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83ANNUAL REPORT 2016ANNUAL REPORT2016Over the Wire Holdings Limited  ACN 151 872 730ANNUAL REPORT 2016

Over the Wire Holdings Limited  

ACN 151 872 730

Over the Wire Holdings Limited

Share Register

Auditor

Solicitors

TABLE OF  
CONTENTS

Chairman's Letter 

Business Overview  

General Information 

Corporate Directory 

Directors’ Report 

Remuneration Report 

Auditor’s Independence Declaration 

Corporate Governance Statement 

Financial Statements 

Notes to the Financial Statements 

Directors’ Declaration 

Independent Auditor’s Report 

Contact Details 

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CHAIRMAN'S 
LETTER

On behalf of the Board of  
Over the Wire Holdings Limited, 
it is with great pleasure that we 
present to you the annual report 
for the 2016 financial year. 

Highlights of the year
•  Revenue increased by 46% to $23.6m
•  EBITDA increased by 54% to $5.4m
•  NPAT increased by 45% to $2.8m
•  Achieved customer retention of 97.1%
•  Successfully acquired and integrated Faktortel, Sanity 

Technology and Spiderbox

•  Successfully completed Initial Public Offering (IPO) in 

December 2015

The year’s success is attributed to strong contributions across 
all four product divisions – Data Networks, Voice, Cloud & 
Managed Services and Data Centre colocation. Particularly 
pleasing was the overall organic growth of 25%, with each 
division significantly contributing.   

The overall strong performance, which exceeded our 
Prospectus forecasts, has also allowed the Board to declare 
a maiden dividend of 1.0 cents per share fully franked, for the 
period from listing to 30 June 2016. 

On behalf of the board, we would like to thank all of our 
staff for achieving another great result for our company. 
We would also like to thank our clients for their continued 
support, we maintain our commitment to you of being the 
telecommunications provider that does focus on providing 
great service.  

Finally, we thank all shareholders for your continued and 
loyal support. We look forward to another successful and 
rewarding year ahead. 

John Puttick 
Chairman

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BUSINESS 
OVERVIEW

Our objective is to be the 
telecommunications, cloud and 
IT Services provider of choice to 
businesses in Australia. 

We aim to do this through: 
•  Our products - reliable, flexible and good value
•  Our people – knowledgeable, passionate and helpful
•  Our performance - superior service and highly 

recommended

Providing a broad and integrated offering of products and 
services provides our customers with a complete solution 
from one supplier dedicated to customer service. Our suite of 
services to businesses include:

•  Data Networks and Internet;
•  Voice;
•  Cloud and Managed Services; and
•  Data Centre Co-location.

Over the Wire Customer Retention
Revenue Year-on-Year

96.7%

98.6%

97.1%

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

0%

FY14

FY15

FY16

Our dedication to customer service is uncompromising and 
we have developed a culture which consistently delivers high 
levels of customer service and retention. This is verified by 
our high levels of customer retention, shown in this graph as 
year on year customer revenue retained.

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6ANNUAL REPORT 2016SIGNIFICANT ORGANIC GROWTH AND STRONG FINANCIAL PERFORMANCETotal revenue from ordinary activities for the year was $23.611m, up from $16.141m in FY15, representing an increase of 46% on the corresponding year. 25% of the growth was achieved organically (i.e. removing the impact of acquisitions).The result demonstrates strong demand from customers across all four product lines including:• Data Networks revenue of $10.456m, up from $8.200m in FY15, representing an increase of 28% on the corresponding year and delivered through strong organic growth;• Voice revenue of $7.895m, up from $4.202m in FY15, representing an increase of 88% on the corresponding year and delivered through strong organic growth and the successful acquisition of Faktortel Holdings Pty Ltd on 28 July 2015;• Cloud and Managed Services revenue of $2.698m, up from $1.837m in FY15, representing an increase of 47% on the corresponding year and delivered through strong organic growth and the successful acquisition of Sanity Technology on 30 November 2015;• Data Centre co-location revenue of $2.562m, up from $1.901m in FY15, representing an increase of 35% on the corresponding year and delivered through organic growth and the successful acquisition of Sanity Technology on 30 November 2015.The group made a profit after tax expense of $2.847m, up from $1.967m in FY15, representing an increase of 45% on the corresponding year. Statutory EBITDA profit was $5.423m, up from $3.530m in FY15, representing an increase of 54% on the corresponding year. The significant increase in profitability has been achieved through effective management of operating expenses, strong revenue growth, and strong gross profit margin expansion. This reflects management’s ongoing commitment to generating a strong return for Shareholders."We will continue our business development and marketing initiatives, and leverage our investment in the four product lines to grow organically, targeting greater than 20% year on year organic growth."SUCCESSFUL ACQUISITIONS

CONTINUED GROWTH

FAKTORTEL HOLDINGS PTY LTD (TRADING AS 
FAKTORTEL)
On 28 July 2015 the Company acquired Faktortel. Faktortel 
provides VoIP services to business and residential customers. 
The Company acquired Faktortel for:

•  Increased Voice volume and revenue
•  Geographic expansion as Faktortel clients are more heavily 

weighted in New South Wales and Victoria

•  EBITDA accretion
•  Ability to cross-sell non-voice products into the Faktortel 

client base

•  Cost synergies due to replication of infrastructure with the 

consolidated entity.

SANITY HOLDINGS PTY LTD (TRADING AS SANITY 
TECHNOLOGY)
On 30 November 2015 the Company acquired Sanity 
Technology. Sanity Technology provides data centre colocation 
and cloud based services to business customers. The 
Company acquired Sanity Technology for:

•  An increased data centre colocation footprint in Brisbane
•  Increased colocation revenue
•  EBITDA accretion
•  Ability to cross-sell data and voice products into the Sanity 

Technology client base

•  Cost savings due to replication of infrastructure with the 

consolidated entity

SPIDERBOX
On 1 April 2016, the company acquired business assets from 
Access Wireless and Cable Pty Ltd (Spiderbox); a privately 
held telecommunications company with products such as 
data, voice and cloud services. The Company acquired the 
business assets of Spiderbox for:

•  Increased revenue for the data, voice and cloud / managed 

services divisions
•  EBITDA accretion
•  New staff members with complimentary skill sets
•  Fibre asset at Brisbane Technology Park (BTP).

We will continue our business development and marketing 
initiatives, and leverage our investment in the four product 
lines to grow organically, targeting greater than 20% year 
on year organic growth. This will be achieved through the 
acquisition of new customers and selling more products 
and services to existing customers. Continued geographic 
expansion into New South Wales and Victoria remains a 
focus.

We will also continue to look to grow through identifying 
and acquiring suitable businesses that deliver a strategic fit, 
readily achievable synergies and add shareholder value.

GEOGRAPHIC EXPANSION AND 
INNOVATION

We will continue to invest in infrastructure that enables us 
to service our growing geographic expansion plans. This 
includes an additional point of presence in New Zealand, as 
well as expanding our Private Cloud platform into NSW.

Our internal tools and systems are continuously being 
enhanced to ensure that we are driving scalability and can 
provide the best possible experience to our clients. Customer 
tools including our Client Portal are also being enhanced to 
provide our clients with a positive user experience with levels 
of control over their services. 

PROMISING OUTLOOK

Our commitment to being able to provide a complete 
telecommunications, cloud and IT services offering to 
businesses, that is supported by an Australian based 
network operations centre dedicated to a positive customer 
experience, gives us confidence that the growth in revenue 
will continue in FY17. 

In addition to our core focus on growing operations 
organically, we will continue reviewing any potential for 
strategic acquisitions, which accelerate achievement of our 
vision.

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GENERAL 
INFORMATION

The annual report covers  
Over the Wire Holdings Limited as  
a consolidated entity consisting 
of Over the Wire Holdings Limited  
and the entities it controls. The report is  
presented in Australian dollars, which 
is Over the Wire Holdings Limited’s 
functional and presentational currency.

Over the Wire Holdings Limited is a listed public company limited by 
shares, incorporated and domiciled in Australia. Its registered office and 
principal place of business are:

Registered Office & Principal Place of Business 
Level 1 
24 Little Edward Street 
Brisbane Qld 4000 

A description of the nature of the consolidated entity’s operations and its 
principal activities are included in the directors’ report. 

The annual report was authorised for issue, in accordance with a resolution 
of directors on 15 September 2016. The directors have the power to amend 
and/or reissue the financial report. 

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CORPORATE 
DIRECTORY

DIRECTORS 
JOHN PUTTICK DUNIV QUT, FACS, ACA
Chairman

MICHAEL OMEROS MAICD, BE(ELECTRONICS), BINFOTECH
Chief Executive Officer

BRENT PADDON MAICD, BINFOTECH, GRADDIPBUSADMIN
Executive Director 

SUSAN FORRESTER BA, LLB (HONS), EMBA, FAICD
Non-Executive Director 

SECRETARY
MIKE STABB FCA, MAICD, BBUS(ACCY,BUSLAW), RTA 
Chief Financial Officer

KEY MANAGEMENT
BEN CORNISH
Chief Operating Officer

Registered Office and Principal Place of Business
Level 1, 24 Little Edward Street 
Brisbane QLD 4000 

Share Register
Link Market Services
Level 15, 324 Queen Street
Brisbane QLD 4000 

Auditor
PKF Hacketts Audit
Level 6, 10 Eagle Street 
Brisbane QLD 4000 

Solicitors
McCullough Robertson Lawyers
Level 11, Central Plaza Two,
66 Eagle Street
Brisbane, QLD 4000

Bankers 
Australia and New Zealand Banking Group 
324 Queen Street 
Brisbane QLD 4000

National Australia Bank 
308-322 Queen Street 
Brisbane QLD 4000

Suncorp Bank
293 Queen Street 
Brisbane QLD 4000

Westpac Banking Corporation
Tenancy 1, 118 Bundall Road
Bundall QLD 4217

Stock Exchange Listings 
Over the Wire Holdings Limited shares are listed on the 
Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)  

Website Address 
www.overthewire.com.au   

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DIRECTORS’ 
REPORT 

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DIRECTORS’ REPORT

REVIEW OF OPERATIONS 

The Company completed an Initial Public Offering of $10.0m 
and gained admission to the ASX on 03 December 2015. 

Total revenue from ordinary activities for the year was 
$23.611m (FY15: $16.141m), representing an increase of 
46% on the corresponding year. The result demonstrates 
strong demand from customers across all four product lines 
including:

•  Data Networks revenue of $10.456m (FY15: $8.200m), 
representing an increase of 28% on the corresponding 
year and delivered through strong organic growth;

•  Voice revenue of $7.895m (FY15: $4.202m), representing 

an increase of 88% on the corresponding year and 
delivered through strong organic growth and the 
successful acquisition of Faktortel Holdings Pty Ltd on 28 
July 2015;

•  Cloud and Managed Services revenue of $2.698m (FY15: 

$1.837m), representing an increase of 47% on the 
corresponding year and delivered through strong organic 
growth and the successful acquisition of Sanity Technology 
on 30 November 2015;

•  Data Centre co-location revenue of $2.562m (FY15: 
$1.901m), representing an increase of 35% on the 
corresponding year and delivered through organic growth 
and the successful acquisition of Sanity Technology on 30 
November 2015.

The consolidated entity made a Profit before Income Tax 
Expense of $4.095m (FY15: $2.750m), representing an 
increase of 49% on the corresponding year. Statutory 
EBITDA profit was $5.423m (FY15: $3.530m), representing 
an increase of 54% on the corresponding year. The significant 
increase in profitability has been achieved through effective 
management of operating expenses, strong revenue growth, 
and strong gross profit margin expansion.

Your directors present their report on the consolidated 
entity consisting of Over the Wire Holdings Limited (“The 
Company”) and the entities it controlled (“The consolidated 
entity”) for the year ended 30 June 2016.

DIRECTORS AND 
COMPANY SECRETARY

The name of the directors who held office during or since the 
end of the year.

JOHN PUTTICK
Non-Executive Chairman  
(appointed 1 December 2015)

MICHAEL OMEROS
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer  
(appointed 1 July 2011) 

BRENT PADDON
Executive Director 
(appointed 1 July 2011) 

SUSAN FORRESTER
Non-Executive Director 
(appointed 1 December 2015) 

MIKE STABB
Company Secretary and Chief Financial Officer 
(appointed 9 July 2012) 

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

The consolidated entity is a profitable, high growth provider of 
telecommunications, cloud and IT solutions. It has a national 
network presence with Points of Presence (POPs) in all major 
Australian capital cities and Auckland, New Zealand. 

During the year the principal continuing activities of the 
consolidated entity consisted of offering an integrated 
product suite of the following services:

•  Data Networks and Internet;
•  Voice;
•  Cloud and Managed Services; and
•  Data Centre Co-location

There has been no significant change to the principal activities 
of the group during the year.

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NET ASSETS AND NET  TANGIBLE ASSETS PER SHARE

Net Assets

Net Tangible Assets Per Share

Net Amount 

Per Share (Cents)

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

16,156

7,232

Cents

0.17

2015 
$ ,000

2,030

1,632

Cents

0.05

For comparative purposes, Net Tangible assets per security at 30 June 2015 has been recalculated using the number of shares on 
issue at 30 June 2015, adjusted for the effect of the share split performed just prior to admission to the ASX on 3 December 2015.

EARNINGS BEFORE INTEREST, TAX, DEPRECIATION AND 
AMORTISATION (EBITDA)

EBITDA refers to earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, and is an important metric to the consolidated entity 
because it shows the strong gross profit and expenditure management delivered by the consolidated entity and it also correlates 
well with the increase in cash and cash equivalents. Set out below is a reconciliation of Profit before Income Tax Expense and 
EBITDA.

Profit before Income Tax Expense 

Depreciation & Amortisation 

Finance Costs

EBITDA

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

4,095

1,242

86

5,423

2015 
$ ,000

2,750

720

60

3,530

As at 30 June 2016 the consolidated entity has $7.042m in cash or cash equivalents. This represents an increase of $4.882m 
in the period, primarily as a result of the $10.0m capital raising upon IPO in December 2015, the company’s continued sound 
management of overhead expenses in the underlying business, recognising cost synergies in the acquired entities ahead of 
schedule, and when combined with revenue growth of 46%, has generated the growth in EBITDA and positive Cash from 
Operating Activities outlined in the Consolidated Statement of Cash flows. 

DIVIDENDS PAID AND PROPOSED 

No dividends have been declared during the 12 months ended 30 June 2016.

It is the Board’s intention to pay a final dividend of 1 cent per share fully franked, covering the period from Listing until  
30 June 2016, in October 2016. The total expected cash payment by the company for this dividend will be $435,000.

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BUSINESS STRATEGIES AND 
PROSPECTS FOR FUTURE 
FINANCIAL YEARS 

The Consolidated entity operates four product lines; Data 
Networks, Voice, Cloud and Managed Services, and Data 
Centre Co-location. Each product line is capable of being 
delivered stand-alone or bundled with one or more other 
product lines to deliver a complete solution. 

The Company will continue its business development and 
marketing initiatives, and leverage its investment in the four 
product lines to grow organically, both through the acquisition 
of new customers and selling more products and services 
to existing customers. Growing into New South Wales and 
Victoria remains a focus.

The Company will continue to look to grow through 
identifying and acquiring suitable businesses that deliver a 
strategic fit, readily achievable synergies and add shareholder 
value.

SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN 
STATE OF AFFAIRS

NEW AND DEREGISTERED ENTITIES 
On 25 September 2015, the company registered a new 
subsidiary, OTW Corp Pty Ltd. The company acts as a 
central provider of corporate services to the group, including 
employing all staff, providing office and administration 
services, etc, for which it charges a fee to the members 
of the group. The Net Profit After Tax contribution by this 
company to the Group was $9,048.

During the current year Celentia Pty Ltd, EcoHost Pty Ltd 
and Spartan IT Pty Ltd were deregistered. The dates that the 
entities ceased to be part of the consolidated entity are as 
follows:

•  Celentia Pty Ltd (Deregistered 07 October 2015) 
•  EcoHost Pty Ltd (Deregistered 07 October 2015)
•  Spartan IT Pty Ltd (Deregistered 07 October 2015) 

As these entities have remained dormant for an extended 
period of time, the profit/loss from these discontinued 
operations are immaterial to the consolidated entity, and have 
not been shown separately in the consolidated statement of 
comprehensive income.

There has been no significant change in the principal activities 
of the group during the year.

POST ACQUISITION UPDATE

Faktortel Holdings Pty Ltd (Trading as Faktortel)
Faktortel provides VoIP services to business and residential 
customers. The Company acquired Faktortel for:

•  Increased Voice volume and revenue 
•  Geographic expansion as Faktortel clients are more heavily 

weighted in New South Wales and Victoria

•  EBITDA accretion
•  Ability to cross-sell non-voice products into the Faktortel 

client base

•  Cost synergies due to replication of infrastructure with the 

consolidated entity 

Completed on 28 July 2015, the Faktortel acquisition 
contributed $0.322m of Net Profits After Tax from ordinary 
activities and has further strengthened the consolidated entity 
as a major provider of Voice over IP services in Australia. 
Focus has been directed on integration activities and as 
a result some of the forecast cost synergies have been 
delivered ahead of schedule. The increase in voice volume 
also positions the consolidated entity well for negotiating 
better wholesale pricing in the near future.

Sanity Holdings Pty Ltd (Trading as Sanity Technology)
Sanity Technology provides data centre colocation and 
cloud based services to business customers. The Company 
acquired Sanity Technology for:

•  An increased data centre colocation footprint in Brisbane
•  Increased colocation revenue 
•  EBITDA accretion
•  Ability to cross-sell data and voice products into the Sanity 

Technology client base

•  Cost savings due to replication of infrastructure with the 

consolidated entity 

Completed on 30 November 2015, the Sanity Technology 
contributed $0.186m of Net Profits After Tax from ordinary 
activities to the profits of the consolidated entity.

Access Wireless and Cable Pty Ltd (Trading as Spiderbox) 
On 1 April 2016, the company acquired the business assets 
of Access Wireless and Cable Pty Ltd (Spiderbox); a privately 
held telecommunications company which employs 9 staff 
and services approximately 100 business customers with 
products such as data, voice and cloud services. The company 
has acquired Spiderbox for the following reasons:

•  Increased revenue for the data, voice and cloud / managed 

services divisions
•  EBITDA accretion
•  New staff members with complimentary skill sets
•  Fibre asset at Brisbane Technology Park (BTP). 

As the business assets of Spiderbox were incorporated into 
the operations of Over the Wire Pty Ltd, it is impracticable for 
the group to provide details regarding the contribution to net 
profit after tax.

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EVENTS SINCE THE END OF THE FINANCIAL YEAR 
It is the Board’s intention to pay a final dividend of 1 cent per 
share fully franked, covering the period from listing until 30 
June 2016, in October 2016. The total expected cash payment 
by the company for this dividend will be $435,000.

No matter or circumstances have arisen since the end of 
the financial period which significantly affected or may 
significantly affect the operations of the company, the results 
of those operations, or the state of affairs of the company in 
future financial periods.

LIKELY DEVELOPMENTS AND EXPECTED RESULTS 
OF OPERATIONS 
The Consolidated entity will continue its focus on growing 
organically through geographic expansion, cross-selling of 
complementary products and new or enhanced product and 
service initiatives within the product lines it operates in. 

Acquisitions will continue to be targeted where they 
provide synergies, complement the current offering and add 
shareholder value.

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION
The consolidated entity’s operations are not currently subject 
to significant environmental regulation under the law of the 
Commonwealth and State.

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OUR OBJECTIVE 
IS TO BE THE 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS, 
CLOUD AND IT SERVICES 
PROVIDER OF CHOICE 
TO BUSINESSES IN 
AUSTRALIA.

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16ANNUAL REPORT 2016INFORMATION ON DIRECTORS & COMPANY SECRETARYThe following information is  current as at the date of  this report.JOHN PUTTICKDUNIV QUT, FACS, ACA Non-Executive Chairman  John was appointed as Chairman of the company in December 2015. He was the founder and chairman of GBST Holdings Limited.John holds an Honorary Doctorate from The Queensland University of Technology and a Chartered Accounting qualification from Auckland University of Technology.John has over forty years of experience in building commercial systems with information technology, over thirty of which were in developing financial services solutions at GBST Holdings Limited. Other Current Directorships None Former Directorships in last 3 yearsGBST Holdings Limited (ASX: GBT) Special Responsibilities  • Chair of the Board • Chair of nominations and remuneration committee• Member of audit and risk committee Direct and indirect interest in shares and optionsOrdinary Shares Over the Wire Holdings 20,000MICHAEL OMEROSMAICD, BE(ELECTRONICS)(HONS), BINFOTECH Managing Director Chief Executive Officer   Michael is a co-founder and the Managing Director of the company.He has over twenty years of experience in the telecommunications and IT services sectors, and graduated from QUT in 1994 with a Bachelor of Engineering – Electronics (First Class Honours) and Bachelor of IT (with Distinction).Prior to Over the Wire, Michael held a Senior Management role at GBST, worked for Zurich Insurance in the UK and founded Celentia which has now been absorbed by Over the Wire. Other Current Directorships None Former Directorships in last 3 yearsNone Special Responsibilities  • Member of audit and risk committee Direct and indirect interest in shares and optionsOrdinary Shares Over the Wire Holdings 15,107,115BRENT PADDON 
MAICD, BINFOTECH, GRADDIPBUSADMIN

SUSAN FORRESTER
BA, LLB (HONS), EMBA, FAICD

MIKE STABB
FCA, MAICD, BBUS(ACCY,BUSLAW), RTA

Executive Director 

Non-Executive Director 

Brent is a co-founder and Director of the 
Company. 

Susan was appointed as Non-Executive 
Director in December 2015. 

He has over twenty years of experience 
in telecommunications and IT services 
sectors and graduated from QUT in 1996 
with a bachelor of IT. He also completed 
a Graduate Diploma in Business 
Administration from QUT in 2008. 

Brent held a senior management 
role at Web Central, worked for Pipe 
Networks and founded Brisbane Internet 
Technology, which was sold to Asia 
Online.  

Other Current Directorships 
None 

Former Directorships in last 3 years
None

Special Responsibilities  
•  Member of nominations and 
remuneration committee

Direct and indirect interest in shares 
and options
Ordinary Shares 
Over the Wire Holdings 

15,107,115

She is an accomplished company 
director, with significant experience 
as non-executive director across a 
range of listed and unlisted company 
boards, spanning the professional 
services, healthcare and childcare 
sectors. In particular, she has chaired, 
or being a member of various audit, 
risk management and remuneration 
committees. 

With a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) 
and a Bachelor of Arts (Japanese) from 
the University of Queensland, Susan 
completed an executive Masters of 
Business Administration (EMBA) from 
the Melbourne Business School. She is 
also a fellow of the Australian Institute of 
Company Directors (FAICD).

Other Current Directorships 
Chair for National Veterinary Care, non-
executive director for G8 Education 
Limited (ASX: GEM), Xenith IP Ltd (ASX: 
XIP), South Bank Corporation and Uniting 
Care Qld. She also serves on the Audit 
Committee of Transport and Main Roads 
Qld. 

Former Directorships in last 3 years
Propell National Valuers Pty Ltd, Shine 
Corporate Ltd (ASX: SHJ), Children’s 
Health Foundation of Queensland, 
Trustee Gold Coast Parklands, Ergon 
Energy Corporation, Brisbane Festival 
Limited and Queensland Professional 
Credit Union Limited. 

Special Responsibilities  
•  Chair of audit and risk committee 
•  Member of nominations and 
remuneration committee 

Direct and indirect interest in shares 
and options
Ordinary Shares 
Over the Wire Holdings:  155,413

Chief Financial Officer & Company 
Secretary  

Mike was appointed CFO and Company 
Secretary in July 2012. 

He is a Fellow of the Institute of 
Chartered Accountants with over twenty 
years of experience, and graduated with 
Distinction from QUT in 1995 with a 
Bachelor of Business (Accy & BusLaw).

Mike worked for Deutsche Bank in 
London and on Wall Street, and held CFO 
and senior finance roles in the property, 
radio communications and banking 
industries in Australia. 

Other Current Directorships 
None  

Former Directorships in last 3 years
None  

Special Responsibilities
•  Chief Financial Officer / Company 

Secretary  

Direct and indirect interest in shares 
and options 
Ordinary Shares 
Over the Wire Holdings:  131,000  

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MEETINGS OF DIRECTORS 

The number of meetings of the company’s board of directors and of each board committee held during the year ended 30 June 
2016, and the numbers attended by each director were:

Full Meetings of directors

Meetings of committees

Audit

Nominations & Remuneration

Attended

Held

Attended

Held

Attended

Held

John Puttick 

Michael Omeros 

Brent Paddon

Susan Forrester 

8

9

8

9

9

9

9

9

1

1

**

1

1

1

**

1

1

**

1

1

1

**

1

1

* Not a non-executive director  
** Not a member of the relevant committee 
Attended: Number of Meetings attended 
Held: Number of Meetings Held during the time the director held office or was a member of the committee during the year.

INSURANCE OF OFFICERS AND INDEMNITIES 

During the financial year, Over the Wire Holdings Limited paid a premium of $26,127 to insure the directors and secretaries of the 
company and its Australian-based controlled entities, and the general managers of each of the divisions of the group.

The liabilities insured are legal costs that may be incurred in defending civil or criminal proceedings that may be brought against the 
officers in their capacity as officers of entities in the group, and any other payments arising from liabilities incurred by the officers 
in connection with such proceedings. This does not include such liabilities that arise from conduct involving a wilful breach of duty 
by the officers or the improper use by the officers of their position or of information to gain advantage for themselves or someone 
else or to cause detriment to the company. It is not possible to apportion the premium between amounts relating to the insurance 
against legal costs and those relating to other liabilities.

PROCEEDINGS ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY 

No person has applied to the court under section 237 of the Corporations Act 2001 for leave to bring proceedings on behalf of the 
company, or to intervene in any proceedings to which the company is a party, for the purpose of taking responsibility on behalf of 
the company for all or part of those proceedings.

No proceedings have been brought or intervened in on behalf of the company with leave of the Court under section 237 of the 
Corporations Act 2001.

NON-AUDIT SERVICES

The company may decide to employ the auditor on assignments additional to their statutory audit duties where the auditor’s 
expertise and experience with the company and/or the group are important.

Details of the amounts paid or payable to the auditor (PKF Hacketts Audit) for audit and non-audit services provided during the year 
are set out below.

The board of directors has considered the position and, in accordance with advice received from the audit committee, is satisfied 
that the provision of the non-audit services is compatible with the general standard of independence for auditors imposed by the 
Corporations Act 2001. The directors are satisfied that the provision of non-audit services by the auditor, as set out below, did not 
compromise the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 for the following reasons:

•  All non-audit services have been reviewed by the audit committee to ensure they do not impact the impartiality and objectivity 

of the auditor.

•  None of the services undermine the general principles relating to auditor independence as set out in APES 110 Code of Ethics 

for Professional Accountants.

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During the year the following fees were paid or payable for non-audit services provided by the auditor of the parent entity, its 
related practices and non-related audit firms:

Other Assurance Services

IPO Related Services

Total Remuneration for Other Assurance Services 

Taxation Services

Tax Compliance Services

Total Remuneration for Taxation Services

Total Remuneration for Non-Audit Services

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

51

51

22

22

73

-

-

10

10

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AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION

A copy of the auditor’s independence declaration as required under section 307C of the Corporations Act 2001 is set out on  
page 24.

ROUNDING OF AMOUNTS

The consolidated entity is of a kind referred to in Class Order 98/100, issued by the Australian Securities and Investments 
Commission, relating to the ‘rounding off’ of amounts in the directors’ report and financial report. Amounts in the directors’ report 
and financial report have been rounded off to the nearest thousand dollars in accordance with that Class Order.

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REMUNERATION REPORT 

The directors present the Over the Wire Holdings Limited 
2016 remuneration report, outlining key aspects of our 
remuneration policy and framework as well as remuneration 
awarded this year. It has also been audited as required by 
section 308(3C) of the Corporations Act (2001).

The Report is structured as follows: 

(a) Key management personnel (KMP) covered in this report 
(b) Remuneration policy and link to performance  
(c) Elements of remuneration 
(d) Remuneration expenses for executive KMP  
(e) Non-executive director arrangements 
(f) Other statutory information  
(g) Options

(A) KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL (KMP) 
COVERED IN THIS REPORT

John Puttick
Non-Executive Chairman (appointed 1 December 2015)

Michael Omeros
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (appointed 1 
July 2011)

Brent Paddon
Executive Director (appointed 1 July 2011)

Susan Forrester
Non-Executive Director (appointed 1 December 2015)

Other key management personnel:

Mike Stabb
Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary 

Ben Cornish
Chief Operating Officer 

There have been no changes in KMP since the end of the 
reporting period.

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(B) REMUNERATION POLICY AND LINK TO 
PERFORMANCE 
Our remuneration committee is made up of two independent 
non-executive directors and one executive director. The 
committee will review and determine our remuneration 
policy and structure annually to ensure it remains aligned to 
business needs, and meets our remuneration principles.

Maintaining Sustainable Performance – Future Approach 
In April 2016, the remuneration committee engaged Crichton 
+ Associates Pty Ltd to review its existing remuneration 
policies and to provide recommendations on a suitable 
remuneration plan. The Crichton Associates report was 
received on 25th August 2016. The Board is considering the 
implementation of the recommendations with a view to 
having a positive impact on FY 2017 performance.

(C) ELEMENTS OF REMUNERATION

Fixed Annual Remuneration (FR)
Executives may receive their fixed remuneration as cash, 
superannuation and fringe benefits such as mobile phones, 
car allowances and in house fringe benefits. 

During FY 2016 there were fixed remuneration increases 
given to executive KMP as follows: 

Mike Stabb: 
Fixed Remuneration increased from $175,000 to $200,000

Ben Cornish:
Fixed Remuneration increased from $180,000 to $200,000

Short-term Incentives – Operational Bonuses
Elements of KMP remuneration were dependent on the 
satisfaction of operational performance conditions as follows:

A cash bonus of $20,000 For Mike Stabb linked to the 
achievement of operational KPIs.

A cash bonus of $20,000 for Ben Cornish linked to the 
achievement of operational KPIs.

Long-term Incentives
Not applicable to Over the Wire Holdings Limited for the 
period ended 30 June 2016.

(D) REMUNERATION EXPENSES FOR EXECUTIVE 
KMP
The following table shows details of the remuneration 
expense recognised for the group’s executive key 
management personnel for the current and previous financial 
year measured in accordance with the requirements of the 
accounting standards. Remuneration paid to directors and 
executives is valued at the cost to the group.

Executive Remuneration

Name

Year

Fixed remuneration

Variable 
remuneration

Total

Perfor-
mance 
Based

Cash 
Salary*

Non- 
monetary 
Benefits*

Annual 
Leave*

Long 
service 
Leave 
**

Post-
employ-
ment 
Benefits 
***

Cash 
Bonus*

Share 
Based 
Payments
***

$,000

$,000

$,000

$,000

$,000

$,000

$,000

$,000

%

Executive Directors

Michael Omeros 

2016

Brent Paddon 

2015

2016

2015

Other Management Personnel

Mike Stabb 

Ben Cornish

Total Executive 
Directors & 
Other KMPs

Total NED 
Remuneration 
(see section (e) 
below)

Total KMP 
remuneration 
Expensed

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

221

221

254

250

189

172

196

202

860

845

83

-

943

845

44

33

-

-

-

-

-

-

44

33

-

-

44

33

17

17

19

19

13

13

14

14

63

63

 -

- 

63

63

4

4

4

4

3

3

3

3

14

14

- 

- 

14

14

24

19

19

19

20

11

20

19

83

68

-

-

83

68

-

-

-

-

20

-

20

20

40

20

-

-

40

20

-

-

-

-

6

-

1

-

7

-

-

-

7

-

310

294

296

292

251

199

254

258

1,111

1,043

83

-

1,194

1,043

 -

 -

 -

 -

7.9

 -

7.8

 7.7

3.6

 -

 -

 -

3.3

 -

* Short-term benefits as per Corporations Regulation 2M.3.03(1) Item 6  
** Other long-term benefits as per Corporations Regulation 2M.3.03(1) Item 8  
*** Post-employment benefits are provided through contributions to a superannuation fund. The amounts disclosed as remuneration represent the amount contributed 
by the employer at the statutory rate 9.5%, measured in accordance with AASB 119 Employee Benefits. 23,2 
**** Shares issued under an employee share scheme established by the group on 30 November 2016.

(E) NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ARRANGEMENTS

Board fees are $65K and $40K for John Puttick and Susan Forrester respectively. They each then get $10K for chairing their 
respective committees. There are no performance-based payments or retirement allowances.

The table below represent the pro-rata amounts for the period that the services were provided from 01 November 2015 to 30 June 
2016.

Base fees

Chair

Other Non-executive Directors

Total 

Consolidated

2016 
$,000

2015 
$,000

50

33

83

-

-

-

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All non-executive directors enter into a service agreement with the company in the form of a letter of appointment. The letter 
summarises the board policies and terms, including remuneration, relevant to the office of director.

(F) OTHER STATUTORY INFORMATION

(i) Shareholdings
The numbers of shares in the company held (directly, indirectly or beneficially) during the financial year by KMP, including their 
related parties, are set below 

Balance at 
01/07/15*

Received as 
compensation

Employee 
Share Scheme

Bought on 
Market

Balance at 
30/06/16

Directors

Michael Omeros 

Brent Paddon 

John Puttick 

Susan Forrester 

Total Directors

Other Management Personnel (OMP)

Mike Stabb 

Ben Cornish 

Total OMP 

Group Total 

15,107,115 

15,107,115 

 - 

 - 

 30,214,230 

- 

- 

- 

 30,214,230 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

 - 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

- 

 20,000 

 155,413 

 15,107,115 

 15,107,115 

20,000 

155,413 

 175,413 

 30,389,643 

 6,000 

 1,000 

 7,000 

 7,000 

 125,000 

 20,000 

 145,000 

131,000 

21,000 

152,000 

 320,413 

 30,541,643 

* While the number of shares was 100,000 at 1 July 2015 they were later adjusted for the effect of the share split performed just prior to admission to the ASX on 3 
December 2015.

(ii) Reliance on external remuneration consultants
In April 2016, the remuneration committee engaged Crichton + Associates Pty Ltd (CA) to review its existing remuneration policies 
and to provide recommendations on executive short-term and long-term incentive plan design. An amount of $10,500 was accrued 
for at 30 June 2016 for these services.

(G) OPTIONS
At the date of this report, there were no unissued shares of Over the Wire Holdings Limited under option. (FY 2015: Nil)

End of Remuneration Report 

This report, incorporating the Remuneration Report is signed in accordance with a resolution of Directors.

Michael Omeros  
Managing Director  

Brisbane  
15 September 2016 

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John Puttick 
Chairman 

Brisbane 
15 September 2016

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2.0
AUDITOR’S 
INDEPENDENCE 
DECLARATION 

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AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION
UNDER SECTION 307C OF THE CORPORATIONS ACT 2001 
TO THE DIRECTORS OF 
OVER THE WIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED

I declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, during the year ended 30 June 2016, there have 
been no contraventions of: 

(a)

the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 in relation to the audit; and

(b)

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

PKF HACKETTS AUDIT 

Liam Murphy 
Partner 

Brisbane, 15 September 2016 

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3.0
CORPORATE 
GOVERNANCE 
STATEMENT 

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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT

Compliance with ASX Corporate Governance Principles and Recommendations 
Over the Wire Holdings Limited and the board are committed to achieving and demonstrating the highest standards of corporate 
governance. Over the Wire Holdings Limited has reviewed its corporate governance practices against the Corporate Governance 
Principles and Recommendations (3rd edition) published by the ASX Corporate Governance Council.

The 2016 corporate governance statement is dated as at 30 June 2016 and reflects the corporate governance practices in place 
throughout the 2016 financial year. The 2016 corporate governance statement was approved by the board on 15 September 2016. 

A description of the group’s current corporate governance practices is set out in the group’s corporate governance statement 
which can be viewed at www.overthewire.com.au/investors/corporate-governance.

Over the Wire’s corporate governance charter has been drafted in    light of these Guidelines and the table below summarises the 
Company’s compliance, in accordance with ASX Listing Rule 4.10.3.

Principles and Recommendations

Compliance

Principle 1 – Lay solid foundations for management and oversight

1.1 Establish the functions expressly 
reserved to the Board and those delegated 
to management, and disclose those 
functions.

1.2 Undertake appropriate checks before 
appointing a person as a director, and 
provide shareholders with all material 
information relevant to a decision on 
whether or not to elect or re-elect a 
director.

1.3 Have a written agreement with each 
director and senior executive setting out 
the terms of their appointment.

The Board is responsible for the overall corporate 
governance of the Company. 
The Board has adopted a Board charter that formalises 
its roles and responsibilities and defines the matters that 
are reserved for the Board and specific matters that are 
delegated to management.

The Company will conduct police checks, solvency and 
banned director searches in relation to all appointed and 
future nominated directors. 
The Company will publish Director profiles on the 
Company’s website outlining biographical details, other 
directorships held, commencement date of office and 
level of independence.

The Company has written agreements with each director 
and senior executive. On appointment of directors and 
senior executives the Company will issue necessary 
written agreements outlining the terms of their 
appointment.

1.4 The company secretary should be 
accountable directly to the Board on all 
matters to do with the proper functioning 
of the Board.

This is consistent with the Charter and corporate 
structure of the Company. The company secretary has 
a direct relationship with the Board in relation to these 
matters.

Comply

Complies

Complies

Complies

Complies

Partially Complies.

1.5 Establish a diversity policy and disclose 
the policy or a summary of that policy. 
The policy should include requirements 
for the Board to establish measurable 
objectives for achieving gender diversity 
and for the Board to assess annually both 
the objectives and progress in achieving 
them, for reporting against in each 
reporting period.

The Board has adopted a diversity policy that outlines 
objectives to ensure that the Company has as diverse a 
workforce as practicable. 
The Board determined that given the Company’s size 
and structure, it is not appropriate or 
possible to mandate a fixed number of women at any 
given level within the organisation, so no measurable 
objectives are included. 
As a measurement of gender diversity, the proportion of 
women working within Over the 
Wire as at 30 June 2016 is as follows:
•   Women on the Board – 25%
•   Women in Senior Executive positions – 0%
•   Women in the organisation – 20%

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1.6 Have a process for periodically 
evaluating the performance of the Board, 
its committees and individual directors, 
and disclose that process and, at the end 
of each reporting period, whether such 
performance evaluation was undertaken in 
that period.

The Company conducts the process for evaluating the 
performance of the Board, its committee and individual 
directors as outlined in the Board Charter.

Complies

1.7 Have a process for periodically 
evaluating the performance of the 
company’s senior executives, and 
disclose that process and, at the end 
of each reporting period, whether such 
performance evaluation was 
undertaken in that period.

A summary of the processes for performance evaluation 
of key executives, directors and the 
Board is available on the Company’s website. The Chief 
Executive Officer (CEO) reviews the 
performance of the senior executives. The Board reviews 
the CEO’s performance. These reviews will occur 
annually.

Complies

Principles and Recommendations

Compliance

Principle 2 – Structure the Board to add value

2.1 The Company should have a nomination 
committee, which has at least three 
members, a majority of independent 
directors and is chaired by an independent 
director. 
The functions and operations of the 
nomination committee should be disclosed.

2.2 Have and disclose a board skills matrix, 
setting out what the board is looking to 
achieve in its membership.

2.3 Disclose the names of the directors 
that the Board considers to be independent 
directors, and an explanation of why the 
Board is of that opinion if a factor that 
impacts on independence applies to a 
director, and disclose the length of service 
of each director.

Comply

Complies

A combined Nominations and Remuneration Committee 
has been established with its own 
charter and consists of:
•  John Puttick (committee chair);
•  Susan Forrester; and
•  Brent Paddon.

The Company has established charter rules for the 
Nominations and Remuneration Committee as a guide 
for Board deliberations. Together, the Directors have a 
broad range of experience, expertise, skills, qualifications 
and contacts relevant to the Company and its business.

Does not presently 
comply, however 
the Board intends 
to formalise a skills 
matrix.

The Board considers John Puttick (appointed in 
December 2015) to be an independent director. 
The Board also considers Susan Forrester (appointed in 
December 2015) to be an independent director.

Complies

The Board notes the following directors are deemed not 
independent for the purposes of the Guidelines:
•  Michael Omeros (appointed in July 2011) – Michael 

is a founding shareholder of Over the Wire and is an 
executive director of the Company.

•  Brent Paddon (appointed in July 2011) – Brent is also 
a founding shareholder of Over the Wire and is an 
executive director of the Company.

2.4 A majority of the Board should be 
independent directors.

The Board currently comprises four Directors, of which 
two are independent non-executive Directors.

2.5 The chair of the Board should be an 
independent director and should not be the 
CEO.

The chairman, John Puttick, is a non-executive and 
independent director.

Partially Complies. 
The Board is equally 
weighted between 
independent and 
executive Directors. 
The size of the 
Company does not 
justify the cost of 
appointing additional 
independent 
Directors at this 
stage.

Complies

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2.6 There should be a program for inducting 
new directors and providing appropriate 
professional development opportunities for 
directors to develop and maintain the skills 
and knowledge needed to perform their 
role as a director effectively.

This is consistent with the Board Charter.

Complies

Principles and Recommendations

Compliance

Principle 3 – Act ethically and responsibly

3.1 Have a code of conduct for the Board, 
senior executives and employees, and 
disclose that code or a summary of that 
code.

The Company has adopted a code of conduct, which 
sets out a framework to enable Directors to achieve 
the highest possible standards in the discharge of their 
duties and to give a clear understanding of best practise 
in Corporate Governance.

Principles and Recommendations

Compliance

Principle 4 – Safeguard integrity in corporate reporting

4.1 The Company should have an audit 
committee, which consists of only 
non-executive directors, a majority of 
independent directors, is chaired by an 
independent chairman who is not chairman 
of the Board, and has at least three 
members. The functions and operations of 
the audit committee should be disclosed.

The Board has established an Audit and Risk Committee 
which operates under an audit and risk committee 
charter. 
The Audit and Risk Committee members are:
•  John Puttick;
•  Susan Forrester; and
•  Michael Omeros.

Comply

Complies

Comply

Partially 
Complies.

The committee includes two independent directors and 
is chaired by an independent director.

This is consistent with the approach to be adopted by 
the Audit and Risk Committee and the Board.

Complies

4.2 The Board should, before approving 
financial statements for a financial period, 
receive a declaration from the CEO and 
CFO that, in their opinion, the financial 
records have been properly maintained and 
that the financial statements comply with 
the appropriate accounting standards and 
give a true and fair view of the financial 
position and performance of the Company, 
formed on the basis of a sound system 
of risk management and internal controls, 
operating effectively.

4.3 The Company’s auditor should attend 
the AGM and be available to answer 
questions from security holders relevant to 
the audit.

Over the Wire’s auditors will be requested to attend the 
AGM and shareholders will be entitled to ask questions 
in accordance with the Corporations Act and these 
guidelines.

Complies

Principles and Recommendations

Compliance

Principle 5 – Make timely and balanced disclosures

5.1 Have a written policy for complying 
with continuous disclosure obligations 
under the Listing Rules, and disclose that 
policy or a summary of it.

The Company has a written continuous disclosure policy 
which is designed to ensure that all material matters are 
appropriately disclosed in a balanced and timely manner 
and in accordance with the requirements of the ASX 
Listing Rules.

Comply

Complies

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Principles and Recommendations

Compliance

Comply

Principle 6 – Respect the rights of security holders

6.1 Provide information about the Company 
and its governance to investors via its 
website.

6.2 Design and implement an investor 
relations program to facilitate effective two-
way communication with investors.

6.2 Disclose the policies and processes 
in place to facilitate and encourage 
participation at meetings of security 
holders.

The Board Charter and other applicable policies 
are available on the Company’s website.

Complies

The Company has adopted a shareholder 
communications policy. The Company will 
use its website, half year and annual reports, 
market announcements and media disclosures 
to communicate with its shareholders, as well 
as encourage participation at general meetings.

The Company intends to facilitate effective 
participation in the AGM, as well as the ability 
to submit written questions ahead of the AGM. 
The Company intends to adopt appropriate 
technologies to facilitate the effective 
communication and conduct of general 
meetings.

Complies

The Company has not 
disclosed a formal policy or 
process, but it has engaged 
a recognised and reputable 
share registry service provider 
to further these objectives.

6.3 Give security holders the option to 
receive communications from, and send 
communications to, the Company and its 
share registry electronically.

The company has instructed its share registry 
to facilitate this option for shareholders.

Complies

Principles and Recommendations

Compliance

Comply

Principle 7 – Recognise and manage risk

7.1 The Board should have a risk committee 
which is structured so that it consists of 
a majority of independent directors, is 
chaired by an independent director, and has 
at least three members. 
The functions and operations of the risk 
committee should be disclosed.

7.2 The Board or a committee of the Board 
should review the entity’s risk management 
framework with management at least 
annually to satisfy itself that it continues to 
be sound, and disclose, in relation to each 
reporting period, whether such a review 
has taken place.

7.3 Disclose if the Company has an 
internal audit function, how the function 
is structured and what role it performs, 
or if it does not have an internal audit 
function, that fact and the processes the 
Company employs for evaluating and 
continually improving the effectiveness of 
its risk management and internal control 
processes.

7.4 Disclose whether the Company has 
any material exposure to economic, 
environmental and social sustainability risks 
and, if so, how it manages those 
risks.

The Company has a combined Audit and Risk 
Committee. See 4.1 above.

Partially Complies.

The charter establishes the role of the 
committee. The committee will establish the risk 
management framework.

Does not comply to the 
extent that the committee is 
newly formed and has not yet 
conducted an annual review.

Due to the Company’s limited number of 
employees and relative nature and scale of its 
operations, the costs of an independent internal 
audit function would be disproportionate. The 
Company has an external auditor and the Audit 
and Risk Committee will monitor and evaluate 
material or systemic issues.

Does not comply due to 
the nature and scale of 
operations, however the 
Board believes it and the 
Audit and Risk Committee 
have adequate oversight of 
the existing operations.

The Board does not believe that the Company 
has any such material risks.

Complies

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Principles and Recommendations

Compliance

Comply

Principle 8 – Remunerate fairly and responsibly

8.1 The Board should have a remuneration 
committee which is structured so that it consists of 
a majority of independent directors, is chaired by an 
independent 
director, and has at least three members. The 
functions and operations of the remuneration 
committee should be 
disclosed.

8.2 The policies and practices regarding the 
remuneration of non-executive directors, and the 
remuneration of executive directors and other senior 
executives, should be separately disclosed.

The Company has a combined Nominations and 
Remuneration Committee. See 2.1 above.

Partially Complies.

The Nominations and Remuneration Committee 
charter is available on the Company’s website.

Complies.

8.3 If the Company has an equity-based 
remuneration scheme, it should have a policy on 
whether participants are permitted to enter into 
transactions (whether through the use of derivatives 
or otherwise) which limit the economic risk of 
participating in the scheme, and disclose that policy 
or a summary of it.

The Company operates an exempt share plan 
and has approved a performance rights plan for 
the potential issue of rights in the future. 
In accordance with the Company’s Securities 
Trading Policy participants are not permitted to 
enter into transactions which limit economic 
risk without written clearance.

Complies.

RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BOARD
The Board is responsible for the Company’s proper corporate governance. To carry out this obligation, the Board must act:

•  Honestly, conscientiously and fairly;
•  In accordance with the law;
•  In the interests of the Shareholders (with a view to building sustainable value for them); and
•  In the interests of employees and other stakeholders.

The Board’s broad function is to:

•  Represent, serve and protect the interests of shareholders;
•  Develop, implement, oversee, and review the strategies and performance of the Company;
•  Optimise Company performance and build sustainable shareholder value within an effective corporate governance framework of 

internal controls and risk management;

•  Ensure shareholders and stakeholders are regularly and effectively informed of developments affecting the Company, as well as 

the ongoing performance of the Company; and

•  Ensure that no decision or action is taken that has the effect of prioritising their personal interests over the Company’s interests. 

Power and authority in certain areas is specifically reserved to the Board – consistent with its function described above. These 
areas include:

•  Providing leadership and setting the strategic objectives of the Company;
•  Composition of the Board itself including the appointment and removal of the Chairman or deputy chairman (if applicable);
•  Oversight of the Company including its control and accountability system;
•  Appointment and removal of senior management (including the CEO or equivalent) and the Company Secretary;
•  Reviewing, ratifying and monitoring the risk management framework and setting the risk appetite within which the Board 

expects management to operate;

•  Approving and formulating company strategy and policy;
•  Approving and monitoring operating budgets and major capital expenditure;
•  Overseeing the integrity of the Company’s accounting and corporate reporting systems, including the external audit;
•  Overseeing corporate strategy and performance objectives developed by management;
•  Overseeing the Company’s compliance with its continuous disclosure obligations;
•  Approving the Company’s remuneration framework;
•  Monitoring the overall corporate governance of the Company (including its strategic direction and goals for management, and 

the achievement of these goals); and

•  Oversight of the Board’s various committees.

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COMPOSITION OF BOARD
The Board is comprised of four directors. Half of the Board 
are non-executive directors independent from management. 
The Chairman of the Board is an independent non-executive 
director.

BOARD CHARTER AND POLICY
The Board has adopted a charter which formally recognises 
its responsibilities, functions, power and authority and 
composition. This charter sets out other things which are 
important for effective corporate governance including:

•  A detailed definition of ‘independence’;
•  A framework for the identification of candidates for 

appointment to the Board and their selection (including 
undertaking appropriate background checks);

•  A framework for individual performance review and 

evaluation;

•  Proper training to be made available to Directors both at 
the time of their appointment and on an on-going basis;

•  Basic procedures for meetings of the Board and its 
committees including frequency, agenda, minutes 
and private discussion of management issues among 
nonexecutive Directors;

•  Ethical standards and values (in a detailed code of ethics 

and values);

•  Dealings in securities (in a detailed code for securities 
transactions designed to ensure fair and transparent 
trading by Directors and senior management and their 
associates); and

•  Communications with Shareholders and the market. 

The purpose of the charter is to ‘institutionalise’ good 
corporate governance and to build a culture of best practice 
both in Over the Wire’s internal practices and its dealings with 
others.

This information is available on the Company’s website at 
www.overthewire.com.au/investors/corporate-governance.

AUDIT AND RISK COMMITTEE
The purpose of this committee is to advise on the 
establishment and maintenance of a framework of internal 
control and appropriate ethical standards for the management 
of the Company. Its current members are:

•  Susan Forrester (committee chair);
•  John Puttick; and
•  Michael Omeros.

The committee performs functions relevant to risk 
management and internal and external reporting and reports 
to the Board following each meeting. The committee’s 
responsibilities include:

•  Setting Board and committee structures to facilitate a 

proper review function by the Board;

•  Internal control framework including management 

information systems;

•  Corporate risk assessment (including economic, 
environmental and social sustainability risks) and 
compliance with internal controls;

•  Management processes supporting external reporting 

practices;

•  Review of financial statements and other financial 

information distributed externally;

•  Review of the effectiveness of the audit function;
•  Review of management corporate reporting 

processes supporting external reporting, including the 
appropriateness of the accounting judgements;

•  Review of the performance and independence of the 

external auditors;

•  Review of the external audit function to ensure prompt 
remedial action by management, where appropriate, in 
relation to any deficiency in or breakdown of controls; and
•  Reviewing any proposal for the external auditor to provide 
non-audit services and whether it might compromise the 
independence of the external auditor. 

Meetings will be held at least four times each financial year, 
however, the committee was only formed part way through 
the 2016 financial year. A broad agenda is laid down for each 
regular meeting according to an annual cycle. The committee 
invites the external auditors to attend each of its meetings.

The Audit and Risk Committee information is available on the 
Company’s website at www.overthewire.com.au/investors/
corporate-governance.

NOMINATIONS AND REMUNERATION COMMITTEE
The purpose of this committee is to assist the Board and 
report to it on remuneration and related policies and practices 
(including remuneration of senior management and non-
executive Directors). Its current members are:

•  John Puttick (committee chair);
•  Susan Forrester; and
•  Brent Paddon.

The committee’s functions include:

•  Recommendations to the Board about the Company’s 

remuneration policies and procedures;

•  Oversight of the performance of senior management and 

non-executive Directors;

•  Recommendations to the Board about remuneration of 
senior management and non-executive Directors; and

•  Reviewing the Company’s reporting and disclosure 

practices in relation to the remuneration of Directors and 
senior executives. 

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Meetings will be held at least four times each financial year 
and more often as required, however, the committee was 
only formed part way through the 2016 financial year.

The Nominations and Remuneration Committee information 
is available on the Company’s website at www.overthewire.
com.au/investors/corporate-governance.

POLICIES

Securities Trading Policy
A securities trading policy (Trading Policy) has been adopted 
by the Board to provide guidance to Directors, identified 
employees including senior management, and other 
employees of Over the Wire, where they are contemplating 
dealing in the Company’s securities or the securities of 
entities with whom Over the Wire may have dealings. The 
Trading Policy is designed to ensure that any trading in the 
Company’s securities is in accordance with the law and 
minimises the possibility of misperceptions arising in relation 
to Directors’ and employees’ dealings in the Company’s 
securities or securities of other entities.

The Trading Policy is directed at dealing in the Company’s 
securities by the Directors and employees, dealings through 
entities or trusts controlled by a relevant person, or in which 
they have an interest, and encouraging family or friends 
to so deal. It also extends to addressing dealings in the 
securities of other entities that may be transacting with or be 
counterparties of Over the Wire. 

Any non-compliance with the Trading Policy will be regarded 
as an act of serious misconduct. The Trading Policy is available 
on the Company’s website at www.overthewire.com.au/
investors/corporate-governance.

Diversity Policy
Over the Wire is committed to complying with the diversity 
recommendations published by ASX and promoting diversity 
among employees, Directors and senior management, and 
has adopted a policy in relation to diversity (Diversity Policy).

Over the Wire defines diversity to include, but not be limited 
to, gender, age, disability, ethnicity, marital or family status, 
religious or cultural background, sexual orientation and gender 
identity. 

The Diversity Policy adopted by the Board outlines Over the 
Wire’s commitment to fostering a corporate culture that 
embraces diversity and provides a process for the Board 
to determine measurable objectives and procedures to 
implement and report against to achieve its diversity goals.

The Company’s Nominations and Remuneration Committee 
is responsible for implementing the Diversity Policy, setting 
the Company’s measurable objectives and benchmarks for 
achieving diversity and reporting to the Board on compliance 
with the Diversity Policy. 

As part of its role, the Company’s Nominations and 
Remuneration Committee is responsible for formulating and 
implementing a Company remuneration policy. Under the 
Diversity Policy, a facet of this role will include reporting to 
the Board annually on the proportion of men and women 
in Over the Wire’s workforce and their relative levels of 
remuneration.

The Board will assess and report annually to Shareholders on 
progress towards achieving its diversity goals. The Diversity 
Policy is available on the Company’s website at www.
overthewire.com.au/investors/corporate-governance.

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4.0
FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

For Year Ended 30 June 2016

Revenue from Continuing Operations

Other Income

Expenses

Data Centre & Co-Location Expense

Calls & Communications Expense

Other Cost of Goods Sold

Employee Benefits Expense

Depreciation & Amortisation Expense

Finance Costs

Other Expenses

Profit Before Income Tax Expense

Income Tax Expense

Profit After Income Tax Expense for the Year Attributable to members 

Other Comprehensive Income

Other Comprehensive Income for the Year, Net of Tax

Total Comprehensive Income for the Year Attributable to members 

Basic Earnings per Share

Diluted Earnings per Share

Note

3

4

5

5

5

5

5

5

5

6

7

7

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

23,611

282

(1,867)

(7,587)

(1,125)

(6,076)

(1,242)

(86)

(1,815)

4,095

(1,248)

2,847

-

-

2,847

Cents

7.375

7.375

2015 
$ ,000

16,141

12

(1,397)

(5,850)

(665)

(3,929)

(720)

(60)

(782)

2,750

(783)

1,967

-

-

1,967

Cents

6.202

6.202

The above Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

As At 30 June 2016

Note

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

Assets

Current Assets

Cash & Cash Equivalents

Trade & Other Receivables

Inventories

Other Assets

Total Current Assets

Non-Current Assets

Property, Plant & Equipment

Intangibles

Deferred Tax 

Total Non-Current Assets

Total Assets

Liabilities

Current Liabilities

Trade & Other Payables

Borrowings

Current Tax Liability

Employee Benefits

Deferred Consideration

Total Current Liabilities

Non-Current Liabilities

Borrowings

Employee Benefits

Deferred Consideration

Deferred Tax

Total Non-Current Liabilities

Total Liabilities

Net Assets

Equity

Issued Capital

Retained Profits

Total Equity

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19(d)

20

21

19(d)

14

22

23

7,042

1,836

39

232

9,149

3,478

10,205

-

13,683

22,832

2,440

144

1,437

412

176

4,609

194

81

511

1,281

2,067

6,676

16,156

11,280

4,876

16,156

2,160

959

51

103

3,273

2,056

234

164

2,454

5,727

1,194

237

646

251

-

2,328

1,344

25

-

-

1,369

3,697

2,030

1

2,029

2,030

The above Consolidated Statement of Financial Position should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

For Year Ended 30 June 2016

Issued 
Capital

$ ,000

Reserves

$ ,000

Note

Consolidated

Balance at 1 July 2014

Profit after Income Tax for the Year

Other Comprehensive Income 

Total Comprehensive Income for the Year

Transactions with Owners, in their Capacity 
as Owners:

Dividends Paid

24

Share Issued Net of Capital Raising Costs 

Other

Balance at 30 June 2015

Consolidated

Balance at 1 July 2015

Profit after Income Tax for the Year

Other Comprehensive Income 

Total Comprehensive Income for the Year

Transactions with Owners, in their Capacity 
as Owners:

Dividends Paid

Retained 
Profits

$ ,000

1,562

1,967

-

1,967

Total 
Equity

$ ,000

1,563

1,967

-

1,967

(1,500)

(1,500)

-

-

-

-

2,029

2,030

Retained 
Profits

$ ,000

2,029

2,847

-

2,847

-

-

-

Total 
Equity

$ ,000

2,030

2,847

-

2,847

-

11,279

-

4,876

16,156

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

 -

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Issued 
Capital

$ ,000

Reserves

$ ,000

Note

Shares Issued Net of Capital Raising Costs 

22

11,279

Other

Balance at 30 June 2016

-

11,280

The above Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

For Year Ended 30 June 2016

Note

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Receipts from Customers

Payments to Suppliers & Employees

Interest Received

Interest Paid & Other Finance Costs Paid

Income Taxes Paid

Net Cash From / (Used) in Operating Activities

29

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Payments for Business Combinations (net of cash acquired)

Payments for Property, Plant & Equipment

Proceeds from Sale of Investments

Proceeds from Sale of Property, Plant & Equipment

Net Cash From / (Used) Investing Activities

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Proceeds from Issue of Shares

Proceeds from Borrowings 

Repayment of Borrowings

Dividends Paid

Net Cash From / (Used) Financing Activities

Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash & Cash Equivalents

Cash & Cash Equivalents at the Beginning of the Year

Cash & Cash Equivalents at the End of the Year

8

25,912

(20,073)

5,866

30

(86)

(781)

5,002

(6,726)

(1,796)

-

92

(8,430)

9,552

258

(1,500)

-

8,310

4,882

2,160

7,042

17,653

(14,497)

3,156

12

(60)

(226)

2,882

-

(793)

51

-

(742)

-

921

-

(1,500)

(579)

1,561

599

2,160

Non-Cash Financing Activities

Shares Issued as Consideration for Business Acquisitions

1,727

-

The above Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes

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5.0
NOTES TO THE 
FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS 

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED 
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For Year Ended 30 June 2016

These consolidated financial statements and notes represent 
those of Over the Wire Holdings Limited (the “Company”) 
and controlled entities (the “consolidated group” or “group”).

The separate financial statements of the parent entity Over 
the Wire Holdings Limited have not been presented within 
the financial report as permitted by the Corporations Act 2001.

The financial statements were authorised for issue on 30 
September 2016 by the directors of the company

NOTE 1: SIGNIFICANT 
ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF PREPARATION
These general purpose financial statements have been 
prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards 
and Interpretations issued by the Australian Accounting 
Standards Board (‘AASB’) and the Corporations Act 2001, 
as appropriate for for-profit oriented entities. These financial 
statements also comply with International Financial Reporting 
Standards as issued by the International Accounting 
Standards Board (‘IASB’).

Except for cash flow information, the financial statements 
have been prepared on an accruals basis and are based on 
historical costs, modified, where applicable, by the revaluation 
of available for sale financial assets, financial assets and 
liabilities at fair value through profit & loss, investment 
properties, certain classes of property, plant & equipment, 
and derivative financial instruments.

A.  NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS ADOPTED IN 

THE CURRENT FINANCIAL PERIOD

The consolidated entity has considered the implications of 
new or amended Accounting Standards, but determined 
that their application to the financial statements is either not 
relevant or not material.

B.  NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS FOR 
APPLICATION IN FUTURE PERIODS

Accounting Standards issued by the AASB that are not 
yet mandatorily applicable to the Group, together with an 
assessment of the potential impact of such pronouncements 
on the Group when adopted in future periods, are discussed 
below:

AASB 9: Financial Instruments and associated Amending 
Standards (applicable to annual reporting periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2018).

The Standard will be applicable retrospectively and 
includes revised requirements for the classification and 
measurement of financial instruments, revised recognition 
and derecognition requirements for financial instruments and 
simplified requirements for hedge accounting.

The directors do not anticipate that the adoption of AASB 
9 will have a material impact on the Group’s financial 
instruments.

AASB 15: Revenue from Contracts with Customers 
(applicable to annual reporting periods beginning on or after 
1 January 2018, as deferred by AASB 2015-8: Amendments 
to Australian Accounting Standards – Effective Date of AASB 
15).

When effective, this Standard will replace the current 
accounting requirements applicable to revenue with a 
single, principles-based model. Except for a limited number 
of exceptions, including leases, the new revenue model in 
AASB 15 will apply to all contracts with customers as well 
as non-monetary exchanges between entities in the same 
line of business to facilitate sales to customers and potential 
customers.

The core principle of the Standard is that an entity will 
recognise revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods 
or services to customers in an amount that reflects the 
consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in 
exchange for the goods or services. To achieve this objective, 
AASB 15 provides the following five-step process:

•  Identify the contract(s) with a customer;
•  Identify the performance obligations in the contract(s);
•  Determine the transaction price;
•  Allocate the transaction price to the performance 

obligations in the contract(s); and

•  Recognise revenue when (or as) the performance 

obligations are satisfied.

The transitional provisions of this Standard permit an entity to 
either:

Restate the contracts that existed in each prior period 
presented per AASB 108: Accounting Policies, Changes in 
Accounting Estimates and Errors (subject to certain practical 
expedients in AASB 15); or recognise the cumulative effect 
of retrospective application to incomplete contracts on the 
date of initial application. There are also enhanced disclosure 
requirements regarding revenue.

Although the directors anticipate that the adoption of AASB 
15 may have an impact on the Group’s financial statements, it 
is impracticable at this stage to provide a reasonable estimate 
of such impact.

AASB 16: Leases (applicable to annual reporting periods 
beginning on or after 1 January 2019).

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When effective, this Standard will replace the current 
accounting requirements applicable to leases in AASB 117: 
Leases and related Interpretations. AASB 16 introduces 
a single lessee accounting model that eliminates the 
requirement for leases to be classified as operating or finance 
leases.

The main changes introduced by the new Standard include:

•  Recognition of a right-to-use asset and liability for all leases 
(excluding short-term leases with less than 12 months of 
tenure and leases relating to low-value assets);

•  Depreciation of right-to-use assets in line with AASB 
116: Property, Plant and Equipment in profit or loss 
and unwinding of the liability in principal and interest 
components;

•  Variable lease payments that depend on an index or a rate 
are included in the initial measurement of the lease liability 
using the index or rate at the commencement date;

•  By applying a practical expedient, a lessee is permitted to 
elect not to separate non-lease components and instead 
account for all components as a lease; and

•  Additional disclosure requirements.

The transitional provisions of AASB 16 allow a lessee to 
either retrospectively apply the Standard to comparatives 
in line with AASB 108 or recognise the cumulative effect of 
retrospective application as an adjustment to opening equity 
on the date of initial application.

Although the directors anticipate that the adoption of 
AASB 16 will impact the Group’s financial statements, it is 
impracticable at this stage to provide a reasonable estimate 
of such impact.

C.  PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION
The consolidated financial statements incorporate the 
assets and liabilities of all subsidiaries of the consolidated 
entity (‘Company’ or ‘Parent Entity’) as at 30 June 2016 and 
the results of all subsidiaries for the year then ended. The 
consolidated entity and its subsidiaries together are referred 
to in these financial statements as ‘the consolidated entity’.

Subsidiaries are all those entities over which the consolidated 
entity has the power to govern the financial and operating 
policies, generally accompanying a shareholding of more 
than one half of the voting rights. The effects of potential 
exercisable voting rights are considered when assessing 
whether control exists. Subsidiaries are fully consolidated 
from the date on which control is transferred to the 
consolidated entity. They are de-consolidated from the date 
that control ceases.

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

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

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

D.  BUSINESS COMBINATIONS
The acquisition method of accounting is used to account 
for business combinations regardless of whether equity 
instruments or other assets are acquired. 

The consideration transferred is the sum of the acquisition-
date fair values of the assets transferred, equity instruments 
issued or liabilities incurred by the acquirer to former owners 
of the acquiree and the amount of any non-controlling interest 
in the acquiree. For each business combination, the non-
controlling interest in the acquiree is measured at either 
fair value or at the proportionate share of the acquiree’s 
identifiable net assets. All acquisition costs are expensed as 
incurred to profit or loss. 

On the acquisition of a business, the consolidated entity 
assesses the financial assets acquired and liabilities assumed 
for appropriate classification and designation in accordance 
with the contractual terms, economic conditions, the 
consolidated entity’s operating or accounting policies and 
other pertinent conditions in existence at the acquisition-date. 

Where the business combination is achieved in stages, the 
consolidated entity remeasures its previously held equity 
interest in the acquiree at the acquisition-date fair value 
and the difference between the fair value and the previous 
carrying amount is recognised in profit or loss. 

Contingent consideration to be transferred by the acquirer 
is recognised at the acquisition-date fair value. Subsequent 
changes in the fair value of contingent consideration 
classified as an asset or liability is recognised in profit or 
loss. Contingent consideration classified as equity is not 
remeasured and its subsequent settlement is accounted for 
within equity. 

The difference between the acquisition-date fair value of 
assets acquired, liabilities assumed and any non-controlling 
interest in the acquiree and the fair value of the consideration 
transferred and the fair value of any pre-existing investment in 
the acquiree is recognised as goodwill. 

 
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

If the consideration transferred and the pre-existing fair 
value is less than the fair value of the identifiable net 
assets acquired, being a bargain purchase to the acquirer, 
the difference is recognised as a gain directly in profit or 
loss by the acquirer on the acquisition-date, but only after 
a reassessment of the identification and measurement 
of the net assets acquired, the non-controlling interest in 
the acquiree, if any, the consideration transferred and the 
acquirer’s previously held equity interest in the acquirer. 

Business combinations are initially accounted for on a 
provisional basis. The acquirer retrospectively adjusts 
the provisional amounts recognised and also recognises 
additional assets or liabilities during the measurement 
period, based on new information obtained about the facts 
and circumstances that existed at the acquisition-date. 
The measurement period ends on either the earlier of (i) 
12 months from the date of the acquisition or (ii) when the 
acquirer receives all the information possible to determine fair 
value. 

E.  FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION
The financial statements are presented in Australian dollars, 
which is the consolidated entity’s functional and presentation 
currency.

Foreign Currency Transactions
Foreign currency transactions are translated into Australian 
dollars using the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the 
transactions. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting 
from the settlement of such transactions and from the 
translation at financial year-end exchange rates of monetary 
assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are 
recognised in profit or loss.

F.  REVENUE RECOGNITION
Revenue is recognised when it is probable that the economic 
benefit will flow to the consolidated entity and the revenue 
can be reliably measured. Revenue is measured at the fair 
value of the consideration received or receivable.

Sale of Goods
Sale of goods revenue is recognised at the point of sale, 
which is where the customer has taken delivery of the goods, 
the risks and rewards are transferred to the customer, and 
where there is a valid sales contract. Amounts disclosed as 
revenue are net of sales returns and discounts. 

Rendering of Services
Rendering of services revenue is recognised by reference 
to when the service has been provided. In the case of voice 
revenue, this is the timing of the phone calls made, whilst 
for the Data Networks, Data Centre Co-Location and Cloud 
Services divisions, it is generally the monthly provision of, or 
access to, the service.

Interest
Interest revenue is recognised as interest accrues using the 
effective interest method. This is the method of calculating 
the amortised cost of a financial asset and allocating the 
interest income over the relevant period using the effective 
interest rate, which is the rate that exactly discounts 
estimated future cash receipts through the expected life of 
the financial asset to the net carrying amount of the financial 
asset.

Other Revenue
Other revenue is recognised when it is received or when the 
right to receive payment is established.

INCOME TAX

G. 
The income tax expense or benefit for the period is the 
tax payable on that period’s taxable income based on the 
applicable income tax rate for each jurisdiction, adjusted by 
changes in deferred tax assets and liabilities attributable to 
temporary differences, unused tax losses and the adjustment 
recognised for prior periods, where applicable.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognised for 
temporary differences at the tax rates expected to apply 
when the assets are recovered or liabilities are settled, based 
on those tax rates that are enacted or substantively enacted, 
except for:

•  When the deferred income tax asset or liability arises from 
the initial recognition of goodwill or an asset or liability in a 
transaction that is not a business combination and that, at 
the time of the transaction, affects neither the accounting 
nor taxable profits; or

•  When the taxable temporary difference is associated 

with interests in subsidiaries, associates or joint ventures, 
and the timing of the reversal can be controlled and it is 
probable that the temporary difference will not reverse in 
the foreseeable future.

Deferred tax assets are recognised for deductible temporary 
differences and unused tax losses only if it is probable that 
future taxable amounts will be available to utilise those 
temporary differences and losses.

The carrying amount of recognised and unrecognised 
deferred tax assets are reviewed each reporting date. 
Deferred tax assets recognised are reduced to the extent 
that it is no longer probable that future taxable profits will be 
available for the carrying amount to be recovered. Previously 
unrecognised deferred tax assets are recognised to the 
extent that it is probable that there are future taxable profits 
available to recover the asset.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset only where there 
is a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets 
against current tax liabilities and deferred tax assets against 
deferred tax liabilities; and they relate to the same taxable 
authority on either the same taxable entity or different taxable 
entities which intend to settle simultaneously.

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H.  CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
Cash and cash equivalents includes cash on hand, deposits 
held at call with financial institutions, other short-term, highly 
liquid investments with original maturities of three months 
or less that are readily convertible to known amounts of cash 
and which are subject to an insignificant risk of changes 
in value. For the statement of cash flows presentation 
purposes, cash and cash equivalents also includes bank 
overdrafts, which are shown within borrowings of current 
liabilities on the statement of financial position.

I.  TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES
Trade receivables are initially recognised at fair value and 
subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective 
interest method, less any provision for impairment. Trade 
receivables are generally due for settlement within 30 days.

Collectability of trade receivables is reviewed on an ongoing 
basis. Debts which are known to be uncollectable are written 
off by reducing the carrying amount directly. A provision 
for impairment of trade receivables is raised when there 
is objective evidence that the consolidated Entity will not 
be able to collect all amounts due according to the original 
terms of the receivables. Significant financial difficulties of 
the debtor, probability that the debtor will enter bankruptcy 
or financial reorganisation and default or delinquency in 
payments (more than 60 days overdue) are considered 
indicators that the trade receivable may be impaired. The 
amount of the impairment allowance is the difference 
between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value 
of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the original 
effective interest rate. Cash flows relating to short-term 
receivables are not discounted if the effect of discounting is 
immaterial.

Other receivables are recognised at amortised cost, less any 
provision for impairment.

INVENTORIES

J. 
Finished goods, are stated at the lower of cost or net 
realisable value, on a first-in-first-out basis. Costs of 
purchased inventory are determined after deducting rebates 
and discounts received or receivable. 

Stock in transit is stated at the lower of cost and net 
realisable value. Cost comprises purchase and delivery costs, 
net of rebates and discounts received or receivable. 

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

K. 

INVESTMENTS AND OTHER FINANCIAL 
ASSETS

Investments and other financial assets are initially measured 
at fair value. Transaction costs are included as part of the 
initial measurement, except for financial assets at fair value 
through profit or loss.They are subsequently measured 
at either amortised cost or fair value depending on their 
classification. Classification is determined based on the 
purpose of the acquisition and subsequent reclassification 
to other categories is restricted. The fair values of quoted 
investments are based on current bid prices. 

For unlisted investments, the consolidated entity establishes 
fair value by using valuation techniques. These include the 
use of recent arm’s length transactions, reference to other 
instruments that are substantially the same, discounted cash 
flow analysis, and option pricing models.

Financial assets are derecognised when the rights to receive 
cash flows from the financial assets have expired or have 
been transferred and the consolidated entity has transferred 
substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership.

L.  LOANS AND RECEIVABLES
Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets 
with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in 
an active market. They are carried at amortised cost using 
the effective interest rate method. Gains and losses are 
recognised in profit or loss when the asset is derecognised or 
impaired.

M.  PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Plant and equipment is stated at historical cost less 
accumulated depreciation and impairment. Historical cost 
includes expenditure that is directly attributable to the 
acquisition of the items. 

Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis to write off 
the net cost of each item of property, plant and equipment 
over their expected useful lives, however assets acquired 
prior to 1 July 2011 may have been depreciated on either the 
straight line or diminishing vale method: 

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

Computer, 
Network & 
IT Plant & 
Equipment

Furniture and 
Fixtures 

Motor Vehicles

Straight Line

Diminishing Value

13 - 33%

15 – 67%

2½ - 20% 

20 – 40%

 15% 

 22.5%

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The residual values, useful lives and depreciation methods are 
reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at each reporting date. 

Leasehold improvements and plant and equipment under 
lease are depreciated over the unexpired period of the lease 
or the estimated useful life of the assets, whichever is 
shorter. 

An item of property, plant and equipment is derecognised 
upon disposal or when there is no future economic benefit 
to the consolidated entity. Gains and losses between the 
carrying amount and the disposal proceeds are taken to profit 
or loss. 

N.  LEASES
The determination of whether an arrangement is or contains 
a lease is based on the substance of the arrangement and 
requires an assessment of whether the fulfilment of the 
arrangement is dependent on the use of a specific asset or 
assets and the arrangement conveys a right to use the asset. 

A distinction is made between finance leases, which 
effectively transfer from the lessor to the lessee substantially 
all the risks and benefits incidental to ownership of leased 
assets, and operating leases, under which the lessor 
effectively retains substantially all such risks and benefits. 

Finance leases are capitalised. A lease asset and liability 
are established at the fair value of the leased assets, or if 
lower, the present value of minimum lease payments. Lease 
payments are allocated between the principal component 
of the lease liability and the finance costs, so as to achieve 
a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the 
liability. 

Leased assets acquired under a finance lease are depreciated 
over the asset’s useful life or over the shorter of the asset’s 
useful life and the lease term if there is no reasonable 
certainty that the consolidated entity will obtain ownership at 
the end of the lease term. 

Operating lease payments, net of any incentives received 
from the lessor, are charged to profit or loss on a straight-line 
basis over the term of the lease. 

O. 

INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Brand Value
Brands are acquired in a business combination, and the costs 
are not amortised, given the Board has assessed them to 
have indefinite useful lives due to the strength of the brand in 
the market. Instead, they are tested annually for impairment, 
or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances 
indicate that they might be impaired. Brands are carried at 
cost less accumulated impairment losses.

Right-to-Use Assets
Right-to-Use assets are acquired in a business combination, 
whereby a right to access a specified asset is conveyed, for 
a period of time, in exchange for consideration. Right-to-Use 
assets are amortised on a straight-line basis over the period 
of their expected benefit, generally being the expected finite 
life of the underlying lease which grants the access, including 
the period of any options where the option is considered 
likely to be exercised. Right-to-Use assets are carried at cost 
less any accumulated amortisation and impairment losses.

Goodwill
Goodwill arises on the acquisition of a business combination. 
Goodwill is calculated as the excess sum of:

•  the consideration transferred;
•  any non-controlling interest; and
•  the acquisition date fair value of any previously held 

equity interest; over the acquisition date fair value of net 
identifiable assets acquired.

Goodwill is not amortised. Instead, goodwill is tested 
annually for impairment, or more frequently if events or 
changes in circumstances indicate that it might be impaired, 
and is carried at cost less accumulated impairment losses. 
Impairment losses on goodwill are taken to profit or loss and 
are not subsequently reversed. 

Goodwill is allocated to the Group’s cash-generating units or 
groups of cash-generating units, representing the lowest level 
at which goodwill is monitored.

Customer Contracts
Customer contracts and relationships acquired in a business 
combination are amortised on a straight-line basis over the 
period of their expected benefit, being their expected finite 
life of between 3 and 5 years. Customer contracts are carried 
at cost less any accumulated amortisation and impairment 
losses.

P. 
IMPAIRMENT OF NON-FINANCIAL ASSETS
Goodwill and other intangible assets that have an indefinite 
useful life are not subject to amortisation and are tested 
annually for impairment, or more frequently if events or 
changes in circumstances indicate that they might be 
impaired. Other non-financial assets are reviewed for 
impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances 
indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. An 
impairment loss is recognised for the amount by which the 
asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. 

Recoverable amount is the higher of an asset’s fair value less 
costs of disposal and value-in-use. The value-in-use is the 
present value of the estimated future cash flows relating to 
the asset using a pre-tax discount rate specific to the asset or 
cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. Assets that 
do not have independent cash flows are grouped together to 
form a cash-generating unit. 

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Q.  TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES 
These amounts represent liabilities for goods and services 
provided to the consolidated entity prior to the end of the 
financial year and which are unpaid. Due to their short-term 
nature they are measured at amortised cost and are not 
discounted. The amounts are unsecured and are usually paid 
within 30 days of recognition. 

R.  BORROWINGS 
Loans and borrowings are initially recognised at the fair value 
of the consideration received, net of transaction costs. They 
are subsequently measured at amortised cost using the 
effective interest method. 

Where there is an unconditional right to defer settlement of 
the liability for at least 12 months after the reporting date, the 
loans or borrowings are classified as non-current. 

S.  FINANCE COSTS
Finance costs attributable to qualifying assets are capitalised 
as part of the asset. All other finance costs are expensed in 
the period in which they are incurred, including:

•  Interest on short-term and long-term borrowings
•  Interest on finance leases  

T.  FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

Initial Recognition and Measurement
Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when 
the entity becomes a party to the contractual provisions to 
the instrument. For financial assets, this is equivalent to the 
date that the company commits itself to either purchase 
or sale of the asset (ie trade date accounting is adopted). 
Financial instruments are initially measured at fair value plus 
transactions costs except where the instrument is classified 
as ‘at fair value through profit or loss in which case the 
transaction costs are expensed to profit or loss immediately.

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

The Group does not designate any interests in subsidiaries, 
associates or joint venture entities as being subject to the 
requirements of accounting standards specifically applicable 
to financial instruments.

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•  Loans and receivables 

Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets 
with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted 
in an active market and are subsequently measured at 
amortised cost. Loans and receivables are included in 
current assets, except for those which are not expected 
to mature within 12 months after the end of the reporting 
period. (All other loans and receivables are classified as 
non-current assets.)
•  Financial liabilities 

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

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

U.  PROVISIONS 
Provisions are recognised when the consolidated entity has a 
present (legal or constructive) obligation as a result of a past 
event, it is probable the consolidated entity will be required 
to settle the obligation, and a reliable estimate can be made 
of the amount of the obligation. The amount recognised as a 
provision is the best estimate of the consideration required 
to settle the present obligation at the reporting date, taking 
into account the risks and uncertainties surrounding the 
obligation. If the time value of money is material, provisions 
are discounted using a current pre-tax rate specific to the 
liability. The increase in the provision resulting from the 
passage of time is recognised as a finance cost. 

V.  EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Wages and Salaries and Annual Leave
Liabilities for wages and salaries, including non-monetary 
benefits, and annual leave expected to be settled within 
12 months of the reporting date are recognised in current 
liabilities in respect of employees’ services up to the reporting 
date and are measured at the amounts expected to be paid 
when the liabilities are settled.

Long Service Leave
The liability for long service leave is recognised in current and 
non-current liabilities, depending on the unconditional right 
to defer settlement of the liability for at least 12 months after 
the reporting date. The liability is measured as the present 
value of expected future payments to be made in respect 
of services provided by employees up to the reporting date 
using the projected unit credit method. 

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Consideration is given to expected future wage and salary 
levels, experience of employee departures and periods of 
service. 

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

Expected future payments are discounted using market 
yields at the reporting date on Australian corporate bonds 
(the Milliman G100 Australian Corporate bonds discount rate 
at the end of June 2016) with terms to maturity and currency 
that match, as closely as possible, the estimated future cash 
outflows.

W.  ISSUED CAPITAL
Ordinary shares are classified as equity.

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

X.  DIVIDENDS
Dividends are recognised when declared during the financial 
year and no longer at the discretion of the Company.

Y.  EARNINGS PER SHARE

Basic Earnings Per Share 
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the profit 
attributable to the owners of the consolidated entity, by the 
weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding 
during the financial year. 

Diluted Earnings Per Share 
Diluted earnings per share adjusts the figures used in the 
determination of basic earnings per share to take into account 
the after income tax effect of interest and other financing 
costs associated with dilutive potential ordinary shares 
and the weighted average number of shares assumed to 
have been issued for no consideration in relation to dilutive 
potential ordinary shares.

Z.  GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (‘GST’) AND 

OTHER SIMILAR TAXES 

Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of 
the amount of associated GST, unless the GST incurred 
is not recoverable from the tax authority. In this case it is 
recognised as part of the cost of the acquisition of the asset 
or as part of the expense. 

Receivables and payables are stated inclusive of the amount 
of GST receivable or payable. The net amount of GST 
recoverable from, or payable to, the tax authority is included 
in other receivables or other payables in the statement of 
financial position. 

Cash flows are presented on a gross basis. The GST 
components of cash flows arising from investing or financing 
activities which are recoverable from, or payable to the tax 
authority, are presented as operating cash flows. 

AA. ROUNDING OF AMOUNTS 
The Company is of a kind referred to in Class Order 98/100, 
issued by the Australian Securities and Investments 
Commission, relating to ‘rounding-off’. Amounts in this report 
have been rounded off in accordance with that Class Order to 
the nearest thousand dollars, or in certain cases, the nearest 
dollar. 

AB. COMPARATIVE FIGURES
When required by Accounting Standards, comparative figures 
have been adjusted to conform to changes in presentation for 
the current financial year.

NOTE 2: CRITICAL 
ACCOUNTING JUDGEMENTS, 
ESTIMATES AND 
ASSUMPTIONS

The preparation of the financial statements requires 
management to make judgements, estimates and 
assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the 
financial statements. Management continually evaluates its 
judgements and estimates in relation to assets, liabilities, 
contingent liabilities, revenue and expenses. Management 
bases its judgements, estimates and assumptions on 
historical experience and on other various factors, including 
expectations of future events, management believes to be 
reasonable under the circumstances. The resulting accounting 
judgements and estimates will seldom equal the related 
actual results. The judgements, estimates and assumptions 
that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to 
the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next 
financial year are discussed below. 

PROVISION FOR IMPAIRMENT OF RECEIVABLES
The provision for impairment of receivables assessment 
requires a degree of estimation and judgement. The level of 
provision is assessed by taking into account the recent sales 
experience, the ageing of receivables, historical collection 
rates and specific knowledge of the individual debtor’s 
financial position. 

PROVISION FOR IMPAIRMENT OF INVENTORY
The provision for impairment of inventory assessment 
requires a degree of estimation and judgement. The level of 
provision is assessed by taking into account the recent sales 
experience, the ageing of inventory, and other factors that 
affect inventory obsolescence.

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Unearned Revenue is recorded for telephone calls made 
between the invoice date which occurs mid-month, and the 
last day of the month in order to match the period of revenue 
recognition with the period in which the service (telephone 
calls) was provided.

VALUATION OF DEFERRED CONSIDERATION 
PAYABLE 
As the value of deferred consideration payable for business 
combinations is dependent upon vendors achieving revenue 
targets in future years, management is required to make 
judgements that affect the reported amounts in the financial 
statements. Management has used their best judgement in 
determining the fair value of the reported liabilities, including 
estimating the likelihood of achieving the revenue targets and 
in turn the likelihood of having to make the future payments.

LONG SERVICE LEAVE PROVISION
As discussed in note 1, the liability for long service leave 
is recognised and measured at the present value of the 
estimated future cash flows to be made in respect of all 
employees at the reporting date. In determining the present 
values of the liability, estimates of attrition rates and pay 
increases through promotion and inflation have been taken 
into account. 

LEASE MAKE GOOD PROVISION
A provision has been made for the present value of 
anticipated costs for future restoration of leased premises. 
The provision includes future cost estimates associated with 
closure of the premises. The calculation of this provision 
requires assumptions such as application of closure dates 
and cost estimates. The provision recognised for each 
site is periodically reviewed and updated based on the 
facts and circumstances available at the time. Changes to 
the estimated future costs for sites are recognised in the 
statement of financial position by adjusting the asset and 
the provision. Reductions in the provision that exceed the 
carrying amount of the asset will be recognised in profit or 
loss. 

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS 
Business combinations are initially accounted for on a 
provisional basis. The fair value of assets acquired, liabilities 
and contingent liabilities assumed are initially estimated by 
the consolidated entity taking into consideration all available 
information at the reporting date. Fair value adjustments on 
the finalisation of the business combination accounting is 
retrospective, where applicable, to the period the combination 
occurred and may have an impact on the assets and liabilities, 
depreciation and amortisation reported. 

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

GOODWILL AND OTHER INDEFINITE LIFE 
INTANGIBLE ASSETS 
The consolidated entity tests annually, or more frequently 
if events or changes in circumstances indicate impairment, 
whether goodwill and other indefinite life intangible assets 
have suffered any impairment, in accordance with the 
accounting policy stated in note 1. 

IMPAIRMENT OF NON-FINANCIAL ASSETS OTHER 
THAN GOODWILL AND OTHER INDEFINITE LIFE 
INTANGIBLE ASSETS
The consolidated entity assesses impairment of non-financial 
assets other than goodwill and other indefinite life intangible 
assets at each reporting date by evaluating conditions 
specific to the consolidated entity and to the particular 
asset that may lead to impairment. If an impairment trigger 
exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is determined. 
This involves fair value less costs of disposal or value-in-use 
calculations, which incorporate a number of key estimates 
and assumptions. 

INCOME TAX
The consolidated entity is subject to income taxes in the 
jurisdictions in which it operates. Significant judgement is 
required in determining the provision for income tax. There 
are many transactions and calculations undertaken during 
the ordinary course of business for which the ultimate tax 
determination is uncertain. The consolidated entity recognises 
liabilities based on the consolidated entity’s current 
understanding of the tax law. Where the final tax outcome of 
these matters is different from the carrying amounts, such 
differences will impact the current and deferred tax provisions 
in the period in which such determination is made. 

RECOVERY OF DEFERRED TAX ASSETS 
Deferred tax assets are recognised for deductible temporary 
differences only if the consolidated entity considers it is 
probable that future taxable amounts will be available to 
utilise those temporary differences and losses. 

UNEARNED REVENUE 
Customers of Netsip are invoiced for telephone calls monthly 
in arrears on the anniversary date of the establishment of 
their account. 

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NOTE 3: OPERATING 
SEGMENTS & PRODUCT LINES

The consolidated entity supplies internet connections 
matching the most appropriate technology to location and/or 
price requirements of its customers.

The consolidated entity has identified its operating segments 
based on the internal reports that are reviewed and used by 
the Chief Operating Decision Makers (‘CODM’) in assessing 
performance and determining the allocation of resources. 
The CODM considers that the business has one reportable 
segment, being IT and Telecommunications. Therefore, all 
segment assets and liabilities, and the segment result, relate 
to one business segment and consequently no detailed 
segment analysis has been prepared.

Product Lines are presented using the ‘management 
approach’, where the information presented is on the same 
basis as the internal reports provided to the Chief Operating 
Decision Makers (‘CODM’). The CODM is responsible for the 
allocation of resources to product lines and assessing their 
performance. This is also the basis on which the board receive 
internal management results.

A.  DESCRIPTION OF PRODUCT LINES 
The consolidated entity is a profitable, high growth provider of 
telecommunications, cloud and IT solutions. It has a national 
network presence with Points of Presence (POPs) in all 
major Australian capital cities and Auckland, New Zealand. 
The consolidated entity utilises more than 20 wholesale 
infrastructure providers to deliver services into these POPs 
for delivery of a complete data and voice solution to meet 
each customer’s specific requirements. The Chief Operating 
Decision Makers (‘CODM’) consider the business from both a 
product and a geographic perspective and have identified four 
reportable Product Lines. 

Data Networks and Internet
The consolidated entity typically enters into an initial three 
year contract with a customer for the establishment, 
provision and maintenance of its WAN. Customers include 
small to large businesses with single to multiple sites.

The Data Networks Product Line includes the provision 
of internet products and services. Access to affordable, 
high speed and reliable connectivity is a prerequisite for 
consuming cloud based applications and services, facilitating 
transactions, and utilising IP-based communications. The 
consolidated entity provides high bandwidth, dependable, 
business grade internet connectivity to enable Internet 
services, video conferencing, Software as a Service 
applications and online collaboration for businesses of any 
size.

Voice
The consolidated entity provides Session Initiation Protocol 
(SIP) based internet voice solutions that offer high quality, 
high availability, voice calls at a lower cost to traditional 
telephony.

Over the Wire’s voice platform supports a range of client 
usage scenarios, from Private Branch exchanges (PBX) to call 
centre diallers, for both inbound and outbound calling.

Cloud and Managed Services 
The consolidated entity provides a range of private cloud-
based services to its customers consisting of:

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): Forming the base of a fully 
outsourced infrastructure solution. The consolidated entity 
offers its customers a range of IaaS platforms with cloud-
based server, storage and network services.

Hosted PBX: The consolidated entity provides a business-
grade hosted telephony solution, eliminating the need for 
high capital expenditure and costly upgrade cycles to gain 
access to new features.

Amazon Web Services Direct Connect and Microsoft Azure 
Express Route: Being the two major public cloud service 
providers in Australia. The consolidated entity provides a 
dedicated connection, directly into a customer’s public cloud 
service provider’s hosted environment.

Managed Services: The consolidated entity offers a range 
of Managed Services from basic maintenance through to 
complete outsourced IT support and administration. This 
division also includes one-off project work and equipment 
sales where requested by the customer.

Data Centre Co-location
Data Centre Co-Location allows customers to house their 
equipment, such as servers and network equipment, in the 
consolidated entity’s secure, highly stable and monitored 
data centres reducing the risk of downtime and saving on 
environmental infrastructure costs (such as power and air-
conditioning).

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B.  PRODUCT LINE INFORMATION PROVIDED TO THE CHIEF OPERATING DECISION MAKERS (‘CODM’).
The breakdown of revenue has been shown below geographically and by Product Line.

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

10,456

7,895

2,698

2,562

23,611

23,611

23,611

2015 
$ ,000

8,200

4,203

1,837

1,901

16,141

16,141

16,141

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

30

252

282

12

-

12

Revenue by Product Line

Data Networks and Internet 

Voice

Cloud and Managed Services

Data Centre Co-location

Total Revenue by Product Line

Revenue by Geographic Area

Australasia

Total Revenue by Geographic Area

NOTE 4: OTHER INCOME

Other Income

Interest Income

Other Sundry Income 

Total Other Income

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NOTE 5: EXPENSES

Profit before income tax includes the following expenses:

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

Cost of Sales & Services

Data Centre & Co-Location Expense

Calls & Communications Expense

Other cost of goods sold

Total Cost of Sales & Services

Employee Benefits

Salaries and Wages

Superannuation

Annual and Long Service Leave

Other Employee Expenses

Total Employee Benefits

Depreciation

Computer, Network & IT Plant & Equipment

Furniture & Fittings

Motor Vehicles

Total Depreciation

Amortisation

Amortisation of Intangibles

Total Amortisation

Total Depreciation & Amortisation

Finance Costs

Interest and Finance Charges Paid/Payable 

Total Finance Costs 

Other Expenses 

Reseller Commissions Paid 

IPO & Share Issuance Costs 

Legal, Accounting & Business Acquisition Costs

Rent 

Licenses & Subscriptions 

Travel & Marketing 

General Expenses 

Total Other Expenses

Total Expenses

1,867

7,587

1,125

10,579

4,724

441

204

707

6,076

819

24

18

861

381

381

1,242

86

86

94

334

313

238

162

169

505

1,815

19,798

1,397

5,850

665

7,912

3,267

294

31

337

3,929

563

20

18

601

119

119

720

60

60

154

-

52

145

57

62

312

782

13,403

Expenses increased largely due to additional service contracts and other agreements as a result of the acquisitions of Faktortel 
Holdings Pty Ltd, Sanity Technology and the assets of Spiderbox as well as IPO and share issuance costs. 

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NOTE 6: INCOME TAX EXPENSE

Income Tax Expense

Current Tax 

Deferred Tax – origination and reversal of temporary differences

Deferred Tax – adjustment recognised for prior periods

Adjustment recognised for prior periods

Aggregate Income Tax Expense

Deferred tax included in income tax expense comprises:

(Increase) / Decrease in Deferred Tax Assets

Increase / (Decrease) in Deferred Tax Liabilities

Deferred Tax – origination and reversal of temporary differences

Numerical Reconciliation of Income Tax Expense and Tax at Statutory Rate

Profit before income tax expense 

Tax at the statutory rate of 30% 

Tax effect amounts which are not deductible/(taxable) in calculating taxable income:

Entertainment

Amortisation of Intangibles

Accounting & Legal

IPO Costs 

Other Sundry Items

Adjustment recognised for prior periods

Income Tax Expense

The applicable weighted average effective tax rates are as follows:

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

1,478

(158)

-

(72)

1,248

(210)

52

(158)

4,094

1,228

7

96

112

(149)

26

92

(72)

1,248

30%

853

20

(84)

(6)

783

(39)

59

20

2,750

825

3

36

-

-

9

873

(90)

783

28%

Tax consolidation legislation
Over the Wire Holdings Limited and its wholly owned Australian controlled entities have implemented tax consolidation legislation 
as of 1 November 2016.

Each entity in the Group recognises its own current and deferred tax assets and liabilities.

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NOTE 7: EARNINGS PER SHARE 

Reconciliation of Earnings to Profit or Loss

Earnings Used to Calculate Basic Earnings Per Share

Earnings Used to Calculate Diluted Earnings Per Share

Weighted Average Number of Ordinary Shares

Weighted Average Number of Ordinary Shares Outstanding During the Year Used in 
Calculating Basic Earnings Per Share

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

2,847

2,847

,000

38,596

1,967

1,967

,000

31,725

Weighted Average Number of Ordinary Shares Outstanding During the Year Used in 
Calculating Dilutive Earnings Per Share

38,596

31,725

Basic Earnings Per Share (Cents Per Share)

Diluted Earnings Per Share (Cents Per Share)

Net Tangible Assets Per Share

Net Amount

Per Share (Cents)

Cents

7.375

7.375

$,000

7,233

Cents

0.17

Cents

6.202

6.202

$,000

1,631

Cents

0.05

NOTE 8: CURRENT ASSETS – CASH & CASH EQUIVALENTS

Cash & Cash Equivalents

Cash on Hand

Cash at Bank

Total Cash & Cash Equivalents 

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

1

7,041

7,042

1

2,159

2,160

Reconciliation to Cash and Cash Equivalents at the End of the Financial Year

The above figures are reconciled to cash and cash equivalents at the end of the 
financial year as shown in the statement of cash flows as follows:

Balance as Above

Balance as per Statement of Cash Flows 

7,042

7,042

2,160

2,160

Cash and cash equivalent movements for the period were largely due to capital raised through the issue of shares as well as cash 
paid for the acquisitions of Faktortel Holdings Pty Ltd, Sanity Technology and the assets of Spiderbox.

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NOTE 9: CURRENT ASSETS – TRADE & OTHER RECEIVABLES

The following table details the Group’s trade and other receivables exposed to credit risk with aging analysis and impairment 
provided for thereon. Amounts are considered ‘past due’ when the debt has not been settled with the terms and conditions 
agreed between the Group and the customer or counterparty to the transaction. Receivables that are past due are assessed for 
impairment by ascertaining the debtors and are provided for where there are specific circumstances indicating that the debt may 
not be fully repaid to the Group.

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

Trade & Other Receivables

Trade Receivables

Less: Provision for Impairment of Receivables

Other Receivables

Total Trade & Other Receivables 

Impairment of Receivables

The consolidated entity has recognised a loss of $ 109,000 (2015 $ 21,000) in profit and loss 
in respect of impairment of receivables for the year ended 30 June 2016.

The aging of the impaired receivables provided for above are as follows:

0 – 3 months overdue

4 – 6 months overdue

More than 6 months overdue

Total Provision for Impairment of Receivables 

Movements in the Provision for Impairment of Receivables are as Follows:

Opening Balance

Additional Provision Recognised 

Receivables Written off During the Year as Uncollectable

Unused amounts reversed

Closing Balance

Past Due But Not Impaired:
Customers with balances past due but without provision for impairment of receivables 
amount to $294,000 as at 30 June 2016 ($118,000 as at 30 June 2015). The consolidated 
entity did not consider a credit risk on the aggregate balances after reviewing credit terms of 
customers based on collection practices.

The aging of the past due but not impaired receivables are as follows:

0 – 3 months overdue

4 – 6 months overdue

More than 6 months overdue

Total Receivables past due but not impaired 

1,220

(109)

1,111

725

1,836

95

13

1

109

21

164

(76)

-

109

220

74

-

294

758

(21)

737

222

959

3

-

18

21

2

135

(116)

-

21

118

-

118

118

Trade and Other Receivables increased largely due to the inclusion of the Debtors and Receivables of the acquired companies 
Faktortel Holdings Pty Ltd and Sanity Technology as well as the new business customers delivered by Spiderbox. 

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NOTE 10: CURRENT ASSETS – INVENTORIES

Inventories

Finished Goods – at Net Realisable Value

Total Inventories

NOTE 11: OTHER ASSETS

Other Assets

Prepayments

Total Other Assets

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

39

39

51

51

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

232

232

103

103

NOTE 12: NON-CURRENT ASSETS –PLANT & EQUIPMENT

Computer, Network & IT Plant & Equipment

Computer, Network & IT Plant & Equipment – at cost

Less: Accumulated Depreciation

Furniture & Fixtures

Furniture & Fixtures – at cost

Less: Accumulated Depreciation

Motor Vehicles

Motor Vehicles – at cost

Less: Accumulated Depreciation

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

5,958

(2,723)

3,235

257

(115)

142

143

(42)

101

2015 
$ ,000

3,671

(1,832)

1,839

219

(121)

98

143

(24)

119

Total Plant & Equipment at written Down Value

3,478

2,056

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Reconciliations
Reconciliations of the written down value at the 
beginning and end of the current and previous financial 
year are set out below:

Balance at 1 July 2014

Additions

Disposals

Depreciation Expense

Balance at 30 June 2015

Additions Through Business Combinations

Additions

Disposals

Depreciation Expense

Balance at 30 June 2016

Computer, 
Network, 
IT Plant & 
Equipment

Furniture  
& Fixtures

Motor  
Vehicles

$,000

1,687

755

(40)

(563)

1,839

564

1,690

(39)

(819)

3,235

$,000

90

28

-

(20)

98

15

106

(53)

(24)

142

$,000

137

-

-

(18)

119

-

-

-

(18)

101

Total

$,000

1,914

783

(40)

(601)

2,056

579

1,796

(92)

(861)

3,478

NOTE 13: NON-CURRENT ASSETS – INTANGIBLES

Intangibles

Goodwill – at Cost

Total Goodwill

Brand Value 

Total Brand Value

Location and Right-to-Use

Less: Accumulated Amortisation

Total Location and Right-to-Use

Customer Lists*

Less: Accumulated Amortisation*

Total Customer List

Total Intangibles

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

2,344

2,344

2,750

2,750

1,817

(212)

1,605

3,790

(284)

3,506

10,205

-

-

-

-

486

(252)

234

-

-

-

234

* The economic value of the customer lists recognised on acquisition of the assets of Spiderbox is Provisional in nature as at the date of these interim financial 
statements and is included above. Refer to Note 11 for further details.

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Reconciliations
Reconciliations of the written down value at the 
beginning and end of the current and previous financial 
year are set out below:

Balance at 1 July 2014

Additions

Disposals

Amortisation Expense

Balance at 30 June 2015

Goodwill

Brand 
Value

Location 
& Right  
to Use

Customer 
List

$,000

$,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

$,000

486

-

-

(252)

234

$,000

-

-

-

-

-

Total

$,000

486

-

-

(252)

234

Additions Through Business Combinations

2,344

2,750

1,475

3,783

8,775

Disposals

Amortisation Expense

Balance at 30 June 2016

-

-

-

-

2,344

2,750

-

(104)

1,605

-

(277)

3,506

-

(381)

10,205

Finite Life Intangible Assets
Outlined below are the carrying amounts and remaining amortisation periods of the individual intangible assets that are material to 
the consolidated entity’s financial statements at 30 June 2016.

Location & Right to Use – Sanity 

Right to Use – WebCentral 

Location & Right to Use

Customer List – Faktortel

Customer List – Sanity

Customer List – SpiderBox

Customer List

Remaining  
Amortisation Period

Carrying 
Amount

Years

11

4

9

9

9

$,000

1,414

191

1,605

1,837

1,411

258

3,506

Impairment Disclosures
Both goodwill and brand value are allocated to cash generating units which are based on the Group’s reporting segments. As per 
Note 3, the Group has one reportable segment, being IT and Telecommunications.

Brand Value has been recorded in relation to the acquisitions of Sanity and Faktortel during the current financial year. Brand Value 
costs are not amortised, given the Board has assessed them to have indefinite useful lives due to the strength of the brand in the 
market. Instead, they are tested annually for impairment, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that 
they might be impaired.

As all goodwill and other indefinite life intangible assets were acquired within the last financial year, with no impairment indicators 
noted, formal impairment testing was not required to be conducted in accordance with AASB 136: Impairment of Assets.

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NOTE 14: NON-CURRENT ASSETS – DEFERRED TAX

Deferred Tax Consist Of:

Deferred Tax Assets (a)

Deferred Tax Liabilities (b)

Net Deferred Tax Asset / (Liability)

a) Deferred Tax Assets:

The Balance Comprises Temporary Differences Attributable to:

Accrued Expenses 

Provision for Doubtful Debts

Employee Benefits

Claimable IPO Costs

Other

Deferred Tax Asset

Movement in Deferred Tax Assets

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

439

(1,720)

(1,281)

51

33

147

199

9

439

226

(62)

164

137

6

83

-

-

226

Accrued 
Expenses 

Prov. for 
Doubtful 
Debts

Employee 
Benefits 

Claimable 
IPO Costs

Other

Total

$,000

$,000

$,000

$,000

$,000

$,000

Balance at 1 July 2014

(Charged) / Credited to Profit or Loss

Additions Through Business Combinations

(Over) / Under Provision of Prior Year

Balance at 30 June 2015

(Charged) / Credited to Profit or Loss

Additions Through Business Combinations

(Over) / Under Provision of Prior Year

Balance at 30 June 2016

113

24

-

-

137

(86)

-

-

51

1

5

-

-

6

27

-

-

33

73

10

-

-

83

61

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

199

-

-

147

199

-

-

-

-

-

9

-

-

9

187

39

-

-

226

210

3

-

439

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b) Deferred Tax Liabilities:

The Balance Comprises Temporary Differences Attributable to:

Accrued Revenue 

Provision for Change in Contingent Liability

Provision for Doubtful Creditors

Intangibles on Acquisitions – Right to Use

Intangibles on Acquisitions – Customer List

Deferred Tax Liability

Movement in Deferred Tax Liability

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

(117)

(22)

(4)

(443)

(1,134)

(1,720)

(54)

-

(8)

-

-

(62)

Balance at 1 July 2014

(Charged) / Credited to Profit or Loss

Additions Through Business Combinations

(Over) / Under Provision of Prior Year

Balance at 30 June 2015

(Charged) / Credited to Profit or Loss

Additions Through Business Combinations

(Over) / Under Provision of Prior Year

Balance at 30 June 2016

Accrued 
Revenue 

Prov. for 
Change in 
Contingent 
Liability

Prov. For 
Doubtful 
Creditors

Intangibles 
on 
Acquisitions

Total

$,000

(3)

(51)

-

-

(54)

(34)

(29)

-

(117)

$,000

$,000

$,000

$,000

-

-

-

-

-

(22)

-

-

(22)

-

(8)

-

-

(8)

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(3)

(59)

-

-

(62)

(52)

(1,577)

(1,606)

-

-

(4)

(1,577)

(1,720)

NOTE 15: CURRENT LIABILITIES – TRADE & OTHER PAYABLES

Trade & Other Payables

Trade Payables

GST Payable

Wages Payable

Other payables

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

1,026

309

130

975

421

184

70

519

Total Trade & Other Payables

2,440

1,194

Trade and Other Payables increased largely due to the inclusion of the Creditors and Payables of the acquired companies Faktortel 
Holdings Pty Ltd, Sanity Technology and Spiderbox. 

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NOTE 16: CURRENT LIABILITIES – BORROWINGS

Borrowings (Current)

Chattel Mortgage (Motor Vehicles)

Cisco Finance Lease

ANZ Commercial Bill

Total Current Borrowings

Note

28

28

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

80

64

-

144

22

-

215

237

Borrowings decreased largely due to Over the Wire Pty Ltd paying off its commercial bill with ANZ during the reporting period.

NOTE 17: CURRENT LIABILITIES – CURRENT TAX LIABILITY

Current Tax Liability

Provision For Income Tax Payable

Total Current Tax Liability

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

1,437

1,437

2015 
$ ,000

646

646

NOTE 18: CURRENT LIABILITIES – EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

60

352

-

412

41

210

-

251

Employee Benefits

Provision for Long Service Leave

Provision for Annual Leave

Other employee benefits payable

Total Employee Benefits Payable

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Movement in Provisions

Provision for Long Service Leave

Balance at 1 July

Additional Provisions

Amounts Used

Balance at 30 June

Provision for Annual Leave

Balance at 1 July

Additional Provisions

Amounts Used

Balance at 30 June

Analysis of Total Employee Provisions

Current

Non-Current (Note 20)

Total Provisions 

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

41

19

-

60

210

358

(216)

352

412

81

493

59

(4)

(14)

41

161

187

(138)

210

251

25

276

Amounts Not Expected to be Settled Within the Next 12 Months: 
The current provision for long service leave includes all unconditional entitlements where employees have completed the required 
period of service and also where employees are entitled to pro-rata payments in certain circumstances. Based on past experience 
the consolidated entity does not expect all employees to take the full amount of accrued long service leave or require payment 
within the next 12 months.

NOTE 19: BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

(a) Acquisition of Faktortel Holdings Pty Ltd (Trading as Faktortel)
On 28 July 2015, the company acquired Faktortel Holdings Pty Ltd and the entities it controlled (“The Faktortel Group”), which is 
formed by Faktortel Pty Ltd and Aero Telecom Pty Ltd, The Faktortel Group is one of Australia’s largest managed VoIP providers 
offering a range of products and services to SMEs and residential users. The Faktortel Group is based on the Gold Coast with a 
national customer base and was privately owned. Prior to its acquisition, the Faktortel Group was a customer of the company, 
which provided management with the opportunity to observe the group’s business for a number of years. 

Revenue of Faktortel Holdings Pty Ltd included in the consolidated revenue of the group since acquisition amounted to $3,113K. 
Profit before tax of Faktortel Holdings Pty Ltd included in consolidated profit before tax of the group since acquisition amounted to 
$487K.

Had the results of Faktortel Holdings Pty Ltd been consolidated from 1 July 2015, revenue of the consolidated group would have 
been $23,841K and consolidated profit before tax would have been $4,108K for the year ended 30 June 2016.

(b) Acquisition of Sanity Holdings Pty Ltd (Trading as Sanity Technology) 
On 30 of November 2015, the company acquired Sanity Technology, a data centre business, based in Brisbane with a 
predominately national customer base, which offers a fully managed hosting solution to its customers. The Sanity Technology 
business is close to capacity but has demand for growth. This demand for growth provides an opportunity to utilise the existing 
data centre capacity of the consolidated entity.

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Revenue of Sanity Holdings Pty Ltd included in the consolidated revenue of the group since acquisition amounted to $791k. Profit 
before tax of Faktortel Holdings Pty Ltd included in consolidated profit before tax of the group since acquisition amounted to 
$226K.

Had the results of Sanity Holdings Pty Ltd been consolidated from 1 July 2015, revenue of the consolidated group would have 
been $24,139K and consolidated profit before tax would have been $4,161K for the year ended 30 June 2016.

(c) Acquisition of business assets from Access Wireless and Cable Pty Ltd (Trading as Spiderbox) 
On 01 April 2016, the company acquired the assets of Access Wireless and Cable Pty Ltd (Spiderbox), a privately held 
telecommunications company that owns a fibre footprint in Brisbane Technology Park, and employs 9 staff and services 
approximately 100 business customers with products such as data, voice and cloud services.

As the above acquisition was for business assets only, it is impracticable to disclose information regarding contribution to the 
Group’s revenue and profit before tax.

(d) Details on acquisitions 

Company

Faktortel 
Group
(finalised)

Sanity 
Technology
(finalised)

Primary 
Business 
Division

Voice

Acquisition

Purchase 
Price

Intangibles 
Acquired

$,000

5,348

$,000

5,191

100% 
of shares

Shares 
Issued to 
Settle

Units 

1,374,081

Cash to 
Settle

Deferred 
Consideration

$,000

3,681

$,000

-

Data Centre 
Co-location

100% 
of shares

3,397

3,287

352,946

2,294

*750

Spiderbox
(provisional) 

Voice, Data,  
Co-location

100%  
of assets

700

256

-

550

150

Total 

9,445

8,734

1,727,027

6,525

900

The company has engaged the services of independent consultants to provide the economic valuation of the acquisition of the 
assets of Spiderbox including purchase price, net assets acquired and intangibles (both identifiable and goodwill). As such, at the 
date of these financial statements, the amounts noted in relation to the acquisition are provisional. Once finalised, provisional 
amounts will be retrospectively adjusted to reflect new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the 
acquisition date and, if known, would have affected the measurement of the amounts recognised as of that date.

With respect to the acquisition of Sanity Technology, the overall purchase consideration included deferred consideration, payments 
which are to be paid by the Company to the vendor upon the release of each of the financial accounts for the financial years 2016, 
2017 and 2018. The quantum of each of the deferred consideration payments will depend upon the revenue achieved by Sanity 
Technology in each of the respective years, however:

a  The maximum amount of each of the respective payments will not exceed 5% of the purchase price for the 2016 financial year, 

and 10% of the purchase price for the 2017 and 2018 financial years; and

b  No deferred consideration will be payable in circumstances where Sanity Technology fails to achieve a minimum revenue 

amount of $1.0 million in each applicable year.

Under the agreement, the vendor and its affiliates are restrained for five years from engaging in business similar to or in 
competition with the business of Sanity Technology in Australia, including being restrained from inducing an employee of Sanity 
Technology to terminate their employment or soliciting any clients of Sanity Technology. The vendor has provided customary 
warranties (including those relating to the share capital of Sanity Technology) that there are no liabilities or encumbrances, 
information relating to the accounts and records of Sanity Technology and tax related matters. 

* Deferred consideration as at 30 June 2016 has been written down to $687,000 in the statement of financial position, recognising 
a provision against the expected amount payable in relation to the 2017 financial year.

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The assets and liabilities recognised as a result of the acquisitions are as follows:

Faktortel Holdings Pty Ltd

Sanity Holdings Pty Ltd

28 Jul 2015
$,000

30 Nov 2015 
$,000

Assets

Current Assets

Cash & Cash Equivalents

Trade & Other Receivables

Inventories

Other Assets

Total Current Assets

Non-Current Assets

Property, Plant & Equipment

Intangibles

Total Non-Current Assets

Total Assets

Liabilities

Current Liabilities

Trade & Other Payables

Income Tax

Short-term Provisions

Total Current Liabilities

Non-Current Liabilities

Deferred Tax Liabilities

Total Non-Current Assets

Total Liabilities

Net Assets

205

353

8

98

664

8

35

43

707

365

147

12

524

26

26

550

157

35

36

-

25

96

127

-

127

223

94

19

-

113

-

-

113

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Acquired Intangibles 

Description

Brand Value

Class:

Indefinite 
Life

Treatment:

Impaired

Rate:

Location /  
Right-to-
Use

Customer 
List / 
Relationships

Limited Life

Limited Life

Amortised 
and 
Impaired

Length of 
Lease

Amortised 
and Impaired

Churn/ 
Retention 
Rate

Goodwill

Total

Indefinite 
Life

Impaired

$,000

$,000

$,000

$,000

$,000

$,000

3,397 

(110) 

888

4,175

5,348 

(157) 

689

5,880 

Sanity

Purchase Price:

Less: Identifiable Net 
Assets

Add: Deferred tax 
liability recognised on 
limited life intangibles

Intangible Assets upon 
Acquisition

Allocation of 
Intangibles:

Estimate Useful Life of 
Limited Life Assets:

Annual Forecast 
Amortisation

Faktortel

Purchase Price:

Less: Identifiable Net 
Assets

Add: Deferred tax 
liability recognised on 
limited life intangibles

Intangible Assets upon 
Acquisition

Allocation of 
Intangibles:

Estimate Useful Life of 
Limited Life Assets:

Annual Forecast 
Amortisation

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250

1,475

1,485

965

4,175

12

10

123

149

272 

2,500

2,000

1,380

5,880 

10

200

200 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Description

Brand Value

Class:

Indefinite 
Life

Treatment:

Impaired

Rate:

Location /  
Right-to-
Use

Customer List 
/ Relationships

Limited Life

Limited Life

Amortised 
and 
Impaired

Amortised and 
Impaired

Length of 
Lease

Churn/ 
Retention Rate

Goodwill

Total

Indefinite 
Life

Impaired

$,000

$,000

$,000

$,000

$,000

$,000

700

(444) 

256 

Access Wireless and 
Cable (SpiderBox)

Purchase Price:

Less: Identifiable Net 
Assets

Intangible Assets upon 
Acquisition

Allocation of 
Intangibles:

Estimate Useful Life of 
Limited Life Assets:

Annual Forecast 
Amortisation

-

-

-

-

256

-

256

10

26

26 

TOTAL - Intangibles

2,750

1,475

3,741

2,345

10,311

NOTE 20: NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES – BORROWINGS

Borrowings

Chattel Mortgage (Motor Vehicles)

Cisco Finance Lease

ANZ Commercial Bill

Total Borrowings

Note

28

28

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

-

194

-

194

80

-

1,264

1,344

Borrowings decreased largely due to Over the Wire Pty Ltd paying off its commercial bill with ANZ during the reporting period.

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NOTE 21: NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES – EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Employee Benefits

Provision for Long Service Leave

Total Employee Benefits Payable

NOTE 22: EQUITY – ISSUED CAPITAL

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

81

81

25

25

Issued Capital

Ordinary Shares – Fully Paid

Total Issued Capital

Movements in ordinary share capital

Balance

Share Split Incremental Shares

Issue of Shares

Employee Share Plan

Balance

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

11,280

11,280

Date

No. of Shares

Issue Price

01 Jul 14

100,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

30 Jun 15

100,000

$

0.01

-

-

-

Date

No. of Shares

Issue Price

Balance

Share Split Incremental Shares 1

Issue of Shares 2

Employee Share Plan 3

Shares Issued on Acquisitions 4

01 Jul 15

100,000

02 Nov 15

31,624,973

30 Nov 15

10,000,000

30 Nov 15

48,000

30 Nov 15

1,727,027

Capitalised Costs of Share Capital Issue 2

30 Nov 15

-

Balance

30 Jun 16

43,500,000

1 Share split at a rate of 317.25 shares for each ordinary share. 
2 Issue of shares upon listing on the Australian Stock Exchange 
3 Shares issued under the Group’s employee share plan. Refer below for further details 
4 Shares issued as consideration for acquisition of subsidiaries during the year. Refer to Note 18 for details.

$

0.01

0.00

1.00

1.00

1.00

-

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2015 
$ ,000

1

1

Paid up 
Amount

$,000

1

-

-

-

1

Paid up 
Amount

$,000

1

0

10,000

48

1,727

(496)

11,280

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ORDINARY SHARES 
Ordinary shares entitle the holder to participate in dividends and the proceeds of winding up the company in proportion to the 
number of and amounts paid on the shares held. The fully paid ordinary shares have no par value.

On a show of hands every member present at a meeting in person or by proxy shall have one vote and upon a poll each share shall 
have one vote.

SHARE BASED PAYMENTS - EMPLOYEE SHARES
On 30 November 2015, 48,000 ordinary shares were issued to employees under an Employee Share Plan with an issue price of $1 
per share and for nil consideration.

Shares acquired under this plan carry all of the same rights and obligations of other shares, except for any rights attaching to 
shares by reference to a record date prior to the date of issue or transfer.

CAPITAL RISK MANAGEMENT
The consolidated entity’s objectives when managing capital are to safeguard its ability to continue as a going concern, so that it can 
provide returns for shareholders and benefits to other stakeholders and to maintain an optimum capital structure to reduce the cost 
of capital.

In order to maintain or adjust the capital structure, the consolidated entity may adjust the amount of dividends paid to 
shareholders, return capital to shareholders, issue new shares, or sell assets to reduce debt.

The consolidated entity is subject to certain financing arrangement covenants and meeting these are given priority in all capital risk 
management decisions. There have been no events of default on the financing arrangements during the financial year. 

NOTE 23: EQUITY – RETAINED PROFITS

Retained Profits

Retained Profits at the Beginning of the Financial Year

Profits After Income Tax Expense for the Financial Year

Dividends Paid

Retained Profits at the End of the Financial Year

NOTE 24: EQUITY – DIVIDENDS

Dividends

Interim Dividend for the Financial Year 

Final Dividend for the Financial Year 

Total Dividends for the Financial Year in Cents per Ordinary Share

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

2,029

2,847

-

4,876

1,562

1,967

(1,500)

2,029

Consolidated

2016 
$,000

-

-

-

2015 
$,000

-

1,500

1,500

It is the Board’s intention to pay a final dividend of 1 cent per share fully franked, covering the period from Listing until 30 June 
2016, in October 2016. The total expected cash payment by the company for this dividend will be $435,000.

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Franking Credits

Franking Credits Available at the Reporting Date Based on a Tax Rate of 30%

Franking Credits that Will Arise From the Payment of the Amount of the Provision 
for Income Tax at the Reporting Date Based on a Tax Rate of 30%

Franking Credits Available for Subsequent Financial Years Based on a  
Tax Rate of 30%

NOTE 25: FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT 

Consolidated

2016 
$,000

1,373

1,437

2015 
$,000

483

749

2,810

1,232

FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES 
The group’s financial instruments consist mainly of deposits with banks, local money market instruments, accounts receivable and 
payable, loans to and from subsidiaries, and leases.

The main purpose of non-derivative financial instruments is to raise finance for group operations. 

The group does not have any derivative instruments at 30 June 2016 or 30 June 2015.

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

Financial Assets

Cash & Cash Equivalents (Note 8)

Trade & Other Receivables (Note 9)

Total Financial Assets

Financial Liabilities

Trade & Other Payables (Note 15)

Borrowings (Note 16,20)

Total Financial Liabilities

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

7,042

1,836

8,878

2,440

338

2,778

2,160

959

3,119

1,194

1,581

2,775

TREASURY RISK MANAGEMENT
The Boards overall risk management strategy seeks to assist the consolidated group in meeting its financial targets, whilst 
minimising potential adverse effects on financial performance.

FINANCIAL RISK EXPOSURES AND MANAGEMENT
The main risks the group is exposed to through its financial instruments are interest rate risk, liquidity risk and credit risk.

FOREIGN CURRENCY RISK
The group has no material exposure to fluctuations in foreign currencies.

LIQUIDITY RISK
The group manages liquidity risk by monitoring forecast cash flows and ensuring that adequate unutilised borrowing facilities are 
maintained.

Cash flows realised from financial assets in the table below reflect management’s expectation as to the timing of realisation. Actual 
timing may therefore defer from that disclosed. 

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Contracted maturities at  
30 June 2015

Cash & Cash Equivalents

Trade and Other Receivables

Total

Contracted maturities at  
30 June 2016

Cash & Cash Equivalents

Trade and Other Receivables

Total

0 – 12  
Months

$ ,000

2,160

959

3,119

0 – 12  
Months

$ ,000

7,042

1,836

8,878

1 – 2  
Years

$ ,000

-

-

-

1 – 2  
Years

$ ,000

-

-

-

2 – 5  
Years

$ ,000

-

-

-

2 – 5  
Years

$ ,000

-

-

-

> 5  
Years

Total  
Cash Flows

Carrying 
Amount

$ ,000

$ ,000

$ ,000

-

-

-

2,160

959

3,119

2,160

959

3,119

> 5  
Years

Total  
Cash Flows

Carrying 
Amount

$ ,000

$ ,000

$ ,000

-

-

-

7,042

1,836

8,878

7,042

1,836

8,878

The consolidated entity has recognised a loss of $109,000 (2015 $21,000) in profit and loss in respect of impairment of receivables 
for the year ended 30 June 2016. The movements in the provision for impairment of receivables were outlined in Note 9.

The table below sets out the maturity periods of the financial liabilities of the consolidated group as at 30 June 2016 and 30 June 
2015. All carrying amounts of equipment finance are discounted contractual cash flows. 

Contracted 
maturities at 30 
June 2015

Trade & Other 
Payables

Borrowings

Total

Contracted 
maturities at 30 
June 2016

Trade & Other 
Payables

Borrowings

Total

< 6  
Months

6 – 12  
Months

1 – 2  
Years

2 – 5  
Years

> 5  
Years

Total  
Cash Flows

Carrying 
Amount

$ ,000s

$ ,000s

$ ,000s

$ ,000s

$ ,000s

$ ,000s

$ ,000s

1,194

168

1,362

-

121

121

-

299

299

< 6  
Months

6 – 12  
Months

1 – 2  
Years

-

1,130

1,130

2 – 5  
Years

-

-

-

1,194

1,194

1,718

2,912

1,581

2,775

> 5  
Years

Total  
Cash Flows

Carrying 
Amount

$ ,000s

$ ,000s

$ ,000s

$ ,000s

$ ,000s

$ ,000s

$ ,000s

2,440

46

2,486

-

102

102

-

64

64

-

159

159

-

-

-

2,440

2,440

371

2,811

338

2,778

CREDIT RISK
The maximum exposure to credit risk, excluding the value of any collateral or other security, at balance date to recognised financial 
assets, is the carrying amount, net of any provisions for impairment of those assets, as disclosed in the balance sheet and notes to 
the financial statements.

There are no material amounts of collateral held as security at 30 June 2016 or 30 June 2015.

Credit risk is managed on a group basis and reviewed regularly by the Board. It arises from exposures to customers as well as 
through deposits with financial institutions.

The Board monitors credit risk by actively assessing the rating quality and liquidity of counter parties:

•  only major Australian banks and financial institutions are utilised;
•  potential customers with a monthly spend in excess of $1,000 are often rated for credit worthiness taking into account their 

size, market position and financial standing; and

•  Customers that do not meet the group’s strict credit policies may only purchase in cash or using recognised credit cards.

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Credit risk related to balances with banks and other financial institutions is managed in accordance with approved Board policy. 
Such policy requires that surplus funds are only invested with counterparties with a Standard and Poor’s rating of at least AA-. 
The following table provides information regarding the credit risk relating to cash and money market securities based on S&P 
counterparty credit ratings.

Cash & Cash Equivalents

AA- Rated

A+ Rated 

BBB+ Rated

Total Cash & Cash Equivalents

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

7,038

2,152

4

-

-

8

7,042

2,160

The consolidated group does not have any material credit risk exposure to any single receivable or group of receivables under 
financial instruments entered into by the consolidated group.

INTEREST RATE AND MARKET RISK
Market risk is the risk that changes in market prices, such as interest rates will affect the Company’s income or the value of its 
holdings of financial instruments. The objective of market risk management is to manage and control market risk exposures within 
acceptable parameters, while optimising returns. All of the Group’s equipment finance leases are at a fixed interest rate, and the 
Group no longer has any term debt. Accordingly the Directors consider interest rate and market risk to be low.

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
As the Group’s equipment finance leases are not material to the Group and at a fixed interest rate, and the Group no longer has 
any term debt, no sensitivity analysis has been performed, as any +/- variation in interest rates would not have a material impact on 
the post-tax profit for the period. 

DEBT MATURITY AND REFINANCING RISK
Refinancing risk is the risk that the Company is not able to refinance the full amount of its ongoing debt requirements on 
appropriate terms and pricing. To ensure that the Company has sufficient funds available, in the form of cash and liquid assets to 
meet its liquidity requirements, the Company maintains a sufficient surplus of cash in excess of six months of debt maturities to 
mitigate refinancing risk.

NOTE 26: REMUNERATION OF AUDITORS

During the financial year the following fees were paid or payable for services 
provided by PKF Hacketts Audit, the auditor of the consolidated entity

PKF Hacketts Audit

Audit Services

Other services – IPO related

PKF Hacketts Pty Ltd

Other Services – Preparation of tax returns 

Total

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Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

58

51

22

131

25

-

10

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NOTE 27: CONTINGENT ASSETS & LIABILITIES

CONTINGENT ASSETS
Before completion of the acquisition of Faktortel Holdings Pty Ltd, an aggregate amount of $236,990 (outstanding amount) was 
recorded by way of director loans in the accounts of the Faktortel Group. The outstanding amount remains unpaid. A warranty 
provided by the vendors provided that the Faktortel Group would be free of all debt at completion. 

Over the Wire Holdings Limited has paid out the full consideration of the acquisition and as such there is no more exposure to the 
Group in terms of amounts to be paid out. An amount equal to the outstanding amount is held in trust by the Group’s solicitor and 
as such control of those funds lies with them as trustee of their trust account. As a portion of the outstanding amount is in dispute, 
if the outcome is favourable to the Group, then that portion of the outstanding amount will be returned by the solicitors.

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
The consolidated entity had no contingent Liabilities as at 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2015.

NOTE 28: CAPITAL & LEASING COMMITMENTS

Lease commitments - Operating

Committed at the reporting date but not recognised as liabilities payable:

Within one year

One to five years

More than five years

Total Lease commitments - Operating

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

706

1,198

47

1,951

463

985

-

1,448

Operating lease commitments include contracted amounts for various offices under non-cancellable operating leases expiring 
within one to ten years with, in some cases, options to extend. On renewal, the terms of the leases will be renegotiated. 

Commitments in relation to non-cancellable finance leases are as follows:

Not Later Than 1 Year 

Later Than 1 Year But Not Later Than 5 Years

Minimum Lease Payments

Less Future Finance Charges

Representing Finance Lease Commitments 

Current (Note 16)

Non-Current (Note 20)

Total Lease Commitments - Financing

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

371

-

371

(33)

338

144

194

338

113

-

113

(11)

102

22

80

102

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NOTE 29: CASH FLOW INFORMATION

Reconciliation of Cash Flows from Operations with Profit After Income Tax 

Profit After Income Tax

Non cash flows in profit/(loss):

Depreciation

Amortisation

Provision for Doubtful Debts

Write-down of Earn-out Payments

Other Non Cash Movements 

Changes in Assets and Liabilities

(Increase) / Decrease in Trade and Other Receivables

(Increase) / Decrease in Inventories

(Increase) / Decrease in Other Assets

(Increase) / Decrease in Deferred Tax Assets

(Decrease) / Increase in Payables

(Decrease) / Increase in Provisions

(Decrease) / Increase in Current Tax Liabilities

Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

2,847

1,967

861

381

88

(195)

34

(488)

20

(5)

(158)

787

205

625

5,002

720

-

-

-

-

(225)

-

-

-

(163)

50

533

2,882

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NOTE 30: PARENT INFORMATION

The following information has been extracted from the books and records of the parent and has been prepared in accordance with 
Australian Accounting Standards.

PARENT ENTITY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
As At 30 June 2016

Assets

Current Assets

Non-Current Assets

Total Assets

Liabilities

Current Liabilities

Non-Current Liabilities

Total Liabilities

Net Assets

Equity

Issued Capital

Retained Profits

Total Equity

PARENT ENTITY STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
For Year Ended 30 June 2016

Total Profit

Total Comprehensive Income

2016 
$ ,000

2015 
$ ,000

3,783

8,944

12,727

734

511

1,245

11,481

11,280

201

11,481

1,766

807

2,573

1,987

25

2,011

562

1

561

562

2016 
$ ,000

(360)

-

2015 
$ ,000

1,963

-

GUARANTEES AND CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS 
During the reporting period, Over the Wire Holdings Limited did not have guarantees or contractual commitments with or in 
relation to its subsidiaries. 

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
The parent entity did not have any contingent liabilities as at 30 June 2016 (2015: nil).

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NOTE 31: RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Over the Wire Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent entity in the wholly owned group comprising the Company and its wholly 
owned controlled entities. Transactions between the Company and its controlled entities have been eliminated in the consolidated 
financial statements. 

The aggregate amounts of transactions between the Company and its controlled entities are in the respective classification 
categories in the financial statements. The nature, terms and conditions of each different type of transaction area are as follows:

•  Fees charged by Over the Wire Holdings Limited to the members of the group are in respect of the company acting as a central 
provider of corporate services to the group, including employing all staff, providing office and administration services until 31 
December 2015.

•  Fees charged by OTW Corp Pty Ltd to the members of the group are in respect of the company acting as a central provider of 
corporate services to the group, including employing all staff, providing office and administration services from 1 January 2016.

•  Management fees charged by Over the Wire Holdings Limited to cover the costs of being listed on the Australian Stock 

Exchange.

•  Operational Loans for day to day working capital between the Company and its controlled entities are unsecured and advanced 

on an interest free basis.

•  During the year, the Group has conducted the following related party transactions:
•  Management fees paid to Over the Wire Holdings by its controlled entities for FY16: $3.145m (FY15: $4.606m)
•  Fees charged by OTW Corp to the members of the group for FY16: $3.533m (FY15: nil)

KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL (KMP) COMPENSATION

Short –Term Employee Benefits

Long-Term Employee Benefits

Post-Employment Benefits

Termination Payments

Share based Payments

Key Management Personnel 

Detailed remuneration disclosures are provided in the remuneration report on pages 20 to 22. 

Consolidated

2016 
$ ,000

1,090

14

83

-

7

2015 
$ ,000

961

14

68

-

-

1,194

1,043

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NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED

NOTE 32: SUBSIDIARIES

The consolidated financial statements incorporate the assets, liabilities 
and results of the following subsidiaries in accordance with the accounting 
policies described in Note1:

Name of Entity

Over the Wire Pty Ltd 

Netsip Pty Ltd

Celentia Pty Ltd (Deregistered 07 October 2015) 

EcoHost Pty Ltd (Deregistered 07 October 2015)

Spartan IT Pty Ltd (Deregistered 07 October 2015)

Faktortel Pty Ltd (Acquired 28 July 2015)

Faktortel Holdings Pty Ltd (Acquired 28 July 2015)

Aero Telecom Pty Ltd (Acquired 28 July 2015)

Sanity Holdings Pty Ltd ( Acquired 30 November 2015)

OTW Corp Pty Ltd ( Registered 25 September 2015) 

Consolidated

2016

2015

Country of 
Incorporation

Australia

Australia

Australia

Australia

Australia

Australia

Australia

Australia

Australia

Australia

Equity 
Holding

100 %

100 %

0%

0%

0%

100%

100%

100%

100%

100%

Equity 
Holding

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

100 %

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

During the current year Celentia Pty Ltd, EcoHost Pty Ltd and Spartan IT Pty Ltd were deregistered. The dates that the companies 
ceased to be part of the consolidated entity are noted in the table above. Due to these companies having remained dormant for an 
extended period of time, the profit/loss from these discontinued operations are immaterial to the consolidated entity, and have not 
been shown separately in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

NOTE 33: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

It is the Board’s intention to pay a final dividend of 1 cent per share fully franked, covering the period from Listing until 30 June 
2016, in October 2016. The total expected cash payment by the company for this dividend will be $435,000.

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

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74ANNUAL REPORT 20166.0DIRECTORS’ DECLARATION DIRECTORS’  
DECLARATION

IN THE DIRECTORS’ OPINION:
The financial statements and notes set out on pages 33 to 73 are in accordance with the Corporations 
Act 2001, including:
•  complying with Accounting Standards, which, as stated in accounting policy Note 1 to the financial 
statements, constitutes explicit and unreserved compliance with International Financial Reporting 
Standards (IFRS) and the Corporations Regulations 2001; and

•  giving a true and fair view of the financial position as at 30 June 2016 and of the performance for 

the year ended on that date of the company and consolidated group;

There are reasonable grounds to believe that the consolidated group will be able to pay its debts as 
and when they become due and payable.

The directors have been given the declarations by the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial 
Officer required by section 295A of the Corporations Act 2001.

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

Michael Omeros  
Managing Director  

Brisbane  
15 September 2016 

John Puttick 
Chair Person 

Brisbane 
15 September 2016

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OVER THE WIRE HOLDINGS LIMITED 

Report on the financial report 

We  have  audited  the  accompanying  financial  report  of  Over  the  Wire  Holdings  Limited  (“the 
company”)  and  its  Controlled  Entities  (“the  group”)  which  comprises  the  consolidated  statement  of 
financial  position  as  at  30  June  2016,  the  consolidated  statement  of  profit  or  loss  and  other 
comprehensive  income,  the  consolidated  statement  of  changes  in  equity  and  the  consolidated 
statement  of  cash  flows  for  the  year  then  ended,  notes  comprising  a  summary  of  significant 
accounting  policies  and  other  explanatory  information,  and  the  Directors’  declaration  of  the  group 
comprising the company and the entities it controlled at the year’s end or from time to time during the 
financial year. 

Directors’ responsibility for the financial report

The Directors of the company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a 
true and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards and the Corporations Act 2001 
and for such internal control as the Directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of the 
financial report that is free from material misstatement,  whether due to fraud or error. In Note 1, the 
Directors  also  state,  in  accordance  with  Accounting  Standard  AASB  101:  Presentation  of  Financial 
Statements that the financial statements comply with International Financial Reporting Standards. 

Auditor’s responsibility

Our  responsibility  is  to  express  an  opinion  on  the  financial  report  based  on  our  audit.  We  have 
conducted our audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Those standards require that 
we comply with relevant ethical requirements relating to audit engagements and plan and perform the 
audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial report is free from material misstatement.   

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures 
in  the  financial  report.    The  procedures  selected  depend  on  the  auditor’s  judgement,  including  the 
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due to fraud or error.  
In  making  those  risk  assessments,  the  auditor  considers  internal  control  relevant  to  the  entity’s 
preparation of the financial report that gives a fair view, in order to design audit procedures that are 
appropriate  in  the  circumstances,  but  not  for  the  purpose  of  expressing  an  opinion  on  the 
effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of 
accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the directors, as 
well as evaluating the overall presentation in the financial report. 

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

Independence 

In conducting  our audit,  we have complied  with the  independence requirements of the  Corporations
Act 2001. 

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Opinion 

In  our  opinion,  the  financial  report  of  Over  the  Wire  Holdings  Limited  is  in  accordance  with  the 
Corporations Act 2001, including:  

(a)

the  financial  report  of  Over  the  Wire  Holdings  Limited  and  its  Controlled  Entities  is  in
accordance with the Corporations Act 2001, including:

(i)

(ii)

giving a true and fair view of the group’s financial position as at 30 June 2016 and of
its performance for the year ended on that date; and

complying  with  Australian  Accounting  Standards  and  the  Corporations  Regulations
2001; and

(b)

the  financial  report  also  complies  with  International  Financial  Reporting  Standards  as
disclosed in Note 1.

Report on the Remuneration Report 
We have audited the Remuneration Report included in pages 2(cid:19) to 22 of the Directors’ Report for the 
year  ended  30  June  2016.  The  Directors  of  the  Company  are  responsible  for  the  preparation  and 
presentation  of  the  Remuneration  Report  in  accordance  with  Section  300A  of  the  Corporations  Act 
2001.  Our  responsibility  is  to  express  an  opinion  on  the  Remuneration  Report,  based  on  our  audit 
conducted in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. 

Opinion 
In our opinion the Remuneration Report of Over the Wire Holdings Limited and its Controlled Entities 
for the year ended 30 June 2016, complies with section 300A of the Corporations Act 2001. 

PKF Hacketts Audit 

Liam Murphy 
Partner 

Brisbane, 15 September 2016 

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