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    • Summary: FLLYR: IKE: IKEGPS Full Year Audited Results for Year 31 March 2015
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    FLLYR: IKE: IKEGPS Full Year Audited Results for Year 31 March 2015
    
    IKEGPS FULL YEAR AUDITED RESULTS FOR YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2015
    
    Financial Performance
    The Group's reported income of $4.0 million for the financial year ended 31
    March 2015 (FY15) represents a 114% increase on the previous financial year's
    revenue. This increase was based primarily on sales of our GE MapSight
    solution to the electric utilities market (216 units sold during FY15) and
    the introduction of our new smartphone solution, Spike (with 1,191 units sold
    during FY15).
    Contract services relating to Spike were delivered to two major industry
    partners during FY15, with this contract revenue being achieved earlier than
    expected.  An additional $0.5 million in contract services was invoiced and
    receipted in FY15 but corresponding revenue recognition was deferred into the
    2016 financial year (FY16).
    FY15 income was below the level forecast as part of the Company's 2014
    initial public offering (IPO) of $6.4 million. This was primarily due to
    anticipated sales of the new smart phone solution falling just outside the 31
    March 2015 financial year end. We are pleased to have received those
    expected orders in April 2015 from our Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
    partner, and the Board believes that this will result in outperformance in
    this channel in FY16.
    The loss attributable to owners of $5.1 million for FY15 was lower than the
    $5.3 million loss forecast as part of the Company's IPO.  This reduction was
    a result of the overall scaling of the business tracking around 90 days
    behind the plan set out in the IPO offer documents. This slight delay in
    building out resources reduced costs in the period and impacted our forecast
    increase in revenues.
    Building markets and capability
    Pleasingly, the Group has built significant capability through FY15 to
    underpin growth targets for FY16 and beyond. This included establishing two
    new offices in the USA, expanding our Wellington engineering and
    manufacturing facility and initiating sales presences in Asia and Europe.
    Full-time equivalent staff numbers increased approximately 2.5 times through
    the period - from 21 in March 2014 to 60 by March 2015. At the date of this
    release there are 63 full-time equivalent staff. Our focus on recruitment and
    on-boarding has resulted in high calibre staff joining us in the key areas of
    sales and marketing, product development and customer support. Our focus for
    FY16 is to continue to work towards building operating and support platforms
    capable of supporting a much larger number of end-users, building an online
    sales and marketing capability to capture the large and expanding addressable
    market for Spike, and building direct sales capability for GE MapSight - our
    high value and higher touch solution sold to electric utilities businesses.
    The Group's primary sales and marketing office is now located in Broomfield,
    Colorado and an engineering operations office has been established in
    Seattle, Washington. The New Zealand premises in Wellington has also
    undergone extensions to accommodate our increased software and hardware
    engineering staff numbers.
    Product extensions
    In FY15 we introduced Spike, the Group's new smart laser measurement
    solution. The hard launch of Spike tracked about 90 days behind the plan set
    out in the IPO offer documents, but we are nevertheless very pleased with the
    momentum in the Spike business today. Spike is now experiencing strong online
    sales growth as well as the emergence of enterprise sales opportunities that
    will be pursued through FY16.  Spike unit sales are currently forecast to
    exceed the IPO offer document forecast for FY16 of 2,712 units and revenue of
    $2.9m. In addition, in November 2014 we announced the signing of a branding
    and distribution deal with Stanley Black & Decker that is expected to
    underpin high-volume distribution in FY16.
    Looking further ahead for the remainder of FY16, the Group's revenue model is
    expected to be extended with new cloud-based subscription software products
    designed to complement existing product offerings including our GE MapSight
    and Spike platforms, moving the business model towards an increased
    proportion of recurring revenue.   We expect that these products will be
    introduced in the first half of FY16 under the ikeGPS brand as well as
    alongside a major global partner.
    Outlook for FY16
    As previously announced to the market, the Group's outlook for FY16 is for
    revenues to be in line with its IPO offer document forecasts, with revenues
    growing to $14.3 million.  Overall we are very pleased with momentum across
    all of our business segments as we begin the 2016 financial year.  FY16 is
    projected to be a period of around 250% growth compared with FY15 revenues,
    and the Board is confident that this momentum will carry over into the 2017
    financial year.
    About ikeGPS
    ikeGPS is changing the way the world is measured, utilizing its smart laser
    measurement solutions to capture, record and export measurement data.
    Electric utility, telecom, government, engineering, construction, real
    estate, signage, and other field data collection-based professionals use
    ikeGPS products to modernize the way measurements are taken and shared.
     Spike, a laser accurate Smartphone measurement solution, and GE MapSight, an
    all-in-one customizable field data collection solution, uniquely combine
    intelligent software and hardware into comprehensive but simple-to-use tools.
    With an ike photograph, you can capture measurement, distance, location and
    other data in real time, significantly improving business process, user
    productivity and safety.
     ikeGPS is headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand and is listed on the New
    Zealand Stock Exchange under the stock symbol IKE. The company's sales and
    marketing organization is based in Broomfield, Colorado, which supports
    global efforts in the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. For more information, visit
    www.ikegps.com.
    GE is a trademark of General Electric Company and is under license by ikeGPS
    Ltd, 42 Adelaide Road, Wellington 6021, New Zealand.
    Contact
    Glenn Milnes, CEO and Managing Director
    ikeGPS Group Limited.
    +1 303- 222 3218 [email protected]
    End CA:00264981 For:IKE    Type:FLLYR      Time:2015-05-29 08:31:01
    				
 
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