final results
Highlights
· Revenue growth of 114% to £108.3m (2015: £50.6m), including £57.8m contribution from Azzurri[1)
· Organic revenue growth of 1%, reflecting positive momentum through the year and a strong second half recovery.
· Increase in recurring revenue to 73% (2015: 69%).
· Group adjusted EBITDA increased 63% to £12.6m (2015: £7.7m), including £4.9m contribution from Azzurri.
· Group adjusted profit before tax increased 52% to £11.1m (2015: £7.3m).
· Adjusted earnings per share [2] of 78.0p (2015: 60.3p).
· Strong cash performance, with operating cash flow of £10.6m (2015: £6.8m) and underlying cash conversion [3] of 104% of adjusted EBITDA.
· Period end net debt [4] of £20.1m, equivalent to 1.6x adjusted EBITDA, comfortably ahead of board expectations.
· Proposed final dividend per share of 17.4p (2015: 16.5p), taking full year dividend per share to 30.8p (2015: 29.3p), an increase of 5%, in line with the stated dividend policy.
Operational Highlights
· Transformational acquisition of Azzurri completed 4 May 2016.
· Pleasing performance post-acquisition with notable contract wins.
· 63% growth in the number of contracted seats on ICON Communicate, our Unified Communications cloud platform.
· Integration progressing well, with £2.2m of synergies realised in the current year and an annualised effect of £5.0m, ahead of stated targets at the time of the transaction.