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Teleste - Interim report (Q1 and Q3)

TELESTE CORPORATION INTERIM REPORT 1 JAN TO 30 JUN 2014


Turku, Finland, 2014-08-07 07:30 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

TELESTE CORPORATION   INTERIM REPORT   7 AUGUST 2014  AT 08:30


TELESTE CORPORATION INTERIM REPORT 1 JAN TO 30 JUN 2014

INCREASED ORDERS RECEIVED AND NET SALES, INVESTMENTS INTO SERVICES BUSINESS
LOWERED PROFITABILITY 



Second quarter of 2014
- Net sales amounted to EUR 49.4 (46.5) million, an increase of 6.3%
- Operating profit stood at EUR 1.4 (1.7) million, a decrease of 20.4%
- Undiluted earnings per share stood at EUR 0.05 (EUR 0.07)
- Orders received totalled EUR 50.3 (44.2) million, an increase of 13.8%
- Cash flow from operations was EUR 0.3 (4.1) million, a decrease of 92.5%



Outlook for 2014

We estimate that net sales and operating profit for the year 2014 will not
reach the 2013 level. 



Comments on second quarter of 2014 by CEO Jukka Rinnevaara:"Demand for Video and Broadband Solutions was good and orders received
increased significantly over the comparative period. We managed to increase net
sales more than expected, especially in optical products and headends of access
networks. Growing areas of the market included particularly Germany, France and
the UK. Nevertheless operating profit failed to reach the level of the
reference period mainly due to the shift in sales towards lower-margin
products. 

As for Network Services, we continued to implement structural changes and
investments designed to improve profitability and business expansion in Germany
and the UK. These investments for growth and restructuring costs reduced the
profitability of our services business. As for the new services business, we
expect net sales and profitability to improve right in the latter part of the
year."



Teleste Group in April to June 2014

Key figures (EUR million)      4-6/2014  4-6/2013  Change %
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Orders received                    50.3      44.2    +13.8%
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Net sales                          49.4      46.5     +6.3%
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EBIT                                1.4       1.7    -20.4%
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EBIT %                             2.8%      3.7%          
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Profit for the period               0.9       1.3    -29.0%
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Other important key figures                                
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Earnings per share, EUR            0.05      0.07    -29.6%
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Cash flow from operations, M€       0.3       4.1    -92.5%
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Orders received by the Group in the second quarter totalled EUR 50.3 (44.2)
million, an increase of 13.8%. The year-on-year order backlog grew by EUR 5.1
million to EUR 17.4 (12.3) million. 

Net sales grew by 6.3% amounting to EUR 49.4 (46.5) million. Compared to the
same period in the previous year, operating profit decreased by 20.4% standing
at EUR 1.4 (1.7) million, which is 2.8% (3.7%) of net sales. Operating profit
of Video and Broadband Solutions increased, whereas that of Network Services
was in the red. Personnel expenses amounted to EUR 15.4 (14.5) million.
Undiluted earnings per share were EUR 0.05 (0.07). Operating cash flow stood at
EUR 0.3 (4.1) million. Increased trade receivables decreased cash flow over the
comparative period. 

Teleste Group in January to June 2014

Key figures (EUR million)    1-6/2014  1-6/2013  Change %  1-12/2013
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Orders received                  97.2      87.6     11.0%      188.9
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Net sales                        92.9      92.3      0.7%      192.8
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EBIT                              2.7       4.3    -38.4%       11.0
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EBIT %                           2.9%      4.7%                 5.7%
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Profit for the period             1.8       3.1    -40.4%        8.1
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Other important key figures                                         
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Earnings per share, EUR          0.10      0.18    -40.4%       0.47
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Cash flow from operations         1.8       4.3    -59.1%       10.0
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Net gearing, %                  18.2%     21.8%         %      13.8%
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Equity ratio, %                 52.0%     48.5%         %      52.7%
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Personnel at period-end         1,303     1,325     -1.7%      1,261
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Orders received by the Group improved by 11.0% standing at EUR 97.2 (87.6)
million. Net sales grew by 0.7% amounting to EUR 92.9 (92.3) million. Operating
profit decreased by 38.4% to EUR 2.7 (4.3) million. Personnel expenses amounted
to EUR 29.3 (28.9) million. Financial items totalled EUR 0.2 (0.2) million.
Taxes for the Group amounted to EUR 0.6 (1.1) million while the Group's tax
rate was 25.7% (26.4%). Undiluted earnings per share were EUR 0.10 (0.18).
Operating cash flow stood at EUR 1.8 (4.3) million. 



Video and Broadband Solutions in April to June 2014

Key figures (1,000 €)  4-6/2014  4-6/2013  Change %
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Orders received          27,898    23,350    +19.5%
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Net sales                27,007    25,625     +5.4%
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EBIT                      1,835     2,308     -20.5
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EBIT %                     6.8%      9.0%          
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Orders received totalled EUR 27.9 (23.4) million, an increase of 19.5%. Order
backlog totalled EUR 17.4 (12.3) million. Net sales grew by 5.4% amounting to
EUR 27.0 (25.6) million. The strong demand for access network products
increased the year-on-year net sales to a higher level, even if net sales of
the video surveillance solutions fell from the comparative period. Operating
profit stood at EUR 1.8 (2.3) million making 6.8% (9.0%) of net sales. This
decline in the operating profit percentage was primarily due to lower volume of
sales of the video surveillance solutions over the period of comparison. 

R&D expenses for the business area amounted to EUR 3.0 (2.7) million making
11.0% (10.5%) of net sales. Most of the R&D projects included further
development of the product families in production and customer-specific
projects. Capitalized R&D expenses amounted to EUR 0.3 (0.3) million.
Depreciation on capitalized R&D expenses equalled EUR 0.3 (0.5) million. 

Video and Broadband Solutions in January to June 2014

Key figures (1,000 €)  1-6/2014  1-6/2013  Change %  1-12/2013
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Orders received          52,794    44,769    +17.9%     97,815
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Net sales                48,492    49,438     -1.9%    101,716
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EBIT                      2,635     4,744    -44.5%      9,460
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EBIT %                     5.4%      9.6%                 9.3%
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Orders received totalled EUR 52.8 (44.8) million, an increase of 17.9%. Net
sales decreased by 1.9% amounting to EUR 48.5 (49.4) million. Operating profit
decreased by 44.5% amounting to EUR 2.6 (4.7) million. The operating profit was
adversely affected particularly by the quiet early year and lower year-on-year
deliveries of video surveillance solutions. Product development expenses
equalled EUR 5.6 (5.1) million, in other words 11.5% (10.3%) of net sales. 



Network Services in April to June 2014

Key figures (1000 €)  4-6/2014  4-6/2013  Change %
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Orders received         22,405    20,870      7.4%
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Net sales               22,405    20,870      7.4%
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EBIT                      -452      -570          
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EBIT %                   -2.0%     -2.7%          
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Second-quarter net sales stood at EUR 22.4 (20.9) million, which is 7.4% higher
than in the comparison period. Net sales increased primarily in Germany, where
the comparative period's net sales were lower than average. Operating result
was a loss standing at EUR -0.5 (-0.6) million, or -2.0% (-2.7%) of net sales.
This operating loss was caused by custom-specific rearrangements and increases
made in the installation capacity for future growth in Germany, as well as
investments aimed at business expansion in the UK. These changes will allow for
improved profitability and expansion of business in the rest of the year. 

Network Services in January to June 2014

Key figures (1,000 €)  1-6/2014  1-6/2013  Change %  1-12/2013
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Orders received          44,453    42,816      3.8%     91,060
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Net sales                44,453    42,816      3.8%     91,060
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EBIT                         38      -404       n/a      1,587
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EBIT %                     0.1%     -0.9%                 1.7%
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The year-on-year net sales grew by 3.8% amounting to EUR 44.5 (42.8) million.
Operating profit equalled EUR 0.0 (-0.4) million. While the demand for services
was good, customer-specific rearrangements in Germany and investments to expand
the business in the UK pulled the result down to zero. 



Personnel and Organization in January to June 2014

In the period under review, the Group had an annual average of 1,275 people
(1,336/2013, 1,326/2012), of whom 562 (554) were employed by Video and
Broadband Solutions, and 713 (782) by Network Services. At the end of the
review period, the Group employed 1,303 people (1,325/2013, 1,348/2012) of whom
69% (74%/2013, 70%/2012) were stationed abroad. About 3% of the Group's
employees were working outside Europe. 

Personnel costs amounted to EUR 29.3 million (28.9/2013, 30.5/2012).

Investments and Product Development in January to June 2014

Investments by the Group for the period under review totalled EUR 1.5 (4.6)
million accounting for 1.7% (5.0%) of net sales. As for the year-on-year
investments, EUR 3.5 million involved the acquisition of Asheridge. Product
development investments amounted to EUR 0.6 (0.6) million while other
investments equalled EUR 0.8 million. 

Financing and Capital Structure in January to June 2014

Operating cash flow stood at EUR 1.8 (4.3) million. This decrease in cash flow
from operating activities was mainly due to increased trade receivables. At the
end of the period under review, the amount of unused binding stand-by credits
amounted to EUR 17.0 (14.0) million. Credit limits are valid until August 2015. 

The Group's equity ratio equalled 52.0% (48.5%) and net gearing 18.2% (21.8%).
On 30 June 2014, the Group's interest-bearing debt stood at EUR 24.1 (27.7)
million. 

Key Risks by the Business Areas

Founded in 1954, Teleste is a technology and services company consisting of two
business areas: Video and Broadband Solutions and Network Services. With Europe
as the main market area, our clients include European cable operators and
specified organizations in the public sector. 

As to Video and Broadband Solutions, client-specific and integrated deliveries
of solutions create favourable conditions for growth, even if the involved
resource allocation and technical implementation pose a challenge involving,
therefore, also reasonable risks. Our customers' network investments vary based
on the relevant need for upgrading and their financial structure. Significant
part of Teleste's competition comes from the USA so the exchange rate of euro
up against the US dollar affects our competitiveness. The exchange rate
development of the Chinese renminbi to euro affects our material costs. 

The company hedges against short-term currency exposure by means of forward
contracts. The situation in the European financial markets may slow down our
customers' investment plans. Furthermore, a weakening in the consumer
purchasing power in Europe could slow down the network investments by the cable
operators. Competition increased by the new service providers (OTT) may
undermine the cable operators' ability to invest. Availability of components is
subject to natural phenomena, such as floods and earthquakes. Severe weather
conditions have an impact on the business areas' ability to deliver products
and services. Correct technological choices and their timing are vital for our
success. 

Net sales of Network Services comes, for the most part, from a small number of
large European customers, so a significant change in the demand for our
services by any one of them is reflected in the actual deliveries and
profitability. To ensure quality of services and cost-efficiency along with
efficient service process management, customer satisfaction and improvements in
productivity require innovative solutions in terms of processes, products and
logistics. Smooth operation of cable networks requires effective technical
management and functional hardware solutions in accordance with contractual
obligations. This, in turn, demands continuous and determined development of
skills and competences in Teleste's own personnel as well as those of our
subcontractors. In addition, Teleste's ability to deliver and compete may be
constrained by the adequacy of our sub-contractor network capacity. Tender
calculation and management of larger projects with overall responsibility are
complex and include risks. 

It is important for our business areas to take into account any market
developments such as consolidations taking place among the clientele and
competition. The threats to information systems must be minimized to ensure
business continuity. The Board of Directors annually reviews any essential
risks related to the company operation and their management. Risk management is
an integral part of the strategic and operational activities of the business
areas. Risks are reported to the Board on a regular basis. 

The company has covered any major risks of loss involving the business areas
through insurance policies. Insurance will also cover credit loss risks related
to sales receivables. In the period under review, no such legal proceedings or
judicial procedures were pending that would have had any essential significance
for the Group operation. 

Group Structure

Parent company Teleste has branch offices in Australia, the Netherlands, and
Denmark with subsidiaries in 14 countries outside Finland. Teleste Management
Oy was merged with the parent company on 28 February 2014. Teleste Management
II Oy, founded in December 2011, has been consolidated in the Teleste Group
figures on account of financial arrangements. 

Shares and Changes in Share Capital

On 30 June 2014, EM Group Oy was the largest single shareholder with a holding
of 23.23%. 

In the period under review, the lowest company share price was EUR 4.25 (3.78)
and the highest was EUR 4.86 (4.47). Closing price on 30 June 2014 stood at EUR
4.55 (4.09). According to Euroclear Finland Ltd the number of shareholders at
the end of the period under review was 5,052 (5,086). Foreign ownership
accounted for 4.81% (5.83%). From 1 January to 30 June 2014, trading with
Teleste share at NASDAQ OMX Helsinki amounted to EUR 5.9 (5.6) million. In the
period under review, 1.3 (1.3) million Teleste shares were traded on the stock
exchange. 

At the end of June 2014, the Group held 1,189,654 of its own shares, of which
the parent company Teleste Corporation had 647,654 shares while the Group and
controlled companies had 542,000 shares, respectively. At the end of the
period, the Group's holding of the total amount of shares amounted to 6.27%
(6.35%). 

The share subscription period for stock option rights 2007C began on 1 April
2012 and ended on 30 April 2014. Stock option rights 2007C enabled subscription
of 280,000 shares in total. Based on option rights 2007C, a total of 256,998
Teleste Corporation's new shares were subscribed. Those 2007C option rights
that were not used before the expiry of the subscription period, are null and
void. 

On 30 June 2014, the registered share capital of Teleste stood at EUR
6,966,932.80 divided in 18,985,588 shares. 

Decisions by the Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Teleste Corporation on 1 April 2014
confirmed the financial statements for 2013 and discharged the Board of
Directors and the CEO from liability for the financial period. The AGM
confirmed the dividend of EUR 0.19 per share proposed by the Board. The
dividend was paid out on 11 April 2014. 

Ms. Marjo Miettinen, Mr. Pertti Ervi, Ms. Jannica Fagerholm, Mr. Esa Harju, Mr.
Kai Telanne and Mr. Petteri Walldén continue in Teleste's Board of Directors.
Ms. Marjo Miettinen was elected Chair of the Board in the organizational
meeting held immediately after the AGM. 

Authorized Public Accountants KPMG Oy Ab continues as the auditor until the
next AGM. Mr. Esa Kailiala, accountant authorized by the Central Chamber of
Commerce of Finland, was chosen auditor-in-charge. 

On 1 April 2014, the Annual General Meeting decided on the following
authorizations of the Board of Directors: 

- Purchases of own shares: maximum of 1,200,000 shares. This authorization is
valid for 18 months from the date of the decision. 
- Issue of new shares: maximum of 4,000,000 shares, valid for three years from
the date of the decision. 
- Disposal of own shares in possession: maximum of 1,800,000 shares, valid for
three years from the date of the decision. 
- Based on the special rights granted by the Company, the number of shares to
subscribe may not exceed 2,500,000 shares; these special rights are included in
the maximum warrants concerning new shares and the Group's own shares mentioned
above. This authorization will be valid for three years from the date of the
decision. 



Outlook for 2014

Video and Broadband Solutions aim at maintaining a strong market position in
Europe and expand into selected new markets. Network capacity will continue to
increase driven by the new broadband and video services provided by the
operators. New products in line with communication standard Docsis 3.1 will
enable network operators to activate their investments in the rest of the year.
Price erosion in the market continues. The positive trend in the video
surveillance market will continue, but the public sector decisions to start
projects may be delayed in the current economic climate. We estimate
profitability of Video and Broadband Solutions to improve compared to the first
half of the year. 

The business objective of Network Services is to develop the operational
efficiency and give up any unprofitable services activities during the year. We
estimate the demand for comprehensive network services in our key target
markets to continue at par with the comparative year and the profitability to
improve compared to the first half of the year. 

We estimate that net sales and operating profit for the year 2014 will not
reach the 2013 level. 



6 August 2014



Teleste Corporation              Jukka Rinnevaara
Board of Directors               President and CEO





This interim report has been compiled in compliance with IAS 34, as it is
accepted within EU, using the recognition and valuation principles with those
used in the Annual Report.Teleste has prepared this interim report applying the
same accounting principles as those described in detail in it's the
consolidated financial statements. The data stated in this report is unaudited.
The changes in IAS1, IFRS13 and IAS19 have been applied in this interim report
and they do not have any material impact on the financial reporting. 



STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME          4-6/       4-6/    Change %     1-12/
 (tEUR)                                    2014       2013                  2013
Net Sales                                49,412     46,495       6.3 %   192,775
     Other operating income                 317          0         n/a       840
     Materials and services             -25,261    -21,997      14.8 %   -94,456
     Personnel expenses                 -15,363    -14,455       6.3 %   -56,949
     Other operating expenses            -6,721     -7,144      -5.9 %   -26,536
     Depreciation                        -1,001     -1,161     -13.8 %    -4,628
Operating profit                          1,383      1,738     -20.4 %    11,047
     Financial income and expenses         -125       -103      21.4 %      -386
Profit after financial items              1,258      1,635     -23.1 %    10,660
Profit before taxes                       1,258      1,635     -23.1 %    10,660
     Taxes                                 -355       -364      -2.5 %    -2,513
Net profit                                  903      1,271     -29.0 %     8,147
Attributable to:                                                                
     Equity holders of the parent           903      1,271     -29.0 %     8,147
Earnings per share for result of the year attributable to the equity holders of 
 the parent                                                                     
(expressed in € per share)                                                      
     Basic                                 0.05       0.07     -29.6 %      0.47
     Diluted                               0.05       0.07     -29.0 %      0.46
Total comprehensive income for the 
 period (tEUR)                                                                  
Net profit                                  903      1,271     -29.0 %     8,147
Possible items with future net                                                  
 profit effect                                                                  
Translation differences                    -141       -516     -72.7 %      -559
Fair value reserve                            8         27     -70.4 %        16
Total comprehensive income for the          770        782      -1.5 %     7,604
 period                                                                         
Attributable to:                                                                
     Equity holders of the parent           770        782      -1.5 %     7,604



STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME        1-6/      1-6/       Change %     1-12/
 (tEUR)                                  2014      2013                     2013
Net Sales                              92,945    92,254          0.7 %   192,775
     Other operating income               503       458          9.8 %       840
     Materials and services           -46,263   -43,601          6.1 %   -94,456
     Personnel expenses               -29,348   -28,890          1.6 %   -56,949
     Other operating expenses         -13,139   -13,369         -1.7 %   -26,536
     Depreciation                      -2,025    -2,512        -19.4 %    -4,628
Operating profit                        2,673     4,340        -38.4 %    11,047
     Financial income and expenses       -217      -185         17.5 %      -386
Profit after financial items            2,456     4,155        -40.9 %    10,660
Profit before taxes                     2,456     4,155        -40.9 %    10,660
     Taxes                               -632    -1,097        -42.4 %    -2,513
Net profit                              1,824     3,058        -40.4 %     8,147
Attributable to:                                                                
     Equity holders of the parent       1,824     3,058        -40.4 %     8,147
Earnings per share for result of the year attributable to the equity holders of 
 the parent                                                                     
(expressed in € per share)                                                      
     Basic                               0.10      0.18   -40.4 %           0.47
     Diluted                             0.10      0.17   -40.4 %           0.46
Total comprehensive income for the                                              
 period (tEUR)                                                                  
Net profit                              1,824     3,058   -40.4 %          8,147
Possible items with future net                                                  
 profit effect                                                                  
Translation differences                   -49      -471   -89.6 %           -559
Fair value reserve                          1        51   -98.0 %             16
Total comprehensive income for the      1,776     2,638   -32.7 %          7,604
 period                                                                         
Attributable to:                                                                
     Equity holders of the parent       1,776     2,638   -32.7 %          7,604



STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION     30.06.2014  30.06.2013  Change %  31.12.2013
 (tEUR)                                                                         
Non-current assets                                                              
   Property,plant,equipment             10,333      10,637    -2.9 %      10,499
   Goodwill                             33,250      33,301    -0.2 %      33,252
   Other intangible assets               4,191       4,567    -8.2 %       4,448
   Deferred tax assets                   1,900       2,079    -8.6 %       2,002
   Available-for-sale investments          422         286    47.6 %         294
                                        50,096      50,870    -1.5 %      50,494
Current assets                                                                  
   Inventories                          20,115      20,295    -0.9 %      19,762
   Trade and other receivables          41,381      38,546     7.4 %      38,844
   Cash and cash equivalents            12,242      14,570   -16.0 %      15,229
                                        73,738      73,411     0.4 %      73,835
Total assets                           123,833     124,280    -0.4 %     124,329
Shareholder's equity and                                                        
 liabilities                                                                    
   Share capital                         6,967       6,967     0.0 %       6,967
   Other equity                         56,906      52,840     7.7 %      58,160
   Non-controlling interest                488         425    14.8 %         425
                                        64,361      60,232     6.9 %      65,552
Non-current liabilities                                                         
   Provisions                              596         968   -38.4 %         634
   Deferred tax liabilities              1,171       1,794   -34.7 %       1,293
   Non interest bearing                  2,509       2,342     7.1 %       2,414
    liabilities                                                                 
   Interest bearing liabilities            360       1,102   -67.3 %         470
                                         4,636       6,206   -25.3 %       4,810
Current liabilities                                                             
   Trade payables and other             29,800      30,142    -1.1 %      28,130
    liabilities                                                                 
   Current tax payable                     423         245    72.7 %       1,206
   Provisions                              837         848    -1.3 %         832
   Interest bearing liabilities         23,776      26,607   -10.6 %      23,799
                                        54,836      57,842    -5.2 %      53,967
Total shareholder's equity and         123,833     124,280    -0.4 %     124,329
 liabilities                                                                    



CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT (tEUR)            1-6/    1-6/   Change   1-12/
                                                   2014    2013        %    2013
Cash flows from operating activities                                            
   Profit for the period                          1,824   3,058  -40.4 %   8,147
   Adjustments                                    2,874   3,794  -24.2 %   7,608
   Interest and other financial expenses and       -217    -185   17.5 %    -403
    incomes                                                                     
   Paid Taxes                                    -1,415  -2,927  -51.7 %  -3,402
   Change in working capital                     -1,296     588      n/a  -1,989
Cash flow from operating activities               1,770   4,328  -59.1 %   9,961
Cash flow from investing activities                                             
   A conditional supplementary contract price         0  -2,576      n/a  -2,585
    for prior subsidiary acquisitions                                           
   Purchases of property, plant and equipment      -816    -400  104.0 %  -1,180
    (PPE)                                                                       
   Purchases of intangible assets                  -614    -586    4.8 %  -1,442
   Acquisition of subsidiary, net of cash             0    -965      n/a    -965
    acquired                                                                    
   Acquisition of assets available for sale        -136       0      n/a       0
Net cash used in investing activities            -1,566  -4,527  -65.4 %  -6,172
Cash flow from financing activities                                             
   Proceeds from borrowings                           0   5,000      n/a   5,000
   Payments of borrowings                          -177    -821  -78.4 %  -4,178
   Dividends paid                                -3,462  -2,962   16.9 %  -2,962
   Proceeds from issuance of ordinary shares        497       0      n/a     270
Net cash used in financing activities            -3,142   1,217      n/a  -1,870
Change in cash                                                                  
   Cash in the beginning                         15,229  13,880    9.7 %  13,880
   Change in cash during period                  -2,938   1,018      n/a   1,919
   Effect of currency changes                       -49    -328  -85.1 %    -571
   Cash at the end                               12,242  14,570  -16.0 %  15,229



KEY FIGURES                                       1-6/    1-6/  Change %   1-12/
                                                  2014    2013              2013
   Earnings per share, EUR                        0.10    0.18   -40.4 %    0.47
   Earnings per share fully diluted, EUR          0.10    0.17   -40.4 %    0.46
   Shareholders' equity per share, EUR            3.59    3.43     4.7 %    3.73
   Return on equity                              5.6 %  10.1 %   -44.7 %  12.9 %
   Return on capital employed                    6.0 %  10.4 %   -42.0 %  13.0 %
   Equity ratio                                 52.0 %  48.5 %     7.3 %  52.7 %
   Gearing                                      18.2 %  21.8 %   -16.5 %  13.8 %
   Investments, tEUR                             1,549   4,637   -66.6 %   6,313
   Investments % of net sales                    1.7 %   5.0 %             3.3 %
   Order backlog, tEUR                          17,402  12,331    41.1 %  13,100
   Personnel, average                            1,275   1,336    -4.6 %   1,306
   Average number of shares (thousands)         18,897  18,729     0.9 %  18,744
   including own shares                                                         
   Highest share price, EUR                       4.86    4.47     8.7 %    4.47
   Lowest share price, EUR                        4.25    3.78    12.4 %    3.78
   Average share price, EUR                       4.52    4.14     9.3 %    4.17
   Turnover, in million shares                     1.3     1.3    -1.5 %     2.2
   Turnover, in MEUR                               5.9     5.6     5.6 %     9.2
Treasury shares                                                               
                                                Number            % of     % of 
                                             of shares           shares    votes
   Possession of company's own shares        1,189,654            6.27 %  6.27 %
    30.6.2014                                                                   
Contingent liabilities and pledged assets (tEUR)                                
Leasing and rent liabilities                     5,711   7,194   -20.6 %   6,748
Derivative instruments (tEUR)                                                   
   Value of underlying forward contracts         6,748   8,288   -18.6 %   7,633
   Market value of forward contracts              -159     158       n/a    -209
   Interest rate swap                           11,000  11,000     0.0 %  11,000
   Market value of interest swap                    -5      29       n/a      -6
Taxes are computed on the basis of the tax on the profit for the period.        



OPERATING SEGMENTS (tEUR)                        1-6/    1-6/  Change %    1-12/
                                                 2014    2013               2013
Video and Broadband Solutions                                                   
   Orders received                             52,794  44,769    17.9 %   97,815
   Net sales                                   48,492  49,438    -1.9 %  101,716
   EBIT                                         2,635   4,744   -44.5 %    9,460
   EBIT%                                        5.4 %   9.6 %              9.3 %
Network Services                                                                
   Orders received                             44,453  42,816     3.8 %   91,060
   Net sales                                   44,453  42,816     3.8 %   91,060
   EBIT                                            38    -404       n/a    1,587
   EBIT%                                        0.1 %  -0.9 %              1.7 %
Total                                                                           
   Orders received                             97,247  87,585    11.0 %  188,875
   Net sales                                   92,945  92,254     0.7 %  192,776
   EBIT                                         2,673   4,340   -38.4 %   11,047
   EBIT%                                        2.9 %   4.7 %              5.7 %
   Financial items                               -217    -185    17.5 %     -386
   Operating segments net profit before taxes   2,456   4,155   -40.9 %   10,660



Information per quarter     4-6/14  1-3/14  10-12/13  7-9/13  4-6/13  7/2013-   
 (tEUR)                                                               6/2014    
Video and Broadband Solutions                                                   
       Orders received      27,898  24,896    24,127  28,919     23,350  105,840
       Net sales            27,007  21,485    28,020  24,258     25,625  100,770
       EBIT                  1,835     801     2,354   2,362      2,308    7,352
       EBIT %                6.8 %   3.7 %     8.4 %   9.7 %      9.0 %    7.3 %
Network Services                                                                
       Orders received      22,405  22,048    26,024  22,220     20,870   92,697
       Net sales            22,405  22,048    26,024  22,220     20,870   92,697
       EBIT                   -452     490     1,168     823       -570    2,029
       EBIT %               -2.0 %   2.2 %     4.5 %   3.7 %     -2.7 %    2.2 %
Total                                                                           
       Orders received      50,303  46,944    50,151  51,139     44,220  198,537
       Net sales            49,412  43,533    54,044  46,478     46,495  193,467
       EBIT                  1,383   1,291     3,522   3,185      1,738    9,381
       EBIT %                2.8 %   3.0 %     6.5 %   6.9 %      3.7 %    4.8 %



Attributable to equity holders of the parent (tEUR)                             
A                   Share capital                                               
B                   Share premium                                               
C                   Translation differences                                     
D                   Retained earnings                                           
E                   Invested free capital                                       
F                   Other funds                                                 
G                   Total                                                       
H                   Share of non-controlling interest                           
I                   Total equity                                                
                      A      B     C       D      E     F      G     H       I  
Shareholder's       6,967  1,504   126  53,079  3,457   -6  65,127   425  65,552
 equity 1.1.2014                                                                
Total                              -49   1,824           1   1,776         1,776
 comprehensive                                                                  
 income for the                                                                 
 period                                                                         
Used options                                      497          497           497
Paid dividend                           -3,564              -3,564   102  -3,462
Interest, non                               39                  39   -39       0
 controll party                                                                 
Equity-settled                               0      0    0       0     0       0
 share-based                                             
 payments                                                                       
Shareholder's       6,967  1,504    77  51,378  3,954   -5  63,875   488  64,361
 equity 30.6.2014                                                               
Shareholder's       6,967  1,504   685  48,007  2,737  -22  59,878   678  60,557
 equity 1.1.2013                                                                
Total                             -471   3,058          51   2,638     0   2,638
 comprehensive                                                                  
 income for the                                                                 
 period                                                                         
Paid dividend                           -3,119              -3,119   157  -2,962
Interest, non                               34                  34   -34       0
 controll party                                                                 
Equity-settled                                    376          376  -376       0
 share-based                                                                    
 payments                                                                       
Shareholder's       6,967  1,504   214  47,980  3,113   29  59,807   425  60,232
 equity 30.6.2013                                                               



CALCULATION OF KEY FIGURES



Return on        Profit/loss for the financial period                           
 equity:         ------------------------------   * 100                         
                 Shareholders' equity (average)                                 
Return on        Profit/loss for the period after financial items + financing   
 capital          charges                                                       
 employed:       ------------------------------   * 100                         
                 Total assets - non-interest-bearing                            
                 liabilities (average)                                          
Equity ratio:    Shareholders' equity                                           
                 -----------------------------   * 100                          
                 Total assets - advances received                               
Gearing:         Interest bearing liabilities - cash in hand and in bank -      
                  interest bearing assets                                       
                 -----------------------------   * 100                          
                 Shareholders' equity                                           
Earnings per     Profit for the period attributable to equity holder of the     
 share:           parent                                                        
                 ----------------------------------------------                 
                 Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during  
                  the period                                                    
Earnings per     Profit for the period attributable to equity holder of the     
 share,           parent (diluted)                                              
 diluted:        ----------------------------------------------- Average number 
                  of shares - own shares + number of options at the period-end  



Major shareholders 30.6.2014                Number of shares  % of share capital
EM Group Oy                                        4,409,712               23.23
Mandatum Life Insurance Company Limited            1,679,200                8.84
Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company           953,854                5.02
Kaleva Mutual Insurance Company                      824,641                4.34
Teleste Oyj                                          647,654                3.41
OP-Finland Small Firms Fund                          630,712                3.32
Teleste Management II Oy                             542,000                2.85
Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company               521,150                2.74
The State Pension Fund                               500,000                2.63
FIM Fenno Sijoitusrahasto                            271,288                1.43





Shareholders by sector    Number of        % of      Number of     Number of    
 30.6.2014                 shareholders     Owners    shares        shares %    
Households                          4,694     92.91     4,643,053           24.5
Public sector                           4      0.08     1,990,004           10.5
 institutions                                                                   
Financial and insurance                18      0.36     3,831,929           20.2
 institutions                                                                   
Corporations                          268      5.30     7,234,769           38.1
Non-profit institutions                30      0.59       372,171            2.0
Foreign and nominee                    38      0.75       913,662            4.8
 registered owners                                                              
Total                               5,052    100.00    18,985,588          100.0



Number of shares              Number of           % of      Number of       % of
 30.6.2014                 shareholders   shareholders         shares     shares
             1 - 100              1,104           21.9         74,892        0.4
           101 - 500              2,192           43.4        594,056        3.1
         501 - 1,000                800           15.8        661,296        3.5
       1,001 - 5,000                768           15.2      1,692,602        8.9
      5,001 - 10,000                 89            1.8        637,271        3.4
     10,001 - 50,000                 72            1.4      1,412,603        7.4
    50,001 - 100,000                  4            0.1        360,131        1.9
   100,001 - 500,000                 15            0.3      3,343,814       17.6
           500,001 -                  8            0.2     10,208,923       53.8
Total                             5,052            100     18,985,588        100
of which nominee                                              770,312        4.1
 registered                                                                     



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