Anite 2015 final results

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Anite 2015 final results

Financial highlights

Revenue £118.4m (2014: £109.2m) 

EBITDA £30.7m (2014: £24.0m)

Operating profit £22.7m (2014: £15.3m)

Operating margin 19% (2014: 14%)

Profit before tax £22.7m (2014: £14.9m)

Diluted adjusted earnings per share 6.0p (2014: 3.9p)

Closing order book £32.9m (2014: £32.5m)

Net cash of £37.0m (April 2014: £6.1m) including net proceeds from Travel disposal

Statutory results

Revenue from continuing operations £118.4m (2014: £109.2m)

Profit from continuing operations (after tax) £10.8m (2014: £7.8m)

Profit from discontinued operations £33.9m (2014: £4.5m)

Profit for the year £44.7m (2014: £12.3m)

Basic statutory earnings per share from continuing operations 3.8p (2014: 2.7p)

Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations 3.6p (2014: 2.6p)

Operating highlights

Device & Infrastructure Testing - year of recovery based on growth from Interoperability Testing and Channel Emulation

Network Testing - strong performance throughout year with first contribution from Xceed

Maintained significant R&D investment £23.1m (2014: £20.8m)

Travel disposed of on 29 May 2014 for total cash consideration of £42.5m

Current trading

Market conditions continue to be mixed

Year has started in line with expectations

Offer from Keysight Technologies Inc.

On 17 June 2015 Keysight Technologies Inc. ("Keysight") announced a recommended 126p per share cash acquisition of Anite. The acquisition remains subject to Anite shareholder approval. A copy of the announcement can be found at www.anite.com/investor-relations.

Dividend

In accordance with the terms of the recommended cash offer from Keysight, the Board is not proposing the payment of a final dividend (2014: 1.265p).

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