02/03/2010 07:32:00

Ideas International Limited (IDEAS) Reports 76% Increase in Profit After Tax

Ideas

International

(ASX:

IDE

),

the leading global supplier of actionable comparative intelligence on

enterprise IT infrastructure, today released its 2009 full-year results.

“We are pleased to present profit after tax of $997k for the year

to 31 December 2009. In addition we have increased our working capital

by 62% to over $3.2 million and have increased total income by 1.2% to

$6.945 million,” said Stephen Bowhill, CEO. “The earnings result is

ahead of the upper end of previous guidance and 76% ahead of the

restated result

(1)

from 2008.

Given the overall difficult economic conditions for 2009 we are very

pleased with this result. Additionally, the group was cash flow positive

for the year, with net cash provided by operating activities of just

over $1.0 million, and we expect the small amount of bank debt we have

remaining to be repaid as planned in November 2010.

“We continue to see strong interest in our services from major IT

infrastructure vendors and we have signed a few newer, smaller storage

providers to our client list. Additionally we are winning new clients

globally for the Server CAR consolidation service, a modelling tool for

developing a business case for server consolidation studies.

We

expect to see increased interest in this service in 2010 and hope that

our distribution deal with Current Analysis in the USA will show signs

of success in distributing Server CAR and Competitive Profiles.”

“We are now building strong online platform services with the

Server CAR and the new modules for inventory import that we added late

last year, and given the potentially scalable nature of

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) businesses with their low-cost of

deployment we expect to be able to deliver a similar profit number in

2010,” said Bowhill. “We look forward to advising our investors at the

AGM of the potential growth in our client base, any successes from our

distribution arrangement with Current Analysis and the advancement of

our product strategy particularly with regard to green IT, IT

efficiency, business partners and end user corporate clients.”

Abridged financial statements ($ AU)

Income Statement to 31 December 2009 (Abridged)

 

 

31 Dec

2009

$

 

31 Dec 2008

(

(1)

restated)

$

Revenue & other income

6,944,580

6,860,033

Operating & other expenses

(5,623,718)

(6,023,828)

Profit before income tax

1,320,862

836,505

Income tax expense

(323,573)

(269,913)

Profit after tax

997,289

566,592

Earnings per share (cents)

7.8

4.4

 

Balance Sheet at 31 December 2009 (Abridged)

 

 

31 Dec 2009

$

 

31 Dec 2008

(

(1)

restated)

$

Assets

Cash and cash equivalents

1,782,287

1,004,305

Trade and other receivables

2,406,128

2,265,497

Other assets

568,374

406,232

Deferred tax assets

551,238

923,900

Intangible assets

2,348,933

2,348,933

Total Assets

7,656,960

6,948,867

Liabilities

Trade and other payables

670,096

991,240

Borrowings

118,711

235,957

Revenue received in advance

3,187,435

3,067,905

Other liabilities

567,317

427,040

Total Liabilities

4,543,559

4,722,142

Equity

Issued capital

2,756,462

2,756,462

Share options reserve

153,889

113,150

Accumulated losses & reserves

203,050

(642,887)

Total Equity

3,113,401

2,226,725

 

(1)

Restatement 2008

Terms and conditions of IDEAS customer contracts have changed over

time which has resulted in some subscription license contracts being

incorrectly recognised up-front in prior periods. Adjustments have been

made to correct the amounts recognised as at 31 December 2008. This

error had the effect of a $255,390 overstatement of revenue and $255,390

understatement of deferred revenue, a $105,792 understatement of

deferred tax assets and overstatement of income tax expense of the same

amount, and an overstatement of retained earnings of $149,598 as at 31

December 2008.

www.ideasinternational.com

Forward-Looking Statements:

This press release contains forward-looking statements including

expectations for Ideas International’s 2010 full year fiscal performance

and profit after tax improvements as well as reference to global

regulations regarding carbon output and interest in related Ideas

International products and services, that involve known and unknown

risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ

materially from those expressed or implied in this press release.

Any

statement not a statement of historical fact is a forward-looking

statement, including without limitation statements concerning demand for

and benefits of Ideas International products and integration of its

products with existing solutions.

Actual results could differ

materially from those stated or implied in forward-looking statements

due to a number of factors.

Ideas International takes no

responsibility to update any forward-looking statements.

Ideas International

Richelle Gillett, +61 2 9954 3299

richelleg@spectrumcomms.com.au

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