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Zalaris

Quarterly Report Aug 20, 2015

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Service Excellence, Quality-Focused Processes and Employees – Our Key Asset

Interim Report April-June 2015

KEY FIGURES Q2 2015

2015 2014 2015 2014 2014
All figures in NOK 1 000 Apr-Jun Apr-Jun Jan-Jun Jan-Jun Jan-Dec
Revenue 92 295 71 051 186 478 145 186 326 145
Growth (y-o-y) 29,9 % 21,1 % 28,4 % 22,8 % 74,9 %
Operating profit 8 849 (479) 18 700 7 972 14 861
Operating profit margin 9,6 % -0,7 % 10,0 % 5,5 % 4,6 %
Operating profit excl. IPO related & one off costs* 8 849 3 175 18 700 11 627 31 663
Operating profit margin excl. IPO related & one off costs 9,6 % 4,5 % 10,0 % 8,0 % 9,7 %
Ordinary Profit before tax 8 249 -1 066 17 983 7 137 12 023
Profit for the period 6 157 -778 13 325 5 210 8 793
Earnings per share** 0,29 -0,07 0,62 0,28 0,38
Net cash from operating activities 9 055 -3 810 1 559 -3 217 37 318
Headcount end of the period 456 415 456 415 441
* One-off IPO related costs
* One-off accelerated depreciation costs
3 655 11 948
4 854
** Weighted number of shares for the period
Increase in number of shares in Q2 2014 by 1) a share split in the ratio
1:5 due to a share capital increase and 2) issue of new
shares.
19 031 313 14 410 152 19 031 313 15 633 776 19 031 313

HIGHLIGHTS Q2 2015

  • Revenue grew 30% compared to Q2 2014 increasing to NOK 92.3 million
  • Operating profit (EBIT) rose to 9.6% in Q2 2015 vs. 4.5% in Q2 2014
  • Business development capacity investments starting to pay off: Selected as supplier for large Norwegian state-owned company with the intent to sign contract in Q3 2015. Shortlisted on multiple deals in the Nordics.
  • Existing customers continuing to expand with Zalaris; examples include Baltics and Polish scope for HR Outsourcing processes and large Norwegian customer migrating own SAP-HCM platform to our cloud
  • Successful Go Live of outsourced payroll services for TeliaSonera in Norway

2015 – Delivering on Customer and Stakeholder Expectations

"We delivered a strong first half of 2015 in line with our expectations: 28.4% year-over-year growth and an EBIT of 10.0% for the period. We continue to see high interest in Zalaris services, and our pipeline remains healthy.

Hans-Petter Mellerud, CEO

Insights from the CEO

We delivered strong second-quarter results, which helped make the first six months of 2015 our best half year results ever. Revenue increased 28.4% in the first half, with EBIT of 10.0 % for the period.

We continue to see improvements and positive developments across our organization – building on the momentum established the first 12 months as a listed company on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

Major new projects on track

Large implementation projects are on track. In June, for example, we began service delivery to TeliaSonera in Norway, after a successful on-time deployment with the company.

Another example is the design, configuration and migration of the legacy payroll solutions of a Swedish Fortune 500 company with approximately 20'000 employees. The undertaking, now well in progress, is scheduled to go live in January 2016 on our cloudbased services platform.

Existing customers growing with Zalaris

In our last quarterly report, we informed you that our largest customer extended the scope of our services to include the implementation and use of SuccessFactors talent management for their more than 30'000 employees across the Nordic. In Q2, this customer extended the Nordic geographic scope of our HR Outsourcing services agreement to include full coverage of the Baltic countries and Poland.

A large Norwegian customer also recently opted to move their on premise SAP HCM solutions to Zalaris' comprehensive cloud-based alternative. Advantages

range from best practices and readymade processes to lower costs and flexible licensing programs.

Rising in cloud with first publicly owned customer

We continue to see strong interest in our cloud solutions offering. Our investments in business development are also starting to pay off with a steady pipeline of projects, including a number of potential new customers as well as geographic and scope extensions with existing customers.

It is particularly satisfying to report that one of the most well-known Norwegian state-owned companies chose our full suite of cloud-based services. Their migration to Zalaris' platform will further boost our development and penetration of the market space.

Continuing to invest in core products and services

We are well positioned to sustain our growth story going forward. We are in dialogue with a number of customers to adopt more of Zalaris' increasingly diverse portfolio – from mobile solutions to cloud, all built to help companies reduce HR expense while improving personnel and payroll services

In Q2, we rolled out a new version of our Cloud solution that was well received by our customers. We continue to develop new functionality – with particular emphasis on productivity optimization and process efficiency. Traits that are ingrained in our own culture.

Hans-Petter Mellerud, CEO

Income statement

Revenue

Q2 2015 total group revenue grew 30% from the yearago quarter to NOK 92.3 million. The increase reflects the addition of HR Outsourcing customers, yet also includes an extraordinary revenue of NOK 3.1 million related to termination of an HR-Outsourcing contract.

Compared to Q1 of this year, revenue slightly decreased. This was the result of lower delivery of additional invoicing and change-order activities within the HR outsourcing business. Moreover, the group faced high usage of consulting capacity in implementation projects for new customers and internal projects, which limited external sales in the Consulting unit.

Profit/loss

Group operating profit for the second quarter was NOK 8.9 million, with an operating margin of 9.6%. This is in line with expectations and a positive development compared to Q2 2014. Profitable growth in the Oursourcing unit and high utilization in Consulting resulted in increased profit compared to the same quarter last year. The positive profit from extraordinary revenue was NOK 0.6 million.

Net financial items for the first quarter amounted to NOK -0.6 million, and profit after tax was NOK 6.2 million. Q2 2014 had net financial items of NOK -0.6, and profit after tax was NOK -0.8 million.

*EBIT excluding one-off costs.

Segment Information

in NOK 1000

Segment FY 2014 Q2/14 Q3/14 Q4/14 Q1/15 Q2/15
HR Outsourcing 308 843 68 907 77 032 91 319 90 223 88 578
Consulting 10 685 1 886 2 111 4 267 3 702 2 938
Cloud 6 617 258 4 498 1 733 258 779
Total 326 146 71 051 83 640 97 319 94 183 92 295

HR Outsourcing

Total revenue for the HR Outsourcing business was NOK 88,6 million in Q2 2015, an increase of 29% compared with Q2 2014, but a minor decrease of 2% compared with the first quarter in 2015. In Q2 2015, 96% of revenues from Zalaris outsourcing business originated in the Nordic region.

Comparison between Q2 2015 and Q1 2015 in general shows a slight decrease in revenue This is mainly attributable to a lower turnover from additional invoicing and change-order activities due to seasonal variations.

Norway experienced a 3% turnover decrease, comparing Q2 2015 with Q1 2015. This is according to expectations, as the first quarter has higher activity due to year-end related variable invoicing. We also see a slight reduction in revenue for new customers, which had higher invoicing at an early stage but now is more on expected level.

Revenue grew by 5% in Sweden, from Q1 2015 to Q2 2015, as a consequence of turnover derived from a new customer with revenue impact from March.

Consulting

In Q2 2015, consulting business revenue fell 21% compared to the prior year-ago quarter. The high usage of Consulting capacity in implementing projects for new HR outsourcing customers has caused a decrease in revenue.

The revenue share of the Consulting unit corresponds to 3% of total external revenue, or NOK 2.9 million, which was mainly generated in Norway.

Increases in consulting revenue were registered respectively in Finland, Baltics and Poland.

Cloud Services

Due to an agreement for the implementation of SuccessFactors Cloud solution with one of our major customers, Zalaris Cloud Services revenue increased in Q2 2015 compared to Q1 2015. The contribution to total Cloud revenue for Q2 2015 was divided evenly amongst the Nordic countries.

Cash flow, investments and balance sheet items

Q2 2015 cash flow from operating activities amounted to NOK 9.1 million, compared to NOK -3.8 million Q2 2014. This figure includes cash-flow impact related to customer implementation projects from new outsourcing contracts of NOK -7.4 million compared to NOK -7.0 million Q2 2014.

Cash flow from investing activities was NOK -6.3 million in Q2 2015 compared to NOK -2.8 million Q2 2014. Investment activities in Q2 2015 are mainly related to product improvements and the establishment of Zalaris' own service center in Chennai, India.

Cash and cash equivalents amounted to NOK 52.6 million at the end of Q2 2015 compared to NOK 47.5 million at the end of Q2 2014. A dividend of 0.75 per share, or NOK 14.3 million, was paid out in Q2 2015. The Group had an unused credit facility of NOK 15.0 million at the end of the reporting period.

Equity

At the end of Q2 2015, equity was NOK 91.6 million, which corresponds to an equity ratio of 47.0%. At the end of Q2 2014, the equity was NOK 91.3 million, equivalent to 53.6%.

Employees

At the end of Q2 2015, the Group's headcount reached 456. The number of employees increased 3% compared to the prior quarter, mainly due to an expansion of offshore capacity in India.

Our resouces located in the 'Baltics & Poland' (Nearshore) and in India (Offshore) represents 16% and 13% of total headcount, respectively, within the HR Outsourcing unit.

Our Consulting unit consisted of 79 employees at the end of Q2 2015, the same as in Q1 2015. However, the proportions have changed: 'Baltics & Poland' (Nearshore) employees represent 37% of the Consulting headcount, compared to 34% in the last quarter.

The number of FTEs (Full Time Equivalents) at the end of the quarter was 424. This increase of 4% in comparison with Q1 2015 is also mainly due to the growth of our offshore capacity.

Group Headcount

Outlook

Our pipeline of new opportunities continue to rise in our core markets, as a result of additional sales efforts and publicity from recently won contracts. The opportunities are in different stages of the sales lifecycle and are in line our target growth rate. We expect positive ripple effects from winning our first agreement with a stateowned company.

We are working on increasing our scope of services to capture more of the people process value chain. In particular, we are addressing service and functionality

requirements associated with managing flexible benefits as well as pension/insurance administration functionality. In addition – based on customer demand – we are further improving our solutions to better support customer HR departments in their process improvement and cost-saving efforts.

We continue our dual focus of maintaining satisfied customers and achieving higher cost efficiency for increased profitability.

Oslo, August 19, 2015 Board of Directors

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Lars Laier Henriksen (chairman)

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Liselotte Hägertz Engstam

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Karl Christian Agerup

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Tina Steinsvik Sund

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Jan M. Koivurinta

Interim consolidated condensed financial statements

Consolidated Statement of Profit and Loss

2015 2014 2015 2014 2014
(NOK 1000) Notes Apr-Jun Apr-Jun Jan-Jun Jan-Jun Jan-Dec
unaudited unaudited unaudited unaudited
Revenue 2 92 295 71 051 186 478 145 186 326 145
Operating expenses
License costs 4 289 2 662 8 869 5 144 13 031
Personnel expenses 3 51 723 42 361 105 483 83 771 184 920
Other operating expenses 17 850 17 224 37 051 33 831 72 111
Depreciations 220 184 432 368 733
Amortisation intangible assets 4 1 793 1 609 3 662 3 069 6 652
Amortisation impl. costs customer 5 7 571 3 836 12 282 7 376 17 037
projects
IPO-related costs
3 655 3 655 11 948
One-off extraordinary impairment 4 854
Total operating expenses 83 446 71 531 167 778 137 214 311 284
Operating profit 8 849 -479 18 700 7 972 14 861
Financial items
Financial income 102 98 711 293 708
Financial expense -702 -684 -1 428 -1 129 -3 546
Net financial items -600 -586 -717 -835 -2 838
Ordinary profit before tax 8 249 -1 066 17 983 7 137 12 023
Income tax expense
Tax expense on ordinary profit 2 093 -288 4 658 1 927 3 230
Total tax expense 2 093 -288 4 658 1 927 3 230
Profit for the period 6 157 -778 13 325 5 210 8 793
Profit attributable to:
- Owners of the parent 5 523 -1 054 11 876 4 303 7 312
- Non-controlling interests 634 276 1 449 907 1 481
Earnings per share:
- Basic and diluted 0,03 % -0,01 % 0,04 % 0,06 % 0,03 %
- NOK 0,29 -0,07 0,38 0,62 0,28

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

2015 2014 2015 2014 2014
(NOK 1000) Notes Apr-Jun Apr-Jun Jan-Jun Jan-Jun Jan-Dec
unaudited unaudited unaudited unaudited
Profit for the period 6 157 -778 13 325 5 210 8 793
Other comprehensive income
Items that will be reclassified to profit and loss
in subsequent periods
Currency translation differences -128 -637 -808 -1 200 -377
Total other comprehensive income -128 -637 -808 -1 200 -377
Total comprehensive income 6 028 -1 415 12 517 4 010 8 416
Total comprehensive income attributable to:
- Owners of the parent 5 394 -1 690 11 206 3 103 6 935
- Non-controlling interests 634 276 1 311 907 1 481

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

2015 2014 2014
(NOK 1000) Notes 30. Jun 30. Jun 31. Dec
unaudited unaudited
ASSETS
Non-current assets
Intangible assets
Other intangible assets 4 34 850 23 111 29 624
Total intangible assets 34 850 23 111 29 624
Deferred tax asset 4 763 5 260 6 041
Fixed assets
Office equipment 166 249 224
Property, plant and equipment 1 997 2 084 2 083
Total fixed assets 2 163 2 332 2 308
Total non-current assets 41 776 30 704 37 973
Current assets
Trade accounts receivable 66 767 54 299 64 306
Customer projects 5 26 645 29 321 25 317
Other short-term receivables 7 166 8 411 4 346
Cash and cash equivalents 52 638 47 540 75 354
Total current assets 153 216 139 572 169 324
TOTAL ASSETS 194 992 170 275 207 297

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

2015 2014 2014
(NOK 1000) Notes 30. Jun 30. Jun 31. Dec
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES unaudited unaudited
Equity
Paid-in capital
Share capital 1 912 1 912 1 912
Own shares - nominal value -6 -6 -6
Share premium 53 225 67 498 67 498
Total paid-in capital 55 131 69 404 69 404
Retained earnings 31 307 18 159 19 753
Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent 86 438 87 563 89 157
Non-controlling interests 5 179 3 697 3 730
Total equity 91 617 91 260 92 887
Non-current liabilities
Deferred tax 1 531 2 999 1 531
Interest-bearing loans and borrowings 2 463 1 047 2 471
Employee-defined benefit liabilities 718 394 28
Total long-term debt 4 713 4 440 4 031
Current liabilities
Trade accounts payable 6 733 8 697 12 493
Interest-bearing loan from shareholders
Income tax payable 3 065 3 274 3 399
Public duties payable 22 853 20 897 24 546
Other short-term debt 66 012 41 708 69 941
Total short-term debt 98 663 74 575 110 379
Total liabilities 103 376 79 015 114 410
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 194 992 170 275 207 297

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flow

2015 2014 2015 2014 2014
(NOK 1000) Notes
Apr-Jun
Apr-Jun Jan-Jun Jan-Jun Jan-Dec
Cash Flow from operating activities unaudited unaudited unaudited unaudited
Operating profit 8 849 -479 18 700 7 972 14 861
Depreciations and impairments 220 186 432 369 5 586
Amortisation intangible assets 1 793 1 610 3 662 3 070 6 652
Amortisation implementation costs customer projects 7 571 3 836 12 282 7 376 17 037
Customer projects -7 374 -7 033 -13 610 -17 490 -23 518
Taxes paid -1 372 493 -3 714 -1 674 -3 633
Changes in accounts receivable and accounts payable -263 -4 291 -8 221 -2 600 -8 811
Changes in other short term debt and disposals -369 1 868 -7 971 -241 29 143
Net cash flow from operating activities 9 055 -3 810 1 559 -3 217 37 318
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of fixed and intangible assets
Net cash flow from investing activities
-6 265
-6 265
-2 803
-2 803
-9 278
-9 278
-4 051
-4 051
-14 411
-14 411
Cash flows from financing activities
Net financial items
Purchase of own shares
-600 -586 -717 -835 -2 838
Proceeds from issue of new borrowings
Repayments of borrowings
Changes in factoring debt
262 -1 626 -8 -2 090 2 880
-3 033
Dividend payments
Dividend payments to non-controlling interest
Proceeds from issue of new shares
-14 273 -14 273 -1 172
IPO Costs of equity 49 274 49 274 49 274
Net cash flow from financing activities -2 342 -2 342 -3 464
-14 612 44 720 -14 998 44 007 41 647
Net changes in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period 64 459
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
-11 821
52 638
38 107
9 433
47 540
-22 717
75 355
52 638
36 738
10 802
47 540
64 553
10 802
75 355
Unused credit facilities 15 000 15 000 15 000 15 000 15 000

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

Total Cumul. Non
Share Own Share paid-in translation Other controlling Total
(in NOK 1000) capital shares premium equity differences equity interests equity
Equity at 31.03.2015 1 912 -6 67 499 69 404 -986 26 898 4 545 99 862
(unaudited)
Profit of the period
5 523 634 6 157
Other comprehensive income -128 -128
Other changes
Purchase/sale of own shares (net)
Dividend -14 273 -14 273 -14 273
Equity at 30.06. 2015 (unaudited) 1 912 -6 53 225 55 131 -1 114 32 421 5 179 91 617
Equity at 31.03.2014 339 -6 18 442 18 774 -978 23 892 4 053 45 742
(unaudited)
Profit of the period
-1 054 276 -778
Other comprehensive income -637 -637
Other changes
Transaction costs related to IPO -2 342 -2 342
Issue of new shares 1 573 49 057 50 630 -1 356 49 274
Purchase/sale of own shares (net)
Dividend
Equity at 30.06.2014 (unaudited) 1 912 -6 67 499 69 404 -1 615 19 142 4 329 91 260
Equity at 01.01.2014 339 -6 18 442 18 774 -415 18 536 3 421 40 317
Profit of the year 7 312 1 481 8 793
Other comprehensive income -377 -377
Other changes -484 -484
Transaction costs related to IPO -3 464 -3 464
Issue of new shares (20.06.2014) 217 49 057 49 274 - 49 274
Issue of new shares (13.05.2014) 1 356 1 356 -1 356
Purchase/sale of own shares (net)
Dividend -1 172 -1 172
Equity at 31.12.2014 1 912 -6 67 499 69 404 -792 20 545 3 730 92 887

Notes to the interim consolidated condensed financial statements

Note 1 – General Information and basis for preparation

General information

Zalaris ASA is a public limited company incorporated in Norway. The Group's main office is located in Hovfaret 4, Oslo, Norway. The Group delivers full-service outsourced personnel and payroll services.

Zalaris' interim financial statements for the second quarter of 2015 were authorized for issue by the board of directors on 19.08.2015.

Basis for preparation

These interim consolidated condensed financial statements are prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34 Interim Financial Reporting as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and as adopted by the European Union (EU). The condensed interim financial statements do not include all of the information and disclosures required by International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for a complete set of financial statements, and these condensed interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the annual financial statements. The interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended 30 September have not been audited or reviewed by the auditors.

A description of the significant accounting policies is included in Zalaris' annual financial statements for 2014, and applies to these interim consolidated condensed financial statements. New and amended standards applicable for the period starting 1 April 2015 did not have any effect for the company.

Going concern

With reference to the Norwegian Accounting Act § 3-3, the Board confirms its belief that conditions exist for continuing operations and that these interim consolidated condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the going concern principle.

Note 2 – Segment Information

The company has three operating segments, which are Outsourcing, Cloud Services and Consulting Outsourcing, offering a full range of payroll and HR outsourcing services, including payroll processing, time and attendance and travel expenses. Consulting delivers turnkey projects based on Zalaris template or implementation of customer-specific functionality. They also assist customers with cost-effective maintenance and support of customers' own on-premise solutions. The Cloud services unit is offering additional cloud-based HR functionality to existing outsourcing customers as talent management, digital personnel archive, HR analytics, mobile solutions, etc., and was divided into its own reporting segment from 2014.

Information is organized by business area and geography. The reporting format is based on the Group's management and internal reporting structure. Items that are not allocated are mainly intercompany sales, interest-bearing loans and other associated expenses and assets related to administration of the Group. The Group's key management is the chief decision maker in the Group. The investing activities comprise total expenses in the period for the acquisition of assets that have an expected useful life of more than one year.

Jan-Jun 2015

(NOK 1.000) Outsourcing Cloud Consulting Non
allocated
Total
Other operating income, external 178 800 1 037 6 641 186 478
Other operating expenses -147 532 -905 -2 964 -151 401
Depreciation and amortisation -16 208 -23 -146 -16 377
Operating profit/(loss) 15 061 110 3 530 18 700
Cash flow from investing activities -9 278 -9 278

Jan-Jun 2014

(NOK 1.000) Outsourcing Cloud Consulting Non
allocated
Total
Other operating income, external 140 378 498 4 310 145 187
Other operating expenses -120 002 -419 -2 325 -122 746
Group depr. and amortisation -10 699 -12 -102 -10 813
IPO related costs -3 655 -3 655
Operating profit/(loss) 9 677 67 1 883 -3 655 7 972
Cash flow from investing activities -4 051 -4 051
2014
(NOK 1.000) Outsourcing Cloud Consulting Non
allocated
Total
Other operating income, external 308 843 6 617 10 685 326 145
Other operating expenses -255 542 -5 199 -9 321 -270 062
Depreciation and amortisation -29 145 -33 -98 -29 275
IPO related costs -11 948 -11 948
Operating profit/(loss) 24 156 1 386 1 266 -11 948 14 861
Cash flow from investing activities -14 411 -14 411

Geographic Information

The Group's operations are carried in several countries, and information regarding revenue based on geography is provided below. Information is based on location of the entity generating the revenue, which to a large extent, corresponds to the geographical location of the customers.

Revenue from external customers attributable to:

as % of 2015 as % of 2014 as % of 2014
(NOK 1000) total Apr-Jun total Apr-Jun total Jan-Dec
Norway 47 % 43 828 44 % 31 416 46 % 151 480
Sweden 23 % 21 075 20 % 14 369 20 % 64 923
Denmark 16 % 14 594 19 % 13 398 19 % 60 598
Finland 12 % 11 148 15 % 10 787 14 % 44 610
Other 2 % 1 650 2 % 1 082 1 % 4 534
Total 100 % 92 295 100 % 71 051 100 % 326 145

Information about major customers

as % of 2015 as % of 2014 as % of 2014
(NOK 1000) total Apr-Jun total Apr-Jun total Jan-Dec
5 largest customer 46 % 42 456 49 % 34 638 47 % 153 930
10 largest customer 63 % 58 315 68 % 47 971 65 % 212 002
20 largest customer 79 % 72 796 83 % 58 670 80 % 260 308

Note 3 – Personnel Costs

2015 2014 2014
(NOK 1000) Jan-Jun Jan-Jun Jan-Dec
Salary 93 491 81 605 122 968
Bonus 3 781 3 051 4 684
Social security tax 12 486 10 196 16 669
Pension costs 8 959 7 527 11 355
Other expenses 4 592 3 116 58 382
Capitalised development expenses -5 429 -1 437 -2 897
Capitalised implementation costs customer projects -12 398 -20 287 -26 240
Total salary expenses 105 483 83 771 184 920
Average number of employees: 410 369 301
Average number of FTEs: 376 344 261

Note 4 – Other Intangible Assets

Licenses and Internally
developed
Internally
developed
software
under
(NOK 1000) software software construction Total
Book value 01.01.2014 7 852 8 765 6 068 22 685
Additions of the period 4 591 10 689 8 994 24 275
Disposals and currency effects in the period 15 -11 -10 689 -10 685
This period ordinary amortisation -2 626 -4 026 - -6 652
Book value 31.12.2014 9 833 15 417 4 373 29 624
Book value 01.01.2015 9 833 15 417 4 373 29 624
Additions of the period 550 2 052 8 406 11 008
Disposals and currency effects in the period -24 -41 -2 054 -2 119
This period ordinary amortisation -1 190 -2 473 - -3 662
Book value 30.06.2015 9 170 14 955 10 725 34 850
Book value 01.01.2014 7 852 8 765 6 068 22 685
Additions of the period 1 140 5 711 2 361 9 213
Disposals and currency effects in the period -3 -3 -5 711 -5 717
This period ordinary amortisation -1 330 -1 741 - -3 070
Book value 30.06.2014 7 660 12 733 2 718 23 111
Useful life 5-10 years 5 years
Depreciation method linear linear

Note 5 – Customer Projects

Costs related to delivering outsourcing contracts are recognized as they are incurred. However, a portion of costs incurred in the initial phase of outsourcing contracts (transition and/or transformation costs) may be deferred when they are specific to a given contract, relate to future activity on the contract and/or will generate future economic benefits, and are recoverable. These costs are allocated to work-in-progress (customer projects), and any prepaid revenues by the client are recorded as a deduction from the costs incurred in the balance for customer projects. The deferred costs are expensed evenly over the period the outsourcing services are provided and included in the line item "Amortization implementation cost customer projects."

2015 2014 2014
(NOK 1000) Jun Jun Dec
Deferred costs related to customer projects 69 106 66 148 69 729
Deferred revenue related to customer projects -42 461 -36 826 -44 412
Net customer implementation costs 26 645 29 321 25 317

Note 6 – Transactions with Related Parties

There have been no material transactions with related parties during the reporting period 1st of April to 30th of June 2015. Please refer to the annual financial statements for further information.

Note 7 – Events after Balance Sheet Date

There have been no events after the balance sheet date significantly affecting the Group's financial position.

The quarter in pictures

Leading enterprise extended agreement with Zalaris to deliver cloud services to 30 000 employees in Nordic, Baltic regions and Poland.

Zalaris sponsored "Walking the Lithuanian Coastline in 24H," arranged by walking enthusiast and Zalaris employee Deividas Urbonavicius.

The world's only bicycle race in midnight sun – the incredible Zalaris Lofoten Insomnia Race – was held for the first time with Zalaris as a main sponsor. Join us next year on www.lofoteninsomnia.no

For questions, please contact

Nina Stemshaug CFO [email protected] +47 982 60 394

Hans-Petter Mellerud CEO [email protected] +47 928 97 276

Financial information

Interim report Q3 2015 to be published on Oct. 28th 2015 Interim report Q4 2015 to be published on Feb. 25th 2016

All financial information is published on the Zalaris' website: http://www.zalaris.com/Investor-Relations/

Financial reports can also be ordered at [email protected].

18 Zalaris Interim Report 2015-Q2 www.zalaris.com Zalaris ASA PO Box1053 Hoff 0218 Oslo Norway

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