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2018 Annual Report
Bluechiip Limited ACN 104 795 922

Productivity, sample 
quality and integrity

Contents

2017-18 HIGHLIGHTS .......................................................................................... 4

CHAIRMAN’S LETTER ........................................................................................ 8

MANAGING DIRECTOR’S REPORT ............................................................... 9

DIRECTORS REPORT ........................................................................................12

AUDITOR INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION ..............................................17

REMUNERATION REPORT ..............................................................................18

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE .........................................................................29

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION ................ 30

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS  

AND OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ..................................................31

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY ..................32

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS ..................................33

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  ..........34

DIRECTORS’ DECLARATION......................................................................... 56

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS REPORT ..........................................................57

ADDITIONAL ASX INFORMATION................................................................61

CORPORATE INFORMATION ........................................................................63

2017-18 Highlights

World-first, highly differentiated technology, with protected IP

$200M+ growing target market, with very large adjacent markets

Dramatically increasing partner pipeline, 29 readers sold up from 14 in FY17

Sale of products $434k, up from $140k in FY17 representing a 209% increase

Well advanced product development

Partner opportunity conversion with three executed licence and supply  
agreements and Bluechiip Enabled products in manufacture

Growing partner supply, over 250k chips delivered in 2H FY18. Initial repeat 
revenues with sales up 136% year on year

Initial $1M order received in Dec 17

Post year end updated Labcon agreement over $US11.6m ($A15.9m)  
FY19, 20 and 21

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Bluechiip Overview

Bluechiip’s technology wirelessly tracks the identification and temperature of valuable 
samples such as tissue, blood, serum and plasma which are stored in vials and bags in harsh 
environments like liquid nitrogen. Bluechiip’s technology improves productivity, reduces 
human error and ensures sample integrity in industries such as the US$2B bio-preservation 
market. Bluechiip’s miniature chips – smaller than the size of a matchhead – are attached 
to storage bags and vials, and information from these chips is read by a mechanical reader. 
Current sample-tracking technology – largely barcodes, radio-frequency identification 
(RFID) technology and written labels – is simply not keeping up with the increasing value of 
biosamples. Bluechiip’s chips are currently being built into a range of vials by a US company, 
Labcon North America, one of the world’s biggest consumables manufacturers. Bluechiip is in 
discussion with several other manufacturers to incorporate its technology into their products. 
Bluechiip’s strong IP portfolio across ten patent families, including 25 granted patents.

Bluechiip Technology

The chip, a Micro Electro Mechanical System (MEMS), measuring 1mm x 1mm x 1mm, is a purely mechanical device 
with no powered electronics. Unlike other labelling technology – such as labels, barcodes and radio-frequency 
identification (RFID) technology – Bluechiip’s chips perform in extreme environments like liquid nitrogen, operating 
reliably at -196°C. They are also resistant to gamma sterilisation, they are extremely difficult to clone or corrupt, and 
provide the temperature of samples when read.

Resonating Micro Beams Shifting with Temperature

Each chip is a unique micro electro mechanical system 
(MEMS) containing multiple beams

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Miniature Chip 

The beams resonate at different frequencies which 
are translated to  an ID. The frequency of the 
beams are directly related to the temperature

Billions of ID Combinations

Billions of unique ID combinations can be achieved 
and are captured in this miniaturised chip

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Bluechiip Strategy

Bluechiip is now in the commercialization phase, having secured three OEM Agreements with 
companies in Australia and the USA. The company is manufacturing and shipping chips, and 
producing growing revenue. Bluechiip’s experienced team is working with potential customers 
to increase take up of the company’s products and services. The company is initially targeting 
companies with high-value samples – where the cost of failure is high – such as IVF, regenerative 
medicine, cryo-transport and pharmaceuticals.

Primary Target Markets

Bluechiip’s initial target is the US$2b bio-preservation and cryo-preservation market, which processes 
more than 300 million samples per year of tissue, blood, serum, plasma, etc for industries such as 
pharmaceuticals, IVF, research and clinical trials. 

Our Product

Bluechiip’s product range consists of a wireless tracking/measuring chip, a reader, and associated software.

•  Bluechiip works with OEM partners to embed Bluechiip core technology into our partners’ consumables.

•  The reader: There are several types of Bluechiip reader – benchtop, handheld and multi-point. Readers 

enable instant tracking of each sample’s data, including provenance, history and temperature.

•  The software: Bluechiip’s easy-to-use software database has wireless connectivity, and keeps chain-of- 

custody records for each sample in one location.

Customer 
Database

Web Interfaces

BLUE CUBE

Mobile readers

HAND-HELD READER

Tags

MATCHBOX READER

MULTIVIAL READER

RETROFIT BUTTON 
FOR CRYOVIALS

CRYOTAG

CRYOVIAL 
BOX

USER ID 
FOB

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Competitive Advantages

Few technologies work in extreme environments and no other technology provides integrated wireless temperature- 
reading and tracking. Traditional tracking technologies such as barcode and labels are not suited for many high-
value industries because labels and barcodes cannot be read through frost and removing frost to take readings can 
damage samples. RFID technologies typically do not work in very low temperatures or survive sterilization procedures. 
Conventional temperature-sensing technologies are limited because they sense the environmental temperature, 
not the temperature of the specific samples, and they require wiring and electronics which do not work in harsh 
environments.

Senses temperature and 
reads ID through frost

Overcomes issues with 
illegible handwriting

Frost time wasted and uncontrolled temperature

Bluechiip Enabled Features

Cryo 
Operational

On-Board 
Sensor

Non-Visual  
ID

Anti 
Counterfeit

Sterilisation 
Proof

Bluechiip

Bluechiip

Bluechiip

Bluechiip

Bluechiip

Labels

Labels

Labels

Labels

Labels

Barcodes

Barcodes

Barcodes

Barcodes

Barcodes

RFID

RFID

RFID

RFID

RFID

Bluechiip Enabled Benefits

Improved 
productivity

Increased 
Sample 
Quality

Reduced 
Human Error

7

Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Chairman’s Letter

Building scale as sales orders increase

Dear Shareholder,

The directors are very pleased to present the 2018 Annual Report to you after a 
significant and pivotal year that lays the platform for building scale as sales orders 
increase.

During the year, Bluechiip met one of its key objectives being the commercialisation of 
its unique wireless tracking technology in biobanking. In December 2017 we received 
our largest single order to date, worth $1 million, from Labcon North America. This 
deal was surpassed nine months later, in September 2018, with a pivotal, $15.9 million 
deal over three years.

The company’s revenue increased from $237k in FY17 to over $561k in FY18, sales of 
readers increased from 10 in FY17 to 15 and we delivered over 250,000 chips. There is 
now a pipeline of 29 readers in the USA, Europe and China and we are experiencing an 
increasing interest in our unique technology and its potential in the bio preservation 
market.

Against this background and on the back of the second Labcon order, in September 
2018 we successfully raised $5.5 million in fresh capital in a share placement that 
was oversubscribed. This capital provides a solid platform for Bluechiip to fund its 
commercialisation plans and growth.

The Board announced a Share Purchase Plan on 10 September which provides the 
opportunity for all eligible shareholders to apply to purchase up to $15,000 worth of 
new fully paid shares at the same share price as that paid by sophisticated investors in 
the placement. 

Andrew McLellan has led and driven the Bluechiip team to achieve these results. They 
are extremely motivated and creative and they thoroughly deserve our acclamation 
for an outstanding performance. 

The directors take this opportunity to thank all our shareholders for their patience 
and continuing support and we welcome all new shareholders to our register. Bluechiip 
has a very bright and exciting future and your Board is very confident you will be 
rewarded with your investment.

Iain Kirkwood 
Chairman

8 Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018

Managing Director’s Report

The year 2017-18 saw Bluechiip Limited make exciting progress on several fronts, 
including supplying hundreds of thousands of tracking chips to one of our key OEM 
partners, San Francisco-based Labcon North America. This growing momentum was 
seen in our fourth quarter sales revenue of $232,384 and sales receipts of $185,862, 
delivering both the highest quarterly sales revenue and sales receipts since our 
listing on the ASX. The full-year sales revenue of $561,544 and sales receipts of 
$511,650 represent increases of 136% and 95% respectively on the previous year.

We are confident of continuing this momentum into the 
coming year – signing more contracts and delivering 
more chips and hardware to customers worldwide. This 
will lead to significant revenue growth. Our aim remains 
unchanged – to have our unique, patented, wireless 
sample-tracking technology for harsh environments 
delivered across multiple market platforms, including 
the US$2b (A$2.6b) bio-preservation market and large 
adjacent markets. 

Bluechiip continues to evolve. Importantly, 2017-18 saw 
our production ramp up, as our tracking chips were 
incorporated into vials manufactured by Labcon North 
America, one of our key OEM partners. 

The year 2017-18 saw Bluechiip record significant 
revenue growth from repeated licence, service and 
product contracts. 

Notably, the sales of our chips in the past year rose 
significantly quarter by quarter, from 2,000 chips in the 
first quarter, to 20,000+ in the second, 80,000+ in the 
third and close to 140,000 in the last quarter.

Bluechiip continues to make steady progress. The 
Bluechiip of today has a highly-differentiated, expanding 
core technology that is protected by more than 25 
granted patents, with 6 more patents pending. 

We are expecting greater revenue growth in the coming 
year as Labcon North America ramps up its Bluechiip-
enabled product range. We expect further revenue from 
licences, service and products as our OEM partners 
launch Bluechiip-enabled products into global markets.

Importantly, we have sold several developer/trial kits, 
allowing partners to trial our products in different 
products and markets, and create prototypes. 
Bluechiip has now sold 29 developer/trial kits to key 
global institutions, including the Chinese Centre for 
Disease, Control and Prevention (CCDC), an agency 
of the Chinese Ministry of Health based in Beijing, and 
SIAD, a European biobank solution provider for the life 

sciences sector. We have identified more than 50 major 
opportunities in our partner pipeline.

During the year Bluechiip took delivery of Multi-Vial 
Readers, co-developed by Planet Innovation. The Multi-
Vial Reader, which can read a box of 100 Bluechiip-
enabled samples at a time, joins the Matchbox Reader 
and Hand-Held Readers in our range. For a biobank 
with hundreds of thousands of samples in storage, the 
ability to get information from 100 vials at a time leads to 
significant time and safety efficiencies. Facilities that buy 
Multi-Vial Readers are likely to buy significant volumes of 
consumables.

Demand is being driven by an increase in marketing 
activity and an increase in market presence, especially in 
North America. We anticipate accelerating engagement 
with partners in North America, Europe and Asia, with 
conversion into more OEM partnerships

We have executed several supplier agreements and 
demonstrated our products in the marketplace. 
Several partners have signed full Original Equipment 
Manufacturing (OEM) licence and supply agreements. 
Bluechiip continues to target an immediate addressable 
market of US$250 million (A$320 million) from its three 
key licence and supply agreements with:

Genea Biomedx IVF tracking market (US$20M), with 
upcoming ongoing licence revenue received and product 
development with eventual launch through global 
pharmaceuticals distribution partner.

Planet Innovation Cryogenic cold chain logistics 
(US$30M) and adjacent market opportunities.

Labcon North America Ltd Licence and Supply 
Agreement with San Francisco-based life science 
consumable supplier, which produces more than 1.4 billion 
consumables annually. Labcon has launched Coldpoint™ 
Bluechiip-enabled range for the global market, including 
Cryovials, Boxes, Readers and Software.

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Managing Director’s Report

During the past year Bluechiip made the following key 
announcements:

Partner Pipeline

Engagement 
(Non-Disclosure 
Agreement) 
(> 50)

Over 50 partner 
opportunities up from 2 in 
2015

Sale of 
Developer/Trial 
Kit, Evaluation 
Agreement 
(>29)

29 Reader sales accelerating

Development 
and Supply 
Agreement  
(3)

Genea Biomedx - FY16 
Supply and Development Agreement
Planet Innovation – FY17 
Supply agreement and investment
Labcon North America FY17 
Supply and Licence Agreement

Demonstration  
in Market  
(2)

Genea Biomedx 
Demonstrated ESHRE July 2016/17

Labcon 
Coldpoint Bluechiip Enabled vials

Commercial 
Product 
“Bluechiip 
Enabled” 
(1)

Labcon North America 
ColdPoint® Bluechiip Enabled vials in 

manufacture Jan ‘18

5 July 2017 The company raises $3.425 million from 
rights issue and placement.

19 October 2017 The company scales up production 
to meet increasing demand, as customers tool up for 
production.

5 December 2017 San Francisco-based Labcon North 
America places orders for Bluechiip chips, readers, 
software and services valued at over A$1 million.

19 February 2018 Labcon North America, Bluechiip’s 
OEM partner, announces it is manufacturing a range 
of cryogenic vials incorporating Bluechiip’s tracking 
technology.

19 February 2018 Labcon’s Bluechiip-enabled cryogenic 
vial range displayed at the Society of Laboratory 
Automation Systems (SLAS) show in San Diego, 
alongside Cryogenic boxes, a Bluechiip Multivial Reader, 
Cold Top, Matchbox reader and Bluechiip’s stream 
software.

25 June 2018 Bluechiip announces that it has 
manufactured and shipped more than 250,000 chips 
to Labcon North America during the year. By year-end 
the company expects to be manufacturing and shipping 
100,000+ chips a month.

We were heartened by the response to our rights issue 
and placement. This capital has enabled the company  
to convert its unique and differentiated technology into 
platforms and long-term partnerships. We both welcome 
a new group of investors and appreciate the ongoing 
support of our long-term shareholders.

I am confident that FY2018-19 will see a continuation of 
Bluechiip’s momentum especially with the revised Labcon 
Supply Agreement valued at $US11.6m ($A15.9m) over 
the coming three financial years announced in August 
2018.

Bluechiip is well positioned to deliver substantial growth 
over the coming year into several markets, building 
on our key assets: a highly differentiated, expanding, 
protected IP portfolio; a large growing target market; 
dramatically increasing partner pipeline with well- 
advanced product development; partner opportunity 
conversion; and repeat revenues. I am confident licence, 
service and product sales will grow significantly in  
2018- 19.

I congratulate the Bluechiip team on the significant 
progress it has made over the past year and thank the 
company’s board for its guidance and continued support.

Andrew McLellan 
Managing Director

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018The Bluechiip patent portfolio currently has 10 patent families with 25 granted patents and 6 patent applications 
pending. Recently the Family 9 provisional patent has progressed to PCT application, and a new patent in Family 10 
has had a provisional application submitted.

Title 

Publication Number

Patents Granted 

Expiry Date 
(filing date if not granted)

Family 1: Memory Devices

Memory Devices

Memory Devices

Family 2: Tagging Methods and Apparatus

EP 1618513 

United Kingdom, France, 
Germany, Switzerland, 

17 March 2024

US 7,434,737

USA 

14 November 2025

Tagging Methods and Apparatus

EP 2124171 

United Kingdom, France, 
Germany, Switzerland, Italy

22 May 2028

Tagging Methods and Apparatus

US 8,186,587

USA

1 July 2030

Family 3: RFID Memory Devices

RFID Memory Devices

EP 2297736

United Kingdom, France, 
Germany, Switzerland, Italy

19 June 2029

RFID Memory Devices

US 8,884,743 

USA

2 July 2033

Family 4: Ringup/Ringdown Interrogation of RFID Tags

Ringup/ Ringdown Interrogation of Rfid Tags

EP 2335182

United Kingdom, France, 
Germany, Switzerland, Italy

30 September 2029

Family 5: Sample Storage and Monitoring System

Sample Storage and Monitoring System

US 9,140,487

USA

21 January 2032

Sample Storage and Monitoring System

EP 2509412

Family 6: Temperature Sensing and Heating Device

Europe 
(7 December 2010)

Temperature Sensing and Heating Device

AU 2011357590

Australia

22 December 2031

Temperature Sensing and Heating Device

US  20140008355

USA

24 April 2034

Temperature Sensing and Heating Device

EP 2668820

Family 7: Storage Cassette and Rack System for Biospecimens

Storage Cassette and Rack System For 
Biospecimens

US 20160175837

Family 8: Monitoring Apparatus for Temperature-Controlled 
Sample Collection and Transport

Monitoring Apparatus for Temperature-
Controlled Sample Collection and Transport

PCT/AU2017/050683

Family 9: A Device, System and Method for Temperature Limit  
Indication and Detection of Temperature-Sensitive Items

A Device, System and Method for 
Temperature Limit Indication and Detection 
of Temperature-Sensitive Items

PCT/AU2017/050933

Europe  
(22 December 2011)

USA  
(30 May 2014)

PCT application  
(1 July 2017)

PCT application  
(31 August 2017)

Family 10: Wearable Tag Reader for Temperature-Controlled Environments

Wearable Tag Reader for Temperature-
Controlled Environments

AU 2018900314

AU Provisional  
(1 February 2018)

11

Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Directors Report

Directors

The names and details of the Company’s Directors in office during the financial year and until the date of this report 
are as follows. Directors were in office for this entire year unless otherwise stated.

Iain M Kirkwood – Non-Executive Chairman 
Qualifications: MA (Hons) Oxon, FCPA

Andrew McLellan – Managing Director and CEO
Qualifications: MBA, B Eng (Hons), GAICD

Appointed to the Board in November 2007, Iain serves 
as Chairman. He was appointed as Executive Chairman 
on 28 January 2014 and reverted to the role of Non-
Executive Chairman on 1 July 2014. He is an experienced 
private consultant, investor and non-executive Director. 
He has considerable practical and operational experience 
gained from a successful financial career spanning 
35 years in a range of industries including auditing, 
resources, manufacturing and latterly healthcare in 
Australia, Britain and the USA. He started his career 
at Arthur Andersen & Co in London. During his career, 
he has held a range of senior financial and general 
management positions, including Woodside Petroleum 
Limited, Santos Limited, Pilkington plc, F.H. Faulding & Co 
Limited and Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Limited.

During the past three (3) years he has also served as a 
Director of the following other ASX listed companies:

•  Simonds Group Limited  

(Appointed 20 September 2017)

•  Novita Healthcare Limited (formerly Avexa Limited) 
(Appointed 9 August 2010, Resigned 30 October 
2017)

•  Vysarn Limited (formerly MHM Metals Limited) 

(Appointed 13 February 2013, Resigned 23 March 
2015)

•  Vision Eye Institute Limited (VEI) (VEI was removed 
from the official list of ASX on 15 December 2015) 
(Appointed 15 November 2004)

Appointed as Managing Director and CEO on 27 January 
2015. Andrew has vast experience in innovation and 
commercialisation combined with significant technical 
and operational experience. Prior to joining Bluechiip, he 
was the CEO of Advanced Manufacturing Co-operative 
Research Centre (AMCRC) which he now serves as a non-
executive Director. Andrew focused on bringing together 
industry and research to develop and commercialise 
ground breaking innovations. He has held a range of 
senior positions including Director at Leica Microsystems 
Pty Ltd (previously Vision BioSystems Pty Ltd, a division 
of the former publicly listed Vision Systems Limited), 
Vice President of Marketing and Business Development 
North America and Director of Product Management 
at Vision BioSystems Pty Ltd. Andrew holds a Bachelor 
of Engineering Degree (Hons) and an MBA (Strategy) 
from Monash University (Melbourne). In addition, he is 
also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company 
Directors (GAICD).

Michael Ohanessian – Non-Executive Director
Qualifications: B Eng, MBA

Appointed to the Board on 15 December 2014. Michael 
is currently the CEO of Praemium Limited. Michael 
has considerable executive experience gained from 
technology-related businesses with a mixture of 
operational, strategic and leadership capabilities. 
Following a ten-year career at Mobil Oil, Michael joined 
the Boston Consulting Group where he consulted to 
clients in a wide range of industries which include 
banking, airlines, mining, packaging, sports, oil and gas, 
retailing and biotechnology.

Michael later moved on to be the CEO of Vision 
BioSystems, a division of the former publicly listed Vision 
Systems Limited, where he transformed the business 
over seven years from a small unprofitable contract 
manufacturer into a vertically integrated, profitable and 
growing medical diagnostics business with distribution to 
over 60 countries. More recently he has served as Chief 
Executive of Genetic Technologies Limited and has been 
involved in investment management and corporate advice 
with Lion Capital prior to joining Praemium Limited, a 
company listed on the ASX as its CEO on 9 August 2011.

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Company Secretary

Lee Mitchell
Qualifications: BA, LLM (Melb)

Lee is a director at Nicholson Ryan, a boutique law firm 
based in Melbourne, Victoria. He is a qualified solicitor 
practising principally in corporate and commercial law 
advising on corporate and securities regulation, equity 
capital raisings, formulation and implementation of 
mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and 
company secretarial matters.

He joined Bluechiip Limited as Company Secretary in 
September 2010.

Andrew Cox – Non-Executive Director
Qualifications: MBA, B Commerce (MELB), ICA

Appointed to the Board on 26 July 2017. Andrew is a 
finance professional with experience in emerging and 
international markets. Andrew was a co-founder and 
former chairman of private equity-funded media/
technology business Inlink (sold to ASX-listed oOh! 
Media Ltd in 2015), and is a co-founder of Rezex Pty Ltd 
and Xperior Pty Ltd. 

Andrew began his career with KPMG in Melbourne before 
moving to China and Hong Kong, where he spent seven 
years with SG Warburg, the Australian Trade Commission 
and Ernst & Young. He is a member of the Translation 
and Commercialisation Committee of the Murdoch 
Children’s Research Institute and is fluent in Mandarin 
Chinese. Andrew holds a Bachelor of Commerce from 
the University of Melbourne and an MBA from the 
International Institute for Management Development 
(Lausanne, Switzerland). He is also a member of the 
Australian Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICA) and 
is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company 
Directors.

Blair Healy – Non-Executive Director
Qualifications: B Eng (Elec) (Hons), Royal Military 
College, aic

Appointed to the Board on 23 August 2017, Blair has 
spent the past 17 years establishing, growing and selling 
technology companies, both publicly and privately. After 
graduating from the Royal Military College, Duntroon, 
Blair served in the Australian Army for 8 years in 
various technical and command positions. He was then a 
systems engineering consultant in several large defence 
and public transport projects. He later joined Futjitsu 
Telecommunications as their R&D Manager and moved on 
to Canada’s Nortel Networks as their Director Business 
Development & Operations Asia Pacific in Singapore. He 
then joined KUSP Limited as their CEO until its sale to 
Senetas Corporation Limited and as CEO of Innovonics 
Limited, which was sold to privately US owned company 
Integrian Pty Ltd. Between 2008 and 2013 he was 
founder and Managing Director of private company 
Cogent Energy, Australia’s first low carbon distributed 
co-generation energy company, which was acquired 
by Origin Energy, and then Managing Director of Maxx 
Engineering Pty Ltd, a private mechanical engineering 
services company which was subsequently sold to 
ThyssenKrupp in 2015.

13

Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Directors Report

Interests in the Shares and 
Performance Rights of The Company 
and Related Bodies Corporate

As at the date of this report, the interests of the 
Directors in the shares and performance rights of 
Bluechiip Limited were:

Number of  
Ordinary 
Shares

Number of 
Performance  
Rights Over 
Ordinary 
Shares

Iain Kirkwood

27,097,732

-

Andrew McLellan

4,274,999

*5,750,000

These have been negated by the increased in operating 
expenses incurred of $3,753,550 (2017: $2,969,195) to 
arrive at a loss before income tax which has increased 
to $2,492,491 (2017: $2,018,633) as a result of amongst 
others, the following:

• 

• 

increased external research and development (R&D) 
expenses - $875,146 (2017: $585,001) as a result of 
the increased R&D activities during the year; 

increased business development expenses - $236,719 
(2017: $176,274) as a result of increased marketing 
and business development activities, i.e. trade shows 
carried out in the USA and European Union;

•  higher share based payment expenses - $124,137 
(2017: $86,748) from the additional performance 
rights issued to employees during the year; and

Michael Ohanessian

8,672,595

Andrew Cox

Blair Healy

-

17,857,143

-

-

-

•  higher employee benefits expenses - $1,439,055 

(2017: $1,173,209) a result of annual salary increment 
and bonus payment to selected employees for 
performance achievements. 

* Further details of the performance rights and terms are set out on the Variable 
Compensation — Long-term Incentive section of the remuneration report. 

Capital Structure

Dividends

No dividends were paid or declared since the start of the 
financial year (2017: Nil). No recommendation for payment 
of dividends has been made.

Principal Activities

The principal activity of the Group during the financial 
year was the development and commercialisation of 
a wireless tracking solution for the healthcare and life 
science, security, defence and manufacturing industries 
which represents a generational change from current 
methods such as labels (hand-written and pre-printed), 
barcodes (linear and 2D) and microelectronic integrated 
circuit (IC)-based RFID (Radio Frequency Identification).

There have been no significant changes in the nature of 
these activities during the financial year.

Operating and Financial Review

Operating Results

The consolidated loss of the Group for the financial year 
after providing for income tax amounted to $2,492,491 
(2017: loss of $2,018,633).

Results of Operations

The Company recognised net revenue totalling $561,544 
(2017: $237,773) during the financial year from licence 
income received and the sale of products.

Other income increased from $779,990 to $1,023,152 
mainly due to the R&D tax incentive income receivable 
during the year in line with the increased R&D activities.

On 10 September 2018, the Company announced the 
successful placement of approximately 93 million 
new ordinary shares in Bluechiip to sophisticated and 
professional investors at an issue price of $0.059 per 
new ordinary share in Bluechiip for total proceeds of 
$5.5 million. The Placement was successfully completed 
on 14 September 2018 with the entire proceed of $5.5 
million (less costs) fully received and 93,220,339 new 
ordinary shares issued at $0.059 per ordinary share. As 
at the date of this report, subsequent to the completion 
of the Placement, the Company has 490,253,716 fully 
paid ordinary shares on issue.

Significant Change in the State  
of Affairs

Other than as detailed in this financial report, there has 
been no significant change in the state of affairs of the 
Company.

Events After Balance Date

On 29 August 2018, the Company announced that it had 
entered into a development and supply agreement with 
Labcon North America (Labcon) for a three (3) year 
term to supply chips, readers, software and engineering 
services worth USD11.9m ($15.9m).  The agreement 
provides for Bluechiip to meet the orders from Labcon 
effective 24 August 2018 in the following manner:

a.  supply of chips, readers, software and engineering 

services worth USD4.2m ($5.8m) over a two (2) year 
period; 

b.  supply of products and services with a minimum order 
of USD7.4m ($10.1m) in the third year following the 
two (2) year period; and

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018c.  extend a further two (2) years of development 

and supply contract to a fourth and fifth year with 
minimum orders to be determined.  

On 10 September 2018, the Company announced the 
successful placement of approximately 93 million 
new ordinary shares in Bluechiip to sophisticated and 
professional investors at an issue price of $0.059 per 
new ordinary share in Bluechiip raising $5.5 million 
before costs (Placement). In conjunction with the 
Placement, the Company announced a Share Purchase 
Plan (2018 SPP) for all its existing shareholders at the 
same price of $0.059 per new share. 

Subsequently, on 14 September 2018, the Company 
announced the completion of the Placement with $5.5 
million net proceeds fully received. As at the date of this 
report, the 2018 SPP remains open for application until 
its expected closing date on 28 September 2018.

Except for the above, there were no other matters 
or circumstances that have arisen since the end of 
the financial year which significantly affected or could 
significantly affect the operations of the Group, the 
results of these operations or the state of affairs of the 
Group in future financial years.

Basis of Preparation

The financial report has been prepared on a going 
concern basis which takes into account the Group’s 
assets and liabilities and assumes that funds will be 
obtained from several sources as outlined in Note 2 to 
the Financial Statements.

Likely Developments and Expected 
Results 

The year ahead will focus on supporting our existing 
Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) partners with 
delivery to existing and new orders for chips, readers, 
software and engineering support services while also 
pursuing existing and new pipeline opportunities to 
translate into sales. Bluechiip will continue with its 
strategy of working with OEM partners to integrate 
Bluechiip technology in OEM products. This will be 
complemented by the progression of the Bluechiip  
Multi-Vial Reader and Hand Held Reader into manufacture 
and product registrations across the globe to address 
the need for temperature tracking devices and solutions 
for the high volume biobanking sector. This is expected 
to lead to the demand for our technology and products. 

The Company will continue to pursue sales, marketing 
and business development activities, including collaborative 
research and development activities with OEM players 
while also working with end users through distribution 
channels.

The Company will continue to work through its business 
development team in the USA on the expansion of its OEM 
pipeline in the USA, Europe and APAC markets and to 
convert OEM partner opportunities. 

The Company expects to continue research and 
development of solutions to meet OEM partners’ 
requirements as well as continued expansion on 
underlying core intellectual property including on our 
overtemperature chip technology.

Environmental Regulation and 
Performance

The Group’s operations are not regulated by any 
significant environmental regulations under a law of the 
Commonwealth or of a state or territory.

Options

Unissued Shares

As at the date of this report, there were no unexercised 
options (2017: Nil) over ordinary shares or shares issued 
on the exercise of options or rights. 

As at the date of this report, there were 12,162,000 
(2017: 8,500,000) unexercised performance rights (zero 
exercise price options) over ordinary shares. Further 
details of the performance rights and the terms are set 
out in the Variable Compensation - Long-term Incentive 
section of the remuneration report.  

Indemnification of Directors and 
Officers

The Company has not granted any indemnity to any 
current or former Directors or officers against any 
liability other than as provided in the Company’s 
constitution. However, it is intended that the Company 
will indemnify the Directors and Company Secretary 
against any liability incurred while discharging their 
duties and obligations – subject to Part 20.2 of the 
Corporations Act 2001.

During the financial year, the Company has paid 
premiums in respect of a contract insuring the Directors 
of the Company (as named above) and all Executive 
Officers of the Company against any liability incurred 
as such a Director, secretary or executive officer to the 
extent permitted by the Corporations Act 2001. 

The total amount of Directors & Officers Liability 
insurance contract premiums paid was $33,750  
(2016: $19,983).

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Directors Report

Indemnification of Auditors

To the extent permitted by law, the Company has agreed to indemnify its auditors, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, as part 
of the terms of its audit engagement agreement against claims by third parties arising from the audit. No payment 
has been made to indemnify Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu during or since the financial year. 

Directors’ Meetings

The number of meetings of Directors (including meetings of committees of Directors) held during the year and the 
number of meetings attended by each Director was as follows:

Director’s Meetings

Remuneration and Nomination 
Committee Meeting

Audit Committee Meetings

Eligible

Attended

Eligible

Attended

Eligible

Attended

I Kirkwood 

A McLellan

M Ohanessian

Andrew Cox  
– Appointed 26 July 2017

Blair Healy  
– Appointed 23 August 
2017

9

9

9

9

9

Committee Membership

9

9

9

9

9

1

-

1

1

1

1

-

1

1

1

2

-

2

2

2

2

-

2

2

2

As at the date of this report, the Company had an Audit committee and a Remuneration and Nomination committee of 
the Board.

Members acting on the committees of the Board during the year are:

Audit

Remuneration and Nomination

Andrew Cox (Chairman) – Appointed 28 July 2017

Blair Healy (Chairman) - Appointed 25 August 2017

Iain Kirkwood (former Chairman) – Resigned as Chairman 28 July 2017

Michael Ohanessian – Resigned as Chairman 25 
August 2017

Michael Ohanessian

Iain Kirkwood

Blair Healy - Appointed 25 August 2017

Andrew Cox - Appointed 28 July 2017

Rounding

The amounts contained in this report and in the financial report have been rounded to the nearest one dollar under 
the option available to the Company under ASIC Corporations (Rounding in Financial/Directors’ Reports) Instrument 
2016/191. The Company is an entity to which the Instrument applies.

Auditor Independence Declaration

The Directors received the declaration set out on the following page from the auditor of Bluechiip Limited.

Non-Audit Services

Details of the amounts paid or payable to the auditor for non-audit services provided during the financial year by the 
auditor are outlined in Note 27 of the financial statements. The Directors are satisfied that the provision of non-audit 
services is compatible with the general standard of independence for auditors imposed by the Corporations Act 2001. 
The nature, value and scope of the non-audit services are considered not to have compromised auditor independence.

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Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 
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21 September 2018 

Board of Directors 
Bluechiip Limited 
1 Dalmore Drive 
SCORESBY   VIC   3179 

Dear Board Members 

Bluechiip Limited 

In accordance with section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001, I am pleased to provide 
the following declaration of independence to the directors of Bluechiip Limited. 

As lead audit partner for the audit of the financial statements of Bluechiip Limited for 
the financial year ended 30 June 2018, I declare that to the best of my knowledge and 
belief, there have been no contraventions of: 

(i)  the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 in relation 

to the audit; and 

(ii)  any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit.   

Yours sincerely 

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Partner  
Chartered Accountants 

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Remuneration Report

Compensation of Executives

This report outlines the compensation arrangements in 
place for Directors and senior executives of the Company 
being the Key Management Personnel (KMP) of the 
Company – being those persons having authority and 
responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the 
major activities of the Company, directly or indirectly, 
including any Director and includes all the executives in 
the Company. For the purposes of this report, the term 
“executive” includes the interim CEO/CSO and senior 
executives but does not include the non-executive 
Directors or the secretary of the Company. 

All sections contained herein have been subject to audit 
as required by section 308(3C) of the Corporations Act. 
Remuneration is referred to as compensation in this 
report.

Individual KMP Disclosures

Details of KMP of the Company are set out below:

Directors

Iain Kirkwood 

Non-Executive Chairman

Andrew McLellan  

CEO/Managing Director 

Michael Ohanessian 

Non-Executive Director 

Andrew Cox 

Blair Healy  

Non-Executive Director  
Appointed 26 July 2017

Non-Executive Director  
Appointed 23 August 2017

Remuneration and Nomination 
Committee

The The Remuneration and Nomination Committee of 
the Board is responsible for making recommendations to 
the Board on the remuneration arrangements for Non-
Executive Directors (NEDs) and executives. The Board 
approves the remuneration arrangements for executives 
having regard to the recommendations made by the 
Remuneration and Nomination Committee including any 
Short-term Incentive (STI) or Long-term Incentive (LTI) 
arrangements. The Board also sets the aggregate fee 
pool for NEDs (which is subject to shareholder approval) 
and NED fee levels.

The Remuneration and Nomination Committee comprises 
all two NEDs, each of which is considered independent.

The Remuneration and Nomination Committee meets 
periodically as part of the Directors’ meetings during 
the year. Executives are not present at meetings of the 
Committee except by invitation.

The Remuneration and Nomination Committee has not 
engaged any external remuneration advisers during the 
financial year.

Further information on the Remuneration and 
Nomination Committee’s role, responsibilities and 
membership is located at bluechiip.com/about-us/
corporate-governance/

Principles of Compensation and 
Strategy

The Remuneration & Nomination Committee of the 
Board assesses the appropriateness of the nature and 
amount of remuneration of NEDs and executives on 
a periodic basis by reference to relevant employment 
market conditions, with the overall objective of ensuring 
maximum stakeholder benefit from the retention of 
a high performing Director and executive team and 
aligning the interests of the executives with those of the 
shareholders. 

Bluechiip’s remuneration strategy is designed to attract, 
motivate and retain employees and NEDs by identifying 
and rewarding high performers and recognising the 
contribution of each employee to the continued 
growth and success of the Company. To this end, key 
objectives of the Company’s reward framework are 
to ensure that remuneration practices are aligned to 
the Company’s business strategy, offer competitive 
remuneration benchmarked against the external 
market, provide strong linkage between individual and 
Group performance and rewards and align the interests 
of executives with shareholders. Where relevant, 
the remuneration framework incorporates at risk 
components through STI and LTI arrangements tailored 
to the particular executive by reference to both financial 
and other metrics which generate value for shareholders.

In accordance with best practice corporate governance, 
the structure of NED and executive remuneration is 
separate and distinct.

The Board assumes full responsibility for compensation 
policies and packages applicable to Directors and 
senior executives of the Company. The broad 
compensation policy is to ensure the compensation 
package appropriately reflects the person’s duties 
and responsibilities, and that compensation levels are 
competitive in attracting, retaining and motivating 
people who possess the requisite level of skill and 
experience. Employees may receive at-risk incentive 
payments remunerated as cash or share options based 
on the achievement of specific goals related to the 
performance of the individual and the Company (as 
determined by the Directors). Incentives are provided to 
senior executives and employees for the achievement of 

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018 
 
individual and strategic objectives with the broader view 
of creating value for shareholders.

Components of total compensation are ‘at risk’ 
(variable compensation) and dependent on meeting 
pre-determined performance benchmarks including 
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). The inclusion of 
appropriate challenging performance hurdles in relation 
to variable compensation is designed to align employee 
performance with the creation of shareholder value and 
wealth. KPIs are agreed and set each year for KMP with 
the specific objective of influencing both short and long-
term performance and the generation of shareholder 
wealth.

Variable or performance-linked compensation comprises 
cash bonus and/or share based payments.

Fixed Compensation

Fixed compensation consists of a base salary and 
employer superannuation contributions. Fixed 
compensation levels are set so as to provide a base 
level of compensation which is both appropriate to the 
position and is competitive in the market.

Fixed compensation is reviewed at least annually by 
the Remuneration and Nomination Committee and 
the process consists of a review of the Company’s 
performance, relevant comparative compensation in 
the market and, where appropriate, external advice on 
policies and practices. Employees receive their fixed 
compensation in cash. The Board’s policy is to ensure 
that fixed remuneration is market competitive having 
regard to industry peers and companies of similar 
financial size. Given the Company’s size the Company 
generally undertakes its own review of these matters, 
which it does on an ongoing basis, but does from time to 
time engage remuneration consultants where considered 
necessary.

KPIs are individually tailored by the Board, based on 
recommendations and input from the Remuneration & 
Nomination Committee in advance for each employee 
each year, and reflect an assessment of how that 
employee can fulfil his or her particular responsibilities 
in a way that best contributes to Company performance 
and shareholder wealth in that year with close alignment 
to the role and responsibility within the organisation 
and in conjunction with the strategic objectives of the 
Company.

Performance Linked Compensation

All employees are potentially eligible to receive at-
risk incentive payments and/or securities (shares or 
options) based on the achievement of specific goals 
related to (i) performance against individual KPI’s and/
or (ii) the performance of the Company as a whole as 

determined by the Board based on a range of factors, 
both financial and non-financial. These factors include 
traditional financial considerations such as operating 
performance, cash consumption and deals concluded 
and also industry-specific factors. The purpose of these 
payments is to reward employees for their contribution 
to the Company.

Employment contracts for staff other than the CEO 
provide for variable compensation of up to 10% of their 
total fixed compensation package (although higher 
variable compensation payments may be made at the 
Board’s discretion). 

The Remuneration & Nomination Committee makes a 
recommendation annually to the Board in respect of 
incentive compensation for employees and executives. 
The Board at its sole discretion determines the 
total amount of variable compensation payable as 
a percentage of the total annualised salaries for all 
employees employed as at the end of the financial year 
(with pro rata reductions to the annualised salary made 
for any employee not employed for the entire financial 
year). 

The CEO has the discretion to recommend the offer of 
rights or options to acquire ordinary shares or the direct 
issue of shares to any member of staff in recognition 
of exemplary performance. Such securities may be 
fully vested upon issue given that they are issued as 
a reward for past performance rather than as a long-
term incentive. Any issue of rights or options proposed 
as incentive compensation requires approval by the 
Board and is subject to any limitations imposed by the 
Corporations Act and the ASX Listing Rules. The Board 
considers that the performance linked compensation 
structure is operating effectively.

At, or as soon as practicable after, the beginning of 
the financial year, individual and team performance 
for the previous year is assessed for every employee 
by their manager and new objectives set for the 
forthcoming year. These objectives include department 
and project specific objectives together with individual 
stretch objectives, challenging, realistic and personal 
development objectives tailored to the employee’s role 
within the organisation. Measurement, management 
support, target dates and training course requirements 
are all set. Progress against the objectives is reviewed 
during the year and percentage achievement 
concluded at the end of the year, whereupon the cycle 
recommences. The outputs of this process form the basis 
of the assessment of the individual’s personal incentive 
compensation.

The Board has discretion to reduce, cancel or clawback 
any unvested performance-based remuneration in the 
event of serious misconduct or a material misstatement 
in the Group’s financial statements.

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Variable Compensation – Short-term Incentive (STI)

The Company does not operate a formal STI program other than in respect of the CEO. The CEO is eligible to 
receive a cash bonus subject to the attainment of defined KPIs. The STI is based on the achievement of financial and 
non-financial objectives. The actual STI payment awarded to the CEO will depend on the extent to which specific 
targets set at the beginning of the year are met but potentially could be an amount of up to 25% of the CEO’s base 
remuneration package. Financial performance targets include net sales target and net profit before tax and non-
financial performance targets include individual objectives which are aligned to the Group’s strategy. The Company 
has predetermined financial performance benchmarks which must be met in order to trigger payments under the STI 
plan and these are varied on a yearly basis in line with annual budgeting process. 

A summary of the measures and weightings are set out below.

An amount of $124,137 (2017: $86,748) has been recognised in the 2018 financial year by way of share based payment 
expense. This is in respect of performance rights (unvested) issued.

Service Contracts

Remuneration arrangements for executives are formalised in employment agreements. The following outlines the 
details of contracts with executives.

Chief Executive Officer

The CEO, Andrew McLellan, is employed under an ongoing employment contract which can be terminated with notice 
by either party.

The key terms of the contract are as follows:

•  Annual base Salary of $290,000 including superannuation;

•  Short-term Incentive of cash bonus being up to 30% of Andrew McLellan’s annual base salary, payable on the 

achievement of agreed performance targets;

•  Treatment of entitlements upon termination of employment are as follows:

Notice 
Period

Payment 
in Lieu of 
Notice

Treatment of Short-term 
incentives

Treatment of Long-term 
Incentives

Termination by Company 
(death, disablement, 
redundancy etc)

3 months 

3 months 

Any STI payments are at 
Board discretion

At the discretion of the Board 

Termination for Cause

None

None

Any STI payments are at 
Board discretion

Unvested awards forfeited 

Vested and unexercised 
awards forfeited

Resignation by Employee

3 months 

None

Any STI payments are at 
Board discretion

Unvested awards forfeited.

All other KMP are or were employed under contracts with the following common terms and conditions:
•  combination of twelve (12) months fixed terms and/or no fixed term and no termination payment prescribed;
•  terminable by either party on the giving of one (1) month notice in writing; and
•  the Company may terminate any contract for cause (as defined).

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Variable Compensation – Long-term Incentive (LTI)

The Remuneration and Nomination Committee also reviews and approves the issue of share based payments to staff 
and KMP as a means of providing a LTI for performance and loyalty. 

LTI awards to executives are made under the executive Performance Rights Plan and are delivered in the form of 
performance rights or zero exercise price options. The performance rights will vest over a period of up to three years 
subject to meeting performance measures, The Company’s Performance Rights Plan in issue are as follow:

2018

3,000,000 performance rights (zero exercise price options) were issued to the CEO on 1 July 2017 (Performance 
Rights Plan 2017) on the terms specified below. No other performance rights or options were issued to Directors or 
KMP in the financial year ended 30 June 2018.

Performance Rights Plan 2017

The number of performance rights that will vest will be determined by the TSR performance relative to the movement 
in the ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index (AORD). During the financial year, a total of 3,000,000 performance 
rights were granted to Andrew McLellan and 4,000,000 performance rights were granted to employees of the 
Company. The performance rights have been issued in three tranches.

Grant Date

No. of performance rights 
granted to CEO

Tranche 1

1 July 2017

1,000,000

Tranche 2

1 July 2017

1,000,000

Tranche 3

1 July 2017

1.000,000

No. of performance rights 
granted to employees

1,333,333

1,333,333

1,333,333

Vesting Date

30 August 2018

30 August 2019

30 August 2020

Performance Period

1 July 2017 – 30 June 2018

1 July 2018 – 30 June 2019

1 July 2019 – 30 June 2020

Expiry Date

30 June 2020

31 December 2021

31 December 2022

2017

3,000,000 performance rights (zero exercise price options) were issued to the CEO on 1 July 2016 (Performance 
Rights Plan 2016). No other performance rights or options were issued to Directors or KMP in the financial year ended 
30 June 2017.

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Non-Executive Director Compensation

The Constitution and the ASX Listing Rules specify that the aggregate compensation of Non-Executive Directors 
shall be determined from time to time by a general meeting. An amount not exceeding $500,000 was last approved 
by shareholders at the Company’s Annual General Meeting held on 10 November 2011 is to be divided between the 
Directors as agreed by the Board.

Non-Executive Directors do not receive performance related compensation and the structure of Non-Executive 
Director and senior management compensation is separate and distinct. Non-Executive Directors do not have 
contracts of employment but are required to evidence their understanding and compliance with the Board policies of 
Bluechiip Limited. These Board policies do not prescribe how compensation levels for Non-Executive Directors are 
modified from year to year.

Compensation levels are to be reviewed by the Board each year taking into account cost of living changes, changes to 
the scope of the roles of the Directors, and any changes required to meet the principles of the overall Board policies.
The remuneration of Non-Executive Directors’ for the years ended 30 June 2017 and 30 June 2016 is detailed in the 
table below under ‘Remuneration of Key Management Personnel’. 

Directors’ and Executive Officers’ Compensation Tables

Details of the nature and amount of each major element of the compensation of each KMP including Directors of the 
Company are disclosed in accordance with Accounting Standard AASB 124 Related Party Disclosures and with the 
Corporations Act 2001 in the following tables.

No options or performance rights are held by persons in the following compensation tables were exercised during the 
2018 and 2017 financial years other than 1,375,000 performance rights held by Andrew were vested and exercised 
during the financial year (2017: Nil). 

In the following tables, the fair value of the performance rights granted to executive officers has been calculated 
based on the value at the date of grant using a hybrid trinomial option pricing model which uses a combination of 
Monte Carlo Simulation and a trinomial lattice to model the performance of the Company’s shares and the individual 
shares within the selected peer group, taking into account their individual volatilities and correlations. The value as 
disclosed is the portion of the fair value of the performance rights allocated to this reporting year. Refer to the next 
sections of this report for full details of the performance rights valuations.

Loan

There were no loans to any Directors or KMPs during the financial year (2017: Nil). 

Other Transactions and Balances With KMP

During the financial year, Iain Kirkwood fully subscribed to his commitment of 8,928,571 ordinary shares for a total 
subscription price of $250,000 as part of the placement of shortfall shares in conjunction with the Rights Issue 
completed in July 2017. The placement to Iain Kirkwood was subject to shareholders approval, which was obtained at 
the 2017 AGM.

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Grants, Modifications and Exercise of Options and Performance Rights Over 
Equity Instruments Granted as Compensation

Shares Issued on Exercise of Options and Performance Rights

No options or performance rights held by persons in the following compensation tables were exercised during the 
2018 and 2017 financial years other than 1,375,000 performance rights held by Andrew McLellan that vested and were 
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The number of ordinary shares in Bluechiip Limited held by or controlled by each KMP of the Group during the 
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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consequences of the Company’s Performance on Shareholder Wealth

The following table summarises the Company’s performance in the current financial year and the previous four years 
since the Company was listed in June 2011.

30 June 2014 $ 30 June 2015 $ 30 June 2016 $ 30 June 2017 $ 30 June 2018 $

Measures

Closing share price at 30 June

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2,555,961

1,911,688

1,676,983

2,018,633

2,492,491

In considering the Company’s performance and how best to generate shareholder value, the Board has regard to 
a broad range of factors, some of which are financial and others of which relate to the technical progress on the 
Company’s products and, where applicable, relationship building with technical institutions, projects introduced, 
internal innovation etc. The Board has some but not absolute regard to the Company’s result and cash consumption 
for the year. It does not utilise earnings per share as a performance measure and does not contemplate consideration 
of any dividends in the short to medium term given that all efforts are currently being devoted to obtaining value for 
the Company’s assets and building the business to establish self-sustaining revenue streams. For this reason, adverse 
movements in the share price do not necessarily reflect the performance of the CEO and that of other employees.

Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors.

Iain Kirkwood 
Chairman 

21 September 2018

28

Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018 
 
Corporate Governance

The board of Directors of Bluechiip Limited is responsible for establishing the corporate governance framework of 
the Group having regard to the ASX Corporate Governance Council (CGC) published guidelines (3rd edition) as well as 
its corporate governance principles and recommendations. The Board guides and monitors the business and affairs of 
Bluechiip Limited on behalf of the shareholders by whom they are elected and to whom they are accountable.

An overview of the Company’s corporate governance structures and practices is published on the Company’s website 
at www.bluechiip.com/investor/corporate-governance-policies.

The 2017/2018 Corporate Governance Statement is dated as at 21 September 2018 and reflects the corporate 
governance practices in place throughout the reporting period. The Corporate Governance Statement was approved 
by the Board on 21 September 2018 and can be viewed at  
www.bluechiip.com/investor/corporate-governance-policies.

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

Note

2018 $

1,172,047

1,115,669

147,583

446,349

2017 $

972,767

803,171

141,023

361,700

2,881,648

2,278,661

27,195

124,224

151,419

3,033,067

643,845

600,000

79,896

1,323,741

79,609

79,609

1,403,350

1,629,717

26,316,085

4,871,034

(29,557,402)

1,629,717

26,540

78,550

105,090

2,383,751

1,066,835

619,469

59,626

1,745,930

40,681

40,681

1,786,611

597,140

22,856,944

4,805,107

(27,064,911)

597,140

Current Assets 

Cash and cash equivalents

Trade and other receivables

Other current assets

Inventory

Total Current Assets

Non-Current Assets 

Term Deposit

Property, plant and equipment

Total Non-Current Assets

Total Assets

Current Liabilities 

Trade and other payables

Interest-bearing loans and borrowings

Employee benefits

Total Current Liabilities

Non-Current Liabilities

Employee benefits

Total Non-Current Liabilities

Total Liabilities

Net Assets

Equity 

Issued capital

Reserves

Accumulated losses

Total Equity

11

12

13

14

11

15

16

17

18

18

19

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss  
and Other Comprehensive Income

Revenue from operating activities

Cost of sales

Other income

Employee benefits expense

Superannuation

Share based payment expense

Business development

Depreciation costs

Research and Development

Patent costs

Consultancy fees

Travel and accommodation

Occupancy costs

Legal and professional fees

Finance costs

Other expenses

Loss Before Income Tax

Income tax

Net Loss After Income Tax

Other comprehensive income

Note

6

7

23

8 (b) 

8 (a)

8 (c)

9

2018 $

561,544

(323,636)

1,023,152

(1,439,055)

(115,869)

(124,137)

(236,719)

(19,185)

(875,146)

(78,568)

(31,314)

(76,914)

(65,945)

(273,152)

(59,393)

(358,154)

2017 $

237,773

(67,201)

779,990

(1,173,209)

(97,520)

(86,748)

(176,274)

(19,358)

(585,001)

(88,375)

(37,091)

(63,520)

(62,253)

(229,408)

(66,666)

(283,772)

(2,492,491)

(2,018,633)

-

-

(2,492,491)

(2,018,633)

-

Total Comprehensive Loss for The Year

(2,492,491)

(2,018,633)

Earnings Per Share

Basic losses per share (cents)

Diluted losses per share (cents)

10

10

(0.64)

(0.64)

(0.73)

(0.73)

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

At 1 July 2017

Transactions with owners in their 
capacity as owners

Shares issued during the year

Transaction costs on share issue

Share-based payment expense

Note

19(a)

19(a)

Comprehensive income

Loss for the year

Other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive loss attributable 
to members of the entity

Ordinary 
Shares 
$

Employee 
Equity  
Benefits 
Reserve 
$

Accumulated 
Losses 
$

22,856,944

4,805,107

(27,064,911)

Total 
$

597,140

3,434,488

(58,210)

(33,557)

58,210

3,459,141

-

124,137

65,927

-

-

-

-

3,376,278

(33,557)

182,347

3,525,068

-

-

-

-

-

-

(2,492,491)

(2,492,491)

-

-

(2,492,491)

(2,492,491)

At 30 June 2018

26,316,085

4,871,034

(29,557,402)

1,629,717

At 1 July 2016

Transactions with owners in their 
capacity as owners

Shares issued during the year

Transaction costs on share issue

Share-based payment expense

Note

19(a)

19(a)

Comprehensive income

Loss for the year

Other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive loss attributable 
to members of the entity

Ordinary 
Shares 
$

Employee 
Equity  
Benefits 
Reserve 
$

Accumulated 
Losses 
$

Total 
$

21,373,748

4,718,359

(25,046,278)

1,045,829

1,555,552

(72,356)

-

1,483,196

-

-

-

-

-

86,748

86,748

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,555,552

(72,356)

86,748

1,569,944

(2,018,633)

(2,018,633)

-

-

(2,018,633)

(2,018,633)

At 30 June 2017

22,856,944

4,805,107

(27,064,911)

597,140

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

Cash Flows From Operating Activities 

Receipts from customers

Payments to suppliers and employees

Interest received

Interest paid

R&D tax concession received

Note

2018 $

2017 $

511,650

262,190

(3,730,947)

(2,572,949)

22,648

(54,740)

775,504

5,313

(51,342)

674,677

Net Cash Flows Used in Operating Activities

20

(2,475,885)

(1,682,111)

Cash Flows From Investing Activities 

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

Net cash flows used in investing activities

Cash Flow from Financing Activities

Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares

Proceeds from share subscription

Transaction costs on share issue

Transaction costs on borrowings

Placement of term deposit as security for credit facility

Proceeds from borrowings

Repayment of borrowings

Net cash flows from financing activities

Net increase/ (decrease) in cash held

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of financial year

Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Financial Year

(45,428)

(45,428)

(4,214)

(4,214)

2,788,019

1,488,296

-

(57,963)

(9,463)

-

600,000

(600,000)

2,720,593

199,280

972,767

1,172,047

646,919

(35,317)

(2,200)

(26,540)

600,000

(500,000)

2,171,158

484,833

487,934

972,767

11

11

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 

Note 1 Corporate Information

(a) Statement of Compliance

The consolidated financial report of Bluechiip Limited  
for the year ended 30 June 2018 was authorised for 
issue in accordance with a resolution of the Directors  
on 20 September 2018.

Bluechiip Limited (the Parent) is a company limited 
by shares incorporated in Australia whose shares are 
publicly traded on the Australian Stock Exchange. 

The nature of the operations and principal activities 
of the Group during the year was the development 
and commercialisation of a wireless tracking solution 
for the healthcare and life science, security, defence 
and manufacturing industries which represents a 
generational change from current methods such as labels 
(hand-written and pre-printed), barcodes (linear and 2D) 
and microelectronic integrated circuit (IC)-based RFID 
(Radio Frequency Identification).

Note 2 Summary of Significant 
Accounting Policies

Basis of Preparation

The consolidated financial statements have been 
prepared on the basis of historical cost. Historical cost is 
generally based on the fair values of the consideration 
given in exchange for goods and services. All amounts 
are presented in Australian dollars, unless otherwise 
noted.

Going Concern 

The financial report has been prepared on a going 
concern basis which takes account of the Group’s assets 
and liabilities and assumes continuity of normal activities 
and the Directors’ assessment included: 

•  sales revenue anticipated to be generated over the 

next twelve months;

•  grants from the Australian state and federal 

governments, and from overseas sources which the 
Group continues to actively pursue;

• 

receipts from the Federal R&D tax incentive 
programme on the basis that the Group continues to 
qualify for these receipts;

•  up-front license fees, milestone payments, co-

development or collaboration funding from third 
party joint ventures may be generated within the next 
twelve months; and

• 

the completion of capital raised via a private 
placement in September 2018.

These financial statements are general purpose financial 
statements which have been prepared in accordance 
with the Corporations Act 2001, Accounting Standards 
and Interpretations, and comply with other requirements 
of the law. The financial statements comprise the 
consolidated financial statements of the Group. For 
the purposes of preparing the consolidated financial 
statements, the Company is a for-profit entity.

Accounting Standards include Australian Accounting 
Standards. Compliance with Australian Accounting 
Standards ensures that the financial statements and 
notes of the Company and the Group comply with 
International Financial Reporting Standards (‘IFRS’).

(b) New Accounting Standards and Interpretations

i.  Changes in accounting policy and disclosures.

The accounting policies adopted are consistent with 
those of the previous financial year, except as follows: 

The Group has adopted the following amended 
Australian Accounting Standards and AASB 
interpretations as at 1 July 2017. The adoption of 
these standards did not have a material impact on 
the annual consolidated financial statements of the 
Group.

•  AASB 1057 Application of Australian Accounting 
Standards and AASB 2015-9 Amendments to 
Australian Accounting Standards – Scope and 
Application Paragraphs

•  AASB 2014-4 Amendments to Australian 

Accounting Standards – Clarification of Acceptable 
Methods of Depreciation and Amortisation

•  AASB 2015-1 Amendments to Australian 

Accounting Standards – Annual Improvements to 
Australian Accounting Standards 2012-2014 Cycle

•  AASB 2015-2 Amendments to Australian 

Accounting Standards – Disclosure Initiative: 
Amendments to AASB 101

ii.  Accounting Standards and Interpretations issued 

but not yet effective.

The Group has not applied the following new 
and revised Australian Accounting Standards, 
Interpretations and amendments that have been 
issued but are not yet effective:

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Standard/Amendment

AASB 9 Financial Instruments

AASB 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers, 2014-5 Amendments to Australian 
Accounting Standards arising from AASB 15, 2015-8 Amendments to Australian 
Accounting Standards – Effective date of AASB 15, 2016-3 Amendments to Australian 
Accounting Standards – Clarifications to AASB 15

AASB 16 Leases

AASB 2015-10 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Effective Date of 
Amendments to AASB 10 and AASB 128

AASB 2016-5 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards – Classification and 
Measurement of Share-based Payment Transactions 1 January 2018

Interpretation 22 Foreign Currency Transactions and Advance Consideration

Effective for Annual Reporting 
Periods Beginning on or After

1 January 2018

1 January 2018

1 January 2019

1 January 2018

1 January 2018

1 January 2018

AASB 2016-5

The Directors have considered the effects of the 
changes and note that they impact is not considered to 
significantly affect the financial statements of Bluechiip.  
This is because there are no modifications to existing 
share based payments arrangements that would 
otherwise be impacted by these amendments as at the 
date of this report.

IFRS 9 Financial Instruments

IFRS 9 issued in November 2009 introduced new 
requirements for the classification and measurement 
of financial assets. IFRS 9 was subsequently amended 
in October 2010 to include requirements for the 
classification and measurement of financial liabilities and 
for derecognition and in November 2013 to include the 
new requirements or general hedge accounting. Another 
revised version of IFRS 9 was issued in July 2014 mainly 
to include a) impairment requirements for financial 
assets and b) limited amendments to the classification 
and measurement requirements by introducing a ‘fair 
value through other comprehensive income’ (FVTOCI) 
measurement category for certain simple debt 
instruments. 

IFRS 9 is expected to change the value of the impairment 
losses recognised on accounts receivable from an 
incurred to expected loss model. The Company will 
assess the impairment loss on accounts receivable at the 
time revenue is recognised. While this may likely result in 
an increase in the provision for doubtful debts but given 
the nature of the accounts receivable, the expected 
loss model is not expected to materially change the 
impairment allowance for doubtful debts.

IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts With 
Customers

IFRS 15 establishes a single comprehensive model for 
entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from 
contracts with customers. IFRS 15 will supersede the 
current revenue recognition guidance including IAS 18 
Revenue, IAS 11 Construction Contracts and the related 
Interpretations when it becomes effective.

The core principle of IFRS 15 is that an entity should 
recognise revenue to depict the transfer of promised 
goods or services to customers in an amount that 
reflects the consideration to which the entity expects 
to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. 
Specifically, the Standard introduces a 5-step approach 
to revenue recognition:  

•  Step 1: Identify the contract(s) with a customer 

•  Step 2: Identify the performance obligations in the 

contract 

•  Step 3: Determine the transaction price 

•  Step 4: Allocate the transaction price to the 
performance obligations in the contract 

•  Step 5: Recognise revenue when (or as) the entity 

satisfies a performance obligation 

Under IFRS 15, an entity recognises revenue when (or as) 
a performance obligation is satisfied, i.e. when ‘control’ 
of the goods or services underlying the particular 
performance obligation is transferred to the customer. 
Apart from providing more disclosures on the Group’s 
revenue transactions, the directors do not anticipate 
that the application of AASB 15 will have a significant 
impact on the financial position and/or financial 
performance of the Group, particularly as given the key 
future revenue stream will be through sale of goods. 

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 

The Group has also yet to fully commercialise its 
products and generate significant trading losses. 
The Directors will re-assess this as the Group starts 
generating material revenue streams.

with the investee and has the ability to affect 
those returns through its power over the investee. 
Specifically, the Group controls an investee if and only 
if the Group has:

IFRS 16 Leases

IFRS 16 introduces a comprehensive model for the 
identification of lease arrangements and accounting 
treatments for both lessors and lessees. IFRS 16 will 
supersede the current lease guidance including IAS 17 
Leases and the related interpretations when it becomes 
effective. IFRS 16 distinguishes leases and service 
contracts on the basis of whether an identified asset is 
controlled by a customer. Distinctions of operating leases 
(off balance sheet) and finance leases (on balance sheet) 
are removed for lessee accounting, and is replaced by a 
model where a right-of-use asset and a corresponding 
liability have to be recognised for all leases by lessees 
(i.e. all on balance sheet) except for short-term leases 
and leases of low value assets. 

The right-of-use asset is initially measured at cost 
and subsequently measured at cost (subject to 
certain exceptions) less accumulated depreciation and 
impairment losses, adjusted for any remeasurement of 
the lease liability. The lease liability is initially measured 
at the present value of the lease payments that are 
not paid at that date. Subsequently, the lease liability 
is adjusted for interest and lease payments, as well 
as the impact of lease modifications, amongst others. 
Furthermore, the classification of cash flows will also be 
affected as operating lease payments under IAS 17 are 
presented as operating cash flows; whereas under the 
IFRS 16 model, the lease payments will be split into a 
principal and an interest portion which will be presented 
as financing and operating cash flows respectively. In 
contrast to lessee accounting, IFRS 16 substantially 
carries forward the lessor accounting requirements in 
IAS 17, and continues to require a lessor to classify a 
lease either as an operating lease or a finance lease. 

Furthermore, extensive disclosures are required by  
IFRS 16.

The Group has a lease rental related to its office with 
remaining 5 months to expiry and an option to renew 
for another 12 months. At the date of this report, 
management is in the process of quantifying the 
expected impact.

(c) Basis of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements comprise 
the financial statements of Bluechiip Limited and its 
subsidiaries (the Group) (as outlined in Note 28) as at 
and for the year ended 30 June 2018. 

Control is achieved when the Group is exposed, or 
has rights, to variable returns from its involvement 

•  Power over the investee (i.e. existing rights that 
give it the current ability to direct the relevant 
activities of the investee)

•  Exposure, or rights, to variable returns from its 

involvement with the investee, and

•  The ability to use its power over the investee to 

affect its returns.

When the Group has less than a majority of the voting 
or similar rights of an investee, the Group considers 
all relevant facts and circumstances in assessing 
whether it has power over an investee.

Consolidation of a subsidiary begins when the 
Company obtains control over the subsidiary and 
ceases when the Company loses control of the 
subsidiary. Specifically, income and expenses of a 
subsidiary acquired or disposed of during the year 
are included in the consolidated statement of profit 
or loss and other comprehensive income from the 
date the Company gains control until the date when 
the Company ceases to control the subsidiary. All 
intragroup assets and liabilities, equity, income, 
expenses and cash flows relating to transactions 
between members of the Group are eliminated in full 
on consolidation.

(d) Foreign Currency Translation

i.  Functional and presentation currency

Both the functional and presentation currency of 
Bluechiip Limited and its subsidiaries are Australian 
dollars ($).

ii.  Transactions and balances

IIn preparing the financial statements of each 
individual group entity, transactions in currencies 
other than the entity’s functional currency (foreign 
currencies) are recognised at the rates of exchange 
prevailing at the dates of the transactions. At the 
end of each reporting period, monetary items 
denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated 
at the rates prevailing at that date. Non-monetary 
items that are measured in terms of historical cost 
in a foreign currency are not retranslated. Exchange 
differences on monetary items are recognised in 
profit or loss in the period in which they arise.

(e) Cash and Cash Equivalents (Ref Note 11)

Cash and cash equivalents in the statement of financial 
position comprise cash at bank and in hand and short-
term deposits with maturity of three months or less that 
are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and 

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in 
value.

For the purposes of the statement of cash flows, 
cash and cash equivalents consist of cash and cash 
equivalents as defined above.

(f) Trade and Other Receivables (Ref Notes 12 and 13)

Impairment of Financial Assets

Financial assets are assessed for indicators of 
impairment at the end of each reporting period. Financial 
assets are considered to be impaired when there is 
objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events 
that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial 
asset, the estimated future cash flows of the asset has 
been affected.

For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the 
amount of the impairment loss recognised is the 
difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the 
present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted 
at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate. 
For financial assets that are carried at cost, the amount 
of the impairment loss is measured as the difference 
between the asset’s carrying amount and the present 
value of the estimated future cash flows discounted at 
the current market rate of return for a similar financial 
asset. 

The carrying amount of the financial asset is reduced 
by the impairment loss directly for all financial assets 
with the exception of trade receivables, where the 
carrying amount is reduced through the use of an 
allowance account. When a trade receivable is considered 
uncollectible, it is written off against the allowance 
account. Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously 
written off are credited against the allowance account. 
Changes in the carrying amount of the allowance account 
are recognised in profit or loss.

Collectability of trade and other receivables is reviewed 
on an ongoing basis at an operating unit level. Individual 
debts that are known to be uncollectible are written off 
when identified. An impairment provision is recognised 
when there is objective evidence that the Group will not 
be able to collect the receivable. Financial difficulties 
of the debtor, default payments or debts more than 
90 days overdue are considered objective evidence of 
impairment. The amount of the impairment loss is the 
receivable carrying amount compared to the present 
value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the 
original effective interest rate.

Amounts paid to manufacturer as advances are recorded 
as Other Current Assets on the Statement of Financial 
Position. 

Effective Interest Method

The effective interest method is a method of calculating 

the amortised cost of a debt instrument and of allocating 
interest income over the relevant period. The effective 
interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated 
future cash receipts (including all fees on points paid 
or received that form an integral part of the effective 
interest rate, transaction costs and other premiums 
or discounts) through the expected life of the debt 
instrument, or (where appropriate) a shorter period, to 
the net carrying amount on initial recognition.

Financial Liabilities

Non-derivative financial liabilities (excluding financial 
guarantees) are subsequently measured at amortised 
cost.

Derecognition

Financial assets are derecognised where the contractual 
rights to receipt of cash flows expires or the asset is 
transferred to another party whereby the entity no 
longer has any significant continuing involvement in the 
risks and benefits associated with the asset. Financial 
liabilities are derecognised where the related obligations 
are either discharged, cancelled or expired. The 
difference between the carrying value of the financial 
liability extinguished or transferred to another party 
and the fair value of consideration paid, including the 
transfer of non-cash assets or liabilities assumed is 
recognised in profit or loss.

(g) Inventories (Ref Note 14)

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net 
realisable value. Costs of inventories are determined on a 
first-in-first-out basis. Net realisable value represents the 
estimated selling price for inventories less all estimated 
costs of completion and costs necessary to make the 
sale.

 (h) Non-current assets (Ref Note 15)

i.  Property, Plant and Equipment

Plant and equipment is stated at historical cost less 
accumulated depreciation and any accumulated 
impairment losses. Such cost includes the cost of 
replacing parts that are eligible for capitalisation 
when the cost of replacing the parts is incurred. 
Similarly, when each major inspection is performed, 
its cost is recognised in the carrying amount of 
the plant and equipment as a replacement only if 
it is eligible for capitalisation. All other repairs and 
maintenance are recognised in the Statement of 
Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income as 
incurred.

Depreciation is calculated on a diminishing value 
method basis over the estimated useful life of the 
specific assets as follows:

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018 
 
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 

Computer & Office Equipment – 10% to 66.67% 
Furniture, Fixtures and Fittings – 10% to 20% 
Technical Equipment and Tools – 10% to 66.67%

The assets’ residual values, useful lives and 
amortisation methods are reviewed, and adjusted if 
appropriate, at each financial year end.

(i) Leases

Leases of fixed assets where substantially all the risks 
and benefits incidental to the ownership of the asset, but 
not the legal ownership that are transferred to entities in 
the Group are classified as finance leases.

Finance leases are capitalised by recording an asset and 
a liability at the lower of the amounts equal to the fair 
value of the leased property or the present value of 
the minimum lease payments, including any guaranteed 
residual values. Lease payments are allocated between 
the reduction of the lease liability and the lease interest 
expense for the year. Leased assets are depreciated 
on a reducing balance basis over the shorter of their 
estimated useful lives where it is likely that the Group will 
obtain ownership of the asset or over the term of the 
lease.

Operating lease payments are recognised as an 
operating expense in the Statement of Profit or Loss and 
Other Comprehensive Income on a straight-line basis 
over the lease term. Lease payments are apportioned 
between finance expenses and reduction of the lease 
obligation so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on 
the remaining balance of the liability. Finance costs are 
recognised immediately in profit or loss. Operating lease 
incentives are recognised as a liability when received 
and subsequently reduced by allocating lease payments 
between rental expense and reduction of the liability.

(j) Impairment of Non-financial Assets 

Non-financial assets are tested for impairment whenever 
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the 
carrying amount may not be recoverable.

Bluechiip Limited conducts an annual internal review of 
asset values, which is used as a source of information 
to assess for any indicators of impairment. External 
factors, such as changes in expected future processes, 
technology and economic conditions, are also monitored 
to assess for indicators of impairment. If any indication of 
impairment exists, an estimate of the asset’s recoverable 
amount is calculated.

An impairment loss is recognised for the amount 
by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its 
recoverable amount. Recoverable amount is the higher 
of an asset’s fair value less costs of disposal and value 
in use. For the purposes of assessing impairment, 

assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which there 
are separately identifiable cash inflows that are largely 
independent of the cash inflows from other assets or 
groups of assets (cash-generating units). Non-financial 
assets that suffered impairment are tested for possible 
reversal of the impairment whenever events or changes 
in circumstances indicate that the impairment may have 
reversed.

(k) Research and Development Costs

Research and development costs are expensed as 
incurred. An intangible asset arising from development 
expenditure on an internal project is recognised only 
when the Group can demonstrate the technical feasibility 
of completing the intangible asset so that it will be 
available for use or sale, its intention to complete and 
its ability to use or sell the asset, how the asset will 
generate future economic benefits, the availability of 
resources to complete the development and the ability 
to measure reliably the expenditure attributable to the 
intangible asset during its development. Following the 
initial recognition of the development expenditure, the 
cost model is applied requiring the asset to be carried at 
cost less any accumulated amortisation and accumulated 
impairment losses. No development costs have been 
capitalised to date because the Group is unable to 
demonstrate that the products will be able to generate 
future economic benefits.

(l) Financial Liability (Ref Notes 16 and 17)

Other financial liabilities, including borrowings and 
trade and other payables, are initially measured at fair 
value, net of transaction costs. Other financial liabilities 
are subsequently measured at amortised cost using 
the effective interest method, with interest expense 
recognised on an effective yield basis. The effective 
interest method is a method of calculating the amortised 
cost of a financial liability and of allocating interest 
expense over the relevant period. The effective interest 
rate is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future 
cash payments through the expected life of the financial 
liability, or (where appropriate) a shorter period, to the 
net carrying amount on initial recognition. 

Trade and other payables represent liabilities for goods 
and services provided to the Group prior to the end of 
the financial year that are unpaid and arise when the 
Group becomes obliged to make future payments in 
respect of the purchase of these goods and services. 
The amounts are unsecured and are usually paid between 
30 days and 60 days of recognition.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the 
Group has an unconditional right to defer settlement 
of the liability for at least 12 months after the reporting 
date.

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018(m) Provisions 

(equity-settled transactions).

Provisions are recognised when the Group has a present 
obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past 
event, it is probable that an outflow of resources 
embodying economic benefits will be required to settle 
the obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the 
amount of the obligation. When the Group expects some 
or all of a provision to be reimbursed, for example under 
an insurance contract, the reimbursement is recognised 
as a separate asset but only when the reimbursement is 
virtually certain. The expense relating to any provision is 
presented in the Statement of Profit or loss and Other 
Comprehensive Income net of any reimbursement.

Provisions are measured at the present value of 
management’s best estimate of the expenditure required 
to settle the present obligation at the reporting date. 
The discount rate used to determine the present value 
reflects current market assessments of the time value of 
money and the risks specific to the liability. The increase 
in the provision resulting from the passage of time is 
recognised in finance costs.

(n) Employee Benefits (Ref Note 18)

i.  Short-term Benefits 

Liabilities for wages and salaries, including non-
monetary benefits and certain annual leave 
benefits expected to be settled within 12 months 
of the reporting date are recognised in respect of 
employees’ services up to the reporting date. Annual 
leave balances that are expected to be settled after 
12 months are measured at present value. They 
are measured at the amounts expected to be paid 
when the liabilities are settled. Expenses for non-
accumulating sick leave are recognised when the 
leave is taken and are measured at the rates paid or 
payable.

ii.  Long-term benefits

The liability for long service leave and certain annual 
leave benefits are recognised and measured as the 
present value of expected future payments to be 
made in respect of services provided by employees 
up to the reporting date. Consideration is given to 
expected future wage and salary levels, experience of 
employee departures, and years of service. Expected 
future payments are discounted at rates using 
market yield on high quality Corporate Bonds at the 
reporting date.

(o) Share-based Payment Transactions (Ref Note 23)

Equity-settled Transactions

The Group provides benefits to its employees and 
Directors (including key management personnel) in the 
form of share-based payments, whereby services are 
rendered in exchange for shares or rights over shares 

There is currently a Performance Rights Plan in place as 
part of the LTI, for the issue of share based payments to 
staff and KMP as a reward for performance and loyalty. 
LTI awards to executives are made under the executive 
Performance Rights Plan and are delivered in the form 
of performance rights or zero exercise price options. 
The performance rights will vest over a period of up to 
three years subject to meeting performance measures, 
The Company uses a combination of absolute total 
shareholder return (TSR) and commercial targets as the 
performance measure for the LTI plan.

The cost of these equity-settled transactions with 
employees is measured by reference to the fair value 
of the equity instruments at the date at which they 
are granted. The fair value of the performance rights 
granted to executive officers has been calculated based 
on the value at the date of grant using a hybrid trinomial 
option pricing model which uses a combination of Monte 
Carlo Simulation and a trinomial lattice to model the 
performance of the Company’s shares and the individual 
shares within the selected peer group, taking into 
account their individual volatilities and correlations. 

In valuing equity-settled transactions, no account is 
taken of any vesting conditions, other than (if applicable):

•  Non-vesting conditions that do not determine 

whether the Group or Company receives the services 
that entitle the employees to receive payment in 
equity or cash; and

•  Conditions that are linked to the price of the shares of 

Bluechiip Limited (market conditions).

The cost of equity-settled transactions is recognised, 
together with a corresponding increase in equity, over 
the period in which the performance and/or service 
conditions are fulfilled (the vesting period), ending on 
the date on which the relevant employees become fully 
entitled to the award (the vesting date).

At each subsequent reporting date until vesting, the 
cumulative charge to the Statement of Profit or Loss and 
Other Comprehensive Income is the product of:

a.  The grant date fair value of the award;

b.  The current best estimate of the number of awards 

that will vest, taking into account such factors as the 
likelihood of employee turnover during the vesting 
period and the likelihood of non-market performance 
conditions being met; and 

c.  The expired portion of the vesting period.

The charge to the Statement of Profit or Loss and 
Other Comprehensive Income for the year is the 
cumulative amount as calculated above less the 
amounts already charged in previous years. There is a 
corresponding entry to equity.

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 

If a non-vesting condition is within the control of 
the Group, Company or employee, the failure to 
satisfy the condition is treated as a cancellation. If a 
non-vesting condition within the control of neither 
the Group, Company nor employee is not satisfied 
during the vesting period, any expense for the 
award not previously recognised is recognised over 
the remaining vesting period, unless the award is 
forfeited.

If the terms of an equity-settled award are modified, 
as a minimum an expense is recognised as if the 
terms had not been modified. An additional expense 
is recognised for any modification that increases 
the total fair value of the share-based payment 
arrangement, or is otherwise beneficial to the 
employee, as measured at the date of modification.

If an equity-settled award is cancelled, it is treated 
as if it had vested on the date of cancellation, and 
any expense not yet recognised for the award is 
recognised immediately. However, if a new award is 
substituted for the cancelled award and designated 
as a replacement award on the date that it is granted, 
the cancelled and new award are treated as if 
they were a modification of the original award, as 
described in the previous paragraph.

The dilutive effect, if any, of outstanding options 
is reflected as additional share dilution in the 
computation of diluted earnings per share (see Note 10).

(p) Contributed equity (Ref Note 19)

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Incremental 
costs directly attributable to the issue of new shares or 
options are shown in equity as a deduction, net of tax, 
from the proceeds.

(q) Revenue recognition (Ref Note 6)

Revenue is recognised and measured at the fair value of 
the consideration received or receivable to the extent 
it is probable that the economic benefits will flow to the 
Group and the revenue can be reliably measured. The 
following specific recognition criteria must also be met 
before revenue is recognised:

i.  Sales Revenue

•  the Group retains neither continuing managerial 

involvement to the degree usually associated with 
ownership nor effective control over the goods 
sold; 

•  the amount of revenue can be measured reliably; 

• 

it is probable that the economic benefits 
associated with the transaction will flow to the 
Group; and

•  the costs incurred or to be incurred in respect of 

the transaction can be measured reliably.

Rendering of Services

Revenue from a contract to provide services is 
recognised by reference to the stage of completion 
of the contract. The stage of completion of the 
contract is determined as follows: 

•  stage of completion of labour hours (time) 

incurred to date as a percentage of total labour 
hours (total time) that has elapsed during the 
reporting period;

•  revenue from time and material contracts is 

recognised at the contractual rates as labour 
hours; and 

•  direct expenses are incurred.

License income

License income is recognised depending on the 
substance of the underlying agreement. Depending 
on the terms of agreement, licence income is either 
recognised immediately if the substance is a sale or 
over the life of the agreement to the extent there are 
service conditions attached.

ii.  Interest Revenue

Revenue is recognised as interest accrues using 
the effective interest method. This is a method of 
calculating the amortised cost of a financial asset 
and allocating the interest income over the relevant 
year using the effective interest rate, which is the rate 
that exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts 
through the expected life of the financial asset to the 
net carrying amount of the financial asset. All revenue 
is stated net of the amount of goods and services tax 
(GST).

Sales revenue comprises revenue earned (net of 
returns, discounts and allowances) from the provision 
of services and products to purchasers external to 
the Group.

(r) Income Tax and Other Taxes (Ref Note 9)

No taxation has been provided for and no deferred tax 
assets have been recognised in view of losses incurred.

Sales of Goods

Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised when 
the goods are delivered and titles have passed, at 
which time all the following conditions are satisfied: 

•  the Group has transferred to the buyer the 

significant risks and rewards of ownership of the 
goods;

Deferred tax assets are only brought to account where it 
is probable that future tax profits will be available against 
which deductible temporary differences can be utilised. In 
view of the Group just commenced generating revenues, 
deferred tax assets are not recognised in respect of the 
assessed and estimated tax losses to be carried forward 
on the basis that recoupment is not probable at 30 June 
2017.

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Current tax assets and liabilities are measured at the 
amount expected to be recovered from or paid to the 
taxation authorities based on the current year’s taxable 
income. The tax rates and tax laws used to compute 
the amount are those that are enacted or substantively 
enacted at the reporting date. Unrecognised deferred 
income tax assets are reassessed at each reporting date 
and are recognised to the extent that it has become 
probable that future taxable profit will allow the deferred 
tax asset to be recovered.

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are measured 
at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the year 
when the asset is realised or the liability is settled, based 
on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or 
substantively enacted at the reporting date. Deferred 
tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are offset only if 
a legally enforceable right exists to set off current tax 
assets against current tax liabilities and the deferred tax 
assets and liabilities relate to the same taxable entity and 
the same taxation authority.

Other Taxes

Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the 
amount of GST except:

•  When the GST incurred on a purchase of goods 

and services is not recoverable from the taxation 
authority, in which case the GST is recognised as part 
of the cost of acquisition of the asset or as part of 
the expense item as applicable; and

•  Trade receivables and other payables, which are 

stated with the amount of GST included.

The net amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, 
the taxation authority is included as part of receivables 
or payables in the statement of financial position. Cash 
flows are included in the statement of cash flows on 
a gross basis and the GST component of cash flows 
arising from investing and financing activities, which is 
recoverable from, or payable to, the taxation authority is 
classified as part of operating cash flows.

Commitments and contingencies are disclosed net of 
the amount of GST recoverable from, or payable to, the 
taxation authority.

(s) Government Grants (Ref Note 7)

Government grants are recognised in the Statement of 
Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income as other 
income when the grant is receivable.

The R&D tax offset is brought to account only when the 
amount receivable has been quantified, based on eligible 
development spend and supported by appropriate claim 
documentation.

(t) Earnings per share (Ref Note 10)

Basic earnings per share is calculated as net profit/
(loss) attributable to members of the parent, adjusted 

to exclude any costs of servicing equity, divided by the 
weighted average number of ordinary shares.

Diluted earnings per share is calculated as net profit/
(loss) attributable to members of the parent, adjusted 
for:

•  Costs of servicing equity; and

•  Other non-discretionary changes in revenues or 

expenses during the year that would result from the 
dilution of potential ordinary shares, divided by the 
weighted average number of ordinary shares and 
dilutive potential ordinary shares, adjusted for any 
bonus element.

As the Group incurred a loss during the year, the impact 
of options and performance rights was anti-dilutive and 
as such, basic and diluted EPS are the same amount.

(u) Financial Instruments

Initial Recognition and Measurement

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised 
when the entity becomes a party to the contractual 
provisions to the instrument. For financial assets, this is 
the equivalent to the date that the Group commits itself 
to either the purchase or sale of the asset (i.e. trade date 
accounting is adopted).

Financial instruments are initially measured at fair value. 
After initial recognition these instruments are measured 
as set out below.

Classification and Subsequent Measurement

Financial instruments are subsequently measured at 
amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, 
or cost. Fair value is the price that would be received 
to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an 
orderly transaction between market participants at the 
measurement date. The fair value measurement is based 
on the presumption that the transaction to sell the asset 
or transfer the liability takes place either:

• 

• 

In the principal market for the asset or liability, or

In the absence of a principal market, in the most 
advantageous market for the asset or liability.

The principal or the most advantageous market must be 
accessible to by the Group.

Amortised cost is calculated as:

a.  the amount at which the financial asset or financial 

liability is measured at initial recognition;

b.  less principal repayments;

c.  plus or minus the cumulative amortisation of the 
difference, if any, between the amount initially 
recognised and the maturity amount calculated using 
the effective interest method; and

d.  less any reduction for impairment.

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 

The effective interest method is used to allocate interest income or interest expense over the relevant year and is 
equivalent to the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash payments or receipts (including fees, transaction 
costs and other premiums or discounts) through the expected life (or when this cannot be reliably predicted, the 
contractual term) of the financial instrument to the net carrying amount of the financial asset or financial liability. 
Revisions to expected future net cash flows will necessitate an adjustment to the carrying value with a consequential 
recognition of an income or expense in profit or loss.

Loans and Receivables

Trade receivables, loans, and other receivables that have fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an 
active market are classified as ‘loans and receivables’. Loans and receivables are measured at amortised cost using the 
effective interest method, less any impairment. Interest income is recognised by applying the effective interest rate, 
except for short-term receivables when the effect of discounting is immaterial. Loan and receivables relate largely to 
a R&D tax incentive and a term deposit.

Held to maturity

Term deposits with fixed or determinable payments and fixed maturity dates that the Group has the positive intent 
and ability to hold to maturity are classified as held-to-maturity investments. Held-to-maturity investments are 
measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method less any impairment.

Available-for-sale financial assets are included in non-current assets. 

(v) Comparative Figures

When required by Accounting Standards, comparative figures will be adjusted to conform to changes in presentation. 
No comparative adjustment has occured in the current year.

Note 3 Financial Risk Management Objectives and Policies

The Group’s financial instruments consist mainly of deposits with banks, accounts receivable, accounts payable and 
interest-bearing liabilities. 

The totals for each category of financial instruments, measured in accordance with AASB 139 as detailed in the 
accounting policies to these financial statements, are as follows:

Financial Assets 

Cash and cash equivalents

Term deposit

Trade and other receivables

Total Financial Assets

Financial Liabilities 

Trade and other payables

Interest-bearing liabilities

Total Financial Liabilities

Note

2018 $

2017 $

11

11

12

16

17

1,172,047

27,195

1,115,669

2,314,911

643,845

600,000

1,243,845

972,767

26,540

803,171

1,802,478

1,066,835

619,469

1,686,304

Financial Risk Management Policies

The Directors’ overall risk management strategy seeks to assist the Company in meeting its financial targets, whilst 
minimising potential adverse effects on financial performance. Risk management policies are approved and reviewed 
by the Board on a regular basis.

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Specific Financial Risk Exposures and Management

The main risks the Group is exposed to through its financial instruments are credit risk, liquidity risk and market risk 
relating to interest rate risk. The Group is also exposed to a certain degree of foreign currency risk as some of its 
transactions with suppliers and customers are denominated in foreign currencies.

(a) Credit Risk

Credit risk is minimised through investing surplus funds in financial institutions that maintain a high credit rating. 
Credit risk is in relation to receivables held as at year end.

Credit Risk Exposures

The maximum exposure to credit risk by class of recognised financial assets at balance date, excluding the value of 
any collateral or other security held, is equivalent to the carrying value and classification of those financial assets (net 
of any provisions) as presented in the statement of financial position. There were no guarantees given at the balance 
date.

Trade and other receivables that are neither past due or impaired are of high credit quality. Aggregates of such 
amounts are as detailed at Note 12.

Credit risk related to balances with banks and other financial institutions is managed by management in accordance 
with the approved Board policy.

(b) Liquidity Risk

Liquidity risk arises from the possibility that the Group might encounter difficulty in settling its debts or otherwise 
meeting its obligations related to financial liabilities. The Group manages risk through the following mechanisms:

•  preparing forward looking cash flow analysis in relation to its operational, investing and financial activities;

•  managing credit risk related to financial assets;

•  only investing surplus cash with major financial institutions; and

•  comparing the maturity profile of financial liabilities with the realisation profile of financial assets.

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(c) Market Risk

i. 

Interest Rate Risk 

Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value or future 
cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because 
of changes in market interest rates.

Borrowings (see Note 17) are negotiated at fixed rates 
to assist in managing the risk and that in determining 
the interest rates, reference is made to bank lending or 
borrowing rates at the time the loan is entered into.

ii.  Sensitivity Analysis

The following table illustrates sensitivities to the Group’s 
exposures to changes in interest rates. The table 
indicates the impact on how profit and equity values 
reported at balance date would have been affected by 
changes in the relevant risk variable that management 
considers to be reasonably possible. These sensitivities 
assume that the movement in a particular variable is 
independent of other variables.

Profit $

Equity $

Year Ended 30 June 2018 

+1% in interest rates 

-1% in interest rates

Year Ended 30 June 2017

+1% in interest rates

-1% in interest rates

11,992

 (11,992)

9,993

 (9,993)

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Note 4 Significant Accounting 
judgements, Estimates and 
Assumptions

The preparation of the financial statements requires 
the Directors to evaluate estimates and judgments 
incorporated into the financial statements based 
on historical knowledge and best available current 
information. Estimates assume a reasonable expectation 
of future events and are based on current trends and 
economic data, obtained both externally and within 
the Group. Further details of the nature of these 
assumptions and conditions may be found in the relevant 
notes to the financial statements.

Inventory

Management has to exercise significant judgement in 
estimating the net realisable value of inventory which 
includes estimating future sales quantities and selling 
prices. These estimates are based on the current contracts 
in place by the Company and given the application of the 
technology is deemed reasonable. Management assess the 
classification of inventory based on forward sales growth 
and expect to realise the inventory in the next twelve 
months.

Income from R&D Tax Incentive

In computing the income from R&D tax incentive 
receivable, the Company has used some judgment 
to decide on the basis of deriving at the eligible and 
qualifying R&D expenditure.

Note 5 Operating Segments

The Group has identified its operating segments based 
on the internal reports that are reviewed and used by the 
CEO and Managing Director (the chief operating decision 
maker or CODM) in assessing performance and in 
determining the allocation of resources. The CODM only 
reviews consolidated financial information and as such, 
it has been determined that there is only one segment 
at the present time. Furthermore, the Group’s business 
activities are not organised on the basis of differences 
in related products and services or differences in 
geographical areas of operations. Given the Group’s 
stage of development, the Directors consider this to be 
appropriate.

Note 6 Revenue from Operating 
Activities

Less Trade discount

(25,258)

(19,421)

Revenue From Operating 
Activities

561,544

237,773

Note 7 Other Income

Other Revenue

Interest income

2018 $

2017 $

22,648

5,313

R&D tax incentive/concession

1,000,504

774,677

Total Other Income

1,023,152

779,990

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The above sensitivities calculation assumption is based on cash and cash equivalent 
and financial assets reported at balance date. Interest on borrowings are fixed.

Sale of product

Licence income

Gross Revenue From Sale of 
Product and Licence income

2018 $

2017 $

433,795

153,007

586,802

140,439

116,755

257,194

Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018 
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 

Note 8 Expenses

a) Finance Costs

Interest expense 

Debt establishment fee (refer Note 17 for further detail)

Quarterly service fee for R&D Advance Facility

Total Finance Costs

(b) Depreciation

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment

(c) Other Expenses

Share registry, administration and secretarial

Insurance

Advertising and Branding

Conference and seminar

Telecommunications

Membership and subscriptions

Others

Total Other Expenses

Note 9 Income Tax Expense 

2018 $

2017 $

50,030

9,363

-

59.393

19,185

19,185

68,383

44,402

110,979

2,754

17,362

8,100

106,174

358,154

52,666

12,000

2,000

66,666

19,358

19,358

66,902

37,974

80,380

-

17,356

3,729

77,431

283,772

No taxation has been provided in view of the losses incurred for the year (2017: Nil). Tax losses for the 2018 financial 
year are $998,568 (2017:$976,685). The amount available of carried forward tax losses for offset against future 
taxable income is $12,361,121 (2017:$11,367,180). The deferred tax asset of $3,684,761 (2017: $3,410,155) associated 
with carried forward tax losses as well as deferred tax assets arising from temporary differences of $147,874 
(2017:$135,872) have not been recorded on the basis that its recovery is not probable at this time. There are no 
deferred tax liabilities arising from temporary differences on assets.

The prima facie tax on the loss from ordinary activities is reconciled to the income tax credit shown in the Statement 
of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income as follows:

Prima facie tax on loss from ordinary activities before 
income tax at 27.5% (2017: 30%)

Consolidated entity

Add/(Deduct): Tax Effect of 

Non-deductible expenses

Research and development tax effect

Deferred tax assets arising not brought to account as at balance  
sheet date because realisation is not considered probable

2018 $

2017 $

(685,435)

(685,435)

(605,590)

(605,590)

19,709

371,890

293,836

19,960

302,989

282,641

Income Tax Credit Attributable to the Consolidated Entity

-

-

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018 
 
Note 10 Earnings Per Share

Earnings/(loss) used to calculate basic and dilutive EPS

For Basic and Diluted EPS Tax Effect of

2018 $

(2,492,491)

2017 $

(2,018,633)

Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the year – 
No. used in calculating basic EPS

386,632,392

276,627,524

As the Group incurred a loss during the year, the impact of performance rights were anti-dilutive and as such, basic and diluted EPS are the same amount.

Note 11 Cash and Cash Equivalents and Term Deposit

Current Assets – Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash at banka 

Non-current Assets 

Term Depositb

2018 $

2017 $

1,172,047

972,767

27,195

26,540

a Cash at bank at end of previous financial year includes application money held in trust which relates to subscription money from the Rights Issue and Placement launched 

in June 2017 pending completion and new ordinary shares in the Company to be issued. Please refer to Note 16 for further details.

b Term Deposit with a bank held as security for a credit card facility. 

Note 12 Current Assets – Trade and Other Receivables

Current Assets – Cash and Cash Equivalents

Trade receivables

R&D tax off-set receivable

The ageing analysis of trade receivables is a

0-30 days

31-60 days

61-90 days (past due not impaired)

91+ days (past due not impaired)

Total Trade and Other Receivables

2018 $

2017 $

115,669

1,000,000

1,115,669

114,882

-

-

787

115,669

28,171

775,000

803,171

23,853

589

-

3,729

28,171

* Debts over 90 days are individually assessed for impairment. As at the date of this report, the Group deems these individually recoverable.

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 

Note 13 Other Current Assets

Prepayment

Deposita

2018 $

30,933

116,650

147,583

a  The deposit represents the balance of a supplier payment for the purchase of raw materials to manufacture the Company’s Matchbox™ readers. 

Note 14 Inventory

Raw materials

Finished goods 

Provision of net realisable value - Finished Goods

Total Inventory

2018 $

286,218

221,722

(61,591)

446,349

Note 15 Non-current Assets - Property, Plant and Equipment

Technical equipment and tools at cost

Accumulated depreciation

Total technical equipment and tools

Furniture, fixtures and fittings at cost

Accumulated depreciation

Total Furniture, Fixtures and Fittings

Computer and office equipment at cost

Accumulated depreciation

Total Computer and Office Equipment

2018 $

290,574

(184,001)

106,573

18,876

(13,104)

5,772

119,064

(107,185)

11,879

2017 $

24,373

116,650

141,023

2017 $

235,278

188,013

(61,591)

361,700

2017 $

235,060

(170,658)

64,402

18,876

(12,090)

6,786

109,719

(102,357)

7,362

Total Property, Plant and Equipment

124,224

78,550

(a) Movements in Carrying Amounts

Movement in the carrying amount for each class of property, plant and equipment between the beginning and the end 
of the current financial year:

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Total 
$

78,550

64,859

(19,185)

124,224

Total 
$

88,149

9,759

(19,358)

78,550

2017 $

368,131

51,785

-

646,919

Consolidated

Balance at 30 June 2018

Balance at the beginning of year

Additions

Depreciation

Carrying Amount at End 30 June 2018

Consolidated

Balance at 30 June 2017

Balance at the beginning of year

Additions

Depreciation

Carrying Amount at End 30 June 2017

Technical 
Equipment and 
Tools 
$

Furniture, 
Fixtures and 
Fittings 
$

Computer 
and Office 
Equipment 
$

64,402

55,514

(13,343)

106,573

6,786

-

(1,014)

5,772

7,362

9,345

(4,828)

11,879

Technical 
Equipment and 
Tools 
$

Furniture, 
Fixtures and 
Fittings 
$

Computer 
and Office 
Equipment 
$

72,493

6,000

(14,091)

64,402

7,087

720

(1,021)

6,786

8,569

3,039

(4,246)

7,362

Note 16 Current Liabilities – Trade and Other Payables

Trade payables (a)

Sundry payables and accrued expenses 

Unearned income (b)

Application money held in trust (c)

Total Current Liabilities

2018 $

546,832

62,222

34,791

-

643,845

1,066,835

a   The trade payables as at 30 June 2018 includes directors’ fee owing of $9,750 (2017: $7,833).

b  The unearned income relates to money received from customers for licence income to be recognised in the following month and delivery of products not fulfilled at end 

of financial year.

c  The application money held in trust relates to subscription money received from shareholders and investors for the Rights Issue and Placement launched in June 2017 

which were subsequently completed with new ordinary shares in the Company issued.

Note 17 Interest-bearing Loans and Borrowings

Current

R&D Tax Prepayment Loana 

Directors and Officers premium funding

Total Interest-bearing Liabilities 

2018 $

2017 $

600,000

-

600,000

600,000

19,469

619,469

Due to the short-term nature of these payables, their carrying value is assumed to approximate their fair value.

a   Relates to a R&D Advance Facility from R&D Capital Partners Pty Ltd (R&D Capital) secured by R&D tax incentive 2017/2018 to be received. In prior financial year, similar 
facility was obtained with R&D Capital of $600,000 (2016/2017 Advance). The 2016/2017 Advance was secured and fully settled during the current financial year by the 
R&D tax incentive 2016/2017. An establishment fee of $7,500 was incurred for the R&D Advance Facility during the financial year (2017: Nil). An interest rate of 15% 
(2017:15%) per annum is calculated and payable monthly on the drawn down amount of the R&D Advance Facility.

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 

Note 18 Employee Benefits

Current Employee Benefits

Annual Leave provision

Non Current Employee Benefits

Long Service Leave provision

Total Provisions

2018 $

2017 $

79,896

59,626

79,609

159,505

40,681

100,307

Refer to Note 2(n) for the relevant accounting policy and a discussion of the significant estimations and assumptions applied in the measurement of this provision.

Note 19 Issued Capital

397,033,377 (2017: 271,810,092) Ordinary shares

Less: Capitalised share issue costs

A Ordinary Shares

At the beginning of the reporting year

Issue of ordinary shares

Less: Capitalised share issue costs

2018 $

27,902,682

(1,586,597)

2017 $

24,409,984

(1,553,040)

26,316,085

22,856,944

22,856,944

3,492,698

(33,557)

21,373,748

1,555,552

(72,356)

26,316,085

22,856,944

Shares issued during the year were in relation to the following:

-25,693,407 shares issued ($719,415) pursuant to 2017 Rights Issue entitlement

-88,018,307 shares ($2,464,513) issued pursuant to shortfall shares placed with professional and sophisticated investors pursuant to 2017 Shortfall Placement

-20,000 shares ($560) issued as commission in connection with the 2017 Rights Issue.

-8,928,571 shares ($250,000) issued to a non executive director as part of the shortfall shares subscribed in the 2017 Rights Issue pursuant to shareholders approval at the 
2017 AGM

-1,375,000 shares issued to CEO, Andrew McLellan pursuant to exercise of CS Rights Tranche 1 Performance Rights 2015 and Tranche 1 Performance Rights 2016.

-1,188,000 shares issued to eligible employees upon exercise of the Tranche 1 Performance Rights 2016. 

B Ordinary Shares

At the beginning of the reporting year

Shares issued during the year: 
Issue of ordinary shares

2018 No.

2017 No.

271,810,092

201,377,647

125,223,285

70,432,445

Total Issued and Fully Paid Ordinary Shares

397,033,377

271,810,092

Ordinary shares have no par value. There is no limit to the authorised share capital of the Company. 
Ordinary shares participate in dividends and the proceeds on winding up of the parent entity in proportion to the number of shares held. 
At the shareholders meetings, each ordinary share is entitled to one vote when a poll is called; otherwise each shareholder has one vote on a show of hands. 
At 30 June 2018, there were no options outstanding (2017: Nil).  
A total 3,000,000 (2017:3,000,000) and 4,000,000 (2017:4,000,000) performance rights were granted in July 2017 to Andrew McLellan and employees respectively as part of 
the Variable Compensation – LTI which entitle both Andrew McLellan and the employees to acquire one fully paid share in the Company for a nil exercise price (Performance 
Rights). Further details of the performance rights and the terms are set out in the Variable Compensation – Long-term Incentive section of the remuneration report.

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018 
(c) Capital Management

Management controls the capital of the Group in order to ensure that the Company can fund its operations and 
continue as a going concern. The Group’s debt and capital includes share capital and financial liabilities, supported by 
financial assets. There is no externally imposed capital requirements.

Management effectively manages the Group’s capital by assessing the Company’s financial risk and adjusting its 
capital structure in response to changes in these risks and in the market. There have been no changes in the strategy 
adopted by management.

Note 20 Cash Flow Statement Reconciliation

Reconciliation of Net Loss after Tax to Net Cash Flows used in operating activities

Net loss

Non-cash Flows in Loss

Depreciation

Share based payment expense

Shares issue in lieu of cash bonus payment to employees

Shares issue in lieu of payment to supplier

Changes in Assets and Liabilities

(Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables

(Increase)/decrease in other assets

(Increase)/decrease in inventory

(Decrease)/increase in trade, other payables and deferred revenue

(Decrease)/increase in employee benefits

Note 21 Related Party Disclosures

(a) Key Management Personnel (KMP)

2018 $

2017 $

(2,492,491)

(2,018,633)

19,185

124,137

-

-

(312,498)

(6,561)

(84,649)

217,794

59,198

19,358

86,748

49,900

12,106

(77,407)

32,530

20,211

166,315

26,761

(2,475,885)

(1,682,111)

Details relating to KMP, including remuneration paid, shares issued and performance rights issued, are included in 
Note 22 and the Remuneration Report.

(b) Transactions With Related Parties

Other than shares and performance rights issued to Directors and KMP of the Company disclosed in the Remuneration 
Report, there were no other transactions with related parties during the year.

Note 22 Key Management Personnel

Compensation for key management personnel

The total remuneration provided and /or paid to key management personnel of the Group during the year are as 
follows (refer to table in Remuneration Report for further detail):

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 

Short-term employee benefits# 

Post-employment benefits

Long-term employee benefits

Share-based payments

2018 $

513,931

31,485

9,747

56,357

611,520

2017 $

392,534

30,106

4,084

86,855

513,579

# The short-term employee benefits paid include Non-Executive Directors fees paid amounting to $190,000 (2017: $110,000)

Note 23 Share-based Payment Plans

Expenses Arising From Share-based Payment Transactions

The performance rights expense under the Performance Rights Plan 2017 has been determined based on the fair 
values of the performance rights granted to Directors and officers calculated at grant date using a hybrid trinomial 
option pricing model with a relative TSR hurdle. The hybrid trinomial option pricing model with TSR hurdle uses a 
combination of Monte Carlo Simulation and a trinomial lattice to model the performance of the Company’s shares and 
the individual shares within the selected peer group, taking into account their individual volatilities and correlations. 

Performance Rights Plan Expense During the Year

Performance Rights Plan 2015

Performance Rights Plan 2016

Performance Rights Plan 2017 

Fair Value of Performance Rights

2018 $

2017 $

5,795

40,555

77,787

124,137

18,370

68,378

-

86,748

The fair value of the performance rights granted to the CEO in the table below has been calculated at grant date using 
the hybrid trinomial option pricing model with TSR hurdle. The model uses a combination of Monte Carlo Simulation 
and a trinomial lattice to model the performance of the Company’s shares and the individual shares within the selected 
peer group, taking into account their individual volatilities and correlations. 

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 20182018

During the financial year, the following performance rights were granted to the CEO, Andrew McLellan and employees 
of the Company: 

Number and Recipient 
of Performance 
Rights

3,000,000 to Andrew 
McLellan comprising

Grant 
Date

Vesting / 
Expiry date

Fair Value Per 
Performance 
Right

Exercise 
Price

Price of 
Shares on 
Grant Date

Risk Free 
interest 
Rate

Estimated 
Volatility

Tranche 1 
-1,000,000

Tranche 2 
-1,000,000

Tranche 3 
-1,000,000

1 July 2017

1 July 2017

30 Aug 2018/ 
30 Jun 2020

30 Aug 2019/ 
31 Dec 2021

$0.0186 

$0.0207

Nil

Nil

$0.028

1.53%

90%

$0.028

1.66%

90%

1 July 2017 30 Aug 2020/ 

$0.0245

Nil 

$0.028

1.86%

90%

31 Dec 2022

4,000,000 to 
employees comprising

Tranche 1 
-1,333,333

Tranche 2 
-1,333,333

Tranche 3 
-1,333,333

1 July 2017

1 July 2017

30 Aug 2018/ 
30 Jun 2020

30 Aug 2019/ 
31 Dec 2021

$0.0189

$0.0218

Nil

Nil

$0.028

1.57%

90%

$0.028

1.73%

90%

1 July 2017 30 Aug 2020/ 

$0.0230

Nil 

$0.028

1.94%

90%

31 Dec 2022

Other than the Performance Rights granted to the CEO, Andrew McLellan and employees as set out above, no options were issued to Directors or other KMP during the 
financial year ended 30 June 2018.

2017

During the financial year ended 30 June 2017, the following performance rights were granted to the CEO, Andrew 
McLellan and employees of the Company:

Number and Recipient 
of Performance 
Rights

3,000,000 to Andrew 
McLellan comprising

Grant 
Date

Vesting /  
Expiry date

Fair Value Per 
Performance 
Right

Exercise 
Price

Price of 
Shares on 
Grant Date

Risk Free 
interest 
Rate

Estimated 
Volatility

Tranche 1 
-1,000,000

Tranche 2 
-1,000,000

Tranche 3 
-1,000,000

1 July 2016 30 Aug 2017/ 

$0.0168 

31 Dec 2017

1 July 2016 30 Aug 2018/ 

$0.0168

31 Dec 2018

Nil

Nil

$0.022

1.49%

100%

$0.022

1.46%

100%

1 July 2016 30 Aug 2019/ 

$0.0168

Nil 

$0.022

1.51%

100%

31 Dec 2019

4,000,000 to 
employees comprising

Tranche 1 
-1,333,333

Tranche 2 
-1,333,333

Tranche 3 
-1,333,333

1 July 2016 30 Aug 2017/ 

$0.0168

31 Dec 2017

1 July 2016 30 Aug 2018/ 

$0.01 86

31 Dec 2018

Nil

Nil

$0.022

1.49%

100%

$0.022

1.46%

100%

1 July 2016 30 Aug 2019/ 

$0.0201

Nil 

$0.022

1.51%

100%

31 Dec 2019

Other than the Performance Rights granted to the CEO, Andrew McLellan and employees as set out above, no options were issued to Directors or other KMP during the 
financial year ended 30 June 2017.

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 

Note 24 Commitments

(a) Operating Lease Commitments

Non-cancellable operating leases contracted for:

Payable - minimum lease payments: not later than 12 months

The above lease commitments are in respect of office premises rental.

(b) Contractual Commitments

2018 $

2017 $

36,050

36,050

35,000

35,000

Subsequent to 30 June 2018, the Company has purchase orders made in 2014 with a foreign supplier which remains 
unfulfilled with purchase cost totalling $260,348 (USD192,423) (2016: $249,926 or USD192,243) for the development 
and production of chips.

Note 25 Contingencies

The Company has no contingent liabilities or contingent assets as at 30 June 2018 (2017:Nil).

Note 26 Events After the Balance Sheet Date

On 29 August 2018, the Company announced that it had entered into a development and supply agreement with 
Labcon North America (Labcon) for a three (3) year term to supply chips, readers, software and engineering services 
worth USD11.9m ($15.9m).  The agreement provides for Bluechiip to meet the orders from Labcon effective 24 August 
2018 in the following manner:

a.  supply of chips, readers, software and engineering services worth USD4.2m ($5.8m) over a two (2) year period; 

b.  supply of products and services with a minimum order of USD7.4m ($10.1m) in the third year following the two (2) 

year period; and

c.  extend a further two (2) years of development and supply contracts to a fourth and fifth year with minimum 

orders to be determined.  

On 10 September 2018, the Company announced the successful placement of approximately 93 million new ordinary 
shares in Bluechiip to sophisticated and professional investors at an issue price of $0.059 per new ordinary share in 
Bluechiip raising $5.5 million before costs (Placement). In conjunction with the Placement, the Company announced a 
Share Purchase Plan (2018 SPP) for all its existing shareholders at the same price of $0.059 per new share. 

Subsequently, on 14 September 2018, the Company announced the completion of the Placement with $5.5 million net 
proceeds fully received. As at the date of this report, the 2018 SPP remains open for application until its expected 
closing date on 28 September 2018.

Except for the above, there were no other matters or circumstances that have arisen since the end of the financial 
year which significantly affected or could significantly affect the operations of the Group, the results of these 
operations or the state of affairs of the Group in future financial years.

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Note 27 Auditor’s Remuneration

The Auditor of Bluechiip Limited is Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

2018 $

2017 $

Audit or review of the financial report 

60,000

60,000

Other audit review services 

2,500

2,500

Tax compliance services

Note 28 Controlled Entities

Parent Entity

Bluechiip Limited

Subsidiaries of Parent Entity

Bluechiip, Inc.a

Bluechiip Holdings, Inc. a

6,650

69,150

8,750

71,250

Country of 
Incorporation

Percentage Owned 
(%)*  
2018

Percentage Owned 
(%)*  
2017

Australia

United States

United States

100%

100%

100%

100%

*   Percentage of voting power is in proportion to ownership

a   These companies (which are dormant) are in the process of dissolution as the Directors opine that the subsidiaries are not required at this moment.

Note 29 Parent Entity Information

Information Relating to Bluechiip Limited

Current assets 

Total Assets 

Current liabilities 

Total Liabilities 

Issued capital

Reserves

Accumulated losses

Total shareholder’s equity

Loss of the Parent Entity

Total Comprehensive Loss of the Parent Entity

2018 $

2017 $

2,881,648

3,033,067

1,323,741

1,403,350

26,316,085

4,871,034

2,278,661

2,383,751

1,745,930

1,786,611

22,856,944

4,805,107

(29,557,402)

(27,064,911)

1,629,717

(2,492,491)

(2,492,491)

597,140

(2,018,633)

(2,018,633)

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Directors’ Declaration

In accordance with a resolution of the Directors of Bluechiip Limited, I state that:

1. 

In the opinion of the Directors:

a  The financial statements and notes of Bluechiip Limited for the financial year ended 30 June 2018 are in 

accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, including:

i.  Giving a true and fair view of its financial position as at 30 June 2018 and performance for the period 

ended on that date

ii.  Complying with Accounting Standards (including the Australian Accounting Interpretations) and the 

Corporations Regulations 2001 

b  The financial statements and notes also comply with International Financial Reporting Standards as disclosed in 

Note 2(a)

c  There are reasonable grounds to believe that the Group will be able to pay its debts as and when they become 

due and payable as disclosed in Note 2

2.  This declaration has been made after receiving declarations required to be made to the Directors in accordance 

with Section 295A of the Corporations Act 2001 for the financial year ended 30 June 2018.

On behalf of the Board.

Iain Kirkwood 
Chairman

21 September 2018

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Independent Auditors Report

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 
ABN 74 490 121 060 

550 Bourke Street 
Melbourne VIC 3000 
GPO Box 78 
Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia 

Tel:  +61 3 9671 7000 
Fax:  +61 3 9671 7001 
www.deloitte.com.au 

Independent Auditor’s Report to the members of Bluechiip Limited 

Report on the Audit of the Financial Report 

Opinion 

We have audited the financial report of Bluechiip Limited (the “Company”) and its subsidiaries (the 
“Group”), which comprises the consolidated statement of financial position as at 30 June 2018, the 
consolidated  statement  of  profit  or  loss  and  other  comprehensive  income,  the  consolidated 
statement of changes in equity and the consolidated statement of cash flows for the year then ended, 
and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies, and 
the directors’ declaration. 

In  our  opinion,  the  accompanying  financial  report  of  the  Group,  is  in  accordance  with  the 
Corporations Act 2001, including:  

(i)  

(ii)  

giving a true and fair view of the Group’s financial position as at 30 June 2018 and of its 
financial performance for the year then ended; and   
complying with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001. 

Basis for Opinion 

We conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Our responsibilities under 
those standards are further described in the Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial 
Report  section  of  our  report.  We  are  independent  of  the  Group  in  accordance  with  the  auditor 
independence  requirements  of  the  Corporations  Act  2001  and  the  ethical  requirements  of  the 
Accounting  Professional  and  Ethical  Standards  Board’s  APES  110  Code  of  Ethics  for  Professional 
Accountants (the Code) that are relevant to our audit of the financial report in Australia. We have 
also fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with the Code.  

We  confirm that the independence  declaration  required  by  the  Corporations Act  2001,  which  has 
been given to the directors of the Company, would be in the same terms if given to the directors as 
at the time of this auditor’s report. 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis 
for our opinion. 

Key Audit Matters  

Key audit matters are those matters that, in our professional judgement, were of most significance 
in  our  audit  of  the  financial  report  for  the  current  period.  These  matters  were  addressed  in  the 
context of our audit of the financial report as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we 
do not provide a separate opinion on these matters.  

Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation. 

Member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited. 

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Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Independent Auditors Report

Key Audit Matters 

Key Audit Matter 

How the scope of our audit responded to 
the Key Audit Matter 

Net realisable value of inventory 

is 

The  Group 
the  process  of 
in 
commercialising  its  products.    Inventory 
held  by  the  Group  is  sold  sporadically 
during  the  process  of  exploring  and 
negotiating 
commercial 
new 
partnerships. 

Management  has  to  exercise  significant 
judgement 
the  net 
in  estimating 
inventory  which 
realisable  value  of 
includes 
sales 
quantities and selling prices. 

estimating 

future 

 

Our  procedures  included,  but  were  not  limited 
to: 

  Obtaining 

an 

including 

inventory, 

understanding 

of 
management’s process for recording and 
managing 
the 
process  to  forecast  future  inventory 
sales projections as well as identify and 
monitor  inventory  selling  below  cost 
price;  
Inquiring of management to understand 
if  there  have  been  any  changes  in  the 
use  or  sales  patterns  of  current 
inventory items including understanding 
and 
of 
management’s  forecasted  future  sales 
quantities  and  selling  prices  based  on 
existing  and  prospective  partnership 
discussions; 

challenging 

basis 

the 

recent 

  Selecting  inventory  items  on  a  sample 
basis,  and  viewing 
sales, 
including  subsequent  to  30  June  2018, 
to determine whether the sales value of 
these  items  exceeded  their  carrying 
value; 
  Assessing 

of 
management’s  inventory  net  realisable 
provision  based  on  inventory  items 
currently  being  sold  below  cost  price; 
and 

adequacy 

the 

  Assessing  the  appropriateness  of  the 
disclosures  in  Note  14  to  the  financial 
statements. 

Other Information  

The  directors  are  responsible  for  the  other  information.  The  other  information  comprises  the 
information included in the Group’s annual report for the year ended 30 June 2018, but does not 
include the financial report and our auditor’s report thereon.  

Our opinion on the financial report does not cover the other information and we do not express any 
form of assurance conclusion thereon.  

In connection with our audit of the financial report, our responsibility is to read the other information 
and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial 
report or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If, 
based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this 
other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.  

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Responsibilities of the Directors for the Financial Report 

The directors of the Company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a 
true and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Act 2001 
and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of 
the financial report that gives a true and fair view and is free from material misstatement, whether 
due to fraud or error.  

In preparing the financial report, the directors are responsible for assessing the ability of the Group 
to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using 
the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the Group or to 
cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so.  

Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report  

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial report as a whole is 
free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that 
includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that 
an audit conducted in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards will always detect a material 
misstatement  when  it  exists.  Misstatements  can  arise  from  fraud  or  error  and  are  considered 
material  if,  individually  or  in  the  aggregate,  they  could  reasonably  be  expected  to  influence  the 
economic decisions of users taken on the basis of this financial report. 

As part of an audit in accordance with the Australian Auditing Standards, we exercise professional 
judgement and maintain professional scepticism throughout the audit. We also:   

 

Identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due 
to fraud or error, design and perform audit procedures responsive to those risks, and obtain 
audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion. The risk 
of not detecting a material misstatement resulting from fraud is higher than for one resulting 
from  error,  as 
intentional  omissions, 
involve  collusion, 
fraud  may 
misrepresentations, or the override of internal control.  

forgery, 

  Obtain  an  understanding  of  internal control relevant to the audit in order to  design audit 
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing 
an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control.  

 

Evaluate  the  appropriateness  of  accounting  policies  used  and  the  reasonableness  of 
accounting estimates and related disclosures made by the directors.  

  Conclude  on  the  appropriateness  of  the  directors’  use  of  the  going  concern  basis  of 
accounting and, based on the audit evidence obtained, whether a material uncertainty exists 
related  to  events  or  conditions  that  may  cast  significant  doubt  on  the  Group’s  ability  to 
continue  as  a  going  concern.  If  we  conclude  that  a  material  uncertainty  exists,  we  are 
required to draw attention in our auditor’s report to the related disclosures in the financial 
report  or,  if  such  disclosures  are  inadequate,  to  modify  our  opinion.  Our  conclusions  are 
based on the audit evidence obtained up to the date of our auditor’s report. However, future 
events or conditions may cause the Group to cease to continue as a going concern.  

 

Evaluate the overall presentation, structure and content of the financial report, including the 
disclosures,  and  whether  the  financial  report  represents  the  underlying  transactions  and 
events in a manner that achieves fair presentation.  

  Obtain  sufficient  appropriate  audit  evidence  regarding  the  financial  information  of  the 
entities or business activities within the Group to express an opinion on the financial report. 
We are responsible for the direction, supervision and performance of the Group’s audit. We 
remain solely responsible for our audit opinion. 

We communicate with the directors regarding, among other matters, the planned scope and timing 
of the audit and significant audit findings, including  any significant deficiencies in internal control 
that we identify during our audit.  

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Auditor’s Responsibilities for the Audit of the Financial Report (continued) 

We  also  provide  the  directors  with  a  statement  that  we  have  complied  with  relevant  ethical 
requirements regarding independence, and  to communicate with them  all relationships and other 
matters that may reasonably be thought to bear on our independence, and where applicable, related 
safeguards.  

From the matters communicated with the directors, we determine those matters that were of most 
significance in the audit of the financial report of the current period and are therefore the key audit 
matters. We describe these matters in our auditor’s report unless law or regulation precludes public 
disclosure about the matter or when, in extremely rare circumstances, we determine that a matter 
should  not  be  communicated  in  our  report  because  the  adverse  consequences  of  doing  so  would 
reasonably be expected to outweigh the public interest benefits of such communication. 

Report on the Remuneration Report 

Opinion on the Remuneration Report 

We have audited the Remuneration Report included in pages 18 to 27 of the Directors’ Report for 
the year ended 30 June 2018.  

In  our  opinion,  the  Remuneration  Report  of  Bluechiip  Limited,  for  the  year  ended  30  June  2018, 
complies with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001.  

Responsibilities  

Report to be added at the end

The  directors  of  the  Company  are  responsible  for  the  preparation  and  presentation  of  the 
Remuneration  Report  in  accordance  with  section  300A  of  the  Corporations  Act  2001.  Our 
responsibility is to express an opinion on the Remuneration Report, based on our audit conducted in 
accordance with Australian Auditing Standards.  

Check pages carefully

DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU 

Anneke Du Toit 
Partner 
Chartered Accountants 
Melbourne, 21 September 2018 

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Additional ASX Information

Additional information required by the Australian Stock Exchange Ltd and not shown elsewhere in this report is as 
follows. The information is current as at 17 September 2018.

a.  Distribution of equity securities

(i)  Ordinary shares

490,253,716 (17 August 2017: 385,541,806) fully paid ordinary shares are held by 914 (17 August 2017: 723) 
individual shareholders.

All issued ordinary shares carry one vote per share and carry the rights to dividends.

(ii)  Unlisted options

Nil (August 2017: Nil) options held by individual option holders. 

The number of shareholders, by size of holding, in each class are

Shareholders

Number of Fully Paid 
Ordinary Shares

% of Issued  
Share Capital

Investor Range

1 - 1,000

1,001 - 5,000

5,001 - 10,000

10,001 - 100,000

100,001 and over

Holding less than a marketable parcel

b.  Substantial shareholders

44

24

118

396

332

914

94

Bellwether Super Pty Ltd

Edward St Consulting Pty Ltd; Iain Kirkwood

Pulitano Family Superannuation Pty Ltd and; 3rd Pulitano Pty Ltd

5,653

75,503

974,117

18,574,013

470,624,430

490,253,716

250,262

Fully Paid 
Number

32,500,000

27,097,732

26,589,899

85,587,631

0.00%

0.01%

0.20%

3.79%

96.00%

100.00%

0.05%

Fully Paid  
Percentage

6.63

5.53

5.22

17.38

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c.  Twenty largest holders of quoted equity securities

HSBC CUSTODY NOMINEES (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED

J P MORGAN NOMINEES AUSTRALIA LIMITED

EQUITAS NOMINEES PTY LIMITED 
 

NATIONAL NOMINEES LIMITED

MR WILLIAM BLAIR HEALY & MRS MARY HEALY  


DR STEPHEN FREDERICK WOODFORD 

PULITANO FAMILY SUPERANNUATION PTY LTD  


BNP PARIBAS NOMS PTY LTD  


MR IAIN MACGREGOR CRAWFORD KIRKWOOD

PLANET INNOVATION PTY LTD

ROSHI BLUE PTY LTD  


BELL WETHER SUPER P/L  


SANDHURST TRUSTEES LTD  


EDWARD ST CONSULTING PTY LTD  


SULAMERICA INVESTMENTS PTY LTD  


PULITANO FAMILY SUPERANNUATION PTY LTD  


ALLTOGETHER PTY LTD  


JUST GREENERY PTY LTD 


DR STEPHEN FREDERICK WOODFORD &  
DR PATRICIA ALISON WOODFORD  


JASPER SUPERANNUATION PTY LTD  


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Fully Paid 
Number

28,484,160

25,707,627

22,500,000

20,134,081

17,857,143

17,435,703

17,157,433

16,949,153

15,024,949

13,636,363

12,000,000

10,000,000

8,450,044

8,320,037

8,296,008

7,511,765

6,001,322

5,601,695

5,206,364

5,000,000

Fully Paid  
Percentage

5.81%

5.24%

4.59%

4.11%

3.64%

3.56%

3.50%

3.46%

3.06%

2.78%

2.45%

2.04%

1.72%

1.70%

1.69%

1.53%

1.22%

1.14%

1.06%

1.02%

271,273,847

55.33%

Bluechiip Limited Annual Report 2018Corporate Information

Corporate Information

Directors

Mr Iain Kirkwood 

Non-Executive Chairman

Mr Andrew McLellan  

CEO/Managing Director

Mr Michael Ohanessian 

Non-Executive Director

Mr Andrew Cox 

Mr Blair Healy 

Non-Executive Director   
Appointed on 26 July 2017

Non-Executive Director   
Appointed on 23 August 2017

Share Registry

Automic Registry Services 
Level 3, 50 Holt Street 
Sydney NSW 2010

Phone 1300 288 664 (local) 
Phone +612 9698 5414 (international) 
Fax +612 9279 0664

Bluechiip Limited shares are listed on the Australian Stock 
Exchange (ASX: BCT). 

Bankers

National Australia Bank Limited 
Melbourne VIC 3000

Auditors

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu 
550 Bourke Street 
Melbourne, VIC 3001

Website

bluechiip.com

Company Secretary

Mr Lee Mitchell

Registered Office

1 Dalmore Drive 
Caribbean Business Park 
Scoresby VIC 3179

Phone +613 9763 9763

Principal Place of Business

1 Dalmore Drive 
Caribbean Business Park 
Scoresby VIC 3179

Phone +613 9763 9763

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Bluechiip Corporate Headquarters
1 Dalmore Drive, Caribbean Business Park, 
Scoresby Victoria 3179 Australia
Phone 61 3 9763 9763  
Email info@bluechiip.com 
bluechiip.com
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