COUNT LIMITED — Interim / Quarterly Report 2012

Feb 28, 2012

Appendix 4D Half year report

Appendix 4D

Half year report

1. Company details

Name of entity

Countplus Limited

ABN or equivalent companyreference	Half year ended (‘current period’)Half year ended (‘previous period’)	Half year ended (‘current period’)Half year ended (‘previous period’)	Half year ended (‘current period’)Half year ended (‘previous period’)	Half year ended (‘current period’)Half year ended (‘previous period’)
11 126 990 832		31 December 2011		31 December 2010

2. Results for announcement to the market

2.Results for announcement to the mar	ket$A’000’s	ket$A’000’s	ket$A’000’s
2.1Revenues from ordinary activities2.2Profit (loss) from ordinary activities after taxattributable to members2.3Net profit (loss) for the period attributable tomembers	up20.22%to53,583up94.68%to6,874up94.68%to6,874
2.4Dividends		Currentperiod	Previousperiod
Interim Dividend(fully franked at 30% tax rate) paidFinal Dividend(fully franked at 30% tax rate) paid		4.0¢01-Jul-112.0¢15-Aug-11	-N/A-N/A
Interim Dividend(fully franked at 30% tax rate) paidInterim Dividend(fully franked at 30% tax rate) payable/paid		3.0¢ 15-Nov-113.0¢15-Feb-12	6.4¢ per partly paidshareShares paid up to46.6 cents ondividend date05-Nov-2010-N/A
Interim Dividend proposed(fullyfranked at 30% tax rate)		3.0¢15-May-12	2.0¢*01-Jul-11
2.5Record date for determining entitlements to theproposed interim dividend.	20 April 2012

*The July 2011 dividend was initially declared to be 2 cents per the ASX announcement dated 28 February 2011 and included on the Appendix 4D for the period ending December 2010. This was subsequently increased to 4 cents in the ASX announcement dated 9 May 2011.

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• 2.6 Brief explanation of any of the figures in 2.1 to 2.4 above necessary to enable the figures to be understood:

Please refer to the ASX announcement dated 29 February 2012 and the half year report.

NTA backingNet tangible asset backing per security (centPer share)	Current period	Previous period
	9.45¢	6.27¢

3. NTA backing

4. Control gained over entities/Loss of control over entities

Countplus gained control over the following entities in the period. Please refer to Note 11 of the Half-Year Financial Report for further information.

Count GPS Pty Ltd . 1 July 2011

5. Dividends

	Currentperiod	Currentperiod	Previousperiod	Previousperiod
	Date dividendpaid/payable	$’000	Date dividend paid	$’000
Interim Dividend	1 July 2011	4,187	N/A	-
Final Dividend	15 August 2011	2,074	N/A	-
Interim Dividend	15 November 2011	3,287	5 November 2010	1,200
Total dividend paid		9,548		-
Dividend provided for andrecognised as a liability	15 February 2012	3,265	N/A	-
Dividends proposed and notrecognised as a liability	15 May 2012	3,265	1 July 2011	2,079*

*The July 2011 dividend was initially declared to be 2 cents per the ASX announcement dated 28 February 2011 and included on the Appendix 4D for the period ending December 2010. This was subsequently increased to 4 cents in the ASX announcement dated 9 May 2011.

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6. Dividend Reinvestment Plans

The company does not operate a dividend reinvestment plan.

7. Details of associates and joint venture entities

There were no associates at 31 December 2011 as a result of acquisitions.

8. Foreign entities

Not applicable

9. Events after balance sheet date

On 11 February, Melbourne based wholly-owned subsidiary of Countplus Limited - Kidmans PEC Pty Ltd (Kidmans) entered into a Share Sale and Purchase Agreement (SSPA) under which it is proposed that Kidmans will acquire all of the shares in Pacific East Coast Pty Ltd (PEC) - a Property and Accounting Group (PEC Group). The PEC Group includes PEC, 7 subsidiaries and a 50% share in a joint venture company. Completion of the proposed acquisition of PEC under the SSPA is conditional on the satisfaction (or waiver) of certain conditions expected to be finalised within the next few weeks. Please refer to Note 12 of the Half-Year Financial Report for further information.

10. If the accounts are subject to audit dispute or qualification, details are described below:

Additional disclosures can be found in the notes to the 2012 Half-Year Financial Statements.

This report is based on the consolidated 2012 Half-Year Financial Statements which have been reviewed by Ernst & Young with the Independent Auditor’s Review Report included in the 2012 Half-Year Financial Statements.

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