employees provide services

in exchange for non-transferable options. The value of the employee services rendered for the grant of non-

transferable options is recognised as an expense over the vesting period, and the amount is determined by

reference to the fair value of the options granted.

Number of Shares

Shares in NZ$000’s

As at

31 Dec 2023

As at


31 Dec 2022

As at


30 Jun 2023

Shares Issued and Fully Paid:

• Beginning of the period14,72014,72014,720

Shares Issued and Fully Paid14,72014,72014,720

Employee Share Option Plan:

• Beginning of the period593373373

• Granted-220220

Shares Authorised for Share-based Payments593593593

Total Shares Authorised at the end of the Period15,31315,31315,313

Options granted during the year were nil (2022: 220,000), the 2022 options were at a weighted average

exercise price of nil (2022: $2.25). Of the current option pool, 200,000 options are eligible to be exercised

from October 2023, 173,000 options eligible to be exercised in February 2025 and 220,000 options eligible

to be exercised in October 2025.

24 | Notes to the Financial Statement (unaudited)

7 . Related Parties
Transactions between related parties include

payments to shareholders, directors and their

companies and senior executives, also being

shareholders.

Related party transactions from 1 July 2023 to 31

December 2023 were as follows:

Key management were paid $1,513,176 (as

employees of Solution Dynamics Limited) during the

period (2022: $1,183,702) and were owed $151,981,

including annual leave, (2022: $182,907)

• Salaries paid to directors are disclosed in the

Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss.

8 . Events after the Balance Date

At the board meeting of 22 February 2024, the

directors resolved to pay a fully imputed interim

dividend of 7.0 cents per share, amounting to

$1,030,087 (2023: the directors approved the

payment of a fully imputed interim dividend of 10.0

cents per share, amounting to $1,471,981). There

were no other significant events after balance date.

25 | Notes to the Financial Statement (unaudited)

Directory
Directors

John McMahon – Non-independent Chair

Julian Beavis – Independent

Elmar Toime – Independent

Andy Preece – Independent

Lee Eglinton – Independent

Company Officers

Patrick Brand – CEO

Suzanne Watts – CFO & Company Secretary

Auditors

Grant Thornton New Zealand Audit Partnership

Grant Thornton House

152 Fanshawe Street

AUCKLAND

Bankers

ANZ National Bank Limited

9-11 Corinthian Drive

Albany

AUCKLAND

Legal Representative

Stephen Layburn

Commercial Barrister

Level 3, 175 Queen Street

AUCKLAND

Share Registry

Computershare Investor Services

Level 2, 159 Hurstmere Rd

Takapuna

AUCKLAND

Private Bag 92119

Auckland Mail Centre

AUCKLAND 1142

Registered Office and address for service

18 Canaveral Drive

Albany

AUCKLAND

PO Box 301248

Albany

AUCKLAND 0752

Tel +64 9 9707700

Solution Dynamics (International) Limited

Lancaster Court, 8 Barnes Wallis Road,

Fareham, PO15 5TU

Hampshire

UNITED KINGDOM

Tel +44 1489 668219

Solution Dynamics Incorporated

260 Madison Avenue, 8th floor

New York, New York 10016

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Tel: +1 (917) 319 5625

Déjar International Limited (non-trading)

18 Canaveral Drive

Albany

AUCKLAND

PO Box 301248

Albany

AUCKLAND 0752

26 | Directory

NEW ZEALAND ̵ UNITED KINGDOM ̵ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
www.solutiondynamics.com

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Section 1: Issuer information

Name of issuer Solution Dynamics Limited

Financial product name/description Ordinary Shares

NZX ticker code SDL

ISIN (If unknown, check on NZX

website)

NZSDLE0001S8

Type of distribution

(Please mark with an X in the

relevant box/es)

Full Year Quarterly

Half Year X Special

DRP applies

Record date 22/03/2024

Ex-Date (one business day before the

Record Date)

21/03/2024

Payment date (and allotment date for

DRP)

10/04/2024

Total monies associated with the

distribution

1


$1,030,386.70 (14,719,810 shares @ $0.07000000

Source of distribution (for example,

retained earnings)

Retained Earnings

Currency NZD$

Section 2: Distribution amounts per financial product

Gross distribution

2

$ 0.09722222

Gross taxable amount

3

$ 0.09722222

Total cash distribution

4

$ 0.07000000

Excluded amount (applicable to listed

PIEs)

$ n/a

Supplementary distribution amount $ n/a


1

Continuous issuers should indicate that this is based on the number of units on issue at the date of the form

2

“Gross distribution” is the total cash distribution plus the amount of imputation credits, per financial product, before the deduction of

Resident Withholding Tax (RWT).

3

“Gross taxable amount” is the gross distribution minus any excluded income.

4

“Total cash distribution” is the cash distribution excluding imputation credits, per financial product, before the deduction of RWT.

This should include any excluded amounts, where applicable to listed PIEs.

Section 3: Imputation credits and Resident Withholding Tax
5


Is the distribution imputed


Fully imputed



If fully or partially imputed, please

state imputation rate as % applied

6


28%

Imputation tax credits per financial

product

$0.02722222

Resident Withholding Tax per

financial product

$0.00486111

Section 4: Distribution re-investment plan (if applicable)

DRP % discount (if any)

n/a

Start date and end date for

determining market price for DRP

n/a n/a

Date strike price to be announced (if

not available at this time)

n/a

Specify source of financial products to

be issued under DRP programme

(new issue or to be bought on market)

n/a

DRP strike price per financial product

n/a

Last date to submit a participation

notice for this distribution in

accordance with DRP participation

terms

n/a

Section 5: Authority for this announcement

Name of person


authorised to make

this announcement

Suzanne Watts, Company Secretary

Contact person for this

announcement

Suzanne Watts, Company Secretary

Contact phone number +64 27 524 9103

Contact email address susiewa@solutiondynamics.com

Date of release through MAP


22/02/2024





5

The imputation credits plus the RWT amount is 33% of the gross taxable amount for the purposes of this form. If the distribution is

fully imputed the imputation credits will be 28% of the gross taxable amount with remaining 5% being RWT. This does not constitute

advice as to whether or not RWT needs to be withheld.



6

Calculated as (imputation credits/gross taxable amount) x 100. Fully imputed dividends will be 28% as a % rate applied.

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Results for announcement to the market

Name of issuer Solution Dynamics Limited

Reporting Period 6 months to December 2023

Previous Reporting Period 6 months to December 2022

Currency

Amount (000s) Percentage change

Revenue from continuing

operations

$22,766 -2.5%

Total Revenue $22,766 -2.5%

Net profit/(loss) from

continuing operations

$2,473 0.65%

Total net profit/(loss) $2,473 0.65%

Interim/Final Dividend

Amount per Quoted Equity

Security

$ 0.07000000

Imputed amount per Quoted

Equity Security

$ 0.02722222

Record Date 21/03/2024

Dividend Payment Date 10/04/2024

Current period Prior comparable period

Net tangible assets per

Quoted Equity Security

$0.560197448 $0.453524229

A brief explanation of any of

the figures above necessary

to enable the figures to be

understood

Refer to the Directors and Chief Executive Officers Report in the

attached Financial Statements.

Authority for this announcement

Name of person


authorised

to make this announcement

Suzanne Watts, Company Secretary

Contact person for this

announcement

Suzanne Watts, Company Secretary

Contact phone number +64 27 5249103

Contact email address susiewa@solutiondynamics.com

Date of release through MAP


22/02/2024

Unaudited financial statements accompany this announcement.

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