Summarised segmental analysis
for the year ended 28 February 2021
For management’s internal purposes, the Group is currently organised into three operating divisions which are the basis on which the Group reports its primary segmental information.
Principal activities are as follows:- Westcon International – Technology distribution of security and networking products;
- Logicalis – ICT infrastructure solutions and services; and
- Corporate, Management Consulting and Financial Services: Includes strategic and technical consulting, capital/leasing business, Group head office companies and Group consolidation adjustments.
| Westcon International | Logicalis | Corporate, Management Consulting and Financial Services |
Datatec Group Total | |||||||||
| US$'000 | Audited Year ended February 2021 |
Audited Restated^ Year ended February 2020 |
Audited Year ended February 2021 |
Audited Restated^ Year ended February 2020 |
Audited Year ended February 2021 |
Audited Restated^ Year ended February 2020 |
Audited Year ended February 2021 |
Audited Restated^ Year ended February 2020 |
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| REVENUE | 2 585 678 | 2 473 113 | 1 449 543 | 1 681 531 | 74 242 | 59 777 | 4 109 463 | 4 214 421 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue from product sales | 2 508 973 | 2 401 138 | 839 512 | 1 051 499 | 1 049 | 1 041 | 3 349 534 | 3 453 678 | ||||
| Revenue from sales of hardware | 1 529 146 | 1 655 212 | 654 739 | 896 877 | (20 948) | (21 517) | 2 162 937 | 2 530 572 | ||||
| Revenue from sales of software* | 946 877 | 723 223 | 184 439 | 154 703 | (14 944) | (16 407) | 1 116 372 | 861 519 | ||||
| Revenue from vendor resold services and product maintenance sales | 69 736 | 61 155 | 747 | 807 | (258) | (375) | 70 225 | 61 587 | ||||
| Inter-segmental revenue | (36 786) | (38 452) | (413) | (888) | 37 199 | 39 340 | – | – | ||||
| Revenue from services | 68 010 | 67 898 | 209 267 | 217 796 | 65 553 | 51 865 | 342 830 | 337 559 | ||||
| Revenue from professional services | 68 241 | 68 216 | 209 267 | 217 796 | 65 322 | 51 547 | 342 830 | 337 559 | ||||
| Inter-segmental revenue | (231) | (318) | – | – | 231 | 318 | – | – | ||||
| Revenue from annuity services | 8 695 | 4 077 | 400 764 | 412 236 | 7 640 | 6 871 | 417 099 | 423 184 | ||||
| Revenue from cloud services | – | – | 47 653 | 49 384 | – | – | 47 653 | 49 384 | ||||
| Revenue from software services* | 8 754 | 4 233 | – | – | (59) | (156) | 8 695 | 4 077 | ||||
| Revenue from other annuity services | – | – | 353 111 | 362 852 | 7 640 | 6 871 | 360 751 | 369 723 | ||||
| Inter-segmental revenue | (59) | (156) | – | – | 59 | 156 | – | – | ||||
| Restructuring costs | 7 764 | – | 14 138 | – | 476 | – | 22 378 | – | ||||
| EBITDA | 44 782 | 40 038 | 81 931 | 123 854 | (8 081) | (5 235) | 118 632 | 158 657 | ||||
| RECONCILIATION OF OPERATING PROFIT/(LOSS) TO PROFIT/(LOSS) AFTER TAXATION | ||||||||||||
| Operating profit/(loss) | 22 215 | 18 972 | 40 265 | 72 287 | (12 507) | (8 722) | 49 973 | 82 537 | ||||
| Interest income | 728 | 1 084 | 770 | 11 538 | 397 | 2 289 | 1 895 | 14 911 | ||||
| Finance costs | (10 933) | (14 733) | (16 373) | (25 608) | (281) | (444) | (27 587) | (40 785) | ||||
| Share of equity-accounted investment (losses)/earnings | – | (398) | 362 | (181) | 546 | 375 | 908 | (204) | ||||
| Acquisition-related fair value adjustments | – | – | – | 696 | – | – | – | 696 | ||||
| Other income | 55 | 918 | – | – | – | – | 55 | 918 | ||||
| Loss on disposal of investment | – | 415 | – | – | – | – | – | 415 | ||||
| Profit/(loss) before taxation | 12 065 | 6 258 | 25 024 | 58 732 | (11 845) | (6 502) | 25 244 | 58 488 | ||||
| Taxation | (3 694) | (5 962) | (13 813) | (21 949) | (2 033) | (3 898) | (19 540) | (31 809) | ||||
| Profit/(loss) for the year from continuing operations | 8 371 | 296 | 11 211 | 36 783 | (13 878) | (10 400) | 5 704 | 26 679 | ||||
| Profit for the year from discontinued operations | – | – | – | – | – | 1 332 | – | 1 332 | ||||
| Profit/(loss) for the year | 8 371 | 296 | 11 211 | 36 783 | (13 878) | (9 068) | 5 704 | 28 011 | ||||
| ASSETS AND LIABILITIES | ||||||||||||
| Total assets | 1 336 059 | 1 155 583 | 1 296 818 | 1 303 083 | 164 381 | 137 860 | 2 797 258 | 2 596 526 | ||||
| Total liabilities | (1 170 444) | (985 859) | (935 536) | (926 877) | (50 657) | (40 697) | (2 156 637) | (1 953 433) | ||||
Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision maker. The chief operating decision maker, who is responsible for allocating resources and assessing performance of the operating segments, has been identified as the executive directors who make strategic decisions.
Sales and purchases between Group companies are concluded on normal commercial terms in the ordinary course of business. The inter-group sales of goods and provision of services for the year ended 28 February 2021 amounted to US$37.5 million (FY20: US$39.9 million). During the year, the Group made sales totalling US$58.2 million (FY20: US$51.1 million) and received management fees of US$0.4 million (FY20: US$0.3 million) from its associate Esource Resources, LLC. As at 28 February 2021, US$1.1 million (FY20: US$2. million) was due from Esource Resources, LLC and US$0.03 million (FY20: US$0.1 million) was due to Esource Resources, LLC.
^FY20 REVENUE RESTATEMENT
The Group sells certain software, software services and cloud computing solutions which include Infrastructure as a Service (“IaaS”) and Software as a Service (“SaaS”). During the year these amounts have grown in significance for the Group and the Group has revisited the revenue recognition for these arrangements. The Group’s vendors continuously change the way in which they bring their products and services to market and there is a significant amount of judgement involved in determining whether or not the Group acts as an agent or principal with regards to these arrangements. In its reassessment, the Group concluded that in those arrangements where the software service is delivered entirely by the vendor, or where the updates and cloud access are critical to the effectiveness of the solution and there is no material on-premise component to the solution, the Group will recognise revenue at the time of invoice on a net basis as the Group is acting as an agent in the transaction.
As a result, the Group has restated its consolidated statement of comprehensive income to reflect only the fees earned, for acting as an agent in these arrangements, as revenue. This has resulted in a decrease in revenues and a corresponding decrease in cost of goods sold in the previous financial year. There was no impact on gross profit or items below gross profit in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income. In addition, there was no impact on earnings or earnings per share.
Note that despite the revenues being disclosed on a net basis, the Group has a contractual right to the gross amount of cash related to the gross revenues and therefore, for any amounts remaining unpaid at the period end, the group continues to present these amounts as gross trade receivables in the consolidated statement of financial position. The restatement has no impact on the consolidated statement of financial position or consolidated statement of cash flows.
| US$’000 | Before restatement |
After restatement |
Total restatement |
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| 2020 | ||||
| Revenue | 4 304 845 | 4 214 421 | (90 424) | |
| Cost of sales | (3 563 267) | (3 472 843) | 90 424 | |
| Gross profit | 741 578 | 741 578 | – |
A prior year reclassification of US$65.6 million from professional services to software was required in Logicalis Latin America. Previously Logicalis’ Brazilian operation had reported the revenue as services revenue following local Brazilian tax requirements which requires that all software revenue that does not include a media component associated with it to be classified as services revenue.

