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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 
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Restated^
Year ended  
February  
2020  
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February 
2021 
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Year ended  
February  
2020  
     
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)      
* Includes software as a service revenues.

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 
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.