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Annual Report
for the six-month period ended  
31 December 2023

FINEOS Corporation Holdings plc
ARBN 633 278 430

Contents

Chairman and CEO’s Report

Environmental, Social and Governance Report

Board of Directors

Directors’ Report

Remuneration and Nomination Committee Report

Directors’ Responsibilities Statement

Independent Auditor’s Report

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position

Company Statement of Financial Position

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity

Company Statement of Changes in Equity

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

Company Statement of Cash Flows

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements

Additional Security Holder Information

Company Information

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Chairman and CEO’s Report

Dear Security Holder, 

We are pleased to update you on the performance of our business for the 
transitional six-month period ending 31 December 2023, as we move to using 
calendar year as our financial year from 1 January 2024. 

Over the period, FINEOS achieved improved gross profit and EBITDA* margins, 
continued to grow its higher margin recurring subscriptions revenue, and 
accomplished several significant strategic milestones for our clients.

* (defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation).

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Improved margins and continued subscription 
revenue growth

The  impact  of  the  market  environment  on  our  clients 
during this financial year has been relatively positive. We 
began  to  witness  recovery  from  the  global  pandemic, 
and  we  also  witnessed  rising  interest  rates  as  a  result 
of  increased  inflation  in  most  of  the  developed  world. 
The  impact  of  higher  interest  rates  is  good  news  for 
our  insurer  clients  as  it  means  a  positive  return  on 
their  reserves.  In  addition,  our  markets  continue  to 
experience  solid  employment  rates,  which  again  has 
been good news for our employee benefits carriers. 

Total  revenue  for  the  period  was  €61.1  million,  which 
was  essentially  flat  on  the  prior  corresponding  period 
(pcp)  of  €61.5  million.  This  result  was  due  to  lower 
services revenue than previously anticipated as project 
start  dates  pushed  out  and  new  name  deal  closures 
lengthened.  However,  subscription  revenue  continued 
to grow on both prior period and pcp, and remains our 
key  focus  as  a  SaaS  company.  We  intend  to  continue 
driving  this  higher  margin  revenue  which  yields  better 
results  to  the  bottom  line  and  better  returns  to  our 
security holders. 

Subscription revenue for the six-month period was €33.0 
million, up 10.5% on pcp. The growth was attributable to 
successful and speedy client implementations and cloud 
upgrades,  despite  absorbing  the  loss  of  a  Limelight 
Health client.

In  North  America,  we  had  some  great  wins  in  delivery 
of  our  product  suite.  For  Securian  Canada,  we  were 
able  to  complete  the  necessary  work  for  the  FINEOS 
Platform  for  claims  management  to  go  live  in  a  record 
five  months.  With  Guardian,  the  initial  product  work 
and  implementation  process  is  going  very  well  and  we 
remain sharply focussed on the success of this full end-
to-end administration implementation. 

In Europe, we completed the groundwork for our most 
recent new name client in the region, New Ireland, to go 
live in January 2024 and are pleased to confirm this has 
since been achieved.

A number of our clients in the APAC region specifically 
have  seen  the  benefits  of  upgrading  to  the  cloud  and 
we  believe  more  of  our  clients  in  that  region  will  be 
investing  to  extend  their  use  of  the  FINEOS  Platform 
to  modernise  and  enhance  their  customer  experience 
while adhering to global and local industry standards in 
security, privacy, and compliance regulation. 

Both  our  cost  of  sales  and  all  operating  expense  lines 
have decreased versus pcp as we are starting to realise 
the results of our cost-saving initiatives. One of the main 
strategies  that  we  deployed  was  focusing  on  hiring  in 
lower-cost regions such as India, Poland and Spain. 

We  were  positively  impacted  by  gains  of  €0.4  million 
incurred  from  foreign  exchange  movements,  and 
remain most largely exposed to fluctuations in the EUR 
to USD rate as 77% of revenue is derived from the North 
America region.

The  gross  profit  margin  achieved  was  a  strong  71.5%, 
up from 66.9% in pcp. Our EBITDA (defined as earnings 
before  interest,  taxes,  depreciation  and  amortisation) 
for  the  period  was  €4.9  million,  up  from  a  loss  of  €2.6 
million in the pcp, achieving a margin of 8.1%, up from a 
negative 4.2%. These two strong margin improvements 
reflect  the  efforts  of  our  cost-reduction  program  as 
well as the increased proportion of subscriptions in our 
revenue.

Strengthened balance sheet

In December, following the approval of security holders 
at  the  Annual  General  Meeting,  a  further  AU$5  million 
was invested by CEO Michael Kelly into the Company via 
a  placement  of  2.2  million  Chess  Depository  Interests 
(CDIs). This came after, but in conjunction with, a AU$35 
million placement to new and existing security holders in 
August and a Security Purchase Plan that raised AU$0.2 
million.  All  placements  were  at  the  same  offer  price  of 
AU$2.25 per CDI.

Raising  just  over  AU$40  million  (before  costs)  has  put 
FINEOS in the advantageous position of having a strong 
balance  sheet  with  €28.1  million  in  cash  at  the  end  of 
the  year,  remaining  debt-free  and  having  the  flexibility 
for  managing  required  investments  in  the  business  as 
we  work  toward  generating  free  cash  flows  in  the  first 
half of 2024. 

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On  behalf  of  the  Board,  we  would  like  to  thank  all 
FINEOS employees for their continued best efforts and 
commitment over the past six months. We also want to 
thank  our  existing  security  holders  and  welcome  our 
new ones, following the capital raise in August. We look 
forward to a successful year of delivery and subscription 
revenue growth in 2024.

Your sincerely,

Anne O’Driscoll
Chairman

Michael Kelly
Founder and CEO

Board appointment

Following  security  holder  approval  at  the  AGM  on 
5  December  2023,  we  were  delighted  to  appoint 
US-based Terri Rhodes to the Board as an Independent 
Non-executive Director, effective 1 January 2024. 

We welcome Terri as an excellent addition to the Board. 
Her  wealth  of  industry  experience  in  the  absence, 
workers’ compensation and disability market as well as 
insights from her time as CEO of DMEC will be of great 
value as we continue to expand our footprint in North 
America and develop the FINEOS Platform for Absence, 
Integrated  Disability  and  Absence  Management  (IDAM) 
and employee benefits.

Outlook

We  expect  total  revenue  for  FY24  to  be  in  the  range 
of  €130  million  to  €135  million.  The  growth  rate  for 
subscription revenue is expected to be in the low to mid 
teens (versus CY23) while services revenue is expected 
to  remain  flat  (versus  CY23).  Guidance  reflects  both 
the continued lengthening in sales cycles and Limelight 
Health client churn.

We are on track for the successful delivery of a number 
of  key  projects  to  replace  legacy  systems  with  several 
large  carriers  to  maximise  product  subscriptions.  We 
will  continue  our  strategy  of  cost  savings  through 
operational efficiencies and as a result FY24 total costs 
are expected to decrease (versus CY23).

We continue to expect positive free cash flow in the six 
months to 30 June 2024 and for the following 12 months in 
aggregate, and continuing to be self-funding thereafter. 
Whilst pipeline has moved out it remains strong.

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Message from CEO Michael Kelly 

At  FINEOS,  our  playbook  continues  to  serve  as  our  business  and  moral  compass  –  it  is  the  cornerstone  guiding 
our  behaviours  and  decisions,  uniting  us  with  our  clients  and  partners,  and  enabling  our  collective  collaborative 
achievements. FINEOS continues to improve the lives of people by supporting insurers around the world in their 
mission to provide protection and care to the customers they serve. 

This report chronicles our ongoing Environmental, Social and Governance journey, highlighting significant milestones, 
charting our precise objectives, and outlining our next steps. We eagerly anticipate making a tangible difference as a 
company through our focus on ESG.

ESG is integrated into FINEOS, aligning seamlessly with our culture, overarching business approach and the ethos 
of our FINEOS Playbook. Despite the global challenges faced in recent times, we take immense pride in our team’s 
unwavering dedication to upholding these elevated standards. We have risen admirably to the challenge of serving 
our clients where protection from illness, injury and loss has been a crucial necessity worldwide.

Michael Kelly
Founder and CEO

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Environmental, Social and Governance ReportFINEOS 2023 ESG Annual Report

This  ESG  report  provides  an  overview  of  our  key  performance  indicators  (KPIs),  highlighting  our  progress  and 
achievements in our sustainability journey. This presents an outline of the ESG Council and looks forward to our 
future focus as we continue to strengthen our commitment to sustainability.

While the statutory financial reports that follow cover a six-month period to 31 December 2023, the ESG report has 
been presented for the whole of calendar 2023 to form a better basis for future comparisons.

FINEOS ESG Council

To uphold strong governance and accountability for our ESG strategy, FINEOS has implemented a comprehensive 
framework overseen by our Chief People Officer (CPO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Reporting directly to the 
Board, our CPO tracks our progress against KPIs at regular intervals throughout the year, ensuring we stay on course 
to achieve our objectives.

Annually,  we  provide  a  performance  update  on  our  strategy  allowing  us  to  review  and  refine  our  actions  while 
holding ourselves accountable to our commitments. 

We have established an ESG Council that includes key stakeholders from various departments — Finance, Facilities, 
HR, Security and Compliance, IT, and Legal — who work collaboratively to ensure effective implementation.

Through  the  work  of  our  ESG  Council  and  the  dedication  of  our  team,  FINEOS  remains  firmly  committed  to 
environmental sustainability, striving to make a positive impact within our organisation and the broader communities 
we serve.

Joanne McMullan 
Chief People Officer

Ian Lynagh 
Chief Financial Officer

Dermot Hughes 
Group Financial Controller

Niamh Hewitt 
Senior HR Business Partner

Breda Donlon 
Head of Learning and 
Development

Paula McGrath 
Security and Compliance 
Manager

Paul McGuinness 
Head of IT Operations

John McKnight 
Legal Adviser and Joint 
Company Secretary

Niall Hannon 
Head of Information Systems

Trish Hogan 
Facilities Manager

Keith O’Leary 
VP Cloud Service

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FINEOS ESG Strategy

ESG Program Driving Factors

There are three key forces, or driving factors, that FINEOS has considered in developing an ESG strategy:

(1)  Compliance – meeting regulatory reporting requirements such as CSRD*, TCFD**, IFRS***;

(2)  Client alignment – supporting clients’ ESG commitments and fulfillment of our clients’ supply chain regulatory 

requirements; and

(3)  Triple bottom line – balancing the environmental and social obligations while maintaining profitability.

*CSRD – Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (EU)
**TCFD – Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
***IFRS – International Financial Reporting Standards 

Alignment with client 
requirements

For example, clients frequently 
require information on 
scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, 
and increasingly product 
environmental performance 
information  
e.g., code efficiency.

Triple 
Bottom line
People, planet and profit

Alignment
Client  
requirements ... 
Client advantage

Compliance
Mandatory ... 
efficient

Figure 1: ESG Program Driving Factors in detail

Triple bottom line

Achieving balance between 
people, planet and profit to 
ensure business model is 
sustainable and does not 
threaten going concern status 
of the business.

Compliance with mandatory 
regulatory requirements

For example, stress testing, 
scenario analysis, market 
impact assessments, 
green finance, sustainable 
sourcing, etc.

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Environmental, Social and Governance Report (continued)At FINEOS, ESG is embodied within our FINEOS Growth Strategy. The key areas of focus are to:

•  Maintain a low carbon footprint and support initiatives to further reduce our carbon footprint;

•  Support our people through diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), community initiatives and professional 

development; and

•  Have clear and visible governance companywide from the Board and leadership team through our policies and 

procedures, with a critical focus on information security and data privacy.

ESG Pillars

ENVIRONMENTAL

SOCIAL

GOVERNANCE

Alignment with investor, client, 
supplier, business partner and 
regulatory ESG requirements

Optimising impacts on 
profitability, product and 
operating model

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Community

Employee Engagement and 
Wellness

Board Independence, 
Structure and Tenure

Data Security and Privacy

Audit Risk and Oversight

CSRD Reporting

FINEOS Business Case for Addressing ESG

ESG represents a dynamic landscape of opportunities and challenges for FINEOS. Our primary goal is to proactively 
manage ESG factors, partaking in opportunities while ensuring they do not adversely affect our revenues and costs. 
The FINEOS ESG business case encompasses the following key objectives, guiding our strategic approach toward 
sustainability and responsible business practices:

• 

Investor

 – Maintain investor confidence; and

 – Meet investor ESG objectives including compliance requirements. 

•  Client

 – Satisfy qualification requirements for new business;

 – Maintain client business; and

 – Assist clients in meeting their compliance and business requirements.

•  Profitability

 – Minimise transition and operational cost implications; and

 – Optimise impact on revenue.

•  Compliance

 – Maintain client business;

 – Avoid fines and penalties; and

 – Satisfy corporate governance requirements.

•  Maintain/enhance reputation.

By addressing these objectives, we aim to strengthen our resilience, enhance performance, and align our business 
with the principles of sustainability, ensuring a positive and enduring impact on our stakeholders and the broader 
society.

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Enterprise Ireland Funding and Partnership

Under Ireland’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP 2021-2026), FINEOS is strategically leveraging grants 
that support the digital and climate transition of enterprises. These initiatives are funded through the EU’s Recovery 
and  Resilience  Facility,  with  a  particular  focus  on  facilitating  emissions  reductions  as  part  of  a  comprehensive 
decarbonisation  plan.  Working  with  the  consultancy  firm  Centigo,  FINEOS  is  undergoing  benchmarking  and 
materiality assessments.

By  harnessing  these  funding  opportunities,  FINEOS  can  fortify  its  commitment  to  sustainability  and  resilience, 
positioning  itself  as  a  leader  in  the  pursuit  of  environmental  stewardship  while  fostering  continued  growth  and 
innovation in line with national and EU recovery goals.

Environmental Pillar

Environmental Pillar and KPIs

In this report, we acknowledge that FINEOS is in the initial stages of its environmental journey, and we present the 
essential  KPIs  to  lay  the  foundation  for  measuring  progress.  Our  current  focus  for  CO2  measures  is  primarily  on 
scope 1 emissions at the FINEOS headquarters in Dublin as we proceed with our commitment to ESG.

KPI

Build continued environmental 
awareness and education among 
leadership

Establish an active environmental 
forum (Employee Resource 
Group)

Develop environmental strategy 
and roadmap

Measures

Hold senior executive 
briefings

Involve ESG Council in 
assessing environmental 
development requirements 
and risks

Progress in 2023

Briefings held

Leadership supported the establishment 
of ESG Council and the further 
development of the ESG strategy

Group is live with active 
participation

37 active members in the Employee 
Resource Group

Draw down various 
Enterprise Ireland funding 
support

Develop/update policies 
to reflect environmental 
requirements

Additional Enterprise Ireland funding 
drawn down

Defined initial ESG roadmap

Developed skills and capabilities of the 
ESG program leads

Identified policies required to be 
established

Measured annual production of CO2 as 
142.58 tonnes for calendar year 2023 

In-house initiatives in place:

•  Reorganised office space so one floor 
used less often, saving power in terms 
of heating and lighting 

•  Change in energy provider for head 
office means 100% of the energy 
provided is now categorised as 
renewable 

•  Continued low paper usage (see 

DocuSign measure below)

Track and measure CO2 
emissions

Optimise the performance of our 
buildings

Complete the Climate 
Toolkit4Business carbon 
footprint analysis tool

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Environmental, Social and Governance Report (continued)KPI

Measures

Progress in 2023

Minimise waste and energy 
consumption

Track IT storage measures 
(servers)

Track cloud vs on-premise

Measure of recycling 
hardware

Measure of DocuSign

Server usage is being tracked via vCentre 
and Centreon (centralised monitoring 
and alert system for FINEOS internal 
critical infrastructure) as a data-gathering 
exercise to allow us to analyse and plan 
for the minimisation of waste and energy 
consumption within IT

Implemented a tracking mechanism 
to analyse the split between cloud and 
on-premise usage to make informed 
decisions on future IT Operations global 
strategy

Recycled/re-tasked laptops used for 
FINEOS staff upgrade activity: 75% of 
laptops for staff upgrades are (previously 
used) re-tasked laptops 

Recycled/re-tasked laptops used for 
FINEOS new hire activity: 50% of laptops 
to new hires requiring a laptop are 
(previously used) re-tasked laptops

No third-party contractors use FINEOS 
supplied hardware – all operate off 
secured virtual infrastructure

Environmental statistics from DocuSign 
for the year 2023

•  992 kilograms of carbon emissions 

reduced

•  10,387.17 litres of water conserved

•  422.748 kilograms of wood saved

•  69 kilograms of waste eliminated

Optimise and track travel data to 
minimise carbon footprint

Measure travel data globally 
across all travel providers

Monthly tracker in place to measure CO2 
emissions where data is available globally

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Social Pillar

Social Pillar KPIs and measures

The Social Pillar KPIs in 2023 reflect the FINEOS commitment to fostering a positive and inclusive workplace culture, 
nurturing  our  employees’  well-being,  and  contributing  meaningfully  to  our  communities.  These  KPIs  showcase 
our  progress  in  DEI  initiatives,  employee  engagement  and  wellness  programs,  and  our  high-impact  community 
involvement.  As  we  strive  to  create  a  thriving  and  socially  responsible  organisation,  this  section  highlights  the 
measurable outcomes and positive effects of our efforts under the Social Pillar.

KPI

Measures

Progress in 2023

Gender diversity

Total employees – gender split 

69.5% male; 30.5% female

Total leaders – gender split

Gender pay ratio 

Gender Pay Report – Ireland 

76.3% male leaders; 23.7% female 
leaders

FINEOSi median gender pay 
gap: 10.5%

FINEOS mean gender pay gap: 16.9%

Employee turnover

Attrition – regional and global

Voluntary attrition: 4.9%

DEI program – measure through 
culture and engagement survey

CSR – measure the CSR initiatives 
and financial contributions 
FINEOS makes

Employee engagement – measure 
through culture and engagement 
survey

Attrition – regrettable leavers

25% of those were regrettable leavers

DEI survey 

Culture survey planned for 2024

Track employee-led, company 
and volunteer sponsorship

Multiple employee-led activities

Employee volunteer mentorship 
programs

RAP – Reconciliation Australia Reflect 
phase on track

Culture survey

Culture survey planned for 2024

Flexible working

% hybrid

Number of workers outside of 
country of hire  

Data on flex ways of working

Hybrid work percentage: 100% of 
employees follow a hybrid or remote-
first approach

Number of employees working outside 
country of hire: 13.3% of the total 
workforce

Part-time employees: 2.1% of the total 
workforce

Parental leave: 5.6% of the workforce 

Long service leave (Australia): 4.6% of 
the local workforce (four employees)

i    Refer to FINEOS Ireland Gender Pay Gap Report 2023 for further detail at 

https://www.fineos.com/document/gender-pay-gap-report-2023/

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2023 Social Pillar Programs

During  2023,  FINEOS  demonstrated  a  strong  commitment  to  social  responsibility  and  employee  well-being 
through meaningful programs under the Social Pillar. This section highlights initiatives promoting DEI, community 
engagement, and employee wellness, showcasing our dedication to creating a positive impact on our workforce and 
society.

Program

DEI, Employee Engagement and 
Well-being, CSR

Campaigns of Note

Gender Pay reporting

Reconciliation Australia 

Disability Inclusion program

International Men’s Day

B!g Idea Mentor™ program

Awareness Days – 

•  World Mental Health Day

• 

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

•  RUOK? Day

•  Movember

•  Digital Detox

Virtual social events

Flu vaccinations

Governance Pillar

FINEOS Governance Structure

Governance continues to play a crucial role in shaping our approach to ESG matters, and this section outlines our 
previously  established  strategic  initiatives  and  practices  in  ensuring  transparent,  responsible,  and  accountable 
governance.

Audit and Risk Management Committee 

Remuneration and Nomination Committee 

Board Oversight 

Executive Responsibility 

Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer,  
Chief People Officer, Chief Product Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Legal Adviser

Business Functions 

Security and Compliance  

Human Resources 

Legal 

IT Operations 

Finance 

•  Anti-bribery and anti-corruption policy  

•  Continuous disclosure policy 

•  Anti-slavery and human trafficking policy 

•  Corporate governance statement 

Policies 

•  Code of conduct policy 

•  Communications policy 

•  Securities trading policy 

•  DEI policy 

•  Remuneration policy 

•  Risk management policy 

•  Whistleblower policy 

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Mandatory Reporting for ESG

With  the  introduction  of  the  EU  Corporate  Sustainability  Reporting  Directive  (CSRD),  a  new  regime  has  emerged, 
elevating sustainability reporting to the same level as financial reporting. FINEOS is taking proactive steps to comply 
with  this  directive,  ensuring  transparent  and  standardised  disclosures  of  our  sustainability-related  performance. 
FINEOS is working with our consultancy partner, Centigo, to establish the foundations for the CSRD as reporting will 
be required in 2025 based on 2024 financial data.

Governance Pillar KPIs and Measures

In  this  report,  we  present  the  Governance  KPIs  for  FINEOS.  These  KPIs  reflect  our  commitment  to  upholding 
transparent, responsible, and accountable governance practices in our pursuit of ESG excellence.

KPI

Measures

Progress in 2023

Board independence, structure 
and rotation

Data privacy and security – 
Security Council tracks and 
measures personal data 
breaches

SOC2 Audit – undergo periodic 
audits

Audit risk and oversight – track 
and measure the audit risk and 
oversight outputs

Remuneration and Nomination 
Committee oversight

Ensure Board requirements as 
per the Company Board charter 
(FINEOS Governance site)

Demonstrate processes are in 
place to avoid personal data 
breaches

Audit takes place annually

Risk management policy and 
process in place, reporting 
as per the policy to track and 
measure.

Audit and Risk Management 
Committee meets a minimum 
of three times per year (per 
Board charter)

Remuneration and Nomination 
Committee meets a minimum 
of three times per year and 
ensures adherence to policy 
per Board charter

Board composition complies with the 
Board charter

Security Council tracking process in 
place to measure breaches

SOC2 Type 2 report was published in 
December 2023

Audit and Risk Management Committee 
met and considered risk matters as per 
their charter

Remuneration and Nomination 
Committee meetings took place, 
policy adhered to

Governing policies – track and 
measure breaches

Ensure full suite of governing 
policies are in place, maintained 
appropriately by relevant area

No new governing policies, no breaches 
reported. Corporate Governance | 
Investor Centre | FINEOS

ESG reporting – deliver annual 
ESG Report and quarterly Board 
report

ESG vendor process

Breaches reported to the Board

Complete ESG report as 
required by Board

Annual ESG report completed

Quarterly Board report completed

Establish ESG vendor policy and 
process to understand vendor 
ESG preparation status

Updated the FINEOS Third Party Policy 
to meet ESG requirements

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Environmental, Social and Governance Report (continued)2023 ESG Achievements and 2024 Focus

In 2023, FINEOS continued to make substantial progress in advancing our ESG initiatives. FINEOS is committed to 
continued progress to shape a more sustainable and responsible future for our Company and the communities we 
serve.

2024 Focus

The next five key stages for FINEOS to address in its ESG journey are:

(1) Governance and change. Our ESG Council will continue to provide assurance that the FINEOS 

transition strategies, policies, processes, and operating model are appropriate, timely, and cost and 
operationally effective.

(2) Carbon emission reduction. We intend to commence a project, which includes policy development, baseline 
measurement, process and systems readiness, supplier communications, and supply chain improvements.

(3) CSRD mandatory reporting strategy and roadmap. FINEOS will collect the 2024 data necessary to support 

the start of mandatory reporting in 2025. 

(4) Financial reporting standards. FINEOS will be required to comply with the following standards and 

amendments which are effective for the period beginning 1 January 2024:

 –

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IFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information

IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures 

(5) Data Centre strategy and roadmap. Significant assessment and analysis to take place with regard to budget 

and development requirements to form a roadmap.

Conclusion

In  conclusion,  we  are  dedicated  to  integrating  ESG  principles  into  our  growth  strategy.  While  our  progress  is  in 
its  early  stages,  we  are  committed  to  learning,  improving,  and  embracing  the  opportunities  that  lie  ahead.  With 
a steadfast focus on sustainability and responsible practices, we are eager to create a positive impact on FINEOS, 
our stakeholders, and the world at large. Our commitment to ESG sets the foundation for a more responsible and 
sustainable future, and we look forward to sharing our continued progress in the years to come.

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Anne O’Driscoll joined the Board in 2019. She has over 35 years of business experience 
across a broad spectrum of the insurance industry. Anne is also on the board of MDA 
National Insurance Pty Limited (appointed 2015). In the past year she has retired from 
the  boards  of  ASX-listed  companies,  Steadfast  Group  Limited  (appointed  2013)  and 
Infomedia Limited (appointed 2014). From 2014 to 2022, she was also on the boards 
of CommBank’s Australian insurance businesses. Anne chaired the audit committee 
for each of these boards. 

Anne  has  held  various  other  senior  management  roles  within  organisations  such 
as Insurance Australia Group Limited and NRMA Group, as well as being the CFO of 
Genworth Australia between 2009 and 2012. She is also a former director of the NSW 
Self-Insurance Corporation and Australasian Investor Relations Association Limited.

Anne qualified as a chartered accountant in Ireland with Haughey Boland (now Deloitte) 
before  joining  Coopers  &  Lybrand  (now  PwC)  in  London.  Anne  moved  to  Sydney  in 
1988 and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, the Australian 
and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance, Chartered Accountants Ireland 
and Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Michael Kelly is the Chief Executive Officer and founder of FINEOS. Michael has more 
than  three  decades  of  executive  leadership  experience  in  global  life,  accident  and 
health insurance.

Michael began his career with FBD Insurance and then moved to Paxus Corporation, 
an Australian insurance core systems software vendor entering the European market. 
Michael assisted in establishing Paxus’ LIFE400 product as the market-leading policy 
administration system in Europe, which was later acquired by CSC.

Michael founded FINEOS in 1993. He is a previous winner of the EY Ireland Technology 
Entrepreneur  of  the  Year,  and  one  of  Ireland’s  most  influential  executives  in  the 
international fintech sector. 

Michael  attended  Dublin  City  University  where  he  graduated  with  a  BSc  in 
Computer Science.

Anne O’Driscoll 
Chairman 
Non-executive Director

Michael Kelly 
Executive Director 
Chief Executive Officer

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Board of DirectorsDavid Hollander joined the Board in 2019 and has over 35 years of experience in the 
insurance, technology and professional services industries.

David currently sits on the board of directors at Northwestern Mutual and Westfield 
Insurance,  both  based  in  the  US.  Previously,  David  served  as  the  CEO  of  UNIRISX,  a 
SaaS-based policy administration insurtech solution based in the UK and US.

From 2011 to 2019, David served as Global Insurance Leader for Ernst & Young LLP 
(EY),  responsible  for  all  service  lines  and  representing  a  global  team  of  over  14,000 
professionals. 

David  began  his  career  with  Accenture,  where  he  served  in  a  variety  of  leadership 
and client service roles including CEO of the Financial Services Solutions Group (FSG). 
The  FSG  was  a  commercial  software  enterprise  that  David  founded  to  build  and 
deploy software to life and non-life carriers globally, driving more than US$1 billion in 
consulting and outsourcing pull-through revenues. 

David is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

William  “Bill”  Mullaney  joined  the  Board  in  2023  and  has  more  than  40  years  of 
experience  in  insurance,  financial,  and  professional  services.  Bill  recently  joined  the 
board of directors of the Automobile Association of America Northeast Club (appointed 
1 January 2024). 

Bill has served as a managing director at Deloitte Consulting, advising on a wide range 
of business, insurance, and retirement issues. He led the Group Insurance Practice, 
providing  consulting  services  to  more  than  20  group  insurance  carriers.  Bill  also 
worked with startup insurtech and fintech companies to accelerate their growth and 
tailor solutions to market needs. 

Bill  has  also  served  as  the  president  of  US  Business  at  MetLife,  where  he  oversaw 
the  reorganisation  of  institutional,  individual,  auto  and  home  business,  constituting 
over  60%  of  the  company’s  revenue  and  earnings.  This  followed  his  leadership  of 
institutional business at MetLife, servicing the employee benefit programs for more 
than 90 of the Fortune 100 companies and 60,000 institutional customers. Bill brings an 
extensive background in claims, voluntary benefits, customer service and technology 
replacement to the FINEOS Board. 

Terri Rhodes joined the Board in 2024. She is an experienced global leader and board 
member with a career spanning over 40 years in strategic absence management.

Terri  is  the  former  Chief  Executive  Officer  of  the  Disability  Management  Employer 
Coalition  (DMEC),  which  provides  education,  training  and  resources  to  employers 
and  insurance  professionals  focusing  on  absence  management  compliance  and 
business  strategies.  Her  innovative  and  visionary  leadership  produced  an  increase 
in membership and revenue which propelled DMEC to become the only association 
serving absence management professionals in the US.

Prior to DMEC, Terri worked at nonprofit, for profit and several Fortune 100 companies 
where she designed, implemented, and provided strategic, consultative leadership to 
corporate absence programs.

David Hollander 
Non-executive Director  
Chair, Audit and Risk 
Management Committee

William Mullaney 
Non-executive Director 
Chair, Remuneration 
and Nomination 
Committee

Terri Rhodes 
Non-executive Director

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The Directors present herewith their report and audited consolidated financial statements for the six-month period 
ended 31 December 2023. These financial statements reflect the performance of FINEOS Corporation Holdings plc 
and its subsidiaries (the Group) for the fiscal period ended 31 December 2023.

1. 

Directors and Secretaries

The Directors of the Company during, or since the end of, the period are as follows. Directors were in office for the 
whole of the period unless otherwise stated.

Chairman

Anne O’Driscoll

Chief Executive Officer

Michael Kelly

Other Directors

David Hollander

William Mullaney

Terri Rhodes

Date of appointment

25 July 2019

12 December 2018

15 October 2019

1 January 2023

1 January 2024

Natalie Climo and John McKnight served as Joint Company Secretaries for the period and have continued to serve as 
Joint Company Secretaries since the period end.

The Directors’ qualifications and experience as well as their directorships of other listed companies are set out under 
Board of Directors on pages 14 to 15.

2. 

Directors’ Meetings

The number of meetings of the Company’s Board of Directors (the Board) and of each Board Committee held during 
the period ended 31 December 2023, and the number of meetings attended by each Director, were as follows:

Anne O’Driscoll

Michael Kelly

David Hollander 

William Mullaney

Board

Audit and Risk 
Management Committee

Remuneration and 
Nomination Committee

A

3

3

3

3

B

3

3

3

3

A

1

–

1

1

B

1

–

1

1

A

1

–

1

1

B

1

–

1

1

A: Meetings eligible to attend

B: Meetings attended as a member

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Directors’ Reportfor the period ended 31 December 20233. 

Audit Committee

The Audit and Risk Management Committee assists the Board in carrying out its accounting, auditing and financial 
reporting responsibilities, including those outlined in Section 167 of the Companies Act 2014.

4. 

 Principal Activities and Review of the Development 
and Performance of the Business during the 
Financial Period

The  principal  activity  of  the  Group  is  the  development  and  sale  of  software.  FINEOS  is  a  global  software  vendor 
providing modern cloud-based software products (FINEOS Platform) for core system administration functions within 
Life, Accident and Health insurers and employee benefits providers.

The FINEOS Platform is a purpose-built, customer-centric, end-to-end product suite designed to manage the modern 
complex structures and relationships of group and individual insurance processing to optimise plan, coverage and 
data management, operational processing and business intelligence. The Group is continuously developing, both 
organically  and  through  acquisitions,  the  entire  range  of  FINEOS  Platform  offerings,  which  also  include  machine 
learning and data insights through artificial intelligence.

The Group helps its clients move from outdated legacy core systems to the modern Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) 
FINEOS  Platform  for  new  business,  policy  administration,  billing,  absence,  and  claims  management,  enabling 
improved operational efficiency, increased effectiveness and excellent customer care.

Services revenues are generated when assisting clients migrating to the FINEOS Platform and are dependent on the 
migration model chosen (clients may use internal or other external resources as well as FINEOS resources). Annual 
subscription fees are payable and fee amounts depend on the FINEOS products being used and the extent of the 
clients’ operations on the FINEOS Platform.

Business summary and key performance indicators

It should be noted that in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income, the performance of the six-month 
period to 31 December 2023 is compared with that of the year to 30 June 2023 and therefore it can be expected that 
revenues and costs would all be lower than the 12-month comparative period. In the commentary below, we refer 
also to the six-month period to 31 December 2022 (1H23).

The key performance indicators of the financial results for the six-month period to 31 December 2023 compared 
with the year to 30 June 2023 are as follows:

•  An overall decrease in revenue to €61.1 million from €125.0 million, which is a 51.1% drop in revenue (down 

0.6% on 1H23).

•  Subscription revenue is down 47.1% to €33.0 million (up 10.5% on 1H23) driven by indexation, expansion of 

footprint within existing clients (including two upgrades to cloud), and one new name deal.

•  Services revenue is down 53.8% to €28.1 million (down 6.9% on 1H23) due to a planned strategic partnership 

with a large client to build product features in place of services.

•  Product development and delivery costs are down €32.8 million or 53.4% to €28.6 million (down €2.6 million or 
8.3% on 1H23) due to lower staff costs enabled by the redistribution of certain role types to more cost-effective 
countries.

•  General and administrative expenses are down €10.0 million or 54.3% to €8.4 million (down €0.7 million or 

7.8% on 1H23) due to a reduction in the share-based payment expense and a reduction in staff costs.

•  The loss after tax for the six-month period ended 31 December 2023 is €6.9 million, a €14.5 million (67.8%) 
improvement on the loss after tax of €21.4 million for the prior year (down €7.7 million or 52.7% on the 
loss after tax of €14.6 million for 1H23). These amounts are stated net of tax credits arising on the losses 
of €1.0 million (year to 30 June 2023: €2.3 million; 1H23: €0.9 million).

•  Basic loss per share of 2.07 cents (euro) for the six-month period ended 31 December 2023 compared to 
a basic loss per share of 6.69 cents (euro) for the year ended 30 June 2023 (1H23: basic loss per share of 
4.56 cents (euro)).

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4. 

 Principal Activities and Review of the Development 
and Performance of the Business during the 
Financial Period (continued)
Business summary and key performance indicators (continued)

A  very  busy  FY23X  saw  FINEOS  enter  our  new  FY24  with  53  active  project  streams  (35  North  America,  4  Europe, 
14 APAC) with some clients having several parallel project phases including multiyear implementations. More clients 
are expected to commence their move from on-premise deployments to the cloud in FY24. The focus in FY24 will be 
ensuring that budgets are set aside to complete the upgrades to cloud for those clients by FY25.

The consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the period ended 31 December 2023 and the consolidated 
statement of financial position as at that date are set out on pages 40 and 41.

Non-financial measures are also important to the Group, and the Group’s Environmental, Social and Governance 
(ESG) Report is set out on pages 4 to 13.

5. 

Changes in the State of Affairs

The cash reserves closed at €28.1 million as at 31 December 2023 compared to €25.5 million as at 30 June 2023. The 
Group had no external debt as at 31 December 2023.

FINEOS undertook an equity raising on 15 August 2023 to provide general working capital, strengthen the FINEOS 
balance  sheet  position  and  maintain  flexibility  for  timing  of  cash  flows.  FINEOS  successfully  completed  a  fully 
underwritten  institutional  placement,  raising  approximately  AU$35  million  through  the  issue  of  approximately 
15.5 million new fully paid CHESS Depositary Interests (CDIs) over FCL shares. The placement was undertaken at an 
offer price of AU$2.25 per new CDI.

A further AU$5.0 million conditional placement was made to Michael Kelly, Director and CEO of FINEOS, also at an 
offer price of AU$2.25 per new CDI, and was subject to security holder approval. This was obtained at the Company’s 
Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 5 December 2023. Shortly thereafter, the Company received AU$5.0 million from 
Michael Kelly and issued approximately 2.2 million new, fully paid CDIs over FCL shares.

FINEOS  also  undertook  a  non-underwritten  Security  Purchase  Plan  (SPP)  raising  approximately  AU$0.2  million 
through  the  issue  of  96,212  new,  fully  paid  CDIs,  at  an  offer  price  of  AU$2.25  per  new  CDI,  which  completed  on 
20 September 2023.

Equity  increased  by  €16.2  million  from  €147.1  million  to  €163.3  million  during  the  period  with  the  significant 
movements being:

•  Net proceeds of €23.6 million from the new share capital

• 

Increase in share option reserve of €0.7 million

•  Debit of €1.3 million to foreign exchange reserve

•  Loss for the period of €6.9 million.

Apart from the increase in cash reserves of €2.6 million noted above, other key movements in assets contributing to 
a drop in total assets of €4.9 million to €196.3 million were:

•  A net increase of €0.6 million in intangible assets reflecting amortisation of €11.9 million largely offsetting 

capitalised internal development expenditure of €13.4 million, and capitalised contract costs of €0.1 million. 
The movement also reflects a modification of €0.1 million to right-of-use software and a €0.9 million decrease 
arising from the exchange rate movements on US denominated intangible assets.

•  A decrease of €9.1 million in trade receivables due to the issue of some significant annual licence fee and 

product consulting invoices in June 2023.

• 

 A decrease of €1.0 million in unbilled receivables due to the issue of invoices in December 2023 on achievement 
of milestones as set out in client contracts.

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Directors’ Report (continued)for the period ended 31 December 20235. 

Changes in the State of Affairs (continued)

•  An increase in prepayments of €1.2 million influenced by the timing of contract renewals for both insurance 

and software licensing/maintenance.

•  An increase of €1.2 million in the deferred tax asset predominantly due to the increased provision for offset of 

tax losses against future taxable profits.

Total liabilities decreased by €21.0 million from €54.0 million to €33.0 million during the period with the significant 
movements being:

•  A decrease of €17.9 million in deferred revenue due to the timing of issue of subscription invoices 

(predominantly January).

•  A decrease of €2.0 million in accruals influenced by the timing of holiday leave take-up by employees and 

bonus payments.

•  A decrease in the research and development tax credit of €0.5 million due to a reduction in research and 

development costs qualifying for tax credit on account of the transition of products to market and a change in 
qualifying criteria.

6. 

Likely Developments and Outlook

Total revenue for FY24 is expected to be in the range of €130 million to €135 million. The growth rate for subscription 
revenue is expected to be in the low to mid teens (versus CY23) while services revenue is expected to remain flat 
(versus CY23). Guidance reflects both the continued lengthening in sales cycles and Limelight Health client churn.

FINEOS  remains  on  track  for  the  successful  delivery  of  a  number  of  key  projects  to  replace  legacy  systems  with 
several large carriers to maximise product subscriptions. Cost saving strategies will continue through operational 
efficiencies and as a result FY24 total costs are expected to decrease (versus CY23).

FINEOS continues to expect to achieve positive free cash flow in the six months to 30 June 2024 and for the following 
12 months in aggregate, and continuing to be self-funding thereafter. Whilst pipeline has moved out it remains strong.

7. 

Dividends

During the period the Company made no dividend payments to ordinary shareholders. The Directors do not propose 
the payment of a final dividend for the period.

8. 

Political Donations

There were no political donations made during the period ended 31 December 2023.

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9. 

Principal Risks and Uncertainties Faced

In the opinion of the Directors, the main risks and uncertainties faced by the Group, along with the nature of their 
potential impact, are as follows:

•  Global economic and political uncertainty and volatility continues in all marketplaces where FINEOS trades, 

including potential recessions in key markets. This could potentially lead to further delays and uncertainty on 
the allocated budgets of existing and prospective clients;

•  FINEOS continues to face competition in its respective markets, and if FINEOS fails to compete successfully, 

market share will decline;

•  FINEOS subsidiaries and branches operate in currencies other than the euro, and continued volatility in foreign 

exchange rates relative to the euro could adversely affect the Group’s reported earnings and cash flow;

•  Competitors’ products may replace existing FINEOS products and as a result, FINEOS may lose market share for 

these products;

•  Major changes in technology could have an impact on FINEOS and its trading model unless it continues to 

invest in research and development and remains competitive and current;

•  FINEOS sells products and services in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and EMEA, which increases 

the complexity of local customer requirements, including addressing local compliance requirements in the 
respective countries;

•  The loss of the Chief Executive Officer or other key employees, or the limited availability of qualified personnel, 

may disrupt operations or increase the cost structure; and

•  The loss of a significant client could have a significant negative effect on revenues and profits.

The impact of the above is difficult or impossible to predict accurately and many of the risks and uncertainties faced 
are beyond the Group’s control.

In the normal course of business, the Group is also exposed to price risk, credit risk and liquidity risk, which are 
discussed in more detail in Note 24.

10. 

Events Subsequent to the Period End

There are no events subsequent to the period end that would require disclosure in or adjustment to the consolidated 
financial statements.

11.  Corporate Governance Statement

The corporate governance statement of FINEOS Corporation Holdings plc, as approved by the Board, can be found 
on the Company’s website at https://www.fineos.com/investors/corporate-governance/.

12. 

Transactions with Directors

There were no contracts of any significance in relation to the business of the Group in which the Directors had any 
interest, as defined by the Companies Act 2014, at any time during the period ended 31 December 2023, other than 
as disclosed in Note 25.

13.  Controlling Party

Michael Kelly is the ultimate controlling party of the FINEOS Group.

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Directors’ Report (continued)for the period ended 31 December 202314.  Directors’ and Company Secretaries’ Interests

The Directors’ and Company Secretaries’ interests in shares and share options as at 31 December 2023 are set out 
on page 28 in the Remuneration and Nomination Committee report.

15.  Group Companies

Particulars of the companies within the Group required to be disclosed under Section 314(1) of the Companies Act 
2014 in respect of Group companies are detailed in Note 27.

16.  Directors’ Compliance Statement

The Directors have drawn up a compliance policy statement setting out the Company’s policies (that, in the Directors’ 
opinion, are appropriate to the Company) respecting compliance by the Company with its relevant obligations. The 
Directors understand that they are responsible for securing the Company’s compliance with its relevant obligations. 
The Company has appropriate arrangements or structures that are, in the Directors’ opinion, designed to secure 
material compliance with the Company’s relevant obligations; and the Company has conducted a review during the 
financial period, of the arrangements or structures that have been put in place.

17.  Accounting Records

The Directors are responsible for ensuring that proper books and accounting records, as outlined in Sections 281 to 
285 of the Companies Act 2014, are kept by the Company. To achieve this, the Directors have appointed a professionally 
qualified Chief Financial Officer who reports to the Board and ensures that the requirements of Sections 281 to 285 
of the Companies Act 2014 are complied with. These books and accounting records are maintained at the Company’s 
registered office at FINEOS House, East Point Business Park, Dublin 3, Ireland.

18. 

Statement on Relevant Audit Information

In the case of all persons who are Directors at the time this report is approved in accordance with Section 332 of the 
Companies Act 2014:

(a)  so far as the Directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the Company’s statutory 

auditors are unaware; and

(b)  the Directors have taken all steps that they ought to have taken as Directors to make themselves aware of 
any relevant audit information, and to establish that the Company’s statutory auditors are aware of that 
information.

19.  Auditors

Mazars, Chartered Accountants and Statutory Audit Firm, express their willingness to continue in office in accordance 
with Section 383(2) of the Companies Act 2014.

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20. 

Takeover Provisions

FINEOS is not subject to Chapters 6, 6A, 6B and 6C of the Companies Act 2014 dealing with the acquisition of its 
shares (including substantial holdings and takeovers).

FINEOS has incorporated into its Articles shareholder protection provisions that are similar to the provisions of the 
Australian Corporations Act 2001. These provisions seek to protect the interests of shareholders where a person 
seeks  to  acquire  a  substantial  interest  in,  or  control  of,  FINEOS.  The  Articles  prohibit  a  person  from  acquiring  a 
relevant  interest  in  issued  voting  shares  in  FINEOS  if  any  person’s  voting  power  will  increase  from  20%  or  below 
to more than 20%, or from a starting point that is above 20% and below 90%. Exceptions to the prohibition apply 
(e.g.,  acquisitions  with  shareholder  approval,  3%  creep  over  six  months  and  rights  issues  that  satisfy  prescribed 
conditions). Compulsory acquisitions are permitted by persons who hold 90% or more of securities or voting rights 
in a company.

21. 

 Restrictions on the Transfer of Securities under the 
Companies Act

The Company is an Irish company formed under the laws of Ireland and therefore subject to the provisions of the 
(Uncertificated  Securities)  Regulations,  1996  (S.I  No  68  of  1996)  (1996  Regulations)  and  its  Articles  of  Association 
accordingly  contain  prohibitions  on  transfers.  The  provision  of  uncertificated  securities  is  regulated  by  the  1996 
Regulations, which is administered by the Corporate Enforcement Authority. The Company must comply with the 
provisions of the 1996 Regulations. The Company may therefore refuse to register transfers, pursuant to a direction 
from the Irish High Court, where the transfer is prohibited under another enactment, where the Company has noted 
the transfer is to a deceased person, or where the instruction requires a transfer of units to an entity which is not a 
legal person, a minor, or to be held jointly in the names of more persons than permitted under the terms of issue of 
the security. Refer to Articles 36.2 and 36.3 of the Company’s Articles of Association.

On behalf of the Board,

Michael Kelly
Director

David Hollander
Director

20 February 2024

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Directors’ Report (continued)for the period ended 31 December 2023 
As Chair of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee (the Committee), I am pleased to present the report for 
the Committee for the six-month period ended 31 December 2023.

The objective of this report is to provide shareholders with information to understand the remuneration structures 
in  place  and  how  they  relate  to  the  Group’s  financial  performance.  The  report  also  provides  a  summary  of  the 
Committee’s roles and responsibilities and how these were discharged in the period ended 31 December 2023.

Membership and Meetings of the Committee

The members of the Committee during the period ended 31 December 2023 are set out in the table below. The 
members of the Committee were in place for the whole of the period unless otherwise stated. All members of the 
Committee are independent Non-executive Directors. 

Committee Member

Position

William Mullaney

Anne O’Driscoll

David Hollander

Chair (from 1 September 2023)

Chair (until 1 September 2023)

Member

Member

Appointed

1 January 2023

25 July 2019

15 October 2019

Attendance details for the one meeting held during the period are outlined on page 16 in the Annual Report. The 
Committee members’ biographies are set out on pages 14 to 15. 

Role of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee

The purpose of the Committee is to assist the Board by reviewing and making recommendations to the Board in 
relation to: 

•  The Group’s remuneration policy, including as it applies to Directors, and the process by which any pool of 

Directors’ fees approved by shareholders is allocated to Directors; 

•  Remuneration packages of Executive Directors, Non-executive Directors, and senior executives; 

•  Equity-based incentive plans and other employee benefit programs;

•  The Group’s pension/superannuation arrangements; 

•  Those aspects of the Group’s remuneration policies and packages, including equity-based incentives, which 

should be subject to shareholder approval; 

•  Succession plans of the Chief Executive Officer, Executive Directors, and senior executives; 

•  Board succession issues and planning; 

•  The appointment and reelection of Board and Committee members; 

•  The induction of new Directors and continuing professional development programs for Directors; 

•  The process for recruiting a new Director, including evaluating the balance of skills, knowledge, experience, 

independence, and diversity on the Board; 

•  The process for the evaluation of the performance of the Board, its Board Committees and individual 

Directors; and

•  The size and composition of the Board, strategies to address Board diversity, and the Group’s performance in 
respect of the Group’s Diversity Policy, including whether there is any gender or other inappropriate bias in 
remuneration for Directors, senior executives, or other employees.

The Committee charter can be found at https://www.fineos.com/investors/corporate-governance/.

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Remuneration and Nomination Committee Reportfor the period ended 31 December 2023Remuneration Policy

The Group is committed to attracting and retaining the best people to work in the organisation, including Directors 
and senior management. Appropriate remuneration designed to reward, retain, and motivate people is a key element 
in  achieving  that  objective.  Part  of  the  Committee’s  role  is  to  assist  the  Board  in  implementing  its  Remuneration 
Policy. A copy of the policy can be found at https://www.fineos.com/investors/corporate-governance/.

Executive Remuneration Framework

There was one Executive Director during the period: the Chief Executive Officer, Michael Kelly. 

The  elements  of  the  remuneration  package  which  may  apply  to  Executive  Directors  are  base  salary,  pension 
contributions, other benefits, and both short-term and long-term incentives. 

The tables below summarise the framework which was applied during the period ended 31 December 2023. A similar 
structure is expected to apply during the year ended 31 December 2024. The relevant benefits are included in the 
Directors’ remuneration table shown below.

Benefit

Nature of benefit

Annual base salary

Salary  levels  are  reviewed  annually  by  reference  to  market  comparisons  and  reflect 
the individual’s level of expertise and contribution to the organisation, in conjunction 
with other benefits being provided. Salary increases are normally in line with the wider 
workforce.

Pension contributions

Participation  in  a  defined  contribution  scheme  available  to  employees  in  the  same 
geography. 

The CEO does not utilise this benefit.

Other benefits

Benefits currently provided are health care cover, life insurance and permanent health 
insurance  cover.  Premiums  payable  are  included  in  the  remuneration  disclosed  in 
this report.

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Remuneration and Nomination Committee Report (continued)for the period ended 31 December 2023Incentive

Basis of incentive

Maximum opportunity

Achieved for FY2023X

CEO:  Bonus  payment  of 
€Nil.

There were no awards to 
the  CEO  under  The  Plan 
during the period. 

CEO: Drives the growth of 
the  Company  and  leads 
Company  strategy,  key 
customer  relationships, 
and 
sales 
strategic 
acquisitions. 

No  more  than  5%  of 
the  issued  share  capital 
(measured  over  rolling 
three-year  cycles)  of  the 
Company  may  be  issued 
or  reserved  under  The 
Plan at any time. 

Short-term incentives 
(bonus)

Long-term incentives 
(equity-based 
remuneration)

The  CEO  is  entitled  to 
receive  an  annual  cash 
bonus  in  recognition  of 
his  contribution  towards 
growth.

long-term 

A 
incentive 
plan  was  established  on 
admission to the ASX (the 
2019  Equity 
Incentive 
Plan  (The  Plan)).  Awards 
from  this  scheme  may 
in  the  form 
be  made 
of  options, 
restricted 
shares,  restricted  stock 
units,  and  performance 
shares.  See  Note  19  for 
more details.

The terms and conditions 
of  any  awards  made 
to  Executive  Directors 
under The Plan, including 
those  relating  to  targets, 
vesting  and/or  exercise 
(as  the  case  may  be), 
are  determined  by  the 
Committee  and  to  the 
extent  required,  subject 
to CDI holder approval.

The  Committee  reviews  the  performance  of  the  Executive  Director  for  the  purposes  of  determining  short-term 
incentives and makes recommendations to the Board as to the pay-out level. 

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Disclosure of Executive Remuneration

Even though the Company is listed on the ASX, being an Irish incorporated entity, the Company is not subject to the 
obligation to produce a remuneration report under the Australian Corporations Act. Accordingly, there is no legal 
obligation to disclose the remuneration and employment terms of individual executives who are not Directors but 
who  would,  under  Australian  law,  be  regarded  as  Key  Management  Personnel.  Accordingly,  any  such  disclosure 
would be considered a breach of those executives’ privacy. 

To assist investors, the Committee notes the following:

•  Salaries of senior leaders, along with other employees, are reviewed regularly in line with the local markets in 

which they operate;

•  Cash bonuses of up to 25% of base pay are payable based on Company and individual objectives being met; 

and 

•  There is no fixed entitlement to options.

A salary freeze remained in place for FY23X, with exceptions made only for employees who were promoted or enlarged 
the scope of their role. This was aligned with current market conditions and the Company’s overall performance. 

For  FY23X,  commission  payments  were  distributed  to  qualifying  senior  leadership/key  personnel  as  a  one-off 
discretionary bonus to reward them for their extraordinary efforts to secure a large sales deal. 

Non-executive Directors

The  Board  aims  to  recruit  high-calibre  Non-executive  Directors,  with  broad  commercial,  international,  or  other 
relevant experience.

Non-executive Director remuneration is reviewed by the Board based on recommendations from the Committee. 
The aggregate amount paid to all Non-executive Directors in any financial year for their services must not exceed the 
amount fixed by the security holders in general meeting. This amount is currently fixed at AU$800,000 (€482,3931) 
per annum. 

The annual fees set by the Committee for Non-executive Directors are set out below in the currency applicable to the 
location of the relevant Directors. No additional fees are paid for Committee membership. The fees are exclusive of 
pension/superannuation contributions where required by law to be made by FINEOS.

The annual fees for the US-based Non-executive Directors were adjusted during the period to a base of US$100,000 
plus US$10,000 where the Director is chair of a Board Committee. 

Director

Anne O’Driscoll

David Hollander

Annual fee during year  
to 30 June 2023

Annual fee during six-month period 
to 31 December 2023

AU$163,620

US$170,000

AU$164,800

US$170,000 (up to 30 September 2023)

US$110,000 (from 1 October 2023)

William Mullaney

US$100,000

US$110,000

The table of Directors’ Remuneration set out on page 27 includes the actual amounts paid to each Director, including 
all post-employment benefits in euro, the Company’s reporting currency.

Under their letters of appointment, the Non-executive Directors are not entitled to participate in any share, bonus, 
retirement benefit, or other scheme operated by the Company or any Group company.

All reasonable and documented expenses incurred in the performance of the Non-executive Directors’ duties are 
reimbursed.

1   Translated into euro at a rate of AU$/EUR 1.6584, being the average rate for the six-month period to 31 December 2023.

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Remuneration and Nomination Committee Report (continued)for the period ended 31 December 2023Service Contracts/Letters of Appointment

Details of the service contract for the Executive Director are outlined below.

Name

Michael Kelly

Title

Date of Contract

Notice period by 
Company or Director

Chief Executive Officer and 
Founder

12 December 2018

12 months

Each of the Non-executive Directors has received an appointment letter from FINEOS, confirming their respective 
roles and responsibilities as Directors, and the FINEOS expectations of them as Non-executive Directors. 

The appointment letter includes membership of any Board Committees, the fees to be paid and the time commitment 
expected.  The  letter  also  covers  matters  such  as  confidentiality,  data  protection  and  securities-dealing  policy.  In 
addition,  Non-executive  Directors  are  expected  to  acquire  a  beneficial  interest  in  CDIs  equivalent  to  their  annual 
fees within 36 months of their appointment (for those appointed in 2019, it was within 36 months of the Company’s 
IPO in 2019). 

Dates of appointment for the Non-executive Directors are set out below:

Name

Anne O’Driscoll

David Hollander

William Mullaney

Date of appointment

25 July 2019

15 October 2019

1 January 2023

Annual Report on Remuneration

The following table sets out the total remuneration for Directors for the period ended 31 December 2023.

Salary/fees
€

Short-term 
incentives
€

Post-  
employment  
benefits
€

Other 
benefits
€

Shares 
allotted
€

Share 
awards 
gain on 
exercise
€

LTIP
€

Total 
2023X
€

Director

Executive Director

Michael Kelly

195,296

Non-executive Directors

Anne O’Driscoll

David Hollander

William Mullaney

Total

53,506

65,542

49,339

363,683

–

–

–

–

–

–

1,773

5,544

–

–

–

–

–

5,544

1,773

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

197,069

59,050

65,542

49,339

371,000

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The equivalent table of total remuneration for Directors for the year ending 30 June 2023 is as follows: 

Salary/fees
€

Short-term 
incentives
€

Post-  
employment  
benefits
€

Other 
benefits
€

Shares 
allotted
€

Share 
awards 
gain on 
exercise
€

LTIP
€

Total  
2023
€

Director

Executive Directors

Michael Kelly

Tom Wall

390,800

113,509

Non-executive Directors

Anne O’Driscoll

107,078

Gilles Biscay

Martin Fahy

28,325

30,150

David Hollander

155,738

William Mullaney

46,296

60,040

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

11,351

3,546

2,644

11,045

–

3,106

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

454,386

127,504

118,123

28,325

33,256

155,738

46,296

963,628

Total

871,896

60,040

25,502

6,190

Directors’ and Company Secretaries’ Interests in Company Shares

Total CDIs 
 held at 
1 July 2023

Purchases/
Increase 
in indirect 
holdings

Acquired 
on exercise 
of options

Sales/
Reductions

Anne O’Driscoll

107,399

16,601

Michael Kelly

Natalie Climo

David Hollander

John McKnight

169,904,046

2,464,642

–

41,224

–

–

–

–

William Mullaney

10,000

25,000

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Total shares/

CDIs held at  
31 December 
2023(a)

CDIs held 
nominally at  
31 December 
2023(b)

124,000

64,000

172,368,688

1,544,565

–

–

41,224

41,224

–

–

35,000

35,000

(a)  Total CDIs at 31 December 2023 represent CDIs held directly by the Director and indirectly by the relevant 
Director’s related parties inclusive of domestic partners, dependents and entities jointly controlled or 
significantly influenced by the Director. They also represent the relevant interest in the Company’s listed 
securities as notified by the Directors to the ASX in accordance with the ASX Listing Rules.

(b)  Shares/CDIs held nominally are those CDIs registered in the name of the individual Director.

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Remuneration and Nomination Committee Report (continued)for the period ended 31 December 2023Directors’ Interests in Options

The were no options on issue that were held by Directors during the period.

See Note 19 for further detail on the Company’s equity incentive schemes.

Committee Activities

During the period ended 31 December 2023 the Committee continued to receive regular reporting from the Chief 
People Officer and the Chief Executive Officer on matters pertinent to the Committee’s role. There was a particular 
focus on succession planning, reorganisation of roles and responsibilities among senior management to better align 
with the Company’s needs and objectives, and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Progress on DEI is included in the 
ESG Report starting on page 4. 

The Committee undertook a review of the Board’s performance and has made some minor changes to the Board’s 
operations. 

During the period, the Committee was also involved in selection of an additional Director. Following security holder 
approval, Terri Rhodes has been appointed as an Independent Non-executive Director effective 1 January 2024. 

On behalf of the Committee,

William Mullaney
Chair of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee

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The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report and the Group and Company financial statements in 
accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Irish company law requires the Directors to prepare Group and Company financial statements for each financial year. 
Under the law, the Directors have elected to prepare the Group and Company financial statements in accordance 
with the Companies Act 2014 and IFRS. Under company law, the Directors must not approve the Group and Company 
financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities and financial 
position of the Group and Company as at the financial year end date and of the profit or loss of the Group for the 
financial year.

In preparing these financial statements, the Directors are required to:

•  Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

•  Make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; 

•  State whether the financial statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting 

standards, identify those standards, and note the effect and reasons for any material departure from those 
standards; and

•  Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the 

Group and Company will continue in business.

The  Directors  are  responsible  for  ensuring  that  the  Company  keeps  or  causes  to  be  kept  adequate  accounting 
records, which correctly explain and record the transactions of the Company, enable at any time the assets, liabilities, 
financial position and profit or loss of the Group and parent Company to be determined with reasonable accuracy, 
enable them to ensure that the parent Company and Group financial statements comply with the Companies Act 
2014 and enable the financial statements to be audited. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of 
the Group and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The  Directors  are  responsible  for  the  maintenance  and  integrity  of  the  financial  information  included  on  the 
Company’s website. Legislation in the Republic of Ireland governing the preparation and dissemination of financial 
statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

On behalf of the Board, 

Michael Kelly
Director

David Hollander
Director

20 February 2024

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Directors’ Responsibilities StatementINDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT 

TO THE MEMBERS OF 

FINEOS CORPORATION HOLDINGS PLC 

Opinion 

We  have  audited  the  financial  statements  of  FINEOS  Corporation  Holdings  Plc  (the  Company)  and 
Subsidiaries  (the  Group)  for  the  six-month  period  ended  31  December  2023,  which  comprise  the 
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Consolidated and  Company Statement of Financial 
Position,  the  Consolidated  and  Company  Statement  of  Changes  in  Equity,  the  Consolidated  and  Company 
Statement  of  Cash  Flows  and  the  notes  to  the  financial  statements,  including  the  summary  of  significant 
accounting  policies  set  out  in  Note  2.  The  financial  reporting  framework  that  has  been  applied  in  their 
preparation is Irish Law and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European 
Union. 

In our opinion the accompanying financial statements: 

• 

• 

• 

give  a  true  and  fair  view  of  the  assets,  liabilities  and  financial  position  of  the  Group  and  parent 
Company as at 31 December 2023 and of the Group’s loss for the six-month period then ended; 
have  been  properly  prepared  in  accordance  with  International  Financial  Reporting  Standards  as 
adopted by the European Union; and 
have been properly prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2014. 

Basis of opinion 

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (Ireland) (ISAs (Ireland)) and 
applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities 
for  the  audit  of  the  financial  statements  section  of  our  report.  We  are  independent  of  the  Company  in 
accordance with ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of financial statements in Ireland, including 
the Ethical Standard for Auditors (Ireland) issued by the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority 
(IAASA), and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements.    

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

Conclusions relating to going concern 

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors’ use of the going concern basis of 
accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 

Our evaluation of the Directors’ assessment of the entity’s ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis 
of accounting included the following: 

•  We obtained the cash flow forecasts prepared for the Group; 
•  We tested the clerical accuracy of the cash flow forecasts; 
•  We considered the consistency of the forecasts in line with other areas of our audit; 
•  We tested and challenged management on the key assumptions underlying the forecasts; 
•  We reviewed the supporting documentation for the funding options available to the Group including 

the nature of the facilities and their repayment terms; and 

•  We  assessed  the  adequacy  of  the  disclosures  in  the  financial  statements  in  relation  to  going 

concern. 

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Independent Auditor’s Report   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT 

TO THE MEMBERS OF 

FINEOS CORPORATION HOLDINGS PLC 

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or 
conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company’s or Group’s ability to 
continue  as  a  going  concern  for  a  period  of  at  least  twelve  months  from  the  date  when  the  financial 
statements are authorised for issue. 

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Directors with respect to going concern are described in the 
relevant sections of this report. 

Key audit matters 

Key  audit matters  are  those matters  that,  in  our  professional judgement,  were  of most  significance  in  the 
audit  of  the  financial  statements  of  the  current  year  and  include  the  most  significant  assessed  risks  of 
material misstatement (whether or not due to fraud) identified by the auditor, including those which had the 
greatest effect on: the overall audit strategy; the allocation of resources in the audit; and directing the efforts 
of  the  engagement  team.  These  matters  were  addressed  in  the  context  of  our  audit  of  the  financial 
statements as a whole, and in forming our opinion thereon, and we do not provide a separate opinion on 
these matters. 

We summarise below the key audit matters in forming our audit opinion above, together with an overview 
of the principal audit procedures performed to address each matter and, where relevant, key observations 
arising from those procedures. 

Key Audit Matter 
Revenue recognition 
(€61.1 million for the six-month period ended 31 
December  2023;  year  ended  30  June  2023: 
€125.0  million).  Refer  to  Note  2  (accounting 
(financial 
policy)  and  Notes  4  and  16 
disclosures). 

The following are key considerations: 
•  The  significance  of  revenue  to  understanding 
the  financial  results  for  users  of  the  financial 
statements. 

•  The  extent  of  deferred  revenue  held  by  the 
Group  and  the  assessment  of  its  systematic 
release in line with relevant revenue recognition 
principles. 

•  The complexity involved in applying IFRS 15. 
•  The  complexity  associated  with 

the  varied 
nature  of  bespoke  contracts  in  forming  new 
commercial arrangements. 

How Our Audit Addressed the Key Audit Matter 
We  performed  a  number  of  procedures  including 
the following: 
•  Developed an understanding of and evaluated 
the  operating  effectiveness  of  relevant  key 
revenue  internal  controls,  including  deferred 
revenue calculation and release controls; 
•  Use of IT audit to perform data reconciliations. 
•  Carried out detailed substantive testing; 
•  On  a  sample  basis,  recalculated  the  deferred 
and accrued portions of customer agreements 
and compared this to the amount deferred and 
accrued on the balance sheet; 

•  Assessed  associated  reconciliations  including 
accounts  receivable  and  deferred  revenue  for 
unusual reconciling items; 

•  Assessed the value of credit notes raised over 
the  period  and  for  a  select  period  post  period 
end; and  

•  Developed  a  risk-based  approach  to  perform 
journal  entry  testing  on  a  sample  basis  to 
the  appropriateness  of  manual 
determine 
postings to revenue. 

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Independent Auditor’s Report (continued) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT 

TO THE MEMBERS OF 

FINEOS CORPORATION HOLDINGS PLC 

Key Audit Matter 
Capitalisation  of  development  expenditure 
(€13.4  million  capitalised  during  the  six-month 
period ended 31 December 2023; year ended 30 
June  2023:  €26.7  million).  Refer  to  Note  2 
(accounting  policy)  and  Note  11  (financial 
disclosures). 

the 
The  Group  capitalises  costs 
development  of  its  software.  These  costs  are  then 
amortised  over  the  estimated  useful  life  of  the 
software. The costs are mainly comprised of payroll 
costs. 

incurred 

in 

The  Group’s  process  for  calculating  the  value  of 
internally  developed  software  involves  judgement 
as  it  includes  estimating  time  which  staff  spend 
developing  software,  determining 
value 
attributable  to  that  time,  and  determining  which 
projects  being  developed  meet  the  criteria  to  be 
capitalised. 

the 

Key Audit Matter 
Impairment consideration relating to capitalised 
development  expenditure  (€84.8  million  at  31 
December  2023;  30  June  2023:  €81.9  million). 
Refer to Note 2 (accounting policy) and Note 11 
(financial disclosures). 

Intangible  assets  make  up  €138.0  million  of  the 
Group’s  non-current  assets  (30  June  2023:  €137.3 
million). The most significant of these intangibles is 
capitalised  software  development  costs  of  (€84.8 
million at 31 December 2023 (30 June 2023: (€81.9 
million). 

IAS 36: Impairment of Assets requires that finite life 
intangible  assets  be 
impairment 
whenever  there  is  an  indication  that  the  intangible 
assets  may  be  impaired,  and  this  assessment 
requires judgement. 

tested 

for 

The  assessment  as  to  whether  there  are  any 
indicators  of 
judgement 
including consideration of both internal and external 
sources of information. 

impairment 

requires 

How Our Audit Addressed the Key Audit Matter 
Our work on capitalised development costs focused 
on  the  Group’s  process  for  estimating  the  time 
spent by staff on software development that can be 
capitalised  under  IAS  38,  and  the  nature  of  the 
projects undertaken: 
•  Assessing  the  nature  of  a  sample  of  projects 
against 
to 
requirements  of 
determine  if  they  were  capital  in  nature,  and 
the status of ongoing projects; 

IAS  38 

the 

•  Assessing 

the  procedures  applied  by 

the 
Group to review the rates applied to capitalise 
payroll costs;  

•  Assessing  the  effectiveness  of  controls  over 

the payroll process; 

•  Assessing  capitalised  costs  with  reference  to 
actual  payroll  information  for  a  sample  of 
employees; and 

•  Assessing  the  adequacy  of  the  disclosures 
related to capitalised development costs in the 
consolidated financial statements. 

How Our Audit Addressed the Key Audit Matter 
We assessed the factors that the Group considered 
regarding  impairment  of  capitalised  development 
costs  and  whether  any  indicators  of  impairment 
existed. 
This included having regard to: 
•  Significant changes in the extent or manner in 

which the associated software is used; 

•  Potential  or  actual  redundancy  or  disposal  of 

developed software; 

•  Amortisation  periods  applied  by  the  Group  to 
develop  software  relative  to  its  experience  of 
software lifecycle; 

•  Significant changes in the market in which the 

assets are used; and 

•  Evaluating  the  Group’s  assessment  that  the 
useful lives of intangible assets are appropriate 
at period end. 

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT 

TO THE MEMBERS OF 

FINEOS CORPORATION HOLDINGS PLC 

Key Audit Matter 
Impairment  consideration  relating  to  goodwill 
(€31.6  million  at  31  December  2023;  30  June 
2023: €32.2 million). Refer to Note 2 (accounting 
policy) and Note 11 (financial disclosures). 

Goodwill of €31.6 million is recorded in the balance 
sheet  at  31  December  2023  (30  June  2023:  €32.2 
million).  

Under  IAS  36:  Impairment  of  assets,  the  Group  is 
required  to  review  goodwill  for  impairment  at  least 
annually  by  assessing  the  recoverable  amount  of 
each  cash-generating  unit,  or  group  of  cash-
generating units, to which the goodwill relates. 

This is a key audit matter given 
•  The  size  of  the  balance  relative  to  the  total 

assets of the group; 

•  The judgements involved in allocating goodwill; 

and 

•  The  forward-looking  assumptions  applied  in 
the  value-in-use  model  prepared  in  assessing 
the  carrying  value  of  goodwill 
(including 
forecasted  cashflows,  future  growth  rates  and 
discount 
involve 
rates  applied),  which 
estimation and judgement. 

Our application of materiality 

How Our Audit Addressed the Key Audit Matter 
We  performed  a  number  of  procedures  including 
the following: 

•  We 

reviewed  management’s 

detailed 
assessment  supporting  the  business  having 
one cash-generating unit. 

•  We  obtained  a  third-party  report  in  respect  of 
an  impairment  review  at  the  period  end  date, 
which included forecasts. 

•  We  evaluated  management’s  assessment  in 
relation  to  impairment  of  goodwill,  particularly 
the methodology for determining value in use. 

•  We completed a detailed assessment of the 

assumptions underlying the impairment review 
for 
and  modelling  and  evaluated 
reasonableness  based  on  our  knowledge  of 
the business. 

these 

•  We 

assessed  management’s 

forecast 
accuracy  based  on  historical  forecasts  and 
results  and  challenged  the  achievability  of 
growth rates included in the model. 

•  We performed a sensitivity analysis on the  
to  consider 

impairment  assessment, 
impact  of 
assumptions. 

changes 

in 

the 
the  underlying 

We  apply  the  concept  of  materiality  in  planning  and  performing  the  audit  and  in  evaluating  the  impact  of 
misstatements, if any. Materiality is an expression of the relative significance or importance of a matter in the 
context of the financial statements. Misstatements in the financial statements are material if they, individually 
or in aggregate, could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken based on 
the financial statements. 

The scope of our audit was influenced by our application of materiality. We set certain quantitative thresholds 
for materiality. These, together with qualitative considerations, helped us to determine the scope of our audit 
and the nature, timing, and extent of our audit procedures on the individual financial statement line items and 
disclosures and in evaluating the effect of misstatements, both individually and on the financial statements as 
a  whole.  Based  on  our  professional  judgement,  we  determined  materiality  for  the  consolidated  financial 
statements as a whole as follows: 

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT 

TO THE MEMBERS OF 

FINEOS CORPORATION HOLDINGS PLC 

Overall materiality 

€916,800 

How we determined it 

1.5% of Group Revenue 

Rationale for benchmark applied 

This  benchmark  is  considered  the  most  appropriate  because 
Revenue  is  a  key  benchmark  used  by  management  and 
shareholders in assessing the performance of the business. 

Performance materiality 

€641,800 which represents 70% of the overall materiality 

Performance materiality is set to reduce to an appropriately low 
level the probability that the aggregate of uncorrected and 
undetected misstatements in the financial statements exceeds 
materiality for the financial statements as a whole. 

In determining the current year performance materiality, we 
considered the following factors:  

a. The quality of the control environment and whether we were 
able to rely on controls,  
b. the amount and nature of control deficiencies,  
c. the nature, volume and size of misstatements (corrected 
and/or uncorrected) in the previous audit,  
d. prior period adjustments or errors found in the current year, 
and 
e. our assessment of engagement risk. 

We  agreed  with  those  charged  with  governance  that  we  would 
report  to  them  misstatements  identified  during  our  audit  above   
€27,500 as well as misstatements below that amount that, in our 
view, warranted reporting for qualitative reasons. 

Reporting threshold 

We determined materiality for the Company to be €446,900 which is 0.5% of the parent company’s net assets 
(excluding  intercompany  loans),  deemed  the  most  appropriate  benchmark  as  the  company  is  a  holding 
company  driven  by  its  investments  in  its  subsidiaries.  We  determined  performance  materiality  for  the 
Company to be €312,800. 

Overview of the scope of the audit 

As  part  of  designing  our  audit,  we  assessed  the  risk  of  material  misstatement  in  the  financial  statements, 
whether due to fraud or error, and then designed and performed audit procedures responsive to those risks. In 
particular,  we  looked  at  where  the  Directors  made  subjective  judgements  such  as  making  assumptions  on 
significant accounting estimates. 

We tailored the scope of our audit to ensure that we performed sufficient work to be able to give an opinion on 
the  financial  statements  as  a  whole.  We  used  the  outputs  of  a  risk  assessment,  our  understanding  of  the 
Company  and  the  Group,  its  environment,  controls,  and  critical  business  processes,  to  consider  qualitative 
factors to ensure that we obtained sufficient coverage across all financial statement line items. 

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT 

TO THE MEMBERS OF 

FINEOS CORPORATION HOLDINGS PLC 

Other information  

The  Directors  are  responsible  for  the  other  information.  The  other  information  comprises  the  information 
included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion 
on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly 
stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. 

Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is 
materially  inconsistent  with  the  financial  statements  or  our  knowledge  obtained  in  the  audit,  or  otherwise 
appears  to  be  materially  misstated.  If  we  identify  such  material  inconsistencies  or  apparent  material 
misstatements,  we  are  required  to  determine  whether  there  is  a  material  misstatement  in  the  financial 
statements or a material misstatement of the other information. 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. 

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2014 

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit, we report that: 

• 

• 
• 

• 

The  information  given  in  the  Directors’  Report  for  the  financial  period  for  which  the  financial 
statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and 
The Directors’ Report has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements; 
The  accounting  records  of  the  Company  were  sufficient  to  permit  the  financial  statements  to  be 
readily and properly audited; and 
The financial statements are in agreement with the accounting records. 

We have  obtained  all  the  information  and  explanations  which,  to  the  best  of  our knowledge  and  belief,  are 
necessary for the purposes of our audit. 

Matters on which we are required to report by exception 

Based on the knowledge and understanding of the Group and the Company and their environment obtained 
in  the  course  of  the  audit,  we  have  not  identified  any  material  misstatements  in  the  Directors'  Report.  The 
Companies Act 2014 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion, the requirements of any of Sections 305 to 
312 of the Act, which relate to disclosures of directors’ remuneration and transactions are not complied with by 
the Company.  

We have nothing to report in this regard. 

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Independent Auditor’s Report (continued) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT 

TO THE MEMBERS OF 

FINEOS CORPORATION HOLDINGS PLC 

Respective Responsibilities 

Responsibilities of Directors for the financial statements 

As  explained  more  fully  in  the  Directors’  responsibilities  statement  set  out  on  page  30,  the  Directors  are 
responsible for the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the applicable financial reporting 
framework  that  they  give  a  true  and  fair  view,  and  for  such  internal  control  as  management  determines  is 
necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether 
due to fraud or error. 

In  preparing  the  financial  statements,  the  Directors  are  responsible  for  assessing  the  Group’s  ability  to 
continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going 
concern basis of accounting unless management either intends to liquidate the Group or parent Company or 
to cease operations, or has no realistic alternative but to do so. 

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements 

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are 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 ISAs (Ireland) 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 these financial statements. 

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. 

We  design  procedures  in  line  with  our  responsibilities,  outlined  above,  to  detect  material  misstatements  in 
respect  of  irregularities,  including  fraud.    The  extent  to  which  our  procedures  are  capable  of  detecting 
irregularities, including fraud is detailed below. 

Based on our understanding of the Group and the industry in which it operates, we identified that the principal 
risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to non-compliance with rules of the Australian Stock 
Exchange  for  companies  trading  securities  on  the  Australian  Stock  Exchange,  Companies  Act  2014  and 
taxation legislation and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the 
financial statements. 

In  identifying  and  assessing  risks  of  material  misstatement  in  respect  to  irregularities  including  non-
compliance with laws and regulations, our procedures included but were not limited to:  

•  Gaining an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to the Group, the industry 
in  which  it  operates  and  considered  the  risk  of  acts  by  the  Group  which  were  contrary  to  the 
applicable laws and regulations;  

•  Discussing  with  the  Directors  and  management  the  policies  and  procedures  in  place  regarding 

compliance with laws and regulations;  

•  Discussing amongst the engagement team the identified laws and regulations, and remaining alert to 

any indications of non-compliance; and 

•  Focusing  on  areas  of  laws  and  regulations  that  could  reasonably  be  expected  to  have  a  material 
effect  on  the financial  statements from  our  general commercial  and  sector  experience  and  through 

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Independent Auditor’s Report (continued)   INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT  TO THE MEMBERS OF  FINEOS CORPORATION HOLDINGS PLC   discussions with the Directors (as required by auditing standards), from inspection of the Group’s, regulatory and legal correspondence and review of minutes of Directors’ meetings in the year.   We also considered those other laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of financial statements.  Our procedures in relation to fraud included but were not limited to: • Making enquiries of the Directors and management on whether they had knowledge of any actual, suspected or alleged fraud; • Gaining an understanding of the internal controls established to mitigate risks related to fraud; • Discussing amongst the engagement team the risks of fraud such as opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of financial statements, and determined that the principal risks were related to posting manual journal entries to manipulate financial performance, management bias through judgements and assumptions in significant accounting estimates, and significant one-off or unusual transactions; and • Addressing the risks of fraud through management override of controls by performing journal entry testing.  The primary responsibility for the prevention and detection of irregularities including fraud rests with both those charged with governance and management. As with any audit, there remained a risk of non-detection of irregularities, as these may involve collusion, forgery, intentional omissions, misrepresentations or the override of internal controls.  As a result of our procedures, we did not identify any key audit matters relating to irregularities. The risks of material misstatement that had the greatest effect on our audit, including fraud, are discussed under “Key audit matters” within this report.   A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority's website at: http://www.iaasa.ie/getmedia/b2389013-1cf6-458b-9b8f-a98202dc9c3a/Description_of_auditors_responsibilities_for_audit.pdf.  This description forms part of our auditor's report.  The purpose of our audit work and to whom we owe our responsibilities  Our report is made solely to the Company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Section 391 of the Companies Act 2014. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Company and the Company’s members, as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.     Lorcan Colclough for and on behalf of Mazars Chartered Accountants and Statutory Audit Firm Harcourt Centre, Block 3, Harcourt Road, Dublin 2  20 February 2024 Financial Statements

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Revenue

Cost of sales

Gross profit

Product development and delivery

Sales and marketing

General and administration

Amortisation

Depreciation

Other income

Operating loss

Finance income

Finance costs 

Loss on ordinary activities before taxation 

Income tax

Loss for the financial period/year

Other comprehensive loss for the period/year:

Foreign exchange differences on translation of operations of  
foreign subsidiaries and branches

Total comprehensive loss for the period/year attributable  
to the equity holders of the parent

Note

4

11

12

6

7

8

9

For the 
six-month 
period ended 
31 December 
2023
€

For the 
year ended 
30 June  
2023
€

61,120,198

125,036,147

(17,398,737)

(39,339,640)

43,721,461

85,696,507

(28,575,395)

(61,347,992)

(2,301,004)

(7,943,329)

(8,390,353)

(18,354,175)

(11,902,658)

(23,065,911)

(903,999)

(2,046,005)

496,227

3,942,809

(7,855,721)

(23,118,096)

103,456

37,780

(183,535)

(666,046)

(7,935,800)

(23,746,362)

1,041,416

2,328,051

(6,894,384)

(21,418,311)

(1,319,698)

(3,847,628)

(8,214,082)

(25,265,939)

Basic and diluted (loss) per share (cents)

10

(2.07)

(6.69)

All results relate to continuing operations.

The notes on pages 49 to 87 are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Incomefor the six-month period ended 31 December 2023ASSETS

Non-current assets 

Intangible assets

Property, plant and equipment

Deferred tax

Current assets

Trade and other receivables

Cash and cash equivalents

Total Assets

EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

Current liabilities

Trade and other payables

Non-current liabilities

Long-term liabilities

Total liabilities

Capital and reserves

Called up share capital presented as equity

Share premium

Foreign exchange reserve

Other undenominated capital

Share option reserve

Reorganisation reserve

Retained earnings

Total equity

TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

As at 
31 December 
2023
€

As at  
30 June  
2023
€

Note

11

12

9

14

15

16

16

17

17

18

18

18

18

18

137,963,504

137,324,768

4,423,191

5,176,225

9,107,826

7,858,227

151,494,521

150,359,220

16,677,003

25,295,271

28,135,379

25,516,941

44,812,382

50,812,212

196,306,903

201,171,432

25,555,863

45,695,648

7,469,110

8,331,572

33,024,973

54,027,220

338,320

320,426

193,782,823

170,175,323

5,318,093

6,637,791

1

1

10,027,778

9,301,372

11,123,985

11,123,985

(57,309,070)

(50,414,686)

163,281,930

147,144,212

196,306,903

201,171,432

The notes on pages 49 to 87 are an integral part of these financial statements.

On behalf of the Board,

Michael Kelly
Director

David Hollander
Director 

20 February 2024

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Consolidated Statement of Financial Positionas at 31 December 2023Company Statement of Financial Position
as at 31 December 2023

ASSETS

Non-current assets 

Financial assets

Current assets

Trade and other receivables

Cash and cash equivalents

TOTAL ASSETS

EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

Current liabilities

Total liabilities

Capital and reserves

Called up share capital presented as equity

Share premium

Other undenominated capital

Reorganisation reserve

Retained earnings

Total equity

TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

As at 
31 December 
2023
€

As at  
30 June  
2023
€

Note

13

14

15

16

17

17

18

18

85,507,168

85,507,168

110,076,189

86,814,256

3,867,869

3,727,824

113,944,058

90,542,080

199,451,226

176,049,248

20,017

20,017

17,767

17,767

338,320

320,426

193,782,823

170,175,323

1

1

22,609,813

22,609,813

(17,299,748)

(17,074,082)

199,431,209

176,031,481

199,451,226

176,049,248

The notes on pages 49 to 87 are an integral part of these financial statements.

On behalf of the Board,

Michael Kelly
Director

David Hollander
Director

20 February 2024

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FINEOS Corporation Holdings plc

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
for the year ended 30 June 2023

Called up 
share  
capital 
presented 
as equity
€

Share 
premium
€

Foreign 
exchange 
reserves 
arising on 
translation
€

319,385

169,717,173

10,485,419

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(3,847,628)

(3,847,628)

At 30 June 2022

Loss for the year

Other comprehensive 
loss for the year

Total comprehensive 
loss for the year

Issue of share capital 

1,041

151,572

Reserves transfer 
from share options 
exercised

Share-based payment 
charge

Translation 
adjustment

–

–

–

306,578

–

–

–

–

–

–

At 30 June 2023

320,426

170,175,323

6,637,791

Other 
undenominated 
capital
€

Share 
option 
reserve
€

Reorganisation 
reserve
€

Retained 
earnings
€

Total
€

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

6,644,064

11,123,985

(28,996,375) 169,293,652

–

–

–

–

(306,578)

3,083,648

(119,762)

9,301,372

–

(21,418,311)

(21,418,311)

 –

–

–

–

–

 –

–

(3,847,628)

(21,418,311)

(25,265,939)

–

–

–

–

152,613

–

3,083,648

(119,762)

11,123,985

(50,414,686) 147,144,212

All amounts are attributable to the equity holders of the Group. 

The notes on pages 49 to 87 are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
for the six-month period ended 31 December 2023

Called 
up share 
capital 
presented 
as equity
€

Foreign 
exchange 
reserves 
arising on 
translation
€

Share 
premium
€

At 30 June 2023

320,426

170,175,323

6,637,791

Loss for the period

Other 
comprehensive 
loss for the 
period

Total 
comprehensive 
loss for the 
period

Issue of share 
capital 

Reserves 
transfer from 
share options 
exercised

Share-based 
payment charge

Translation 
adjustment

At 31 December 
2023

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(1,319,698)

(1,319,698)

17,894

23,602,500

–

–

–

5,000

–

–

–

–

–

–

338,320

193,782,823

5,318,093

Other 
undenominated 
capital 
€

Share 
option 
reserve
€

Reorganisation 
reserve
€

Retained 
earnings
€

Total
€

1

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1

9,301,372

11,123,985

(50,414,686)

147,144,212

–

–

–

–

(5,000)

778,131

(46,725)

–

(6,894,384)

(6,894,384)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(1,319,698)

(6,894,384)

(8,214,082)

–

–

–

–

23,620,394

–

778,131

(46,725)

10,027,778

11,123,985

(57,309,070)

163,281,930

All amounts are attributable to the equity holders of the Group. 

The notes on pages 49 to 87 are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Company Statement of Changes in Equity
for the year ended 30 June 2023

Called up  
share  
capital  
presented  
as equity
€

Share 
premium
€

Other 
undenominated 
capital 
€

At 30 June 2022 

Loss for the year

Other comprehensive 
loss for the year

Total comprehensive 
loss for the year

319,385 169,717,173

–

 –

–

–

Issue of share capital 

1,041

151,572

Share premium from 
share options exercised

 –

306,578

At 30 June 2023

320,426 170,175,323

 1

–

 –

–

 –

 1

Reorganisation 
reserve
€

Retained  
earnings
€

Total
€

22,609,813

(16,712,269) 175,934,103

–

 –

–

 –

(361,813)

(361,813)

 –

 –

(361,813)

(361,813)

–

 –

152,613

306,578

22,609,813

(17,074,082) 176,031,481

All amounts are attributable to the equity holders of the parent Company.

The notes on pages 49 to 87 are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Company Statement of Changes in Equity
for the six-month period ended 31 December 2023

Called up 
share  
capital 
presented 
as equity
€

Share 
premium
€

Other 
undenominated 
capital 
€

At 30 June 2023

Loss for the period

Other comprehensive loss for 
the period

Total comprehensive loss for 
the period

320,426

170,175,323

–

 –

–

–

 –

–

Issue of share capital 

17,894

23,602,500

Share premium from share 
options exercised

 –

5,000

At 31 December 2023

338,320

193,782,823

 1

–

 –

–

–

 –

 1

Reorganisation 
reserve
€

Retained 
earnings
€

Total
€

22,609,813 (17,074,082)

176,031,481

–

 –

–

–

 –

(225,666)

(225,666)

 –

 –

(225,666)

(225,666)

–

 –

23,620,394

5,000

22,609,813 (17,299,748)

199,431,209

All amounts are attributable to the equity holders of the parent Company.

The notes on pages 49 to 87 are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
for the six-month period ended 31 December 2023

Cash flows from operating activities

Group loss after tax

Adjusted for:

Income tax

Finance costs

Finance income

Other income

Depreciation

Amortisation

Lease expense

Movement in trade and other receivables

Movement in trade and other payables

Net tax paid

Research and development refund received

Effect of movement in exchange rates

Share-based payment expense

Other adjustment

Net cash flows (used in)/generated from operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities

Interest received

Payment for acquisition of subsidiary

Payment for property, plant and equipment

Payment for intangible assets

Net cash used in investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

Interest paid

Proceeds from issue of shares

Transaction costs

Net cash generated from financing activities

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period/year

Note

9

7

6

12

11

21

For the 
six-month 
period ended 
31 December 
2023
€

For the 
year ended 
30 June 
2023
€

(6,894,384)

(21,418,311)

(1,041,416)

(2,328,051)

183,535

666,046

(103,456)

(37,780)

(496,227)

(3,942,809)

903,999

2,046,005

11,902,658

23,065,911

(576,823)

(1,909,884)

8,779,057

5,973,944

(20,145,217)

6,105,852

(271,890)

–

249,688

572,809

(483,674)

(1,251,312)

19

778,131

3,083,648

14,563

46,197

(7,451,144)

10,921,953

12

11

17

17

103,456

37,780

–

(2,403,458)

(120,460)

(436,067)

(13,506,882)

(27,002,761)

(13,523,886)

(29,804,506)

(26,926)

(64,485)

23,939,815

152,613

(319,421)

–

23,593,468

88,128

2,618,438

(18,794,425)

25,516,941

44,311,366

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period/year

15

28,135,379

25,516,941

The notes on pages 49 to 87 are an integral part of these financial statements.

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Company Statement of Cash Flows
for the six-month period ended 31 December 2023

Cash flows from operating activities

Company loss after tax

Adjusted for:

Tax charge

Finance costs

Finance income

Movement in trade and other receivables

Movement in trade and other payables

Net tax paid

Effect of movement in exchange rates

Net cash flows used in operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities

Interest received

Amounts advanced to Group companies

Net cash used in investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

Interest paid

Issue of shares

Transaction costs

Net cash generated from financing activities

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period/year

For the 
six-month 
period ended 
31 December 
2023
€

For the 
year ended 
30 June 
2023
€

Note

(225,666)

(361,813)

21

433

(238)

(23,277)

2,250

(21)

1,940

–

7,466

(292)

(2,686)

(86,856)

–

(1,709)

(244,558)

(445,890)

238

292

(23,235,596)

(17,629,374)

(23,235,358)

(17,629,082)

(433)

(7,466)

23,939,815

152,613

(319,421)

–

23,619,961

145,147

140,045

(17,929,825)

3,727,824

21,657,649

14

16

17

17

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period/year

15

3,867,869

3,727,824

The notes on pages 49 to 87 are an integral part of these financial statements.

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1. 

General Information

FINEOS Corporation Holdings plc (the Company) is a public limited company incorporated in the Republic of Ireland. 
The registered office is FINEOS House, Eastpoint Business Park, Dublin 3. 

The  principal  activity  of  the  Company  and  its  subsidiaries  (the  Group)  is  that  of  enterprise  claims  and  policy 
management software for Life, Accident and Health insurers and Employee Benefits providers. Foreign operations 
are included in accordance with the significant accounting policies set out in Note 2.

2. 
a) 

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of financial statements

Compliance with IFRS, new standards and interpretations

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) 
and interpretations issued by the IFRS Interpretations Committee (IFRS IC) applicable to companies reporting under 
IFRS. The financial statements comply with IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and as 
adopted by the EU, and the Companies Act 2014.

New standards and interpretations

The following new standards, interpretations and standard amendments became effective for the Group as of 1 July 2023:

•  Disclosure of Accounting Policies (Amendments to IAS 1 and IFRS Practice Statement 2); 

•  Definition of Accounting Estimates (Amendments to IAS 8); 

•  Deferred Tax related to Assets and Liabilities arising from a Single Transaction (Amendments to IAS 12); and 

• 

International Tax Reform — Pillar Two Model Rules (Amendments to IAS 12) — application of the exception and 
disclosure of that fact. 

The standard amendments did not result in a material impact on the Group’s results.

IFRS and IFRIC interpretations being adopted in subsequent years

There are a number of standards, amendments to standards and interpretations which have been issued by the 
IASB that are effective in future accounting periods that the Group has decided not to adopt early. 

The following standards and amendments to standards are effective for the period beginning 1 January 2024: 

• 

• 

IFRS S1 General Requirements for Disclosure of Sustainability-related Financial Information;

IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures;

•  Classification of Liabilities as Current or Non-Current (Amendments to IAS 1);

•  Lease Liability in a Sale and Leaseback (Amendments to IFRS 16); and

•  Non-current Liabilities with Covenants (Amendments to IAS 1).

The Group does not expect any other standards issued by the IASB, but not yet effective, to have a material impact 
on the Group.

Historical cost, presentation currency and going concern

The  consolidated  financial  statements  have  been  prepared  on  the  historical  cost  basis,  except  where  described 
otherwise in the policies below. The consolidated financial statements of the Group and the financial statements of 
the Company are presented in euro (€) which is also the functional currency of the Group and the Company.

Management has prepared projections and forecasts for the Group. These include consideration of revenue growth, 
funding  and  finance  facilities  available,  and  cash  reserves  held.  On  this  basis,  the  Directors  consider  that  it  is 
appropriate to prepare the consolidated financial statements on the going concern assumption.

Exemption from preparing Company statement of comprehensive income 

In accordance with Section 304 of the Companies Act 2014 the Company is availing of the exemption from presenting 
its individual statement of comprehensive income to the Annual General Meeting and from filing it with the Registrar 
of Companies. The Company’s loss for the period to 31 December 2023 was €225,666 (year to 30 June 2023: €361,813).

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statementsb) 

Basis of consolidation

The financial statements of the Group incorporate the financial statements of the Company (the parent) and entities 
controlled by the Company (its subsidiaries) made up to 31 December.

Control is achieved when the Company:

•  has the power over the subsidiary entity;

• 

is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its involvement with the subsidiary entity; and

•  has the ability to use its power to affect those returns.

The Group reassesses whether it controls the subsidiaries if facts and circumstances indicate that there are changes 
to their control. When the Company has less than a majority of the voting rights of an investee, it considers that it 
has power over the investee when the voting rights are sufficient to give it the practical ability to direct the relevant 
activities  of  the  investee  unilaterally.  The  Company  considers  all  relevant  facts  and  circumstances  in  assessing 
whether or not the Company’s voting rights in an investee are sufficient to give it power, including:

• 

the size of the Company’s holding of voting rights relative to the size and dispersion of holdings of the other vote 
holders;

•  potential voting rights held by the Company, other vote holders or other parties;

• 

rights arising from other contractual arrangements; and

•  any additional facts and circumstances that indicate that the Company has, or does not have, the current ability 
to direct the relevant activities at the time that decisions need to be made, including voting patterns at previous 
shareholders’ meetings.

Consolidation of a subsidiary begins when the Company obtains control over the subsidiary and ceases when the 
Company loses control of the subsidiary. Intra-Group assets and liabilities, equity, income, expenses and cash flows 
relating to intra-Group transactions are eliminated on consolidation. Where necessary, the accounting policies of 
subsidiaries have been changed to ensure consistency with the policies adopted by the Group. 

When the Group loses control over a subsidiary, the profit or loss on disposal is calculated as the difference between 
(i) the aggregate of the fair value of the consideration received and the fair value of any retained interest and (ii) the 
previous carrying amount of the assets (including goodwill) and liabilities of the subsidiary and any non-controlling 
interests. Amounts previously recognised in other comprehensive income in relation to the subsidiary are accounted 
for (i.e. reclassified to profit or loss or transferred directly to retained earnings) in the same manner as would be 
required if the relevant assets or liabilities were disposed of.

The fair value of any investments retained in the former subsidiary at the date when control is lost is regarded as the 
fair value on initial recognition for subsequent accounting or, when applicable, the cost on initial recognition of an 
investment in an associate or jointly controlled entity. 

c) 

Revenue recognition

The Group recognises revenue from the following major sources:

• 

initial product licence fees;

•  annual subscriptions; and

• 

rendering of services, including professional services and support contracts. 

Revenue  is  measured  based  on  the  consideration  to  which  the  Group  expects  to  be  entitled  in  a  contract  with  a 
customer and excludes amounts collected on behalf of third parties. The Group recognises revenue at a point in 
time or over time as contractual performance obligations are fulfilled and control of a product or service transfers 
to a customer.

Initial product licence fees

Initial software licence revenue is recognised at a point in time when control is passed to the customer which is upon 
delivery of the software to the customer, provided that the Group has no significant related obligations or collection 
uncertainties remaining.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)Licences with related obligations which significantly enhance or modify the IP are considered a single performance 
obligation. The performance obligation is satisfied over time as the client avails of consistent access to the services 
enhancing  and  customising  the  licenced  IP.  The  satisfaction  of  the  performance  obligation  is  reliably  measured 
primarily on a percentage-of-completion basis. Revenue is recognised over the passage of time using the output 
method based on pre-agreed milestones between the parties in accordance with the master licence agreement in 
place. Income arising on customised solutions where the provision of the service has not been completed at the 
year-end date is deferred and recognised as the service is provided.

Annual subscriptions

Annual subscriptions include all support, maintenance, software updates and cloud services provided by FINEOS to 
clients. The promises are considered a single performance obligation which is satisfied over time and the subscription 
fees, including the third-party fees, are recognised using the output method on a straight-line basis which reflects 
time  lapsed,  for  the  continued  right  to  access  the  licenced  IP  and  to  benefit  from  the  support  and  maintenance 
services. 

Income arising on subscription where the provision of the service has not been completed at the year-end date is 
deferred creating a contract liability which is subsequently recognised as the service is provided.

Rendering of services, including professional services and support contracts 

Rendering of services are distinct performance obligations for which revenue is recognised in the accounting period 
in which the services are rendered when the outcome of the contract can be estimated reliably. 

The performance obligations are satisfied over time and the satisfaction of the promises is measured using the input 
method, primarily on a time and materials basis for which revenue is recognised in the period that the services are 
provided. 

For the services element of fixed price project engagements, the performance obligations are satisfied over time 
and the satisfaction of the performance obligations is reliably measured primarily on a percentage-of-completion 
basis over the term of the contract. Revenue is recognised using the output method based on pre-agreed milestones 
indicating progress to completion. When the outcome of the transaction involving the rendering of services cannot 
be  estimated  reliably,  an  entity  shall  recognise  revenue  only  to  the  extent  of  the  expenses  recognised  that  are 
recoverable.

Income arising on rendering of services where the provision of the service has not been completed at the year-end 
date is deferred creating a contract liability which is subsequently recognised as the service is provided. 

The Group’s policy for contract costs (associated with revenue contracts) is outlined in Note 2(l).

d) 

Leases

At inception of a contract, the Group assesses whether a contract is, or contains, a lease. A contract is, or contains, 
a lease if the contract conveys the right to control the use of an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for 
consideration.

The Group recognises a right-of-use asset and a lease liability at the lease commencement date. The right-of-use 
asset is initially measured at cost, which comprises the initial amount of the lease liability adjusted for any lease 
payments made at or before the commencement date, plus any initial direct costs incurred and an estimate of costs 
to dismantle and remove the underlying asset or to restore the underlying asset or the site on which it is located, 
less any lease incentives received. 

The right-of-use asset is subsequently depreciated using the straight-line method from the commencement date to 
the earlier of the end of the useful life of the right-of-use asset or the end of the lease term. The estimated useful 
lives of right-of-use assets are determined on the same basis as those of property and equipment. In addition, the 
right-of-use asset is periodically reduced by impairment losses, if any, and adjusted for certain remeasurements of 
the lease liability.

The  lease  liability  is  initially  measured  at  the  present  value  of  the  lease  payments  that  are  not  paid  at  the 
commencement  date,  discounted  using  the  interest  rate  implicit  in  the  lease  or,  if  that  rate  cannot  be  readily 
determined, the Group’s incremental borrowing rate. Generally, the Group uses its incremental borrowing rate as 
the discount rate.

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Lease payments included in the measurement of the lease liability comprise:

• 

fixed payments, including in-substance fixed payments;

•  variable lease payments that depend on an index or a rate, initially measured using the index or rate as at the 

commencement date; and

•  amounts expected to be payable under a residual value guarantee.

The lease liability is measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method. It is remeasured when there 
is a change in future lease payments arising from a change in an index or rate, if there is a change in the Group’s 
estimate of the amount expected to be payable under a residual value guarantee.

When the lease liability is remeasured in this way, a corresponding adjustment is made to the carrying amount of the 
right-of-use asset or is recorded in the statement of comprehensive income if the carrying amount of the right-of-use 
asset has been reduced to zero.

On the statement of financial position the Group presents the right-of-use asset of office rentals under ‘property, 
plant and equipment’ and the right-of-use asset of licences under “intangible assets.” The movement on the right-of-
use assets of the Group is disclosed in Notes 11 and 12.

Short-term leases and leases of low-value assets

The Group has elected not to recognise right-of-use assets and lease liabilities for short-term leases of offices and 
licences that have a lease term of 12 months or less and leases of low-value assets. The Group recognises the lease 
payments associated with these leases as an expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Lease modifications

The Group as lessee accounts for a lease modification as a separate lease if both: 

(a)  the modification increases the scope of the lease by adding the right to use one or more underlying assets; and 

(b)  the consideration for the lease increases by an amount commensurate with the stand-alone price for the increase 
in scope and any appropriate adjustments to that stand-alone price to reflect the circumstances of the particular 
contract.

For a lease modification that is not accounted for as a separate lease, at the effective date of the lease modification 
the Group as lessee: 

(a)  allocates the consideration in the modified contract; 

(b)  determines the lease term of the modified lease; and 

(c)  remeasures  the  lease  liability  by  discounting  the  revised  lease  payments  using  a  revised  discount  rate.  The 
revised discount rate is determined as the interest rate implicit in the lease for the remainder of the lease term, 
if  that  rate  can  be  readily  determined;  or  the  Group’s  incremental  borrowing  rate  at  the  effective  date  of  the 
modification, if the interest rate implicit in the lease cannot be readily determined.

For  a  lease  modification  that  is  not  accounted  for  as  a  separate  lease,  the  Group  as  lessee  accounts  for  the 
remeasurement of the lease liability by: 

(a)  decreasing the carrying amount of the right-of-use asset to reflect the partial or full termination of the lease for 
lease modifications that decrease the scope of the lease. The Group recognises in profit or loss any gain or loss 
relating to the partial or full termination of the lease; or 

(b)  making a corresponding adjustment to the right-of-use asset for all other lease modifications.

e) 

Foreign currencies

Foreign  currency  transactions  are  translated  into  the  individual  entities’  respective  functional  currencies  at 
the  exchange  rates  prevailing  on  the  date  of  the  transaction.  At  the  end  of  each  financial  year,  monetary  items 
denominated  in  foreign  currencies  are  retranslated  at  the  rates  prevailing  as  of  the  end  of  the  financial  year. 
Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rates 
prevailing  on  the  date  when  the  fair  value  was  determined.  Non-monetary  items  that  are  measured  in  terms  of 
historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)Exchange  differences  arising  on  the  settlement  of  monetary  items,  and  on  retranslation  of  monetary  items,  are 
included in the statement of comprehensive income for the year. Exchange differences arising on the retranslation 
of non-monetary items carried at fair value are included in the statement of comprehensive income for the year 
except for differences arising on the retranslation of non-monetary items in respect of which gains and losses are 
recognised directly in equity. For such non-monetary items, any exchange component of that gain or loss is also 
recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

For  the  purpose  of  presenting  consolidated  financial  statements,  the  assets  and  liabilities  of  the  Group’s  foreign 
operations (including comparatives) are expressed in euro using exchange rates prevailing at the end of the financial 
year.  Income  and  expense  items  (including  comparatives)  are  translated  at  the  average  exchange  rates  for  the 
period, unless exchange rates fluctuated significantly during that period, in which case the exchange rates at the 
dates of the transactions are used. Exchange differences arising, if any, are classified as equity and transferred to the 
Group’s translation reserve. Such translation differences are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income 
in the period in which the foreign operation is disposed of. 

On consolidation, exchange differences arising from the translation of the net investment in foreign entities (including 
monetary  items  that,  in  substance,  form  part  of  the  net  investment  in  foreign  entities),  and  of  borrowings  and 
other currency instruments designated as hedges of such investments, are taken to the foreign currency translation 
reserve.

Goodwill  and  fair  value  adjustments  arising  on  the  acquisition  of  a  foreign  operation  are  treated  as  assets  and 
liabilities of the foreign operation and translated accordingly. 

f) 

Employee benefits 

The  Group  provides  a  range  of  benefits  to  employees,  including  annual  bonus  arrangements,  paid  holiday 
arrangements and defined contribution pension plans. 

Short-term benefits

Short-term benefits, including holiday pay and other similar non-monetary benefits, are recognised as an expense in 
the period in which the service is received. A provision is made for the estimated liability for annual leave as a result 
of services rendered by employees up to the end of the financial year. 

Defined contribution pension plan

The Group operates a defined contribution plan for its employees. A defined contribution plan is a pension plan 
under which the Group pays fixed contributions into a separate entity. Once the contributions have been paid the 
Group has no further payment obligations. 

The  contributions  are  recognised  as  an  expense  when  they  are  due.  Amounts  not  paid  are  shown  in  accruals  in 
the  statement  of  financial  position.  The  assets  of  the  plan  are  held  separately  from  the  Group  in  independently 
administered funds. 

Share-based payments

The Group issues equity-settled share-based payments to certain employees. Equity-settled share-based payments 
are measured at fair value of the equity instruments (excluding the effect of non-market-based vesting conditions) 
at the date of grant. Details regarding the determination of the fair value of equity-settled share-based transactions 
are set out in Note 19. The cost of equity-settled transactions with employees is recognised as an expense over the 
vesting period, which ends on the date on which the relevant employees become fully entitled to the award. Fair 
value is determined by an external valuer using an appropriate pricing model. No expense is recognised for awards 
that do not ultimately vest; except for awards where vesting is conditional upon a market condition, which are treated 
as  vesting  irrespective  of  whether  or  not  the  market  condition  is  satisfied,  provided  that  all  other  performance 
conditions are satisfied.

At each year end date before vesting, the cumulative expense is calculated, representing the extent to which the 
vesting  period  has  expired  and  management’s  best  estimate  of  the  achievement  or  otherwise  of  non-market 
conditions, the number of equity instruments that will ultimately vest, or in the case of an instrument subject to 
a market condition, be treated as vesting as described above. The movement in the cumulative expense since the 
previous  year  end  date  is  recognised  in  the  statement  of  comprehensive  income,  with  a  corresponding  entry  in 
“Share option reserve.”

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Where  the  terms  of  an  equity-settled  award  are  modified  or  a  new  award  is  designated  as  replacing  a  cancelled 
or settled award, the cost based on the original award terms continues to be recognised over the original vesting 
period. In addition, an expense is recognised over the remainder of the new vesting period for the incremental fair 
value of any modification, based on the difference between the fair value of the original award and the fair value of 
the modified award, both as measured on the date of the modification. No reduction is recognised if this difference 
is negative.

g) 

Interest income

Interest income comprises income on cash held in interest-bearing bank deposits. Interest income is recognised as 
it occurs in the statement of comprehensive income, using the effective interest rate method. 

h) 

Government grants

Government  grants  are  not  recognised  until  there  is  reasonable  assurance  that  the  Group  will  comply  with  the 
conditions attaching to them and that the grants will be received.

Government grants are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income on a systematic basis over the periods 
in  which  the  Group  recognises  as  expenses  the  related  costs  for  which  the  grants  are  intended  to  compensate. 
Specifically, government grants whose primary condition is that the Group should purchase, construct or otherwise 
acquire non-current assets are recognised as deferred income in the consolidated statement of financial position 
and transferred to the statement of comprehensive income on a systematic and rational basis over the useful lives 
of the related assets.

Government grants that are receivable as compensation for expenses or losses already incurred or for the purpose 
of giving immediate financial support to the Group with no future related costs are recognised in the statement of 
comprehensive income in the period in which they become receivable.

Government grants towards staff re-training costs are recognised as income over the periods necessary to match 
them with the related costs and are deducted in reporting the related expense.

Government  grants  relating  to  the  acquisition  of  property,  plant  and  equipment  or  intangible  assets  are  treated 
as deferred income and released to the statement of comprehensive income over the expected useful lives of the 
assets concerned.

i) 

Income tax

The taxation expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax recognised in the reporting period. Tax is 
recognised in the statement of comprehensive income, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in 
other comprehensive income or directly in equity. In this case tax is also recognised in other comprehensive income 
or directly in equity respectively.

Current tax

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported 
in  the  statement  of  comprehensive  income  because  it  excludes  items  of  income  or  expense  that  are  taxable  or 
deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The Group’s liability for 
current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting 
period.

A provision is recognised for those matters for which the tax determination is uncertain but it is considered probable 
that there will be a future outflow of funds to a tax authority. The provisions are measured at the best estimate of 
the amount expected to become payable. The assessment is based on the judgement of tax professionals within 
the Group supported by previous experience in respect of such activities and in certain cases based on specialist 
independent tax advice.

Deferred tax

Deferred tax is the tax expected to be payable or recoverable on differences between the carrying amounts of assets 
and liabilities in the financial statements and the corresponding tax bases used in the computation of taxable profit 
and is accounted for using the liability method. 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all taxable temporary differences and deferred tax assets are 
recognised to the extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available against which deductible temporary 
differences can be utilised. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the temporary difference arises from the 
initial recognition of goodwill or from the initial recognition (other than in a business combination) of other assets 
and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the taxable profit nor the accounting profit. 

Deferred tax liabilities are recognised for taxable temporary differences arising on investments in subsidiaries, except 
where the Group is able to control the reversal of the temporary difference and it is probable that the temporary 
difference  will  not  reverse  in  the  foreseeable  future.  Deferred  tax  assets  arising  from  deductible  temporary 
differences associated with such investments are only recognised to the extent that it is probable that there will be 
sufficient taxable profits against which to utilise the benefits of the temporary differences and they are expected to 
reverse in the foreseeable future.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting date and reduced to the extent that it is 
no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered.

Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled, or the 
asset is realised, based on tax laws and rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the reporting date.

The measurement of deferred tax liabilities and assets reflects the tax consequences that would follow from the 
manner in which the Group expects, at the end of the reporting period, to recover or settle the carrying amount of 
its assets and liabilities.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when there is a legally enforceable right to set off current tax assets 
against current tax liabilities and when they relate to income taxes levied by the same taxation authority and the 
Group intends to settle its current tax assets and liabilities on a net basis.

j) 

Research and development tax credits

Research  and  development  tax  credits  are  recognised  as  a  gain,  set  against  the  related  expenditure  in  the  year 
to  which  they  relate.  To  the  extent  that  the  related  expenditure  is  capitalised,  the  tax  credit  is  deferred  on  the 
statement of financial position. 

k) 

Business combinations

The Group applies the acquisition method in accounting for business combinations. The cost of an acquisition is 
measured as the aggregate of the consideration transferred (excluding amounts relating to the settlement of pre-
existing relationships), the amount of any non-controlling interest in the acquiree and, in a business combination 
achieved in stages, the acquisition date fair value of the acquirer’s previously-held equity interest in the acquiree. 
Transaction costs that the Group incurs in connection with a business combination are expensed as incurred.

To the extent that settlement of all or any part of consideration for a business combination is deferred, the fair value 
of the deferred component is determined through discounting the amounts payable to their present value at the date 
of exchange. The discount component is unwound as an interest charge in the Consolidated Income Statement over 
the life of the obligation. Any contingent consideration is recognised at fair value at the acquisition date and included 
in  the  cost  of  the  acquisition.  The  fair  value  of  contingent  consideration  at  acquisition  date  is  arrived  at  through 
discounting the expected payment to present value. In general, in order for contingent consideration to become 
payable,  pre-defined  revenue  targets  must  be  exceeded.  Subsequent  changes  to  the  fair  value  of  the  contingent 
consideration will be recognised in profit or loss unless the contingent consideration is classified as equity, in which 
case it is not remeasured and settlement is accounted for within equity.

The assets and liabilities arising on business combination activity are measured at their acquisition-date fair values. 
Contingent liabilities assumed in business combination activity are recognised as of the acquisition date, where such 
contingent liabilities are present obligations arising from past events and their fair value can be measured reliably. 
In the case of a business combination achieved in stages, the acquisition date fair value of the acquirer’s previously-
held equity interest in the acquiree is remeasured to fair value as at the acquisition date through profit or loss. When 
the  initial  accounting  for  a  business  combination  is  determined  provisionally,  any  adjustments  to  the  provisional 
values allocated to the consideration, identifiable assets or liabilities (and contingent liabilities, if relevant) are made 
within the measurement period, a period of no more than one year from the acquisition date.

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l) 

Intangible assets

Goodwill arising on business combinations

Goodwill arising on a business combination is initially measured at cost, being the excess of the cost of the acquisition 
over the fair value of the net identifiable assets and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition. It relates to the 
future economic benefits arising from assets which are not capable of being individually identified and separately 
recognised. Following initial recognition, goodwill is measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. 

Intangible assets (other than goodwill) arising on business combinations

Intangible assets are capitalised separately from goodwill as part of a business combination at cost (fair value at date 
of  acquisition).  Subsequent  to  initial  recognition  these  intangible  assets  are  carried  at  cost  less  any  accumulated 
amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses. 

Intangible assets are amortised on a straight-line basis over periods ranging from seven to 20 years, depending on 
the nature of the intangible asset. The amortisation expense is disclosed separately on the face of the condensed 
consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

Intangible assets acquired separately

Computer software

Computer  software  separately  acquired,  including  computer  software  which  is  not  an  integral  part  of  an  item  of 
computer hardware, is stated at cost less any accumulated amortisation and any accumulated impairment losses. 
Cost comprises purchase price and other directly attributable costs.

Computer software is recognised as an asset only if it meets the following criteria:

•  an asset can be separately identified;

• 

• 

• 

it is probable that the asset created will generate future economic benefits;

the development cost of the asset can be measured reliably;

it is probable that the expected future economic benefits that are attributable to the asset will flow to the 
entity; and

• 

the cost of the asset can be measured reliably.

Costs relating to the development of computer software for internal use are capitalised once the recognition criteria 
outlined above are met. 

Computer  software  is  amortised  on  a  straight-line  basis  over  its  useful  economic  life,  which  is  considered  to  be 
between  three  to  five  years.  The  amortisation  expense  is  disclosed  separately  on  the  face  of  the  consolidated 
statement of comprehensive income.

Internally-generated intangible assets

Research and development expenditure

Expenditure on research activities is recognised as an expense in the period in which it is incurred. An internally-
generated  intangible  asset  arising  from  development  (or  from  the  development  phase  of  an  internal  project)  is 
recognised if, and only if, all of the following conditions have been demonstrated:

• 

• 

• 

the technical feasibility of completing the intangible asset so that it will be available for use or sale;

the intention to complete the intangible asset and use or sell it;

the ability to use or sell the intangible asset;

•  how the intangible asset will generate probable future economic benefits;

• 

the availability of adequate technical, financial and other resources to complete the development and to use or 
sell the intangible asset; and

• 

the ability to measure reliably the expenditure attributable to the intangible asset during its development.

The amount initially recognised for internally-generated intangible assets is the sum of the expenditure incurred from 
the date when the intangible asset first meets the recognition criteria listed above. Where no internally-generated 
intangible  asset  can  be  recognised,  development  expenditure  is  recognised  in  the  statement  of  comprehensive 
income in the period in which it is incurred.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)Development expenditure is amortised on a straight-line basis over its useful economic life, which commences when 
the  asset  is  brought  into  use,  and  is  considered  to  be  between  three  and  10  years.  The  amortisation  expense  is 
disclosed separately on the face of the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

Contract costs

The incremental costs of obtaining a contract are recognised as an asset if the Group expects to recover those costs. 
However, those incremental costs are limited to the costs that the Group would not have incurred if the contract had 
not been successfully obtained. 

Costs incurred to fulfil a contract are recognised as an asset if and only if all of the following criteria are met:

• 

• 

the costs relate directly to a contract (or a specific anticipated contract);

the costs generate or enhance resources of the entity that will be used in satisfying performance obligations in 
the future; and

• 

the costs are expected to be recovered.

These include costs such as direct labour, direct materials, and the allocation of overheads that relate directly to the 
contract. 

The asset recognised in respect of the costs to obtain or fulfil a contract is amortised on a systematic basis that is 
consistent with the associated revenue contract’s pattern of transfer of the services to which the asset relates. The 
amortisation expense is included within administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of comprehensive 
income. The incremental costs of obtaining a contract are expensed if the associated amortisation period would be 
12 months or less. 

Subsequent  to  initial  recognition,  internally-generated  intangible  assets  are  reported  at  cost  less  accumulated 
amortisation and accumulated impairment losses, on the same basis as intangible assets that are acquired separately.

Derecognition of intangible assets

An  intangible  asset  is  derecognised  on  disposal,  or  when  no  future  economic  benefits  are  expected  from  use  or 
disposal.  Gains  or  losses  arising  from  derecognition  of  an  intangible  asset,  measured  as  the  difference  between 
the net disposal proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset, are recognised in the statement of comprehensive 
income when the asset is derecognised.

m) 

Property, plant and equipment

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses. 
Cost includes the original purchase price, costs directly attributable to bringing the asset to its working condition for 
its intended use, dismantling and restoration costs, and borrowing costs capitalised. 

Depreciation

Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method to write off the cost of property, plant and equipment over 
their expected useful lives as follows:

Office equipment 
Computer equipment  
Fixtures and fittings 
Right-of-use assets 

20% to 33.33% 
33.33% 
20% to 33.33% 
Lower of the useful life of the asset or the lease term

The  estimated  useful  lives,  residual  values  and  depreciation  method  are  reviewed  at  the  end  of  each  reporting 
period, with the effect of any changes in estimate accounted for on a prospective basis.

Subsequent additions

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

The  carrying  amount  of  any  replaced  component  is  derecognised.  Major  components  are  treated  as  a  separate 
asset  where  they  have  significantly  different  patterns  of  consumption  of  economic  benefits  and  are  depreciated 
separately over their useful lives.

Repairs, maintenance and minor inspection costs are expensed as incurred.

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Derecognition

An  item  of  property,  plant  and  equipment  is  derecognised  upon  disposal  or  when  no  future  economic  benefits 
are expected to arise from the continued use of the asset. The gain or loss arising on the disposal or retirement of 
an asset is determined as the difference between the sales proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and is 
recognised in the statement of comprehensive income.

n) 

Financial assets

Investments in subsidiary companies

Investments  in  subsidiary  companies  are  reflected  in  the  separate  financial  statements  of  the  parent  Company. 
Investments in subsidiaries are stated at cost less accumulated impairment losses.

o) 

Impairment of goodwill

In the year in which a business combination is effected and where some or all of the goodwill allocated to a particular 
cash-generating unit (CGU) arose in respect of that combination, the CGU is tested for impairment prior to the end 
of the relevant annual period. 

Goodwill  is  subject  to  impairment  testing  on  an  annual  basis  and  at  any  time  during  the  year  if  an  indicator  of 
impairment is considered to exist. Where the carrying value exceeds the estimated recoverable amount (being the 
greater  of  fair  value  less  costs  of  disposal  and  value-in-use),  an  impairment  loss  is  recognised  by  writing  down 
goodwill to its recoverable amount.

The recoverable amount of goodwill is determined by reference to the CGU to which the goodwill has been allocated. 
Impairment losses arising in respect of goodwill are not reversed once recognised.

p) 

Impairment of tangible and intangible assets

The Group reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible and intangible assets as at each reporting date to assess for 
any indication of impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in 
order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). 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. 

Irrespective of whether there is any indication of impairment, the Group also tests its intangible assets with indefinite 
useful lives and intangible assets not yet available for use for impairment annually by comparing their respective 
carrying amounts with their corresponding recoverable amounts. 

The recoverable amount of an asset or cash-generating unit is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its 
value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a 
pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to 
the asset. 

An  impairment  loss  for  the  amount  by  which  the  asset’s  carrying  amount  exceeds  the  recoverable  amount  is 
recognised immediately in the statement of comprehensive income; unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued 
amount, in which case the impairment loss is first treated as a revaluation decrease.

Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (cash-generating unit) is increased 
to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the 
carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (cash-
generating  unit)  in  prior  years.  A  reversal  of  an  impairment  loss  is  recognised  immediately  in  the  statement  of 
comprehensive income, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the 
impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)q) 

Financial instruments

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the Group becomes a party to the contractual provisions 
of the instrument.

Effective interest method

The effective interest method is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a financial instrument and allocating 
the interest income or expense over the relevant period. The effective interest rate is the rate that exactly discounts 
estimated future cash receipts or payments (including all fees on points paid or received that form an integral part 
of the effective interest rate, transaction costs and other premiums or discounts) through the expected life of the 
financial instrument, or where appropriate, a shorter period, to the net carrying amount of the financial instrument. 
Income and expense are recognised on an effective interest basis for debt instruments other than those financial 
instruments at fair value through profit or loss.

Financial assets

Financial  assets  and  financial  liabilities  are  initially  measured  at  fair  value.  Transaction  costs  that  are  directly 
attributable  to  the  acquisition  or  issue  of  financial  assets  and  financial  liabilities  (other  than  financial  assets  and 
financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss) are added to or deducted from the fair value of the financial 
assets  or  financial  liabilities,  as  appropriate,  on  initial  recognition.  Transaction  costs  directly  attributable  to  the 
acquisition of financial assets or financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss are recognised immediately in 
the statement of comprehensive income.

All financial assets are recognised on a trade date. This is the date on which the Group commits to purchase or sell 
the asset. They are initially measured at fair value, plus transaction costs, except for those financial assets classified 
as at fair value through profit or loss, which are initially measured at fair value.

Financial assets are classified into the following specified categories: financial assets at fair value through profit or 
loss; held-to-maturity investments; loans and receivables; and available-for-sale financial assets. The classification 
depends on the nature and purpose for which these financial assets were acquired and is determined at the time of 
initial recognition.

Loans and receivables

The Group’s loans and receivables comprise trade and other receivables, amounts due from contract customers, 
bank balances and fixed deposits.

Such  loans  and  receivables  are  non-derivatives  with  fixed  or  determinable  payments  that  are  not  quoted  in  an 
active market. They are measured at amortised cost, using the effective interest method less impairment. Interest is 
recognised by applying the effective interest rate, except for short-term receivables when the recognition of interest 
would be immaterial.

Impairment of financial assets

The Group recognises lifetime expected credit losses (ECL) for trade receivables. The ECL on these financial assets 
are estimated using a provision matrix based on the Group’s historical credit loss experience, adjusted for factors 
that are specific to the receivables, general economic conditions and an assessment of both the current as well as 
the  forecast  direction  of  conditions  at  the  reporting  date,  including  the  time  value  of  money  where  appropriate. 
When there has not been a significant increase in credit risk since initial recognition, the Group measures the loss 
allowance for that financial instrument at an amount equal to 12-month ECL which represents the portion of lifetime 
ECL that is expected to result from default events on a financial instrument that are possible within 12 months after 
the reporting date; except for assets for which a simplified approach was used.

The  Group  assumes  that  the  credit  risk  on  a  financial  instrument  has  not  increased  significantly  since  initial 
recognition if the financial instrument is determined to have low credit risk at the reporting date.

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A financial instrument is determined to have low credit risk if:

(a)  the financial instrument has a low risk of default;

(b)  the debtor has a strong capacity to meet its contractual cash flow obligations in the near term; and

(c)  adverse changes in economic and business conditions in the longer term may, but will not necessarily, reduce the 

ability of the borrower to fulfil its contractual cash flow obligations.

The Group considers a financial asset to have low credit risk when the asset has an external credit rating of ‘investment 
grade’ in accordance with the globally understood definition; or if an external rating is not available, the asset has 
an internal rating of “performing.” Performing means that the counterparty has a strong financial position and there 
are no past due amounts.

Derecognition of financial assets

The Group derecognises a financial asset only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire, 
or it transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the asset to another 
entity. If the Group neither transfers nor retains substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the financial 
asset and continues to control the transferred asset, the Group recognises its retained interest in the asset and an 
associated liability for amounts it may have to pay. If the Group retains substantially all the risks and rewards of 
ownership of a transferred financial asset, the Group continues to recognise the financial asset and also recognises 
a collateralised borrowing for the proceeds receivable.

Financial liabilities and equity

Classification of debt or equity

Debt and equity instruments are classified as either financial liabilities or as equity in accordance with the substance 
of the contractual arrangements and the definitions of a financial liability and an equity instrument.

Equity instruments

An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Group after deducting all 
of its liabilities. Equity instruments are recorded at the proceeds received, net of direct issue costs.

Ordinary share capital

Ordinary share capital is classified as equity. Incremental costs directly attributable to the issue of ordinary shares 
and share options are recognised as a deduction from equity.

Financial liabilities

Financial  liabilities  are  classified  as  either  financial  liabilities  at  fair  value  through  profit  or  loss  or  other  financial 
liabilities.

Financial liabilities are classified as at fair value through profit or loss if the financial liability is either held for trading 
or it is designated as such upon initial recognition.

Other financial liabilities

Trade and other payables

Trade and other payables are initially measured at fair value, net of transaction costs, and are subsequently measured 
at amortised cost, where applicable, using the effective interest method, with interest expense recognised on an 
effective yield basis.

Borrowings

Interest-bearing bank loans and overdrafts are initially measured at fair value, and are subsequently measured at 
amortised cost, using the effective interest method. Any difference between the proceeds (net of transaction costs) 
and the settlement or redemption of borrowings is recognised over the term of the borrowings.

Derecognition of financial liabilities

The Group derecognises financial liabilities when, and only when, the Group’s obligations are discharged, cancelled 
or they expire.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)Derivative financial instruments

In order to manage interest rate and foreign currency risks, the Group has from time to time entered into derivative 
financial  instruments  (principally  currency  swaps  and  forward  foreign  exchange  contracts).  Derivative  financial 
instruments are recognised initially at fair value on the date on which a derivative contract is entered into and are 
subsequently remeasured at fair value. The carrying value of derivatives is fair value based on discounted future cash 
flows and adjusted for counterparty risk. Future floating rate cash flows are estimated based on future interest rates 
(from observable yield curves at the end of the reporting period). Fixed and floating rate cash flows are discounted 
at future interest rates and translated at period-end foreign exchange rates. At the statement of financial position 
date, no derivative instruments were recognised on the statement of financial position.

r) 

Provisions and contingencies

Provisions

Provisions are recognised when the Group has a present obligation (legal or constructive) as a result of a past event, 
it is probable that the Group will be required to settle that obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the 
amount of the obligation.

The  amount  recognised  as  a  provision  is  the  best  estimate  of  the  consideration  required  to  settle  the  present 
obligation at the reporting date, taking into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the obligation.

Where a provision is measured using the cash flows estimated to settle the present obligation, its carrying amount is 
the present value of those cash flows (when the effect of the time value of money is material).

When some or all of the economic benefits required to settle a provision are expected to be recovered from a third 
party,  a  receivable  is  recognised  as  an  asset  if  it  is  virtually  certain  that  reimbursement  will  be  received  and  the 
amount of the receivable can be measured reliably.

Contingencies

Contingent liabilities, arising as a result of past events, are not recognised when (i) it is not probable that there will 
be an outflow of resources or that the amount cannot be reliably measured at the reporting date or (ii) when the 
existence will be confirmed by the occurrence or non-occurrence of uncertain future events not wholly within the 
Group’s control. Contingent liabilities are disclosed in the financial statements unless the probability of an outflow 
of resources is remote.

Contingent assets are not recognised. Contingent assets are disclosed in the financial statements when an inflow of 
economic benefits is probable.

s) 

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash  and  cash  equivalents  comprise  cash  on  hand  and  demand  deposits  and  other  short-term  highly  liquid 
investments which are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and are subject to insignificant risk of changes 
in value.

3. 

 Significant Accounting Judgements, Estimates 
and Assumptions

In  preparing  these  financial  statements,  the  Group  and  Company  make  judgements,  estimates  and  assumptions 
concerning the future that impact the application of policies and reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and 
expenses.

The  resulting  accounting  estimates  calculated  using  these  judgements  and  assumptions  are  based  on  historical 
experience and expectations of future events and may not equal the actual results.

Estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis, and revisions to estimates are recognised 
prospectively.

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The judgements and key sources of assumptions and estimation uncertainty that have a significant effect on the 
amounts recognised in the financial statements are discussed below.

Critical judgements made in applying the Group’s and Company’s accounting policies

Information about judgements made in applying accounting policies that have the most significant effects on the 
amounts recognised in these financial statements are set out below:

Group:

(a) Development expenditure

The  Group  capitalises  a  proportion  of  costs  related  to  software  development  in  accordance  with  its  accounting 
policy. The Group regularly reviews the carrying value of capitalised development costs, which are amortised over 
three to 10 years, to ensure they are not impaired, and the amortisation period is appropriate. Management makes 
judgements about the technical feasibility and economic benefit of completed products, as well as the period of time 
over which the economic benefit will cease.

(b) Useful life of intangible assets (excluding goodwill)

Intangible assets, including capitalised development expenditure, are amortised over their useful lives. The estimated 
useful life reflects management’s estimate of the period that the Group intends to derive future economic benefits 
from  the  use  of  intangible  assets.  Changes  in  the  economic  usage  and  developments  could  affect  the  economic 
useful  life  of  the  intangible  fixed  asset  which  could  then  consequently  impact  future  amortisation  charges.  The 
carrying amount of the intangible assets of the Group (excluding goodwill) as at 31 December 2023 was €106,332,169 
(30 June 2023: €105,157,802) (see Note 11).

(c) Revenue recognition

The  Group  recognises  revenue  in  line  with  IFRS  15  Revenue  from  Contracts  with  Customers.  Management  applies 
judgement in determining the nature, variable consideration and timing of satisfaction of promises in the context 
of  the  contract  that  meet  the  basis  of  revenue  recognition  criteria.  Significant  judgements  include  identifying 
performance obligations, identifying distinct intellectual property licences, and determining the timing of satisfaction 
and approach in recognising the revenue of those identified performance obligations; whether a point in time or a 
passage of time approach is to be adopted. See applied revenue recognition criteria for each revenue stream within 
Note 2(c) for details on the Group’s revenue recognition policies. The Group’s revenue recognised for the six months 
to 31 December 2023 was €61,120,198 (year to 30 June 2023: €125,036,147) (see Note 4).

(d) Impairment of goodwill

The impairment testing process requires management to make significant judgements and estimates regarding the 
future cash flows expected to be generated by CGUs to which goodwill has been allocated. In assessing value-in-
use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects 
current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the future cash 
flow estimates have not been adjusted. The carrying amount of goodwill as at 31 December 2023 was €31,631,335 
(30 June 2023: €32,166,966) (see Note 11).

Company:

(a) Impairment of investment in subsidiaries

Investments in subsidiary companies are reflected in the separate financial statements of the parent Company at 
cost  less  accumulated  impairment  losses.  At  the  end  of  each  financial  year,  an  assessment  is  made  on  whether 
there  are  indicators  that  the  Company’s  investments  are  impaired.  The  Company’s  assessment  is  based  on  the 
performance  of  the  underlying  subsidiary  companies.  The  carrying  amount  of  investments  in  subsidiaries  in  the 
Company statement of financial position at 31 December 2023 was €85,507,168 (30 June 2023: €85,507,168) (see 
Note 13).

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)4. 

Revenue

Amount of revenue by class of activity:

Annual subscriptions

Professional services

Initial product licence fees

Amount of revenue by market:

North America

APAC

EMEA

Segment information

Six months ended 
31 December 2023 
€

12 months ended 
30 June 2023  

€

33,034,071

28,086,127

–

62,406,216

60,822,212

1,807,719

61,120,198

125,036,147

46,837,070

11,296,746

2,986,382

97,659,804

21,234,679

6,141,664

61,120,198

125,036,147

The Group manages its operations as a single business operation and there are no parts of the Group that qualify 
as operating segments. The Board assesses the financial performance of the Group on an integrated basis only and 
accordingly, the Group is managed on the basis of a single segment.

Major customers

In  the  six  months  ended  31  December  2023  there  were  two  clients  that  each  accounted  for  10%  or  more  of  the 
Group’s revenue (12 months ended 30 June 2023: two clients), as follows:

Client 1

Percentage of total revenue

Client 2

Percentage of total revenue

Contract assets and contract liabilities

Contract assets

Six months ended 
31 December 2023 
€

8,350,982

13.7%

7,623,676

12.5%

12 months ended 
30 June 2023  

€

19,335,470

15.5%

18,505,809

14.8%

Contract  assets  are  disclosed  separately  as  unbilled  receivables  in  Trade  and  other  receivables  amounting  to 
€986,491 (30 June 2023: €2,010,916) (see Note 14).

Contract liabilities

Contract  liabilities  are  disclosed  separately  as  deferred  revenue  in  Trade  and  other  payables  amounting  to 
€12,106,038 (30 June 2023: €29,974,987) (see Note 16). The Group is availing of the practical expedient which exempts 
the disclosure of unsatisfied performance obligations to date since both of the following criteria are met:

• 

• 

the performance obligations are part of contracts which have an original expected duration of one year or less; and

the Group recognises revenue from the satisfaction of the performance obligations which have been completed 
to date and to which the Group has a right to invoice.

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5. 

Employees

The  average  monthly  number  of  persons  employed  by  the  Group  (including  Directors)  during  the  period  was  as 
follows:

Product development and delivery

Sales and marketing

Administration

The staff costs comprise:

Wages and salaries

Social welfare costs

Pension costs

Share-based payment expense

Directors’ remuneration

Directors’ remuneration in respect of qualifying 

services in respect of FINEOS Corporation Limited:

Emoluments

Pension/superannuation 

Six months ended 
31 December 2023 
Number

12 months ended 
30 June 2023 
Number

802

23

54

879

778

26

51

855

Six months ended  
31 December 2023 
€

12 months ended  
30 June 2023 
€

42,642,243

89,361,174

4,013,811

2,182,769

778,131

8,275,937

4,631,520

3,083,648

49,616,954

105,352,279

Six months ended  
31 December 2023 
€

12 months ended  
30 June 2023 
€

365,456

5,544

371,000

938,126

25,502

963,628

The number of Directors to whom retirement benefits are accruing under defined contribution scheme pension/
superannuation costs noted above is one (12 months ended 30 June 2023: three).

Other than as shown above any further disclosures in respect of Sections 305 and 306 of the Companies Act 2014 
are €Nil for the financial period presented.

Staff costs as qualifying development expenditure

The qualifying development expenditure generating an asset as shown in Note 11 consists of qualifying staff costs 
incurred  in  relation  to  the  development  of  the  Group’s  projects.  During  the  current  period,  qualifying  staff  costs 
amounted to €13,400,180 (12 months ended 30 June 2023: €26,724,612). 

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)6. 

Other Income

Research and development tax credit 

Gain on re-measurement of contingent consideration

Grant and other income

Six months ended 
31 December 2023 
€

12 months ended 
30 June 2023 
€

496,227

–

–

1,133,463

2,805,846

3,500

496,227

3,942,809

The Company avails of research and development tax credits pursuant to Section 33, Finance Act 2004. 

7. 

Finance Costs

Bank charges and interest

Lease interest (Note 21)

Unwinding of discount applicable to contingent consideration 

Six months ended 
31 December 2023 
€

12 months ended 
30 June 2023 
€

26,926

156,609

–

64,485

334,858

266,703

183,535

666,046

8. 

Loss on Ordinary Activities Before Taxation 

The loss on ordinary activities before taxation is stated 

after charging/(crediting):

Auditor’s remuneration 

– Audit of Group companies

– Tax advisory services

Amortisation (Note 11)

Depreciation (Note 12)

Research and development expense

Research and development tax credit (Note 6)

Share-based payment expense (Note 19)

Foreign exchange gain

Six months ended 
31 December 2023 
€

12 months ended 
30 June 2023 
€

83,450

–

11,902,658

903,999

10,290,643

(496,227)

778,131

(426,467)

120,350

10,150

23,065,911

2,046,005

21,787,508

(1,133,463)

3,083,648

(247,836)

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9. 
(a) 

Tax on Loss on Ordinary Activities
Tax on loss on ordinary activities

The tax charge is made up as follows: 

Current tax:

Overseas taxation

Adjustments in respect of previous periods

Total current tax

Deferred tax:

Six months ended 
31 December 2023 
€

12 months ended 
30 June 2023 
€

201,534

(1,823)

383,758

57,344

199,711

441,102

Origination and reversal of timing differences

(1,241,127)

(2,769,153)

Tax on loss on ordinary activities

(1,041,416)

(2,328,051)

Overseas taxation has been provided on the results of overseas subsidiary companies at the appropriate overseas 
rates of tax.

(b) 

Factors affecting the tax charge for the year

The current tax charge for the period differs from the amount computed by applying the standard rate of corporation 
tax in the Republic of Ireland to the loss on ordinary activities before taxation. The sources and tax effects of the 
differences are explained below:

Loss on ordinary activities before tax

Loss on ordinary activities multiplied by the standard rate of tax of 12.5%

Depreciation greater than capital allowances

Short-term timing differences

Non-deductible expenses/non-taxable income

Higher tax charge on passive income

Higher rates of tax on foreign income

Research and development tax credits claimed

Adjustments in respect of previous years

Losses carried forward

Deferred tax

Total tax charge

Six months ended 
31 December 2023 
€

12 months ended 
30 June 2023 
€

(7,935,800)

(991,975)

99,533

(104,783)

101,832

12,009

140,913

(149,336)

(1,823)

1,093,341

(1,241,127)

(23,746,362)

(2,968,295)

279,590

(87,125)

71,000

3,857

86,872

(350,089)

57,344

3,347,948

(2,769,153)

(1,041,416)

(2,328,051)

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)(c) 

Deferred tax asset

Group

At beginning of period

Released to the statement 

of comprehensive income (Note 9(a))

Foreign exchange

Six months ended 
31 December 2023 
€

12 months ended 
30 June 2023 
€

7,858,227

5,180,339

1,241,127

8,472

2,769,153

(91,265)

At end of period/year

9,107,826

7,858,227

The deferred tax asset is analysed as follows:

Timing differences between depreciation 

and capital allowances

Timing differences on holiday leave

Timing differences for losses

Other timing differences

216,359

503,715

8,182,501

205,251

209,512

494,365

6,988,248

166,102

At end of period/year

9,107,826

7,858,227

10. 

Earnings Per Share

Six months ended 
31 December 2023 
€

12 months ended 
30 June 2023 
€

Basic earnings per share

Loss attributed to ordinary shareholders

(6,894,384)

(21,418,311)

Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding

332,387,891

319,977,055

Basic loss per share (cents)

(2.07)

(6.69)

Basic loss per share is calculated by dividing the loss for the period after taxation attributable to ordinary shareholders 
by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period. 

Six months ended 
31 December 2023 
€

12 months ended 
30 June 2023 
€

Diluted earnings per share

Loss attributed to ordinary shareholders

(6,894,384)

(21,418,311)

Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding

332,387,891

319,977,055

Diluted loss per share (cents)

(2.07)

(6.69)

The calculation of diluted earnings per share has been based on the loss attributable to ordinary shareholders and 
weighted-average number of ordinary shares outstanding after adjustments for the effects of all dilutive ordinary 
shares. Potential ordinary shares are treated as dilutive when, and only when, their conversion to ordinary shares 
would decrease EPS or increase the loss per share from continuing operations. 

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11. 

Intangible Assets

Right-of-
use assets
€

Development 
expenditure
€

Contract 
costs
€

Computer 
software
€

Technology 
€

Customer 
relationships
€

Goodwill
€

Total
€

Group

Cost

At 30 June 2023

6,180,517

163,329,247

3,400,177

341,736

8,575,006

19,376,375

45,204,295

246,407,353

–

13,400,180

106,702

(56,904)

–

(1,583)

(167,582)

 –

 –

–

–

 –

–

–

–

–

–

–

13,506,882

(56,904)

(142,787)

(322,647)

(752,723)

(1,387,322)

6,122,030

176,561,845

3,506,879

341,736

8,432,219

19,053,728

44,451,572 258,470,009

Additions

Modification

Translation 
adjustment

At 31 December 
2023

Amortisation 
and impairment

At 30 June 2023

5,812,526

81,424,019

2,515,924

341,736

3,272,686

2,678,365

13,037,329

109,082,585

137,301

10,448,827

253,053

(1,583)

(138,737)

 –

–

 –

585,494

477,983

–

11,902,658

(66,735)

(54,591)

(217,092)

(478,738)

5,948,244

91,734,109

2,768,977

341,736

3,791,445

3,101,757

12,820,237 120,506,505

Amortisation 
charged in the 
period

Translation 
adjustment

At 31 December 
2023

Net book 
amounts

At 31 December 
2023

 –

 –

4,640,774

15,951,971

31,631,335 137,963,504

5,302,320

16,698,010

32,166,966

137,324,768

173,786

84,827,736

737,902

At 30 June 2023

367,991

81,905,228

884,253

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)Right-of-use 
assets
€

Development 
expenditure
€

Contract 
costs
€

Computer 
software
€

Technology 
€

Customer 
relationships
€

Goodwill
€

Total
€

Group

Cost

At 30 June 2022

6,184,901

137,068,741

3,122,028

341,736

8,970,446

20,269,923

47,288,906

223,246,681

Additions

Translation 
adjustment

–

26,724,612

278,149

(4,384)

(464,106)

–

–

–

–

–

–

27,002,761

(395,440)

(893,548)

(2,084,611)

(3,842,089)

At 30 June 2023

6,180,517

163,329,247

3,400,177

341,736

8,575,006

19,376,375

45,204,295 246,407,353

Amortisation and impairment

At 30 June 2022

5,213,044

62,084,451

1,941,900

341,736

2,203,918

1,806,155

13,638,550

87,229,754

Amortisation 
charged in the 
year

Translation 
adjustment

603,652

19,689,965

574,024

(4,170)

(350,397)

–

–

–

1,210,251

988,019

–

23,065,911

(141,483)

(115,809)

(601,221)

(1,213,080)

At 30 June 2023

5,812,526

81,424,019

2,515,924

341,736

3,272,686

2,678,365

13,037,329 109,082,585

Net book amounts

At 30 June 2023

367,991

81,905,228

884,253

At 30 June 2022

971,857

74,984,290

1,180,128

Development expenditure

–

–

5,302,320

16,698,010

32,166,966 137,324,768

6,766,528

18,463,768

33,650,356

136,016,927

In  total,  research  and  development  costs  for  the  Group  amounted  to  €23,690,823  in  the  six  months  ended 
31  December  2023  (12  months  ended  30  June  2023:  €48,512,120),  out  of  which  €13,400,180  (12  months  ended 
30  June  2023:  €26,724,612)  qualifies  for  capitalisation  under  IAS  38  Intangible  Assets.  Qualifying  development 
expenditure is amortised on a straight-line basis over its useful economic life, which is considered to be between 
three and 10 years. The amortisation expense amounts to €10,448,827 in the six months ended 31 December 2023 
(12 months ended 30 June 2023: €19,689,965), of which €Nil (12 months ended 30 June 2023: €62,094) relates to the 
amortisation of previously capitalised borrowing costs.

Cash-generating units 

Goodwill  acquired  through  business  combination  activity  is  allocated  to  CGUs  that  are  expected  to  benefit  from 
synergies in that combination. As at 31 December 2023 the Group had one CGU (30 June 2023: one CGU). This CGU 
represents the lowest level within the Group at which the associated goodwill is monitored for internal management 
purposes and is not larger than the operating segments determined in accordance with IFRS 8 Operating Segments.

During the 12 months ended 30 June 2023 FINEOS evolved its platform infrastructure such that all product offerings 
and any add-on functionalities and capabilities cannot operate without them being on the FINEOS Platform and each 
product offering or add-on functionality cannot generate cash inflows on its own. 

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Impairment testing methodology and results

Goodwill is subject to impairment testing on an annual basis at the financial year end. A value-in-use discounted cash 
flow model has been used at 31 December 2023 to value the one CGU. The cash flow forecasts are primarily based 
on a financial budget for year ending 31 December 2024, formally approved by the Board, and detailed management 
projections for years ending 31 December 2025 to 31 December 2027. These include projected revenues and operating 
margins determined with reference to historical Group experience, industry data and management’s expectations for 
the future.

These forecasts are projected forward for a further six years to determine the basis for a terminal value. Projected 
cash  flows  beyond  the  initial  evaluation  period  have  been  extrapolated  using  a  long-term  growth  rate  of  2.5% 
(30 June 2023: 2.5%). This rate is based on the expected long-term inflation for the US of 2.0%, as forecasted by the 
Economics Intelligence Unit, plus a small real growth adjustment of 0.5%.

The value-in-use represents the present value of the future cash flows, including the terminal value, discounted at 
a rate appropriate to the CGU. The discount rates (post tax) used range from 10.6% to 11.1% (30 June 2023: 11.1% 
to 11.4%); these rates are in line with the Group’s estimated weighted average cost of capital, arrived at using the 
Capital Asset Pricing Model.

At 31 December 2023 and 30 June 2023, the goodwill impairment testing process has resulted in no impairment 
being identified. 

Key assumptions and significant goodwill amounts

At both 31 December 2023 and 30 June 2023 all of the goodwill has been allocated to one CGU. 

The additional disclosures required for the FINEOS Group CGU are as follows:

Goodwill allocated to the CGU as at  
balance sheet date (thousands)

Post-tax discount rate per annum 

Pre-tax discount rate per annum

Long-term growth rate assumption

31 December 2023 
FINEOS Group

30 June 2023 
FINEOS Group

€31,631

10.85%

11.65%

2.5%

€32,167

11.25%

12.11%

2.5%

The key assumptions and methodology used in respect of the FINEOS CGU are consistent with those described above. 
The value applied to each of the key estimates and assumptions are specific to the FINEOS CGU and were derived 
from a combination of internal and external factors and took into account the cash flows specifically associated with 
the business.

Sensitivity analysis

Given the magnitude of the excess of value-in-use over carrying amount for the FINEOS CGU, it is management’s belief 
that the key assumptions are reasonable, and that it is not reasonably possible that there would be a change in the 
key assumptions such that the carrying amount would exceed the value-in-use. Consequently, no further disclosures 
relating to sensitivity of the value-in-use computations for the FINEOS CGU are considered to be warranted.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)12. 

Property, Plant and Equipment 

Group

Cost

Right-of-use 
assets 
€

Office 
equipment 
€

Computer 
equipment 
€

Fixtures and 
fittings 
€

Total 
€

At 30 June 2023

11,158,548

795,208

5,785,146

2,117,384

19,856,286

Additions

Translation adjustment

17,664

54,141

–

787

120,460

(7,752)

–

4,818

138,124

51,994

At 31 December 2023

11,230,353

795,995

5,897,854

2,122,202

20,046,404

Depreciation

At 30 June 2023

7,030,436

778,677

4,998,638

1,872,310

14,680,061

Charged in the period

Translation adjustment

533,461

41,037

1,376

(3,069)

304,560

(1,895)

64,602

3,080

903,999

39,153

At 31 December 2023

7,604,934

776,984

5,301,303

1,939,992

15,623,213

Net book amounts

At 31 December 2023

3,625,419

19,011

596,551

182,210

4,423,191

At 30 June 2023

4,128,112

16,531

786,508

245,074

5,176,225

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Group

Cost

At 30 June 2022

Additions

Modifications

Translation adjustment

Right-of-use 
assets 
€

Office 
equipment 
€

Computer 
equipment 
€

Fixtures and 
fittings 
€

Total 
€

10,198,970

1,166,586

5,585

(212,593)

796,221

–

–

5,460,720

420,229

–

2,127,284

18,583,195

15,838

1,602,653

–

5,585

(1,013)

(95,803)

(25,738)

(335,147)

At 30 June 2023

11,158,548

795,208

5,785,146

2,117,384

19,856,286

Depreciation

At 30 June 2022

Charged in the year

Translation adjustment

6,035,479

1,115,003

(120,046)

750,450

4,330,151

1,730,944

12,847,024

33,186

(4,959)

741,436

(72,949)

156,380

(15,014)

2,046,005

(212,968)

At 30 June 2023

7,030,436

778,677

4,998,638

1,872,310

14,680,061

Net book amounts

At 30 June 2023

4,128,112

16,531

786,508

245,074

5,176,225

At 30 June 2022

4,163,491

45,771

1,130,569

396,340

5,736,171

13. 

Financial Assets

Company

Shares in Group undertakings – unlisted, at cost:

At beginning and end of period

Details of subsidiary undertakings are included in Note 27.

31 December  
2023 
€

30 June  
2023 
€

85,507,168

85,507,168

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)14. 

Trade and Other Receivables

Group

Trade receivables 

Unbilled receivables

Other receivables

Prepayments

Research and development tax credits

Value added tax recoverable

Corporation tax recoverable

Company

Other receivables

Prepayments

Amounts owed by subsidiary undertakings

Trade and other receivables

31 December 
2023 
€

30 June  
2023 
€

8,263,462

17,351,780

986,491

74,378

2,010,916

78,368

5,259,362

4,021,707

654,366

618,834

1,125,104

1,025,083

313,840

188,583

16,677,003

25,295,271

31 December 
2023 
€

–

27,998

30 June  
2023 
€

2,700

2,021

110,048,191

86,809,535

110,076,189

86,814,256

The carrying amounts of trade receivables and other receivables approximate their fair value largely due to the short-
term maturities and nature of these instruments. All trade receivables are due within the Group’s and Company’s normal 
terms, which are 30 days. Trade receivables are shown net of a provision for expected credit losses (see Note 24 (ii)).

Unbilled receivables

Unbilled  receivables  refers  to  work  performed/revenue  earned  but  not  yet  invoiced  to  the  client  due  to  billing 
arrangements.

Taxes and tax credits

Taxes and social welfare costs are subject to the terms of the relevant legislation.

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15.  Cash and Cash Equivalents

Group

Cash and cash equivalents

Company

Cash and cash equivalents

There are no restrictions on the cash held.

16. 

Trade and Other Payables

Current

Group

Trade payables

Corporation tax

Value added tax

Employee taxes and levies

Accruals

Deferred revenue

Research and development tax credit

Lease liabilities (Note 21)

Company

Trade payables

Accruals

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31 December 
2023 
€

30 June  
2023 
€

28,135,379

25,516,941

31 December 
2023 
€

30 June  
2023 
€

3,867,869

3,727,824

31 December 
2023 
€

30 June  
2023 
€

3,145,985

3,640,988

384,893

100,425

336,337

36,092

1,452,530

1,294,918

6,492,486

8,495,696

12,106,038

29,974,987

861,586

1,011,920

927,262

989,368

25,555,863

45,695,648

31 December 
2023 
€

30 June  
2023 
€

11,334

8,683

20,017

–

17,767

17,767

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)Non-current

Group

Lease liability (Note 21)

Research and development tax credit

Trade and other payables

31 December 
2023 
€

30 June  
2023 
€

4,124,877

4,592,320

3,344,233

3,739,252

7,469,110

8,331,572

The  carrying  amounts  of  trade  and  other  payables  approximate  their  fair  value  largely  due  to  the  short-term 
maturities and nature of these instruments. The repayment terms of trade payables vary between on demand and 
30 days. No interest is payable on trade payables.

Reservation of title

Certain trade payables purport to claim a reservation of title clause for goods supplied. Since the extent to which 
these payables are secured at any time depends on a number of conditions, the validity of some of which is not 
readily determinable, it is not possible to indicate how much of the above was effectively secured. 

Amounts due to Group companies

The amounts due to Group and related companies are unsecured, interest free and are repayable on demand.

Accruals

The terms of the accruals are based on underlying invoices. 

Taxes and social welfare costs

Taxes and social welfare costs are subject to the terms of the relevant legislation. Interest accrues on late payments. 
No interest was due at the financial year end date.

Deferred revenue

Income arising on support contracts and subscription sales where the provision of the service has not been completed 
at the year-end date is deferred and recognised as the service is provided. 

Contingent consideration

A  payment  of  €2,403,458  was  made  during  the  12  months  ended  30  June  2023.  There  are  no  future  payments 
relating  to  contingent  consideration  for  which  the  Group  may  be  liable.  This  is  based  on  the  expected  payment 
amounts, and underlying performance metrics as agreed in May 2022.

The movement in contingent consideration during the 12 months ended 30 June 2023 was as follows: 

At 1 July

Discount unwinding

Translation adjustment

Payments during the year

Gain on re-evaluation

At 30 June

12 months ended  
30 June 2023 
€

4,977,930

266,703

(35,329)

(2,403,458)

(2,805,846)

–

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17.  Called up Share Capital

Nominal value 
(per share) 

31 December 
2023 
€

30 June  
2023 
€

Authorised share capital (Group and Company)

Ordinary shares

€0.001

4,500,000

4,500,000

Issued share capital presented as equity

Ordinary shares

€0.001

338,320

320,426

The movement in issued share capital during the six-month period ended 31 December 2023 was as follows:

Issued share capital

At 30 June 2023

Share issue – equity raise

Share issue – equity raise  
(conditional placement)

Share issue – SPP

Share issue – exercise of share options

Transaction costs accounted for as a 
deduction from equity

No. of 
shares

Nominal 
value

Share 
capital

Share 
premium

Total

320,425,675

15,555,556

2,222,222

96,212

20,000

–

338,319,665

€0.001

€0.001

€0.001

€0.001

€0.001

320,426

170,175,323

170,495,749

15,556

20,709,220

20,724,776

2,222

3,079,442

3,081,664

96

20

130,579

130,675

2,680

2,700

–

(319,421)

(319,421)

338,320

193,777,823

194,116,143

Transfer from share option reserve

–

–

5,000

5,000

At 31 December 2023

338,319,665

€0.001

338,320

193,782,823

194,121,143

The equivalent disclosure for the year ended 30 June 2023 is as follows:

No. of 
shares

Nominal 
value

Share 
capital

Share 
premium

Total

Issued share capital

At 30 June 2022

Share issue – exercise of share options

1,040,888

319,384,787

€0.001

€0.001

319,385

169,717,173

170,036,558

1,041

151,572

152,613

Transfer from share option reserve

–

–

306,578

306,578

At 30 June 2023

320,425,675

€0.001

320,426

170,175,323

170,495,749

320,425,675

320,426

169,868,745

170,189,171

FINEOS undertook an equity raising on 15 August 2023 to provide general working capital, strengthen the FINEOS 
balance  sheet  position  and  maintain  flexibility  for  timing  of  cash  flows.  FINEOS  successfully  completed  a  fully 
underwritten  institutional  placement,  raising  approximately  AU$35  million  through  the  issue  of  approximately 
15.5 million new fully paid CDIs over FCL shares. The placement was undertaken at an offer price of AU$2.25 per 
new CDI. 

A further AU$5.0 million conditional placement was made to Michael Kelly, Director and CEO of FINEOS, also at an 
offer price of AU$2.25 per new CDI, and was subject to security holder approval. This was obtained at the Company’s 
Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 5 December 2023. Shortly thereafter, the Company received AU$5.0 million from 
Michael Kelly and issued approximately 2.2 million new, fully paid CDIs over FCL shares.

FINEOS  also  undertook  a  non-underwritten  Security  Purchase  Plan  (SPP)  raising  approximately  AU$0.2  million 
through  the  issue  of  96,212  new,  fully  paid  CDIs,  at  an  offer  price  of  AU$2.25  per  new  CDI,  which  completed  on 
20 September 2023.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)18. 

Reserves

Foreign exchange reserve

The foreign exchange reserve represents gains/losses arising on retranslating the net assets of overseas operations 
into Euro.

Retained earnings

The retained earnings represent cumulative gains and losses recognised, net of transfers to/from other reserves and 
dividends paid.

Other undenominated capital

This reserve records the nominal value of shares repurchased by the Company. 

Share option reserve

The  share  option  reserve  represents  the  movement  in  share-based  payments.  The  movement  in  the  cumulative 
expense  since  the  previous  year  end  date  is  recognised  in  the  statement  of  comprehensive  income,  with  a 
corresponding entry in “share option reserve.”

Reorganisation reserve

FINEOS Corporation Holdings plc (FINEOS) was incorporated on 12 December 2018 and the Directors elected at that 
date to account for the restructure of the Group as a capital reorganisation rather than a business combination. 
The  reorganisation  reserve  represents  the  difference  between  the  fair  value  of  the  shares  issued  to  effect  the 
reorganisation and the nominal value of the shares acquired. See Note 2(a) on page 37 of the Group’s Annual Report 
for the year ended 30 June 2020 for further detail.

19. 

Share-Based Payment Expense

The  total  share-based  payment  expense  for  the  Group’s  equity  incentive  schemes  charged  to  general  and 
administration costs in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income is as follows:

Six months ended  
31 December 2023 
€

12 months ended  
30 June 2023 
€

Share-based payment expense

778,131

3,083,648

Details of the schemes operated by the Group are set out below.

2019 Equity Incentive Plan

The  2019  Equity  Incentive  Plan  was  adopted  by  the  Board  on  24  June  2019  and  approved  by  the  shareholders 
of  the  Company  on  9  July  2019.  It  became  effective  on  Listing.  The  2019  Equity  Incentive  Plan,  administered  by 
the  Remuneration  and  Nomination  Committee,  allows  for  the  grant  of  the  following  awards  to  employees  and 
contractors: options, restricted share awards, RSU awards and performance awards. Total awards under the 2019 
Equity Incentive Plan are subject to a limit of 5% of the ordinary issued share capital of the Company at any time and 
subject to annual rationalisation. The exercise of awards may be conditional upon the satisfaction of performance 
factors during a performance period as determined by the Remuneration and Nomination Committee and set out 
in each award agreement. No awards were issued under the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan in the six months ended 
31 December 2023.

An expense of €778,131 was recognised during the financial period (12 months ended 30 June 2023: €3,083,648) 
relating to the award of options under the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan in prior years.

2012 Share Option Plan, 2015 Share Option Plan and 2019 Share Option and Retention Plan

Prior  to  listing,  FINEOS  International  Limited,  the  previous  ultimate  parent  undertaking  of  the  Group,  operated  a 
2012 Share Option Plan and a 2015 Share Option Plan. The options awarded were subject to a three-year service 
period and the occurrence of a “triggering event,” being the acquisition by any person, or group of persons acting in 

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concert (excluding any persons connected or related to the existing shareholders), of control of the Company as a 
result of purchasing and/or subscribing for shares under a trade sale or IPO. 

In February 2019, the Group modified the terms and conditions of the share options granted under its 2015 Share 
Option Plan and granted new options under a 2019 Share Option and Retention Plan. The options granted under the 
2019 Share Option and Retention Plan were issued as replacements for options granted under the Company’s 2012 
Share Option Plan, which lapsed on 1 February 2019 without having vested. 

On 24 June 2019, as part of the restructure, all options were exchanged for options in the new parent Company, 
FINEOS Corporation Holdings Limited, on a one-for-one basis. The awards were to vest six months after listing.

These 2015 and 2019 share option plans have now closed, and no further awards were issued under these plans in 
the current or prior financial period. An expense of €Nil was recognised during the financial period (12 months to 
30 June 2023: €Nil) relating to the February 2019 modification of options under the 2015 Share Option Plan and the 
grant of options under the 2019 Share Option and Retention Plan.

Details of movement and options outstanding under the Group’s Equity Incentive Plans

The following table illustrates the number and weighted average exercise prices (WAEP) of, and movements in, share 
options granted under the schemes to Group employees during the period. 

Six months ended  
31 December 2023

12 months ended 
30 June 2023

Number

WAEP

Number

WAEP

Outstanding at 1 July at €0.001 per share

21,848,298

1.18

21,430,139

Options granted

Options exercised

Options forfeited 

–

–

2,508,700

(20,000)

(613,077)

0.14

1.74

(1,040,888)

(1,049,653)

1.32

0.73

0.15

2.25

Outstanding at 31 December 2023/30 June 2023 
at €0.001 per share

21,215,221

1.17

21,848,298

1.18

Exercisable at 31 December 2023/30 June 2023 
at €0.001 per share

12,797,610

1.11

10,604,296

0.77

For the share options not yet exercisable as at 31 December 2023 the weighted average remaining contractual life is 
1.5 years (30 June 2023: 1.6 years). 

The  fair  value  of  equity-settled  share  options  granted  is  estimated  as  at  the  date  of  grant  using  a  Black-Scholes 
model,  taking  into  account  the  terms  and  conditions  upon  which  the  options  were  granted.  The  Black-Scholes 
model is internationally recognised as being appropriate to value employee share schemes. The Company has used 
expected share price volatilities of comparable listed companies. 

The following table lists the inputs to the model used for the period ended 31 December 2023 (weighted average in 
each case):

Dividend yield

Expected volatility

Risk free interest rate

Average expected life remaining in years

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31 December 
2023 
%

30 June  
2023 
%

0

46.13

1.57

3.3

0

46.14

1.55

3.8

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)20.  Commitments and Contingencies

(a) 

Capital commitments

At the period end the Group had no capital commitments. 

(b) 

Contingent liabilities

At the period end the Group had no contingent liabilities.

(c) 

Lease commitments

The Group has total future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable lease commitments as follows:

At 31 December 2023

Due within one year

Due within two to five years

Due after five years

At 30 June 2023

Due within one year

Due within two to five years

Due after five years

Land and 
buildings 
€

1,202,100

4,209,612

389,828

Software 
licenses 
€

Total 
€

85,477

85,478

1,287,577

4,295,090

–

389,828

5,801,540

170,955

5,972,495

Land and 
buildings 
€

1,183,734

4,397,728

779,656

Software 
licenses 
€

107,494

107,494

Total 
€

1,291,228

4,505,222

–

779,656

6,361,118

214,988

6,576,106

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21. 

Lease Liabilities

Group

Current lease liabilities

Non-current lease liabilities

Total lease liabilities

The Group’s total lease liability over the periods is as follows:

Opening liability

Additions for the period

Modifications for the period

Interest for the period

Lease expense for the period

Closing lease liability

31 December 2023 
€

30 June 2023 
€

1,011,920

989,368

4,124,877

4,592,320

5,136,797

5,581,688

Six months to 
31 December 2023 
€

12 months to  
30 June 2023 
€

(5,581,688)

(5,984,477)

(17,664)

(1,166,586)

42,341

(5,651)

(156,609)

(334,858)

576,823

1,909,884

(5,136,797)

(5,581,688)

Short-term lease expenses in the statement of comprehensive income

–

–

The Group’s leases include rental of office spaces for business use and right-of-use licences. All leases are on a fixed 
repayment basis and no arrangements have been entered into for contingent rental repayments. The lease terms 
range from two to 15 years depending on the term set in the contract. The effective interest rate charged during the 
financial period ranged from 3.2% to 7% (12 months ended 30 June 2023: 3.2% to 7%) per annum. The lower rate 
of 3.2% reflects the Group’s overdraft facility rate and the higher rate of 7% reflects the borrowing rate on the loan 
drawn by the Group in 2017 and repaid in September 2019.

The right-of-use asset of licences is classified as “intangible assets” while the right-of-use asset of office rentals is 
classified as “property, plant and equipment.” The movement in the carrying amount of the right-of-use assets of the 
Group at the start and end of each reporting period is disclosed in Notes 11 and 12. 

22.  Controlling Party

Michael Kelly is the ultimate controlling party of the FINEOS Group.

23. 

Pension Commitments

The Group operates defined contribution pension schemes. The Group’s contributions are charged to the statement 
of comprehensive income in the period to which they relate and amounted to €2,182,769 (12 months ended 30 June 
2023: €4,631,520). An amount of €396,477 was payable at the period end (30 June 2023: €409,299).

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)24. 
(i) 

Financial Instruments
Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk refers to the risk that the Group encounters difficulties in meeting its short-term obligations. Liquidity 
risk  is  managed  by  matching  the  payment  and  receipt  cycle.  The  following  table  details  the  Group’s  remaining 
contractual maturity for its liabilities. The table has been drawn up based on contractual undiscounted cash flows of 
financial instruments based on the earlier of the contractual date or when the Group is expected to receive or (pay). 
The table includes both interest and principal cash flows.

31 December 2023

Group

Financial liabilities

Finance lease

30 June 2023

Group

Financial liabilities

Finance lease

Fair values

Total
€

Within  
1 year
€

Between  

1 to 5 years
€

Over  

5 years
€

9,638,471

9,638,471

–

–

5,136,797

1,011,920

3,745,036

379,841

14,775,268

10,650,391

3,745,036

379,841

Total
€

Within  
1 year
€

Between  

1 to 5 years
€

Over  

5 years
€

12,136,684

12,136,684

–

–

5,581,688

989,368

3,845,604

746,716

17,718,372

13,126,052

3,845,604

746,716

The fair value of a financial instrument 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.

Financial instruments whose carrying amounts approximate fair value

Management has determined that the carrying amounts of cash and bank balances, trade and other receivables and 
trade and other payables reasonably approximate their fair values because these are mostly short-term in nature. 
The  fair  values  of  other  classes  of  financial  assets  and  liabilities  are  disclosed  in  their  respective  notes  to  these 
financial statements.

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The  analysis  of  the  carrying  amounts  of  the  financial  instruments  of  the  Group  required  under  IFRS  9 
Financial Instruments is as set out below:

Financial assets that are debt instruments  
measured at amortised cost

Trade receivables

Cash and cash equivalents

Financial liabilities at amortised cost 

Trade payables

Lease liabilities

Group 
31 December 2023
€

8,263,462

28,135,379

Group 
30 June 2023
€

17,351,780

25,516,941

3,145,985

5,136,797

3,640,988

5,581,688

The  main  risks  arising  from  the  Group’s  financial  instruments  are  credit  risk,  market  risk,  foreign  currency  risk, 
interest rate risk and liquidity risk. The Board reviews and agrees policies for managing each of these risks and they 
are summarised below:

(ii) 

Credit risk

Credit risk is the potential financial loss resulting from the failure of a client or counterparty to settle its financial and 
contractual obligations to the Group, as and when they fall due.

The Group’s exposure to credit risk is mainly influenced by the individual characteristics of each client. The Group 
has established credit limits for each client under which these clients are analysed for credit-worthiness before the 
Group’s standard payment and delivery terms are offered. Most of the clients have been with the Group for many 
years and losses have occurred infrequently. In most cases, the Group does not require collateral in respect of trade 
and other receivables. The Group monitors their balances regularly.

Management has a credit policy in place and the exposure to credit risk is monitored on an ongoing basis. The Group 
always recognises lifetime expected credit losses (ECL) for trade receivables. The ECL on these financial assets are 
estimated using a provision matrix as shown below, based on the Group’s historical credit loss experience, adjusted 
for factors that are specific to the receivables, general economic conditions and an assessment of both the current as 
well as the forecast direction of conditions at the reporting date, including time value of money where appropriate.

Expected credit losses analysis:

At 31 December 2023

Current

1 month

2 months

3 months 4+ months

Balance

Trade receivables as at 
31 December 2023

Expected credit losses %

Loss allowance

6,348,313

783,158

460,906

289,242

445,461

8,327,080

0%

–

0%

–

1%

4,609

5%

10%

14,462

44,547

63,618

At 30 June 2023

Current

1 month

2 months

3 months 4+ months

Balance

Trade receivables as at  
30 June 2023

Expected credit losses %

Loss allowance

14,958,811

2,176,826

178,725

4,135

39,197

17,357,694

0%

–

0%

–

1%

1,787

5%

207

10%

3,920

5,914

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)(iii) 

Market risk

Market risk is the risk that changes in market prices, such as interest rates and foreign exchange rates, will affect the 
Group’s income. The objective of market risk management is to manage and control market risk exposures within 
acceptable parameters, while optimising the return on risk.

(a) 

Foreign currency risk

The Group’s foreign currency risk arises from sales and purchases denominated in foreign currencies, primarily the 
United States dollar, Australian dollar and New Zealand dollar. During the period, the Group used foreign currency 
forward  exchange  contracts  to  hedge  its  exposure.  However,  at  the  period  end  the  Group  had  no  outstanding 
contracts in place.

Sensitivity analysis

At  31  December  2023,  if  the  foreign  currencies  strengthen  or  weaken  5%  against  the  functional  currencies,  with 
all variables held constant, the maximum adjustment to the pre-tax profit/loss of the Group, respectively, for the 
financial periods presented would have been as set out overleaf:

NZ$

AU$

US$

CAN$

GBP

PLN

INR

Six months ended 
31 December 2023 
€

12 months ended 
30 June 2023 
€

88,252

58,316

831,086

257,431

22,890

(47,108)

(42,937)

200,044

(87,242)

1,564,732

379,395

48,609

(82,370)

(50,767)

1,167,930

1,972,401

5% is the sensitivity rate used when reporting foreign currency risk internally to key management personnel and 
represents management’s assessment of the possible changes in foreign exchange rate. 

(b) 

Interest rate risk

There are no variable rate instruments on the statement of financial position at 31 December 2023. The Group does 
not account for any fixed rate financial liabilities at FVTPL, therefore a change in interest rates at the reporting date 
would not affect profit or loss.

Fixed rate instruments – nominal amount

Financial liabilities

31 December 2023 
€

30 June 2023 
€

–

–

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25. 

Related Party Transactions

A Group subsidiary, FINEOS Corporation Limited (Ireland), is party to a lease arrangement with a company controlled 
by Michael Kelly. Its term extends until 13 June 2029 with no express options for renewal in favour of either party. 
The lease provides for a rent review on 13 June 2024 at market rates. Rent payable by FINEOS is currently €779,656 
per  annum  (excluding  taxes).  The  rental  expense  for  the  six  months  ended  31  December  2023  was  €389,828  
(12 months ended 30 June 2023: €779,656). The total rent due at 31 December 2023 was €Nil (30 June 2023: €Nil).

In common with other companies, which are members of a group of companies, the financial statements reflect the 
effect of such membership.

Key management personnel

All Directors of the FINEOS Group are considered key management personnel. The current Directors are set out on 
page 16 of the Annual Report. Total remuneration in respect of these individuals is split as follows:

Wages and salaries

Employer’s PRSI

Pension

Six months ended 
31 December 2023 
€

12 months ended 
30 June 2023 
€

365,456

–

5,544

371,000

938,126

39,189

25,502

1,002,817

During  the  six  months  ended  31  December  2023,  there  were  no  material  changes  to,  or  material  transactions 
between, the Company and its key management personnel or members of their close family, other than in respect 
of remuneration and the lease disclosed above. 

26.  Capital Management Policies and Objectives

Capital management

The Group’s and Company’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard the Group’s and Company’s ability 
to continue as a going concern in order to provide returns for shareholders and benefits for other stakeholders and 
to maintain an optimal capital structure to reduce the cost of capital. The capital structure of the Group consists of 
debts, which includes any borrowings, and equity attributable to owners of the Company, comprising issued capital 
and reserves.

There  were  no  changes  in  the  Group’s  and  Company’s  approach  to  capital  management  during  the  period.  The 
Group and Company monitor capital on the basis of the gearing ratio. This ratio is calculated as net debt divided by 
total equity. Net debt is calculated as total borrowings (including bank borrowings and excluding trade and other 
payables,  provisions  for  income  tax  and  deferred  tax  liabilities  as  shown  in  the  statement  of  financial  position) 
less cash.

Given that the Group has no external borrowings, the gearing ratio has been reflected as €Nil.

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)The gearing ratio of the Group at 31 December 2023 was as follows:

Total borrowings

Less: cash and cash equivalents

Net funds

Total equity

Total capital

Gearing ratio

Group 
31 December 2023 
€

Group 
30 June 2023 
€

–

–

(28,135,379)

(25,516,941)

(28,135,379)

(25,516,941)

163,281,930

147,144,212

163,281,930

147,144,212

Nil

Nil

27. 

Subsidiary Undertakings

The  Company  has  the  following  subsidiary  undertakings.  All  subsidiaries  are  wholly  owned  unless  otherwise 
indicated:

Subsidiary Undertaking

Country of 
Incorporation

Principal Activity

FINEOS Corporation Limited 

Republic of Ireland

FINEOS UK Limited 

United Kingdom

FINEOS Corporation Inc.

United States of 
America

FINEOS Australia Pty Limited

Australia

FINEOS New Zealand Limited

New Zealand

FINEOS Polska S.p Z.o.o

FINEOS Canada Limited

Poland

Canada

FINEOS Hong Kong Limited

Hong Kong

FINEOS Esp Entity, S.L.U

Spain

Limelight Health Inc.

United States of 
America

FINEOS India Private Limited 

India

Innovator of enterprise claims management 
and policy administration software 

Provision of professional services to its parent 
undertaking

Provision of professional services and 
sales and marketing services to its parent 
undertaking

Provision of professional services and 
sales and marketing services to its parent 
undertaking

Provision of professional services to its parent 
undertaking 

Provision of product engineering services to 
its parent undertaking

Provision of professional services to its parent 
undertaking

Provision of sales and marketing services to 
its parent undertaking

Provision of product engineering services to 
its parent undertaking

Provision of professional services and 
sales and marketing services to its parent 
undertaking

Provision of product engineering services to 
its parent undertaking

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Details of registered offices are listed below:

Incorporated in Ireland

FINEOS Corporation Limited 

Registered Address

FINEOS House,  
East Point Business Park,  
Dublin 3, D03 FT97

Incorporated in the United Kingdom

Registered Address

FINEOS UK Limited 

c/o BDO LLP Two Snowhill, 7th Floor, 
Birmingham, B4 6GA

Incorporated in the United States of America

Registered Address

FINEOS Corporation Inc.

Limelight Health Inc.

Incorporated in Australia

FINEOS Australia Pty Limited

Incorporated in New Zealand

FINEOS New Zealand Limited

Incorporated in Poland

FINEOS Polska S.p Z.o.o

Incorporated in Canada

FINEOS Canada Limited

Incorporated in Hong Kong

FINEOS Hong Kong Limited

Incorporated in Spain

FINEOS Esp Entity, S.L.U

Incorporated in India

FINEOS India Private Limited 

75 State Street, Suite 100, 
Boston, MA 02109

26 O’Farrell Street, Suite 410, San Francisco,  
CA 94108

Registered Address

North Tower Level 22, 459 Collins Street, 
Melbourne, VIC 3000

Registered Address

Offices of DLA Phillips Fox,  
Level 22, DLA Phillips Fox Tower,  
209 Queen Street, Auckland 1010

Registered Address

ul. Cypriana Kamila Norwida 2, 80-280 Gdansk

Registered Address

900-1959 Upper Water Street,  
Halifax, NS, B3J 3N2

Registered Address

16th floor, Wing On Centre,  
111 Connaught Road Central

Registered Address

c/ Castelló 8, 2 ª B, 
28001 Madrid, Spain

Registered Address

23, Siva Archade, 29th Main, BTM Layout 1st Stage, 
Bangalore KA 560068

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Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements (continued) 
28. 

Events Subsequent to the Year End

There are no events subsequent to the period end that would require disclosure in or adjustment to the consolidated 
financial statements.

29.  Approval of Consolidated Financial Statements

The  consolidated  financial  statements  and  Company  statement  of  financial  position  in  respect  of  the  six-month 
period ended 31 December 2023 were approved and authorised for issue by the Directors on 20 February 2024.

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Information  required  by  ASX  Listing  Rules  and  not  disclosed  elsewhere  in  this  document  is  set  out  below.  The 
information is correct as of 14 February 2024 unless otherwise indicated. 

FINEOS is incorporated in Dublin, Ireland. Its securities, in the form of Chess Depositary Interests (CDIs) in FINEOS 
shares, are listed on the ASX and are not listed on any other securities exchange.

Since Chess Deposit Nominees Pty Limited (CDN) is the legal holder of applicable shares but the holders of CDIs are 
not themselves the legal holders of their applicable shares, the holders of CDIs do not have any directly enforceable 
right to vote under the FINEOS Constitution.

In order to vote at general meetings, CDI holders have the following options:

(a)  instructing CDN, as the legal owner of the underlying shares, to vote the shares underlying their CDIs in a 

particular manner;

(b)  informing FINEOS that they wish to nominate themselves or another person to be appointed as CDN’s proxy 
with respect to the shares underlying their CDIs for the purposes of attending and voting at the general 
meeting; or

(c)  converting their CDIs into a holding of shares and voting these at the meeting (however, if thereafter the former 
CDI holder wishes to sell their investment on the ASX it would be necessary to convert the shares back to CDIs).

Option holders are not afforded any voting rights by the options held by them.

Securities on issue 

There are 338,319,665 CDIs on issue held by 3,652 registered holders.

The number of securities held by substantial security holders is set out below:

JACQUEL INVESTMENTS LIMITED

There are no securities subject to voluntary escrow.

There are 21,185,879 unlisted options issued and held by 1,269 option holders.

Distribution spread of security holdings 

Balance

170,824,123

%

50.5

Holding Ranges

1-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10,001-100,000

100,001-9,999,999,999

Totals

Holders

Total Units

1,766

1,119

363

365

39

792,630

2,863,202

2,823,875

9,077,344

322,762,614

3,652

338,319,665

%

0.23

0.85

0.83

2.68

95.41

100.00

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Additional Security Holder InformationTop 20 Security Holders

JACQUEL INVESTMENTS LIMITED

J P MORGAN NOMINEES AUSTRALIA PTY LIMITED

HSBC CUSTODY NOMINEES (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED

BNP PARIBAS NOMS PTY LTD

CITICORP NOMINEES PTY LIMITED

HSBC CUSTODY NOMINEES (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED – A/C 2

UBS NOMINEES PTY LTD

BNP PARIBAS NOMINEES PTY LTD 

WARBONT NOMINEES PTY LTD 

MIRRABOOKA INVESTMENTS LIMITED 

MERRILL LYNCH (AUSTRALIA) NOMINEES PTY LIMITED

BNP PARIBAS NOMS (NZ) LTD

NEWECONOMY COM AU NOMINEES PTY LIMITED <900 ACCOUNT>

MR MICHAEL KELLY

BNP PARIBAS NOMINEES PTY LTD 

DJERRIWARRH INVESTMENTS LIMITED

POWERWRAP LIMITED 

HSBC CUSTODY NOMINEES (AUSTRALIA) LIMITED-GSI EDA

MR WILLIAM DALY

TELUNAPA PTY LTD 

Total Securities of Top 20 Holdings

Balance

170,824,123

48,090,877

28,943,166

18,649,166

14,238,528

7,391,565

5,461,910

4,279,843

4,111,315

3,544,509

2,620,691

1,900,406

1,835,282

1,544,565

1,407,920

1,398,891

669,124

657,145

570,724

500,000

%

50.5

14.2

8.6

5.5

4.2

2.2

1.6

1.3

1.2

1.0

0.8

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.4

0.4

0.2

0.2

0.2

0.1

318,639,750

94.2

Total of Securities

338,319,665

Unmarketable Parcels (UMP) (based on a CDI price of $1.84)

Total Securities/Issued Capital

UMP Securities

UMP Holders

UMP Percent

338,319,665

97,613

630

0.02885

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Company Information

Directors

Anne O’Driscoll (Chairman) 
Michael Kelly 
David Hollander 
William Mullaney 
Terri Rhodes

Joint Company Secretary

John McKnight

Joint Company Secretary

Natalie Climo

Registered Office

FINEOS House, 
East Point Business Park, 
Dublin 3, Ireland

Ph: +353 1 639 9700

North Tower Level 22, 459 Collins Street, 
Melbourne, VIC 3000 
Australia

Ph: +61 3 9018 3400

Registered Number

639640 

Solicitors

William Fry 
2 Grand Canal Square, 
Dublin 2, Ireland

Bankers

Bank of Ireland 
Lower Baggot Street, 
Dublin 2, Ireland

HSBC Bank 
1 Grand Canal Square, 
Dublin 2, Ireland

Auditors

Mazars

Chartered Accountants and Statutory  
Audit Firm 
Harcourt Centre, 
Block 3, 
Harcourt Road, 
Dublin 2, Ireland 

Share Registry

Boardroom Pty Ltd 
GPO Box 3993, 
Sydney, NSW 2001 
Australia

Ph: +61 2 9290 9600

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