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DXN Limited
 (ACN 620 888 548)

Annual Report

For the year ended 30 June 2021

MAKING

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GLOBAL

LOCAL

DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORTCONTENTS

Vision and Mission ..............................................................................................................................4

Corporate Directory ............................................................................................................................5

Chairman’s Report .............................................................................................................................7

CEO Report ...........................................................................................................................................8

Directors’ Report.............................................................................................................................. 12

Auditor’s Independence Declaration  ........................................................................................... 28

Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income ............................................. 29

Statement of Financial Position .................................................................................................... 30

Statement of Changes in Equity  ................................................................................................... 31

Statement of Cash Flows ............................................................................................................... 32

Notes to the Financial Statements ............................................................................................... 33

Directors’ Declaration ..................................................................................................................... 72

Independent Audit Report .............................................................................................................. 73

Corporate Governance Statement ................................................................................................ 78

Additional Shareholder Information ............................................................................................ 82

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT Vision and Mission

VISION AND MISSION

OUR VISION:
To define the EDGE by bringing critical communication infrastructure closer  

to our customers by making global local.

OUR MISSION: 
We will be Australia’s leading edge infrastructure company for colocation and 

turnkey solutions, building the best modular solutions safely, creating value 

for our customers, staff and shareholders.

OUR KEY VALUE PROPOSITIONS:

DESIGN 
Deep domain knowledge in house skills including mechanical 
electrical and structural engineering.

BUILD  
Australian owned Prefabricated Modular manufacturer with the 
highest quality standards that the data centre industry expects.  

OPERATE  
Secures, Maintains and Operates critical infrastructure.  

Our Vision, Mission and  Key Value Propositions are the 
critical focus points for our organisation and have helped 
shape our FY21 year.

CERTIFICATIONS AND GLOBAL STANDARDS

Management Systems
Certified Company

Quality Certified System
ISO 9001

Environmental
Certified System
ISO 14001

Safety Certified System

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Corporate Directory

CORPORATE 
DIRECTORY

NON- EXECUTIVE 
CHAIRMAN
John Baillie

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 
& MANAGING DIRECTOR
Matthew Madden

NON-EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTORS
Richard Carden 
John Dimitropoulos  

COMPANY SECRETARY
George Lazarou

REGISTERED OFFICE
5 Parkview Drive 
SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK NSW 2127 
Telephone: 1300 328 2390

PRINCIPAL OFFICE
3 Dampier Road 
WELSHPOOL WA 6106  

Telephone: 1300 328 239

AUDITORS
Moore Australia Audit (WA) 
Level 15 Exchange Tower 
2 The Esplanade 
PERTH WA 6000 
Telephone: +61 8 9225 5355

SHARE  
REGISTRAR
Automic Pty Ltd 
Level 2 
267 St Georges Terrace 
PERTH WA 6000 
Telephone: 1300 288 664

SOLICITORS
Steinepreis Paganin 
Level 4, The Read Buildings  
16 Milligan Street 
PERTH WA 6000  
Telephone: +61 8 9321 4000

BANKERS
ANZ 
15 Hutton Street 
OSBORNE PARK WA 6017

STOCK EXCHANGE  
LISTING
Australian Securities Exchange 
(Home Exchange: Perth,  
Western Australia) 
Code: DXN, DXNOD

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORTChairman’s Report

Chairman’s 
Report

Dear fellow shareholder,

The last two years have been particularly challenging for DXN. 
During 2020 we reviewed our Board structure and Corporate 
Strategy with the assistance of independent consultants and 
the outcome being that John Dimitropoulos joined the Board. 
John brings vast experience in global M&A transactions in the 
Telco and Technology sector. The strategy review endorsed 
and validated our focus on regional Edge data centres and our 
modular manufacturing business direction. 

This financial year is going to be transformational. There is 
increased institutional interest from Asia in our story. As an 
early indication of this interest, we welcome our new strategic 
investor DC Alliance, a Singapore based DC owner and operator. 
Our recent purchase of Secure Data Centre (SDC) in Darwin 
NT is just an example of our focus for the future, specifically, 
regional smaller edge data centres well connected to sub sea 
cable locations within the Asia Pacific region. There is enormous 
growth potential in the edge data centre market primarily driven 
by an expanded 5G infrastructure, data sovereignty, the Internet 
of Things (IoT) and the huge growth in video streaming.

The Asia Pacific and ASEAN countries is where growth will be 
in the modular data centre market. Our modules are already 
deployed in over 10 countries and within major global mining 
companies. We recently engaged with Austrade to assist us in our 
export expansion. 

A new division and revenue stream is being considered to service 
our modular sales, this will provide an annuity income stream 
over time. Further new products such as Micro Data Centre’s for 
locations like 5G sites will be launched. 

On behalf of the Board of Directors, I want to thank the DXN team 
for their efforts during this challenging year with lockdowns and 
working remotely during the global pandemic. Thank you also to 
all our shareholders for your continued interest and support.

John Baillie 
Non-Executive Chairman

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT CEO Report

DXN designs, builds, owns and operates data centres. Offering 
integrated and tailored solutions to its customers through our 
two business units. 

•  Modular manufacturing - prefabricated data centre 

solutions that are scalable, purpose built and rapidly 
deployable for customers globally. 

• 

Data centre operations - offers a highly secure 
environment for mission critical computing 
infrastructure. Currently two fully operational data 
centres in Sydney (SYD01) and Hobart (TAS01) and  
soon to be three, with SDC in Darwin. 

MOVING TOWARD THE EDGE – DXN’S OPPORTUNITY
Email, web browsing, TV streaming services, Cloud storage and 
Zoom or Teams meetings with the latter becoming a part of our 
normal daily activity for schooling, university lectures, telehealth 
and business meetings. All of there services amongst many 
others, are growing demand exponentially and are delivered 
as a part of the complex ecosystem made up of a web of 
infrastructure that includes: network connectivity like fibre optic 
cable systems on land and under sea, in the air through mobile 
cell towers and with streetside cabinets all routed through 
myriads of Data Centres in one big continuous cycle.  
This infrastructure is in the midst of a transition from the mobile 
internet driven by the evolution of the smartphone to the hyper 
connected era where nearly every object in our physical world 
can have computing and connectivity built in, whether it’s a simple 
consumer doorbell or a complicated robotic manufacturing device.1

This hyper-connectivity will also cause a transition from vertically-
integrated, industry-specific solutions that is now driving the 
decentralization of computing, communications and business 
processes.1 

The decentralisation of this infrastructure will require different 
types of data centres and processing locations to be built or 
enhanced, many of these will be through prefabricated modular 
solutions built in a factory and shipped to the site. 

As of January 2021 there were 4.66 billion active internet users 
worldwide - 59.5 percent of the global population. Of this total, 92.6 
percent (4.32 billion) accessed the internet via mobile devices.2 

Whilst much of this demand has been delivered by Hyperscale 
Data Centres, which will continue to grow throughout the next 
decade, much more of the demand will be delivered by smaller 
distributed EDGE data centres closer to the customer. The likely 
key areas for growth will be in South East Asia, India, The Pacific, 
South America and Africa.

These are the key demand drivers and the opportunity that DXN 
is uniquely positioned to exploit.

1  State of the Edge 2021: A Market and Ecosystem Report for Edge Computing
2  Worldwide digital population as of January 2021

Matthew Madden 
Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director

CEO REPORT

On behalf of DXN Limited, I would like to 
welcome our shareholders to this year’s  
Annual Report, which covers the 12-month 
financial reporting period ending 30 June 2021. 

FY21 was a transformational year for the 
company with the successfully delivery of 
a number of key customer projects, new 
customers, reduced operational cost,  
increased revenue and the maiden  
achievement of a cashflow positive quarter

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORTCEO REPORT
Continued

MODULAR MANUFACTURING
The DXN Modules manufacturing strategic focus is on three key 
segments: Subsea Cables, the Resources Sector and EDGE data 
centre opportunities delivered improved results in FY21. New 
customers secured included contracts with Newcrest Mining, 
CPS, Streamline Connect, Sub.Co, Solomon Island Cable Company, 
Boeing Defence, and Covalent Lithium. These customers are a 
validation of DXN’s strategic focus into those sectors.

travel restrictions presented challenges for project delivery 
for DXN throughout FY21. To offset potential delays and issues 
caused by Covid-19, DXN entered into several sub-contract 
arrangements to help with commissioning and installation 
activities in both international and Australian locations as well 
as adaptions to our Factory acceptance testing process with the 
use of independent third-party verification and virtual factory 
acceptance using video. 

SUBSEA CABLE
With the delivery of 10 Cable Landing Stations (CLS) in the region, 
DXN is fast becoming the go to company for prefabricated CLS 
that are built in our factory and delivered to site, to meet project 
time frames and exacting standards. FY21 saw the successful 
delivery of a number of international CLS projects including 
Southern Cross Next Cable, Teletok, Solomon Islands submarine 
cable company and Sub.Co.  Border closures and International 

Finalisation of the Southern Cross Next project was a great 
celebration for the DXN team. An extremely challenging project 
that required close collaboration with the customer resulting  
in a safe and successful delivery. We commissioned three cable 
landing stations in extremely remote locations in the pacific.  
The islands of Kiribati, and Tokelau will be receiving highspeed 
internet services for the first time when these cables are turned 
on in 2023.

“ DXN is fast becoming the go to company to get  

Cable landing stations built and delivered to meet 
project time frames and exacting standards.

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT CEO REPORT
Continued

RESOURCES
The mining sector has also seen growth over prior years with 
deliveries to Newcrest Mining, Streamline Connect and CPS. The 
Data Centre delivery to their mine site in Cadia (near Orange in 
NSW) was the first prefabricated modular data centre delivered 
for Newcrest. 

EDGE
By 2025, 175 zettabytes (or 175 trillion gigabytes) of data will be 
generated around the globe. Edge devices will create more than 
90 zettabytes of that data 3.The requirement for specialised EDGE 
data centres is increasing and a greater level of redundancy 
and reliability is being requested. The company has seen this 
increased demand and has developed two TIER-Ready III module 
designs that have been approved by the Uptime Institute. We 
are now seeing an increase in our pipeline and expect the EDGE 
opportunities to continue to grow.

SAFETY ABOVE ALL ELSE 
We are a Manufacturing Company, and Safety is of critical 
importance to us. “Safety above all else” is a company value and 
is part of our embedded safety culture at DXN and something 
that we are very proud of. In FY21, DXN transitioned to the new 
Workplace Health and Safety standard ISO 45001 certification. 
Over 45,000 manufacturing and site work hours were completed 
during FY21 with zero lost time injury. We moved our factory 
operations from Balcatta to Welshpool during the year to a 
purpose built facility creating a more efficient and safer work 
place. DXN constantly reviews our safety practices and systems 
with our people, customers and suppliers to ensure that we 
maintain our goal of zero injuries. Well done DXN team!

3  IDC Data Age 2025 report The Digitization of the World: From Edge to Core

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Over 45,000 manufacturing and site  
work hours with zero lost time injury.  

DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORTCEO REPORT
Continued

DATA CENTRE OPERATIONS 
Revenue in Data centre operations increased from ~$100k in 
FY20 to ~$1m in FY21 largely driven by our Tasmanian Data 
Centre TAS01 acquired in May 2020 and fully integrated in FY21. 
SYD01 our Sydney Data centre located in Sydney Olympic Park 
had a slow uptake in FY21, our new sales strategy implemented 
in September 2020 has seen an increase in Telco connectivity to 
the site lifting the number of Telecommunication carriers from 
three to five with the addition of 5GN and FibreconX.

Telecommunications choice and inter data centre connectivity is 
an important selection criteria for customers and we expect to 
see an improvement in FY22 as a result of increased connectivity 
and product choices. 

Our strategy of Regional EDGE data centres will be a primary 
focus in FY22. We look forward to onboarding SDC Darwin into 
DXN, bringing on line our third data centre in Australia. Watch  
this space.

STRATEGY IMPLEMENTATION
DXN has made significant progress with its restructuring and 
strategy implementation throughout FY21. The results of which 
are key financial improvements in comparison to prior years. 

Increased revenues, reduced costs and margin maintenance. 

• 

• 

Operating revenue increased by 55% to $8m, driven by 
strong growth in both the modules business (39%) and 
the Colocation business with the addition of TAS01  

EBITDA loss of $2.6m ($683k gain including liability  
write off) has improved 71% from an EBITDA loss of  
$9.3m in 2020

Operating costs have been a strong focus for the company  
and have decreased from $12.1m in FY20 to $6.2m in FY21. 
Gross Margin has remained stable with a slight increase from 
27% to 28%. 

“

DXN is positive about the future of the company with a strong 
sales pipeline and the onboarding of a new data centre in Darwin. 
We would like to take the opportunity to thank our shareholders, 
staff and customers for their ongoing support. 
Matthew Madden 
DXN LIMITED, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND MANAGING DIRECTOR 

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT DIRECTORS’ 
REPORT

Directors’ Report

The directors present the following report on DXN Limited and its controlled entities (“the Group”) during or at 
the end of the financial year ended 30 June 2021. 

1. DIRECTORS
The names and details of the Group’s directors in office during and since the financial year end until the date of 
the report are as follows. 

Mr John Baillie

Mr Matthew Madden 

(appointed to Board 26 August 2020)

Mr Richard Carden 

Mr John Dimitropoulos  (appointed 1 October 2020)

Mr John Duffin 

(resigned 26 August 2020)

INFORMATION ON DIRECTORS

John Baillie

Independent Non-Executive Chairman

Period as Director

Since 23 May 2019

Qualifications

Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)

Experience

Graduate Diploma (Securities) from the Securities Institute of Australia

Mr Baillie has over 25 years’ experience in financial services, including wealth 
management, corporate advisory, investor relations and private equity capital 
raisings. Mr Baillie was a Senior Investment Advisor with Shaw and Partners 
(formally Shaw Stockbroking) for 22 years, with a focus on portfolio management, 
trading and private equity raisings. In 2015 Mr Baillie established JB & Partners 
Corporate Advisory that specializes in strategic advice and succession planning 
for private companies; particularly family businesses. He has advised in a diverse 
range of industries, including financial services (particularly AFSL issues), FMCG 
companies, e-Commerce and the funeral industry.

Interest in Equities

2,634,982   Fully paid Ordinary Shares  

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT 
Matthew Madden

Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director 

Period as Director

Since 26 August 2020

Qualifications and 
Memberships

Experience

MBA from Macquarie Graduate School of Management

Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD)

Mr Madden is a highly experienced data centre and telecommunications executive 
with a solid track record of building and leading high performing teams, as well 
as a strategic focus on world-class customer solutions underpinning long term 
partnerships.  Mr Madden has broad experience in B2B telco, data centre and 
technology companies having held a variety of senior executive positions including 
General Manager Corporate and Enterprise markets at Nextgen Group, and Managing 
Director, Infoplex. At Nextgen, Mr Madden was responsible for significant sales into 
the Metronode data centres for the corporate, enterprise and reseller channels.

Interest in Equities

5,000,000   Fully paid Ordinary Shares

7,500,000   Options exercisable at $0.10 on or before 19 August 2022

5,000,000   Listed options exercisable at $0.02 on or before 18 May 2023

6,000,000   Performance Rights  

Richard Carden

Non-Executive Director

Period as Director

Since 4 August 2017

Qualifications and 
Memberships

Nil

Experience

Mr Carden is an Asia based business leader with over 25 years of experience in the 
telecoms, data centre and IT industry. Richard has a solid track record in driving sales 
productivity and revenue growth. He was previously the SVP Global Enterprise Sales 
for Speedcast (ASX:SDA). Mr Carden joined Speedcast in 2013 when the company 
had just been acquired for circa A$40M and as part of the Executive team developed 
the M&A plus organic growth strategy that allowed the company to list in 2014 and 
achieve a market cap of over A$1.5B in 2018. Prior, Mr Carden was the Global SVP for 
Pacnet and responsible for over 300 sales staff and revenues of more than A$800M. 
Earlier, Mr Carden spent almost 10 years in Japan in roles that included President & 
CEO of Verizon, Japan.

Interest in Equities

3,312,500 Fully paid Ordinary Shares  

John Dimitropoulos

Independent Non-Executive Director

Period as Director

Since 1 October 2020

Qualifications and 
Memberships

Experience

Bachelor of Business (Accounting and Computer Science) Deakin University

Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD)

Mr Dimitropoulos brings over 30 years of extensive international experience in the 
Telecoms, Media and Technology sectors. Mr Dimitropoulos recent stints include 
assisting internet security giant McAfee in the US with both Corporate Development 
and Sales Channel optimisation, and as a Corporate Advisor to Korea’s SK Telecom’s 
group company’s CEO’s within SE Asia. 

Mr Dimitropoulos has been involved with, and led, many international acquisitions 
and divestments in Europe, Asia, and the US for numerous US based technology 
companies. At Real Networks, a Seattle based company where Mr Dimitropoulos 
spent nearly 12 years consulting, he was responsible for assisting in the 
development of the long-term strategy for its Mobile Entertainment division as well 
as driving M&A activity to deliver over US$600m in deals during his tenure. 

In Australia, Mr Dimitropoulos assisted in the foundational work that resulted in Run 
Property, and in the mid 90’s was CEO of the first pre-paid mobile company  
in Australia. Mr Dimitropoulos has financial interests in an online e-commerce 
company as well as small cottage manufacturing of Australian products for export. 

Interest in Equities

Nil

The Directors have been in office to the date of this report unless otherwise stated.

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT INFORMATION ON DIRECTORS (Continued)

DIRECTORSHIPS OF OTHER LISTED COMPANIES 
Directorships of other listed companies held by directors in the three (3) years immediately before the end of 
the financial period are as follows:

Name

John Baillie

Company 

Wilson Alternative Assets Limited 
(formerly Blue Sky Alternatives 
Access Fund Limited)

Period of directorship

29 November 2018 to present

Richard Carden

John Duffin  
(resigned 26 August 2020)

Matthew Madden  
(appointed 26 August 2020)

John Dimitropoulos  
(appointed 1 October 2020)

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-

-

-

-

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-

-

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Mr Greg Blenkiron was appointed Chief Financial Officer on 28 October 2019. Resigned 28 May 2021.

Ms Kristy Challingsworth was appointed Chief Financial Officer on 19 July 2021.

COMPANY SECRETARY

The following person held the position of Company Secretary during and at the end of the financial period:

MR GEORGE LAZAROU 

Mr Lazarou is a qualified Chartered Accountant with over 25 years’ experience, including five years as a partner 
of a mid-tier accounting firm, specialising in the areas of audit, advisory and corporate services. Mr Lazarou 
has extensive skills in the areas of corporate services, due diligence, independent expert reports, mergers & 
acquisitions and valuations.

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT 
2. PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES
Data centres provide space, power, cooling, and physical security for clients to house their computer servers 
and related storage and networking equipment. Data centres provide a recurring revenue stream and our 
modular approach allows us to match our capital requirements with capacity sold, thereby reducing our upfront 
capital requirements. This disruptive model is at the forefront of data centre engineering techniques. Our 
construction cost (per megawatt) is less than our industry peers. 

Our DXN Modules division engineers, constructs and commissions data centre solutions globally. Our data 
centre infrastructure has a wide range of applications, these include edge data centres and telecommunications 
applications (satellite, radio centres, cable landing stations). Our prefabricated construction method reduces 
the on-site labour and time to deploy and improves quality. Solutions by DXN Modules are ideal for rapid 
deployments in both urban and remote locations.

3. OPERATING RESULTS
The loss of the Group after providing for income tax amounted to $4,812,631 (2020: $12,590,529).

4. DIVIDENDS PAID OR RECOMMENDED
The directors do not recommend the payment of a dividend and no amount has been paid or declared by way of 
a dividend to the date of this report.

5. REVIEW OF OPERATIONS

DATA CENTRE OPERATIONS 
Colocation sales in SYD01 our Sydney Data Centre continue to be slow but our sales strategy implemented in 
September 2020 has seen an increase in Telco connectivity to the site with 5GN and Fibreconnex installing 
racks and fibre services.

TAS01 (our Hobart Data Centre), Contributed $877k of revenue to the FY21 results. TAS01 has capacity to triple 
its current capacity under its current approved DA. This can be done without interrupting current services at the 
site due to its modular construction.  Our primary customer at the site is Tasmanet, one of only two accredited 
suppliers to the Tasmanian Government for the Tasmanian Cloud which is hosted at TAS01.  The Tasmanian 
Cloud delivers services to enable the Tasmanian Government to better serve the needs of its community, 
support the local ICT industry, and moving the majority of Government data to the Tasmanian Cloud (secure on-
island data centre services).      

MODULAR DIVISION 
The DXN Modules manufacturing strategic focus on subsea cables, the resources sector and EDGE data centre 
opportunities has seen revenue increase 39% to $7.1m. During the year a significant cable landing station 
contract was awarded by SUB.CO, as well as modular data centre sales in the mining sector with contracts 
awarded by Newcrest Mining, Streamline Connect and Covalent Lithium as well as Boeing Defence.  The pipeline 
of new business opportunities in our key markets continues to be strong and this is expected to support sales 

into FY22.

6. SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN STATE OF AFFAIRS
The following significant changes in the state of affairs of the Group occurred during the financial year:

• 

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• 

• 

• 

• 

On 15 July 2020, the Group issued 5,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares following the exercise  
of options $0.02.

 On 19 August 2020, the Group advised that 3,750,000 options have expired and 150,000 performance 
rights were cancelled

 On 25 August 2020, the Group issued 159,120 fully paid ordinary shares following the exercise of 
options at $0.02.

 On 9 September 2020, the Group issued 5,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares following the exercise  
of options at $0.02.

 On 18 September 2020, the Group issued 18,850 fully paid ordinary shares following the exercise  
of options at $0.02.

 On 28 September 2020, the Group issued 65,000 fully paid ordinary shares following the exercise  
of options at $0.02.

• 

On 28 October 2020, the Group advised that 750,000 options have expired.

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• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

On 11 November 2020, the Group advised that 105,568,130 options have expired.

On 30 November 2020, the Group advised that 32,500,000 options have expired.

 On 21 December 2020, the Group advised that 111,111 performance rights were cancelled.

On 24 December 2020, the Group issued 111,111 fully paid ordinary shares upon vesting of 
performance rights.

 On 12 March 2021, the Group issued 411,813 fully paid ordinary shares upon vesting of  
performance rights.

On 5 April 2021, the Group advised that 6,828,125 options have expired.

 On 15 April 2021, the Group issued 44,000,000 fully paid ordinary shares at $0.012 and 22,000,000 
options with expiry date on 30 April 2023 at $0.03.

 On 2 June 2021, the Group advised the cancellation of 1,200,000 performance rights and 1,000,000 
options with an expiry date 28 October 2021 and 1,500,000 with an expiry date 28 October 2022

There were no other significant changes in the state of affairs of the Group during the financial year.

7. FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS
Our primary focus is to grow our revenues from our Data Centres and our modules business. Tasmania 
has provided a good contribution to Data Centre Operations revenues this year.  Our Goal is to expand our 
Data Centre (DC) footprint to other Regional geographies. We are looking at both greenfield and brownfield 
opportunities to grow revenue and profit. With regard to greenfield opportunities, DXN board and management 
have established investment principles and investment hurdles.  As an example, a new site opportunity must 
have substantial underlying revenue commitments prior to an investment being presented for board approval.

8. AFTER REPORTING DATE EVENTS
On 9 September 2021, the Company entered into a binding share and unit sale agreement to purchase 100% of 
a data centre in Darwin, Northern Territory, for a purchase price of ~$4.6 million in cash and $200,000 worth of 
shares in the Company. $850,000 of the purchase price will be retained to cover any warranty claims associated 
with the acquisition. Subject to any warranty claims, the retention amount will be paid one year  
after settlement.

On 9 September 2021, the Company announced it had executed a binding term sheet for a new four year 
secured $4 million debt facility with Pure Asset Management to support the acquisition of the Darwin Data 
Centre and the Company’s future growth strategies.  

On 9 September 2021, the Company announced it would undertake a Share Purchase Plan to existing 
shareholders to raise up to $1.5 million, with the offer closing on 30 September 2021. 

On 10 September 2021 the Company completed a placement for ~$1.64 million through a placement to 
strategic investor DC Alliance Pte Ltd and sophisticated investors.

No other matters or circumstances have arisen since the end of the financial year which significantly affected 
or may significantly affect the operations of the Group, the results of those operations, or the state of affairs of 
the Group in future financial years.

9. MEETINGS OF DIRECTORS
During the year, 11 meetings of directors were held. Attendances by each director during the year were as follows:

Directors’ Meetings

Audit & Risk

Remuneration & 
Nomination

Eligible to 
Attend

Attended

Eligible to 
Attend

Attended

Eligible to 
Attend

Attended

11

11

8

9

2

11

11

8

9

-

3

3

1

2

-

3

3

1

2

-

1

1

1

-

-

1

1

1

-

-

Director

John Baillie 

Richard Carden

John Dimitropoulos 
(appointed 1 October 2020)

Matthew Madden  
(appointed 26 August 2020)

John Duffin  
(resigned 26 August 2020)

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT10. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
The Group’s operations are not regulated by any significant environmental regulations under a law of the 
Commonwealth or of a state or territory of Australia.

11. OPTIONS
At the date of this report unissued ordinary shares of the Group under option are:

Expiry Date

19-Aug-22

31-Dec-22

30-Apr-23

18-May-23

Exercise Price

Number of Shares

$0.10

$0.10

$0.03

$0.02

7,500,000

7,500,000

22,000,000

641,936,886

22,000,000 options at $0.03 with an expiry date of 30 April 2023 were issued during the year. 149,396,255 
options expired, 2,500,000 options were cancelled and 10,242,970 options were exercised during the year.

12. INDEMNIFYING OFFICERS OR AUDITOR
In accordance with the constitution, except as may be prohibited by the Corporations Act 2001 every Officer or 
agent of the Group shall be indemnified out of the property of the Group against any liability incurred by them 
in their capacity as Officer or agent of the Group or any related corporation in respect of any act or omission 
whatsoever and howsoever occurring or in defending any proceedings, whether civil or criminal. 

The Group has paid premiums to insure each Director and officer against liabilities for costs and expenses 
incurred by them in defending any legal proceedings arising out of their conduct while acting in their capacity of 
Director or officer of the Group, other than conduct involving a wilful breach of duty in relation to the Group. The 
total amount of premiums paid was $47,000.

13. PROCEEDINGS ON BEHALF OF COMPANY
The Company’s liability to pay rent for the Melbourne property is the subject of a dispute. There are currently 
legal proceedings on foot between the landlord of the Lorimer Street property and the Company, in which the 
landlord is claiming unpaid rent since April 2021. The Company has brought a claim alleging that the landlord 
repudiated the lease, the lease has been terminated and the Company has no ongoing liability to pay rent. In 
addition, the Company has sued the landlord for loss and damage arising as a result of alleged breaches of the 
lease by the landlord. Rent has been characterised as a contingent liability pending determination or resolution 
of the dispute. A $3.3 million lease liability write off has been recorded in this year’s Statement of profit and 
loss and other comprehensive income.

14. AUDITORS INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION
The lead auditor’s independence declaration for the year ended 30 June 2021 has been received and can be 
found on page 28 of the annual report.

15. NON-AUDIT SERVICES
The following non-audit services were provided by Moore Australia (VIC) Pty Ltd, an independent member 
firm of the Moore Australia network. 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 and scope of each type of non-audit service provided means that auditor independence was not 
compromised. 

Moore Australia (VIC) Pty Ltd or their related or other network entities received or are due to receive the 
following amounts for the provision of non-audit services:

Tax Compliance Services

Consulting Services

2021

$

9,280

23,740

33,020

2020

$

9,620

9,620

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT 16. DIVERSITY
The Company believes that the promotion of diversity on its Board and within the organisation generally is good 
practice and is committed to managing diversity as a means of enhancing the Company’s performance. There 
are currently no women on the Company’s board and two woman filling senior management positions within 
the Company, however the Company (as set out in the Diversity Policy, further information in relation to which 
is set out on the Company’s website at https://dxn.solutions/ in the Corporate Governance section) will focus 
on participation of women on its Board and within senior management and has set measurable objectives for 
achieving gender diversity.

Gender diversity objectives for the employment of women are as follows:

• 

• 

• 

to the Board – 20% by 2022;

to senior management (including board and company secretary) – 20% by 2022

to the organisation as a whole – 25% by 2022

As at the date of this report, the Company has the following proportion of women appointed:

• 

• 

• 

to the Board – 0%

to senior management (including board and company secretary) – 29% 

to the organisation as a whole – 18%

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT17. REMUNERATION REPORT - AUDITED
DETAILS OF KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
The following persons were directors of the Group during the financial year unless otherwise stated:-

Mr John Baillie

Independent Non-Executive Director

Mr Matthew Madden

Managing Director (appointed 26 August 2020)

Mr Richard Carden

Non-Executive Director

Mr John Duffin

Independent Non-Executive Director (resigned 26 August 2020)

Mr John Dimitropoulos

Non-Executive Director (appointed 1 October 2020)

REMUNERATION POLICY
The remuneration policy of the Group has been designed to align director and executive objectives with 
shareholder and business objectives by providing a fixed remuneration component which is assessed on an 
annual basis in line with market rates and offering specific long-term incentives based on key performance 
areas affecting the Group’s financial results. The board believes the remuneration policy to be appropriate and 
effective in its ability to attract and retain the best directors and executives to run and manage the Group. 

The board’s policy for determining the nature and amount of remuneration for board members and senior 
executives of the Group is as follows:

The remuneration policy, setting the terms and conditions for the executive directors and other senior 
executives, was developed by the board. All executives receive a base salary (which is based on factors such 
as length of service and experience) and superannuation. The board reviews executive packages annually 
by reference to the Group’s performance, executive performance and comparable information from industry 
sectors and other listed companies in similar industries.

The board may exercise discretion in relation to approving incentives, bonuses and options. The policy is to 
attract the highest calibre of executives and reward them for performance that results in long-term growth in 
shareholder wealth.

Executives are also entitled to participate in any employee incentive plan the Group adopts.

The executive directors and executives receive superannuation guarantee contribution required by the 
government, which is currently 10% (2021: 9.5%) and do not receive any other retirement benefits.

All remuneration paid to directors and executives is valued at the cost to the Group and expensed. Shares given 
to directors and executives are valued as the difference between the market price of those shares and the 
amount paid by the director or executive. Options and performance rights are valued using a binomial option 
pricing method.

The board policy is to remunerate non-executive directors at market rates for comparable companies for time, 
commitment and responsibilities. The board determines payments to the non-executive directors and reviews 
their remuneration annually, based on market practice, duties and accountability. 

Independent external advice is sought when required. The maximum aggregate amount of fees that can be 
paid to non-executive directors is subject to approval by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting (currently 
$500,000). Fees for non-executive directors are not linked to the performance of the Group. However, to align 
directors’ interests with shareholder interests, the directors are encouraged to hold shares in the Group and are 
able to participate in any employee incentive plan the Group adopts.

Performance based remuneration

The Group has a performance-based remuneration component built into director and executive remuneration 
packages as disclosed in the “Compensation of Key Management Personnel” for the year table on page 20.

Company performance, shareholder wealth and director’s and executive’s remuneration

The remuneration policy has been tailored to increase goal congruence between shareholders and directors 
and executives. This will be facilitated through the issue of options or performance rights to the majority of 
directors and executives to encourage the alignment of personal and shareholder interests. The Group believes 
the policy will be effective in increasing shareholder wealth.

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT Compensation of key management personnel for the year ended 30 June 2021 and 30 June 2020

SHORT-TERM BENEFITS

POST EMPLOYMENT

EQUITY-BASED BENEFITS

TOTAL

Salary & 
Fees  
$

Cash  
Bonus 
$

Non-
Monetary 
$

Super-
annuation 
$

Termination 
Benefits 
$

Options or 
Performance 
Rights $

% Performance 
based of Total 
Remuneration

$

Directors

John Baillie – Non-Executive Chairman 10

2021

2020

62,000

40,855

-

-

Douglas Loh – Non-Executive Chairman 1 

2021

2020

-

58,669

-

-

-

-

-

-

John Dimitropoulos – Non-Executive Director 2

2021

2020

27,000

-

-

-

-

-

Terry Smart – Independent Non-Executive Director 3

2021

2020

-

25,662

-

-

Richard Carden – Non-Executive Director 10

2021

2020

35,400

34,800

-

-

-

-

-

-

John Duffin – Independent Non-Executive Director 4, 10

2021

2020

4,892

34,800

-

-

Tim Desmond – Non-Executive Director 5

2021

2020

-

18,000

Specified Executives

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4,063

2,565

-

-

2,438

-

-

465

456

-

-

Matthew Madden – Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director

2021

2020

300,000

261,538

25,398         

48,750

Greg Blenkiron – Chief Financial Officer 6

2021

2020

200,777

137,572

26,453

-

George Lazarou – Company Secretary 7

2021 

2020

-

57,391

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Simon Forth – Joint Interim Chief Executive Officer 8

2021

2020

-

172,104

-

-

-

-

Richard Whiting – Joint Interim Chief Executive Officer 9

25,000

25,000

20,127

13,069

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2021

2020

-

100,420

-

-

-

-

-

6,640

-

43,044

Shalini Lagrutta – Global Head of Sales and Marketing (from 1st of February 2021)

16,350

5,228

9.868

58,025

68,016

-

-

48,272

5.  Resigned 17 March 2020.
6.  Resigned 28 May 2021
7. 

 Citadel Capital Pty Ltd, a company Mr Lazarou has an interest in, 
received fees for Chief Financial Officer services and Company 
Secretarial services for the period 1 July to 25 October 2019 (Mr 
Lazarou ceased being a key management personnel on this date). Mr 
Lazarou continues to receive fees for Company Secretarial services and 

2021

103,869

-

Total Remuneration

2021

2020

733,938

941,811

51,851

48,750

-

-

-

1. 

 Mr Loh provided consultancy services amounting to $15,900 on normal 
commercial terms, through Emmanuel Investment Holdings Pty 
Ltd, a Company Mr Loh has an interest in. These are included in the 
remuneration above. Mr Loh resigned 17 March 2020.

2.  Appointed 1 October 2020.
3.  Resigned 17 March 2020.
4.  Resigned 26 August 2020.

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-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 

-

-

-

62,000

40,855

-

64,260

50.6%

126,992

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

204,641  41.5%

208,183

38.3%

- 

34,655

10.7%

18.7%

-

-

15,579

21.3%

29,565

-

-

28,099

35,400

34,800

5,357

35,256

-

18,000

555,039

543,471

247,357

185,297

-

72,970

- 

-

-

93,473

32.6%

287,155

- 

-

-

45,773

23.4%

195,877

6,225

5.2%

119,962

210,866 20.0%

461,924 29.44%

1,054,680

1,568,773

is now an employee of the Group.

8.  Resigned 8 May 2020
9.  Resigned 20 December 2019
10. 

 Note the directors accepted a 20% reduction in directors’ fees for a 
period of 3 months due to Covid19 from 1 May 2020 

DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORTOPTIONS OR PERFORMANCE RIGHTS ISSUED AS PART OF REMUNERATION
During the financial year ended 30 June 2021 there were no performance rights and options issued as part of 
remuneration to directors, key executives, employees, and consultants.

For details on the valuation of the Performance Rights, including models and assumptions used, please refer 
to Note 29. There were no alterations to the terms and conditions of the Performance Rights granted as 
remuneration since their grant date.

REMUNERATION POLICY OF KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
The objective of the Group’s executive reward framework is set to attract and retain the most qualified and 
experienced directors and senior executives. The board ensures that executive reward satisfies the following 
key criteria for good reward governance practices:

• 

• 

• 

• 

Competitiveness

Acceptability to shareholders

Performance linkage

Capital management

NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS
The constitution of the Group provides that the non-executive Directors may collectively be paid as 
remuneration for their services a fixed sum not exceeding the aggregate maximum sum per annum from 
time to time determined by the Group in a general meeting (currently $500,000).  The Chairman’s fees are 
determined independently to the fees of non-executive Directors based on comparative roles in the external 
market. The remuneration policy has been tailored to increase goal congruence between shareholders and 
Directors.  The Group will look to adopt an employee incentive plan to encourage the alignment of personal and 
shareholder interests.  The Group believes this policy will be effective in increasing wealth. 

DIRECTORS’ FEES
A director may be paid fees or other amounts as the directors determine where a director performs special 
duties or otherwise performs services outside the scope of the ordinary duties of a director. A director may also 
be reimbursed for out of pocket expenses incurred as a result of their directorship or any special duties.

SERVICE AGREEMENTS
Remuneration and other terms of employment for key management personnel are formalised in service 
agreements. Details of these agreements are as follows:-

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT Name:

Title:

Matthew Madden

Chief Executive Officer

Agreement Commenced:

19 August 2019

Term of Agreement:

The employment shall continue until terminated in accordance with the provisions 
for termination, being by either party with 3 months’ notice.

Details:

There are three components to Mr Madden’s remuneration:

(a) Gross Annual Remuneration Package

Mr Madden will be paid a base annual remuneration of $300,000 plus statutory 
superannuation contributions, which is capped at $27,500 per annum. The employer 
may review the employee’s performance, remuneration and benefits in accordance 
with the employer policy from time to time.

(b) Short Term Incentive Benefits

Subject to the Mr Madden’s continued employment by the Group at the relevant 
Review Date, the Board may, in its absolute discretion, elect to provide the Executive 
with an annual bonus up to an amount equal to 30% of the Base Salary, plus 
superannuation, based on the Annual Review (STI Bonus).

Mr Madden (in his sole discretion) can elect to have the STI Bonus (in whole or in 
part) paid in Shares. The value of the Shares shall be the 15-day volume weighted 
average price (VWAP) of Shares calculated on the day after release of the Group’s 
full year financial accounts

(c) Long Term Incentive Benefits

Mr Madden has been issued the following Performance Rights in accordance with 
the terms and conditions of the Company’s Employee Incentive Plan: 

 (a) 6,000,000 Performance Rights subject to the following vesting conditions:

  (i)  Milestone 1: 3,000,000 Performance Rights will vest on or before 30 June 2022, 
upon the achievement of the Sydney Data Centre owned by the Group achieving 
either:

   A. an annual gross revenue equal to or in excess of $15,000,000; or

   B. filled capacity of 5 MW; or

   C. sales equal to or in excess of 500 server racks; and

  (ii)  Milestone 2: 3,000,000 Performance Rights will vest upon DXN Modules 

achieving total sales equal to or in excess of $50,000,000 or total sales equal to 
or in excess of $25,000,000 are achieved over a rolling 12-month period, both on 
or before 30 June 2022,

and 7,500,000 options in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Company’s 
Employee Incentive Plan:

  (i)  to vest on achieving a share price that is at least $0.35 for 10 consecutive trading 
days on ASX, calculated on a daily VWAP basis, by no later than 19 August 2022. 

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Name:

Title:

Kristy Challingsworth

Chief Financial Officer

Agreement Commenced:

19 July 2021

Term of Agreement:

The employment is for a minimum period of three months and thereafter shall 
continue until terminated in accordance with the provisions for termination, being by 
either party with 3 months’ notice.

Details:

There are three components to Ms Challingsworth’s remuneration:

(a) Gross Annual Remuneration Package

Ms Challingsworth will be paid a base annual remuneration of $230,000 plus 
statutory superannuation contributions, which is capped at $27,500 per annum. The 
employer may review the employee’s performance, remuneration and benefits in 
accordance with the employer policy from time to time.

(b) Short Term Incentive Benefits

Subject to the Ms Challingsworth’s continued employment by the Group at the 
relevant Review Date, the Board may, in its absolute discretion, elect to provide the 
Executive with an annual bonus up to an amount equal to 25% of the Base Salary, 
plus superannuation, based on the Annual Review (STI Bonus).

Ms Challingsworth (in her sole discretion) can elect to have the STI Bonus (in whole 
or in part) paid in Shares. The value of the Shares shall be the 15-day volume 
weighted average price (VWAP) of Shares calculated on the day after release of the 
Group’s full year financial accounts

(c) Long Term Incentive Benefits

The LTI component has an annual grant value of up to 25% of the executive 
remuneration package. The number of performance rights and/or options will 
depend on the share price at the allocation or grant date.

Name:

Title:

Greg Blenkiron

Chief Financial Officer

Agreement Commenced:

28 October 2019

Term of Agreement:

The employment is for a minimum period of six months and thereafter shall 
continue until terminated in accordance with the provisions for termination, being by 
either party with 3 months’ notice.

Details:

Base salary of $200,000 plus superannuation. STI up to 30% to be reviewed and 
approved by the Board 

Resignation Date:

28 May 2021

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Name:

Title:

Shalini Lagrutta

Head of Sales and Marketing

Agreement Commenced:

1 February 2021 (previously employed as a consultant/contractor)

Term of Agreement:

The employment is continuous until terminated in accordance with the provisions 
for termination, being by either party with 3 months’ notice.

Details:

There are three components to Ms Lagrutta’s remuneration:

(a) Gross Annual Remuneration Package

Ms Lagrutta will be paid a base annual remuneration of $249,285 plus statutory 
superannuation contributions, which is capped at $27,500 per annum. The employer 
may review the employee’s performance, remuneration and benefits in accordance 
with the employer policy from time to time.

(b) Commission Plan

The executive will be entitled to receive an On Target Earning (OTE) commission of 
$154,285 inclusive of superannuation.

The executive will be paid their OTE commission based on sales performance set out 
in the Sale commission plan and Sales commission annual target letter.

(c) Long Term Incentive Benefits

The LTI component has an annual grant value of up to 25% of the executive 
remuneration package. The number of performance rights and/or options will 
depend on the share price at the allocation or grant date.

Name:

Title:

John Baillie

Non-Executive Chairman

Agreement Commenced:

Effective 1 July 2021

Term of Agreement:

Subject to re - election every 3 years

Details:

Name:

Title:

Base salary of $84,000 plus superannuation per annum (if applicable), to be 
reviewed annually by the Board. 

Richard Carden

Non-Executive Director

Agreement Commenced:

Effective 1 July 2021

Term of Agreement:

Subject to re - election every 3 years

Details:

Name:

Title:

Base salary of $50,400 plus superannuation per annum (if applicable), to be 
reviewed annually by the Board, plus. $1,500 per annum plus superannuation (if 
applicable) as Chairman of the Audit & Risk Committee. 

John Duffin

Non-Executive Director

Agreement Commenced:

1 October 2018

Term of Agreement:

Subject to re - election every 3 years

Details:

Base salary of $36,000 plus superannuation per annum (if applicable), to be 
reviewed annually by the Board.

Resignation Date:

26 August 2020

Name:

Title:

John Dimitropoulos

Non-Executive Director

Agreement Commenced:

Effective 1 July 2021

Term of Agreement:

Subject to re - election every 3 years

Details:

Base salary of $50,400 plus superannuation per annum (if applicable), to be 
reviewed annually by the Board, plus $1,500 per annum plus superannuation (if 
applicable) as Chairman of the Remuneration & Nomination Committee.

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RETIREMENT BENEFITS
Other retirement benefits may be provided directly by the Group, if approved by shareholders.

SHAREHOLDINGS OF KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
The movement during the reporting period in the number of options over ordinary shares in the Group held, 
directly, indirectly or beneficially, by each key management person, including related parties, is as follows:

2021

Balance at 1 
July 2020

Received on 
exercise of 
right or option

Bought  
& (Sold)

Holding on Date 
of Resignation or 
Appointment 

Balance at  
30 June 2021

John Dimitropoulos*

- 

Richard Carden

John Baillie

3,312,500 

2,634,982

Greg Blenkiron**

500,000

John Duffin***

Shalini Lagrutta ****

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

299,500

Matthew Madden

5,000,000 

-

11,447,482

299,500

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(500,000)

-

2,300,00

-

-

3,312,500

2,634,982

-

-

2,599,500

5,000,000

1,800,000

13,546,982

* Appointed 1 October 2020

** Resigned 28 May 2021

*** Resigned 26 August 2020

****Appointed 1 February 2021

2020

Balance at  
1 July 2019

Received on 
exercise of right 
or option

Bought & (Sold)

Holding on Date 
of Resignation 

Balance at 
30-Jun-20

Douglas Loh *

1,387,500 

1,260,000

Richard Carden

2,650,000 

Terry Smart **

12,012,097 

John Duffin ***

- 

Tim Desmond ****

27,850,000 

John Baillie

1,379,175 

 -

 -

 -

 -

 -

George Lazarou

1,140,625 

900,000

Greg Blenkiron

Matthew Madden

- 

- 

 -

 -

Simon Forth*****

700,000 

 1,800,000

Richard Whiting****** 700,000 

 900,000

47,819,397

4,860,000

163,000

662,500

-

-

-

1,255,807

 (2,040,625)

500,000

5,000,000

(2,500,000)

(1,600,000)

1,440,682

2,810,500

-

-

12,012,097

-

27,850,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

3,312,500

-

-

-

2,634,982

-

500,000

5,000,000

-

-

42,672,597

11,447,482

* Resigned 17 March 2020

** Resigned 17 March 2020

*** Resigned 26 August 2020

**** Resigned 17 March 2020

***** Resigned 8 May 2020

****** Resigned 20 December 2019 

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OPTION HOLDINGS OF KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL

The movement during the reporting period in the number of options over ordinary shares in the Group held, 
directly, indirectly or beneficially, by each key management person, including related parties, is as follows:

2021

Balance at 
1 July 2020

Received as 
Remuneration

Expired

Acquired Holding 

at Date of 
Resignation or 
Appointment

Balance 
at 30 June 
2021

Total 
Vested at 
30 June 
2021

Total 
Exercisable 
at 30 June 
2021

Richard Carden

715,000

John Duffin*

John 
Dimitropoulos**

-

-

John Baillie

1,333,932

Greg Blenkiron***

3,750,000

Shalini Lagrutta****

-

Matthew Madden

21,250,000

27,048,932  

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

* Resigned 26 August 2020

** Appointed 1 October 2020 

*** Resigned 28 May 2021

**** Appointed 1 February 2021

(715,000)

-

-

(1,333,932)

(3,750,000)

-

(3,750,000)

(9,548,932)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2,000,000

2,000,000

-

17,500,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2,000,000

19,500,000 -

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

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PERFORMANCE RIGHT HOLDINGS OF KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL

The movement during the reporting period in the number of performance rights in the Group held, directly, indirectly or beneficially, by 
each key management person, including related parties, is as follows:

2021

Balance at 1 
July 2020

Holding 
at Date of 
Appointment

Lapsed / 
Expired

Exercised

Balance at  
30 June 2021

Total Vested 
at 30 June 
2021

Total 
Unvested at 
30 June 2021

Matthew Madden

6,000,000

-

Shalini Lagrutta*

-

599,000

-

-

-

6,000,000

(299,500)

299,500

Greg Blenkiron**

1,200,000

-

(1,200,000)

-

-

7,200,000

599,000

(1,200,000)

(299,500)

6,299,500

-

-

-

-

6,000,000

299,500

-

6,299,500

* Appointed 1 February 2021

** Resigned 28 May 2021

2020

Balance at 1 
July 2019

Matthew Madden

Greg Blenkiron

-

-

Issued 
During the 
Year

6,000,000

1,200,000

Simon Forth *

1,800,000

-

Doug Loh

1,800,000

Richard Whiting **

1,800,000

George Lazarou

900,000

-

-

Lapsed / 
Expired

Exercised

Balance at  
30 June 2020

Total Vested 
at 30 June 
2020

Total 
Unvested at 
30 June 2020

-

-

-

(540,000)

(900,000)

-

-

-

6,000,000

1,200,000

-

-

6,000,000

1,200,000

(1,800,000)

(1,260,000)

(900,000)

(900,000)

-

-

-

-

1,800,000

1,260,000

1,800,000

900,000

-

-

-

-

4,500,000

9,000,000

(1,440,000)

(4,860,000)

7,200,000

5,760,000

7,200,000

* Resigned 8 May 2020

** Resigned 20 December 2019  

OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES AND KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL

Please refer to Note 24 for details of other transactions with key management personnel or their related entities.

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

John Baillie 
Non-Executive Chairman

Dated this 30th day of September 2021

DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT <27>

Auditor’s Independence Declaration 

Moore Australia Audit (WA) 

Level 15, Exchange Tower, 
2 The Esplanade, Perth, WA 6000 

PO Box 5785, St Georges Terrace, WA 6831 

T  +61 8 9225 5355 

F  +61 8 9225 6181 

www.moore-australia.com.au 

F   +61 (0)8 9225 6181 

www.moorestephens.com.au 

AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION  
UNDER S307C OF THE CORPORATIONS ACT 2001  
TO THE DIRECTORS OF DXN LIMITED  

I declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, during the year ended 30 June 2021 there have 
been no contraventions of: 

i. 

the auditor independence requirements as set out in the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to 
the audit; and 

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

SUAN-LEE TAN 
PARTNER 

MOORE AUSTRALIA AUDIT (WA) 
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 

Signed at Perth this 30th day of September 2021 

Moore Australia Audit (WA) – ABN 16 874 357 907.  
An independent member of Moore Global Network Limited - members in principal cities throughout the world. 
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation 

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income
STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS AND OTHER 
COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

For the year ended 30 June 2021

Continuing operations 
Sales to customers 
Cost of Sales 
Gross Profit 

Revenue 
R&D tax incentive claim 
Export marketing development grant 
Government Covid support 
Other income 
Lease Liability reversed 
Interest received 
Foreign exchange gain 

14 

14

13 

13

3

Expenses 
Acquisition expenses 
Administration expenses 
Amortisation – intangibles 
Compliance and legal expenses 
Consultants and contractors 
Depreciation 
Employee expenses                                                                            3 
Finance expenses 
Foreign exchange loss 
Impairment on right of use assets 
Impairment of trade receivables 
Impairment of Non-current assets held for sale 
Impairment of inventory 
Lease amortisation 
Lease interest charge 
Loss on sale of plant & equipment 
Marketing expenses 
Occupancy expenses 
Telecommunication and technology expenses 
Travel Expenses 

Note 

      Consolidated                     Consolidated    

   2021 
  $ 

            2020 
             $ 

2
2 

8,035,137 
(5,787,131) 
2,248,006 

5,188,280 
(3,787,169) 
1,401,111 

725,766 
100,000 
291,000 
187,048 
3,302,433 
10,422 
- 
4,616,669 

(54,487) 
(370,320) 
(493,231) 
(365,217) 
(160,486) 
(3,903,980) 
(3,670,467) 
(203,495) 
(92,142) 
- 
- 
(136,006) 
(211,388) 
(599,555) 
(295,482) 
(1,169) 
(1,942) 
(993,353) 
(101,461) 
(23,125) 
(11,677,306) 

918,157 
87,774 
245,000 
9,391 
- 
64,935 
79,190 
1,404,447 

(28,808) 
(422,820) 
(77,550) 

(205,400) 
(559,665) 
(1,590,639) 
(5,401,590) 
(180,435) 
- 
(3,743,255) 
(36,428) 
- 

(1,197,751) 
(217,849) 
(1,548) 
(241,801) 
(966,801) 
(208,455) 
(315,292) 
(15,396,087)  

Loss before income tax expense 
Income tax expense                                                                            4 

4

(4,812,631) 
- 

(12,590,529) 
- 

Total comprehensive income/ (loss) for the period  

(4,812,631) 

(12,590,529) 

Basic earnings per share (cents per share)                             26   

26

(0.45) 

(2.57) 

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements 

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Statement of Financial Position
STATEMENT OF financial position

As at 30 June 2021

Annual Report 30 June 2021 

DXN Limited and its controlled entities 

 STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 
As at 30 June 2021 

ASSETS 

Current Assets 

Cash and cash equivalents 

Trade and other receivables 

Other assets 

Non-Current Assets held for sale 

Inventory / Work in Progress 

Total Current Assets 

Non-Current Assets 

Bank guarantees 

Plant and equipment 

Intangible 

Lease right of use assets 

Total Non-Current Assets 

TOTAL ASSETS 

LIABILITIES  

Current Liabilities  

Trade and other payables 

Income in advance 

Borrowings 

Provisions 

Lease liabilities 

Total Current Liabilities 

Non-Current Liabilities 

Borrowings 

Lease liabilities 

Total Current Liabilities 

TOTAL LIABILITIES 

NET ASSETS  

EQUITY 

Issued capital 

Option reserve 

Share based payments reserve 

Accumulated losses 

TOTAL EQUITY 

Note 

   Consolidated 

   Consolidated 

7 

8 

9 

10 (a) 

10 (b) 

        2021 

         2020 

         $ 

          $ 

1,663,955 

3,592,472 

666,152 

124,854 

544,011 

389,726 

511,409 

- 

1,231,781 

1,204,672 

4,230,753 

5,698,279 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

14 

17 

14 

20 

21 

22 

23 

1,028,917 

3,087,841 

8,701,703 

13,139,787 

1,502,016 

8,407,598 

1,734,707 

8,180,752 

19,640,234 

26,143,087 

23,870,987 

31,841,366 

2,153,523 

387,556 

1,027,255 

181,290 

625,417 

785,512 

734,573 

872,920 

143,162 

1,104,312 

4,375,041 

3,640,479 

605,011 

2,486,586 

7,882,462 

10,790,503 

8,487,473 

13,277,089 

12,862,514 

16,917,568 

11,008,473 

14,923,798 

40,345,107 

39,604,052 

310,302 

866,654 

310,302 

710,403 

(30,513,590) 

(25,700,959) 

11,008,473 

14,923,798 

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements. 

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORTStatement of Changes in Equity 
STATEMENT OF change in equity

Annual Report 30 June 2021 

For the year ended 30 June 2021

DXN Limited and its controlled entities 

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY 
For the year ended 30 June 2021 

Issued 
Capital 

Option 
Reserve 

$ 

$ 

Share 
Payments 
Reserve 
$ 

Accumulated 
Losses 

Total 

$ 

$ 

Balance at 1 July 2019 

29,662,628 

310,302 

11,621 

(13,110,430) 

16,874,121 

Total comprehensive income 
for the period 
Loss for the period 

Transaction with owners in 
their capacity as owners: 
Issue of shares  
Capital raising costs 
Capital raising costs-share 
based payments 
Share based payment 
expense 
Reclass to equity 

- 
- 

10,903,046 
(867,532) 
(437,604) 

- 

343,514 

- 
- 

- 
- 
-

- 

-

- 
- 

(12,590,529) 
(12,590,529) 

(12,590,529) 
(12,590,529) 

- 
- 
437,604

604,692

(343,514)

- 
- 
- 

-

- 

10,903,046 
(867,532) 
- 

604,692

- 

Balance at 30 June 2020 

39,604,052 

310,302 

710,403 

(25,700,959) 

14,923,798 

Issued Capital 

Option 
Reserve 

$ 

$ 

Share 
Payments 
Reserve 
$ 

Accumulated 
Losses 

Total 

$ 

$ 

Balance at 1 July 2020 

39,604,052 

310,302 

710,403 

(25,700,959) 

14,923,798 

Total comprehensive income 
for the period 
Loss for the period 

Transaction with owners in 
their capacity as owners: 
Issue of shares  
Capital raising costs 
Share based payment 
expense 
Reclass to equity 

- 
- 

732,859 
(19,519) 
- 

27,715 

- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

-

- 
- 

(4,812,631) 
(4,812,631) 

(4,812,631) 
(4,812,631) 

- 
- 
183,966 

(27,715)

- 
- 
-

- 

732,859 
(19,519) 
183,966

- 

Balance at 30 June 2021 

40,345,107 

310,302 

866,654 

(30,513,590) 

11,008,473 

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.

30 

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT Statement of Cash Flows
STATEMENT OF cash flows

For the year ended 30 June 2021

                                     Note 

Cash flows from operating activities 

Receipts from customers 

Payments to suppliers and employees 

Interest received 

Interest paid 

R&D tax incentive claim 

Government grants 

Payment of deposit 

Receipt of deposit 

Consolidated 

Consolidated 

              2021 

     2020 

              $ 

     $ 

7,264,873 

5,350,036 

(11,056,801) 

(12,526,572) 

19,141 

(70,520) 

725,766 

454,000 

- 

- 

108,790 

(150,748) 

918,157 

269,774 

- 

- 

Net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities            27(a) 

(2,663,541) 

(6,030,563) 

Cash flows from investing activities 

Refund / (Payment) of deposits and guarantees 

Purchase of plant and equipment 

Purchase of intangible assets 

2,058,925 

(12,821) 

(140,112) 

(3,281,314) 

(39,036) 

(157,201) 

Acquisition of the assets from Data Centre 3                                   19 

- 

(2,700,000) 

Net cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities 

1,879,777 

(6,151,336) 

Cash flows from financing activities 

Proceeds from convertible notes 

Proceeds from the issue of shares and options 

Payment of capital raising costs 

Finance facility drawdown 

Repayment of finance facility 

Loans made to employee 

Repayment of loans made to employees 

- 

1,000,000 

732,860 

(19,520) 

9,903,285 

(867,772) 

1,179,429 

1,315,885 

(3,037,522) 

(944,287) 

- 

- 

- 

5,125 

Net cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities 

(1,144,753) 

10,412,236 

Net increase / (decrease) in cash held 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 

(1,928,517) 

(1,769,663) 

3,592,472 

5,362,135 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period                          7,27(b) 

1,663,955 

3,592,472 

The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements 

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT 
   
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Notes to the Financial Statements

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

For the period ended 30 June 2021

1. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
REPORTING ENTITY
DXN Limited and its controlled entity (referred to as the “Consolidated Group” or “Group”) is domiciled in 
Australia and listed on the ASX.

The address of the Group’s registered office is 5 Parkview Drive, Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127. The full year 
financial statements of the Group as at and for the twelve months ended 30 June 2021 comprises DXN Limited 
and its controlled entity.

The principal activities of the Group during the period were to manufacture modular data centre solutions for 
other operators and to operate modular colocation data centres.

BASIS OF PREPARATION
The accounting policies set out below have been consistently applied to all periods presented.

Statement of Compliance
The financial report is a general purpose financial report which has been prepared in accordance with 
Australian Accounting Standards (AASBs) (including Australian Interpretations) as issued by the Australian 
Accounting Standards Board (AASB) and the Corporations Act 2001 for profit-oriented entities.  The financial 
report of the Group complies with International Financial Reporting Standards (lFRSs) as issued by the 
International Accounting Standards Board.

The financial statements were authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on 30 September 2021.

BASIS OF MEASUREMENT
The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis except for the following material items 
in the statement of financial position:

• 

• 

• 

financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss are measured at fair value

available-for-sale financial assets are measured at fair value

 liabilities for cash-settled share-based payment arrangements are measured at fair value

FUNCTIONAL AND PRESENTATION CURRENCY
These financial statements are presented in Australian dollars, which is the Group’s functional currency.

USE OF ESTIMATES AND JUDGEMENTS
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with AASBs requires management to make judgements, 
estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of 
assets, liabilities, income and expenses.  Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis.  Revisions to accounting estimates 
are recognised in the period in which the estimates are revised and in any future periods affected. 

GOING CONCERN
The accounts have been prepared on the going concern basis, which contemplates continuity of normal 
business activities and the realisation of assets and settlement of liabilities in the normal course of business. 
The Group incurred a loss of $4,812,631 for the year ended 30 June 2021 (2020: $12,590,529) and operating 
cash outflows of $ 2,663,541 (2020: $6,030,563). 

The ability of the Group to continue to pay its debts as and when they fall due is dependent upon the Group 
successfully raising additional share capital, refinancing debt facilities and generating sufficient revenue. 

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

The Directors believe it is appropriate to prepare these accounts on a going concern basis because:

• 

• 

• 

• 

 the Directors have an appropriate plan to raise additional funds as and when it is required, and the 
Directors believe that the additional capital required can be raised either in the market or via debt 
funding partners. Subsequent to the reporting period, the Company has raised ~$1.64 million through  
a placement to institutional and sophisticated investors, are currently undertaking a Share Purchase 
Plan to existing shareholders to raise up to $1.5 million, with the offer closing on 30 September 2021 
and has executed a binding term sheet for a new four year secured $4 million debt facility with Pure 
Asset Management to support the acquisition of the Darwin Data Centre and the Company’s future 
growth strategies;;
 the Directors have an appropriate plan to contain certain operating expenditure such as reducing 
employee and administrative costs, if appropriate funding is unavailable;
 the Directors have an appropriate plan to contain capital expenditure as the modular nature of the 
Group’s data centres allows it to expand and incur additional expense when current capacity is fully 
utilised; and
 the Directors have an appropriate plan to increase revenues through expanding the number of owned 
and managed colocation sites and additional modules sales. 

The accounts have been prepared on the basis that the Group can meet its commitments as and when they fall 
due and can therefore continue normal business activities, and the realisation of assets and liabilities in the 
ordinary course of business.

(a) Critical Accounting Judgements Estimates and Assumptions
The carrying amounts of certain assets and liabilities are often determined based on estimates and 
assumptions of future events. The key estimates and assumptions that have a significant risk of causing a 
material adjustment to the carrying amounts of certain assets and liabilities within the next annual reporting 
period are:

INCOME TAX EXPENSES
Judgement is required in assessing whether deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognised on the statement 
of financial position.  Deferred tax assets, including those arising from temporary differences, are recognised 
only when it is considered more likely than not that they will be recovered, which is dependent on the 
generation of future assessable income of a nature and of an amount sufficient to enable the benefits to  
be utilised.

IMPAIRMENT
The Group assesses impairment at each reporting date by evaluating conditions specific to the Group that 
may lead to impairment of assets. Where an impairment trigger exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is 
determined. Value-in-use calculations performed in assessing recoverable amounts incorporate a number of 
key estimates.

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT
The Group measures financial instruments, such as derivatives, at fair value at each balance sheet date. Also, 
from time to time, the fair values of non-financial assets and liabilities are required to be determined, eg.,  
when the entity acquires a business, or where an entity measures the recoverable amount of an asset or  
cash-generating unit (CGU) at fair value less costs of disposal.
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 of an asset or liability is measured using the assumptions that market participants would use 
when pricing the asset or liability, assuming that market participants act in their economic best interest.
A fair value measurement of a non-financial asset takes into account a market participant’s ability to generate 
economic benefits by using the asset in its highest and best use or by selling it to another market participant 
that would use the asset in its highest and best use.
The Group uses valuation techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient data  
are available to measure fair value, maximising the use of relevant observable inputs and minimising the use  
of unobservable inputs. Changes in estimates and assumptions about these inputs could affect the reported  
fair value.

SHARE BASED PAYMENTS
The Group measures the cost of equity-settled transactions by reference to the fair value of the equity 
instruments at the date at which they are granted.  The fair value is determined using the Black-Scholes  
or Monte-Carlo model taking into account the assumptions detailed within note 29.  Inputs to pricing models 
may require an estimation of reasonable expectations about achievement of future vesting conditions. Vesting 
conditions must be satisfied for the counterparty to become entitled to receive cash, other assets or equity 
instruments of the entity, under a share-based payment arrangement.  Vesting conditions include service 
conditions, which require the other party to complete a specified period of service, and performance conditions, 
which require specified performance targets to be met (such as a specified increase in the entity’s profit or 
revenues over a specified period of time) or completion of performance hurdles.   
The Group recognises an amount for the goods or services received during the vesting period based on the 
best available estimate of the number of equity instruments expected to vest and shall revise that estimate, if 
necessary, if subsequent information indicates that the number of equity instruments expected to vest differs 
from previous estimates. 

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORTNOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

ESTIMATION OF USEFUL LIFE OF ASSETS
The entity determines the estimated useful lives and related depreciation and amortisation charges for its 
property, plant and equipment and finite-life intangible assets. The useful lives could change significantly as 
a result of technical innovations, or some other event. The depreciation and amortisation charge will increase 
where the useful lives are less than previously estimated lives, or technically obsolete or non-strategic assets 
that have been abandoned or sold will be written off or written down.

During the year ended 30 June 2021, the board decided to accelerate the depreciation on the SYD01 DC module 
assets to reflect a change in the market demand or service output of this asset.  This change in depreciation 
rate was effectuated prospectively from 1 July 2020. Depreciation of this asset increased by $1,706,966 during 
the year ended 30 June 2021 as a result.

(b) New and amended accounting policies adopted by the Group  
The Group has considered the implications of new or amended Accounting Standards which have become 
applicable for the current financial reporting period and have determined that they do not have any material 
impact on the 2021 financial statements.

(c) Principles of consolidation

SUBSIDIARIES
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the assets and liabilities of all subsidiaries of DXN Ltd (“the 
Company” or “parent entity”) as at 30 June 2021 and the results of all subsidiaries for the year then ended.  DXN 
Ltd and its subsidiaries together are referred to in these financial statements as the ‘consolidated entity’ or ‘the 
Group’.

Subsidiaries are all those entities over which the consolidated entity has control.  The consolidated entity 
controls an entity when the consolidated entity is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from its 
involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect those returns through its power to direct the activities of 
the entity.  Subsidiaries are fully consolidated from the date on which control is transferred to the consolidated 
entity. They are de-consolidated from the date that control ceases.

Intercompany transactions, balances and unrealised gains on transactions between entities in the consolidated 
entity are eliminated. Unrealised losses are also eliminated unless the transaction provides evidence of the 
impairment of the asset transferred.  Accounting policies of subsidiaries have been changed where necessary 
to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the consolidated entity.

The acquisition of subsidiaries is accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting.  A change in 
ownership interest, without the loss of control, is accounted for as an equity transaction, where the difference 
between the consideration transferred and the book value of the share of the non-controlling interest acquired 
is recognised directly in equity attributable to the parent.

Non-controlling interest in the results and equity of subsidiaries are shown separately in the statement of profit 
or loss and other comprehensive income, statement of financial position and statement of changes in equity of 
the consolidated entity.  Losses incurred by the consolidated entity are attributed to the non-controlling interest 
in full, even if that results in a deficit balance.

Where the consolidated entity loses control over a subsidiary, it derecognises the assets including goodwill, 
liabilities and non-controlling interest in the subsidiary together with any cumulative translation differences 
recognised in equity.  The consolidated entity recognises the fair value of the consideration received and the fair 
value of any investment retained together with any gain or loss in profit or loss.

ASSOCIATES
Associates are entities over which the consolidated entity has significant influence but not control or joint 
control.  Investments in associates are accounted for using the equity method.  Under the equity method, the 
share of the profits or losses of the associate is recognised in profit or loss and the share of the movements in 
equity is recognised in other comprehensive income.  Investments in associates are carried in the statement 
of financial position at cost plus post-acquisition changes in the consolidated entity’s share of net assets of the 
associate.  Goodwill relating to the associate is included in the carrying amount of the investment and is neither 
amortised nor individually tested for impairment.  Dividends received or receivable from associates reduce the 
carrying amount of the investment.

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT  
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

(d) Intangible assets
INTERNALLY GENERATED SOFTWARE
Internally developed software is capitalised at cost less accumulated amortisation.  Amortisation is calculated 
using the straight-line basis over the asset’s useful economic life which is generally three years.  Their useful 
lives and potential impairment are reviewed at the end of each financial year.

LICENCES/TRADEMARKS/COPYRIGHTS
Certain licences, trademarks and copyrights that the Group possesses will be amortised over their useful life 
and are carried at cost less impairment losses and are subject to impairment review at least annually and 
whenever there is an indication that it may be impaired.   Other licences that the Group acquires are carried 
at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated impairment losses.  Amortisation is recognised on 
a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life.  The estimated useful life and amortisation method are 
reviewed at the end of each annual reporting period.

SOFTWARE UNDER DEVELOPMENT
Costs incurred in developing products or systems and costs incurred in acquiring software and licences 
that will contribute to future period financial benefits through revenue generation and/or cost reduction are 
capitalised to software and systems.  Costs capitalised include external direct costs of materials and services 
and employee costs.

Assets in the course of construction include only those costs directly attributable to the development phase 
and are only recognised following completion of technical feasibility and where the Group has an intention and 
ability to use the asset. 

Software under development shall only commence being amortised when the software is completed and ready 
for use.

Other licences that the Group acquires are carried at cost less accumulated amortisation and accumulated 
impairment losses.  Amortisation is recognised on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life.  The 
estimated useful life and amortisation method are reviewed at the end of each annual reporting period.

CUSTOMER CONTRACTS
This relates to the minimum estimated EBITDA arising from the acquisition of the data centre in Hobart, 
Tasmania which have been guaranteed for three years by the vendor.  This asset is recorded at original cost and 
is amortised on a straight-line basis over its useful economic life which is three years from its acquisition date.  

GOODWILL
Goodwill is carried at cost less any accumulated impairment losses.  Goodwill is calculated as the excess of the 
sum of the consideration transfer over the acquisition date fair value of any identifiable assets acquired and 
liabilities assumed.  Goodwill is tested for impairment annually and is allocated to the Group’s cash-generating 
units or groups of cash-generating units, which represent the lowest level at which goodwill is monitored.  

(e) Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents includes cash on hand, deposits held at call with financial institutions, other short-
term, highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less that are readily convertible to 
known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes in value.

(f) Plant and equipment 
Plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses.  In the event the 
carrying amount of plant and equipment is greater than the estimated recoverable amount, the carrying amount 
is written down immediately to the estimated recoverable amount and impairment losses are recognised either 
in profit or loss or as a revaluation decrease if the impairment losses relate to a revalued asset. The cost of 
fixed assets constructed within the Group includes the cost of materials, direct labour, borrowing costs and an 
appropriate proportion of fixed and variable overheads. 

Subsequent costs are included in the asset’s carrying amount or recognised as a separate asset, as 
appropriate, only when it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the 
Group and the cost of the item can be measured reliably. 

All other repairs and maintenance are recognised as expenses in profit or loss in the financial period in which 
they are incurred.

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORTNOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

DEPRECIATION
The depreciable amount of all fixed assets relating to newly constructed greenfield data centres (such as DXN-
SYD01) is depreciated using the reducing balance method to allocate their cost, net of any residual values, over 
their estimated useful lives.  

The depreciable amount of fixed assets of existing data centres (such as the DXN-TAS01) and other fixed assets 
are depreciated on a straight line basis over their useful lives to the Group commencing from the time the asset 
is held ready for use. 

The depreciation rates used for each class of depreciable assets are:

Class of Fixed Asset Depreciation

Rate

Plant & Equipment

DC Modules

ICT Hardware

Office Equipment

Motor Vehicles 

Leasehold improvements

13% – 73%

10% – 73%

40% – 67%

20% – 67%

25%

10% – 67%

Depreciation on assets under construction shall only commence when the assets construction is completed and 
ready for use.  

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing proceeds with carrying amount.  These are 
included in the profit or loss in the statement of comprehensive income.

 (g) Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities 
The Group measures some of its assets and liabilities at fair value on either a recurring or non-recurring basis, 
depending on the requirements of the applicable Accounting Standard.

Fair value is the price the Group would receive to sell an asset or would have to pay to transfer a liability in an 
orderly (ie unforced) transaction between independent, knowledgeable and willing market participants at the 
measurement date.

As fair value is a market-based measure, the closest equivalent observable market pricing information is 
used to determine fair value. Adjustments to market values may be made having regard to the characteristics 
of the specific asset or liability. The fair values of assets and liabilities that are not traded in an active market 
are determined using one or more valuation techniques. These valuation techniques maximise, to the extent 
possible, the use of observable market data.

As fair value is a market-based measure, the closest equivalent observable market pricing information is 
used to determine fair value. Adjustments to market values may be made having regard to the characteristics 
of the specific asset or liability. The fair values of assets and liabilities that are not traded in an active market 
are determined using one or more valuation techniques. These valuation techniques maximise, to the extent 
possible, the use of observable market data.

To the extent possible, market information is extracted from either the principal market for the asset or liability 
(ie the market with the greatest volume and level of activity for the asset or liability) or, in the absence of such 
a market, the most advantageous market available to the entity at the end of the reporting period (ie the market 
that maximises the receipts from the sale of the asset or minimises the payments made to transfer the liability, 
after taking into account transaction costs and transport costs).

For non-financial assets, the fair value measurement also takes into account a market participant’s ability to 
use the asset in its highest and best use or to sell it to another market participant that would use the asset in its 
highest and best use.

The fair value of liabilities and the entity’s own equity instruments (excluding those related to share-based 
payment arrangements) may be valued, where there is no observable market price in relation to the transfer of 
such financial instruments, by reference to observable market information where such instruments are held as 
assets. Where this information is not available, other valuation techniques are adopted and, where significant, 
are detailed in the respective note to the financial statements.

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

(h) Impairment of assets
At the end of each reporting period, the Group assesses whether there is any indication that an asset may be 
impaired. The assessment will include the consideration of external and internal sources of information. If such 
an indication exists, an impairment test is carried out on the asset by comparing the recoverable amount of 
the asset, being the higher of the asset’s fair value less costs to sell and value in use, to the asset’s carrying 
amount. Any excess of the asset’s carrying amount over its recoverable amount is recognised immediately in 
profit or loss, unless the asset is carried at a revalued amount in accordance with another Standard (e.g. in 
accordance with the revaluation model in AASB 116: Property, Plant and Equipment). Any impairment loss of a 
revalued asset is treated as a revaluation decrease in accordance with that other Standard.

Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the Group estimates the 
recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

Impairment testing is performed annually for goodwill, intangible assets with indefinite lives and intangible 
assets not yet available for use.

(i) Trade and other receivables
Trade and other receivables include amounts due from customers for goods sold and services performed 
over an ordinary course of business. Receivables expected to be collected within 12 months of the end of the 
reporting period are classified as current assets. All other receivables are classified as non-current assets.

Trade and other receivables are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently measured using a forward 
looking “expected credit loss” (ECL) model. Refer to notes 1(m) for further discussion on the application of the 
expected credit loss model under AASB 9 Financial Instruments. 

(j) Trade and other payables 
Trade payables and other accounts payable are recognised when the Group becomes obliged to make future 
payments resulting from the purchase of goods and services.

(k) Revenue Recognition 
The Group’s revenue recognition policy complies with AASB 15: Revenue from Contracts with Customers. AASB 
15 establishes principles for reporting the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows 
arising from the Group’s contracts with the customer, identify performance obligations in the contract, and 
recognise revenue when performance obligations are satisfied.   

Revenue generated by the Group is categorised into the following major business activities:

Data Centre Services
Revenue is recognised only when the service has been provided, the amount of revenue can be measured 
reliably, and it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the Group.  Any 
upfront discounts provided to customers are amortised over the contract term.  This approach is considered 
consistent with AASB 15 in that revenue is deferred and recognised over the term of the contract with the 
customer.  As the performance obligation is fulfilled over time, such revenue is recognised over time.

DXN Module Sales
The Group custom builds turnkey data centre modules for customers.  Revenue is recognised based on key 
milestones and in proportion to the stage of completion of the work performed at the reporting date. Revenue 
from these sales is based on the price stipulated in the contract and any agreed variations to the contract sum.  
Revenue is only recognised to the extent that there is a high probability that a significant reversal of revenue 
will not occur.   As the performance obligation is fulfilled over time, such revenue is recognised over time.

AASB 15 also provides guidance relating to the treatment of contract costs, such as incremental costs of 
obtaining a contract.  From 1 July 2018, eligible costs that are expected to be recovered are capitalised as a 
contract asset and amortised over the term of the contract with the customer. 

Interest Income
Interest income is recognised over time using the effective interest method.  When a receivable is impaired, the 
Group reduces the carrying amount to its recoverable amount, being the estimated future cash flow discounted 
at the original effective interest rate of the instrument and continues unwinding the discount as interest income.  
Interest income on impaired loans is recognised using the original effective interest rate.

Refundable Research & Development Tax Offset
The Group recognises refundable R & D tax offset as a government grant under AASB 120 Government Grants.  
Such refunds are recognised on an accrual basis only when the amount can be measured reliably, and it is 
probable that the economic benefits associated with the offset will flow to the Group.  Accordingly, revenues 
from the receipt of refundable R & D tax offset is recognised only at a point in time.

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For the year ended 30 June 2021

(l) Income Tax 
The income tax expense (income) for the year comprises current income tax expense (income) and deferred tax 
expense (income).

Current income tax expense charged to profit or loss is the tax payable on taxable income for the current 
period. Current tax liabilities (assets) are measured at the amounts expected to be paid to (recovered from) the 
relevant taxation authority using tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the 
end of the reporting period.

Deferred income tax expense reflects movements in deferred tax asset and deferred tax liability balances 
during the year as well as unused tax losses.

Current and deferred income tax expense (income) is charged or credited outside profit or loss when the tax 
relates to items that are recognised outside profit or loss or arising from a business combination.

A deferred tax liability shall be recognised for all taxable temporary differences, except to the extent that the 
deferred tax liability arises from:

(a) The initial recognition of goodwill; or

(b) The initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction which:

(i) is not a business combination; and

(ii) at the time of the transaction, affects neither accounting profit nor taxable profit

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the period 
when the asset is realised or the liability is settled and their measurement also reflects the manner in which 
management expects to recover or settle the carrying amount of the related asset or liability. With respect 
to non-depreciable items of property, plant and equipment measured at fair value and items of investment 
property measured at fair value, the related deferred tax liability or deferred tax asset is measured on the basis 
that the carrying amount of the asset will be recovered entirely through sale. When an investment property that 
is depreciable is held by the company in a business model whose objective is to consume substantially all of 
the economic benefits embodied in the property through use over time (rather than through sale), the related 
deferred tax liability or deferred tax asset is measured on the basis that the carrying amount of such property 
will be recovered entirely through use.

Deferred tax assets relating to temporary differences and unused tax losses are recognised only to the extent 
that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against which the benefits of the deferred tax asset 
can be utilised.

Where temporary differences exist in relation to investments in subsidiaries, branches, associates and 
joint ventures, deferred tax assets and liabilities are not recognised where the timing of the reversal of the 
temporary difference can be controlled and it is not probable that the reversal will occur in the foreseeable 
future.

Current tax assets and liabilities are offset where a legally enforceable right of set-off exists and it is intended 
that net settlement or simultaneous realisation and settlement of the respective asset and liability will occur. 
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset where: (i) a legally enforceable right of set-off exists; and (ii) the 
deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority on either the 
same taxable entity or different taxable entities, where it is intended that net settlement or simultaneous 
realisation and settlement of the respective asset and liability will occur in future periods in which significant 
amounts of deferred tax assets or liabilities are expected to be recovered or settled.

(m) Financial Instruments 
Initial recognition and measurement
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the Group becomes a party to the contractual 
provisions to the instrument. For financial assets, this is the date that the Group commits itself to either the 
purchase or sale of the asset (ie trade date accounting is adopted).

Financial instruments (except for trade receivables) are initially measured at fair value plus transaction costs, 
except where the instrument is classified “at fair value through profit or loss”, in which case transaction costs 
are expensed to profit or loss immediately. Where available, quoted prices in an active market are used to 
determine fair value. In other circumstances, valuation techniques are adopted.

Trade receivables are initially measured at the transaction price if the trade receivables do not contain a 
significant financing component or if the practical expedient was applied as specified in AASB 15.63.

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

Classification and subsequent measurement
Financial liabilities
Financial instruments are subsequently measured at:

• 

• 

amortised cost; or

fair value through profit or loss.

A financial liability is measured at fair value through profit and loss if the financial liability is:

-  a contingent consideration of an acquirer in a business combination to which AASB 3: Business 

Combinations applies;

- held for trading; or

- initially designated as at fair value through profit or loss.

All other financial liabilities are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a debt instrument and of 
allocating interest expense in profit or loss over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the internal 
rate of return of the financial asset or liability. That is, it is the rate that exactly discounts the estimated future 
cash flows through the expected life of the instrument to the net carrying amount at initial recognition.

A financial liability is held for trading if:

- it is incurred for the purpose of repurchasing or repaying in the near term;

- part of a portfolio where there is an actual pattern of short-term profit taking; or

-  a derivative financial instrument (except for a derivative that is in a financial guarantee contract or a 

derivative that is in a effective hedging relationships).

Any gains or losses arising on changes in fair value are recognised in profit or loss to the extent that they are 
not part of  adesignated hedging relationship  The change in fair value of the financial liability attributable 
to changes in the issuer’s credit risk is taken to other comprehensive income and are not subsequently 
reclassified to profit or loss. Instead, they are transferred to retained earnings upon derecognition of the 
financial liability. If taking the change in credit risk in other comprehensive income enlarges or creates 
an accounting mismatch, then these gains or losses should be taken to profit or loss rather than other 
comprehensive income.

A financial liability cannot be reclassified.

Financial assets
Financial assets are subsequently measured at:

- amortised cost;

- fair value through other comprehensive income; or

- fair value through profit or loss.

Measurement is on the basis of two primary criteria:

- the contractual cash flow characteristics of the financial asset; and

- the business model for managing the financial assets.

A financial asset that meets the following conditions is subsequently measured at amortised cost:

- the financial asset is managed solely to collect contractual cash flows; and

- the contractual terms within the financial asset give rise to cash flows that are solely payments of 
principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding on specified dates.

A financial asset that meets the following conditions is subsequently measured at fair value through other 
comprehensive income:

-  the contractual terms within the financial asset give rise to cash flows that are solely payments of 

principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding on specified dates;

-  the business model for managing the financial assets comprises both contractual cash flows collection 

and the selling of the financial asset.

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For the year ended 30 June 2021

By default, all other financial assets that do not meet the measurement conditions of amortised cost and fair 
value through other comprehensive income are subsequently measured at fair value through profit or loss.

The Group initially designates a financial instrument as measured at fair value through profit or loss if:

 -  it eliminates or significantly reduces a measurement or recognition inconsistency (often referred to as 
“accounting mismatch”) that would otherwise arise from measuring assets or liabilities or recognising 
the gains and losses on them on different bases;

-  it is in accordance with the documented risk management or investment strategy, and information about 
the groupings was documented appropriately, so that the performance of the financial liability that was 
part of a Group of financial liabilities or financial assets can be managed and evaluated consistently on a 
fair value basis;

-  it is a hybrid contract that contains an embedded derivative that significantly modifies the cash flows 

otherwise required by the contract.

The initial designation of the financial instruments to measure at fair value through profit or loss is a one-time 
option on initial classification and is irrevocable until the financial asset is derecognised.

Equity instruments
At initial recognition, as long as the equity instrument is not held for trading and not a contingent consideration 
recognised by an acquirer in a business combination to which AASB 3:Business Combinations applies, the 
Group has the option to make an irrevocable election to measure any subsequent changes in fair value of the 
equity instruments in other comprehensive income, while the dividend revenue received on underlying equity 
instruments investment will still be recognised in profit or loss.  The Group currently has no equity instrument 
financial assets.

Regular way purchases and sales of financial assets are recognised and derecognised at settlement date in 
accordance with the Group’s accounting policy.

Derecognition
Derecognition refers to the removal of a previously recognised financial asset or financial liability from the 
statement of financial position.

Derecognition of financial liabilities
A liability is derecognised when it is extinguished (ie when the obligation in the contract is discharged, cancelled 
or expires). An exchange of an existing financial liability for a new one with substantially modified terms, or 
a substantial modification to the terms of a financial liability is treated as an extinguishment of the existing 
liability and recognition of a new financial liability.

The difference between the carrying amount of the financial liability derecognised and the consideration paid 
and payable, including any non-cash assets transferred or liabilities assumed, is recognised in profit or loss.

Derecognition of financial assets
A financial asset is derecognised when the holder’s contractual rights to its cash flows expires, or the asset is 
transferred in such a way that all the risks and rewards of ownership are substantially transferred.

All of the following criteria need to be satisfied for derecognition of financial asset:

-  the right to receive cash flows from the asset has expired or been transferred.

-  all risk and rewards of ownership of the asset have been substantially transferred; and

-  the Group no longer controls the asset (ie the Group has no practical ability to make a unilateral decision 

to sell the asset to a third party).

On derecognition of a financial asset measured at amortised cost, the difference between the asset’s carrying 
amount and the sum of the consideration received and receivable is recognised in profit or loss.

On derecognition of a debt instrument classified as at fair value through other comprehensive income, the 
cumulative gain or loss previously accumulated in the investment revaluation reserve is reclassified to profit  
or loss.

On derecognition of an investment in equity which was elected to be classified under fair value through other 
comprehensive income, the cumulative gain or loss previously accumulated in the investment revaluation 
reserve is not reclassified to profit or loss but is transferred to retained earnings.

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

IMPAIRMENT
The Group recognises a loss allowance for expected credit losses on:

- financial assets that are measured at amortised cost or fair value through other comprehensive income;

- contract assets (eg amounts due from customers under construction contracts);

- loan commitments that are not measured at fair value through profit or loss; and

- financial guarantee contracts that are not measured at fair value through profit or loss.

Loss allowance is not recognised for:

- financial assets measured at fair value through profit or loss; or

- equity instruments measured at fair value through other comprehensive income.

Expected credit losses are the probability-weighted estimate of credit losses over the expected life of a 
financial instrument. A credit loss is the difference between all contractual cash flows that are due and all cash 
flows expected to be received, all discounted at the original effective interest rate of the financial instrument.

The Group uses the following approach to impairment, as applicable under AASB 9: Financial Instruments:

- the simplified approach

Simplified approach
The simplified approach does not require tracking of changes in credit risk at every reporting period, but 
instead requires the recognition of lifetime expected credit loss at all times. This approach is applicable to:

-  trade receivables or contract assets that result from transactions within the scope of AASB 15: Revenue 

from Contracts with Customers and which do not contain a significant financing component

In measuring the expected credit loss, a provision matrix for trade receivables is used taking into consideration 
various data to get to an expected credit loss (ie diversity of customer base, appropriate groupings of historical 
loss experience, etc).

Recognition of expected credit losses in financial statements
At each reporting date, the Group recognises the movement in the loss allowance as an impairment gain or loss 
in the statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income.

The carrying amount of financial assets measured at amortised cost includes the loss allowance relating to  
that asset.

(n) Contributed equity
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. 

(o) Employee benefits
Provision is made for the Group’s obligation for short-term employee benefits. Short-term employee benefits 
are benefits (other than termination benefits) that are expected to be settled wholly before 12 months after the 
end of the annual reporting period in which the employees render the related service, including wages, salaries 
and sick leave. Short-term employee benefits are measured at the (undiscounted) amounts expected to be paid 
when the obligation is settled.

The Group’s obligations for short-term employee benefits such as wages, salaries and sick leave are 
recognised as a part of current trade and other payables in the statement of financial position. The Group’s 
obligations for employees’ annual leave and long service leave entitlements are recognised as provisions in the 
statement of financial position.

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORTNOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

Equity-settled compensation
The Group operates an employee option and performance rights plan. Share-based payments to employees are 
measured at the fair value of the instruments at grant date and amortised over the vesting periods. Share-
based payments to non-employees are measured at the fair value of goods or services received or the fair 
value of the equity instruments issued, if it is determined the fair value of the goods or services cannot be 
reliably measured, and are recorded at the date the goods or services are received. 

The corresponding amounts are recognised in the share payment reserve and statement of profit and loss 
respectively. The fair value of options and performance rights are determined using the Black-Scholes or 
Binomial pricing model. The number of performance rights and options expected to vest is reviewed and 
adjusted at the end of each reporting period such that the amount recognised for services received as 
consideration for the equity instruments granted is based on the number of equity instruments that  
eventually vest.

(p) Inventories
Inventories are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value.

Costs incurred in bringing each product to its present location and conditions are accounted for as follows:

• Raw materials: purchase cost on a first-in/first-out basis; and

•   Finished goods and work in progress: cost of direct materials and labour and a portion of manufacturing 

overheads based on the normal operating capacity but excluding borrowing costs.

Net realisable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less estimated costs of 
completion and the estimated costs necessary to make the sale.

(q) Non-current assets held for sale  
These are assets that will be recovered principally through a sale transaction generally within one year from 
the date of classification. Non-current assets held for sale are valued at the lower of its carrying value and the 
fair value less costs to sell.

(r) New accounting standards for application in future periods  
The AASB has issued a number of new and amended Accounting Standards that have mandatory application 
dates for future reporting periods, some of which are relevant to the Group. The directors have decided not to 
early-adopt any of the new and amended pronouncements. The Group has not yet assessed the impact of these 
new or amended Accounting Standards and Interpretations.

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

2. REVENUE FROM CONTINUING ACTIVITIES 

Consolidated  
2021 
$ 

Consolidated 
2020 
$ 

Sales to customers 1 

8,035,137 

5,188,280 

1 100% of the group’s revenue from external customers is recognised over time. 

3. EXPENSES 
Loss has been determined after the following specific 
expenses/revenue: 

 -  Amortisation of intangibles 

             -  Auditing or reviewing the financial report 

 -  Depreciation 
 -  Impairment of ROU Assets 
-  Lease Liability write off 
 -  Lease amortisation 
 -  Lease interest charge 
 -  Short term lease expense - rental 

Employee benefits expense: 
-  Annual leave 
-  Allowances 
-  Commissions / Bonuses 
-  Director’s fees 
-  Fringe benefits tax 
-  Long service leave 
-  Payroll tax 
-  Recruitment 
-  Share based payments 
-  Staff onboarding, training & welfare 
-  Superannuation 
-  Wages 

493,231 
50,000 
3,903,980 
- 
(3,302,433) 
599,555 
295,482 
87,461 

38,127 
35,924 
222,737 
216,292 
1,883 
- 
181,497 
4,295 
183,967 
14,761 
285,133 
2,485,851 

77,550 
50,000 
1,590,639 
3,743,255 
- 
1,197,751 
217,849 
- 

58,664 
28,750 
181,353 
196,885 
16,766 
- 
145,308 
50,482 
604,692 
18,715 
354,230 
3,745,745 

3,670,467 

5,401,590 

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

4. INCOME TAX 

(a) The components of tax expense comprise: 

Current tax  
Deferred tax  
Income tax expense 

Consolidated   Consolidated    

2021 
$ 

2020 
$ 

- 
- 
- 

- 
- 
- 

(b)The prima facie income tax expense on pre-tax accounting profit from 
operations reconciles to the income tax expense in the financial 
statements as follows: 

Profit/(loss) from operations 

(4,812,631) 

(12,590,529) 

Income tax expense (revenue) calculated at 25% (2020: 27.5%)  
Tax effect of revenue losses not recognised 
Tax effect of non-deductible expenditure 
Tax effect of other non-assessable income 
Tax effect of other deferred tax balances not recognised 

   (1,203,158) 
1,840,686 
522,291 
(193,942) 
 (965,877)  
- 

   (3,462,395) 
2,673,431 
178,094 
(252,493) 
863,363 
- 

Income tax rate 
The rate used in the above reconciliation is the corporate rate of 25% 
payable by the Australian base rate corporate entities for 2022 and 
future financial years. 

(c) Deferred tax recognised at 25% (2020: 27.5%) (Note 1): 
Deferred tax liabilities 
Accrued income 
Prepayment 
Leased right of use asset 
Deferred tax assets 
Carried forward revenue losses 
Net tax deferred 

(d) Unrecognised deferred tax assets at 25% (2020: 27.5%) (Note 1): 

Carried forward revenue losses 
Capital raising costs 
Provisions and accruals 
Lease liability 
Customer contracts 

(34) 
- 
(2,101,899) 

(19,759) 
- 
(2,249,706) 

2,101,933 
- 

 2,269,465  
- 

3,869,533 
387,617 
65,497 
2,126,970 
135,242 
6,584,859 

2,691,244 
578,182 
92,707 
3,271,074 
22,474 
6,655,681 

(e) The tax benefits of the above Deferred Tax Assets will only be obtained if:

(i)    the Group derives future assessable income of a nature and of an amount sufficient to enable the benefits  

to be utilised;

(ii)  the Group continues to comply with the conditions for deductibility imposed by law; and

(iii)  no changes in income tax legislation adversely affect the Group in utilising the benefits.

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

5. AUDITOR’S REMUNERATION 

Consolidated   Consolidated 

2021 
$ 

2020 
$ 

Remuneration of the auditor Moore Australia Audit (WA)  
- Auditing and reviewing the financial statements of the Group 

       50,000 

   50,000 

6. DIVIDENDS PAID OR PROVIDED FOR ON ORDINARY SHARES 

No dividends were paid during the period. No recommendation for payment of dividends has 
been made. 

7. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS 

Current 

Cash at bank and on hand 

8. TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES 

Current 

Trade receivables 1 

        Less: Provision for loss allowance/impairment 

GST receivable 
Interest receivable 

1 Aging of gross carrying amounts due 
0-30 days 
30-60 days 
60-90 days 
90+ days 
Loss allowance provision 
Total 

Consolidated  Consolidated 

2021 
$ 

2020 
$ 

 1,663,955 
      1,663,955 

  3,592,472 
    3,592,472 

    Consolidated    Consolidated   

         2021 
         $ 

      2020 
      $ 

666,018 
- 
666,018 
- 
134 
666,152 

574,598 
91,420 
- 
- 
- 
666,018 

330,878 
- 
330,878 
49,996 
8,852 
389,726 

306,074 
23,957 
- 
847 
- 
330,878 

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Annual Report 30 June 2020 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021 

DXN Limited and its controlled entities 

8. 

TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES (CONTINUED) 

The Group applies the simplified approach to providing for expected credit losses prescribed by 
AASB 9, which permits the use of the lifetime expected loss provision for all trade receivables. To 
measure the expected credit losses, trade receivables have been grouped based on shared credit 
risk characteristics and the days past due.  

Credit risk 

The Group has no significant concentration of credit risk with respect to any single counterparty or 
group  of  counterparties  other  than  those  receivables  specifically  provided  for  and  mentioned 
within Note 8. The class of assets described as "trade and other receivables" is considered to be 
the main source of credit risk related to the Group.   

The Group always measures the loss allowance for trade receivables at an amount equal to lifetime 
expected  credit  loss.  The  expected  credit  losses  on  trade  receivables  are  estimated  using  a 
provision matrix by reference to past default experience of the debtor (where applicable) and an 
analysis  of  the  debtor's  current  financial  position,  adjusted  for  factors  that  are  specific  to  the 
debtor,  general  economic  conditions  of  the  industry  in  which  the  debtor  operates  and  an 
assessment of both the current and the forecast direction of conditions at the reporting date. 

There  has  been  no  change  in  the  estimation  techniques  used  or  significant  assumptions  made 
during the current reporting period. 

The Group writes off a trade receivable when there is information indicating that the debtor is in 
severe  financial  difficulty  and  there  is  no  realistic  prospect  of  recovery;  for  example,  when  the 
debtor has been placed under liquidation or has entered into bankruptcy proceedings, or when the 
trade receivables are over two or more years past due, whichever occurs earlier. None of the trade 
receivables that have been written off are subject to enforcement activities. 

The Group does not currently hold any collateral as security. 

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

9. OTHER ASSETS 

Current 

Prepayments 
Deposits 

10 (a). NON-CURRENT ASSETS HELD FOR SALE 

Non-Current Assets held for sale (net of impairment) 

10 (b). INVENTORIES / WORK IN PROGRESS 

Materials and consumables 
Work in progress - Customers 1 (Contract asset) 

1 Relates to external customers    

11. BANK GUARANTEES 

9 Mumford Place, Balcatta WA 1 

        5 Parkview Drive, Olympic Park, Sydney NSW 1 
        286-292 Lorimer Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria 1 
        3 Dampier Road, Welshpool, WA 1 
ANZ Chattel Finance Facility 2 

Consolidated   Consolidated 

2021 
$ 

2020 
$ 

111,298 
13,556 
124,854 

497,853 
13,556 
511,409 

Consolidated  
        2021 
           $ 

Consolidated 
         2020 
            $ 

544,011 
544,011 

- 
- 

Consolidated   Consolidated 

2021 
$ 

2020 
$ 

660,956 
570,825 

1,231,781 

963,376 
241,296 
1,204,672 

Consolidated   Consolidated 

2021 
$ 

2020 
$ 

- 
495,000 
500,000 
33,917 
- 

1,028,917 

76,000 
507,128 
504,713 
- 

2,000,000 
3,087,841 

1 Relates to term deposits given to secure bank guarantees over leased premises. The bank guarantees are 
   restricted cash. 

2 The term deposit is restricted cash and is provided as security for the ANZ Chattel Finance Facility  
  per note 17. 

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Annual Report 30 June 2020 

DXN Limited and its controlled entities 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021 

12. PLANT AND EQUIPMENT 

Plant and Equipment 
At cost 
Accumulated depreciation 

DC Modules 
At cost 
Accumulated depreciation 

ICT Hardware 
At cost 
Accumulated depreciation 

Office Equipment 
At cost 
Accumulated depreciation 

Motor Vehicles 
At cost 
Accumulated depreciation 

Leasehold Improvements 
At cost 
Accumulated depreciation 

Assets Under Construction  
At cost 
Accumulated depreciation 

Total cost 
Total accumulated depreciation 
Total Written Down Value 

Consolidated   Consolidated 

2021 
$ 

2020 
$ 

260,685 
(116,195) 
144,490 

2,896,793 
(464,102) 
2,432,691 

11,227,465 
(4,608,445) 
6,619,020 

9,297,085 
(1,114,648) 
8,182,437 

340,736 
(259,378) 
81,358 

376,629 
(139,543) 
237,086 

61,126 
(37,678) 
23,448 

26,016 
(8,780) 
17,236 

86,104 
(37,030) 
49,074 

26,016 
(5,528) 
20,488 

2,285,853 
(469,702) 
1,816,151 

2,292,567 
(91,436) 
2,201,131 

- 
- 
- 

16,880 
- 
16,880 

14,201,881 
(5,500,178) 
8,701,703 

14,992,074 
(1,852,287) 
13,139,787 

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

12. PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (CONTINUED) 

Movements in carrying amounts 

Plant and Equipment 

        Carrying amount at beginning of reporting period 

Transferred to DC Modules 
Transferred to Non Current assets held for Sale 
Additions 
Disposals 
Depreciation expense 
Carrying amount at end of reporting period 

DC Modules 

        Carrying amount at beginning of reporting period 
        Transferred from assets under construction 
Transferred from Plant and Equipment 
Additions 
Acquisition of DC3 
Depreciation expense 
Carrying amount at end of reporting period 

ICT Hardware 

        Carrying amount at beginning of reporting period 

Additions 
Disposals 
Depreciation expense 
Carrying amount at end of reporting period 

Office Equipment 

        Carrying amount at beginning of reporting period 

Additions 
Disposals 
Depreciation expense 

Carrying amount at end of reporting period 

Motor Vehicles 

        Carrying amount at beginning of reporting period 

Additions 
Disposals 
Depreciation expense 
Carrying amount at end of reporting period 

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Consolidated   Consolidated 

2021 
$ 

2020 
$ 

2,432,691 
  (1,576,537) 
(680,017) 
11,137 
- 
(42,784) 
144,490 

2,639,695 
- 
- 
75,626 
- 
(282,630) 
2,432,691 

8,182,437 
16,880 
  1,576,537 
144,325 
-  
  (3,301,158) 
  6,619,021 

- 
7,038,892 
- 
925,858 
1,332,335 
(1,114,648) 
8,182,437 

237,086 
- 
(1,106) 
(154,622) 
81,358 

49,074 
- 
(8,081)  
(17,546) 

23,447 

20,488 
- 
- 
(3,252) 
17,236 

95,693 
225,300 
(2,627) 
(81,280) 
237,086 

65,800 
4,297 
- 
(21,023) 

49,074 

23,740 
- 
- 
(3,252) 
20,488 

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12. PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (CONTINUED) 

      Leasehold Improvements         
       Carrying amount at beginning of reporting period 

Additions 
Disposals 
Depreciation expense 
Carrying amount at end of reporting period 

Assets Under Construction 

        Carrying amount at beginning of reporting period 

Additions 
Transferred to DC Modules 
Transferred to inventory 
Disposals 
Depreciation expense 
Carrying amount at end of reporting period 

 Consolidated  
        2021 
            $ 

Consolidated 
            2020 
               $ 

2,201,131 

548,315 

- 
(362) 
(384,618) 
  1,816,151 

1,740,622 
- 
(87,806) 
2,201,131 

16,880 
- 
(16,880) 
- 
- 
- 
- 

7,769,012 
- 
(7,038,892) 
(713,240) 
- 
- 
16,880 

Total  

  8,701,703 

13,139,787 

13. INTANGIBLES 

Non-Current 
Software at cost 1 
Accumulated amortisation 

Patents and Trademarks at cost 2 
Accumulated amortisation 

Software Development at cost 3 
Accumulated amortisation 

Customer Contracts 4 
Accumulated amortisation 

Goodwill 5 
Accumulated amortisation 

Consolidated  
2021 
$ 

Consolidated 
    2020 
     $ 

203,855 
(93,282) 
110,573 

36,480 
(6,430) 
30,050 

494,031 
- 
494,031 

164,819 
(49,368) 
115,451 

36,480 
(4,480) 
32,000 

272,526 
- 
272,526 

1,342,104 
(500,283) 
841,821 

1,342,104 
(52,915) 
1,289,189 

25,541 
- 
25,541 

25,541 
- 
25,541 

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13. INTANGIBLES (CONTINUED) 

Total cost 
Total accumulated amortisation 
Total Written Down Value 

2,102,011 
(599,995) 
1,502,016 

       1,841,470 
(106,763) 
1,734,707 

1 Relates to acquired software and is amortised over a period of 3 years. 
2 Relates to patents and is amortised over the estimated useful life of the patents.  
3 Relates to the development costs spent to date on IoT software.  
4 Relates to the minimum contracted revenues / EBITDA in relation to the acquisition of DC Module 
assets of Data Centre 3 Pty Ltd from TasmaNet Pty Ltd and is amortised over a period of 3 years. 
5 Goodwill on the acquisition of assets and revenue of Data Centre 3 Pty Ltd from TasmaNet Pty Ltd. 

14. RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS / LEASE LIABILITIES 

The Group's lease portfolio includes land and buildings only. These leases have 
varying lease terms ranging from 3 to 15 years and typically contain the option to 
renew the lease after that date. 

The Group’s weighted average incremental borrowing rate on 1 July 2020 applied to 
the lease liabilities was 8.5%. 

Information about leases for which the Group is a lessee is presented below.  

i.  Right-of-use-assets 

Land & Buildings 
Balance at 1 July 2020 
Depreciation expense  
Tas01 Right of Use  
Balance at 30 June 2021 

2021 
$ 

8,180,752 
(599,555) 
826,401 
8,407,598 

ii.  Lease liabilities 

The measurement principles of AASB 16 are only applied from 1 July 2019. At the date 
of initial application, the right-of-use assets equals to the lease liabilities and there 
was no adjustment to the retained earnings. The lease liabilities are presented  below:  

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14. RIGHT-OF-USE ASSETS / LEASE LIABILITIES (CONTINUED) 

Balance at 1 July 2020                                             
Payment         
Melbourne Lease Liability reversal                     
Tas01 Lease Liability                                                    
Interest charges during period                                      
Balance at 30 June 2021**                                                    

Lease Liability recognised as at 30 June 2021 
Of which are: 

Current Lease Liabilities                                             
Non-current Lease Liabilities                                   
** - closing balance includes make good obligations 

iii.  Amounts recognised in profit or loss 

30 June 2021 – Leases under AASB 16 
Interest on lease liabilities 
Depreciation charge 
Lease Liability reversed 1 

11,894,815 
(1,206,386)   
(3,302,433) 
826,401 
295,482 
8,507,879 

625,417 
7,882,462 
8,507,879  

295,482 
599,555 
3,302,433 

1 Liability reversal of the carrying value of the liability for the Melbourne data centre facility.  

15. TRADE & OTHER PAYABLES 

Trade Creditors 1 
Other creditors & accruals 2 
GST Payable 
Payroll liabilities 

Consolidated  
2021 
$ 

  Consolidated 
   2020 
   $ 

1,354,906 
271,601 
102,614 
424,402 
2,153,523 

467,556 
151,050 
- 
166,906 
785,512 

Terms and conditions relating to the above financial instruments. 
1 Trade creditors are non-interest bearing and generally on 30 day terms. 
2 Other creditors are non-interest bearing have no fixed repayment terms. 

For further details refer to note 25 Financial Instruments. 

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16. INCOME IN ADVANCE 

Income in advance 

Consolidated 
2021 
$ 
387,556 
387,556 

Consolidated 
 2020 
 $ 
734,573 
734,573 

The above balance relates to amounts received in advance from external customers for the custom-built 
DXN data centre and cable landing station modules. 

17. BORROWINGS 

Current 
Chattel mortgage 1 
Export Finance Loan 2 
Insurance premium funding  
Less: unexpired charges 

Non-Current 
Chattel mortgage 1 
Less: unexpired charges 

Consolidated   Consolidated 

2021 
$ 

2020 
$ 

366,145 
639,364 
54,765 
(33,019) 
1,027,255 

949,296 
- 
55,026 
(131,402) 
872,920 

628,384 
(23,373) 
605,011 

2,615,697 
(129,111) 
2,486,586 

1         $971,000 secured principal and interest chattel finance facility with ANZ bank to finance generators and chillers. 

The interest rate on the loan is 4.47% p.a  

2       $500,000 loan facility was drawndown with Export Finance in October 2020 with $136,363 outstanding at  
30 June 2021.The interest rate was 6.53%. A second loan facility of $503,000 was drawndown with Export 
Finance in June 2021. Repayments will start in October 2021 with repayment of the loan in full due in December 
2021.The interest rate on this loan 6.53%. 

18. PROVISIONS  

Current 
Annual Leave 

Consolidated 
2021 
$ 

Consolidated 
2020 
$ 

181,290 
181,290 

143,162 
143,162 

The Group currently has 29 employees including Directors.   

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021 

19. INTERESTS IN SUBSIDIARIES 
a) Information about Principal Subsidiaries 

The subsidiaries listed below have share capital consisting solely of ordinary shares 
which are held directly by the Group. The proportion of ownership interests held equals 
the voting rights held by the Group. Each subsidiary’s principal place of business is also 
its country of incorporation. 

Name of Subsidiary 

Principal 
Place of 
Business 

Ownership Interest 
Held by the Group 

Proportion of Non-
controlling Interests 

Tas01 Pty Ltd 

Tasmania 

100 

2021 
% 

2020 
% 

100 

2021 

% 

2020 
% 

- 

- 

b) Acquisition (Prior year 2020) 
On 18 May 2020, the Parent Entity acquired the assets and revenue of Data Centre 3 Pty 
Ltd from TasmaNet Pty Ltd via a newly incorporated wholly-owned subsidiary, Tas01 Pty 
Ltd. 

Purchase consideration: 

Cash 

Less:  

Customer Contracts 1 
Property, plant and equipment 

Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed 
Goodwill  

Fair Value 

$ 

2,700,000 

1,342,104 
1,332,355 
2,674,459 
25,541 

1 The directors believe the customer contracts are fully recoverable and no provision for 
impairment is required 

No amount of the goodwill is deductible for tax purposes. 

Revenue  of  Tas01  Pty  Ltd  included  in  the  consolidated  revenue  of  the  Group  in  FY  2020 
since the acquisition date on 18 May 2020 amounted to $101,876. Loss of Tas01 Pty Ltd 
included in consolidated loss of the Group in FY 2020 since the acquisition date amounted 
to ($25,944). 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021 

20. ISSUED CAPITAL 

1,105,318,536 (2020:1,050,552,642) fully paid ordinary 
shares  

Consolidated   Consolidated 

2021 
$ 

2020 
$ 

40,345,107 

39,604,052 

(a)     Movements in fully paid ordinary shares on issue 

    2021 

At the beginning of the reporting period 

Shares issued during the period: 
Issue of Shares on exercise of options at 
$0.02 
Issue of Shares on exercise of performance 
rights 
Shares subscribed for in placement at $0.012 
Issue of shares on exercise of performance 
rights 
Less: Capital raising costs 

$ 

Number 

39,604,052  1,050,552,642 

204,859 

10,242,970 

5,889 

111,111 

528,000 
21,826 

44,000,000 
411,813 

(19,519) 

- 

Balance at 30 June 2021 

40,345,107  1,105,318,536 

At the beginning of the reporting period 

Shares issued during the period: 
Shares subscribed for in placement at $0.055 
Shares subscribed for in placement at $0.01 
Issue of shares on exercise of performance 
rights 
Less: Capital raising costs 

    2020 

$ 

29,662,628 

Number 
361,271,724 

4,981,247 
5,921,799 

90,568,130 
592,179,856 

343,514 

6,532,932 

(1,305,136) 

- 

Balance at 30 June 2020 

39,604,052  1,050,552,642 

(b)     Terms of Ordinary Shares 

Ordinary shares participate in dividends and the proceeds on winding up of the Group in proportion to the number of shares held and in 
proportion to the amount paid up on the shares held. 

At shareholder’s meetings each ordinary share is entitled to one vote in proportion to the paid up amount of the share when a poll is 
called, otherwise each shareholder has one vote on a show of hands. These fully paid ordinary shares have no par value. 

(c)  Capital risk management  

Management controls the capital of the Group in order to maintain a prudent debt to equity ratio, provide the shareholders with adequate 
Management controls the capital of the Group in order to maintain in order to maintain a prudent debt to equity ratio, provide the shareholders 
with adequate returns and ensure the Group can fund its operations and continue as a going concern. 
returns and ensure the Group can fund its operations and continue as a going concern. 
The Group’s debt and capital includes ordinary share capital and financial liabilities supported by financial assets. 
The Group’s debt and capital includes ordinary share capital and financial liabilities supported by financial assets. 
There are no externally imposed capital requirements.  Management effectively manages the Group’s capital by assessing the Groups financial 
There are no externally imposed capital requirements.  Management effectively manages the Group’s capital by assessing the Groups 
risks and adjusting it’s capital structure in response to changes in these risks  
financial risks and adjusting it’s capital structure in response to changes in these risks and in the market. These responses include the 

management of debt levels, distributions to shareholders and share issues.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

For the year ended 30 June 2021 

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20. ISSUED CAPITAL CONTINUED 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

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and in the market. These responses include ethe management of debt levels, distributions  
to shareholders and share issues. 
20. ISSUED CAPITAL CONTINUED 

DXN Limited and its controlled entities 

and  in  the  market.  These responses include ethe management of debt levels, distributions to 
shareholders and share issues. 

Total Borrowings 
Less Cash and Cash Equivalents 
Total Borrowings 
Net Debt/(Cash) 
Less Cash and Cash Equivalents 
Total Equity 
Net Debt/(Cash) 
Total Capital 
Total Equity 
Net Debt/Equity Ratio 
Total Capital 
Net Debt/Equity Ratio 

21. OPTION RESERVE 

21. OPTION RESERVE 
683,936,886 (2020:824,076,111 options) 
683,936,866 (2020:824,076,111 options) 

(a) Movements in listed options on issue: 

(a) Movements in listed options on issue: 
Options 
At the beginning of the reporting period 
Options 
At the beginning of the reporting period 
Options issued during the period:   
Options subscribed for as part of placement 
Options issued during the period: 
Options exercised 
Options subscribed for as part of placement 
Options cancelled 
Options exercised 
Options expired during the period 
Options cancelled 
Balance at 30 June 2021 
Options expired during the period 
Balance at 30 June 2021 

30 June 
2021 
$ 
30 June 
2021 
1,632,266 
$ 
1,663,955 
1,632,266 
(31,689) 
1,663,955 
11,008,473 
(31,689) 
10,976,784 
11,008,473 
-0.29% 
14,304,694 
0.29% 

30 June 
2020 
$ 
30 June 
2020 
3,359,506 
$ 
3,592,472 
3,359,506 
(232,966) 
3,592,472 
14,923,798 
(232,966) 
14,690,832 
14,923,798 
-2% 
21,875,776 
1.56% 

Consolidated  
2021 
Consolidated 
$ 
2021 
310,302 
$ 
310,302 

  Consolidated 
2020 
Consolidated 
$ 
2020 
310,302 
$ 
310,302 

2021 

$ 

$ 

2021 

Number 

Number 

310,302 

824,076,111 

310,302 

824,076,111 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
310,302 
- 
310,302 

22,000,000 
(10,242,970) 
22,000,000 
(2,500,000) 
(10,242,970) 
(149,396,255) 
(2,500,000) 
683,936,886 
(149,396,255) 
683,936,886 

2020 

Options 
At the beginning of the reporting period 
Options 

At the beginning of the reporting period 
Options issued during the period:   
Options subscribed for as part of placement 
Options issued during the period: 
Options issued to senior management (refer note 29) 
Options subscribed for as part of placement 
Options issued as part of capital raise (refer note 29) 
Options issued to senior management (refer note 29) 
Options expired during the period 
Options issued as part of capital raise (refer note 29) 
Balance at 30 June 2020 
Options expired during the period 
Balance at 30 June 2020 

$ 

2020 

Number 

$ 
310,302 

Number 
122,323,048 

310,302 

122,323,048 

- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
- 
310,302 
- 
310,302 

682,747,986 
19,500,000 
682,747,986 
82,500,000 
19,500,000 
(82,994,923) 
82,500,000 
824,076,111 
(82,994,923) 
824,076,111 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 

For the year ended 30 June 2021 

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(b) Terms of Options

DXN Limited and its controlled entities 

At the end of reporting period, there are 683,936,886 options over unissued shares as 
follows: 

Expiry Date 

19 August 20211
19 August 2021 
31 December 2022 
30 April 2023 
18 May 2023 

Exercise Price 

$0.10 
$0.10 
$0.10 
$0.03 
$0.02 

Number of
Options 
5,000,000 
7,500,000 
7,500,000 
22,000,000 
641,936,886 
683,936,886 

1 These options expired on 19 August 2021 and were not exercised. 

22. SHARE BASED PAYMENTS RESERVE

Share based payments at the beginning of the year 
Capital raising costs - options (refer note 29) 
Employee equity settled transactions (refer note 29) 
Reclassified to issued capital 
Share based payments at the end of the year 

23. ACCUMULATED LOSSES

Consolidated 
2021 
$ 
710,403 
-
183,966 
(27,715) 
866,654 

Consolidated 
2020 
$ 
11,621 
437,604 
604,692 
(343,514) 
710,403  

Consolidated 
2021 
$ 

Consolidated 
2020 
$ 

Accumulated losses at the beginning of the reporting 
period 
Net loss attributable to members 
Accumulated losses at the end of the reporting period 

(25,700,959) 

(13,110,430) 

(4,812,631) 
(30,513,590) 

(12,590,529) 
(25,700,959) 

24.

RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

(a) Loans to key management personnel

There were no loans to key management personnel at the end of the period. 

(b) Other transactions and balances with key management personnel

There  were  no  transactions  and  balances  with  KMPs  other  their  renumeration  disclosed  in  the 
Renumeration report 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021 

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24. 

RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES (CONTINUED) 

24 (c)  Key management personnel compensation 

The key management personnel compensation 
comprised: 
Short term employment benefits 
Bonus payments 
Post-employment benefits 
Termination payments 
Share based payments 

Consolidated 

Consolidated 

2021 
$ 

2020 
$ 

733,938 
51,851 
58,025 
- 
210,866 
           1,054,680 

941,811 
48,750 
68,016 
48,272 
461,924 
1,568,773 

Detailed remuneration disclosures are provided in the Remuneration Report on pages 17 to   25. 

25. 

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS 

Financial Risk Management Objectives and Policies 

The Group has exposure to the following risks from their use of financial instruments: 

(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 

credit risk; 

liquidity risk; 

market risk; and 

Interest rate risk 

This note presents information about the Group’s exposure to each of the above risks, their 
objectives, policies and processes for measuring and managing risk. The Board has overall 
responsibility for the establishment and oversight of the risk management framework. The Board 
reviews and agrees policies for managing each of these risks and they are summarised below. 

The Group’s principal financial instruments comprise cash. The Group also has other financial 
instruments such as receivables and payables which arise directly from its operations. For the 
period under review, it has been the Group’s policy not to trade in financial instruments. 

Financial Instruments 

Financial assets 
Cash and cash equivalents 
Trade and other receivables 
Bank guarantees 

Financial liabilities 

At amortised cost: 
Trade and other payables 
Borrowings 
Lease liabilities 

Consolidated 
2021 
$ 

Consolidated 
2020 
$ 

1,663,955 
666,152 
1,028,917 
3,359,024 

3,592,472 
389,726 
3,087,841 
7,070,039 

2,153,523 

1,632,266 
8,507,879 
12,293,668 

785,512 

3,359,506 
11,894,815 
16,039,833 

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For the year ended 30 June 2021

DXN Limited and its controlled entities 
DXN Limited and its controlled entities 

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (CONTINUED)
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (CONTINUED)

For the year ended 30 June 2021 
For the year ended 30 June 2021 

25.
25.
(a) 
(a) Credit risk
(a) Credit risk

 Credit risk

 Credit risk refers to the risk that a counterparty will default on its contractual obligations resulting 
Credit  risk  refers  to  the  risk  that  a  counterparty  will  default  on  its  contractual  obligations
in financial loss to the Group. The Group has adopted a policy of only dealing with creditworthy 
Credit  risk  refers  to  the  risk  that  a  counterparty  will  default  on  its  contractual  obligations
resulting  in  financial  loss  to  the  Group.  The  Group  has  adopted  a  policy  of  only  dealing  with
counterparties and obtaining sufficient collateral where appropriate, as a means of mitigating 
resulting  in  financial  loss  to  the  Group.  The  Group  has  adopted  a  policy  of  only  dealing  with
creditworthy counterparties and obtaining sufficient collateral where appropriate, as a means
the risk of financial loss from defaults. The Group only transacts with entities that are rated the 
creditworthy counterparties and obtaining sufficient collateral where appropriate, as a means
of mitigating the risk of financial loss from defaults. The Group only transacts with entities that
equivalent of investment grade and above.
of mitigating the risk of financial loss from defaults. The Group only transacts with entities that
are rated the equivalent of investment grade and above.
are rated the equivalent of investment grade and above.
 The Group’s exposure and the credit ratings of its counterparties are continuously monitored. 
The Group’s exposure and the credit ratings of its counterparties are continuously monitored.
Credit exposure is controlled by counterparty limits that are reviewed and approved by the Board 
The Group’s exposure and the credit ratings of its counterparties are continuously monitored.
Credit  exposure  is  controlled  by  counterparty  limits  that  are  reviewed  and  approved  by  the
Credit  exposure  is  controlled  by  counterparty  limits  that  are  reviewed  and  approved  by  the
annually.
Board annually.
Board annually.
The Group does not have any significant credit risk exposure .
The Group does not have any significant credit risk exposure to the bank, given total borrowings
The Group does not have any significant credit risk exposure to the bank, given total borrowings
are $1,632,266.
(b)  Liquidity risk
are $1,632,266.
Liquidity risk
 Ultimate responsibility for liquidity risk management rests with the Board of Directors, who 
Liquidity risk
Ultimate  responsibility  for  liquidity  risk  management  rests  with  the  Board  of  Directors,  who
have built an appropriate liquidity risk management framework for the management of the 
Ultimate  responsibility  for  liquidity  risk  management  rests  with  the  Board  of  Directors,  who
have  built  an  appropriate  liquidity  risk  management  framework  for  the  management  of  the
Group’s short, medium and long-term funding and liquidity management requirements. The 
have  built  an  appropriate  liquidity  risk  management  framework  for  the  management  of  the
Group’s  short,  medium  and  long-term  funding  and  liquidity  management  requirements.  The
Group manages liquidity risk by maintaining adequate reserves and banking facilities and by 
Group’s  short,  medium  and  long-term  funding  and  liquidity  management  requirements.  The
Group manages liquidity risk by maintaining adequate reserves and banking facilities and by
continuously monitoring forecast and actual cash flows and matching maturity profiles of financial 
Group manages liquidity risk by maintaining adequate reserves and banking facilities and by
continuously  monitoring  forecast  and  actual  cash  flows  and  matching  maturity  profiles  of
assets and liabilities. The Group had $1.6m in bank facilities available, with $1.6m currently 
continuously  monitoring  forecast  and  actual  cash  flows  and  matching  maturity  profiles  of
financial assets and liabilities. $$11..66mm  iinn  bbaannkk  ffaacciilliittiieess  aavvaaiillaabbllee,,  wwiitthh  $$11..66mm  ccuurrrreennttllyy  uuttiilliisseedd
financial assets and liabilities. $$11..66mm  iinn  bbaannkk  ffaacciilliittiieess  aavvaaiillaabbllee,,  wwiitthh  $$11..66mm  ccuurrrreennttllyy  uuttiilliisseedd
utilised and $0 in undrawn facilities at its disposal as at reporting date.
aanndd  $$00  iinn  uunnddrraawwnn  ffaacciilliittiieess  aatt  iittss  ddiissppoossaall  aass  aatt  rreeppoorrttiinngg  ddaattee..
aanndd  $$00  iinn  uunnddrraawwnn  ffaacciilliittiieess  aatt  iittss  ddiissppoossaall  aass  aatt  rreeppoorrttiinngg  ddaattee..

 The table below analyses the Group’s financial liabilities into relevant maturity groupings 
The  table  below  analyses  the  Group’s  financial  liabilities  into  relevant  maturity  groupings 
The  table  below  analyses  the  Group’s  financial  liabilities  into  relevant  maturity  groupings 
based on their contractual maturities. The amounts disclosed in the table are the contractual 
in  the  table  are  the 
based  on  their  contractual  maturities.  The  amounts  disclosed 
based  on  their  contractual  maturities.  The  amounts  disclosed 
in  the  table  are  the 
undiscounted cash flows. Balances due within 12 months equal their carrying balances as the 
contractual  undiscounted  cash  flows.  Balances  due  within  12  months  equal  their  carrying 
contractual  undiscounted  cash  flows.  Balances  due  within  12  months  equal  their  carrying 
balances  as  the impact of discounting is not significant. 
impact of discounting is not significant.
balances  as  the impact of discounting is not significant. 

Less than 
Less than 
1 year 
1 year 

1-2 years  2-5 years 
1-2 years  2-5 years 

>5 years
>5 years

$ 
$ 

$ 
$ 

$ 
$ 

$ 
$ 

Total 
Total 
contractual 
contractual 
cash flows 
cash flows 

Carrying 
Carrying 
Amount 
Amount 

$ 
$ 

2,153,523 
2,153,523 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

2,153,523 
2,153,523 

2,153,523 
2,153,523 

1,027,255 
1,027,255 
625,417 
625,417 

225544,,776633
335500,,224488
-
335500,,224488
225544,,776633
-
758,793  2,047,790  5,075,879 
758,793  2,047,790  5,075,879 

1,632,266
1,632,266
8,507,879 
8,507,879 
3,806,195  1,109,041 2,302,553 5,075,879  12,293,668  12,293,668 
3,806,195  1,109,041 2,302,553 5,075,879  12,293,668  12,293,668 

1,632,266 
1,632,266 
8,507,879 
8,507,879 

Less than 
Less than 
1 year 
1 year 

$ 
$ 

785,512 
785,512 

1-2 years  2-5 years 
1-2 years  2-5 years 

>5 years
>5 years

$ 
$ 

$ 
$ 

$ 
$ 

Total 
Total 
contractual 
contractual 
cash flows 
cash flows 

Carrying 
Carrying 
Amount 
Amount 

$ 
$ 

- 
- 

- 
- 

- 
- 

785,512 
785,512 

785,512 
785,512 

872,920  1,236,801  1,249,785 
872,920  1,236,801  1,249,785 

3,359,506
3,359,506
1,104,311  1,093,886  3,542,476  6,154,142  11,894,815  11,894,815 
1,104,311  1,093,886  3,542,476  6,154,142  11,894,815  11,894,815 
2,762,743  2,330,687  4,792,261  6,154,142  16,039,833  16,039,833 
2,762,743  2,330,687  4,792,261  6,154,142  16,039,833  16,039,833 

3,359,506 
3,359,506 

-
-

Contractual 
Contractual 
maturities of 
maturities of 
financial 
financial 
liabilities 
liabilities 
30 June 2021
30 June 2021
Trade and 
Trade and 
other 
other 
payables 
payables 
Borrowings 
Borrowings 
Lease 
Lease 
liabilities 
liabilities 
Net maturity 
Net maturity 

Contractual 
Contractual 
maturities of 
maturities of 
financial 
financial 
liabilities 
liabilities 
30 June 2020
30 June 2020
Trade and 
Trade and 
other 
other 
payables 
payables 
Borrowings 
Borrowings 
Lease 
Lease 
liabilities 
liabilities 
Net maturity 
Net maturity 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
Annual Report 30 June 2020 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

DXN Limited and its controlled entities 

25. 
25.

FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (CONTINUED) 
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (CONTINUED)

For the year ended 30 June 2021 

(c)    Market risk 
(a) Credit risk

The  Group  does  not  currently  hold  any  financial  instruments  which  are  subject  to  these 
market  risks.  Market  risk  is  the  risk  that  changes  in  the  market  prices  such  as  foreign 
Credit  risk  refers  to  the  risk  that  a  counterparty  will  default  on  its  contractual  obligations
exchange rates, and equity prices will affect the Group’s income or value of its holdings of 
resulting  in  financial  loss  to  the  Group.  The  Group  has  adopted  a  policy  of  only  dealing  with
financial instruments. The Group limits its exposure to credit risk by only investing in liquid 
creditworthy counterparties and obtaining sufficient collateral where appropriate, as a means
securities and only with counterparties that have acceptable credit ratings 
of mitigating the risk of financial loss from defaults. The Group only transacts with entities that
are rated the equivalent of investment grade and above.

(d)    Interest rate risk 

The Group’s exposure and the credit ratings of its counterparties are continuously monitored.
Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value of future cash flows of a financial instrument 
Credit  exposure  is  controlled  by  counterparty  limits  that  are  reviewed  and  approved  by  the
will fluctuate due to changes in market interest rates. Current financial assets and financial 
Board annually.
liabilities are generally not exposed to interest rate risk because of their short-term nature.  
The Group does not have any significant credit risk exposure to the bank, given total borrowings
At 30 June 2021, the Group’s cash/cash equivalents (note 7) and borrowings (note 17) are 
are $1,632,266.
fixed interest rate instruments.  Therefore, they are not subject to interest rate risk. 

Liquidity risk

Ultimate  responsibility  for  liquidity  risk  management  rests  with  the  Board  of  Directors,  who
Fair value measurements  
have  built  an  appropriate  liquidity  risk  management  framework  for  the  management  of  the
The fair values of cash, receivables, trade and other payables approximate their carrying 
Group’s  short,  medium  and  long-term  funding  and  liquidity  management  requirements.  The
amounts as a result of their short-term maturity. 
Group manages liquidity risk by maintaining adequate reserves and banking facilities and by
continuously  monitoring  forecast  and  actual  cash  flows  and  matching  maturity  profiles  of
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Consolidated 
2020 
The  table  below  analyses  the  Group’s  financial  liabilities  into  relevant  maturity  groupings 
$ 
in  the  table  are  the 
based  on  their  contractual  maturities.  The  amounts  disclosed 
12,590,529 
contractual  undiscounted  cash  flows.  Balances  due  within  12  months  equal  their  carrying 
balances  as  the impact of discounting is not significant. 

(a) Loss used in the calculation of basic and dilutive 
earnings per share for continuing operations 

Consolidated 
2021 
$ 

26. EARNINGS PER SHARE 

4,812,631 

$ 

1-2 years  2-5 years 

Less than 
1 year 

Contractual 
maturities of 
financial 
liabilities 
(b) Weighted average number of ordinary shares 
$ 
30 June 2021
outstanding during the reporting period used in 
Trade and 
calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share 
- 
other 
payables 
Borrowings 
Lease 
liabilities 
Net maturity 

2,153,523 

1,027,255 

625,417 

225544,,776633

335500,,224488

$ 

- 

>5 years

Number of 
shares 
2021 

Total 
contractual 
cash flows 

Number of 
Carrying 
shares 
Amount 
2020 

$ 

1,069,101,004 

$ 
489,941,094 

- 

-

2,153,523 

2,153,523 

1,632,266 

1,632,266

8,507,879 

8,507,879 

758,793  2,047,790  5,075,879 

3,806,195  1,109,041 2,302,553 5,075,879  12,293,668  12,293,668 

Contractual 
maturities of 
financial 
liabilities 
30 June 2020
Trade and 
other 
payables 
Borrowings 
Lease 
liabilities 
Net maturity 

Less than 
1 year 

1-2 years  2-5 years 

>5 years

$ 

$ 

$ 

$ 

Total 
contractual 
cash flows 

Carrying 
Amount 

$ 

785,512 

- 

- 

872,920  1,236,801  1,249,785 

- 

-

785,512 

785,512 

3,359,506 

3,359,506

1,104,311  1,093,886  3,542,476  6,154,142  11,894,815  11,894,815 

2,762,743  2,330,687  4,792,261  6,154,142  16,039,833  16,039,833 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

27. CASH FLOW INFORMATION 

(a)     Reconciliation of cash flow from operations with 
loss from ordinary activities after income tax. 

Consolidated  
2021 

Consolidated 
2020 

$ 

$ 

Loss after income tax 
Adjustment for; 
-  Amortisation - intangibles 
-  Lease amortisation 
-  Lease interest charge 
-  Chattel Mortgage interest charge 
-  Depreciation 
-  Foreign exchange gain/loss 
-  Gain/loss on sale of plant and equipment 
-  Provision for doubtful debts 
-  Share based payment 
    - Lease liability reversal 
    - Impairment of assets 

Changes in assets and liabilities 

        - (Increase)/decrease in trade and other 
receivables 

- (Increase)/decrease in prepayments 
- (Increase)/decrease in inventory/Work 

in progress 

- (Increase)/decrease in deposits 

        - Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables 

- Increase/(decrease) in income in 

advance 

- Increase/(decrease) in provisions 
Net cash flow used in operating activities 

(b) Reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents 

Cash and cash equivalents comprises: 
Cash at bank and on hand  

(4,812,631) 

(12,590,529) 

 493,231  
 599,555  
 295,482  
130,855  
 3,903,980  
- 
- 
 - 
 183,967  
(3,302,433) 
 347,394  

 77,550  
 1,197,751  
 217,849  
 29,687  
 1,590,639  
(79,190) 
(7,843) 
 83,768  
 604,692  
- 
 3,743,255  

(271,400)  

 669,150  

386,554 

(86,591) 

(238,497)  

 84,314  

 -  
(168,876) 

 4,020  
(1,101,209) 

(347,018) 

(526,539) 

 38,128  
(2,663,541) 

 58,663  
(6,030,563) 

Consolidated  
2021 
$ 

Consolidated 
2020 
$ 

1,663,955 

3,592,472 

1,663,955 

3,592,472 

(c) Acquisition of Entities 

There was no acquisition of entities during the period. 

(d) Non-cash financing and investing activities 

There was no non-cash financing and investing activities during the period. 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

28.    SEGMENT INFORMATION 

An operating segment is a component of an entity that engages in business activities from which  
it may earn revenue and incur expenses, whose operating results are regularly reviewed by the  
Group’s Chief Operating Decision Maker (CODM) in order to effectively allocate Group resources  
and assess performance. 

The group has identified its operating segments based on internal reports that are reviewed and  
used by the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in the capacity of CODM. Two operating segments have  
been identified: 

•  Data Centre Manufacturing 
•  Data Centre Operations 

Year ended 30 June 
2021 
Revenue from 
external customers 
Other Income 

Data Centre 
Manufacturing 

Data Centre 
Operations 

Other 
(Corporate) 

Total 

7,050,936  

 984,201  

-  

 8,035,137  

 -  

43,696  

4,572,973  

 4,616,669  

Total Revenue 

 7,050,936 

1,027,897  

 4,572,973  

12,651,807 

Profit / (loss) before 
income tax expense 

Total segment 
assets 
Total segment 
liabilities 

Year ended 30 June 
2020 
Revenue from external 
customers 
Other Income 
Total Revenue 

Profit / (loss) before 
income tax expense 

Total segment assets 
Total segment 
liabilities 

849,864  

(5,166,389) 

(496,106) 

(4,812,631) 

 2,639,828  

 18,463,810  

 2,767,349  

23,870,987  

1,781,997  

 9,631,800  

 1,448,717  

12,862,514  

Data Centre 
Manufacturing 

Data Centre 
Operations 

Other 
(Corporate) 

Total 

 5,070,234  

 -  
 5,070,234  

118,046  

 -  
 118,046  

 -  

 5,188,280  

 1,404,447  
1,404,447  

 1,404,447  
 6,592,727  

(136,148) 

(3,610,734) 

(8,843,647) 

(12,590,529) 

 1,863,085  

 20,490,935  

 9,487,346  

 31,841,366  

 1,010,593  

 11,496,961  

 4,410,014  

 16,917,568  

The revenue reported above represents revenue generated from external customers. There were no 
intersegment sales during the period. 100% of the Group’s revenue from external customers is 
recognised over time. 

The accounting policies of the reportable segments are the same as the Group’s accounting policies.  

Segment profit represents the profit earned by each segment without allocation of the share of central 
administration costs including directors’ salaries, finance income, non-operating gains and losses in 
respect of financial instruments and finance costs, and income tax expense. This is the measure 
reported to the Group’s Managing Director for the purpose of resource allocation and assessment of 
segment performance.  

Assets used jointly by reportable segments are allocated on the basis of the revenues earned by 
individual reportable segments. 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

28. SEGMENT INFORMATION (CONTINUED) 

Major customers 
The Group has a number of customers to which it provides services and products. The Group 
supplies 2 single external customers in the Data Centre Manufacturing segment which 
accounts for 25% and 22% of external revenue (2020: 21%, 18%, 15%). The next most 
significant customer accounts for 10% (2020:14%) of external revenue. Within the Data Centre 
Operations segment, the Group supplies one single external customers which accounts for 
92% of external revenue (2020: 86%). 

29. SHARE BASED PAYMENTS 

(a)     Recognised employee share based payment expenses 

The expense recognised for employee services received during the period are as follows: 

Total expense rising from employee, consultant and 
Director share based payment transactions; 

-  Performance rights & options 
-  Reversal of prior period expense following 

departures/terminations 

Consolidated  Consolidated 

2021 
$ 

2020 
$ 

221,354 

604,692 

(37,387) 

- 

183,967 

604,692 

Performance Rights 
No performance rights were granted during the year ended June 30 2021.The value of 
performance rights granted in previous periods was calculated using the Black-Scholes 
Option Pricing Model incorporating a Monte Carlo simulation. The performance right issue 
expense for FY2021 amounted to $123,492 (2020: $470,932). The values and inputs are as 
follows: 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
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29. SHARE BASED PAYMENT (CONTINUED) 

2020 Performance Rights 
Performance rights issued 
Underlying share value 
Exercise price of performance rights 
Risk free interest rate 
Share price volatility 
Expiration periods 
Probability of meeting milestone hurdle 
Valuation per performance right 

9,300,000 
0.050-0.053 
Nil 
0.92-0.77% 
75% 
16 April 2020 to 30 June 2022 
100% 
0.050-0.053 

The expected life of the performance rights is based on historical data and is not necessarily indicative 
of exercise patterns that may occur. The expected volatility reflects the assumption that historical 
volatility is indicative of future trends, which may also not necessarily be the actual outcome. 

A summary of main vesting conditions are as follows: 
Senior Executives 
Milestones: DXN-SYD01 achieving either; 

i. 

 An annual gross equal to or in excess of $15,000,000; 

         Or ii.    Filled capacity of 5 MW;or 
              iii.   Sales equal to or in excess of 500 server racks; and Milestone 2: DXN modules achieving 
total sales equal to or in excess of $25,000,000 over a rolling 12-month period, both on or 
before 30 June 2022. 

Sales Staff 
Twelve (12) months from date of issue 1 
Twenty-four (@$) months from date of issue1 
‘1 These performance rights were later amended to date of employment rather than date of issue. 

The performance rights were subscribed for nil consideration per performance right, and no 
performance rights have vested since the financial period. The reversal of prior period expense related 
to performance rights of a former employee amounted  to $16,635 

(b)        Equity-settled share based payments  

Options issued to CEO - 2021 
During the period, the Group granted no options to the CEO. 

Options issued to CEO – 2020 
On 19 August 2019, the Group issued three (3) tranches of options to senior management;  

i) 3,750,000 options exercisable at $0.10 on or before 19 August 2020 
ii) 5,000,000 options exercisable at $0.10 on or before 19 August 2021 
iii) 7,500,000 options exercisable at $0.10 on or before 19 August 2022 

The first tranche of options expired without them being exercised on 19 August 2020, and the second 
tranche of options have also expired subsequent to year end, without them being exercised on  
19 August 2021. 

Inputs for measurement of issue date fair value 

Options   
The options were issued during the financial period and were provided at no cost to the recipient. 

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Annual Report 30 June 2020 
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021 

DXN Limited and its controlled entities 

Tranche 1 
The expense during the year ended 30 June 2021 amounted to $5,686 (2020: $35,938). The 
values and inputs are as follows: 

29. SHARE BASED PAYMENTS (CONTINUED) 
Options – 19 August 2020 ($0.10) 
Options issued 
Underlying share value 
Exercise price of options 
Risk free interest rate 
Expected future volatility 
Dividend yield 
Expiration period 
Valuation per option 

3,750,000 
$0.05 
$0.10 
1% 
75% 
0% 
19-Aug-20 
$0.011 

Tranche 2 
The expense during the year ended 30 June 2021 amounted to $40,181 (2020: 
$34,787). The values and inputs are as follows: 

Options – 19 August 2021 ($0.10) 
Options issued 
Underlying share value 
Exercise price of options 
Risk free interest rate 
Expected future volatility 
Dividend yield 
Expiration period 
Valuation per option 

5,000,000 
$0.05 
$0.10 
1% 
75% 
0% 
19-Aug-21 
$0.016 

Tranche 3 
The expense during the year ended 30 June 2021 amounted to $51,995 
(2020:$45,015). The values and inputs are as follows: 

Options – 19 August 2022 ($0.10) 
Options issued 
Underlying share value 
Exercise price of options 
Risk free interest rate 
Expected future volatility 
Dividend yield 
Expiration period 
Valuation per option 

7,500,000 
$0.05 
$0.10 
1% 
75% 
0% 
19-Aug-22 
$0.02 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021 

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For the year ended 30 June 2021

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DXN Limited and its controlled entities 

29. SHARE BASED PAYMENTS (CONTINUED) 

On 28 October 2019, the Group issued three (3) tranches of options to senior 
management; 

i) 750,000 options exercisable at $0.10 on or before 28 October 2020 
ii) 1,000,000 options exercisable at $0.10 on or before 28 October 2021 
iii) 1,500,000 options exercisable at $0.10 on or before 28 October 2022 

The first tranche of options expired without them being exercised on 28 October 2020, and 
the second and third tranche of options were cancelled on 31 May 2021, pursuant to the 
terms and conditions under which they were issued. The reversal of prior period expense 
related to these options during the year ended 30 June 2021 amounted to $18,020. 

Inputs for measurement of issue date fair value 

Tranche 1 

The	options	were	issued	during	the	prior	financial	period	and	were	provided	at	
Options – 28 October 2020 ($0.10) 
no	cost	to	the	recipient.	
Options issued 
Underlying share value 
Exercise price of options 
Risk free interest rate 
Expected future volatility 
Dividend yield 
Expiration period 
Valuation per option 

750,000 
$0.06 
$0.10 
1% 
75% 
0% 
28-Oct-20 
$0.01 

Tranche 2 

The values and inputs are as follows: 

Options – 28 October 2021 ($0.10) 
Options issued 
Underlying share value 
Exercise price of options 
Risk free interest rate 
Expected future volatility 
Dividend yield 
Expiration period 
Valuation per option 

1,000,000 
$0.06 
$0.10 
1% 
75% 
0% 
28-Oct-21 
$0.02 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021 

29. SHARE BASED PAYMENTS (CONTINUED) 

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DXN Limited and its controlled entities 

Tranche 3 

The values and inputs are as follows: 
Options – 28 October 2022 ($0.10) 
Options issued 
Underlying share value 
Exercise price of options 
Risk free interest rate 
Expected future volatility 
Dividend yield 
Expiration period 
Valuation per option 

Options issued as part of capital raise 

2021 

1,500,000 
$0.06 
$0.10 
1% 
75% 
0% 
28-Oct-22 
$0.02 

On 15 April 2021, the Group issued 22,000,000 free attaching options exercisable at $0.03 on or 
before 30 April 2023 as part of the placement to a new institutional investor. These options are 
valued at $Nil given they are a part of a placement. 

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2020 

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29. SHARE BASED PAYMENTS (CONTINUED) 

2020 
On 11 November 2019, the Group issued 15,000,000 options exercisable at $0.10 on or before 11 
November 2020 to a consultant for raising capital costs as part of a capital placement. 

The value of the options issued during the period was calculated using a binomial option pricing model 
and totalled Nil (2020: $103,617). The values and inputs are as follows; 

Options – 11 November 2020 ($0.10) 

Options issued 

Underlying share value 

Exercise price of options 

Risk free interest rate 

Expected future volatility 

Dividend yield 

Expiration period 
Valuation per option 

15,000,000 

$0.06 

$0.10 

1% 

75% 

0% 

11-Nov-20 
$0.007 

On 7 January 2020, the Group issued 7,500,000 options exercisable at $0.10 on or before 31 December 
2022 to a consultant for capital raising costs as part of a capital placement. 

The value of the options issues during the period was calculated using a binormal option pricing model 
and Nil (2020:$113,413).  The values and inputs are as follows: 

Options – 31 December 2022 ($0.10) 
Options issued 
Underlying share value 
Exercise price of options 
Risk free interest rate 
Expected future volatility 
Dividend yield 
Expiration period 
Valuation per option 

7,500,000 
$0.05 
$0.10 
1% 
75% 
0% 
31-Dec-22 
$0.015 

On 19 May 2020, the Group issued 60,000,000 options exercisable at $0.2 on or before 18 May 2023 to a 
consultant as a part of placement. 

The value of the options issued during the period was calculated using a binomial option pricing model 
and totalled Nil (2020: $220,568). The values and inputs are as follows: 

Options – 31 December 2022 ($0.10) 
Options issued 
Underlying share value 
Exercise price of options 
Risk free interest rate 
Expected future volatility 
Dividend yield 
Expiration period 
Valuation per option 

60,000,000 
$0.01 
$0.02 
0.3% 
75% 
0% 
18-May-23 
$0.00367 

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29. SHARE BASED PAYMENTS (CONTINUED) 

Options outstanding as at 4 August 2017 
Options subscribed for 
Convertible noteholder options 
Options outstanding as at 30 June 2018 
Options issued as part of placement  
Options outstanding as at 30 June 2019 
Options issued to senior executives 
Options issued as part of placement  
Options issued as part of placement  
Options expired during the period 
Options outstanding as at 30 June 2020 
Options exercised during the period 
Options expired during the period 
Options expired during the period  
Options cancelled during the period 
Options issued during the period as a part 
of placement 
Options outstanding 30 June 2021 

Weighted 
Average 
Exercise 
Price 

- 
$0.30 
$0.30 
$0.30 
$0.10 
$0.165 
$0.10 
$0.10 
$0.02 
$0.10 
$0.046 
$0.02 
$0.10 
$0.30 
$0.10 

$0.03 

$0.02 

Number 
- 
32,500,000 
6,828,125 
39,328,125 
82,994,923 
122,323,048 
19,500,000 
113,068,130 
652,179,856 
(82,994,923) 
824,076,111 
(10,242,970) 
(110,068,130) 
(39,328,125) 
(2,500,000) 

22,000,000 

683,936,886 

30.  EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO REPORTING DATE  

On 9 September 2021, the Company entered into a binding share and unit sale agreement to 
purchase 100% of a data centre in Darwin, Northern Territory, for a purchase price of ~$4.6 
million in cash and $200,000 worth of shares in the Company. $850,000 of the purchase price 
will be retained to cover any warranty claims associated with the acquisition. Subject to any 
warranty claims, the retention amount will be paid one year after settlement. 

On 9 September 2021, the Company announced it has executed a binding term sheet for a new 
four year secured $4 million debt facility with Pure Asset Management to support the 
acquisition of the Darwin Data Centre and the Company’s future growth strategies.   

On 9 September 2021, the Company announced it would undertake a Share Purchase Plan to 
existing shareholders to raise up to $1.5 million, with the offer closing on 30 September 2021.  

On 10 September 2021 the Company completed a placement for ~$1.64 million through a 
placement to strategic investor DC Alliance Pte Ltd and sophisticated investors. 

No other matters or circumstances have arisen since the end of the financial period which 
significantly affected or may significantly affect the operations of the Group, the results of 
those operations, or the state of affairs of the Group in future financial years. 

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 
For the year ended 30 June 2021

31.  CONTINGENT LIABILITIES  

A contingent liability of $3.3m has been recorded as at 30 June 2021, relating to the lease 
dispute for the Melbourne data centre site. There are currently legal proceedings on foot 
between the landlord of the Lorimer Street property and the Company in which the landlord  
is claiming unpaid rent since April 2021. The Company has brought a claim alleging that the 
landlord repudiated the lease, the lease has been terminated and the Company has no ongoing 
liability to pay rent. In addition, the Company has sued the landlord for loss and damage arising 
as a result of alleged breaches of the lease by the landlord. Rent has been characterised as a 
contingent liability pending determination or resolution of the dispute.  

Consolidated  
2021 
$ 

- 
- 
- 
- 

Consolidated 
2020 
$ 

53,449    

- 
- 
53,449 

Consolidated  
2021 
$ 

  Consolidated 
 2020 
 $ 

366,145 
628,384 
994,529 
(56,391) 
938,138 

1,004,321 
2,615,697 
3,620,018 
(260,512) 
3,359,506 

32.  COMMITMENTS 

Capital expenditure commitments 
No later than 1 year 
Between 1 and 2 years 
Greater than 2 years 

Chattel Mortgage Commitments 
Payable – minimum payments: 
– not later than 1 year 
– between 1 and 5 years  
Minimum payments  
Less future finance charges  
Present value of minimum payments  

33.  COMPANY DETAILS 

The registered office address is; 
5 Parkview Drive 
Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127 

The principal place of business address is: 
3 Dampier Road 
Welshpool WA 6106 

Other business addresses in Australia are; 

  40-50 Innovation Drive 
  Dowsing Point Tasmania 7010 

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Directors’ Declaration

DIRECTORS’ 
DECLARATION

The directors declare that:

1. 

 The financial statements, notes and additional disclosures included in the Directors’ report and 
designated as audited, are in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001 and: 

(a)  comply with Accounting Standards and Corporations Regulations 2001;

(b) 

(c) 

 giving a true and fair view of the Group’s financial position as at 30 June 2021 and of its 
performance for the period ended on that date;

 the financial statements are in compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards, as 
stated in note 1 to the financial statements.

2. 

The Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have declared that:

(a) 

 the financial records of the Group for the financial period have been properly maintained in 
accordance with section 295A of the Corporations Act 2001;

(b) 

the financial statements and notes for the financial period comply with Accounting Standards; and

(c) 

the financial statements and notes for the financial period give a true and fair view.

3. 

 In the directors’ opinion there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Group will be able to pay its 
debts as and when they become due and payable.

This declaration is made in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors.

John Baillie 
Non-Executive Chairman

Dated this 30th day of September 2021

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORTIndependent Audit Report

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT 
TO THE MEMBERS OF DXN LIMITED 

Report on the Audit of the Financial Report 

Opinion 

Moore Australia Audit (WA) 

Level 15, Exchange Tower, 
2 The Esplanade, Perth, WA 6000 

PO Box 5785, St Georges Terrace, WA 6831 

T  +61 8 9225 5355 
F  +61 8 9225 6181 

www.moore-australia.com.au 

We have audited the financial report of DXN Ltd (the “Company”) and its controlled entity (the “Group”) which 
comprises the consolidated statement of financial position as at 30 June 2021, 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 2021 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 believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a 
basis for our opinion. 

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. 

Emphasis of Matter - Material Uncertainty Related to Going Concern  

Without modification to our opinion expressed above, we draw attention to Note 1 “Going Concern” of the 
financial statements which states that the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.   
Should the Company be unable to achieve the funding and operational outcomes described in Note 1 and 
continue as a going concern, it may be required to realise its assets and extinguish its liabilities other than in 
the normal course of business and at amounts other than as stated in the financial report.  

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 of the current year.  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. 

Moore Australia Audit (WA) – ABN 16 874 357 907.  
An independent member of Moore Global Network Limited - members in principal cities throughout the world. 
Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation 

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Key Audit Matters (continued) 

Customer contracts – revenue recognition, valuation of works in progress (WIP), trade accounts receivable and 
income received in advance 
Refer to Notes 1(k) Revenue Recognition, 8 Trade & Other Receivables, 10(b) Work in Progress & 16 Income In 
Advance 

For the year ended 30 June 2021, a significant portion of 
the  Group’s  revenue  is  derived  from  the  sales  of  DXN 
Modules.  At balance date, DXN Module-related Works in 
Progress (WIP) balance was $0.57 million, trade debtors 
were  $0.66  million  and  income  in  advance  was  $0.39 
million.  
The  accurate  recording  of  revenue  is  highly  dependent 
upon the following key factors: 
•  Knowledge of the individual characteristics and status 

of contracts. 

•  Management’s invoicing process including  

- 

- 

- 

Accurate measurement of work done based on 
the Module build’s stage of completion 
Invoices  prepared  in  compliance  with  contract 
terms and conditions described in the contract, 
provided  they  fulfil  the  criteria  of  AASB  15 
Revenue from Contracts with Customers. 
Recognition of any variations in accordance with 
contractual terms and based on an assessment 
as  to  when  the  Group  believes  it  is  highly 
probable  that  a  significant  reversal  in  revenue 
recognised will not occur. 

We focused on this matter as a key audit matter due to 
the significance of contract-based revenue to the Group 
combined  with  the  need  to  comply  with  a  variety  of 
contractual  conditions, 
judgemental  risk 
leading  to 
associated with revenue recognition. 

Our procedures included among others: 
•  Obtained  an  understanding  of  the  processes  and 
relevant controls relating to accounting for customer 
contracts to ensure compliance with AASB 15 

•  Read  significant  customer  contracts  to  understand 
the  terms/conditions  and  their  revenue  recognition 
impact, & accuracy of income in advance.  

•  Tested the accuracy and completeness of contracting 
revenue  and  related  cost  of  sales  to  supporting 
documentation on a sample basis 

•  Performed cut-off testing on revenue and income in 
advance to ensure they were recorded accurately and 
in the appropriate reporting period 

•  Examined  costs  included  within  WIP  balances  on  a 
sample  basis  by  verifying  the  amounts  to  source 
documentation and tested its recoverability through 
subsequent invoicing (if applicable), discussions with 
management & review of other supporting evidence 
•  Reviewed ageing of trade receivables and & testing its 
recoverability  to  subsequent  receipts.    We  also 
reviewed  Board  minutes  and  other  documents 
concerning any expected credit loss  

•  Reviewed  the  relevant  disclosures  contained  in  the 

financial statements. 

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Key Audit Matters (continued) 

Plant & Equipment - Carrying values of Plant & Equipment & Non-Current Assets Held for Sale 
Refer to Note 10(a) Non-Current Assets Held for Sale and Note 12 Plant & Equipment 
At 30 June 2021,  total Plant and Equipment amounted to 
$8.7  million  (representing  the  Group’s  single  largest 
asset) which comprised 2 core categories, namely: 
DC Modules $6.62 million (76%) &
Leasehold improvements $1.82 mill (21%)

Our procedures included the following: 
• Testing  expenditures  related  to  capitalised  costs
during the year on a sample basis against supporting
documentation  such  as  supplier  invoices  to  ensure
expenditures 
in
accordance  with  AASB  116  Property  Plant  &
Equipment

appropriately 

recorded 

are 

•
•

Of the DC Modules carrying value of $6.62 million, $5.44 
million relates to DXN-SYD01 while $1.18 million refers to 
DXN-TAS01.    Leasehold  improvements  of  $1.82  million 
predominantly relate to DXN-SYD01. 

The  Group  also  held  $0.54  million  in  excess  plant  and 
equipment for sale at balance date (Note 10a). 

Given  the  relative  infancy  of  the  Group’s  operations, 
particularly in relation to DXN-SYD01, we were unable to 
rely on forecast cash flows as a reliable estimate of this 
asset’s value-in-use.   

The  fixed  assets  of  DXN-SYD01  including  those  held  for 
sale were subject to a professional independent valuation 
during the year to ensure their carrying book values were 
not higher than their recoverable amounts (market value) 
pursuant  to  AASB  136  Impairment  and  AASB  5  Non-
current Assets Held for sale and Discontinued Operations. 

The carrying values of these assets were considered key 
audit matters given the significance of these assets to the 
Group and the judgement involved in the assessment of 
impairment.  

• Evaluation of the independent professional valuation
of  DXN-SYD01 
including  the  external  expert’s
competence,  capabilities,  and  objectivity.  We  also
assessed the methodology adopted by the expert to
the
estimate  market  values  and  considered 
appropriateness of any critical assumptions adopted
by the expert.

• Checking,  on  a  sample  basis,  the  accuracy  and
relevance of the input data provided by management
to the external valuer.

• Held  discussions  with  management  concerning
excess core capital assets which management assert
can either be sold on a standalone basis (non-current
assets  held  for  sale)  or  fully  utilised  in  the  future
expansion of DXN-SYD01.

• Based on the independent valuation, an impairment
of $136K was recognised for the Non-current Assets
Held for Sale.

• In addressing the existence assertion for major assets
located  at  DXN-SYD01,  we  noted  DXN-SYD01  was
independent  valuer
physically 
during the year. Their inspection also extended to the
non-current assets held for sale.

inspected  by  the 

• Reviewed  the  relevant  disclosures  contained  in  the

financial statements

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Contingent Liabilities / Reversal of Lease Liability  
Refer to Note 14 Right of Use Assets/Lease Liabilities and Note 31 Contingent Liabilities 
As  detailed  in  the  Directors’  Report  and  Note  31,    the 
Company is party to a legal dispute regarding the lease of 
the Melbourne property.  

Our procedures included the following: 
•  Holding discussions with the Board, management and 
the Company’s legal advisors regarding their views on 
this significant legal matter; 

legal 
Based  on  advice  received  by  the  Company’s 
advisors,  management  has  exercised 
significant 
judgment  in  respect  of  reversing  the  associated  lease 
liability  to  profit  and  loss  (per  Note  14)  and  the 
classification of the dispute as a contingent liability. 

This 
is  considered  a  key  audit  matter  given  the 
significance of the dispute and the material adjustment 
adjudged by management to be appropriate. 

•  Issuing requests for confirmation of the litigation to 
the  Company’s  legal  advisors.    We  assessed  the 
correspondence  received  by  comparing  this  to  our 
understanding  of  views  expressed  by  management 
and  the  Board,  and  the  consistency  of  facts  and 
conditions gathered across our work; 

•  Reviewing 

the 

correspondence  between 

the 

stakeholders  

•  Assessing whether the status of the claim meets the 
definition  of  a  liability  or  a  contingent  liability  in 
accordance with Australian Accounting Standards 

We  also  assessed  the  appropriateness  of  the  related 
disclosures in Note 31 of the financial statements. 

Other Information 
The directors are responsible for the other information.  The other information comprises the information 
included in the Company’s annual report for the year ended 30 June 2021, 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 accordingly 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. 

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 Company 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  Company  or  to  cease 
operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. 

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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. 

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial report is located at the Auditing and 
Assurance Standards Board website at: https://www.auasb.gov.au/admin/file/content102/c3/ar1_2020.pdf.  
This description forms part of our audit report. 

Report on the Remuneration Report 

Opinion on the Remuneration Report 

We have audited the Remuneration Report as included in the directors’ report for the year ended 30 June 
2021. 

In our opinion, the Remuneration Report of  DXN Limited, for the  year ended 30 June 2021 complies with 
section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. 

Responsibilities 

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. 

SUAN LEE TAN  
PARTNER 
Signed at Perth on the 30th day of September 2021 

MOORE AUSTRALIA AUDIT (WA) 
CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS 

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Corporate Governance Statement

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
STATEMENT

1.1. Roles and Responsibilities of Board and Management 
THE ROLE OF THE BOARD AND DELEGATIONS 
The Board is accountable to shareholders for the activities and performance of DXN by overseeing the creation 
of sustainable shareholder value within an appropriate risk framework and having regard for stakeholder 
interests and community expectations. 

The Board is responsible for setting DXN’s vision and strategy. DXN’s vision is to bring critical communication 
infrastructure closer to our customers.  We will be the preferred partner of EDGE infrastructure owners and 
developers supplying, operating and maintaining physical EDGE infrastructure, networks and maintenance 
products and services. This is a long-term vision and the Board sets strategic priorities each year to work 
towards fulfilling this vision. 

Directors are actively involved in setting, approving and regularly monitoring DXN’s strategic priorities and 
holding management accountable for progress. 

This process includes one annual Board strategy offsite, regular Board reporting and meetings, and discussion 
and review with management. Similarly, the Board ensures that rigorous governance processes operate 
effectively to guide decision making across the business. 

The Board’s responsibilities are set out in the Board Charter, which is available at: Corporate Governance Plan

The Board’s role and responsibilities include: 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

establishing, promoting and maintaining the strategic direction of DXN; 

approving business plans, budgets and financial policies; 

considering management recommendations on strategic business matters; 

 establishing, promoting and maintaining proper processes and controls to maintain the integrity of 
accounting and financial records and reporting; 

 fairly and responsibly rewarding executives, having regard to the performance of the executives, DXN’s 
risk management framework and culture, the interests of shareholders, market conditions and DXN’s 
overall performance; 

adopting and overseeing of implementation of corporate governance practices; 

overseeing the establishment, promotion and maintenance of effective risk management policies  
and processes; 

reviewing Board composition and performance; 

appointing, evaluating and remunerating the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and approving the 
appointment of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Company Secretary; and 

• 

determining the CEO’s delegated authority. 

The Board has established committees to assist in carrying out its responsibilities and to consider certain 
issues and functions in detail. 

The Board committees are discussed at section 1.3. 

MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY 
The Board has delegated to the CEO the authority and powers necessary to implement the strategies approved 
by the Board and to manage the business affairs of DXN within the policies and delegation limits specified by 
the Board from time to time. The CEO may delegate authority to management but remains accountable for all 
authorities delegated to management. 

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1.2. Directors’ Skills Matrix
The Board has determined that its current members have an appropriate collective mix of skills, experience and 
expertise to: 

• 

• 

• 

• 

exercise independent judgement; 

have a proper understanding of, and competence to deal with, current and emerging issues of the 
business; 

encourage enhanced DXN performance; and 

effectively review and challenge the performance of management. 

The Board’s competencies are assessed annually and the results of the most recent (August 2021) assessment 
are shown in the table below. 

Areas of expertise/leadership qualities

Average Self-Assessment Rating*

Administration

Capital raising expertise

Early stage companies/start-ups

Financial oversight/audit expertise

Government

Leadership skills

Legal

Marketing, public relations

Mergers & acquisitions

Human resources/compensation expertise

Industry knowledge/expertise

Operational expertise

Risk management expertise

Strategic planning

Sales

Technology

3

3.5

4

3.25

2.75

4.25

2.75

3.5

3.5

3.25

3.25

3.75

3.25

4.5

4.5

3.75

*  Self-assessment rating from 1 to 5, with 1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest.  
Given the relatively small size of the Board at present the Board skills matrix shows some skill gaps. The 
Board will consider adding Non-Executive Directors with complementary skills to augment, add perspective 
and to help improve diversity on the Board.

1.3. Board Committees
To assist it in undertaking its duties, the Board has established the following standing committees: 

• 

• 

Audit & Risk Committee; and 

Nomination & Remuneration Committee. 

Each committee has its own charter, copies of which are available at: Corporate Governance Plan

The charters specify the composition, responsibilities, duties, reporting obligations, meeting arrangements, 
authority and resources available to the committees and the provisions for review of the charter. 

Details of Directors’ membership of each committee and those eligible members’ attendance at meetings 
throughout the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021 are set out below.

During the period, 11 meetings of directors were held. Attendances by each director during the period were  
as follows:

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Directors’ Meetings

Audit & Risk

Nomination & 
Remuneration

Eligible to 
Attend

Attended

Eligible to 
Attend

Attended

Eligible 
to Attend

Attended

11

11

8

9

2

11

11

8

9

-

3

3

1

2

-

3

3

1

2

-

1

1

1

-

-

1

1

1

-

-

Directors

John Baillie 

Richard Carden

John Dimitropoulos 
(appointed 1 October 2020)

Matthew Madden 
(appointed 26 August 2020)

John Duffin  
(resigned 26 August 2020)

1.4. Risk Management Framework

DXN’s Board is responsible, in conjunction with senior management, for the management of risks associated 
with the business and implementing structures and policies to adequately monitor and manage these risks. 

The Board has established the Audit & Risk Committee (ARC) to assist in discharging its risk management 
responsibilities. In particular, this committee assist the Board in setting the appropriate risk appetite and for 
ensuring that there is an effective risk management framework that is able to manage, monitor and control the 
various risks to which the business is exposed. 

On a day-to-day basis, the CEO, has the responsibility for monitoring the implementation of the risk framework, 
including the monitoring, reporting and analysis of the various risks faced by the business, and providing 
effective challenges to activities and decisions that may materially affect DXN’s risk profile.

DXN has a robust risk management framework which supports its operating segments, and its risk appetite 
distinguishes risks from which DXN will seek to make an economic return from those which it seeks to 
minimise and which it does not consider will provide a return. The management of these risks is fundamental to 
DXN’s business, customers and to building long-term shareholder value. 

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In addition to having a separate risk management function, DXN recognises that a requirement for an effective 
risk management framework is for there to be a strong risk culture throughout the organisation, where risk 
is everybody’s business. The foundation of this risk culture is a set of values, the DXN values. All employees 
are assessed against the DXN values as part of the annual performance review process, and this outcome 
contributes to the overall performance rating and remuneration outcomes. In addition to this, DXN regularly 
assesses its risk culture through external audits to ensure that the management of risk and day-to-day 
compliance remains entrenched within the way in which DXN operates. The Board is responsible for setting 
and monitoring the risk appetite for DXN when pursuing its strategic objectives. The Board’s approach to, and 
appetite for risk provides that, subject to earning acceptable economic returns, it can retain exposure to credit 
risk, liquidity risk and market risk.

• 

• 

Credit default risk – is the risk of loss in the value of an asset due to a counterparty failing to discharge 
its contractual obligations when they fall due; 

Liquidity risk – is the potential impact of DXN’s short, medium and long-term funding and liquidity 
management requirements; and 

•  Market risk - is the risk that changes in the market prices such as foreign exchange rates, interest rates 

and equity prices will affect DXN’s income or value of its holdings of financial instruments. 

DXN seeks to minimise or hedge the risks for which it does not consider an appropriate return can be generated. 

These risks include: 

• 

• 

• 

• 

Foreign exchange risk – is the risk of a change in asset values as a result of movements in foreign 
exchange rates; 

Inflation risk – is the risk of a change in asset values and DXN’s earnings as a result of movements in 
inflation both in Australia and jurisdictions in which DXN owns assets; 

Operational risk – is the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed internal processes, people and 
systems or from external events; and 

Regulatory and compliance risk – is the risk of legal or regulatory sanctions or loss as a result of DXN’s 
failure to comply with laws, regulations or regulatory policy applying to its business. 

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DXN Limited | 2021 ANNUAL REPORT Additional Shareholder Information

ADDITIONAL SHAREHOLDER 
INFORMATION

SHAREHOLDING
The distribution of members and their holdings of equity securities in the Company as at 19 September 2021 
were as follows: 

Number Held as at 19 September 2021

Fully Paid Ordinary Shares

Class of Equity Securities

1- 1,000

1,001 - 5,000

5,001 – 10,000

10,001 - 100,000

100,001 and over

TOTALS

28

16

17

1,098

1,154

2,313

Holders of less than a marketable parcel: 497 

Substantial Shareholders

The names of the substantial shareholders listed in the Company’s register as at 19 September 2021:

Shareholder

DC Alliance Pte Ltd

SG Hiscock & Company

Number

138,888,889

94,884,309

Voting Rights 
Ordinary Shares
In accordance with the Company’s Constitution, on a show of hands every member present in person or by 
proxy or attorney or duly authorised representative has one vote.  On a poll every member present in person or 
by proxy or attorney or duly authorised representative has one vote for every fully paid ordinary share held.

On-market buyback
There is no current on-market buy-back.

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Unquoted Securities

Securities

Number of Securities

Number of Holders Holders with more than 20%

Options – 19 August 2022

7,500,000

Options – 31 December 2022

7,500,000

Options – 30 April 2023

22,000,000

Performance Rights

14,711,813

1

1

1

3

Mr Matthew Madden – 100%

Canaccord Genuity  
(Australia) Limited – 100%

Armytage Private  
Pty Ltd – 100%

Ms Shalini Lagrutta – 58.5% 
and Mr Matthew Madden – 
40.8%

Twenty Largest Shareholders
The names of the twenty largest ordinary fully paid shareholders as at 19 September 2021 are as follows:

Name

Number of 
Ordinary Fully Paid 
Shares Held

% Held of Issued 
Ordinary Capital

DC Alliance Pte Ltd

HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited

Mr Andrew Walsh

National Nominees Limited

Altor Capital Management Pty Ltd 

Mr Brendan Erin Joseph Power

Mr Malcolm John McClure

Mr Thiam Huat Low

Citicorp Nominees Pty Ltd

BNP Paribas Nominees Pty Ltd 

Mrs Kim Sorensen 

Mrs Hemangee Adjit Joshi & Mr Ajit Bhalchandra Joshi

Estate of Mr Robert Steel Renton

Chelseref Pty Ltd

Mr Jason Andrew Chan

J P Morgan Nominees Australia Pty Ltd

Thang Pty Ltd

DXN Limited 

Mr Ross Ellwood Shannon & Mrs Ruth Shona Shannon &

Shannon Trustee Company Ltd

ZW 2 Pty Ltd

TOTAL

138,888,889

136,612,961

50,500,000

48,990,215

27,107,411

25,000,000

21,400,000

20,900,000

20,220,036

15,322,435

11,671,929

11,286,327

9,600,000

9,200,000

8,000,000

7,500,000

6,500,000

6,500,000

6,483,503

10.78

10.61

  3.92

3.80

2.10

1.94

1.66

1.62

1.57

1.19

0.91

0.88

0.75

0.71

0.62

0.58

0.50

0.50

0.50

6,066,990

587,750,696

0.47

45.61

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Option Holders
The distribution of members and their holdings of listed options in the Company as at 19 September 2021 were as follows:

Number Held as at 19 September 2021

Class of Equity Securities

Listed options exercisable at $0.02 on  
or before 18 May 2023

1- 1,000

1,001 - 5,000

5,001 – 10,000

10,001 - 100,000

100,001 and over

TOTALS

Holders of less than a marketable parcel:

4

9

2

116

330

461

145

Twenty Largest Option Holders
The names of the twenty largest listed option holders as at 19 September 2021 are as follows:

Name

Number of Listed 
Options exercisable at 
$0.02 on or before 18 
May 2023 Held

% Held of Listed 
Options

National Nominees Pty Ltd

HSBC Custody Nominees (Australia) Limited

Mr Brendan Erin Joseph Power

Jorac Pty Ltd

Thang Pty Ltd

Mr Bilal Ahmad

Mr Aaron Yuk Leung Chan

Smart Capital Investments Pty Ltd 

Mr Malcolm John McClure

Mrs Kim Sorensen 

Mr Andrew Walsh

Mr Salim Panjwani & Miss Shailee Oza

Mr Vimal Ramesh Adnani

Thang Pty Ltd 

Ms Limei Chen

Light Family Holdings Pty Ltd 

Three Zebras Pty Ltd 

Ms Sigrid-Eva Munzel & Mr Dieter Ernst Paussa  


Mr Bernard Choon Yin Hui

Mr Christopher Bright

TOTAL

85,000,000

47,546,013

25,000,000

23,975,249

17,500,000

17,043,229

15,000,000

13,702,420

12,390,000

11,934,134

10,356,622

10,017,075

8,124,975

6,800,000

6,500,000

6,300,000

6,000,000

5,771,088

5,500,000

5,468,495

339,929,300

13.24

7.41

3.89

3.73

2.73

2.66

2.34

2.13

1.93

1.86

1.61

1.56

1.27

1.06

1.01

0.98

0.93

0.90

0.86

0.85

52.95

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COMPANY SECRETARY
The name of the Group Secretary is George Lazarou.

ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE DETAILS OF THE ENTITY’S REGISTERED AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE
5 Parkview Drive 
Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127 
Telephone: 1300 328 239

ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE DETAILS OF THE OFFICE AT WHICH A REGISTER OF SECURITIES IS KEPT
Automic Pty Ltd 
Level 2 
267 St Georges Terrace 
PERTH WA 6000 
Telephone: 1300 288 664

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ON WHICH THE GROUP’S SECURITIES ARE QUOTED

The Group’s listed equity securities are quoted on the Australian Securities Exchange.

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