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Solteq Oyj Interim / Quarterly Report 2017

Oct 26, 2017

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SOLTEQ

Q3 2017

Interim Report

1 Jan–30 Sep 2017


Main events

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Business environment

Financial information

Financial performance indicators

Calculation on financial ratios

Business combinations

Financial reporting

Solteq is a digital customer engagement expert

Solteq is a Nordic IT provider and software house that specialises in digital customer engagement. We are the partner to our customer, who knows what it takes to win in digital disruption.

We offer comprehensive solutions for both business enhancement by means of digitalisation and for omnicommerce: from back end processes all the way to the customer's purchasing experience and from supply chain management to digital marketing. Over 500 experts, who work in three countries, develop and implement solutions for clients in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.

Our mission

We want to simplify the digital world to make a better tomorrow.

We are an insightful and dedicated team of experts. We are passionate and humble listeners, driven by the desire for the best customer understanding.

We make customer success stories with remarkable experiences and solutions that deliver lasting value.

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SOLTEQ PLC INTERIM REPORT

1 January–30 September 2017 (IFRS)

  • Revenue was 45.5 million euros (45.3 million euros).
  • Operating profit was 343 thousand euros (5,742 thousand euros).
  • Adjusted operating profit was 1,734 thousand euros (2,209 thousand euros).
  • Group's equity ratio was 34.3% (32.4%).
  • Earnings per share was –0.05 euros (0.26 euros).
  • Our mission is to make a better tomorrow by simplifying the digital world.
  • As a strategic alignment, we are continuing on the path of profitable growth and internationalisation.

Nevertheless, some policies are further defined to help reach our strategic objective. Solteq is an expert in digital customer engagement in industries where the foundations are being shaken by the digital disruption.

  • The drop in expected adjusted operating profit for the review period was a result of some large clients transitioning into a maintenance phase, investing in our Swedish operations and the growth of subcontracting expenses. During the review period we have done restructuring of our business and operations. This will have a positive effect on our business development in the future.

  • Solteq Group's current interim period's adjusted operating profit is expected to be positive, but the adjusted operating profit for financial year 2017 is expected to decrease compared to the year 2016.

KEY FIGURES

7–9/17 7–9/16 Change–% 1–9/17 1–9/16 Change–% 1–12/16 Rolling 12 months
Revenue, TEUR 14,242 13,570 5.0 45,466 45,345 0.3 63,049 63,170
Operating profit, TEUR –496 7 –7,185.7 343 5,742 –94.0 6,444 1,045
Adjusted operating profit, TEUR –116 603 –119.2 1,734 2,209 –21.5 3,114 2,639
Profit for the financial period, TEUR –804 –485 65.8 –972 4,394 –122.1 4,612 –754
Earnings/share, e –0.04 –0.03 33.3 –0.05 0.26 –119.2 0.26 –0.05
Operating profit–% –3.5 0.1 –3,580.0 0.8 12.7 –93.7 10.2 1.7
Adjusted operating profit –0.8 4.4 –118.5 3.8 4.9 –22.2 4.9 4.2
Equity ratio, % 34.3 32.4 5.9 34.3 32.4 5.9 33.5 34.3

Profit guidance 2017

Solteq Group will change its 2017 guidance outlook: Solteq Group's current interim period's adjusted operating profit is expected to be positive, but the adjusted operating profit for financial year 2017 is expected to decrease compared to the year 2016

Previous guidance outlook: Solteq Group's adjusted operating profit is expected to grow compared to financial year 2016.

SOLTEQ OYJ | INTERIM REPORT 1 JAN–30 SEP 2017 (IFRS)


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We want to simplify the digital world to make a better tomorrow

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During my more than six months as Solteq's CEO, my vision of the path of profitable growth and internationalisation has grown stronger. We are experts in digital customer engagement. Our mission is to simplify the digital world to make a better tomorrow.

The drop in expected adjusted operating profit for the review period was a result of some large clients transitioning into a maintenance phase, investing in our Swedish operations and the growth of subcontracting expenses.

Last year we took our first step for growth in the Nordic countries by purchasing Aponsa AB in Sweden, who provide IT services for retail business. We merged our existing Swedish operations with Aponsa at the start of the current quarter. Sweden accounts for some ten percent of our current net sales. Over the coming years, we expect strong growth from our business in Sweden. This year we have invested almost one million euros into developing and growing the Swedish business. While the year has so far been unprofitable for us in Sweden, the last quarter is expected to turn a decent profit.

We changed the organisational structure of our business in Q3 to serve our customers more effectively and ensure that our range of products and services reaches all customer segments. Active adjustment of the cost structure and operational improvement

are an integral part of our business. The structural changes made in the last six months, as well as the savings in personnel costs and other operating costs, have allowed us to reach an annual cost level that is three million euros lighter than what we had at the start of the year. Our financial statements will not show the full savings due to the corporate acquisitions that have changed the cost structure. The cost cutting has mostly been focused on administrative and non-invoicing positions, as well as reducing the costs of infrastructure and business service procurement.

The development of our proprietary software products and services has continued as previously stated. We have been particularly active in areas where we can integrate artificial intelligence and robotics into our products and services. We will be activating approximately 250 thousand in product development investments in the third quarter.

Our business has a solid foundation in the skills and competences of Solteq employees. We have already broken the news that we will be recruiting 100 new employees in 2017. We believe that we will achieve this as planned.

Olli Väätäinen

CEO

SOLTEQ OYJ | INTERIM REPORT 1 JAN-30 SEP 2017 (IFRS)


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Business environment and business development

Solteq is a Nordic IT provider and software house that specialises in digital customer engagement. To our customers we are the partner who knows what it takes to win in digital disruption. We offer comprehensive solutions for both business enhancement by means of digitalisation and for omnicommerce: from back end processes all the way to the customer's purchasing experience and from supply chain management to digital marketing. Over 500 experts, who work in three countries, develop and implement solutions for clients in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.

During the past years, a number of structural changes have taken place in the Finnish field of retail and commerce business and players were both merged and left the field. These changes strengthen our strategic vision of growing role for small and medium sized customers and the importance of internationalisation. Currently, a little less than 20 percent of our business comes from international customers. On the other hand, the demand for the solutions for digital commerce and customer encounter is rising as well in the field of industry as in the B2B market more widely. Due to changes in the markets, we have further defined some policies that will help us reach our strategic objective

Beginning from January 1st 2017 Solteq Group has one reported segment, Software Services.

Strategy and M&A's

On 25 May 2016, we published new growth strategy, which focuses on international digital commerce and improvement of the customer experience as a source of the growth.

Despite the changing of the CEO during the review period, we plan to keep on a strategic sustainable growth path. Nevertheless, some policies that will help us reach our strategic objective have been further defined.

During the strategy period, our goal is to grow Solteq into a new size category by focusing on services that will improve the digital customer engagement. The services will help our clients increase their revenue and improve their competitive advantages in the world of globalisation and digitalisation of the business environment. We operate in industries where the foundations are being shaken by the digital revolution. We will grow domestically by expanding the overall offering of solutions and services for our current and new customers and internationally by operating in the Nordic countries and with our global clients.

According to the strategy specification, we are a Nordic industry-independent IT provider and software house that specialises in digital customer engagement. We want to simplify the digital world to make a better tomorrow. We are the partner to our customer, who knows what it takes to win in digital disruption.

During the review period 2016, implementation of growth strategy focused on digitalisation of commerce and retail industry.

In line with the strategy's specification made in the review period, we have started to build other strong mainstays in addition to digital commerce. The mainstays will be built in the industries where the foundations are being shaken by the digital revolution.

In the beginning of the review period the expertise in the core processes of commerce and analytics was deepened by acquiring 51 percent of Analyteq Ltd from Tuko Logistics Osuuskunta. Analyteq Ltd is a new company that specialises in producing a stock replenishment service based on demand forecasting and an analytics service based on supply chain management to the retail sector. Along with the acquisition the number of our analytics experts grew by 19 people. The acquisition was completed on 4th

SOLTEQ OYJ | INTERIM REPORT 1 JAN-30 SEP 2017 (IFR5)


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April 2017 and Analyteq is reported as a part of Solteq Group beginning from the acquisition date. The effect on the revenue is 0.5 million euros with positive impact on operating profit.

Our sector-independent BI- and analytics competencies were strengthened in June 12th, 2017 by the acquisition of inPulse Works Ltd. In addition, the acquisition opened doors to Utilities-sector that is going through massive changes due digitalisation. Due to inPulse acquisition, the number of our experts grew by 60 persons. inPulse Works is consolidated to Solteq Group as of June 1st. The effect on the revenue is 0.5 million euros with positive impact on operating profit.

In line with the strategy's specification, we partnered up with eCraft Oy Ab and sold our Microsoft AX business, customers and personnel to eCraft. The partnership agreement and business deal focused our offering of ERP solutions.

Changes in the Executive Team

Significant changes in the Executive Team took place during the review period.

Repe Harmanen left his position as a CEO of the company in February and Olli Väätäinen was appointed as CEO of the company as of April 1st, 2017.

Sales management was combined into EVP Ilkka Brander's responsibilities. Our previous Sales Director Timo A. Rantanen left the company during the first quarter.

As of April 3rd, 2017 Kirsi Jalasaho was appointed as VP, People, Culture and IR.

Juha Rokkanen has been appointed Executive Vice President, Digital Services (former Omni-Commerce) and Executive Team member as from June 16, 2017.

As of June 16, 2017 the "Operations" Support Function will be transferred into other internal influence channels.

Matti Djateu has been appointed Solteq Plc's Chief Digital Officer as from 16 June 2017. His responsibilities will include digital marketing services and Solteq Group marketing.

At the end of the review period the members of the Executive Team were: Olli Väätäinen (CEO), Ilkka Brander (EVP - Core Business Solutions), Matti Djateu (CDO), Kirsi Jalasaho (VP - People, Culture and IR), Antti Kärkkäinen (CFO) and Juha Rokkanen (EVP - Digital Services).

REVENUE AND RESULT

Turnover by operation:

% 1-9/17 1-9/16 1-12/16
Software services 80 80 79
Licenses 18 19 20
Hardware 2 1 2

Revenue increased 0.3 per cent compared to the previous year and totaled 45 466 thousand euros (previous review period 45,345 thousand euros).

Revenue consist of several individual customerships. At the most, one client corresponds to less than ten percentages of the revenue. The sales margin for the review period was 32,823 thousand euros (33,455 thousand euros).

The operating result for the review period was 343 thousand euros (5,742 thousand euros). The adjusted operating result was 1,734 thousand euros (2,209 thousand euros). The most significant adjustments to operating result are due to non-recurring severance packages (-784 thousand euro), a non-recurring compensation related to a terminated customer project (-300 thousand euro) and costs related to the business arrangement (-190 thousand euro).

Result before taxes was -977 thousand euros (4,394 thousand euros) and result for the review period was -972 thousand euros (4,458 thousand euros).

BALANCE SHEET AND FINANCE

The total assets amounted to 61,782 thousand euros (62,375 thousand euros). Liquid assets totaled 844 thousand euros (10,094 thousand euros). In addition to liquid assets, the company has a bank account limits amounting to a total of 2,000 thousand euros of which 1,271 thousand euros was used in the end of the review period. In addition the company has an unused standby credit limit amounting to a total of 4,000 thousand euros.

During the review period, more working capital was employed in business operations than usually. Company has initiated actions to speed up the working capital turnover and assumes that the situation is going to be normalized by the end of the financial period.

The Group's interest-bearing liabilities were 27,004 thousand euros (27,701 thousand euros).

Solteq Group's equity ratio was 34.3 percent (32.4 percent)

On 1 July 2015 Solteq Plc (Solteq) issued an unsecured bond of 27 million euros.

SOLTEQ OYJ | INTERIM REPORT 1 JAN-30 SEP 2017 (IFRS)


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The bond carries a fixed annual interest of 6 percent and its maturity is five years. To reduce the company's interest costs Solteq Plc repurchased and cancelled the share of 2.5 million euros of the abovementioned bond during the financial period 2016.

The financial covenants concerning the distribution of funds and incurring financial indebtedness other than permitted in the terms of the Bond (Incurrence Covenant) require that at any agreed review date, the Equity Ratio exceeds 27.5 percent, the Interest Coverage Ratio (EBITDA / net interest cost) exceeds 3.00:1 and that the Group's Net Interest Bearing Debt to EBITDA ratio does not exceed 3.50:1.

INVESTMENTS, REASEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The gross investments during the review period was -5,364 thousand euros (+2,349 thousand euros). 1,060 thousand euros of the gross investments on the review period are replacement investments and 4,304 thousand euros were related to the company acquisitions made during the review period.

-936 thousand euros of the gross investments of the reference period are mainly replacement investments and +3,285 thousand euros were related to the divestment of MainIoT Software Oy Ltd.

Research and development

Solteq's research and development costs consist mainly of personnel costs.

During the review period the company has started further development of the existing software products and the development of new software services. Development projects in their commercial phase will be capitalized by quarter.

During the review period 243 thousand euros product development costs were capitalized (none in the reference period).

PERSONNEL

The number of permanent employees at the end of the review period was 505 (432). Personnel of the subsidiaries acquired during the review period was 79 people at the moment of the acquisition and personnel of the sold business was 11 at the moment of transaction. MainIoT Software Ltd, sold during the comparison period, was 41 people at the time of the transaction. Personnel of the subsidiaries acquired during the financial year 2016 was 28 people at the moment of the acquisition.

Key figures for Group's personnel:

1-9/17 1-9/16 1-9/15
Average number of the personnel during the financial period 475 469 509
Employee benefit expenses (1,000 €) 19 691 18 206 13 229

RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Solteq's related parties include the board of directors, managing director and the management team.

Related party actions and the euro amounts are presented in the tables in the end of this financial statement bulletin.

SHARES, SHAREHOLDERS AND TREASURY SHARES

Solteq Plc's equity on 30 September 2017 was 1,009,154.17 euros which was represented by 18,677,597 shares. The shares have no nominal value. All shares have an equal entitlement to dividends and company assets. Shares are governed by a redemption clause.

Solteq Plc did not hold its own shares in the end of the review period.

On 5 December 2016, Solteq Plc announced a share issue directed to personnel. The shares subscribed and paid in the share issue are presented in the share issue account in the financial statement. Also the costs related to the issue are booked to that account. The Board of Directors of Solteq Plc accepted the subscription of 205,576 new shares on 25 January 2017. The new shares were entered into the Trade Register and applied for public trading in 24 February 2017. The number of the company's shares will increased to 18,003,635 shares. The new shares represent 1.14 percentage of the shares and votes of the Company and the payments of subscriptions were fully credited to the reserve for the company's invested unrestricted equity.

Directed share issues related to the acquisitions of Aponsa Ab and Pardco Group and the related transfers of shares, in which a total number of 461,348 shares were subscribed, were executed

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in the review period on 10 March 2017. According to the terms and conditions of the directed share issues the subscription prices are fully credited to the reserve for the company's invested unrestricted equity. The number of company's shares did not increase because the share issues were carried out with the Company's own shares.

On 21 April 2017, Solteq Plc's Board of Directors directed a share issue of 400,000 shares to the company's CEO Olli Väätäinen. Väätäinen subscribed the directed share issue in full. In addition, the Board of Directors decided to cancel all treasury shares held by the company, totaling to 339,533 shares. The new shares and the cancellation of the treasury shares are registered into trade register on 22 May 2017. The new shares were publicly traded as of 22 May 2017 as well. After the changes, the total number of the company's shares was 18,064,102. The payments of subscriptions were fully credited to the reserve for the company's invested unrestricted equity.

As a part of the company acquisition Solteq Plc directed a share issue, totaling to 613,495 shares, to the shareholders of inPulse Works Ltd on 12 June 2017. The total number of shares subscribed was 613,495. The new shares are registered into trade register on 3 July 2017 and they will be publicly traded as of 3 July 2017 as well. After the changes, the total number of the company's shares is 18,677,597. The new shares represent in total 3.3 percent of the shares and votes in Solteq Plc. The payments of subscriptions were fully credited to the reserve for the company's invested unrestricted equity.

Two flagging announcements were made during the review period. According to the notification of major shareholding received on 16 March 2017, Profiz Business Solutions Plc's holdings and proportion of voting rights of Solteq Plc decreased under the 10 percent threshold on 24 February 2017, when the new shares approved in the Solteq Plc share issue directed to the personnel were entered into the Trade Register. Profiz Business Solutions Plc held 1,781,790 shares in Solteq Plc, which represented 9.90 percent of all of the company's shares and votes after entering the new shares to the trade register (10.01 percent before).

According to the notification of major shareholding received on 21 April 2017, Profiz Business Solutions Plc's holdings and proportion of voting rights of Solteq Plc increased over the 10 percent threshold on 20 April 2017 due to acquisition of shares. Profiz holds 1.808.21 shares in Solteq Plc, which represented 10.04 per cent of all of the company's shares and votes (9.90 percent before).

Stock option scheme and share-based incentive scheme of the management

During the financial year 2016 Solteq's Board of Directors decided to adopt a new stock option scheme and share-based incentive scheme for the key employees of the company. The purpose of both schemes is to encourage the key employees to work for the growth of the shareholder value and to commit the key employees to the employer. Terms and conditions of the stock optionscheme and the share-based incentive scheme are presented in more detail in the stock

exchange bulletin published on July 15th 2016.

The theoretical market value of the incentive scheme is about 0.6 million euro, which will be recognized as an expense in accordance with IFRS 2 in the years 2016-2018. The expense will not be recognized on a cash flow basis, except for the share of the share-based arrangement paid in cash.

On 4 April 2017 Solteq Plc announced that a total of 25,000 shares held by the company were transferred to persons included in the share-based incentive scheme of the financial years 2016-2018 in the earning period 2016.

Exchange and rate

During the financial year, the exchange of Solteq's shares in the Helsinki Stock Exchange was 1.3 million shares (1.4 million shares) and 2.2 million euros (2.4 million euros). Highest rate during the financial year was 1.76 euros and lowest rate 1.54 euros. Weighted average rate of the share was 1.66 euros and end rate 1.66 euros. The market value of the company's shares in the end of the financial year totaled 31.4 million euros (30.3 million euros).

Ownership

In the end of the financial year, Solteq had a total of 2,312 shareholders (1,977 shareholders). Solteq's 10 largest shareholders owned 13,080 thousand shares i.e. they owned 70.00 percent of the company's shares and votes. Solteq Plc's members of the board own 15 thousand shares on 30 September 2017 (15 thousand shares on 30 September 2016).

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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Solteq's Annual General Meeting on March 17, 2017 approved the financial statement for period 1.1.–31.12.2016 and discharged the CEO and the Board of Directors from liability.

The Board of Directors' proposal of to the General Meeting that a dividend of EUR 0.05 per share be paid from the financial year ended on 31 December 2016 was accepted.

The Annual General Meeting authorized the Board of Directors to decide on share issue, carried out with or without payment and on issuing share options, and other special rights referred to in Chapter 10, Section 1 of the Finnish Companies Act as follows:

The maximum total amount of shares or other rights is 5,000,000. The authorization includes the right to give new shares or convey company's own shares. The authorization includes a right to deviate from the shareholders' pre-emptive right of subscription if there is a significant reason in company's opinion, e.g. to improve the capital structure, to finance and execute business acquisitions and other business improvement arrangements or to be used as a part of remuneration of personnel. The authorization includes that the board of directors may decide the terms and other matters concerning the share issue. The authorization is effective until the next Annual General Meeting, however, no longer than until April 30, 2018.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND AUDITORS

The Annual General Meeting on March 17, 2017 decided that The Board of Directors includes five members. Aarne Aktan, Eeva Grannenfelt, Kirsi Harra-Vauhkonen, Markku Pietilä and Mika Uotila were re-elected as Board members.

In the Board meeting, held after the Annual General Meeting, Markku Pietilä was elected as the Chairman of the Board.

In addition the Board of Directors decided to appoint the Audit Committee. The members of the Audit Committee are Aarne Aktan, Markku Pietilä and Mika Uotila. Mika Uotila acts as the Chairman of the Audit Committee.

KPMG Oy Ab, Authorized Public Accountants, was re-elected as Solteq's auditors. Lotta Nurminen, APA, acted as the chief auditor.

EVENTS AFTER THE BALANCE SHEET DATE

There have been no events requiring reporting after the reporting period.

RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES

The key uncertainties and risks in short term are related to the management of changes in financing and balance sheet structures, the timing and pricing of business deals that are the basis for revenue, changes in the level of costs, success of the development projects and the company's ability to manage extensive contract agreements and deliveries.

The key business risks and uncertainties of the company are monitored constantly as a part of the board of directors' and management team's duties. In addition, the Company has the Audit Committee appointed by the Board of Directors.

Financial reporting

This interim report has been prepared in accordance with the recognition and valuation principles of IFRS standards and using IAS 34 and the same accounting policies as the Financial Statements 2016, but all requirements of IAS 34 standard are not fully met.

Beginning from 1st January 2017 Solteq Group has on reported segment, Software Services.

The most essential product and service types of the Solteq group of companies are software services, licenses and hardware sales.

Solteq Plc's operative management and the audit committee of the Board have preliminarily evaluated the impacts of the new IFRS 15 standard to the group's financial statements and in this phase conclude following:

  • The new standard has a significant impact to the revenue of the group and to the relative profitability, but the impact to the absolute profitability is estimated being minor.
  • The group preliminary interprets that in relation to the retail the group acts as an agent as it will not control these products or services before they are transferred to the customer. Therefore the products or services would be recognised as revenue in the net amount of the consideration which is the amount that equals to the difference between the sales price and purchase price (previously recognised in revenue in the

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gross amount which equals to the sales price of the customer contract).

  • For the financial year 2016 the change described above would reduce the revenue of the group according to the preliminary estimate EUR 8-10 million, with no significant impact to the result of the group.
  • During the financial period Solteq Plc's operative management and the audit committee of the Board have found out whether the voluntary adoption of the standard from the beginning of 2017 would be practically possible.
  • According to the analysis it was decided that the implementation of IFRS 15 is not sensible from the perspective of the company. The careful and well enforced implementation requires a significant work contribution in many areas of the company and therefore it was concluded that the implementation of the standard on 1 January 2018 will be challenging enough.

All forecasts and estimates presented in the bulletin are based on the current views of management on the economic environment and outlook. Because of this, the results can differ as a result of, among other factors, changes in economy, markets and competitive conditions, changes in the regulatory environment and other government actions.

This financial statement is unaudited.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(TEUR) 1 July-30 Sep 2017 1 July-30 Sep 2016 1 Jan-30 Sep 2017 1 Jan-30 Sep2016 1 Jan-31 Dec 2016
REVENUE 14,242 13,570 45,466 45,345 63,049
Other income 39 17 52 4,179 4,222
Materials and services -4,622 -4,179 -12,643 -11,890 -17,938
Employee benefit expenses -7,363 -6,289 -24,291 -22,868 -31,001
Depreciation and impairments -551 -469 -1,551 -1,419 -1,946
Other expenses -2,241 -2,643 -6,690 -7,605 -9,943
OPERATING RESULT -496 7 343 5,742 6,444
Financial income and expenses -407 -444 -1,320 -1,284 -1,713
RESULT BEFORE TAXES -903 -437 -977 4,458 4,731
Income tax expenses 99 -48 5 -64 -119
RESULT FOR THE FINANCIAL PERIOD -804 -485 -972 4,394 4,612
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME TO BE RECLASSIFIED TO PROFIT OR LOSS IN SUBSEQUENT PERIODS:
Translation difference -3 0 55 0 -56
Other comprehensive income, net of tax -3 0 55 0 -56
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME -807 -485 -917 4,394 4,556
Total profit for the period attributable to owners of the parent -804 -485 -972 4,394 4,612
Total comprehensive income attributable to owners of the parent -807 -485 -917 4,394 4,556
Earnings/share, e (undiluted) -0.04 -0.03 -0.05 0.26 0.26
Earnings/share, e (diluted) -0.04 -0.03 -0.05 0.26 0.26

Taxes corresponding to the result have been presented as taxes for the period.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

(TEUR) 30 Sep 2017 30 Sep 2016 31 Dec 2016
ASSETS
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Tangible assets 2,208 1,889 2,342
Intangible assets
Goodwill 36,886 34,259 33,520
Other intangible assets 5,098 1,786 3,990
Available-for-sale financial assets 522 570 562
Trade and other receivables 253 152 347
Total non-current assets 44,967 38,656 40,761
CURRENT ASSETS
Inventories 400 23 55
Trade and other receivables 15,571 13,602 11,939
Cash and cash equivalents 844 10,094 8,477
Total current assets 16,815 23,719 20,471
TOTAL ASSETS 61,782 62,375 61,232

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EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

(TEUR) 30 Sep 2017 30 Sep 2016 31 Dec 2016
EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO EQUITY HOLDERS OF THE PARENT
Share capital 1,009 1,009 1,009
Share issue 0 0 164
Share premium reserve 75 75 75
Translation difference -1 0 -56
Reserve for own shares 0 -1,109 -1,109
Distributable equity reserve 11,935 10,449 10,449
Retained earnings 7,989 9,423 9,782
Total equity 21,007 19,847 20,314
Non-current liabilities
Deferred tax liabilities 919 784 821
Financial liabilities 25,156 27,650 25,511
Current liabilities 14,700 14,094 14,587
Total liabilities 40,775 42,528 40,919
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 61,782 62,375 61,232

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CASH FLOW STATEMENT

(TEUR) 1-9/2017 1-9/2016 1-12/2016
Cash flow from business operations
Result for the financial period -972 4,394 4,612
Adjustments for operating profit 1,551 -2,538 -1,877
Changes in working capital -3,794 1,900 2,903
Interest paid -1,471 -1,624 -1,852
Interest received 28 16 139
Net cash from operating activities -4,658 2,148 3,925
Cash flows from investing activities
Acquisition of subsidiaries -2,395 0 -584
Divestment of subsidiary 0 6,700 6,700
Investments in tangible and intangible assets -621 -230 -890
Net cash used in investing activities -3,016 6,470 5,226
Cash flow in financing activities
Long-term loans, decrease -554 -723 -3,101
Short-term loans, increase 1,270 0 0
Payment of finance lease liabilities -462 -420 -356
Share issue to personnel 669 0 164
Dividend payment -882 0 0
Net cash used in financing activities 41 -1,143 -3,293
Changes in cash and cash equivalent -7,633 7,475 5,858
Cash and cash equivalents 1 Jan 8,477 2,619 2,619
Cash and cash equivalents 30 June 844 10,094 8,477

The net cash flow +6,700 thousand euro from the divestment of MainloT Software Ltd is presented in the cash flows from investing activities in comparison period

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN GROUP EQUITY

Share capital Share issue Own shares Share premium account Translation difference Distributable equity reserve Earnings Total
EQUITY 1 Jan 2016 1,009 0 -1,109 75 0 10,449 4,983 15,407
Total comprehensive income -46 4,394 4,348
Transactions with owners
Incentive scheme and option scheme 93 93
Transactions with owners 93 93
EQUITY 30 Sep 2016 1,009 0 -1,109 75 -46 10,449 9,470 19,847
EQUITY 1 Jan 2017 1,009 164 -1,109 75 -56 10,449 9,781 20,313
Total comprehensive income 55 -972 -917
Transactions with owners
Incentive scheme and option scheme 62 62
Company acquisitions with own shares 779 779
Share issue directed to the personnel -164 164 0
Directed issue to CEO 652 652
Directed issue to the owners of inPulse Works Ltd 1,000 1,000
Conveyance/cancellation of own shares 1,109 -1,109 0
Dividend distribution -882 -882
Transactions with owners 0 -164 1,109 0 0 1,486 -820 1,611
EQUITY 30 Sep 2017 1,009 0 0 75 -1 11,935 7,989 21,007

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QUARTERLY KEY INDICATORS

(MEUR) 4Q/15 1Q/16 2Q/16 3Q/16
Net turnover 20.36 15.37 16.40 13.57
Operating result 0.23 4.92 0.82 0.01
Result before taxes -0.22 4.50 0.40 -0.44
4Q/16 1Q/17 2Q/17 3Q/17
Net turnover 17.70 15.40 15.82 14.24
Operating result 0.70 0.19 0.65 -0.50
Result before taxes 0.27 -0.27 0.19 -0.90

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

(TEUR) 1-9/2017 1-9/2016 1-12/2016
Continuing operations, group total -5,364 -2,349 -208
LIABILITIES (MEUR) 30 Sep 2017 30 Sep 2016 31 Dec 2016
Business mortgages 10.00 10.00 10.00
Other lease liabilities 0.09 0.10 0.12
Lease liabilities for premises 4.60 5.15 5.18
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (TEUR) 30 Sep 2017 30 Sep 2016 31 Dec 2016
Purchases 48 0 0

Transactions with the insiders have been done at market price and are part of the company's normal software service business

FAIR VALUES OF FINANCIAL ASSETS AND FINANCIAL LIABILITIES

The fair values of the financial assets and liabilities are mainly the same as the book values.

Hence they are not presented in table form in the bulletin

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MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS 30 SEP 2017

number %
1. Sentica Buyout III Ky 4,621,244 24.7
2. Keskinäinen Työeläkevakuutusyhtiö Elo 2,000,000 10.7
3. Profiz Business Solution Oy 1,915,796 10.3
4. Saadetdin Ali 1,400,000 7.5
5. Keskinäinen Työeläkevakuutusyhtiö Varma 1,245,597 6.7
6. Aalto Seppo 671,882 3.6
7. Roininen Matti 420,000 2.2
8. Väätäinen Olli 400,000 2.1
9. Lamy Ltd 225,000 1.2
10. Sentica Buyout III Co-Investment 180,049 1.0
10 largest shareholders total 13,079,568 70.0
Total of Nominee-registered 481,206 2.6
Others 5,116,823 27.4
Total 18,677,597 100.0

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FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS (IFRS)

1-9/2017 1-9/2016 1-12/2016
Net turnover MEUR 45.5 45.3 63.1
Change in net turnover 0.3% 33.9% 16.3%
Operating result MEUR 0.3 5.7 6.4
% of turnover 0.8% 12.7% 10.2%
Result before taxes MEUR -1.0 4.5 4.7
% of turnover -2.1% 9.8% 7.5%
Equity ratio, % 34.3 32.4 33.5
Gearing, % 124.5% 88.7% 85.0%
Net investments in non-current assets MEUR 5.4 -2.4 -0.2
Return on equity, rolling 12 months, % -3.7% 22.9% 25.8%
Return on investment, rolling 12 months, % 2.5% 13.1% 14.6%
Personnel at end of period 505 432 441
Personnel average for period 475 469 454

KEY INDICATORS PER SHARE

Earnings/share, e -0.05 0.26 0.26
Earnings/share, e(diluted) -0.05 0.26 0.26
Equity/share, e 1.12 1.17 1.20

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Alternative performance measures to be used by Solteq in financial reporting

Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on Alternative Performance Measures (APM) entered into force on 3 July 2016. In response to the new regulations, Solteq has revised its terminology related to financial key figures.

Solteq uses alternative performance measures to describe the company's underlying financial performance and to improve the comparability between reporting periods. The alternative performance measures should not be regarded as indicators that replace the financial key figures as defined in IFRS standards.

As from the second quarter of 2016, Solteq's new definition for the earlier term "excluding (or before) non-recurring items" will be "adjusted". Operating profit (EBIT) excluding non-recurring items will be replaced by adjusted operating profit.

Solteq's other alternative performance measures will be sales margin, equity ratio, gearing, return on equity, profit from invested equity and net debt. The calculation principles of these financial key figures are presented as part of this interim report, and their content correspond to the principles applied in the financial year 2016. The performance measures presented as rolling 12 months include the total figures of the past four quarters.

The adjusted items and alternative performance measures in terms of the new terminology are the following:

Adjusted items:

Transactions that are not related to the regular business operations or valuation items that do not affect the cash flow but have an important impact on the income statement are adjusted as items that affect comparability. These non-recurring items may include the following:

  • Significant restructuring arrangements and related financial items
  • Impairments

  • Items related to the sale or discontinuation of significant business operations

  • Costs incurred by the reorganisation of operations
  • Costs incurred by the integration of acquired business operations
  • Non-recurring severance packages
  • Fee items that are not based on cash flow
  • Costs incurred by changes in legislation
  • Fines and similar indemnities, damages and legal costs

Adjusted operating profit (EBIT):

By their contents, the definitions correspond to the financial key figures reported earlier as "excluding non-recurring items".

The reconciliations of the adjusted operating to operating profit are presented in the table below:

TEUR Q3/17 Q2/17 Q1/17 1-9/17 Q4/16 Q3/16 Q2/16 Q1/16 1-12/16
Adjusted operating profit
Adjusted operating profit (EBIT) -116 827 1,023 1,734 905 603 874 732 3,114
Adjusted items:
Divestment of MainIoT Software Ltd 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 -4,187 -4,129
Incentive scheme and option scheme (IFRS 2) 39 49 29 117 93 93 0 0 186
Impairments 0 0 0 0 57 0 0 0 57
Discontinued company acquisition 0 0 0 0 0 503 0 0 503
Acquisition of subsidiaries 61 104 0 165 53 0 0 0 53
Transfer of AX-business 0 25 0 25 0 0 0 0 0
Non-recurring severance packages 280 0 504 784 0 0 0 0 0
Reconciliation agreement 0 0 300 300 0 0 0 0 0
Adjustment items, total 380 178 833 1,391 203 596 58 -4,187 -3,330
Operating profit (EBIT) -496 649 190 343 702 7 816 4,919 6,444

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CALCULATION OF FINANCIAL RATIOS

Solvency ratio, in percentage: equity × 100
balance sheet total – advances received
Gearing: interest bearing liabilities – cash, bank balances and securities × 100
equity
Return on Equity (ROE) in percentage: profit or loss before taxation – taxes × 100
equity
Profit from invested equity in percentage: profit or loss before taxation + interest expenses and other financing expenses × 100
balance sheet total – non-interest
bearing liabilities corrected number of shares
Earnings per share: pre-tax result – taxes –/+ minority interest
diluted average share issue
Diluted earnings per share: diluted profit before taxation – taxes –/+ minority interest
diluted average share issue corrected number of shares
Equity per share: equity
number of shares

Sales margin: Revenue – Materials and services

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BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

Review Period

Two business acquisitions were made in the review period 1.1.–30.9.2017.

Analyteq Ltd and inPulse Works Ltd

On 4 April 2017 Solteq acquired 51 percent of Analyteq Ltd from Tuko Logistics Osuuskunta. The acquisition of Analyteq Ltd deepens the expertise in the core processes of commerce and analytics. Based on the shareholder agreement, the company is consolidated as 100% owned subsidiary to Solteq Group's figures from the acquisition date.

On 12 June 2017 Solteq acquired the entire share capital of inPulse Works Ltd. By the acquisition Solteq strengthens its sector-independent BI- and analytics competencies. The company is consolidated to Solteq Group's figures from 1 June 2017.

Aggregate figures for the acquisition

Aggregate figures for the acquisition, Thousand EUR Acquisition, date
Preliminary consideration
Paid in cash 3,794
Directed issue 1,000
Total 4,794
Provisional values of the assets and liabilities arising from the acquisition
Tangible fixed assets 12
Intagible assets, customerships ** 1,329
Other intangible assets 92
Deferred tax assets 0
Available-for-sale financial assets 0
Inventories 0
Trade and other receivables 1,016
Cash and cash equivalents 909
Total assets 3,358
Trade payables and other liabilities -1,558
Loans -372
Total liabilities -1,930

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The goodwill value from the acquisition 3,366

Cash flow from the acquisition

Consideration paid in cash in 2017 3,304

Cash and cash equivalents of the acquired companies 909

Total cash flow from the acquisition 2,395

Goodwill consists of assets that cannot be separated like synergy benefits, competent personnel, market share and entrance to new markets

** Depreciations of the intangible rights during the reporting period are 62 thousand euros (customerships)

Expenses related to the acquisition

Other expenses 92

Total expenses related to the acquisition 92

Impact on the Solteq Group's number of personnel 79

Impact on the Solteq Group's comprehensive income statement 1-9/2017

Revenue* 2,607

Operating profit* 203

*The amount of the revenue and the operating profit from acquisition date to the end of the reporting period. Analyteq Ltd is consolidated into the Solteq Group as of 1 April 2017. InPulse Works Ltd has is consolidated into the Solteq Group as of 1 June 2017. The revenue and operating profit of the acquired companies is not presented as the consolidation would have happened in the beginning of the financial year because it has not significant effect on Solteq Group's figures in financial year 2017.

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Financial year 2016

Aponsa AB & Pardco Group Ltd

Solteq acquired the entire share capital of Swedish Aponsa AB on October 25 2016. The acquisition executes the strategy focusing on digital commerce and international growth that Solteq announced earlier this year. The company is consolidated to Solteq Group's figures from November 1 2016.

On December 20, 2016 Solteq acquired the entire share capital of Pardco Group Ltd. The acquisition is a part of the digital commerce growth strategy that Solteq published earlier this year and the related decision to invest in Nordic omnicommerce growth. The company is consolidated to Solteq Group's figures from December 31 2016.

Aggregate figures for the acquisition

Aggregate figures for the acquisition, Thousand EUR Acquisition date
Consideration
Paid in cash 602
Directed issues 779
Total 1,381
Values of the assets and liabilities arising from the acquisition
Tangible fixed assets 39
Deferred tax assets 40
Available-for-sale financial assets 31
Inventories 12
Trade and other receivables 456
Cash and cash equivalents 18
Total assets 596
Trade payables and other liabilities -583
Loans -125
Total liabilities -708
The goodwill value from the acquisition 1,493

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Cash flow from the acquisition
Consideration paid in cash in 2016 602
Cash and cash equivalents of the acquired companies 18
Total cash flow from the acquisition 584

Goodwill consists of assets that cannot be separated like synergy benefits, competent personnel, market share and entrance to new markets.

Expenses related to the acquisition
Other expenses 53
Total expenses related to the acquisition 53
Impact on the Solteq Group's number of personnel 28

Impact on the Solteq Group's comprehensive income statement 11-12/2016
Revenue 326
Operating profit
-133

*The amount of the revenue and the operating profit from acquisition date to the end of the reporting period. Aponsa Ab is consolidated into the Solteq Group as of November 1 2016. As regards to Pardco Group Ltd, only the balance sheet is consolidated to Groups figures on December 31 2016 as the acquisition took place on December 20 2016. The revenue and operating profit of the acquired companies is not presented as the consolidation would have happened in the beginning of the financial year because it has not significant effect on Solteq Group's figures in financial year 2016.

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Q3 2017

Interim report

1 Jan–30 Sep 2017

FINANCIAL REPORTING

Solteq Plc estimates to publish the financial statements bulletin from the financial year 2017 February 16, 2018 at 8.00 am

More investor information available: www.solteq.com.

Additional information:

CEO, Olli Väätäinen

Tel: +358 50 5578 111

E-mail: [email protected]

CFO, Antti Kärkkäinen

Tel: +358 40 8444 393

E-mail: [email protected]

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NASDAQ OMX Helsinki

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