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JCURVE SOLUTIONS LTD Annual Report 2008

Aug 28, 2008

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Companies Announcement Office Australian Securities Exchange Exchange Centre Level 4, 20 Bridge Street Sydney NSW 2000

Stratatel Limited ABN 63 088 257 729

Level 1, 1254 Hay Street West Perth WA 6005 PO Box 1673 West Perth WA 6872 [T] +61 8 9212 4000 [F] +61 8 9212 4001 [W] stratatel.com.au

29[th] August 2008

STRATATEL INCREASES PROFIT BEFORE TAX BY 160% - DECLARES FURTHER DIVIDEND!

Dear Sir/Madam,

Preliminary Final Report

In accordance with ASX Listing Rule 4.3A and the requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 we hereby present Stratatel Limited‟s Preliminary Final Report for the period ended 30 June 2008.

Reporting Period

The operating results for the year to 30 June 2008 are shown with comparisons to the previous corresponding period, being the twelve months to 30 June 2007.

Results For Announcement To The Market

2008
$‟000s
2007
$‟000s
Percentage change
over previous
corresponding
period
Revenue from ordinary activities 6,225 3,291 89.2
Profit for theperiod before tax 1,035 398 160.1
Netprofit after tax 1,381 689 100.4

Dividends

On 8[th] April 2008 the company‟s maiden unfranked interim dividend of 0.25 cents per share was paid to shareholders.

As a result of the company‟s continued improvement in performance the Board of Directors is pleased to announce a final unfranked dividend for the 2007-08 financial year of 0.25 cents per share. The record date for the Dividend is Wednesday 1[st] October 2008, with payment expected to be made on Friday 17[th] October 2008.

Net Tangible Assets / Earnings Per Share

Net Tangible Assets / Earnings Per Share
Current
period
Previous
corresponding
period
Net tangible assets per ordinary share $0.007 $0.014
Basic earnings per ordinary share $0.0162 $0.0087

Independent Audit Report

This Preliminary Final Report is based on accounts which are being audited and which are not the subject of qualification or dispute.

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Stratatel Limited Appendix 4E Preliminary Final Report

Accounting Policies, Estimation Methods and Measurements

The accounting policies, estimation methods and measurement bases used in the Appendix 4E are the same as those used in the previous annual report and half-year report.

Explanation of Result

Total revenue generated by the Company for the twelve months to 30 June 08 increased 89% to $6.2m over the previous corresponding period (2007: $3.3m) reflecting continuing sales momentum from the Company‟s software solutions.

Diagram 1: Graph showing growth in revenue since 2003 by product suite

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Important Dates:

1 May 07 – acquisition of the assets of Softlog Systems Pty Ltd, including the Softlog.Enterprise[TM] software suite

1 May 08 – acquisition of the assets of Phoneware Communications Systems Pty Ltd including the CADS suite

Please refer to the Directors‟ Report in the Annual Accounts and Review of Operations below for additional explanation of the financial results.

Review of Operations

Overview

The 2007-08 year resulted in the Company meeting profit expectations and generate over $1m in profit before tax, a 160% increase over the previous financial year (2007: $389k).

This result was achieved through broadly based sales growth and was assisted late in the financial year through the acquisition of the assets of Phoneware Communications Systems Pty Ltd in May 2008, including the CADS suite, a market leading suite of call accounting and telecommunications management applications.

Softlog Systems Pty Ltd, acquired in May 2007, added $2.3m in revenue in the 2007-08 financial year and made a contribution to earnings.

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Stratatel Limited Appendix 4E Preliminary Final Report

The Softlog.Enterprise[TM] product suite is focused on cost recovery for the legal and accounting markets whilst further research and development has been conducted to provide a disbursement expense management solution for the corporate market.

The FleetManager[®] product suite manages all asset and expense management solutions developed or acquired including MobileFleet[®] , Infratel[®] , AutoManager, Pool Car Manager, OnTrac and importantly the modular application FleetManager, which provides users with a single web-based application to manage a range of assets and the related expenditure.

Significant research and development effort has been conducted in identifying new and innovative software solutions to maintain Stratatel‟s market leading position, a number of which will be announced to the market in the coming months.

The Company’s Software Solutions

FleetManager[®]

The FleetManager product suite incorporates the FleetManager[®] system, the company‟s „best of breed‟ web-based asset and expenditure management solution, harnessing the functionality from the existing MobileFleet[®] system and integrating these with a more powerful and flexible database structure allowing for the addition of new asset classes such as credit cards, fuel cards, taxi card expenses etc.

Whilst the complete FleetManager[®] solution remains in development the mobiles, fixed line and taxi card management modules were completed and deployed in the 2007-08 financial year, earning nearly $1.17m revenue (2007: $850k)

The FleetManager[®] Value Proposition

FleetManager[®] is designed and built with a ‘One System, One Password, For Life’ ™ approach, enabling an organisation or government agency to seamlessly manage all of their assets and related expenditure in one easy to access system, dramatically reducing administrative and processing costs and providing corporate governance visibility on how these assets are used.

Phoneware

On the 1[st] May 2008 the acquisition of the business and assets of Phoneware Communication Systems Pty Ltd, a company specialising in the provision of Call Accounting and Directory Services (CADS) software, was completed.

Phoneware‟s CADS[® ] suite of call accounting software solutions have been successfully used in the Australian market for over 15 years, has solid recurrent revenue, including revenue derived from major Channel Partners, and compliments Stratatel‟s objective in the marketing and provision of asset and expense management solutions. Stratatel took full control of Phoneware on completion and will provide a strong platform for future growth through the continued support of existing solutions and the development of additional features and functionality, adding to the Stratatel product range.

In the two months since acquisition to 30 June 2008 Phoneware provided revenue of $553k.

Softlog.Enterprise[TM]

The acquired Softlog business is one of Australia‟s most experienced software developers of cost recovery solutions for the legal and accounting markets.

Since 1986, Softlog has been designing and building their extensive suite of integrated expense management and cost recovery solutions. This commitment to being a market leader is best demonstrated in the current Softlog.Enterprise[TM] suite of fully integrated industry-standard modules that eliminate the need for “proprietary” or “dedicated” systems. Instead, the multi-modular Softlog.Enterprise[TM] allows firms to take charge of their own activities and apply the power of the very latest industry-standard workstation technology for seamless, automated cost recovery.

There has been a continued development of the softlog.onboard[®] application, an embedded software solution that resides directly on the Multi-Function Device (MFD) (photocopier / fax / scanner) used in many professional firms.

It is this kind of innovation that has enabled Softlog to achieve international success, with new customers in several countries around the world also enjoying the benefits of Softlog‟s expense management and cost recovery solution.

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Stratatel Limited Appendix 4E Preliminary Final Report

The Softlog Value Proposition

Softlog.Enterprise[TM] and the innovative and unique softlog.onboard[®] solutions provide Softlog clients with the tools to recover up to 80% of their disbursement expenses, providing a rapid return on investment.

Softlog.Enterprise[TM] , like FleetManager[®] is a modular software application that can be tailored to accurately and simply assist clients recover disbursements using one or more of the following modules: Copy, Fax, Phone, Print, Email, Scan, Network and Sundries.

Business Structure

To efficiently and effectively support the FleetManager, Softlog and Phoneware businesses the company has divided the business into divisions to better support current and future requirements, also providing for future growth. An outline of the Stratatel structure can be seen in the diagram below.

The benefit of this structure is that new businesses that are acquired can be integrated into the organisation quickly and with a minimum of fuss. Economies of scale become simpler to identify and action and resource requirements become more identifiable and can be more rapidly deployed.

Diagram 2: The new structure of Stratatel showing the main business divisions

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Outlook for the Company

In the 2008-09 financial year the company expects sales of its fleet management and cost recovery software solutions to continue to grow and underlying recurrent revenue to rise. Stratatel continues to investigate further acquisitions opportunities.

Mike Fairclough
Managing Director
Stratatel Limited
29 August 2008
Date

About Stratatel

Stratatel Limited is a public company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: STE). The business of Stratatel is to provide specialist independent asset and expense management and cost recovery software solutions to the corporate and government sectors.

To this end Stratatel has developed unique and proprietary management systems that are designed to effectively and efficiently manage the cost and administration of assets and related expenditure.

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Stratatel Limited Appendix 4E Preliminary Final Report

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2008

Consolidated Consolidated Parent Parent
Notes 2008 2007 2008 2007
$ $ $ $
Revenue 1 6,224,656 3,291,304 2,857,116 2,753,023
Cost of goods sold (457,299) (171,003) (168,391) (136,796)
Employee benefits expense (2,881,159) (1,816,603) (1,107,688) (1,448,327)
Other employee related expense (570,728) (261,956) (292,772) (220,694)
Communications expense (128,507) (75,812) (69,603) (62,670)
Advertising and marketing (8,324) (3,320) (6,249) (3,320)
Professional fees (389,858) (240,750) (248,388) (228,005)
Occupation expense (382,915) (194,270) (206,637) (162,316)
Listing expense (37,492) (22,048) (32,023) (21,453)
Depreciation and amortisation expense (162,397) (51,222) (135,192) (43,128)
Finance costs (3,606) (4,168) (3,069) (3,982)
Other expenses (167,519) (52,597) (104,686) (49,522)
Profit before income tax 1,034,852 397,555 482,418 372,810
Income tax benefit 345,933 291,747 346,744 291,747
Profit after tax 1,380,785 689,302 829,162 664,557
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Stratatel Limited Appendix 4E Preliminary Final Report

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 JUNE 2008

Assets
Current Assets
Cash and cash equivalents
Trade and other receivables
Inventory
Other financial assets
Total Current Assets
Non-Current Assets
Property, plant and equipment
Development
Intangible assets
Investments in subsidiaries
Other receivables
Investments
Deferred tax asset
Total Non-Current Assets
Total Assets
Liabilities
Current Liabilities
Trade and other payables
Total Current Liabilities
Non-Current Liabilities
Provisions
Other payables
Total Non-Current Liabilities
Total Liabilities
Net Assets
Equity
Issued capital
Reserves
Accumulated losses
Total Equity
Consolidated
Consolidated
Parent
Parent
2008
2007
2008
2007
$ $ $ $
1,066,455
1,195,882
896,487
1,112,714
1,860,687
689,546
574,852
505,269
46,928
41,746
-
-
125,059
62,862
52,954
20,104
3,099,129
1,990,036
1,524,293
1,638,087
206,755
230,695
100,822
106,579
1,558,724
1,055,218
1,260,419
1,012,297
4,123,785
997,799
54,171
54,171
-
-
170,204
170,204
38,061
48,320
2,731,796
390,776
21,917
21,917
21,917
21,917
439,036
138,196
357,857
138,196
6,388,278
2,492,145
4,697,186
1,894,140
9,487,407
4,482,181
6,221,479
3,532,227
2,912,658
683,919
496,609
379,429
2,912,658
683,919
496,609
379,429
79,501
28,568
5,990
7,849
200,000
600,000
-
-
479,501
628,568
5,990
7,849
3,192,159
1,312,487
502,599
387,278
6,295,248
3,169,694
5,718,880
3,144,949
7,918,832
5,846,808
7,918,832
5,846,808
104,343
29,891
104,343
29,891
(1,727,927)
(2,707,005)
(2,304,295)
(2,731,750)
6,295,248
3,169,694
5,718,880
3,144,949
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Stratatel Limited Appendix 4E Preliminary Final Report

CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2008

Cash flows from operating activities
Receipts from customers
Payments to suppliers and employees
Interest received
Interest paid
Income tax received
Net cash provided by/(used in) operating
activities
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of businesses, net of cash acquired
Investment in subsidiaries
Loans to subsidiaries
Purchase of non-current assets
Payment for other investments
Net cash used in investing activities
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from issue of shares
Dividends paid
Share issue costs paid
Net cash provided by financing activities
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 July 2007
Cash and cash equivalents at 30 June 2008
Consolidated
Consolidated
Parent
Parent
2008
2007
2008
2007
Inflows/
(Outflows)
$ Inflows/
(Outflows)
$ Inflows /
(Outflows)
$ Inflows /
(Outflows)
$
4,925,226
3,268,655
2,661,985
2,758,883
(3,762,260)
(2,914,869)
(2,020,864)
(2,561,299)
71,628
72,729
69,102
72,157
(3,606)
(4,168)
(3,069)
(3,982)
45,093
153,551
127,083
153,551
1,276,081
575,898
834,237
419,310
(1,763,381)
(467,147)
-
-
-
-
-
(170,204)
-
-
(2,314,183)
(342,456)
(78,433)
(54,210)
(39,771)
(52,374)
(1,205,746)
(407,949)
(338,552)
(290,852)
(3,047,560)
(929,306)
(2,692,506)
(855,886)
2,165,000
-
2,165,000
-
(389,708)
-
(389,708)
-
(133,250)
-
(133,250)
-
1,642,042
-
1,642,042
-
(129,437)
(353,408)
(216,227)
(436,574)
1,195,882
1,549,290
1,112,714
1,549,290
1,066,445
1,195,882
896,487
1,112,714
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Stratatel Limited Appendix 4E Preliminary Final Report

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2008

Consolidated
As at 1 July 2006
Profit/ (loss) for the period
Income tax benefit
Shares issued
Balance at 30 June 2007
As at 1 July 2007
Profit/ (loss) for the period
Income tax benefit
Dividends declared
Share issue costs
Shares issued
Balance at 30 June 2008
Parent
As at 1 July 2006
Profit/ (loss) for the period
Income tax benefit
Shares issued
Balance at 30 June 2007
As at 1 July 2007
Profit/ (loss) for the period
Income tax benefit
Dividends declared
Share issue costs
Shares issued
Balance at 30 June 2008
Ordinary
Shares
Accumulated
Losses
Equity
Benefits
Reserve
Total
$ $ $ $
5,758,488
(3,396,307)
-
2,362,181
-
397,555
29,891
427,446
-
291,747
-
291,747
5,758,488
(2,707,008)
29,891
3,081,374
88,320
-
-
88,320
5,846,808
(2,707,005)
29,891
3,169,694
5,846,808
(2,707,008)
29,891
3,169,691
-
1,034,852
74,452
1,109,304
-
345,933
-
345,933
-
(401,704)
-
(401,704)
5,846,808
(1,727,927)
104,343
4,223,224
(129,824)
-
-
(129,824)
2,201,848
-
-
2,201,848
7,918,832
(1,727,927)
104,343
6,295,248
Ordinary
Shares
Accumulated
Losses
Equity
Benefits
Reserve
Total
$ $ $ $
5,758,488
(3,396,307)
-
2,362,181
-
372,810
29,891
402,701
-
291,747
-
291,747
5,846,808
(2,731,750)
29,891
3,056,629
88,320
-
-
88,320
5,846,808
(2,731,750)
29,891
3,144,949
5,846,808
(2,731,753)
29,891
3,144,946
-
482,418
74,452
556,870
-
346,744
-
346,744
-
(401,704)
-
(401,704)
5,846,808
(2,304,295)
104,343
3,646,856
(129,824)
-
-
(129,824)
2,201,848
-
-
2,201,848
7,918,832
(2,304,295)
104,343
5,718,880
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Stratatel Limited Appendix 4E Preliminary Final Report

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2008

NOTE 1: REVENUES AND EXPENSES

(a) Revenue
Operating activities
Consultancy income
MobileFleet®income
FleetManager®– mobiles
FleetManager®– other modules
Infratel income
PoolCarManager income
Development income
OnTrac income
Softlog sales income
Softlog maintenance income
Phoneware installation income
Phoneware CADS income
Phoneware vendor provided income
Phoneware Octel income
Interest income
Non-Operating activities
Other income
Rebates & refunds
(b) Expenses
Interest expense
Depreciation of non-current assets
Operating lease rental expense: minimum
lease payments
Consolidated
Consolidated
Parent
Parent
2008
2007
2008
2007
$ $ $ $
13,007
44,048
5,726
44,048
1,438,573
1,492,523
1,438,573
1,492,523
1,171,707
825,523
1,139,022
825,523
-
23,456
-
23,456
76,033
97,474
76,033
97,474
52,915
97,936
52,915
97,936
90,680
91,830
75,745
91,830
446,538
293,667
-
-
1,459,116
205,022
-
-
858,190
35,031
-
-
20,390
-
-
-
427,523
-
-
-
88,679
-
-
-
9,477
-
-
-
71,628
72,729
69,102
72,157
200
12,065
-
8,076
-
-
-
-
6,224,656
3,291,304
2,857,116
2,753,023
3,606
4,168
3,069
3,982
71,967
51,222
44,762
43,128
287,040
149,285
155,179
124,410
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Stratatel Limited Appendix 4E Preliminary Final Report

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2008

NOTE 2: DIVIDENDS

OTE 2: DIVIDENDS
Dividends per security
Date dividend Amount per
is payable security
Final dividend current year 21/10/08 0.25
previous year 15/10/08 0.25
Interim dividend current year 08/04/08 0.25
previous year n/a n/a

NOTE 3: DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN

In March 2008 the company announced a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRP).

Shares issued to participants under the Stratatel DRP will be allotted at a price which is equal to 95% of the volume weighted average market price per share of all Stratatel shares traded on the ASX during the 10 day period following the record date (subject to extension if there is a trading halt or suspension of quotation), or if no shares are traded in that period the price will be determined by the Directors in their absolute discretion as representing the fair market value of the shares. The last date for receipt of election notices for the dividend is 1[st] October 2008.

NOTE 4: SEGMENT REPORTING

Segment Information

The Group operates predominantly in one business and geographical segment being the software development industry throughout Australia.

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Stratatel Limited Appendix 4E Preliminary Final Report

NOTE 5: CONTROL GAINED OVER ENTITIES

Effective 1st May 2008, a wholly owned subsidiary of Stratatel Ltd, Airchoice.com Pty Ltd, acquired the business and assets of Phoneware Communication Systems Pty Ltd, a software development and support company specialising in the provision of Call Accounting and Directory Services (CADS) software.

Consolidated Consolidated Parent Parent
2008 2007 2008 2007
Details of the acquisition are as follows: $ $ $ $
Consideration
Cash and cash equivalents 1,800,000 - - -
Equity (deferred script) 300,000 - - -
Deferred consideration 400,000 - - -
Acquisition adjustments (436,619) - - -
Amount paid 2,063,381 - - -
Fair value of net assets acquired
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents - - - -
Receivables 79,534 - - -
Prepayments 41,956 - - -
Current liabilities
Loans (46,754) - - -
Unearned Income (558,109) - - -
Non-current liabilities
Provisions (71,463) - - -
Net assets acquired (554,836) - - -
Goodwill arising on acquisition 2,618,217 - - -
2,063,381 - - -
Net cash outflow on acquisition
Cash and cash equivalents consideration 1,363,381 - - -
Net cash outflow 1,363,381 - - -

The assets and liabilities arising from the acquisition are recognised at fair value, which are equal to their carrying value at acquisition date.

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