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Annual Report 2018

risk as alpha

reduce the cost and complexity of risk management

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Overview 

Highlights 

Chairman’s statement 

Strategic report 

Financial review 

Principal risks and uncertainties 

Corporate governance 

Board of directors  

Statement of corporate governance 

Audit committee report 

Remuneration committee report  

Nomination committee report 

Directors’ report 

Financial statements 

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Independent auditor’s report to the members of KRM22 Plc  34

Consolidated income statement and 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 flow 

Company statement of cash flow 

Notes to the consolidated financial statements 

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Highlights

Overview

£3.3m ARR

10%

13 Products

Annualised Recurring Revenue 
as at 31 December 2018 

Grew ARR 10% to £3.3m at year end 
since businesses acquired

available in marketplace (May 2019)

3

Acquisitions 
completed in 2018

Irisium in market surveillance 
and ProOpticus in market risk; 
both acquired as business 
combinations, and an Enterprise 
Risk expert team.

Integrated smoothly and quickly.

2

Partnerships 
signed

l Ascent (Regulatory compliance)

l  Vector Risk (Value at Risk 

calculator)

£1.3m

Revenue recognised in 2018

£3.4m 

Cash at 31 December 2018 

London

Amsterdam

Prague 

Chicago

New York

Seville  

8

Geographical 
Locations

Singapore

Sydney

Business centre

Development

We currently operate in 8 locations including key locations for global 
financial markets

26

Institutional 
customers 

Brokerage
Exchange
Corporation
Investment Bank

Hedge Fund
Proprietary Trading Firm
Regulator
As at 31 Dec 2018

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Chairman’s  
Statement

Keith Todd CBE 

CEO and Chairman

Our journey to date

2018 was the inaugural year of KRM22 as a public 
company where we established solid foundations 
for the business and its future.

At IPO we stated that customers needed to simplify 
and  reduce  the  cost  of  their  risk  management 
systems  and  that  specialised  risk  management 
businesses needed help to scale and reach those 
customers. Since IPO, this view has been confirmed 
by  customers,  prospects,  acquisition  targets  and 
partners.  Our  strategy  to  build  the  Global  Risk 
Platform  and  in  parallel  acquire  and  partner  with 
businesses with key subject matter expertise and 
products is right for the market place at the right 
time. 

£3.3m ARR

Annualised Recurring Revenue at 31 December 

2018

We  promised  investors  that  we  would  progress  with  speed  and 

would  not  sit  as  a  cash-shell,  and  we  kept  that  promise.  By  31 

December  2018,  we  completed  three  acquisitions,  signed  two 

distribution partnerships, signed new customer contracts to grow 

ARR to £3.3m, built a high-quality subject matter expert team and 

developed the Global Risk Platform.  Revenue recognised in 2018 

was £1.3m including seven months of Irisium and three months 

of ProOpticus.

The KRM Global Risk Platform (‘GRP’)

The GRP is the underlying platform through which we deliver the 

integration of diverse applications to our customers. We believe 

that  the  breadth  and  depth  of  the  KRM22  offering  is  a  unique 

differentiator in the market.

The  GRP  brings  risk  applications  together  in  one  central  place, 

allowing  smooth  single  sign-on  for  all  users  and  data  sharing 

across applications to remove duplication and errors.

Applications delivered through the GRP are SaaS-based recurring 

revenue.

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Overview

1

2

3

Acquire

Develop

Partner

Strategy

To deliver applications through the GRP, we:

2.    Develop  the  underlying  technology  of  the  GRP  and  add  to 

1. 

 Invest  in  businesses  with  specialised  risk  management 

software and subject matter expertise that deliver SaaS and 

that our own native applications, for example , the Enterprise  

Risk Cockpit.

recurring revenue and deliver via the GRP.

 The  Risk  Cockpit  provides  a  dashboard  for  customers  to 

 In capital markets, there are a multitude of software products 

provided by small businesses who have deep subject matter 

expertise but face challenges to scale up to a large market 

presence.  By  bringing  such  businesses  into  the  KRM22 

group:

•  

 KRM22’s customers gain access to quality products;

• 

 The acquired businesses solve their scaling challenges; 

and

see  their  firm’s  risk  profile  and  in  real-time  if  required.  It  is 

a native application developed internally for the GRP and is 

configurable by each customer. This product is relevant to 

our entire customer and prospect base.

3.    Establish  partnerships  with  third-party  applications  to 

distribute those products on a revenue-share model.

 In  addition  to  our  acquired  and  native  applications,  we 

deliver third-party specialised risk management applications 

through  the  GRP  to  provide  our  customers  with  additional 

•  

 KRM22 accelerates its GRP offering and the breadth of 

capabilities in one single platform. This simplifies real-time 

its customer base.

The  functionality  acquired  from  the  applications  we  invest  in 

is  integrated  on  to  the  GRP  in  progressive  steps.  In  parallel, 

we  continue  to  generate  new  sales  in  each  acquired  business 

through  additional  sales  focus  and  experienced  management  

to leverage the cross-selling opportunities created.

risk  management  for  customers  and  offers  an  additional 

route  to  market  for  those  application  providers.  KRM22 

generates recurring revenue through these partnerships on 

a revenue-share basis.

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Chairman’s Statement continued

3

Acquisitions  
completed (at Dec 18)

2

Partnerships  
signed (at Dec 18)

Irisium in market surveillance, ProOpticus in market risk 
and an Enterprise Risk expert team

Ascent (Regulatory Compliance)

Vector Risk (Value at Risk calculator)

Deepening customer relationships 

Partnerships progress 

We focus on deepening the relationship with every customer we 

We  signed  two  partnership  deals  by  the  end  of  2018  covering 

gain  from  each  acquisition  via  cross-selling,  as  well  as  working 

regulatory compliance and a Value at Risk market risk calculator. 

with  new  prospects.  Building  the  customer  relationship 

is 

Since then, we have signed partnership deals with Entrima in April 

facilitated by: 

•  

 our  simplified  delivery  of  each  application  through  the  GRP, 

allowing  single-sign-on  and  simplified  procurement  by 

the customer; and

2019 for market abuse online training and Trailight in May 2019, 

a Senior Management Regime (“SMR”) system to help companies 

address the upcoming FCA regulatory requirements.

Sales 

•  

 the  planned  development  of  the  GRP  to  remove  duplication 

of  databases  and  removal  of  reconciliation  processes  for 

Our  strong  focus  on  sales  has  delivered  increased  recurring 

revenue and we have a strong sales pipeline. 

the customer. 

This cross-selling is at the heart of what we do, and the team is 

structured in a way to help customers find the best combination 

of applications for their own business. 

We  have  made  good  progress  in  a  short  period  and  as  I  write, 

we have a very strong sales pipeline which includes many cross-

sales opportunities.

Acquisitions progress 

We completed three acquisitions by the end of 2018 and in May 

2019 we acquired a fourth business called Object+ which further 

strengthens our market risk offering.

We increased the ARR (annualised recurring revenue) of Irisium 

from  £1.0m  at  acquisition  in  June  2018  to  £1.3m  at  the  end  of 

the year. 

As  at  the  date  of  this  report,  our  ARR  is  £3.9m  including  the 

acquisition of Object+ announced May 2019. We continue to be 

encouraged by our strong sales pipeline. 

Team progress 

We have assembled a talented team of people with deep expertise. 

The  knowledge  and  skill  base  of  the  team  is  second  to  none: 

whether it’s SaaS architecture techniques, market surveillance or 

options risk know-how, backoffice proficiency or customer service 

These acquisitions added proven risk management applications, 

excellence. 

high-calibre customer bases and recurring revenue, together with 

deep subject matter expertise to the KRM22 team. 

Product progress

We aggressively integrated these businesses into our teams, our 

road-maps  and  our  cloud-based  suite  of  internal  systems.  We 

truly believe that successful integration provides cost efficiencies 

and supports our growth. 

We have built great momentum in expanding our product offerings. 

Our in-house development has focused on building the core GRP, 

through which our applications are delivered. The Enterprise Risk 

Cockpit  has  been  developed  in  parallel  to  the  GRP,  with  a  free 

“Team” version available to all GRP users for 12 months to gain 

usage, traction and feedback.

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Overview

26 Institutional 

customers 

Brokerage
Exchange
Corporation
Investment Bank

Hedge Fund
Proprietary Trading Firm
Regulator
As at 31 Dec 2018

Supplementary to our ongoing development, we have expanded 

Outlook: Continuing our journey in 2019

our portfolio further through acquisition and partnerships and are 

now actively marketing thirteen offerings in the marketplace.

This coming year we will focus on:

Market: customers are ready

Capital market organisations are under growing pressure from:

• 

 Increasing  regulations 

in  terms  of  both  volumes  and 

complexity;

• 

 Increasing  focus  on  compliance  by  regulators  and  stronger 

civil and criminal punishments for non-compliance;

•  delivering the GRP into more live customer environments;

• 

• 

integrating applications to remove duplication and cost;

 deepening the relationships with existing and new customers; 

and

•  building the depth and breadth of our risk management experts

We  are  focused  on  growing  our  recurring  revenue  through  our 

strong sales pipeline of cross-selling opportunities and attracting 

new customers. We aim to become cash-flow positive, in run rate 

• 

 Increasing value of cash reserves to meet clearing and trading 

terms, in Q2 2020 and be profitable in 2021.

requirements; and

The market trends and real business needs of our customers will 

• 

 Increasing  staff  costs  to  deal  with  regulation  and  the 

support our goals for 2019 and beyond.

complexity of systems and processes built up over time.

These trends impact not only banks but all organisations across 

Conclusion

capital markets.

Our  deep  experience  and  wide  networks  in  capital  markets, 

in  particular  in  derivatives  and  hedge  funds,  provide  personal 

insight  into  the  trends  and  pressures  of  these  organisations.  

The  customers  we  have  acquired  through  investment  and  our 

I believe we are in a great position and perfectly placed to deliver 

our vision: to help capital markets companies reduce the cost and 

complexity of risk management.

We thank our investors for their support and are delighted they 

have joined our journey.

potential  customers,  confirm  time  and  time  again  that  these 

We  have  proved  that  customers  need  the  solutions  we  provide, 

pressures are real and need to be solved.

KRM22’s GRP and the applications which it delivers are relevant 

to all sectors of capital markets and bring increased visibility of 

and we have built a team that has already shown it can execute 

quickly and efficiently. I am very excited about the next chapter 

of our journey.

risks  to  CEOs  and  senior  executives  while  lowering  the  cost  of 

Keith Todd CBE

their risk management systems. 

Executive Chairman and CEO

2 June 2019

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Strategic Report

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Mission
To bring increased visibility 
and lower cost risk 
management to capital 
market organisations.

Risk as Alpha

Vision
A world in which 
organisations operate at 
their optimal threshold of risk 
to drive increased returns.

Our Global Risk Platform and the applications we deliver through 

this  bring 

increased  visibility 

into  firms’  regulatory,  market, 

technology  and  operations  risk,  and  our  Risk  Cockpit  provides  a 

way for firms to visualise their entire enterprise risk profile in real-

time.

Through increased visibility better informed decisions can be made, 

providing firms with an opportunity to operate at their optimal risk 

threshold to increase portfolio returns.

Company values

Focus  
Wins

Business is a  
team game

Clear  
accountabilities

One KRM22

The acquisition of 
specialist risk management 
businesses brings a strong 
customer base and growth.

We  are  dedicated  to  integrating  teams  and  cultures  across 

KRM22 globally, ensuring that we are one team building towards 

the  same  goal.  Every  team  member  plays  an  important  role  in 

our  development  and  growth.  By  bringing  together  a  team  with 

diverse  experience  and  expertise,  we  can  achieve  even  greater 

success together.

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Delivering the products

The five domains of risk
KRM22 provides products to address a firms risk problems across five domains.

Technology

Focuses on IT 
infrastructure and 
cyber security 

Operations

Focuses on the risks 
associated with the 
operational running of 
the business, covering all 
back-office functions

Enterprise

Looks at the firm’s 
entire risk profile 
across Regulatory, 
Market, Technology and 
Operations

Regulatory

Helps the firm 
meet it’s regulatory 
and compliance 
requirements 

Market

Simplifies the multiple risk 
tools used by customers 
to optimise visibility 
alongside reducing cost 
and complexity 

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The Global Risk Platform

All the risk applications of a customer in one place
The KRM22 Global Risk platform brings all of a client’s applications together to help them manage their entire risk 
profile across the five domains in a single place.

Customers can log in to all applications with one click and with integration can share and de-duplicate data.

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Our Products

Enterprise

Regulatory

Risk Cockpit
See your enterprise risk profile in real-time

Ascent
Compliance at the push of a button

The  Risk  Cockpit  pulls  all  risk  data  into  one  place  without  the 

Ascent  automates 

the  most 

frustrating,  expensive  and 

need  for  cumbersome  spreadsheets,  while  improving  efficiency 

error-prone  aspects  of  a  customers’  regulatory  compliance 

and accuracy. 

By  visualising  their  enterprise  risk  profile,  customers  gain 

actionable insights on risk,  make better  informed decisions and 

now have the time to manage risk, rather than simply reporting 

on it.  

Diagnostics
Health check your total risk cost

Diagnostics 

identifies  optimisation  and  cost 

reduction 

opportunities  and  implementation  strategies  to  realise  those 

benefits. Starting with this deep dive into the systems used and 

associated  costs,  customers  can  look  at  reducing  their  total 

risk cost. 

programme. Through this comprehensive and automated delivery 

of  intelligence,  customers  gain  control  over  their  compliance 

programme. 

Irisium
Contextual surveillance, insightful analytics

Irisium  provides  insightful  analytics  and  contextual  surveillance 

tools  that  help  capital  markets  firms  identify  and  manage 

potential risks of market abuse, fraud and operational breaches. 

By spending less time managing the service, customers are freed 

to focus on managing their risks. 

Individual Accountability Regime
Systemise SM&CR

Designed  to  be  the  industry  benchmark,  this  product  gives 

financial  institutions  the  control,  visibility,  and  agility  to  manage 

accountability  throughout  the  firm,  and  comply  with  the  Senior 

Management Regime, Certification Regime and Conduct rules.

By delivering all the products on the GRP, 

KRM22 can help customers simplify their 

datasets and display risk metrics from all 

products in the Risk Cockpit in real time.

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Market

ProOpticus
Real-time, multi-asset class, post-trade portfolio system

ProOpticus meets firms’ stress management goals by scaling the 

Reconciliation Tool
Customers can quickly identify missing trades and 
make the necessary corrections

type  and  amount  of  risk  calculations  performed  before  passing 

The  Reconcilliation  Tool  compares  trades  and  positions  in  the 

the trade to the exchange. Customers are given the ability to truly 

back office and trading application systems with the trades and 

harness their risk. 

positions in the Risk Monitor. Customers can view their breaks 

ProOpticus VaR
A transparent view into VaR calculations

ProOpticus  VaR  provides  the  unique  view  of  multiple  VaR 

calculations across the whole portfolio in a single place. Through 

meaningful indications of the risk level, customers’ can manage 

their entire portfolio. 

and act to fix them.

Operations

Market Abuse Centre
Train your team and comply

Order Limit Management
Centralised Pre Trade limit management system

Order  Limit  Management  maintains  pre-trade  limits  in  one 

centralised  application.  By  centralising  this  data,  customers  are 

able to combat time consuming and error prone processes. 

The  Market  Abuse  Centre  is  an  online  training  portal  designed 

to  deliver  simple  and  interactive  training  through  on-demand 

videos and handbooks. By taking the three training programmes 

available (SMCR, Market Abuse and Financial Crime), customers 

can address the FCA mandated training which they are required to 

provide to individuals within their organisation on an annual basis. 

Risk Monitor
Calculate Positions, P&L, Theoretical value and 
Margins in real-time

Risk  Monitor  calculates  positions,  P&L,  theoretical  value  and 

margins in real-time. Through this invaluable tool, customers are 

able to make rapid decisions to control their intraday risks. 

Exchange Connector
Receives, translates and sends exchange data 
streams to customers’ in-house systems

Exchange  Connector  retrieves  clearing  data  from  real  time 

exchange  connections  for  downstream  processing  in  multiple 

applications.  By  standardising  the  interfaces,  customers  save 

time developing connectivity and accessing data. 

People Risk Management 
Leverage people capability to deliver results

People  Risk  Management  helps  financial  institutions  manage 

people  risk  efficiently  and  in  accordance  to  regulatory  rules. 

By  integrating  key  performance  indicators  and  action-oriented 

workflows,  customers  can  identify  and  mitigate  competency 

and conduct risks, to ensure staff performance and capability is 

transparent, measurable and trackable. 

Technology

Coming in 2019

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Financial Review

I am proud to present the financial results of the inaugural year of 

Acquisitions

our journey throughout which we have grown revenue and put in 

A  key  part  of  our  strategy  is  to  invest  in  specialist  risk 

place a strong financial infrastructure.

Since IPO, we have built a team with deep subject matter expertise 

across several of the world’s major capital markets, delivered the 

Global Risk Platform and built a strong sales perceptive.

management  businesses  to  provide  quality  risk  management 

applications  across  our  increasing  customer  base  and  to  help 

those businesses grow their recurring revenue.

KRM22 listed as an Investing Company on AIM and our investing 

policy is to invest in businesses with some, or all, of the following 

Scope of financial results

features:

This financial review focuses on the eight month period since our 

listing on 30 April 2018. Prior year comparatives are based on the 

results of the Company’s subsidiary KRM22 Central Limited.   

• 

• 

These  financial  statements  are  for  the  group  and  reflect  our 

fast  growth  from  a  standing  start  to  a  £3.3m  ARR  business.  In 

are revenue generating and have a good customer base;

 have  or  are  developing  a  desirable  technology  or  software 

offerings, principally within risk management;

• 

 have  management  with  particular  skills  or  sector 

particular, they include:

expertise; and

• 

 Revenue  recognised  in  2018  was  £1.3m  including  seven 

months of Irisium and three months of ProOpticus;

• 

 where  we  believe  that  there  are  good  growth  opportunities 

through  strategic  and  operational  guidance  and  providing  a 

•  KRM22 Central and its subsidiaries from 1 January 2018;

platform to scale. 

• 

Irisium from 5 June 2018; and

•  ProOpticus from 25 September 2018.

The  financial  results  of  the  subsidiaries  acquired  in  the  year 

(Irisium and ProOpticus) have been have been aligned with IFRS 

and KRM22’s accounting policies.

The acquisition of the Enterprise team in July 2018 was for the 

team and certain assets. No revenue or costs of a separate legal 

entity are included.

In  the  eight  months  to  31  December  2018,  we  acquired  three 

businesses. Two of the acquisitions were for the share capital and 

voting rights of the target businesses and a third acquisition was 

for a team and certain assets of the target business.

Irisium
On  5  June  2018,  we  made  our  maiden  investment  by  acquiring 

60% of the issued share capital and voting rights of Irisium Limited 

(“Irisium”), together with management control of the business.

London-based Irisium provides trade surveillance software and, at 

the time of investment, had 13 customers and £1.0m annualised 

recurring revenue. Since acquisition, and as of today, Irisium has 

grown its customer base and ARR to £1.4m and the sales pipeline 

remains  strong.  Revenue  generated  by  Irisium  in  2018  in  the 

seven months post acquisition was £0.8m.

The remaining 40% of the issued share capital of Irisium remains 

owned  by  Cinnober  Financial  Technology  AB  (“Cinnober”). 

Cinnober was acquired by Nasdaq in January 2019.

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Strategic Report

On  completion  of  the  acquisition  of  Irisium,  KRM22  paid  £1.7m 

to  Cinnober  in  cash  consideration  for  its  shares,  and  £1.0m  to 

acquire  60%  of  a  shareholder  loan  previously  held  by  Cinnober.  

Profit and Loss
Recurring revenue
Revenue recognised for the year to 31 December 2018 was £1.3m 

The  potential  earn-out  consideration  of  £0.6m  has  not  been 

and this was seven months of revenue generated by Irisium and three 

accrued for in the balance sheet as at 31 December 2018.

months of revenue generated by ProOpticus. KRM22 is focused on 

ProOpticus
On  25  September  2018,  we  acquired  100%  of  the  issued  share 

capital  and  voting  rights  of  KRM22  ProOpticus  LLC  (formerly 

Prime Analytics LLC) (“ProOpticus”).

Chicago-based ProOpticus provides market risk tools historically 

for  derivative  options  and,  at  the  time  of  investment,  had 

13  enterprise  customers  and  US$2.6m  annualised  recurring 

revenue (“ARR”). Revenue generated by ProOpticus in 2018 in the 

building a recurring revenue business and our key revenue metric is 

ARR (Annualised Recurring Revenue). As at 31 December 2018, we 

had grown acquired ARR of £3.0m to £3.3m and this has continued 

to grow to £3.9m at the date of this report following the acquisition 
of Object+.

This growth in ARR validates our strategic approach to acquiring 

and scaling businesses through our shared network and customer 

base, and the streamlining of back office functions.

three months post acquisition was £0.5m.

In addition, KRM22 generates some non-recurring revenue related 

On  completion  of  the  acquisition  of  ProOpticus,  KRM22  paid 

principally to customer implementations. 

US$3.0m(£2.3m)  in  cash  consideration  and  issued  773,515 

KRM22  Plc  shares  to  the  ProOpticus  vendors.    Based  on  the 

Total revenue
Total  revenue  reported  for  the  year  to  31  December  2018 

revenue  growth  of  ProOpticus,  a  total  undiscounted  earn-out 

was  £1.3m  and  87%  was  generated  from  recurring  customer 

consideration  of  US$3.0m  may  be  payable  following  audited 

contracts.  The  total  revenue  recognised  includes  £0.2m  non-

accounts for the years 2019 and 2020, payable in cash or shares, 

recurring revenue. 

at KRM22’s discretion.

Enterprise Risk Management team
On 17 July 2018, we entered into an employment agreement with 

Gross margin
Gross profit for the year to 31 December 2018 was £1.1m. This 

89%  gross  profit  margin  demonstrates  the  operating  leverage 

Enterprise  Risk  Management  expert  Andrew  Smart.  In  parallel, 

of  the  business  and  indicates  how  we  can  cover  our  cost  base 

two  other  subject  matter  experts  in  enterprise  risk,  who  had 

efficiently as we sell new recurring revenue contracts.

been  developing  software  for  Andrew,  also  accepted  job  offers. 

In parallel to these appointments, we acquired certain assets of 

Ascendore Limited, including a contracts database, goodwill and 

existing product code all focused on Enterprise Risk Management. 

Capitalised research and development
Our  total  investment  in  research  and  development  for  the  year 

to  31  December  2018  was  £2.7m.    Of  this,  £1.8m  or  67%  was 

capitalised.  Capitalised research and development is amortised 

Andrew  and  his  team  have  leveraged  their  knowledge  and 

over three years. 

experience  to  accelerate  the  build  of  the  Risk  Cockpit  and 

launched it as the first application on the GRP in April 2019.

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Strategic Report continued

Adjusted EBITDA
We believe the Adjusted EBITDA is the key metric to consider in 

Assets
As at 31 December 2018, we held current assets of £3.4m cash 

order  to  understand  the  cash-profitability  of  the  business.    This 

and trade and other receivables of £1.1m. 

is due in particular to the non-cash items that impact the Income 

Statement under IFRS accounting, such as non-cash share-based 

costs. 

Non-current  assets  were  £12.4m  relating  principally  to:  £8.7m 

for the fair value of goodwill and assets acquired and £1.8m for 

capitalised research and development costs for the period.

Adjusted EBITDA for the year to 31 December 2018 was a £3.3m 

loss. The Adjusted EBITDA is as per the reported operating loss, 

Liabilities
As at 31 December 2018, our principal liabilities were:

adjusted for:

•  Depreciation and amortisation £0.5m; 

• 

Impairment charges of £0.1m;

•  Non-recurring costs of acquisitions £0.5m;

•  Non-recurring costs of IPO funding £0.3m; and

•  Share based payment cost £0.7m.

Tax charges
Due  to  the  losses  incurred  in  the  year  the  only  tax  charge  is  a 

deferred tax credit of £13k.

Reported operating loss
Reported operating loss for the year to 31 December 2018 was 

£5.4m. This loss includes:

•  £0.8m for funding and acquisition fees;

• 

 Eight  months  operational  costs  and  set-up  costs  of  KRM22 

group as a result of the restructuring in 2018;

•  Seven months of Irisium operations; and

•  Three months of ProOpticus operations.

Cash

Cash  in  bank  at  31  December  2018  was  £3.4m.  This  cash, 

together with the equity and debt funding announced on 3 April 

and  29  April  2019  respectively,  provides  the  business  with 

working  capital  to  build  ARR  to  reach  cash  break-even  and 

become self-funding.

Net  cash  at  31  December  2018  was  £2.4m,  equivalent  to  the 

cash less the shareholder loan to Cinnober.

Balance sheet

The  balance  sheet  as  at  31  December  2018  includes  Irisium, 

ProOpticus and the core legacy KRM22 group.

• 

 £1.0m  minority  shareholder  loan  owed  to  Cinnober  by 

Irisium.  Cinnober  owned  40%  of  Irisium  during  the  period 

from  acquisition  to  the  year  end  and  this  balance  includes 

capitalised interest. The loan is not repayable until 2023.

• 

 £2.3m  of  undiscounted 

(£1.5m  discounted)  deferred 

consideration  for  earn  out  payments  for  the  acquisition  of 

ProOpticus.  We believe that the acquired ProOpticus business 

will  grow  successfully  and  the  earn  outs  will  be  achieved.  

As such, IFRS requires that the value of the future earn out, 

whether  cash  or  shares,  be  provided  for  at  today’s  present 

value.    When  the  earn  out  targets  are  met  it  is  at  KRM22’s 

discretion  as  to  whether  the  earn  outs  are  paid  in  cash  or 

shares.  The  deferred  payment  consideration  for  Irisium  of 

£0.6m has not been recognised on the basis that the directors 

do  not  believe  that  the  earnout  performance  criteria  will  be 

met.

• 

 £1.6m  for  the  right  of  use  of  assets  relating  to  all  future 

payments  of  leased-office  rentals.  KRM22  has  adopted, 

early  IFRS  16  accounting  whereby  such  lease  payments 

are  provided  for  at  today’s  value.  In  practice,  these  rental 

payments will be spread over the next few years. As a result, 

£0.5m of the related liability is shown in current liabilities as 

it relates to lease payments that will be paid in 2019, with the 

balance for periods greater than one year.

• 

 There  is  £0.6m  of  deferred  revenue;  contracted  and  paid 

services that will be released in a future period.

KRM22 had no bank loans or overdrafts as at 31 December 2018.

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Investors

The resulting Earning per Share (“EPS”) is a 55.5p loss per share 

As  an  AIM-listed  business,  a  large  proportion  of  KRM22’s 

on  a  weighted  average  number  of  shares  basis  (equivalent  to 

shareholders  are  professional  investment  funds.  Our  largest 

9,407,958 on the shares in issue at period end).

such  investors  are  Cannaccord  (ex-Hargreave  Hale),  Herald, 

Miton,  Gresham  House  (ex-Livingbridge),  Octopus  and  Fidelity. 

Accounting policies and procedures

In addition, the directors together owned 2,447,143 shares at the 

In  the  eight  months  since  IPO,  we  have  defined  and  adopted 

year end.

Funding

accounting  policies  that  we  believe  fairly  reflect  the  underlying 

business  and  comply  with  IFRS  as  adopted  by  the  European 

Union accounting practices. These are detailed in notes 1 - 4.

At IPO on 30 April 2018, we raised £10.3m gross proceeds from 

new investors at £1.00 per share.  Funding fees were £0.5m; of 

Financial processes and integration

which £0.3m is recognised in the Income Statement and £0.2m 

As we grow KRM22, we aim to support that growth by effective 

allocated  to  the  share  premium  reserve,  being  costs  directly 

and efficient internal systems and processes.  The finance team 

related to the issuance of this new equity.

Subsequently  on  26  September  2018,  we  raised  £3.3m  gross 

proceeds  and  issued  773,515  new  shares  for  the  ProOpticus 

acquisition  at  £1.01  per  share.  Funding  fees  of  £0.5m  were 

recognised in the Income Statement. 

Since the year end, we raised £1.8m in equity funding and secured 

a growth debt facility of £10.0m.

Use of cash in the year
In  the  eight  months  to  31  December  2018,  we  raised  a  total  of 

£13.6m  cash,  of  which,  £5.3m  was  used  to  fund  acquisitions 

(including £0.7m IFRS accounting value of deferred consideration, 

£1.8m  for  capitalised  research  and  development  and  £0.8m  for 

fees of the IPO and acquisitions).

Going concern

Analysis  of  KRM22’s  going  concern  position  is  detailed  in  the 

directors report on page 30.

Shareholdings and Earnings per share

As  at  31  December  2018,  KRM22  had  16,376,388  shares  in 

issue.  The undiluted weighted average number of shares for the 

period to 31 December 2018 was 9,407,958.  The difference in 

the two numbers results from the timing of share issues at IPO 

(30 April 2018) and shares issued for the ProOpticus acquisition 

(25 September 2018).

have  implemented  a  strong  finance  organisation  in  the  period 

and achieved full financial integration.  By 31 December 2018, the 

detailed financial history of both Irisium and ProOpticus were fully 

transferred onto the central KRM22 systems, with bank accounts 

and all processes centrally managed.

This  agile 

integration  approach  not  only  establishes  good 

governance  but  also  frees  up  the  acquiree  management  team 

and  allows  them  to  focus  on  customers,  product  development 

and growth.

Dividend

We  aim  to  deliver  capital  growth  for  shareholders  to  generate 

an attractive total return.  Accordingly, we do not recommend a 

dividend for the year, but may choose to do so in future years.

Conclusion

In  the  first  eight  months  of  the  year  we  successfully  integrated 

three  acquisitions  recognised  revenue  of  £1.3m,  grew  to  £3.3m 

ARR, brought new and acquired products to market, established 

strong  relationships  with  26  institutional  customers  and  built  a 

team with deep subject matter expertise. We are very excited for 

the journey ahead.

Approved by the Board and signed on its behalf by:

Karen Bach

Company Secretary

2 June 2019

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Principal risks  
and uncertainties

The Board considers the risks set out below to be the principal risks to KRM22.  The Board continually reviews the risks facing KRM22 

and ensures appropriate steps are taken to mitigate them.  If more than one event occurs, it is possible that the overall effect of such 

events would compound the possible adverse effects on KRM22.  The Board recognises that the nature and scope of risks can change 

and there may be other risks to which KRM22 is exposed so the list is not intended to be exhaustive.

Risk and 
uncertainty

Customer 
retention

Technology

Potential impact

Mitigating actions

Given  KRM22’s  strategic  focus  on  Annualised 
Recurring  Revenue,  the  retention  of  key  customers 
is  critical  to  the  maintenance  of  revenue  streams. 
The  loss  of  key  customers  could  adversely  impact 
business results. 

Every client has an account manager who regularly speaks with 
the customer and who ensures requirements are met.
KRM22  also  has  a  centralised  customer  support  team  with 
defined  service  levels  to  ensure  quality  product  service  to  the 
customer.

To  remain  successful  KRM22  must  ensure  that 
its  products  continue  to  meet  the  requirements  of 
customers. If products do not meet the requirements 
of customers, they could seek alternative solutions, 
resulting in the loss of revenue.

Staff recruitment 
and retention 

KRM22  is  reliant  on  the  skills  and  knowledge  of  its 
people  in  a  wide  range  of  areas  but  especially  in 
executive management and software development.

Failure to recruit and retain an appropriate number of 
suitably  qualified  people  in  critical  areas  could  lead 
to a deterioration in the quality of our products and 
services.  This  could  lead  to  us  failing  to  meet  our 
customers’  needs  resulting  in  the  loss  of  business 
and a failure to deliver expected financial returns.

Foreign exchange KRM22  operates  internationally  and  is  therefore 

exposed to fluctuations in foreign exchange rates.

Compliance 
with laws and 
regulations

Brexit

KRM22’s  business  is  the  sale  of  software  that  will 
facilitate  compliance  with  financial  services  laws 
and regulations. A failure by KRM22 to comply with 
laws and regulations in its own business could lead 
to fines and revocation of business licences, as well 
as significant reputational loss.

The  risk  that  Brexit  leads  to  a  macroeconomic 
downturn in the UK.

Product  Managers  with  KRM22  are  subject  matter  experts 
in  their  fields  and  understand  the  trends  of  the  market  and 
customer  needs.  In  addition,  customer  account  managers 
gather requirements of the existing customer base and feedback 
that information to product development.
KRM22 has developed its product architecture ready to build in 
artificial intelligence and other user-focused technologies easily 
and at scale.

The Remuneration Committee reviews KRM22’s compensation 
policies  to  ensure  KRM22  continues  to  attract,  motivate  and 
retain qualified personnel. All employees are offered options in 
KRM22.

KRM22  is  committed  to  the  retention  of  staff  by  adopting  a 
friendly and flexible working environment and offering a broad 
range of staff benefits.

KRM22  relies  on  a  partial  natural  hedge  of  GBP  and  USD 
costs  and  revenue  being  in  the  same  currencies.  KRM22  also 
continuously monitors its foreign exchange exposure to assess 
whether forward currency transactions are necessary.

KRM22  employs  fully  qualified  finance  professionals  and 
external professional advisors, including legal and tax, to ensure 
all relevant legal and regulatory codes are fully complied with.

KRM22  operates  internationally  with  less  than  20%  of  FY18 
revenue  derived from customers in the UK. As such we do not 
anticipate a material impact of Brexit on the business.

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Corporate Governance

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Board of Directors

Keith Todd CBE 
CEO and Chairman

Stephen Casner 
CEO Americas

Karen Bach 
Chief Operating Officer

Keith  has  40  years  of  global  technology 
listed, 
business  experience  from  publicly 
large multi-nationals to start-up businesses. 

Stephen  has  over  20  years  in  the  “Fin-
Tech”  industry  with  tremendous  scale-up 
experience.

In  2010  he  co-founded  and  became  CEO 
of  Hazeltree  –  transforming  the  internal 
technology  team  of  a  New  York  based 
hedge fund into a global provider of Treasury 
Management  Technology 
for  alternative 
managers  who  collectively  manage  over 
$1 trillion in AUM.

From 2005 to 2010 he was CEO of AIM-TO, a 
fin-tech  company  that  created  a  multi-asset 
class  “near-time”  value  at  risk  systems  for 
prop traders.

In  1999  he  became  CEO  of  a  Dallas  based, 
venture backed technology company Picasso 
Software and from 1990 to 1997 helped lead 
Quantra  deliver  a  property  management 
system that is still used today by thousands 
of real estate managers.

Alongside  being  Executive  Chairman  and 
CEO  of  KRM22,  he  is  an  advisor  to  Horizon 
Software  and  Whaleslide,  the  privacy-based 
search engine. 

He served as Executive Chairman of FFastFill 
plc, provider of SaaS to the global derivatives 
community (2002 to 2017), and ION Agency 
trading (2012 to 2017)

Keith  was  Non-Executive  Chairman  of  AIM-
listed  Amino  Technologies  plc  (2007  to 
2012), a provider of digital TV entertainment 
and cloud solutions to network operators. 

serving 

Previously 
as  Non-Executive 
Chairman  of  UK  Broadband  Stakeholder 
Group  (a  UK  Industry/Government  advisory 
board),  EC  Soft  plc  and  Easynet  plc,  Keith 
received  a  CBE  for  his  services  to  the 
telecoms industry. 

Keith  is  a  qualified  accountant  (FCMA),  was 
CFO  and  Chief  Executive  of  ICL  plc  (1987 
to  2000)  and  CFO  of  the  Marconi  defence 
Group. In the 1990’s Keith served as honorary 
Treasurer  of  the  Open  University  for  eight 
years and received an honorary degree. 

Karen 
is  an  entrepreneur  with  strong 
international  technology  and  transactional 
expertise. She is one of the three founders of 
KRM22 and was appointed executive COO at 
IPO. 

In  addition,  Karen  is  Chairman  of  Amino 
Technologies  plc,  a  provider  of  digital  TV 
entertainment and cloud solutions to network 
operators,  and  Non-Executive  Director  of 
Escape Hunt plc, an entertainment business 
rooms.  Karen  was 
based  on  escape 
Independent  Chairman  for  seven  years  at 
IXCellerate, a Russian datacentre business.

As an executive, Karen was founding CEO of 
KalliKids,  a  B2C  digital  marketplace  for  six 
years and prior to this, she was CFO at fast-
growing technology businesses IXEurope plc, 
ACS plc and Kewill plc.

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Audit Committee

Remuneration Committee

Nominations Committee

A 

Chair   A

Member

R 

Chair   R

Member

N 

Chair  N  

Member

Matthew Reed  
Independent Non-Executive Director

Sandy Broderick 
Independent Non-Executive Director

Garry Jones 
Independent Non-Executive Director 

A 

R 

N 

A

R

N

Sandy  was 
previously  Non-Executive 
Director  of  AIM  listed  regulatory  reporting 
and  collateral  risk  management  solutions 
company,  Lombard  Risk  Management 
plc,  which  was 
recently  acquired  by 
Vermeg Group.

Prior  to  Lombard  Risk  Management  he  was 
CEO of DTCC DerivSERV, where he led the roll-
out  of  its  Global  Trade  Repository  in  Europe 
and Asia, as well as holding the CEO position 
of  New  York  Portfolio  Clearing,  where  he 
oversaw its development and successful sale 
to ICE.

During  Sandy’s  trading  career  at  Societe 
Generale  and  Bank  of  America,  he  was  at 
initiatives 
the  centre  of  several 
in  clearing  and  market 
infrastructure, 
including  development  of  the  LCH  Clearnet 
SwapClear system.

industry 

Sandy  was  Chairman  of  the  OTC  Derivnet 
Board from 2011 to 2012.

Matt  serves  as  the  Chief  Operating  Officer 
and is a Member of BGF Group plc.
Matt joined BGF at its launch in 2011 and is 
responsible for the finance, compliance, and 
the operations of the business.
His role also encompasses risk and corporate 
governance  oversight.  He  was  previously  a 
Director of Risk and Finance at the firm.
Matt  served  as  a  Vice  President  and  Chief 
Financial  Officer  at  CCMP  Capital  Advisors 
UK. He was responsible for the local finance 
department and for covering CCMP Capital’s 
European  portfolio  activity  and  transaction 
execution.
Prior to joining CCMP in 2006, Matthew was 
the  Global  Product  Controller  for  Clearance 
and  Trust  products 
the  World-Wide 
Securities  Services  business  at  JPMorgan 
Chase.  He  spent  six  years  at  JP  Morgan, 
including 
performing  numerous 
roles, 
in  both 
Financial  Controller  positions 
Luxembourg and London.
Matt  served  as  the  Chief  Financial  Officer  at 
private  equity  firms  including,  CCMP  Capital 
Partners  UK,  Trilantic  Capital  Partners  and 
Santander 
is  a 
Chartered Accountant.

Infrastructure  Capital.  He 

in 

Jim Oliff, Non-Executive Director (resigned 5th March 2019)

David Ellis, Independent Non-Executive Director (resigned 30th April 2019)

Garry  Jones  has  over  35  years’  experience 
in  financial  services,  previously  serving  as 
CEO  of  three  of  the  largest  derivatives  and 
OTC  exchanges  in  Europe:  BrokerTec,  LIFFE 
and  the  LME.  In  2013  he  became  Co-Head 
of Markets at HKEX and CEO of the London 
Metal  Exchange  (LME),  based  in  London 
but  with  an  office  in  Hong  Kong  and  a 
considerable focus on China. He left HKEX in 
2017,  remaining  an  advisor  to  the  company 
until 2018.

Garry was a founder member of the Futures 
and Options Association’s European Industry 
Council and a member of the UK’s Financial 
Services  Authority  (FSA)  Senior  Practitioner 
initiatives 
Panel,  advising  on  new  policy 
under the UK’s former regulatory regime. He 
was on the Board of FESE (The Federation of 
European Security Exchanges) and alternate 
Board member of the WFE (World Federation 
of Exchanges). He served as a Director of The 
London  Clearing  House  (LCH.Clearnet)  and 
the  Qatar  Exchange.  Garry  was  also  part  of 
the UK’s trade delegation to China with then 
Prime Minister David Cameron in 2013.

He now is an advisor and director of several 
companies,  including  Horatio  Ventures,  a 
private investment firm.

Garry  holds  a  BA(Hons)  and  MA(Hons) 
from  the  University  of  Oxford  and  an  MBA 
from  Stanford  University  Graduate  School 
of Business.

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Statement of 
Corporate Governance 

On  8  March  2018,  the  LSE  issued  revised  rules  for  AIM-listed 

Corporate status: KRM22 (KRM:L) is a closed-ended investment 

companies,  within  which  was  a  requirement  (Rule  26)  for  AIM 

company (CEIC) listed on the AIM of the London Stock Exchange. 

companies  to  apply  a  recognised  corporate  governance  code 

This means that the number of shares in the Company are known 

from 28 September 2018.

Taking  account  of  this,  the  Directors  have  adopted  the  Quoted 

Companies  Alliance’s  (QCA)  Corporate  Governance  Code  for 

small  and  mid-sized  quoted  companies.  (“QCA  Code”).  The 

principal  means  of  communicating  our  application  of  the 

Code  are  detailed  in  this  annual  report  and  on  our  website  

(www.krm22.com/investor-information/corporate-governance).

The  Directors  believe  that,  in  addition  to  being  responsible  for 

setting  the  strategic  direction  and  managing  risk  across  the 

business,  they  are  responsible  for  good  corporate  governance, 

clear  shareholder  and  stakeholder  communications  and 

monitoring  the  effectiveness  of  the  Executive  Directors.    The 

Directors believe that effective corporate governance, appropriate 

to  KRM22,  considering  its  size  and  stage  of  development,  will 

assist  in  the  delivery  of  corporate  strategy,  the  generation  of 

and  the  shares  are  traded  on  AIM.  KRM22  expects  to  convert 

to  an  operating  company  when  its  business  develops  to  fit  the 

necessary criteria.

Principle 2: Seek to understand and meet shareholder 
needs and expectations

The  Company’s 

executive  directors  meet 

institutional 

shareholders, fund managers and analysts at least twice a year.

Thanks  to  the  fast  growth  of  KRM22  since  the  IPO,  with  three 

acquisitions  of,  and  two  partnerships  in,  risk  management 

technology  businesses,  such  meetings  have  been  more  regular. 

The Board also intends to build wider shareholder communications 

and will be working towards this. In addition, private investors will 

be encouraged to participate in the Annual General Meeting.

The  Board  appointed  finnCap  as  the  company’s  NOMAD 

shareholder  value  and  the  safeguarding  of  shareholders’  long-

and broker.

term interests. 

This report follows the structure of the QCA Code guidelines and 

Nominated Advisor (NOMAD)
Nomads are approved by the London Stock Exchange and must 

explains how we have applied the guidance as well as the reasons 

meet  eligibility  criteria  set  out  in  the  AIM  Rules  for  NOMADs.  In 

for any departures from the guidance.

QCA Principles

Principle 1: Establish a strategy and business model 
which promotes long-term value for shareholders

KRM22 listed on AIM, via an IPO, on 30 April 2018. As part of this 

process,  the  Board  determined  the  long-term  vision  of  KRM22 

and detailed the steps to achieve that strategy.

their  role,  finnCap  advises  and  guides  the  KRM22  Board  on  its 

responsibilities  as  an  AIM  listed  business  and  undertakes  due 

diligence and works as the primary advisor of the business.

Broker
finnCap  is  also  the  appointed  broker  of  KRM22.  In  this  role 

finnCap  facilitate  communications  with  existing  and  potential 

new  investors.    Keith  Todd  and  Karen  Bach  regularly  meet 

investors together with representatives of the broker. finnCap also 

advise KRM22 on shareholder communications on its website, all 

Since  the  IPO,  the  Board  has  refined  the  strategy,  based  on 

RNS  releases  (Regulatory  News  Service  –  AIM)  and  will  guide 

customer  feedback,  additional  input  from  risk  management 

communications within the Annual Report.

experts from the five KRM22 domains of risk, enterprise, regulatory, 

market,  operations  and  technology,  shareholder  feedback  and 

employee participation.  This led to a clearer definition of KRM22’s 

strategy and to a re-branding and refocus of communications in 

September 2018.  The KRM vision and strategy is detailed in the 

Strategic Report on page 7.

Investor  queries  can  be  directed  to  KRM22  by  email  to 

InvestorRelations@krm22.com.  All  advisor  details, 

including 

those of KRM22’s NOMAD, Auditors and Investor press relations 

can be found on the last page of this report.

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Principle 3: Take into account wider stakeholder and 
social responsibilities and their implications for long-
term success

The  Board  believes  that  delivering  fit-for-purpose  software 

applications  to  customers  is  the  key  to  KRM22’s  success.  To 

Employees:  KRM22 

is  building  efficient 

internal  systems 

including  team-wide  easy-to-use  communication  tools,  regular 

performance  appraisals  using  a  simple  regular  tool  versus  a 

laborious  annual  appraisal  and  “all-employee”  announcements 

(for  example,  on  acquisitions/investments  and  other  business-

achieve this, KRM22 needs to:

wide news).

• 

  Build  applications  that  meet  customer  needs:  the  KRM22 

Business  Development  and  Support  teams  listen  to  those 

customer  needs  at  regular  meetings  and  through  effective 

systems and processes;

• 

  Recruit,  train  and  motivate  employees  to  build  the  software 

applications;

• 

  Communicate clearly the KRM22 vision and strategy internally 

and externally;

Principle 4: Embed effective risk management, 
considering both opportunities and threats, 
throughout the organisation

Good  effective  risk  management  is  part  of  the  KRM22  DNA  as 

the Company’s vision is to build tools to achieve this for KRM22 

customers.  Therefore,  risk  management  is  embedded  in  the 

culture of not only the KRM22 Board, but also the whole team.

• 

  Communicate  speedily  with  teams  when  new  acquisitions/

Director  experience  in  risk  management:  All  the  directors  have 

investments are made, such as KRM22 ProOpticus (formerly 

experience  of  building  growing  multi-national  businesses  and 

Prime Analytics) or Irisium;

understand the risks and challenges that come with the journey. 

• 

  Listen to and work closely with all partners, such as Ascent 

Their sector and professional mix of skills is particularly relevant 

and its professional advisors; and

– see Principle 6.

• 

  Listen 

to  all  external  and 

internal  stakeholders  and 

communicate clearly.

Team  experience  in  risk  management:  The  subject  matter 

expertise  within  the  multi-national  team  is  very  strong  and 

In  the  short  time  since  the  IPO,  KRM22  has  gathered  feedback 

includes  market  risk,  regulatory  risk  and  enterprise  risk  experts. 

from customers, employees, advisors and shareholders. 

As  risk  management  is  KRM22’s  business,  the  team  has  an 

At  this  stage  in  its  growth,  KRM22  has  few  suppliers  and  its 

unusually high understanding and experience in managing risk.

biggest  assets  are  its  people,  whether  employees  or  freelance 

Risks  identified  at  IPO:  As  part  of  the  admission  process  the 

contractors.  KRM22  communicates  regularly  with  this  cross-

Directors identified the risks in achieving the KRM22 Global Risk 

country, multi-national and diverse team in multiple ways.

Platform strategy. See pages 22-23 of the Admission Document.

Methods of two-way communication include:
Investors: see Principle 10 below.

Customers:  Regular  meetings  with  existing  and  potential 

customers  by  the  Business  Development  team  in  Europe  via 

London, North America via New York and Chicago, and Asia via 

Singapore and Australia.

Risk  Cockpit:  The  Risk  Cockpit  is  an  application  that  KRM22  is 

developing  to  allow  CEOs  and  their  teams  to  see  real-time  risk 

statuses and enable them to take action. KRM22 will use the Risk 

Cockpit internally to monitor and manage risks.

Controls  and  processes:  In  2018  KRM22  was  less  than  a  year 

old and growing fast.  Accordingly, the development, adoption and 

implementation  of  policies  was  ongoing.    As  KRM22  continues 

to  grow,  the  Directors  are  continually  reviewing  controls  and 

processes in all key areas on an ongoing basis. 

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Statement of Corporate Governance continued

Principle 5: Maintain the Board as a well-functioning, 
balanced team led by the Chair

through Continued Professional Development (legal and financial), 

and constant contact with customers, sector experts and industry 

Role and composition of the board:

influencers, and by listening to feedback from all stakeholders.

Keith Todd is Executive Chairman and CEO and as such has two 

roles in the business:

• 

  Chairman:  The  principal  role  of  the  Chairman  is  to  manage 

and  to  provide  leadership  to  the  Board  of  Directors  of  the 

Company. The Chairman is accountable to the Board.

• 

 CEO: The principal role as the CEO is to make major corporate 

decisions, manage the overall operations and resources and 

Principle 7: Evaluate Board performance based on 
clear and relevant objectives, seeking continuous 
improvement

The KRM22 Board has three Board Committees, each consisting 

of the three independent non-executive directors at 31 December 

2018.  See more details in principle 9.

act as the ultimate point of communication with stakeholders.

The  responsibilities  of  the  Nomination  Committee  include  an 

QCA  guidelines  encourage  these  two  roles  to  be  held  by  two 

different people. Keith Todd’s experience helps him perform these 

two roles with self-challenge. In addition, the Founders agreed that 

a higher ratio of non-executives would encourage healthy challenge 

and debate and provide additional independence.

For  this  reason,  the  Board  has  three  executive  directors  (the 

Founders) and at 31 December 2018, four non-executive directors, 

three of whom were independent.

The  Board  believes  strongly  that  a  mix  of  professional  skills, 

risk  management  experience  and  capital  market  understanding 

make  a  difference,  as  does  diversity.  Of  the  seven  directors  at 

31  December  2018,  one  was  female,  and  three  nationalities 

are  represented. 

  The  KRM22 

leadership 

is  described  on  

pages 18 - 19.

annual  assessment  of  Board  Effectiveness.    The  first  annual 

assessment  has  not  yet  been  undertaken  as  KRM22  has  only 

been in existence for just over one year and the operations of the 

Board  are  forming,  adapting  and  continuously  improving  each 

month.  The Directors intend to assess the Board on:

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Risk management;

 Adequacy of management information to make decisions and 

manage risk;

 The effectiveness of decision processes and decision making;

 Board  composition  (mix  of  skills,  experience,  diversity,  and 

adequate succession planning);

• 

 The  effectiveness  of  each  Director  on  the  Board,  whether 

executive or non-executive;

• 

• 

 Board communication and organisation; and

 Director induction and training.

Principle 6: Ensure that between them the Directors 
have the necessary up-to-date experience, skills and 
capabilities

The Board does not yet have a formalised success plan, but this 

will be implemented as part of the annual assessment of Board 

Effectiveness.  This  will  help  the  team  become  established  and 

The  Directors  consider  that  the  mix  of  professional  skills,  risk 

allow the Directors to identify the key areas of risk that succession 

management  experience  and  capital  market  understanding  is  key 

planning can manage.

to the effectiveness of the Board and its Committees. As such, the 

Board  is  very  satisfied  that  the  resulting  mix  of  skills  is  suited  to 

the sector, to the maturity and growth stage and for an AIM-listed 

business.

Skills:  Of  the  seven  Directors  at  31  December  2018,  six  have 

worked  within  capital  markets,  three  are  qualified  accountants 

and two are qualified lawyers.  All seven Directors have experience 

of growing businesses and how risks need to be managed within 

a fast-growth environment.

The Directors maintain their professional experience and skill set 

The  three  Founders  of  the  business  are  all  very  close  to  the 

business and make collective strategic decisions which they then 

recommend  to  the  Board.  This  three-way,  collegiate  interaction 

means  that  the  risk  of  succession  is  a  little  mitigated,  as  the 

business does not depend on one single leader.

Principle 8: Promote a corporate culture that is based 
on ethical values and behaviours

KRM22 is growing fast, bringing together different business and 

nationality cultures to build the GRP. To achieve this the Board is 

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very  people-focused,  including  all  stakeholders  whether  internal 

The  financial  information  provided  to  the  Board  for  monitoring 

or external.

Team
The aim of the Directors is to build a culture of transparency and 

performance  and  the  Directors  believe  that  empowerment  of 

employees is key to delivering the strategy.

KRM22’s three key company values are:

• 

• 

• 

 Focus wins;

 Business is a team game; and

 Clear accountabilities.

All employees have access to an internal HR system which provides 

the full organisation chart across KRM22. This helps each employee 

understand where they fit within the organisation and how their work 

contributes to the KRM22 growth and performance.

As  the  business  grows,  KRM22  is  adopting  corporate  policies, 

employee  handbooks  and  accounting  policies.  These  are 

being  defined  and  adopted  to  align  with  the  rapid  growth  of 

the  business  and  to  align  with  the  needs  of  each  country  and 

team.  As  each  business  is  acquired,  the  team  is  included  in 

performance,  and  to  make  investment  decisions,  is  improving 

as the internal team and processes are built. KRM22 is adopting 

corporate  policies,  employee  handbooks  and  accounting 

policies. These are being defined and adopted to align with the 

rapid growth of the business. In addition, the Board has adopted 

whistleblowing policies for employees and external stakeholders, 

including the choice of reporting to and excluding the COO.

Risk Management
The Board is intending to use its own Risk Cockpit software tool 

to assess and monitor risks. This will replace any list of risks in 

Excel  or  Word  (often  the  basis  for  a  “Risk  Register”)  and  deliver 

much  more  visibility  to  the  Directors  of  the  performance  of  the 

acquisitions and KRM22 as a whole.

Independence
At 31 December 2018 the Board was comprised of three executives 

and  four  non-executive  directors.  Three  of  the  non-executive 

directors  are  considered  independent  as  they  did  not  hold  shares 

or options in the business and have not previously worked with the 

executive team.

internal  communications  and  is  integrated/transitioned  into  the 

Under  their  letters  of  appointment,  the  non-executive  directors 

communication and systems of KRM22.

have  a  time  commitment  of  two  days  per  month  and  the 

In  addition,  for  full  transparency,  the  Board  has  adopted 

whistleblowing policies for employees and external stakeholders, 

including the choice of reporting to and excluding the COO.

Principle 9: Maintain governance structures and 
processes that are fit for purpose and support good 
decision-making by the Board

The  Board  of  Directors  is  responsible  for  setting  the  strategic 

direction  of  the  business,  managing  risks  and  monitoring 

performance  and  progress.  To  help  fulfil  these  responsibilities, 

the Directors have implemented independent Board Committees 

which together with the Matters Reserved for the Board, provide 

structure and formalisation of corporate governance.

The  Matters  Reserved  for  the  Board  include  Board  approval  for 

acquisitions.  For  the  acquisitions  completed  to  date,  the  Board 

has received due diligence information undertaken by employees 

and external advisors to provide the right information to make the 

right decisions for the business.

executives  are  full-time  (with  time  allowed  for  agreed  external 

professional activities). All directors are able to allocate sufficient 

time to KRM22 to fulfil their responsibilities.

Nine scheduled board meetings were held during the year, since 
the IPO in April 2018.

Board meeting attendance 
2018

Executive directors

Keith Todd

Karen Bach

Stephen Casner

Non-executive directors 

Matthew Reed

Sandy Broderick

Former non-executive directors

David Ellis

Jim Oliff

Maximum 
possible 
meeting 
attendance

Number of 
meetings 
attended

% of 
meetings 
attended

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

9

8

6

8

7

100

100

100

89

67

89

78

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Statement of Corporate Governance continued

Board Committees
At  the  IPO,  the  Directors  established  an  Audit  Committee,  a 

Nominations  Committee  and  a  Remuneration  Committee  with 

formally  delegated  duties  and  responsibilities.    None  of  the 

executive Directors are members of these Committees and, when 

invited to attend Committee meetings, it is to present information 

and not to be part of the decision making.

Principal 10: Communicate how the Company is 
governed and is performing by maintaining a dialogue 
with shareholders and other relevant stakeholders

All  financial  reports  and  publicly-available 
information  are 
published on our website within the investor information section. 
This includes AIM rule 26, significant shareholder information and 
details of our Directors’ roles and experience.

At  IPO  and  our  recent  fund  raising,  Keith  Todd  and  Karen  Bach 
met  with  institutional  fund  investors  to  communicate  progress 
and plans and have met them at other times where appropriate.

The Directors believe that these meetings provide valuable two-
way  communication  and  allow  investors  to  provide  feedback. 
Other investors are provided a channel for communication via the 
KRM22 investor information on the website and via email contact 
at InvestorRelations@krm22.com.

The  report  of  Board  Committees  will  be  included  in  our  Annual 
Report and Accounts each year.

When General Meetings are held, the Directors will publish the results 
of votes on the KRM22 website in the Investor Information section.

Internally KRM22 uses multiple team-tools to communicate – see 
Principle 8.

Board Committees and Secretary

The  Board  delegates  authority  to  three  committees  to  assist  in 
meeting  its  business  objectives  while  ensuring  a  sound  system 
of internal control and risk management. The committees meet 
independently of Board meetings.

Audit Committee
The  Audit  Committee,  which  meets  at  least  three  times  a  year, 
consisted of Matt Reed, David Ellis and Jim Oliff, all of whom were 
non-executive  directors  of  the  Company.    Since  the  year  end  both 
David  Ellis  and  Jim  Oliff  resigned  as  non-executive  directors  and 

from their membership of the Audit Committee.  Garry Jones, a non-
executive director, became a member of the Audit Committee on 30 
April 2019.  The Committee was established by a resolution of the 
Board on the recommendation of the Nomination Committee.  Whilst 
all  members  of  the  committee  have  experience  in  various  guises 
of  the  financial  industry,  more  specifically,  Matt  Reed  is  a  qualified 
Chartered Accountant (Australia) and he is Chief Operating Officer of 
BGF Group plc. During the year to 31 December 2018, and to date, the 
Committee was chaired by Matt Reed.

The  responsibilities  of  the  Audit  Committee  are  detailed  in  the 
Audit Committee Report on page 25.

Remuneration Committee
The  Remuneration  Committee,  which  meets  at  least  once  a  year, 
consisted of Sandy Broderick, David Ellis and Jim Oliff, all of whom 
were non-executive directors of the Company.  Since the year end both 
David Ellis and Jim Oliff resigned as non-executive directors and from 
their  membership  of  the  Remuneration  Committee.    Garry  Jones, 
a  non-executive  director,  became  a  member  of  the  Remuneration 
Committee on 30 April 2019. The Committee was established by a 
resolution of the Board on the recommendation of the Nomination 
Committee. During the year to 31 December 2018, and to date, the 
Committee was chaired by Sandy Broderick.

The responsibilities of the Remuneration Committee are detailed 
in the Remuneration Committee Report on page 27.

Nomination Committee
The  Nomination  Committee,  which  meets  at  least  once  a  year, 
consisted of Sandy Broderick, David Ellis and Jim Oliff, all of whom 
were non-executive directors of the Company.  Since the year end 
David Ellis resigned as non-executive director of the Nomination 
Committee  and  was  replaced  by  Garry  Jones  on  30  April  2019.  
The  Committee  was  established  by  a  resolution  of  the  Board.  
During the year to 31 December 2018, and to date, the Committee 
was chaired by Sandy Broderick.

The responsibilities of the Nomination Committee are detailed in 
the Nomination Committee Report on page 29.

For and on behalf of the Board

Keith Todd CBE
Executive Chairman and CEO
2 June 2019

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Audit Committee 
Report

The Audit Committee is responsible for challenging the quality of 

Role of the Committee

internal and external controls and for ensuring that the financial 

The  main  duties  of  the  Committee  are  set  out  in  its  terms  of 

performance of KRM22 is properly reviewed and reported.

reference,  which  are  available  on  KRM22’s  website.  The  main 

The  Committee  reviews  reports  on  the  interim  and  annual 

accounts,  financial  announcements,  the  Company’s  accounting 

items  of  business  considered  by  the  Committee  in  this  period 

since its formation included:

and financial control systems, changes to accounting policies, the 

• 

 Review  of  suitability  and  approve  appointment  of  the 

extent  of  non-audit  services  undertaken  by  the  external  auditor 

external auditor;

and the appointment of the external auditor.

• 

 Review  and  approval  of 

the  2018  audit  plan  and 

During the period the Audit Committee reviewed the draft interim 

engagement letter;

reports  and  associated  announcements.    The  Audit  Committee 

considered  the  accounting  policies  and  principles  adopted  in 

these accounts as well as significant accounting issues and areas 

• 

 Consideration  of  key  audit  matters  and  how  they  are 

addressed;

of judgement and complexity.

•  Review of the unaudited interim report;

Composition

The terms of reference for the Audit Committee (adopted on 24 

April  2018)  require  the  committee  to  consist  of  preferably  three 

members but not less than two members and that a majority of 

the  members  shall  be  independent  non-executives  with  at  least 

one of whom shall have recent relevant financial experience.

• 

 Consideration  of  risk  management  and  internal  control 

systems  and  specifically  progress  made  with  actions  listed 

in the FPPP document (the Board Memorandum on Financial 

Position  and  Prospects  Procedures  which  was  prepared  as 

part of the admission documentation for the IPO); and 

• 

 Meeting with the external auditor without management present.

During  2018  the  Committee  was  composed  of  myself  (Matt 

Financial Reporting

Reed)  as  Chairman,  David  Ellis  and  Jim  Oliff.    David  Ellis  and 

I  were  independent,  Non-Executive  Directors  whilst  Jim  Oliff 

was  a  Non-Executive  Director.    I  am  a  Chartered  Accountant 

with  significant  recent  and  relevant  experience  and  have  held  a 

number  of  senior  financial  positions  in  both  listed  and  private 

equity backed international companies including CFO at a number 

of  private  equity  firms.    The  Board  is  of  the  view  that  we  have 

The Committee reviews whether suitable accounting policies have 

been  adopted  and  whether  management  has  made  appropriate 

judgements and estimates.  The Committee’s remit includes reviews 

of accounting papers prepared by management providing details on 

the main financial reporting judgements as well as assessments of 

the impact of potential new accounting standards.

recent and relevant financial experience.  Karen Bach (COO), Kim 

As  this  is  the  first  year  of  accounts  for  KRM22  there  were  no 

Suter (Head of Finance) and other Executive Directors may attend 

changes  in  accounting  policy  for  the  Committee  to  consider.  

Committee meetings by invitation. The Committee formally met 

IFRS16 

‘Leases’ 

is  applicable  for  annual  reporting  periods 

on  one  occasion  since  its  formation  in  2018.  However,  other 

beginning  on  or  after  1  January  2019,  however  KRM22  has 

informal  discussions  were  held  by  Committee  members  during 

decided  to  early  adopt  the  new  standard  on  the  basis  that  this 

the  year  and  since  year  end.    I  report  to  the  Board  following  an 

has a material impact on KRM22’s results compared to reporting 

Audit Committee meeting and minutes are available to the Board.

under the previous lease accounting (IAS 17).

The  Committee  have  concluded  that  the  annual  report  and 

financial  statements  are  appropriately  prepared  and  provide 

the  information  necessary  for  shareholders  to  assess  KRM22’s 

strategy and performance.

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Audit Committee Report continued

Risk management and internal controls

External Auditor

The  risk  and  control  management  framework  of  KRM22  is 

BDO was appointed auditor of KRM22 in 2018.  The Committee 

designed  to  manage  rather  than  eliminate  the  risk  of  failure 

considers that its relationship with the auditor is working well and 

to  meet  KRM22’s  objectives  and  the  system  can  only  provide 

is satisfied with their effectiveness.

reasonable  and  not  absolute  assurances  against  material 

misstatement  or  loss.    KRM22  faces  a  number  of  risks,  the 

significant ones of which are set out in the section on Principal 

Risks and Uncertainties on page 16.

The Committee is responsible for implementing a suitable policy 

for  ensuring  that  non-audit  work  undertaken  by  the  auditor 

is  reviewed  so  that  it  will  not  impact  their  independence  and 

objectivity.  The breakdown of fees between audit and non-audit 

Through  the  control  systems  outlined  in  the  Statement  of 

services  is  provided  in  note  7  to  KRM22’s  financial  statements.  

Corporate  Governance  on  pages  20  to  24,  KRM22  operates 

The  non-audit  fees  primarily  relate  to  taxation  advice  and 

an  ongoing  process  of  identifying,  evaluating  and  managing 

compliance and pre-IPO advice.

significant risks faced by the business.  This process includes the 

following:

As  necessary,  the  Committee  held  private  meetings  with  the 

auditor  to  review  key  items  within  its  scope  of  responsibility.  

• 

 Defined organisation structure and appropriate delegation of 

Taking  into  account  the  auditor’s  knowledge  of  KRM22  and 

authority;

•  Formal authorisation procedure for investments;

experience, the Committee has recommended to the Board that 

the auditor is reappointed for the year ending 31 December 2019.

• 

 Clear  responsibility  for  management  to  maintain  good 

For and on behalf of the Audit Committee

financial  control  and  the  production  and  review  of  detailed, 

Matt Reed

accurate and timely financial information;

Audit Committee Chairman

• 

 Identification  of  operational  risks  and  mitigation  plans 

2 June 2019

developed by senior management; and 

•  Regular reports to the Board from the Executive Directors.

KRM22 has only been in existence for a short period of time and 

the  Committee  is  aware  that  KRM22  is  in  start-up  phase  and 

implementing  internal  control  systems  and  processes  in  line 

with the FPPP document.  The Committee has been kept up-to-

date of progress in implementing these processes, reviewed the 

Board’s  processes  and  the  Committee  is  satisfied  that  the  risk 

management and internal control systems in place are currently 

operating effectively.

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Remuneration 
Committee Report 

The  Board  has  prepared  this  Report  in  relation  to  all  Directors 

companies. Remuneration policy is designed to support business 

who  have  served  during  the  year  to  31  December  2018.  As  an 

growth strategies and to create a strong performance orientated 

AIM  listed  company  KRM22  Plc  is  not  required  to  provide  the 

environment.  The  policy  must  also  attract,  retain  and  motivate 

full  disclosures  required  of  fully  listed  companies,  however,  the 

high  calibre  individuals.    The  Remuneration  Committee  believes 

Board has chosen to provide the following details as a voluntary 

that  a  successful  remuneration  policy  must  ensure  that  a 

disclosure. As a result, the Auditor is not required to and has not 

significant  proportion  of  the  remuneration  package  is  linked  to 

audited the information included in this report.

the achievement of ambitious corporate performance targets and 

Role of the Committee

The  purpose  of  the  Committee  is  to  ensure  that  the  executive 

directors and other key employees of KRM22 (together, ‘Executive 

Directors’)  are  fairly  rewarded  for  their  individual  contribution  to 

the  overall  performance  of  KRM22.  The  Committee’s  main  role 

and responsibilities are to:

a strong alignment with the interests of shareholders.

Consistent  with  the  pay  for  performance  policy,  annual  cash 

bonuses  are  linked  to  performance  criteria.    Share  option  and 

warrant awards to Executive Directors are linked to performance 

as well as being time vested.

Annual salary

• 

 Have  responsibility  for  setting  the  remuneration  policy  for 

Salaries  are  set  at  a  level  appropriate  for  the  role  and  the 

Executive Directors and such other members of the executive 

individual and are reviewed annually with effect from 1 January.  

management as it is designated to consider;

Adjustments  are  made,  if  required,  to  reflect  company  and 

• 

 Recommend  and  monitor  the 

level  and  structure  of 

remuneration for senior management;

individual  performance  and  competitive  pay  levels.    No  salary 

increases have been made since the IPO or on 1 January 2019.

• 

 Obtain  reliable,  up-to-date  information  about  remuneration 

Performance bonus

in  other  companies  of  comparable  scale  and  complexity  in 

the  light  of  reviewing  the  ongoing  appropriateness  of  and 

relevance of remuneration policy;

These  are  designed  to  reflect  the  KRM22’s  performance  taking 

into account the performance of its peers, the markets in which 

KRM22 operates and the Executive Directors’ contribution to that 

• 

 Review the design of all share incentive plans for approval by 

performance. No bonuses were paid to the Directors in the year.

the Board; and

• 

 Approve  the  design  of,  and  determine  targets  for,  any 

performance-related  pay  schemes  operated  by  KRM22  and 

approve the annual payments made under such schemes.

Remuneration Policy

In setting remuneration policy, the Committee recognises the need 

to  be  competitive  in  an  international  market.    The  Committee’s 

policy  is  to  set  remuneration  levels  which  ensure  that  the 

Executive Directors are fairly rewarded in line with high levels of 

performance  and  not  in  excess  of  market  rates  for  comparable 

Share Options and Warrants

The following warrants were issued to directors in the year. 

 Warrant holder

Keith Todd

Karen Bach

Stephen Casner

Jim Oliff

Agreement date Warrants held

30/04/2018

3,300,000

24/04/2018

900,000

24/04/2018

1,200,000

24/04/2018

300,000

5,700,000

Further  information  on  warrants  and  shares  options  issued  is 

detailed in note 25 to the financial statements.

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Remuneration Committee Report continued

Service contracts

Directors’ Interests

All  three  executive  directors  have  employment  contracts  which 

The  directors  who  held  office  at  31  December  2018  had  the 

are  subject  to  12  months’  notice  from  either  the  executive  or 

following  interest  in  the  ordinary  share  capital  of  the  Company 

KRM22 at any given time. 

as at that date:

Director

Keith Todd

Karen Bach

Stephen Casner

Jim Oliff

Matt Reed

David Ellis

Sandy Broderick

At 31 December 2018
No. of ordinary shares
of 10p each

At 31 December 2017
No. of ordinary shares
of £1 each*

1,540,000

225,000

512,143

170,000

-

-

-

5,900

500

2,000

500

-

-

-

*  On  19  April  2018  each  KRM22  Central  Limited  £1  Ordinary  share  was 
exchanged for 200 KRM22 Plc 10p Ordinary shares.

Sandy Broderick

Remuneration Committee Chairman

2 June 2019

Non-executive  directors’  fees  are  determined  by  the  Executive 

Directors  having  regard  to  the  need  to  attract  high  calibre 

individuals  with  the  right  experience,  the  anticipated  time 

commitment  to  fulfil  their  duties  and  comparative  fees  paid  in 

the  market  in  which  KRM22  operates.  They  may  be  invited  to 

participate in the KRM22’s share option scheme.

Directors’ Emoluments

The  remuneration  of  the  executive  and  non-executive  directors 

during the eight months to 31 December 2018 was as follows:

Salary & 
fees
£’000

Benefits
£’000

Bonus
£’000

Share 
based 
payments
£’000

Pension
£’000

Total
£’000

Keith Todd

Karen Bach

Stephen Casner

Jim Oliff

Matt Reed

David Ellis

Sandy Broderick

Total

117

107

160

21

20

17

23

465

3

2

-

-

-

-

-

5

6

5

-

-

-

-

-

347

95

126

32

-

-

-

-

11

-

-

-

-

-

473

220

286

53

20

17

23

11

600

11

1,092

The  benefits  relate  to  life  insurance,  critical  illness  cover  and 

income  protection  insurance  for  directors  and  their  immediate 

families.

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Nomination Committee 
Report

As  part  of  the  IPO  process,  the  Board  undertook  to  review  its 

appointments  to  ensure  that  the  Board  and  its  Committees 

have  the  appropriate  balance  of  skills,  experience,  availability, 

independence  and  knowledge  required  to  effectively  discharge 

their respective responsibilities.  In April 2018, the Board decided 

to strengthen the Board by appointing Matt Reed, David Ellis and 

Sandy Broderick as Non-Executive Directors.

The  Board  formed  the  Nomination  Committee  on  24  April  2018 

and  delegated  the  responsibility  to  lead  the  process  for  Board 

appointments  to  the  Nomination  Committee.    During  2018  the 

Committee was composed of Sandy Broderick as Chairman and 

its other members were Jim Oliff and David Ellis.

The  main  duties  of  the  Committee  are  set  out  in  its  terms  of 

reference, which are available on KRM22’s website.  There were 

no requirements for the Committee to meet in the year ended 31 

December 2018 as new appointments to the senior management 

were  considered  directly  by  the  Board  with  recommendations 

from the Remuneration Committee.

Sandy Broderick

Nomination Committee Chairman

2 June 2019

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Directors’ 
Report

The  directors  present  their  report  and  the  audited  financial 

Liquidity risk

statements  of  KRM22  Plc  (‘the  Company’)  and  its  subsidiary 

KRM22  seeks  to  manage  financial  risk  by  ensuring  adequate 

companies  together  called 

‘KRM22’,  for  the  year  ended 

liquidity is available to meet foreseeable needs and to invest cash 

31 December 2018.  An indication of likely future developments in 

assets safely and profitably.  Short-term flexibility is achieved by 

the business is set out in the Strategic Report.

Principal activities

holding  significant  cash  balances  in  KRM22’s  main  operational 

currencies, notably UK Sterling, US Dollar and Czech Kroner.

The  principal  activity  of  KRM22  is  the  development  and  sale  of 

Credit risk

risk management software to the financial services industry.

The  principal  credit  risk  for  KRM22  arises  from  its  trade 

Directors

The  directors  of  the  Company  who  served  throughout  the  year 

receivables. In order to manage credit risk, customers are required 

to  pay  in  advance  of  services  being  provided  and  customer 

accounts are regularly reviewed in conjunction with debt ageing 

and to the date of signing this report, except as noted below were:

and collection history.

Keith Todd CBE

Chairman and CEO (appointed 2 March 2018)

Karen Bach

As at 31 December 2018, there were no credit risk balances.

Foreign exchange risk

Chief Operations Officer (appointed 2 March 2018)

KRM22 has significant operations in both the UK and overseas. 

Stephen Casner

Revenue and costs are exposed to variations in exchange rates 

Chief Executive Officer Americas (appointed 2 March 2018)

and therefore reported losses. There is some natural hedging of 

Jim Oliff

transactional  foreign  exchange  risk,  however  KRM22  remains 

Non-Executive  Director  (appointed  2  March  2018,  resigned  5 

subject to translation exchange risk.

March 2019)

Matt Reed

Non-Executive Director (appointed 24 April 2018)

David Ellis

Non-Executive Director (appointed 24 April 2018, resigned 30 April 

2019)

Sandy Broderick

Non-Executive Director (appointed 24 April 2018)

Garry Jones

Non-Executive Director (appointed 30 April 2019)

Director indemnification and insurance

KRM22  maintains  Directors’  and  Officers’  liability  insurance  for 

Overseas branches

KRM22 has one branch outside the UK located in Czech Republic.

Research and Development

KRM22  dedicates  resource  to  develop  its  projects;  the  KRM22 

Global Risk Platform (“GRP”), the KRM22 Enterprise Risk Application 

(“Risk Cockpit”), Irisium and ProOpticus.  In accordance with IAS38 

‘Intangible Assets’, expenses are capitalised when it is probable that 

future economic benefits will be attributable to the asset and these 

costs  can  be  measured  reliably  (see  note  3).    For  the  year  ended 

31 December 2018, total expenditure that has been capitalised on 

these two projects totalled £1.8m.

each  of  its  directors.  The  insurance  covers  any  liabilities  that 

Going Concern

may  arise  to  a  third  party,  other  than  KRM22  or  Company,  for 

negligence, default or breach of trust or duty.

Financial risk management objectives and policies

Further  detailed  commentary  on  financial  risk  management  is 

included in note 27.

KRM22’s  business  activities,  together  with  the  factors  likely  to 
affect  its  future  development,  performance  and  position  are  set 
out  in  the  Strategic  report  on  pages  6  to  15  and  the  financial 
position of KRM22, its cash flows, liquidity position and borrowing 
facilities  are  described  in  the  notes  to  the  financial  statements, 
in particular in the consolidated cash flow statement on page 44 
and in note 27 (financial instruments). 

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These  financial  statements  have  been  prepared  on  the  going 
concern basis.  The Directors have reviewed KRM22’s going concern 
position  taking  account  of  its  current  business  activities,  budgeted 
performance and the factors likely to affect its future development, are 
set out in its Annual report, and include KRM22’s objectives, policies 
and processes for managing its capital, its financial risk management 
objectives and its exposure to credit and liquidity risks.

The  directors  have  prepared  cash  flow  forecasts  covering  a 
period  of  at  least  12  months  from  the  date  of  approval  of  the 
financial statements.  If the forecast is achieved, KRM22 will be 
able to operate within its existing facilities.  However, the time to 
close new customers and the value of each customer, which are 
deemed individually as high value and low volume in nature, are 
factors which constrain the ability to accurately predict revenue 
performance.    Furthermore,  investment  in  winning  customers, 
via  marketing  expenditure,  remains  an  important  function  of 
the forecasts too.  As such, there is a risk that KRM22’s working 
capital  may  prove  insufficient  to  cover  both  operating  activities 
and  the  repayment  of  its  debt  facility  that  was  entered  into  on 
29 April 2019.  In such circumstances, KRM22 would be obliged 
to seek additional funding though a placement of shares or other 
source of funding. 

See note 3 on page 47 for further information on going concern.

Post year-end reporting date events

On  3  April  2019,  the  Company  raised  gross  proceeds  of  up  to 
£1.8 million through a conditional placing of up to 1,601,318 new 
ordinary  shares  of 10  pence each in the Company (the “Placing 
Shares”)  at  a  price  of  85  pence  per  Ordinary  Share  (the  “Issue 
Price”) and a subscription of up to 529,414 new ordinary Shares 
(the “Subscription Shares” and together with the Placing Shares, 
the  “Fundraising  Shares”)  at  the  Issue  Price  (the  “Subscription” 
together with the Placing, the “Fundraising”).  In addition, 117,647 
ordinary shares were issued to certain advisors in lieu of fees (“the 
Advisor Shares”).

On 29 April 2019, KRM22 Central Limited entered into a five-year 
debt  facility  (the  “Debt  Facility”)  with  Harbert  European  Growth 
Capital Fund II (“Harbert”) to support future business growth and 
allow KRM22 to pursue its pipeline of investment targets.

The  Debt  Facility  is  for  up  to  £10.0m  of  which  an  initial  £1.0m 
was drawn down on 30 April 2019.  The availability of additional 
drawdowns  is  based  on  the  value  and  growth  of  KRM22’s 
annualised  recurring  revenues.    Drawdowns  can  be  made  until 
31 December 2020. 

The interest rate payable is 11% per annum on the initial £1.0m 
drawdown.  The 
interest  rate  payable  on  future  additional 
drawdowns  will  be  at  the  higher  of  11%  or  11%  plus  one  year 
EURO Libor. The Debt Facility is secured on certain KRM22 assets 
however  there  are  no  covenants  based  on  KRM22’s  financial 
performance. 

In conjunction with the Debt Facility, the Company has constituted 
warrants  over  a  number  of  Ordinary  shares  in  the  Company  to 
Harbert with a total value equal to a maximum of £1.0m.  Upon 
initial  drawdown,  warrants  over  495,049  new  Ordinary  Shares 
were  issued  with  an  exercise  price  of  £1.01  per  Ordinary  Share.  
Additional warrants will be issued in an amount equal to 5.6% of 
each  subsequent  drawdown  of  the  Facility  (up  to  a  maximum 
value  of  £0.5m  in  aggregate)  calculated  by  reference  to  an 
exercise  price  of  the  lower  of  a  10%  discount  to  the  prevailing 
market price or £1.01 per new Ordinary Share.

On 30 May 2019, KRM22 Central Limited completed the acquisition 
of Object + Holding B.V. (“Object +”), a risk management and post-
trade services technology business focused on capital markets, 
for a maximum consideration of US$3.9m (£3.0m).

The  acquisition  was  for  an  initial  consideration  of  US$1.2m 
(£0.9m)  with  US$0.5m  (£0.4m)  payable  in  cash  and  US$0.7m 
(£0.5m)  through  the  issue  of  606,909  ordinary  shares  in  the 
Company.  The  undiscounted  deferred  consideration 
is  a 
maximum of US$2.7m (£2.3m) payable in three tranches subject 
to  earn-out  conditions  based  on  the  growth  of  annual  recurring 
revenue of Object+’s products and services.

Substantial shareholders

As  at  31  December  2018,  the  Shareholders  listed  below  had  a 
disclosable  interest  of  3%  or  more  in  the  nominal  value  of  the 
ordinary share capital of the Company.

Number of  
ordinary shares

Percentage of 
ordinary shares %

KRM22 Concert Party

Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management

Miton Asset Management

Cinnober Financial Technology AB

Octopus Investments

Herald Investment Management

Gresham House

Rathbone Investment Management

FIL Investment International

2,766,152

2,449,643

1,346,534

1,200,000

1,134,308

1,095,049

1,000,000

758,040

495,049

16.9

15.0

8.2

7.3

6.9

6.7

6.1

4.6

3.0

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Purchase of own shares

There was no purchase of own shares in the financial year.

Corporate governance

The Company adopted the QCA Corporate Governance Code for 
Small and Mid-Size Quoted Companies (“QCA guidelines”) as set 
out on pages 20 to 24.

Dividends

No  interim  dividends  were  paid  and  the  Directors  do  not 
recommend payment of a final dividend.

Share options schemes

Details of employee share schemes are set out in note 25 to the 
financial statements.

Statement of Directors’ responsibilities

The Directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and 
the  financial  statements  in  accordance  with  applicable  law  and 
regulations.

Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial statements 
for  each  financial  year.    Under  that  law,  Directors  have  prepared 
the  Group  and  Company  financial  statements  in  accordance  with 
International  Financial  Reporting  Standards  (IFRS)  as  adopted  by 
the  European  Union.    Under  company  law  the  Directors  must  not 
approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they 
give  a  true  and  fair  view  of  the  state  of  the  affairs  of  KRM22  and 
the Company and for the profit or loss of KRM22 and the Company 
for that period.  The Directors are also required to prepare financial 
statements  in  accordance  with  the  rules  of  the  London  Stock 
Exchange for companies trading securities on the AIM.

The  Directors  are  responsible  for  keeping  adequate  accounting 
records  that  are  sufficient  to  show  and  explain  the  Company’s 
transactions  and  disclose  with  reasonable  accuracy  at  any  time 
the financial position of the Company and enable them to ensure 
that the financial statements comply with the requirements of the 
Companies Act 2006.  They are also responsible for safeguarding 
the assets of the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps 
for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Website publication

The  Directors  are  responsible  for  ensuring  that  the  annual 
report  and  the  financial  statements  are  made  available  on  the 
Company’s  website.    Financial  statements  are  published  on  the 
Company’s  website  in  accordance  with  legislation  in  the  United 
Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial 
statements, which may vary from legislation in other jurisdictions.  
The  maintenance  and  integrity  of  the  Company’s  website  is  the 
responsibility of the Directors.  The Directors’ responsibility also 
extends  to  the  ongoing  integrity  of  the  financial  statements 
contained therein.

Disclosure of information to the auditor

Each of the Directors of the Company at the time when this report 
was approved confirms that:

• 

• 

 so  far,  as  the  Director  is  aware,  there  is  no  relevant  audit 
information which the Company’s auditor is unaware; and 

 he  or  she  has  taken  all  the  steps  that  he  or  she  ought  to  have 
taken as a Director in order to make himself or herself aware of 
any relevant audit information and to establish that the Company’s 
auditor is aware of that information. This confirmation is given in 

accordance with Section 418(2) of the Act.

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

Auditor

• 

• 

• 

• 

 select  suitable  accounting  policies  and  apply 
consistently;

them 

 make  judgements  and  estimates  that  are  reasonable  and 
prudent;

 state  whether  they  have  been  prepared  in  accordance  with 
IFRS as adopted by the European Union; and

BDO  LLP  was  appointed  as  auditor  to  the  Company  and  in 
accordance  with  Section  485  of  the  Companies  Act  2006,  a 
resolution proposing that they be reappointed will be tabled at a 
General Meeting.

Approval

The Directors’ Report was approved on behalf of the Board by:

 prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis, 
unless it is inappropriate to presume the Group and Company 
will continue in business.

Karen Bach

Company Secretary

2 June 2019

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Independent auditor’s report 
to the members of KRM22 Plc

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of KRM22 Plc (the ‘parent 
company’)  and  its  subsidiaries  (the  ‘group’)  for  the  year  ended 
31  December  2018  which  comprise  the  consolidated  income 
statement, 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  cash  flow  statements,  and  notes 
to  the  financial  statements,  including  a  summary  of  significant 
accounting policies.

The  financial  reporting  framework  that  has  been  applied  in  the 
preparation  of  the  financial  statements  is  applicable  law  and 
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by 
the European Union and, as regards the parent company financial 
statements,  as  applied  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the 
Companies Act 2006.

In our opinion:

• 

• 

• 

• 

 the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state 
of  the  group’s  and  of  the  parent  company’s  affairs  as  at  31 
December 2018 and of the group’s loss for the year then ended;

 the group financial statements have been properly prepared in 
accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union;

 the  parent  company  financial  statements  have  been  properly 
prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European 
Union and as applied in accordance with the provisions of the 
Companies Act 2006; and

 the  financial  statements  have  been  prepared  in  accordance 
with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards 
on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) 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  group  and  the  parent 
company  in  accordance  with  the  ethical  requirements  that  are 
relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including 
the FRC’s Ethical Standard as applied to listed entities, 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.

Material uncertainty related to going concern

We  draw  attention  to  note  3  in  the  financial  statements  which 
indicates that the group may need to raise further finance within 
the next 12 months to enable it to cover its operating expenses and 
make repayments on its debt facility. These events or conditions, 
along  with  the  other  matters  as  set  forth  in  note  3,  indicate  the 
existence of a material uncertainty that may cast significant doubt 
about  the  parent  company  and  group’s  ability  to  continue  as  a 
going concern. Our opinion is not modified in respect of this matter.

The  calculations  supporting  the  going  concern  assessment 
require  management  to  make  highly  subjective  judgements. 
We  have  therefore  spent  significant  audit  effort  in  assessing  the 
appropriateness of the assumptions involved, and as such this has 
been identified as a Key Audit Matter.

Our audit procedures included the following:

• 

• 

• 

• 

 Reviewing  management’s  assessment  of  going  concern 
through  analysis  of  the  group’s  cash  flow  forecast  and  other 
projections through to 31 December 2020, including assessing 
and  challenging  the  assumptions  used  through  discussions 
with  management  and  comparison  against  post  year-end 
results to date and performing sensitivity analysis to consider 
cash  flow  changes  if  the  level  of  revenue  and  costs  were  to 
remain static.

 Reviewing the terms of the group’s existing financing, finance 
raised post year end and plans for future fund raising;

 Reviewing post-balance sheet events, specifically the cash flow 
position against budgeted performance; and

 Considering  the  adequacy  of  the  disclosures  in  the  financial 
statements  against  the  requirements  of  the  accounting 
standards.

Key audit matters

In addition to the matter described in the material uncertainty related 
to going concern section, key audit matters are those matters that, 
in our professional judgment, were of most significance in our audit 
of  the  financial  statements  of  the  current  period  and  include  the 
most significant assessed risks of material misstatement (whether 
or  not  due  to  fraud)  we  identified,  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.

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Matter
Revenue  Recognition  and  application  of  IFRS  15: 
Revenue from Contracts with Customers

How we addressed the matter in our audit

The  group  has  adopted 
accounting standard from 1 January 2018.

the  new 

revenue 

This standard brings a new and detailed approach 
to accounting for revenue, with a more prescriptive 
framework and as such, significant emphasis has 
been  placed  on  this  transition  throughout  the 
audit, resulting in the recognition of this key audit 
matter.

The  group  has  two  discrete  revenue  streams 
for  which  the  accounting  must  be  individually 
considered.  Due  to  the  fact  that  there  more  than 
one  revenue  stream  exists,  and  the  fact  that 
revenue is recognised both point in time and over 
a  period  of  time,  there  is  a  key  risk  of  material 
misstatement  arising  from  both  the  recognition 
of  revenue  around  the  year  end  (cut-off)  and  the 
revenue  recognition  policy  itself,  as  detailed  in 
note 3 to these financial statements.
Acquisitions – Business combinations

in  note  3,  and  the 
See  accounting  policy 
intangibles assets note (note 12) and the business 
combinations note (note 28).

There are risks present as a result of management’s 
requirement  to  make  significant  judgements  in 
assessing the fair values of consideration and of 
the  assets  and  liabilities  acquired.  Management 
have  engaged  external  valuations  experts  to 
undertake  the  purchase  price  allocation  exercise 
required.

The two acquisitions resulted in the group holding, 
on consolidation, goodwill and intangible assets of 
£5.80m and £2.80m respectively.

We assessed whether the revenue recognition policies adopted by the Group 
comply  with  International  Financial  Reporting  Standard  15  Revenue  from 
Contracts with Customers (IFRS 15).

Furthermore, we have testing over each revenue stream including the following:

• 

• 

• 

 Verifying a sample of Software-as-a-Service (‘SaaS’) license fees recognised 
in  the  year,  reconciling  to  underlying  agreements,  cash  receipt  and 
appropriate trigger events for revenue recognition in accordance with IFRS 
15.

 Agreeing  the  group’s  non-recurring  revenue  (mainly  implementation  fees) 
received through to delivery order confirmation and ultimate cash receipt; 
and

 Cut-off procedures including testing invoices raised in December 2018 and 
January 2019, verifying back to underlying agreements, to check revenue 
has been recognised within the correct period.

We have reviewed the financial statement disclosures to check that they are in 
accordance with the requirements of the standard.

With  input  from  our  valuations  team,  we  challenged  the  assumptions 
underpinning the significant judgements and estimates used by management 
in the assessment of the fair values of the assets and liabilities acquired and 
consideration  paid  including;  reviewing  underlying  cash  flow  projections  and 
comparing  against  post-year  end,  discount  rates  applied  and  the  long  term 
growth rates.

Our  testing  focused  on  both  material  and  more  judgemental  fair  value 
adjustments that were recorded. Particular adjustments we tested were:

Intangible assets – the directors obtained external valuations for the acquired 
intangible assets. Utilising our own valuation team’s expertise, we evaluated the 
valuation methodologies used for each type of asset and used these to check 
that  the  methodology  used  by  the  directors  was  appropriate  and  consistent 
with market practice.

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Matter

How we addressed the matter in our audit

We  also  examined  the  key  assumptions  used  as  inputs  to  the  valuation 
models  to  assess  whether  these  were  consistent  with  our  understanding  of 
the  businesses  acquired,  their  historical  performance  and  the  markets  in 
which they operate. These assumptions included revenue and profit forecasts, 
discount  rates,  customer  attrition  rates,  technology  obsolescence  rates  and 
royalty rates.

Deferred  revenue  –  the  audit  team  audited  the  acquired  deferred  revenue 
balance  to  assess  whether  the  deferred  balance  was  at  fair  value  with  costs 
expected against this, or whether this was purely a profit margin that would need 
adjusting over and above a reasonable profit element for a similar business.

Accounts  receivable  –  the  audit  team  looked  at  post  acquisition  amounts 
received to check that the acquired accounts receivable balances were held at 
fair value.

We examined and satisfied ourselves with the methodology and tax rates used 
to calculate the associated deferred tax liabilities arising from the creation of 
intangible assets. This involved reference to the tax jurisdictions in which the 
acquired entities operates, and levels of business in those jurisdictions.

Our application of materiality

For UK components, this was set at 5% of loss before tax which 

We apply the concept of materiality both in planning and performing 

ranged between £18,890 to £156,380.

our  audit,  and  in  evaluating  the  effect  of  misstatements.  We 

consider materiality to be the magnitude by which misstatements, 

including  omissions,  could  influence  the  economic  decisions 

We used loss before tax as a benchmark as this is the primary KPI 

used  to  address  the  performance  of  the  business  by  the  board, 

and is referenced within the RNS announcements released by the 

of  reasonable  users  that  are  taken  on  the  basis  of  the  financial 

statements.  In  order  to  reduce  to  an  appropriately  low  level  the 

group.

probability  that  any  misstatements  exceed  materiality,  we  use 

a  lower  materiality,  performance  materiality,  to  determine  the 

extent of testing needed. Importantly, misstatements below these 

levels will not necessarily be evaluated as immaterial as we also 

take account of the nature of identified misstatements,  and the 

particular  circumstances  of  their  occurrence,  when  evaluating 

their effect on the financial statements as a whole.

Level of materiality applied and rationale

We determined materiality for the group financial statements as 

Performance materiality was set at 65% of materiality (£229,000). 

In  setting  the  level  of  performance  materiality  we  considered  a 

number of factors including the expected total value of known and 

likely misstatements (based on past experience and other factors) 

and management’s attitude towards proposed adjustments.

We  agreed  with  the  Audit  Committee  that  misstatements  in 

excess of £7,000, which are identified during the audit, would be 

reported  to  them,  as  well  as  smaller  misstatements  that  in  our 

view must be reported on qualitative grounds.

a whole to be £353,000 which represents 5% of loss before tax.

An overview of the scope of our audit

Materiality for the parent company has been calculated using 1% 

of total assets, at £139,000.

The 

individual  component  materiality  values  used  for  the 

individual  subsidiary  components  were  set  at  50%-75%  group 

materiality,  at  £176,500  –  £264,750  for  overseas  components. 

We tailored the scope of our audit to ensure that we performed 

enough  work  to  be  able  to  give  an  opinion  on  the  financial 

statements  as  a  whole,  taking  into  account  the  geographic 

structure  of  the  group,  the  accounting  processes  and  controls, 

and the industry in which the group operates.

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Independent auditor’s report continued

In  establishing  the  overall  approach  to  the  group  audit,  we 

misstatements,  we  are  required  to  determine  whether  there 

assessed the audit significance of each component in the group 

is  a  material  misstatement  in  the  financial  statements  or  a 

by  reference  to  both  its  individual  financial  significance  to  the 

material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the 

group  or  other  specific  nature  or  circumstances,.  We  identified 

work  we  have  performed,  we  conclude  that  there  is  a  material 

four individually significant components, which makes up 81% of 

misstatement of this other information, we are required to report 

Group loss before tax. There were also two further UK components 

that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

subject to statutory audits to component materiality levels.

To this extent:

• 

 The group audit team performed full scope audits for KRM22 

Plc  and  its  subsidiaries  KRM22  Central  Limited,  KRM22 

Development Limited, and Irisium Limited;

• 

 The  group  audit  team  performed  specific  procedures  for 

KRM22 Americas Inc and KRM22 ProOpticus LLC due to their 

significance to the Group, focussing on Group risk areas; and

• 

 The remaining components not subject to full scope audit or 

specific  procedures  have  been  reviewed  for  group  reporting 

purposes,  by  the  group  auditor,  using  analytic  procedures 

to  corroborate  the  conclusions  reached  that  there  are  no 

significant risks of material misstatement of the aggregated 

financial information of these components.

The group audit team performed the audit of 100% of the group 

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the 
Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the 

audit:

• 

 the information given in the strategic report and the directors’ 

report for the financial year for which the financial statements 

are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

• 

 the  strategic  report  and  the  directors’  report  have  been 

prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by 
exception

In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the group and 

the parent company and its environment obtained in the course 

of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the 

revenue and 100% of the intangible assets using the materiality 

strategic report or the directors’ report.

levels set out above.

Other information

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other 

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in 

relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to 

you if, in our opinion:

information comprises the information included in the document 

• 

 adequate  accounting  records  have  not  been  kept  by  the 

titled Annual Report and Consolidated Financial Statements, other 

parent  company,  or  returns  adequate  for  our  audit  have  not 

than  the  financial  statements  and  our  auditor’s  report  thereon. 

been received from branches not visited by us; or

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.

In  connection  with  our  audit  of  the  financial  statements,  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 

• 

 the parent company financial statements are not in agreement 

with the accounting records and returns; or

• 

 certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law 

are not made; or

• 

 we have not received all the information and explanations we 

require for our audit.

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Independent auditor’s report continued

Responsibilities of directors

Use of our report

As explained more fully in the directors’ responsibilities statement 

This report is made solely to the parent company’s members, as 

set  out  on  page  32,  the  directors  are  responsible  for  the 

a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies 

preparation  of  the  financial  statements  and  for  being  satisfied 

Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might 

that  they  give  a  true  and  fair  view,  and  for  such  internal  control 

state  to  the  parent  company’s  members  those  matters  we  are 

as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation 

required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other 

of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, 

purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept 

whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible 

for  assessing  the  group’s  and  the  parent  company’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  the  directors  either  intend  to  liquidate  the 

or assume responsibility to anyone other than the parent company 

and the parent company’s members as a body, for our audit work, 

for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

group or the parent company or to cease operations, or have no 

Iain Henderson (Senior Statutory Auditor)

realistic alternative but to do so.

For and on behalf of BDO LLP, Statutory Auditor

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial 
statements

London

United Kingdom

2 June 2019

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether 

BDO LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and 

the  financial  statements  as  a  whole  are  free  from  material 

Wales (with registered number OC305127).

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  (UK)  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.

A  further  description  of  our  responsibilities  for  the  audit  of  the 

financial  statements  is  located  on  the  Financial  Reporting 

Council’s  website  at:  www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. 

This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

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Consolidated income statement and statement 
of comprehensive income for the group 

for the year ended 31 December 2018

Revenue

Cost of sales

Gross profit

Administrative expenses

Operating loss before interest, taxation, depreciation, amortisation, share based payment and 
exceptional items (‘Adjusted EBITDA’)

Depreciation and amortisation

Impairment of assets

IPO funding expenses

Acquisition expenses

Share based payment charge

Operating loss

Finance charge

Loss before taxation

Taxation

Loss for the year

Loss for the year attributable to:

Equity shareholders of the parent

Non-controlling interest

Other comprehensive income Item that may be reclassified to subsequently to profit and loss;

Exchange gain on translation of foreign operations

Total comprehensive loss for the year

Total comprehensive loss for the year attributable to:

Equity shareholders of the parent

Non-controlling interest

Loss per ordinary share

Basic earnings per share

Diluted earnings per share

Note

5

6

9

10  

11

11

2018
£’000

1,288

(142)

1,146

(6,497)

(3,319)

(523)

(75)

(299)

(478)

(657)

(5,351)

(82)

(5,433)

13

(5,420)

(5,217)

(203)

(5,420)

24

(5,396)

(5,193)

(203)

(5,396)

(55.5p)

(55.5p)

2017
£’000

–

–

–

6

(6)

–

–

–

–

–

(6)

–

(6)

–

(6)

(6)

–

(6)

–

(6)

(6)

–

(6)

(60.0p)

(60.0p)

All amounts relate to continuing activities. The Company has elected to take the exemption under s.408 Companies Act 2006 from presenting 

the parent company profit and loss account.

The notes on pages 46 to 69 form part of these financial statements 

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Consolidated statement of  
financial position for the group

as at 31 December 2018

Non-current assets

Goodwill

Other intangible assets

Property, plant and equipment 

Right of use assets

Current assets

Trade and other receivables

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Current liabilities

Trade and other payables

Net current assets

Non-current liabilities

Trade and other payables

Loans and borrowings

Deferred tax liability

Total liabilities

Net assets 

Equity

Share capital

Share premium

Merger reserve

Foreign exchange reserve

Share-based payment reserve

Retained earnings

Non-controlling interest

Total equity

Note

12

12

13

14

16

18

19

19

21

22

24

25

2018
£’000

5,928

4,523

304

1,602

12,357

1,131

3,355

4,486

16,843

2,718

2,718

1,768

2,609

1,193

619

4,421

7,139

9,704

1,638

12,659

(190)

24

657

(5,223)

9,565

139

9,704

2017
£’000

–

–

–

–

–

1

14

15

15

11

11

4

–

–

–

–

11

4

10

–

–

–

–

(6)

4

–

4

The financial statements were approved by the Board and authorised for issue on 2 June 2019 and are signed on its behalf by:

Karen Bach

Company Secretary

The notes on pages 46 to 69 form part of these financial statements 

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Company statement of  
financial position

as at 31 December 2018

Non-current assets

Investments

Intercompany loans

Current assets

Trade and other receivables

Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Current liabilities

Trade and other payables

Net assets

Equity

Share capital

Share premium

Share-based payment reserve

Retained earnings

Total equity

Note

15

16

16

18

19

24

25

2018
£’000

857

11,321

12,178

307

2,210

2,517

14,695

243

14,452

1,638

12,659

657

(502)

14,452

As permitted by s408 Companies Act 2006, the Company has not prepared its own statement of comprehensive income and related notes. 

The Company’s loss for the period was £502,000.

The financial statements were approved by the Board and authorised for issue 2 June 2019 and are signed on its behalf by:

Karen Bach

Company Secretary

The notes on pages 46 to 69 form part of these financial statements 

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Consolidated statement of  
changes in equity for the group

for the year ended 31 December 2018

Ordinary 
shares

Share 
premium

£’000

£’000

Merger 
reserve

£’000

Foreign 
exchange 
reserve

Share 
based 
payment 
reserve

Retained 
losses

Non-
controlling 
interest

£’000

£’000

£’000

£’000

At 1 January 2017

Allotment of share capital

Loss for the year

At 31 December 2017

Loss for the year

Other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive loss

Group merger

Allotment of share capital

Issue of share capital IPO

Share-based payments

Non-controlling interest recognised  
on acquisition

–

10

–

10

–

–

–

190

406

1,032

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

3,603

9,056

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(190)

–

–

–

–

At 31 December 2018

1,638

12,659

(190)

The notes on pages 46 to 69 form part of these financial statements 

–

–

–

–

–

24

24

–

–

–

–

–

24

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

657

–

657

Total 
equity

£’000

–

10

(6)

4

–

–

(6)

(6)

–

–

–

–

(5,217)

(203)

(5,420)

–

–

24

(5,217)

(203)

(5,396)

–

–

–

–

–

(5,223)

–

–

–

–

342

139

–

4,009

10,088

657

342

9,704

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Company statement of  
changes in equity

for the period ended 31 December 2018

Ordinary 
shares

Share 
premium

Share 
based 
payment 
reserve

Retained 
losses

£’000

£’000

£’000

£’000

At 2 March 2018

Loss for the period

Allotment of share capital

Issue of share capital IPO

Share-based payments

At 31 December 2018

The notes on pages 46 to 69 form part of these financial statements 

–

–

606

1,032

–

1,638

–

–

3,603

9,056

–

12,659

–

–

–

–

657

657

Total 
equity

£’000

–

(502)

4,209

10,088

657

–

(502)

–

–

–

(502)

14,452

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Consolidated statement of  
cash flows for the group

for the year ended 31 December 2018

Cash flows from operating activities

Loss for the period

Adjustments for:

Deferred tax credit

Net finance income

Amortisation of intangible assets

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment and right of use assets

Impairment of intangible assets

Equity-settled Share-based payment expense

Lease payments

Decrease/(increase) in trade and other receivables

Increase in trade and other payables

Net cash flows from operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities

Cash acquired on acquisition of subsidiary undertakings

Acquisition of subsidiary undertakings

Purchase of intangible assets

Purchase property, plant and equipment

Net cash used in investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

Proceeds from issue of shares

Costs of the issue of shares

Net cash from financing activities

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

The notes on pages 46 to 69 form part of these financial statements 

2018
£’000

(5,420)

(13)

82

233

290

75

657

(238)

(4,334)

148

1,427

1,575

(2,759)

275

(5,359) 

(1,983)

(148)

(7,215)

13,635

(320)

13,315

3,341

14

3,355

2017
£’000

(6)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

(6)

(1)

11

10

4

–

–

–

–

–

10

–

10

14

–

14

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Company statement of  
cash flows

for the period ended 31 December 2018

Cash flows from operating activities

Loss for the period

Adjustments for:

Net finance income

Increase in trade and other receivables

Increase in trade and other payables

Net cash outflows from operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities

Loans to subsidiaries

Net cash outflow from investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities

Proceeds from issue of shares

Costs of the issue of shares

Net cash inflow from financing activities

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

The notes on pages 46 to 69 form part of these financial statements 

2018
£’000

(502)

(325)

(827)

(307)

243

(64)

(891)

(10,996)

(10,996)

14,417

(320)

14,097

2,210

–

2,210

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46

Notes to the consolidated  
financial statements

for the year ended 31 December 2018

1. General information
KRM22 Plc, (the ‘Company’), is a public company, limited by shares and listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in April 2018. The 
Company is incorporated and domiciled in the UK. The registered office is 5 Ireland Yard, London, EC4V 5EH. 

The principal activity of the Company, and together with its subsidiaries (‘KRM22’, the ‘Group’), is to develop and invest in leading risk tools to 
support regulatory, market, technology and operational risks.

On 19 April 2018, KRM22 Plc, a company under common control of the KRM22 Central Limited shareholders, acquired KRM22 Central Limited 
from its shareholders in return for an issue of ordinary shares in KRM22 plc. The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the 
results of the Company for the period from incorporation on 2 March 2018 to 31 December 2018 together with the consolidated results of the 
date on which they became subsidiaries of KRM 22 Central Limited (if before 19 April 2018), or KRM 22 subsidiaries (if on or after that date). 
KRM22 Central Limited and its subsidiaries (the “KRM22 Central Group”) became part of KRM22 on 19 April 2018, Irisium Limited became part 
of KRM22 on 5 June 2018 and KRM22 ProOpticus LLC (formerly Prime Analytics LLC) became part of KRM22 on 25 September 2018.

At 31 December 2017 the KRM22 Central Group included KRM22 Central Limited and its wholly owned subsidiary, KRM22 Development Limited. 
The results of the KRM22 Central Group have been used to prepare comparative information.

Details of the subsidiaries’ financial statements including countries of incorporation are presented in note 15.

2. Basis of Preparation and Consolidation
Basis of preparation
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and IFRS Interpretations 
Committee (IFRS IC) interpretations as adopted for use in the European Union and with those parts of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to 
companies reporting under IFRS (except as otherwise stated). 

The financial information has been prepared on the historical cost basis except that financial instruments are stated at the fair value.

The  financial  statements  are  prepared  in  Sterling,  which  is  the  functional  currency  of  the  Company.  Monetary  amounts  in  these  financial 
statements are rounded to the nearest £’000.

KRM22 applied all standards and interpretations issued by the IASB that were effective as of 1 January 2018. The accounting policies set out 
below have, unless otherwise stated, been applied consistently to all years presented in this financial information.

The preparation of the financial statements, in conformity with IFRS, requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires 
management to exercise its judgement in the process of applying KRM22’s accounting policies. The area involving a higher degree of judgement 
or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the consolidated financial statements, are disclosed in note 4.

Basis of consolidation
The financial information represents the consolidated financial information of the Company and its subsidiaries (‘KRM22’, the ‘Group’) as if they 
are formed of a single entity. Intercompany transactions and balances between KRM22 companies are therefore eliminated in full. The results 
of subsidiary undertakings are included in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income from the date that control commences until 
the date that control ceases. The Company controls a subsidiary if all three of the following elements are present: 

• 
• 
• 

 power over the investee;
 exposure to variable returns from the investee; and
 the ability of the investor to use its power to affect those variable returns.

Control is reassessed whenever facts and circumstances indicate that there may be a change in any of these elements of control. In assessing 
control, KRM22 takes into consideration potential voting rights that are currently exercisable.

On 19 April 2018, KRM22 Plc, a company under common control of the KRM22 Central Limited shareholders, acquired KRM22 Central Limited 
from its shareholders in return for an issue of shares. As a combination of entities under common control, the transaction falls outside the 
scope of the standard IFRS 3 ‘Business Combinations’.

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Notes to the consolidated  
financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December 2018

Paragraph 10 of IAS8 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors requires management to use its judgement in developing 
and applying a policy that is relevant, reliable, represents faithfully the transaction, reflects the economic substance of the transaction, is neutral, is 
prudent and is complete in all material respects when selecting appropriate methodology for consolidation accounting.

In the absence of IFRS guidance, KRM22 has applied merger accounting in accordance with ‘FRS102: Section 19 Business Combinations and 
Goodwill’, as the business combination meets the requirements set out in paragraph 27, namely:

• 
• 

• 

 the use of the merger accounting method is not prohibited by company law or other relevant legislation;
 the ultimate equity holders remain the same, and the rights of each equity shareholder, relative to others before and after the acquisition are 
unchanged; and
 no non-controlling interest in the net assets of KRM22 is altered by the transfer.

In  accordance  with  merger  accounting,  consolidated  accounts  have  been  prepared  for  the  restructured  Group  as  if  it  has  always  been  in 
existence. The carrying value of assets and liabilities have not been adjusted to fair value. The difference between the nominal value of the 
shares issued and the nominal value of the shares received has been recorded in the merger reserve.

3. Accounting policies
Going concern
These financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The Directors have reviewed the Company and KRM22’s going concern 
position taking into account of its current business activities, budgeted performance and the factors likely to affect its future development, which 
are set out in this Annual Report, and include KRM22’s objectives, policies and processes for managing its capital, its financial risk management 
objectives and its exposure to credit and liquidity risks.

The Company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through cash generated from the capital it has raised on AIM. At 31 December 
2018 KRM22 had £3.4m of cash at bank and no bank debt. As detailed in note 30, on 3 April 2019 the Company raised additional funds of £1.8m 
for working capital and planned acquisitions of controlling stakes in businesses in the risk sector. In addition to the fundraise, on 29 April 2019 
KRM22 entered into a five-year debt facility for up to £10.0m with Harbert European Growth Capital Fund II. An initial £1.0m was drawn down 
on  30  April  2019  and  the  availability  of  additional  drawdowns  is  based  on  the  value  and  growth  of  KRM22’s  annualised  recurring  revenues. 
Drawdowns can be made until 31 December 2020.

The directors have prepared cash flow forecasts covering a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements. 
If the forecast is achieved, KRM22 will be able to operate within its existing facilities. However the time to close new customers and the value 
of each customer, which are deemed high value and low volume in nature are factors which constrain the ability to accurately predict revenue 
performance. Furthermore investment in winning customers, via marketing expenditure, remains an important function of the forecasts too. 
If sales contracts are slow to materialise, there is a risk that KRM22’s working capital may prove insufficient to cover both operating activities 
and the repayment of its debt facility entered into on 29 April 2019. In such circumstances, KRM22 would be obliged to seek additional funding 
though a placement of shares or other source of funding without reduction of operating costs.

The directors have concluded that the circumstances set forth above represent a material uncertainty, which may cast significant doubt about 
the Company and KRM22’s ability to continue as going concerns. However they believe that taken as a whole, the factors described above 
enable  the  Company  and  KRM22  to  continue  as  a  going  concern  for  the  foreseeable  future.  The  financial  statements  do  not  include  the 
adjustments that would be required if the Company and KRM22 were unable to continue as a going concern.

Revenue recognition
Revenue comprises recurring revenue and non-recurring revenue and is stated exclusive of VAT and sales tax.

All revenue is only recognised to the extent when services have been delivered and the revenue can be reliably measured, regardless of when 
the payment is being made. Revenue is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable.

The following specific recognition criteria are applied to each revenue stream:

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Notes to the consolidated  
financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December 2018

Recurring revenue
Recurring  revenue  comprises  Software-as-a-Service  (SaaS)  license  fees  which  give  the  licensee  a  right  to  access  the  software  for  a  fixed 
period of time together with ongoing post-contract customer support services comprising customer support (including designated contacts, 
telephone  and  onsite  support),  hosting  and  maintenance  services,  enhancements  and  minor  and  major  upgrades.  All  of  the  post-contract 
customer support services are bundled into one service and are not readily distinguishable in terms of apportioning the license fee between its 
constituent parts. 

In applying the principles of IFRS15 ‘Revenue from Contracts with Customers’ the Directors consider that SaaS licenses provide the customer 
with a right to access the software over a period of time and that revenue generated from sales of software licenses is recognised over the term 
of the license.

Where license fees are invoiced in advance, the income is deferred and released over the term of the license with the balance recorded within 
accruals and deferred income in the statement of financial position.

Non-recurring revenue
Non-recurring revenue comprises one-off pieces of work including implementation fees related to initial set-up services and ad-hoc development 
services which are outside the scope of post-contract customer services covered by the license fee. 

Where implementation fees have only been partially completed at the statement of financial position date, turnover represents the value of 
service provided to date based on a proportion of the total contract value. Where payments have been received from customers in advance of 
services provided, the amounts are recorded within accruals and deferred income in the statement of financial position.

Deferred revenue
At 31 December 2018, the balance of deferred revenue was £0.6m (2017 – £nil) and this will be released to the income statement in full within 
one year of the statement of financial position date.

Business combinations and goodwill
KRM22 applies the acquisition method to account for business combinations. The consideration transferred for the acquisition of a subsidiary is 
the fair values of the assets transferred, the liabilities incurred by the former owners of the acquiree and the equity interests issued by KRM22. The 
consideration transferred includes the fair value of any asset or liability resulting from a contingent consideration arrangement.

Identifiable assets and liabilities acquired, and liabilities assumed are measured initially at their fair values at the acquisition date. Goodwill is 
measured as the excess of the sum of the consideration transferred, the amount of any non-controlling interests in the acquired entity measured 
on the proportionate net asset basis, over the net of the acquisition-date amounts of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed. If, 
after reassessment, the net of the acquisition-date amounts of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed exceeds the sum of the 
consideration transferred, the excess is recognised immediately in the income statement as a bargain purchase gain.

After initial recognition, goodwill is measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. For the purposes of impairment testing, goodwill 
acquired in a business combination is, from the acquisition date, allocated to the KRM22’s cash-generating unit that is expected to benefit from 
the combination, irrespective of whether other assets of liabilities of the acquiree are assigned to that unit.

Intangible assets
Research expenditure is expensed to the income statement in the year in which it is incurred. Expenditure on internal projects is capitalised if 
it can be demonstrated that:

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

 it is technically and commercially feasible to develop the asset for future economic benefit;
 adequate resources are available to maintain and complete the development;
 KRM22 is able to use the asset;
 use of the asset will generate future economic benefit; and 
 expenditure on the development of the asset can be measured reliably.
it is KRM22’s intention to complete the development and use or sell it.

Other development expenditure is recognised in the income statement as an expense as incurred.

Capitalised development expenditure is stated at cost less accumulated amortisation and less accumulated impairment losses.

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Amortisation is charged to the income statement on a straight line basis over the estimated useful lives of intangible assets. Intangibles assets 
are amortised from the date they are available for use. The estimated useful lives are as follows:

Acquired software  
Capitalised development costs 
Customer contracts and relationships 
Brand (including trademarks)  

-  
-  
- 
-  

straight line over 5 - 10 years
straight line over 3 years
straight line over 10 years
straight line over 3 - 10 years

The basis for choosing these useful lives is with reference to the years over which they can continue to generate value for KRM22.

Amortisation  charges  are  included  within  administrative  expenses  in  the  consolidated  statement  of  income  statement.  KRM22  reviews  the 
amortisation year and methodology when events and circumstances indicate that the useful life may have changed since the last reporting date.

Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment are initially measured at historical cost and subsequently measured at historical cost, net of depreciation and 
any impairment losses.

Depreciation on other assets is calculated on a straight-line method to allocate their cost or revalued amounts to their residual values over their 
estimated useful lives, as follows:

Fixtures and fittings  
Office and computer equipment 

-  
-  

straight line over 4 years
straight line over 4 years

The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the 
asset and is recognised in the income statement.

Right of use assets
KRM22  recognises  right  of  use  assets  for  all  applicable  leases  at  the  lease  liability  commencement  date.  The  right  of  use  asset  is  initially 
measured at cost, and consists of the amount of:

• 
• 
• 
• 
• 

 the initial measurement of lease liability, plus
 any lease payments made to the lessor at or before the commencement date, less
 any lease incentives received;
 the initial estimation of restoration costs; and 
 any initial direct costs incurred by the lessee.

Depreciation on right of use assets is calculated on a straight line method over the lease term.

Non-current assets
The Company’s interests in subsidiaries are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at costs less accumulated impairment losses.

Impairment of tangible and intangibles assets
All tangible and intangible assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount 
might  not  be  recoverable.  An  impairment  loss  is  recognised  for  the  amount  by  which  the  asset’s  carrying  amount  exceeds  its  recoverable 
amount. The recoverable amount is the higher of an asset’s fair value less costs of disposal and value in use. For the purposes of assessing 
impairment, assets are grouped at the lowest levels for which there are largely independent cash inflows or Cash Generating Units (CGUs).

Financial assets
Financial assets are recognised in KRM22 and Company’s statement of financial position when KRM22 and Company becomes party to the 
contractual provisions of the instrument. Under IFRS 9 the classification of financial assets is based both on the business model and cash flow 
type under which the assets are held. There are three principal classification categories for financial assets: amortised cost; fair value through 
other comprehensive income; and fair value through profit or loss. KRM22 has not classified any of its financial assets as fair value through 
other comprehensive income.

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Amortised cost 
These  assets  are  non-derivative  financial  assets  held  under  the  ‘held  to  collect’  business  model  and  attracting  cash  flows  that  are  solely 
payments of principal and interest. They comprise trade and other receivables and cash and cash equivalents. They are initially measured at 
fair value plus transaction costs, and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest rate method, less provision for 
impairment. 

Impairment  provisions  for  trade  and  other  receivables  are  calculated  using  an  expected  credit  loss  model.  Under  this  model,  impairment 
provisions are recognised to reflect expected credit losses based on combination of historic and forward-looking information, the amount of 
such a provision being the difference between the net carrying amount and the present value of the future expected cash flows associated 
with the impaired receivable. For trade receivables, which are reported net; such provisions are recorded in a separate allowance account. On 
confirmation that the trade receivable will not be collectable, the gross carrying value of the asset is written off against the associated provision. 

 Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposit held at call with banks, other short term highly liquid investments with maturities of 
three months or less.

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

(a) Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss
Financial liabilities are stated at fair value with differences taken to the consolidated income statement. Interest on financial liabilities up to 
maturity is included in the finance costs line item in the consolidated income statement. 

(b) Trade and other payables
Trade payables and other payables are not interest bearing and are stated at their full value on initial recognition. For disclosure purposes, the 
fair values of trade and other payables are estimated at the present value of future cash flows, discounted at the market rate of interest at 
the reporting date. As trade payables and other payables are short term in nature as at the reporting date, the carrying value is considered to 
be a reasonable approximation of fair value.

(c) Other financial liabilities
Other financial liabilities are initially measured at fair value, net of transaction costs. They are subsequently measured at amortised costs using 
the effective interest method, with interest recognised on an effective rate basis.

Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of tax currently payable and deferred tax.

(a) Current tax
Any current tax payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the income statement because 
it excludes certain items of income or expense that are either taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never 
taxable or deductible. The Company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by 
the reporting end date.

(b) 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. 
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 goodwill or the initial recognition (other than in a business combination) of assets and 
other liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit or loss nor the accounting profit or loss.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end 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 year when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited to the income 
statement, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to ‘other comprehensive income’, in which case the deferred tax 
is dealt with in ‘other comprehensive income’. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the Company has a legally enforceable 
right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.

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for the year ended 31 December 2018

Provisions
Provisions are recognised when KRM22 has a legal or constructive present obligation as a result of a past event, it is probable that KRM22 will 
be required to settle that obligation and a reliable estimate can be made of the amount of KRM22’s obligation.

The amount recognised as a provision is the best estimate of the consideration required to settle the present obligation at the reporting end 
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  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.

Employee benefits
The costs of short-term employee benefits are recognised as a liability and as an expense, unless those costs are required to be recognised 
as part of the cost  of inventories  or non-current assets.  The cost of any unused holiday  entitlement is  recognised in the  year  in  which  the 
employee’s services are received.

Retirement benefits
KRM22  operates  a  defined  contribution  plan,  under  which  KRM22  pays  contributions  to  independently  administered  pension  plans  on  a 
mandatory, contractual or voluntary basis. KRM22 has no further payment obligations once the contributions have been paid. The contributions 
are recognised as an employee benefit expense in the income statement when they are due. 

Share-based payments
The Company issues equity-settled share-based payments to certain employees and these payments are measured at fair value (excluding the 
effect of non-market-based vesting conditions) at the date of the grant using appropriate pricing models. The fair value determined at the grant 
date of the equity-settled share-based payments is expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, based on the Company’s estimate 
of shares that will eventually vest and adjusted for the effect of non-market-based vesting conditions. 

At the date of each statement of financial position, the Company revises its estimate of the number of equity instruments that are expected 
to  become  exercisable.  It  recognises  the  impact  of  the  revision  of  original  estimates,  if  any,  in  the  income  statement,  and  a  corresponding 
adjustment is made to equity over the remaining vesting period. The fair value of the awards and ultimate expense are not adjusted on a change 
in market vesting conditions during the vesting period.

The value of share-based payment is taken directly to reserves and the charge for the period is recorded in the income statement.

KRM22’s  scheme,  which  awards  shares  in  the  parent  entity,  includes  recipients  who  are  employees  in  all  subsidiaries.  In  the  consolidated 
financial statements, the transaction is treated as an equity-settled share-based payment, as KRM22 has received services in consideration 
for KRM22’s equity instruments. An expense is recognised in the Group income statement for the fair value of share-based payment over the 
vesting year, with a credit recognised in equity.

In the subsidiaries’ financial statements, the awards, in proportion to the recipients who are employees in said subsidiary, are treated as an 
equity-settled share-based payment, as the subsidiaries do not have an obligation to settle the award. An expense for the grant date fair value 
of the aware is recognised over the vesting year, with a credit recognised in equity. The credit is treated as a capital contribution, as the parent 
is compensating the subsidiaries’ employees with no cost to the subsidiaries as there is no expectation to recharge the cost. In the parent 
company’s financial statements, there is no share-based payment charge where the recipients are employed by a subsidiary, with the parent 
company recognising an increase in the investment in the subsidiaries as a capital contribution from the parent and a credit to equity.

Earnings per share
Earnings per share are calculated by dividing profit or loss after tax attributable to equity shareholders of the parent company by the weighted 
average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period.

Diluted earnings per share requires that the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue is adjusted to assume conversion of all dilutive 
potential ordinary shares. These arise from awards made under share-based incentive schemes. Instruments that could potentially dilute basic 
earnings per share in the future have been considered but were not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share because they are 
anti-dilutive for the periods presented. This is due to the KRM22 incurring losses on continuing operations for the year.

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financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December 2018

Leases
IFRS16 ‘Leases’ replaces the previous leases standard, IAS 17 ‘Leases’, and its related interpretations and is to be applied for accounting periods 
beginning on or after 1 January 2019 with early application of the standard permissible. The Directors have applied the standard early on the 
basis that the new accounting treatment would have a material impact on the way in the accounts are presented.

Under IFRS16, KRM22 recognises the lease liability at the commencement date of the lease at an amount equal to the present value of the 
lease payments during the lease term that are not yet paid. The present value of the lease payments is based on applying a discount rate which 
is either the interest rate implicit in the lease or the incremental borrowing rate. The interest rate is treated as an interest expense and charged 
to the income statement.

KRM22 also recognises a right of use asset at the lease liability commencement date and is measured at cost as detailed in the Right of use 
asset accounting policy. The right of use asset is depreciated over the term of the lease.

Where a lease has less than twelve months until the lease expiry date or where leases for which the underlying asset is of low value, KRM22 
continues to classify these as operating leases and are charged as an expense to the income statement on a straight line basis.

Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to KRM22. 
All other leases are classified as operating leases and charged as an expense to the income statement on a straight-line basis over the term of 
the lease.

Foreign currency
Foreign  currency  transactions  are  translated  at  the  exchange  rates  prevailing  at  the  date  of  transactions.  Monetary  assets  and  liabilities 
denominated in foreign currencies are translated at rates of exchange at the statement of financial position date. Any gain or loss arising from 
a change in the exchange rates of exchange subsequent to the date of the transaction is included as a gain or loss in the income statement.

The statements of financial position of the foreign subsidiaries are translated into Sterling at the exchange rate at the year end. The results 
of foreign subsidiaries are translated into Sterling at the average rate of exchange during the financial year. Exchange differences which arise 
from the translation of opening net assets or the foreign subsidiary undertakings are included in the consolidated statement of comprehensive 
income and transferred to the KRM22’s translation reserve.

Descriptions of nature of each component of equity
The components of KRM22’s equity can be described as follows:

• 
• 
• 

• 
• 

• 

 Share capital – The amount for the nominal value of shares issued.
 Share premium – The amount subscribed for share capital in excess of nominal value after deducting certain costs of issue.
 Foreign exchange reserve – This reserve relates to exchange differences arising on the translation of the statement of financial position of 
the KRM22’s foreign operations at the closing rate and the translation of the income statement of those operations at the average rate.
 Merger reserve – See note 2.
 Share-based payment reserve – This relates to the fair value of share options and warrants determined at the grant date of the equity-
settled share-based payments.
 Retained deficit – The net gains and losses recognised in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

4. Critical accounting judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
IAS 1 requires disclosure of the judgements, apart from those involving estimations, that management has made in the process of applying the 
entity’s accounting policies that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements.

In  the  application  of  KRM22  and  Company’s  accounting  policies,  the  Directors  are  required  to  make  certain  judgements,  estimates  and 
assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated 
assumptions  are  based  on  historical  experience  and  other  factors  that  are  considered  to  be  relevant.  Actual  results  may  differ  from  these 
estimates. The Directors believe that there are six areas within the financial statements which constitute critical accounting judgements as 
follows:

(a) Share-based payments
KRM22 uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to calculate the fair value of EMI share options and the Monte Carlo pricing model to 
calculate the fair value of warrants. These models require various inputs which require significant areas of judgement around weighted average 
contractual life, expected volatility and expected dividend growth rate; expected volatility and expected dividend growth rate is based on the 
KRM22’s current strategy.

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(b) Deferred consideration
When  KRM22  acquires  subsidiary  undertakings,  the  total  consideration  to  be  paid  can  include  a  combination  of  initial  cash  consideration, 
Company  ordinary  shares  and  deferred  consideration  that  can  be  settled  in  either  in  the  form  of  cash  or  Company  ordinary  shares  at  the 
Company’s discretion. 

The deferred consideration is dependent on the acquired subsidiary undertaking achieving certain performance conditions at a future date and 
as specified in the relevant share purchase agreement. As the performance conditions are based on a future date, management are required to 
apply a significant amount of judgement in determining the likelihood of whether the performance criteria will be achieved. 

(c) Revenue
The allocation and timing of the recognition of revenue requires management judgement based on each sales contract. Contracts can include 
both the sale of licences and the provision of services including integration and development. The directors consider recognition of the separable 
components of revenue is most appropriate as this indicates the substance of the transaction as viewed by the customer. 

The point at which the significant risks and rewards of ownership transfer is dependent on the contractual terms and on this basis an analysis 
is made of each separable component of revenue. In respect of a licence, this would usually be across the license term as the license is deemed 
to provide a ‘right of access’ to the customer.

(d) Capitalisation of development costs
Development costs are capitalised based on an assessment on whether they meet the criteria specified in IAS 38 for capitalisation. During each 
reporting period, an assessment is performed by management to determine time spent developing the intangible assets as a proportion of total 
time spent in the year. This represents an area of judgement and impacts the value of intangible costs capitalised.

(e)  Leases
The recognition of finance leases in line with IFRS 16 requires significant judgement around the interest rate used to calculate the discount rate 
of the present value of future cash flows.

(f) Business combinations
The valuation of deferred consideration based on the future performance of acquired businesses relies upon significant judgments made by 
management.

In  addition,  IAS  1  requires  disclosure  of  information about the  assumptions  the  entity  makes  about the  future,  and  other  major  sources  of 
estimation  uncertainty  at  the  end  of  the  reporting  period,  that  have  a  significant  risk  of  resulting  in  a  material  adjustment  to  the  carrying 
amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year. In respect of those assets and liabilities, the notes to the financial statements 
include details of their nature and carrying amount at the end of the reporting period.

In addition, judgments are made around the fair value of certain acquired assets to disclose their fair value, based on areas such as expected 
credit risk of assumptions around performance.

(g) Useful economic lives
Tangible and intangible assets are depreciated and amortised over their useful lives taking into account residual values, where appropriate. 
The  actual  lives  of  the  assets  and  residual  values  are  assessed  annually  and  may  vary  depending  on  a  number  of  factors.  In  re-assessing 
asset lives, factors such as technological innovation, product life cycles and maintenance programmes are taken into account. Residual value 
assessments consider issues such as future market conditions, the remaining life of the asset and projected disposal values.

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for the year ended 31 December 2018

5. Segmental reporting 
The Board of Directors, as the chief operating decision maker in accordance with IFRS 8 Operating Segments, has determined that KRM22 is 
organised for reporting purposes into a single global business unit. 

The internal management accounting information has been prepared in accordance with IFRS but has a non-GAAP ‘Adjusted EBITDA’ as a profit 
measure for the overall group. This amount is reported on the face of the income statement.

The Directors consider that the business has three revenue streams with different characteristics, which are generated from the same assets 
and cost base.

One  customer  generated  more  than  10%  of  total  revenue  during  the  year  ended  31  December  2018  .The  total  revenue  received  from  this 
customer was £0.4m (2017 – £nil) and is reported in the Europe segment.

Recurring revenue

Non-recurring revenue

Total revenue

2018
£’000

1,121

167

1,288

2017
£’000

–

–

–

KRM22’s revenue from external customers and information about its non-current assets, excluding deferred tax, by geography is detailed below:

Revenue 
2018
£’000

Non-current assets 
2018
£’000

UK

Europe

USA

Rest of world

Total

6. Operating loss
Operating loss for the year has been arrived at after charging the following:

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment

Depreciation of right of use assets

Amortisation of intangible assets

Impairment of intangible assets

Operating lease costs

Foreign currency exchange losses

7. Auditor’s remuneration

For audit services

Audit of the financial statements of the Company

Audit of the financial statements of the Company’ subsidiaries

For other services

Tax services of the Company

Tax services for the Company’s subsidiaries

Tax services around acquisitions

Adviser fees in respect of IPO

229

382

629

48

1,288

2018
£’000

44

246

233

75

17

16

2018
£’000

75

11

86

11

4

15

26

56

6,422

38

5,897

–

12,357

2017
£’000

–

–

–

–

–

–

2017
£’000

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

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for the year ended 31 December 2018

8. Employee information
i) Employee numbers
The average monthly number of people, including executive directors, employed by KRM22 during the year was as follows:

UK

USA

Rest of the world

Total

ii) Employee benefits
The aggregate payroll costs of these persons were as follows:

Wages and salaries

Social security costs

Pension costs

Share-based payments

Total

2018
No.

30

19

9

58

2018
£’000

2,349

179

50

657

3,235

iii) Directors’ remuneration
The remuneration of the Directors, who also represent the key management personnel of KRM22, during the year was as follows:

Remuneration for qualifying services

Pension contributions to defined contribution schemes

Share based payments 

Total

2018
£’000

481

11

600

1,092

2017
No.

2

–

–

2

2017
£’000

2

–

–

–

2

2017
£’000

–

–

–

–

Full details of Directors’ remuneration is presented in the Remuneration Committee Report on page 28. Remuneration disclosed above includes 
the following amounts paid to the highest paid director:

Remuneration for qualifying services

Total

2018
£’000

160

160

2017
£’000

–

–

The number of Directors for whom retirement benefits are accruing under defined contribution schemes amounted to 1 (2017 – nil).

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for the year ended 31 December 2018

9. Finance expense

Interest expense on financial liabilities

Interest expense on right of use assets

Net finance expense

10. Taxation

Current tax:

UK Corporation Tax at 19% on loss for the year (2017 – 19.25%)

Overseas corporation taxes

Total current tax

Deferred tax:

Origination and reversal of temporary differences

Intangible assets recognised on acquisition

Total deferred tax (note 22) 

Total tax credit

2018
£’000

26

56

82

2018
£’000

–

–

–

31

(44)

(13)

(13)

The tax expense differs from the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK for the year of 19% for the following reasons:

Loss before tax

Loss before tax based on corporation tax 19% (2017: 19.25%)

Accelerated capital allowances

Expenses not deductible for tax purposes

Intangibles assets recognised on acquisition

Losses carried forward

Total tax credit

2018
£’000

(5,433)

(1,032)

31

102

(44)

930

(13)

2017
£’000

–

–

–

2017
£’000

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2017
£’000

(6)

(1)

–

1

–

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11. Loss per share
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the loss attributable to the equity holders of KRM22 by the weighted average number of 
shares in issue during the year

KRM22 has dilutive ordinary shares, this being warrants and options granted to employees. As KRM22 has incurred a loss in the year, the diluted 
loss per share is the same as the basic earnings per share as the loss has an anti-dilutive effect.

Loss for the year attributable to equity holders of the parent

Basic weighted average number of shares in issue

Diluted weighted average number of shares in issue

Basic and diluted loss per share

12. Intangible assets

Cost

At 1 January 2018

Additions

Foreign exchange movements

At 31 December 2018

Accumulated amortisation

At 1 January 2018

Amortisation for the year

Impairment charge for the year

Foreign exchange movements

At 31 December 2018

At 31 December 2017

At 31 December 2018

2018
£’000

(5,217)

9,407,958

13,760,193

(55.5p)

Goodwill on 
consolidation 
£’000

Acquired 
Software and 
related assets 
£’000

Trademarks 
and licences 
£’000

Capitalised 
development 
costs 
£’000

–

5,809

119

5,928

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2,448

–

2,448

–

215

–

(5)

210

–

–

586

3

589

–

18

75

–

93

–

–

1,789

–

1,789

–

–

–

–

–

–

2017
£’000

(6)

10,000

10,000

(60.0p)

Total
£’000

–

10,632

122

10,754

–

233

75

(5)

303

–

5,928

2,238

496

1,789

10,451

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13. Property, plant and equipment

Cost

At 1 January 2018

Acquisition of subsidiaries

Additions

At 31 December 2018

Accumulated depreciation

At 1 January 2018

Depreciation charge for the year

At 31 December 2018

Net book value at 31 December 2017

Net book value at 31 December 2018

14. Right of use assets

Cost

At 1 January 2018

Additions

Disposals

At 31 December 2018
Accumulated depreciation

At 1 January 2018

Depreciation charge for the year

Foreign exchange movements

Disposals

At 31 December 2018

Net book value at 31 December 2017

Net book value at 31 December 2018

Fixtures and 
fittings
£’000

Office
equipment
£’000

–

200

54

254

–

36

36

–

218

–

–

94

94

–

8

8

–

86

Total
£’000

–

200

148

348

–

44

44

–

304

Total
£’000

–

1,840

–

1,840

–

246

(8)

–

238

–

1,602

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15. Investment in subsidiaries

Cost

At 1 January 2018

Additions

At 31 December 2018

Carrying amount

At 1 January 2018

At 31 December 2018

2018 
£’000

–

857

857

–

857

The additions in the year represents share capital of the subsidiary paid for by cash and capital contributions made to the Company’s subsidiaries 
in respect of the share option expense recognised on share options and warrants issued by the Company to employees of the appropriate 
subsidiaries. The capital contribution transaction is a non–cash transaction.

Details of the Company’s subsidiaries at 31 December 2018 are as follows:

Name of undertaking

KRM22 Central Limited*

KRM22 Development Limited

KRM22 Development Spain S.L.

KRM22 Singapore Pte Limited

KRM22 Americas Inc.

KRM22 ProOpticus LLC

Irisium Limited

* Shares held directly by KRM22 Plc

Registered office

5 Ireland Yard
London, EC4V 5EH
England

5 Ireland Yard
London, EC4V 5EH
England

Travessera de Gràcia, 11
5th floor
08021, Barcelona
Spain

10 Anson Road, #23–02
International Plaza
079903
Singapore

1013 Centre Road, Suite 403–B
Wilimington, New Castle
DE, 19805
USA

111 West Jackson Blvd.
Suite 2210
Chicago
IL, 60604
USA

5 Ireland Yard
London, EC4V 5EH
England

Ownership interest and voting rights  Nature of business 

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

60%

Administrative and sales company

Development services

Development services

Sales company

Administrative and sales company

Administrative and sales company

Administrative and sales company

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16. Trade and other receivables
Trade receivables disclosed below are classified as loans and receivables and are therefore measured at amortised cost.

Amounts falling due within one year:

Trade receivables

Trade receivables group companies

Other receivables

Prepayments and accrued income

Total trade and other receivables due within one year

Amounts falling due after more than one year:

Amounts due from group undertakings

Total trade and other receivables due in more than one year

2018
£’000
Group

386

–

511

234

1,131

–

–

2018
£’000
Company

–

196

67

44

307

11,321

11,321

2017
£’000
Group

–

–

–

1

1

–

–

The carrying value of trade and other receivables approximates fair value. 

KRM22 has elected to apply the simplified approach available under IFRS 9:5.5.15 for its trade receivables. KRM22’s trade receivables result 
from transactions in the scope of IFRS 15 ‘Revenue from Contracts with Customers’. Under this simplified approach, a lifetime expected loss 
allowance is always recognised (both at initial recognition and throughout the life of the trade receivable).

KRM22’s trade receivables have a short duration of less than 12 months, and do not have a contractual interest rate. Therefore an EIR of zero 
has been applied to cash flows. KRM22 has used a provision matrix to determine the lifetime ECL of the portfolio. It is based on KRM22’s 
historical, observed default rates, and is adjusted by a forward looking estimate of future economic conditions. 

KRM22  group  revenue  was  derived  from  two  acquisitions  that  were  made  during  the  year  Irisium  Ltd  and  KRM22  ProOpticus  LLC.  Based 
on historical observed default rates of KRM22 ProOpticus LLC , the estimated impairment loss is immaterial. Furthermore since acquisition 
the  Group  has  managed  customer  credit  risk  in  line  with  Group  policy.  Outstanding  receivables  are  actively  monitored  and  discussed  by 
management. Irisium was incorporated on 4 May 2017. The Group does not consider any amounts due from Irisium customers to be overdue. 
There are no doubts as to the future recoverability of these balances .Therefore, any impairment would be immaterial. 

Amounts due from group undertakings have been classified as falling due after more than one year based on the agreed terms of repayment 
by subsidiaries in future periods. The Company provides regular funding to KRM22 Central Limited at an appropriate interest rate of 8.14%. The 
Directors consider the terms of the transaction to be at arm’s length.

The Company does not consider any of the amounts due from group undertakings to be overdue. There are no significant doubts as to the 
future recoverability of these balances, and as such, no provision for bad and doubtful debts has been raised against the amounts due from 
group undertakings.

17. Trade receivables – credit risk

Aging of due and past due but not impaired receivables

0 – 30 days

31 – 60 days

61 – 90 days

91 + days

2018
£’000

307

68

8

3

386

2017
£’000

–

–

–

–

–

KRM22  provides  against  trade  receivables  where  there  are  significant  doubts  as  to  future  recoverability  based  on  prior  experience,  on 
assessment of the current economic climate and on the length of time that the receivable has been overdue.

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18. Cash and cash equivalents

Cash at banks and on hand – unrestricted

Cash at banks and on hand – restricted

2018
£’000
Group

2,889

466

3,355

2018
£’000
Company

1,744

466

2,210

2017
£’000
Group

14

–

14

When  the  Company  completed  the  IPO,  the  proceeds  were  a  mixture  of  VCT/EIS  funds  and  general  funds.  VCT/EIS  funds  are  restricted  to 
expenditure on activities relating to setting up the business and furthering new business activities and is therefore treated as restricted cash. 
Unrestricted cash can be used by KRM22 for any business activities including acquisitions.

19. Trade and other payables

Trade payables

Trade payables group companies

Accruals and deferred income

Social security and other taxation

Other payables

Leases

Total due within one year

Amounts falling due after more than one year:

Finance lease liability

Deferred consideration

Total due in more than one year

The fair value of trade and other payables are the same as the carrying values.

20. Finance leases

Amounts payable under finance leases

Within one year

In two to five years

KRM22’s finance leases relate to various office leases held by subsidiary undertakings.

21. Loans and borrowings

Non-Current

Unsecured loans

The fair value of loans and borrowings are the same as the carrying values.

2018
£’000
Group

675

–

1,290

126

86

541

2,718

1,046

1,563

2,609

2018
£’000
Company

2017
£’000
Group

65

7

171

–

–

–

243

–

–

–

2018
£’000

541

1,046

1,587

2018
£’000

1,193

1,193

1

–

–

–

10

–

11

–

–

–

2017
£’000

–

–

–

2017
£’000

–

–

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22. Deferred tax

Deferred tax liability at 1 January 2018

On acquisition

Income statement credit/(charge)

Deferred tax liability at 31 December 2018

Intangible assets
recognised on 
acquisition
£’000

Accelerated 
capital allowances
£’000

–

601

(42)

559

–

31

29

60

Total
£’000

–

632

(13)

619

KRM22 has tax losses of £9.2m that are available for offset against future taxable profits of those subsidiary companies in which the tax losses 
arose. Deferred tax assets have not been recognised in respect of these losses as they may not be used to offset taxable profits elsewhere in 
the Group and they have arisen in subsidiaries whose future taxable profits are uncertain. The estimated value of the deferred tax asset not 
recognised is £1.7m (2017 - £nil).

In  addition  to  the  above  operating  tax  losses,  a  potential  deferred  tax  asset,  could  relate  to  pre-acquisition  tax  losses  of  ProOpticus.    The 
availability and future utilisation of these losses remains under consideration, taking account of both its legacy ownership structure and Section 
382 of the US Internal Revenue Code, whereby the ability to utilise net operating losses arising prior to a change of ownership is limited to a 
percentage of the entity value of the entity at the date of change of ownership.  These potential operating tax losses (and related potential 
deferred tax asset) have not been included in the available operating tax losses (and related deferred tax asset) owing to current uncertainties 
on their actual usability.

A deferred tax liability of £0.6m has been recognised in relation to intangible assets of £2.8m that arise on the acquisition of ProOpticus and 
Irisium.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply in that jurisdiction in the year when the asset is 
realised or the liability settled, based on tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted at the statement of financial position date 
and therefore these have been measured at 17% UK and an effective rate of 23% on our overseas jurisdictions.

23. Operating leases
KRM22 operates from various leased properties around the world and the terms of property leases vary by location. IFRS 16 ‘Leases’ has been 
adopted early and accordingly, any lease that has more than twelve months remaining until the lease termination date has been accounted 
for as a financial lease and recognised as a right of use asset and lease liability. Any property leases that have less than twelve months until 
termination date are deemed to be short–term leases and recognised as operating leases.

KRM22 has total minimum future lease commitments under non–cancellable operating leases as set out below:

Due within one year

24. Share capital

Issued and fully paid 10p Ordinary shares

At 1 January

Issued for cash during the year*

Issued as share exchange

Issued for other consideration

At 31 December

2018
£’000

26

26

2017
Number

–

10,000

–

–

10,000

2017
£’000

–

–

2017
£’000

–

10

–

–

10

2018
Number

–

13,602,873

2,000,000

773,515

16,376,388

2018
£’000

–

1,360

200

78

1,638

*As the Company was not incorporated until 2 March 2018, the comparative relates to KRM22 Central Limited. On 19 April 2018, the Company, 
under common control of KRM22 Central Limited, acquired KRM22 Central Limited from its shareholders in return for an issue of shares.

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for the year ended 31 December 2018

The Company was incorporated on 2 March 2018 and issued 2 ordinary shares. On 19 April 2018, the Company issued 1,999,998 ordinary 
shares as part of a share exchange with its subsidiary KRM22 Central Limited. 

On 30 April 2018, the Company issued 10,320,239 ordinary shares as part of an IPO on the AIM at a placing price of 100 pence per share, giving 
rise to a share premium of £9.3m. Costs relating to the IPO amounting to £0.2m have been recognised within share premium in respect of costs 
incurred to issue new shares.

On  25  September  2018,  the  Company  placed  a  further  3,282,634  new  ordinary  shares  of  10  pence  each  to  raise  £3.3m  at  placing  price 
of  101  pence  per  share.  On  the  same  date,  the  Company  issued  773,515  new  ordinary  shares  at  a  price  of  101  pence  per  share  as  part 
consideration for the acquisition of KRM22 ProOpticus LLC (formerly Prime Analytics LLC). Costs relating to the share placement of £0.1m 
have been recognised within share premium.

25. Share–based payments
Warrants
On 24 April 2018, the Company passed a resolution for a total of 6,000,000 warrants to be granted to certain directors and members of staff 
conditional on the Company’s admission to the AIM. The warrants are exercisable in full in three equal tranches, in the event that the Company’s 
share price equals or exceeds three separate hurdles at the relevant testing or vesting date. The earliest testing date for tranche one is two years 
following admission to the AIM, i.e. 30 April 2020, with the earliest testing date for tranche two and three being one year later, i.e. 30 April 2021. 

If these conditions are met the warrants are exercisable at a 100 pence per share. The vesting period is three years and the warrants can be 
exercised if, at a testing date, the specific performance conditions are met, or the Directors, in their absolute discretion, determine that an option 
may be exercised at any other time and in any other circumstances. If the options remain unexercised after a period of ten years from the date 
of the grant the options expire.

Employee share option plan
On 24 April 2018, the Company passed a resolution to set up the KRM22 Employee Share Option Plan (‘ESOP’), a UK tax authority approved 
Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI). At 28 September 2018 the Company granted 983,000 options to all employees of KRM22 on that date. 
In the period following 28 September 2018 and to 31 December 2018, KRM22 issued a further 106,000 options to employees that commenced 
employment with group companies in that time period.

The  options  vest  over  a  three–year  period  and  are  exercisable  on  the  third  anniversary  of  the  grant  date  provided  that  the  share  price  has 
increased by 5% compounded during the period and provided the employee remains employed by KRM22. All options unexercised after a period 
of ten years from the date of grant expire. KRM22 has no legal or constructive obligation to repurchase or settle the options for cash.

Options are exercisable at a range of between 100 pence per share and 109.5 pence per share. The weighted average remaining contractual life 
of the share options outstanding at 31 December 2018 is 2 years and 9 months.

Outstanding at 1 January

Granted during the year – warrants

Granted during the year – ESOP

Forfeited during the year – ESOP

Exercised during the year

Expired during the year

Outstanding at 31 December

  Weighted average 
exercise price
£

–

1.00

1.02

–

–

–

2018
Number

–

6,000,000

1,089,000

(3,000)

–

–

1.00

7,086,000

  Weighted average 
exercise price
£

2017
Number

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

The fair value of options subject to non–market based vesting conditions are measured using a Black Scholes model and those options with 
market based conditions are measured using a Monte Carlo pricing model.

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The fair value of the outstanding options without performance conditions was measured using the Black Scholes options valuation model. The 
inputs to that model in respect of the share options outstanding under each issue as at the year ended 31 December 2018 and 31 December 
2017 were as follows:

Weighted average share price at grant date

Exercise price

Weighted average contractual life

Expected volatility

Expected dividend growth rate

Risk-free interest rate

2018

£1.0950

£1.00

3 years

30%

–

0.86%

2017

–

–

–

–

–

–

The fair value of the outstanding options with performance conditions was measured using the Monte Carlo simulation model. The inputs to 
that model in respect of the share options outstanding under each issue as at the year ended 31 December 2018 and 31 December 2017 were 
as follows:

Weighted average share price at grant date

Exercise price

Weighted average contractual life

Expected volatility

Expected dividend growth rate

Risk-free interest rate

2018

£1.3198

£1.00

3 years

30%

–

0.8287%

2017

–

–

–

–

–

–

The total expense recognised for the year ending 31 December 2018 arising from equity-settled share-based payment transactions amounted 
to £0.7m (2017 - £nil). 

KRM22 did not enter into any share-based payment transactions with parties other than employees during the current or previous year.

26. Capital commitments
At 31 December 2018 KRM22 had no material capital commitments (2017 - £nil).

27. Financial instruments and financial risk management
KRM22’s principal financial liabilities comprise trade and other payables and borrowings. The primary purpose of these financial liabilities is to 
finance the operations. KRM22 has trade and other receivables and cash that derive directly from its operations.

The Company has limited financial liabilities as its primary purpose is to hold investments in other group companies. The Company’s receivables 
largely relate to its funding of the operations of KRM22.

Financial assets

Cash at banks and on hand – unrestricted

Cash at banks and on hand – restricted

Trade receivables group companies

Trade and other receivables

Financial liabilities

Trade and other payables

Accruals

Deferred consideration

Borrowings

Finance lease obligations

2018
£’000
Group

2,889

466

–

562

3,917

757

734

1,563

1,193

1,587

5,834

2018
£’000
Company

1,744

466

11,517

–

13,727

65

171

–

–

–

236

2017
£’000
Group

14

–

–

–

14

1
–
–

–

–

1

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The Directors consider that the carrying amount for all financial assets and liabilities approximates to their fair value.

Financial risk management 
KRM22  is  exposed  to  market  risk,  which  includes  interest  rate  risk  and  currency  risk,  credit  risk  and  liquidity  risk.  The  senior  management 
oversees the management of these risks and ensures that the financial risk taken is governed by appropriate policies and procedures and that 
financial risks are identified, measured and managed in accordance with KRM22’s policies and risk appetite.

The Board of Directors review and agree polices for managing each of these risks, which are summarised below:

(a)  Market risk
KRM22’s activities expose it primarily to the financial risks of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates.

Financial currency risk management
KRM22 is exposed to transactional and translation exchange risk. Transactional foreign exchange risk arises from sales or purchases by a 
group company in a currency other than that Company’s functional currency. Translation foreign exchange risk arises on the translation of 
profits and losses earned and the translation of net assets denominated in US Dollar, Singapore Dollar, Czech Kroner and Euros to Sterling, 
KRM22’s functional currency.

Year ended 31 December 2017

Average rate

Year-end spot rate

Year ended 31 December 2018

Average rate

Year-end spot rate

USD

–

–

1.33

1.27

EUR

–

–

1.13

1.11

CZK

–

–

28.94

28.50

SGD

–

–

1.79

1.73

Foreign currency sensitivity analysis
The following table details KRM22’s sensitivity analysis to a 5% decrease in Sterling against the relevant foreign currencies which the Directors 
believe could have the most significant impact on the performance of KRM22. For a 5% strengthening of Sterling against the relevant currency 
there would be a comparable favourable impact on financial performance.

US Dollar

Singapore Dollar

Czech Kroner

Euros

Loss

2018
£’000

(34)

(4)

(20)

(7)

(65)

2017
£’000

–

–

–

–

–

Other equity

2018
£’000

(42)

(5)

(20)

(7)

(74)

2017
£’000

–

–

–

–

–

Interest rate risk
Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value of future cash flows or a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest 
rates. The Directors do not believe the interest rate risk to be material and therefore no sensitivity analysis has been prepared.

(b) Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk that a counterparty will not meet its obligations under a financial instrument or customer contract, leading to a financial 
loss. KRM22 is exposed to credit risk from its operations, primarily from trade receivables, and from loans provided to related parties.

Trade receivables
Customer credit risk is managed subject to KRM22’s established policy, procedures and control relating to customer credit risk management. 
Outstanding receivables are regularly monitored and discussed at executive management and Board level of group companies.

Financial instruments and cash deposits
Credit risk from cash balances with banks and financial institutions is managed in accordance with KRM22 policy. Credit risk with respect to 
cash is managed by carefully selecting the institutions with which cash is deposited.

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Impairment
The  financial  assets  of  the  group  comprise  cash  at  banks,  trade  receivables  and  other  receivables.  Having  reviewed  the  recoverability  of 
KRM22’s financial assets since the reporting date, as well as the likelihood of future losses over the next 12 months and the lifetime of the 
assets, the Board does not consider it necessary to recognise any credit losses.

(c)  Liquidity risk
KRM22 is not currently cash generative, however funds were raised as part of the IPO and subsequent share placement. The Board carefully 
monitors the levels of cash and is comfortable that it has sufficient cash for normal operating requirements. KRM22 has no committed lines 
of credit.

The following table details KRM22’s remaining contractual maturity for its financial liabilities based on contractual payments:

At 31 December 2017

Trade and other payables

Unsecured loans

At 31 December 2018

Trade and other payables

Deferred consideration

Unsecured loans

Finance lease obligations

Within 1 year
£’000

1 to 2 years
£’000

2 to 5 years
£’000

1

10

2,177

–

–

541

–

–

–

1,182

–

468

–

–

–

1,182

1,193

578

Total
£’000

1

10

2,177

2,364

1,193

1,587

Capital risk management
KRM22 manages its capital to ensure that it will be able to continue as a going concern while also maximising the operational potential of the 
business. The capital structure of KRM22 consists of cash and cash equivalents and equity attributable to equity holders of the Company, 
comprising issued capital and reserves as disclosed in the consolidated statement of changes in equity. KRM22 is not exposed to externally 
imposed capital requirements.

28. Business combinations
Irisium Limited
On  5  June  2018  KRM22  Central  Limited,  a  wholly  owned  subsidiary  of  the  Company,  acquired  60%  of  the  issued  share  capital  in  Irisium 
Limited (“Irisium”) a financial technology provider specialising in capital markets regulation. The acquisition was for an initial cash consideration 
of £1.7m, £1.0m shareholder loan assignment and undiscounted contingent deferred consideration of £0.6m. The deferred consideration is 
payable in the event that Irisium achieves £2.0m of annualised recurring revenue as at 30 June 2019 and can be satisfied in either cash or 
Company ordinary shares at the Company’s discretion. If the deferred consideration is satisfied by the issue of ordinary shares, the number of 
shares issued will be determined by the market share price at the issue date. Based on the current financial performance of Irisium, the directors 
do not believe that Irisium will achieve the £2.0m annualised recurring revenue target by 30 June 2019. On this basis the directors believe that 
the contingent deferred consideration will not be payable and have therefore excluded this element of consideration from fair value of the total 
consideration that could have been paid under the terms of the share purchase agreement.

Fair value of consideration paid

Cash

Assignment of shareholder loan

£’000

1,699

1,018

2,717

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Details of the fair value of identifiable assets and liabilities acquired, purchase consideration and goodwill are as follows:

Non-current assets

Property, plant and equipment

Software

Trademarks

Current assets and liabilities

Receivables

Cash and cash equivalents

Payables

Borrowings

Deferred tax

Net identifiable (liabilities) /assets acquired

Goodwill

Fair value of 40% non-controlling interest

Total consideration paid by the Group

Book value
£’000

Fair value 
adjustments
£’000

Fair value  
under  
IFRS 
£’000

86

–

49

135

770

86

(791)

(1,697)

–

(1,632)

(1,497)

–

1,618

–

1,618

–

–

–

1,018

(283)

735

2,353

86

1,618

49

1,753

770

86

(791)

(679)

(283)

(897)

856

2,203

(342)

2,717

Goodwill is recognised on the acquisition as a result of Irisium’s contracted sales pipeline in the financial technology market and synergies 
expected to arise after acquisition. Acquisition costs of £0.1m arose as a result of the transaction and are included in KRM22’s administrative 
expenses in the consolidated income statement.

The fair value of receivables acquired was £0.8m and the directors believe that this also represents the gross contractual amounts receivable, 
as this is the directors best estimate at the date of acquisition of contractual cashflows expected to be collected.

Since acquisition date, Irisium has contributed £0.8m to group revenues and £0.9m to group loss. Had the transaction been undertaken at 
1 January 2018, Irisium would have contributed £1.3m to group revenues and £2.2m to group loss. 

KRM22 ProOpticus LLC 
On 25 September 2018 KRM22 Americas Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of KRM22 Central Limited, acquired KRM22 ProOpticus LLC (formerly 
Prime  Analytics  LLC),  a  financial  technology  providing  real  time  software  solutions  to  professional  derivative  traders.  The  acquisition  was 
affected by way of a merger of Prime Analytics LLC and KRM22 Prime Merger Sub LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of KRM22 Americas Inc.

The acquisition was for an initial consideration of US$3.5m (£2.6m) cash and US$1m (£0.8m) in the Company’s ordinary shares together with 
contingent deferred consideration of US$3m (£2.3m). The deferred consideration is payable in two equal tranches of US$1.5m each in the 
event that KRM22 ProOpticus achieves US$3.0m revenue in the year ended 31 December 2019 and US$3.3m revenue in the year ended 31 
December 2020. The deferred consideration can be satisfied in either cash or Company ordinary shares at the Company’s discretion. If deferred 
consideration is satisfied by the issue of ordinary shares, the number of shares issued will be determined by the market share price at the issue 
date. The contingent deferred consideration of £2.3m has been discounted to a present value of £1.5m based on a WACC of 20%.

Fair value of consideration paid

Cash

KRM22 Plc shares

Contingent deferred consideration

£’000

2,642

781

1,453

4,876

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Notes to the consolidated  
financial statements continued

for the year ended 31 December 2018

Details of the fair value of identifiable assets and liabilities acquired, purchase consideration and goodwill are as follows:

Non-current assets

Property, plant and equipment

Software

Customer relationships

Brand

Current assets and liabilities

Receivables

Cash and cash equivalents

Payables

Deferred tax

Net identifiable (liabilities) /assets acquired

Goodwill

Total consideration paid by the Group

Book value
£’000

Fair value 
adjustments
£’000

Fair value 
under IFRS

£’000

–

–

–

–

–

508

189

(369)

–

328

328

114

830

238

109

1,291

–

–

–

(349)

(349)

942

114

830

238

109

1,291

508

189

(369)

(349)

(21)

1,270

3,606

4,876

Goodwill is recognised on the acquisition as a result of KRM22 ProOpticus’ contracted sales pipeline in the financial technology market and 
synergies expected to arise after acquisition. Acquisition costs of £0.1m arose as a result of the transaction and are included in the Group’s 
administrative expenses in the consolidated income statement.

The fair value of receivables acquired was £0.5m and the directors believe that this also represents the gross contractual amounts receivable, 
as this is the directors best estimate at the date of acquisition of contractual cashflows expected to be collected.

Since  acquisition  date  KRM22  ProOpticus  has  contributed  £0.5m  to  group  revenues  and  £0.1m  to  group  loss.  Had  the  transaction  been 
undertaken at 1 January 2018, KRM22 ProOpticus would have contributed £2.7m to group revenues and £0.4m to group loss.

29. Related party transactions
Remuneration of key management personnel
The remuneration of key management personnel, including Directors, is set out in aggregate for each of the categories specified in IAS 24 
Related Party Disclosures as follows:

Short-term employee benefits 

Retirement benefits

Share-based payment benefits

Total

2018
£’000

481

11

600

1,092

2017
£’000

–

–

–

–

Related party transactions
As  detailed  in  note  28,  on  5  June  2018  the  Group  acquired  a  60%  shareholding  in  Irisium  Limited  from  Cinnober  Financial  Technology  AB 
(“Cinnober”). Under the terms of the acquisition, the maximum consideration for the investment in Irisium is £2.3m with an initial consideration 
of £1.7m. An additional deferred consideration of up to a maximum of £0.6m (the “Deferred Consideration”) is payable in the event that Irisium 
achieves £2.0m of annualised recurring revenue as at 30 June 2019. The Deferred Consideration can be satisfied in either cash or ordinary 
shares of the Company at the Company’s discretion. As at 31 December 2018 the directors judgment is this deferred consideration payment 
is not probable.

In addition to the acquisition, KRM22 paid £1m to Cinnober to assign 60% of a shareholder loan previously provided by Cinnober to Irisium. 
Loans provided from Cinnober to Irisium are subject to an interest rate of 5%. The total balance of loans, including accrued interest, due from 
Irisium to Cinnober at 31 December 2018 was £1.0m (2017 - £nil) and is repayable on 31 December 2023.

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During the year, Irisium charged goods and services to Cinnober of £0.1m (2017 - £nil) under normal commercial terms. At 31 December 2018, 
the balance due to Irisium from Cinnober was £0.1m (2017 - £nil). Cinnober is a shareholder of the Company.

On  27  November  2017,  Keith  Todd  provided  a  loan  to  KRM22  Central  Limited  of  £10,000.  He  subsequently  provided  loans  in  March  and 
April 2018 totalling £30,000. The amount was payable on demand with no interest charged on the amount. The loan was settled in full during 
the financial year.

30. Events after the reporting date
On 3 April 2019, the Company raised gross proceeds of up to £1.8 million through a conditional placing of up to 1,601,318 new ordinary shares 
of 10 pence each in the Company (the “Placing Shares”) at a price of 85 pence per Ordinary Share (the “Issue Price”) and a subscription of up 
to 529,414 new ordinary Shares (the “Subscription Shares” and together with the Placing Shares, the “Fundraising Shares”) at the Issue Price 
(the “Subscription” together with the Placing, the “Fundraising”). In addition, 117,647 ordinary shares were issued to certain advisors in lieu of 
fees (“the Advisor Shares”).

On 29 April 2019, KRM22 Central Limited entered into a five-year debt facility (the “Debt Facility”) with Harbert European Growth Capital Fund II 
(“Harbert”) to support future business growth and allow KRM22 to pursue its pipeline of investment targets.

The Debt Facility is for up to £10.0m of which an initial £1.0m was drawn down on 30 April 2019. The availability of additional drawdowns is 
based on the value and growth of KRM22’s annualised recurring revenues. Drawdowns can be made until 31 December 2020. 

The interest rate payable is 11% per annum on the initial £1.0m drawdown. The interest rate payable on future additional drawdowns will be 
at the higher of 11% or 11% plus one year EURO Libor. The Debt Facility is secured on certain KRM22 assets however there are no covenants 
based on KRM22’s financial performance. 

In conjunction with the Debt Facility, the Company has constituted warrants over a number of Ordinary shares in the Company to Harbert with 
a total value equal to a maximum of £1.0m. Upon initial drawdown, warrants over 495,049 new Ordinary Shares were issued with an exercise 
price of £1.01 per Ordinary Share. Additional warrants will be issued in an amount equal to 5.6% of each subsequent drawdown of the Facility 
(up to a maximum value of £500,000 in aggregate) calculated by reference to an exercise price of the lower of a 10% discount to the prevailing 
market price or £1.01 per new Ordinary Share.

On 30 May 2019, KRM22 Central Limited completed the acquisition of Object + Holding B.V. (“Object +”), a risk management and post-trade 
services technology business focused on capital markets, for a maximum consideration of US$3.9m (£3.0m).  

The acquisition was for an initial consideration of US$1.2m (£0.9m) with US$0.5m (£0.4m) payable in cash and US$0.7m (£0.5m) through the 
issue of 606,909 ordinary shares in the Company.  The deferred consideration is a maximum of US$2.7m (£2.3m) payable in three tranches 
subject to earn-out conditions based on the growth of annual recurring revenue of Object+’s products and services.

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Company information

Registered office 

5 Ireland Yard 

London 

EC4V 5EH 

Company number 

11231735 

The board of directors

Keith Todd 

Executive Chairman and CEO (appointed 2 March 2018)

Karen Bach

Chief Operations Officer (appointed 2 March 2018)

Stephen Casner

Non-Executive Director (appointed 2 March 2018)

Jim Oliff

Non-Executive Director (appointed 2 March 2018)  

(resigned 5 March 2019)

Matthew Reed

Non-Executive Director (appointed 24 April 2018)

David Ellis

Non-Executive Director (appointed 24 April 2018) 

(resigned 30 April 2019)

Sandy Broderick

Non-Executive Director (appointed 24 April 2018)

Garry Jones

Non-Executive Director (appointed 30 April 2019)

Company secretary 

Karen Bach

Nominated Adviser 

FinnCap and Broker 

60 New Broad Street

London 

EC2M 1JJ 

Solicitors 

Fieldfisher LLP 

Riverbank House 

2 Swan Lane 

London 

EC4R 3TT 

Auditor 

BDO LLP 

55 Baker Street 

London 

W1U 7EU 

Registrars 

Equiniti 

Aspect House 

Spencer Road 

Lancing 

West Sussex 

BN99 6DA 

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