Interim Results

Craneware plc
26 February 2008

                                 Craneware plc
                         ('Craneware' or the 'Company')
                                INTERIM RESULTS


26 February 2008 -  Craneware plc, (AIM: CRW) a leader in revenue cycle
management software solutions for the US healthcare market, is pleased to
announce interim results for the half year ended 31 December 2007.


Highlights

-    Revenues increased by 24% to $8.7m (H107: $7.0m)

-    Profit before share based payments, depreciation and amortisation
     increased 21% to $2.0m (H107: $1.68m)

-    Basic EPS of $0.064 (H107: $0.026)

-    Successful Placing and IPO on AIM in September 2007 raising £5.4
     million prior to expenses to fund continued expansion into the US 
     healthcare market

-    96 new hospitals added in the half, bringing total number to 878

-    Flagship product, Chargemaster Toolkit(R), was also once again named
     top in its class by the prestigious industry research house KLAS in the US

-    Launch of Patient Charge EstimatorTM and Pharmacy ChargeLinkTM



Keith Neilson, CEO of Craneware commented, 'We are very pleased with the
performance of the Company having successfully executed on our plan and
positioned ourselves well for future growth. We have attained, and maintained, a
number one position in the market, significantly grown our customer base and
delivered new products into the market. These are being well received and the
broadening of the product range coupled with our improved sales execution means
we are expanding our footprint within each customer and across the market as a
whole.  Recent legislative changes have and will continue to work in our favour.
Our pipeline is strong and we are therefore confident of a successful outcome
for the year.'


For further information, please contact:

Craneware plc                    KBC Peel Hunt                   ICIS
[phone]              [phone]             [phone]
Keith Neilson, CEO               Oliver Scott                    Tom Moriarty
Sandy McDougall, CFO             Deon Veldtman                   Caroline Evans-Jones



About Craneware

Founded in 1999, Craneware has headquarters in Livingston, Scotland, with
offices in Florida, Arizona and Kansas, employing approximately 100 staff. The
Company's flagship product, Chargemaster Toolkit(R), assists US healthcare
providers in reducing billing errors, ensuring the timely and accurate
submission of claims and managing compliance risk. More information about
Craneware plc and its services can be found on-line at the Company's corporate
website, www.craneware.com



Chairman's Statement

I am delighted to be able to report that Craneware has delivered according to
its plan at the time of IPO in September last year. The transformation into a
public company has served to strengthen our position within the market.

The increase in customer numbers during the period is of course especially
encouraging, with Craneware's software now in operation in 878 hospitals across
48 states. This spread illustrates the significant market presence of the
Company, and is a testament to the quality of our Chargemaster Toolkit(R) which
is a market leading product in the US healthcare industry. The potential for
further growth continues to be significant with legislative changes and fiscal
pressures on hospitals meaning that billing procedures in the healthcare
industry are facing more scrutiny than ever.

These market drivers combined with strong H1 figures, in particular the 50%
increase in new business wins, means that Craneware is on track for a successful
year and we expect to see this momentum continue into 2009 and beyond. The Board
would like to take this opportunity to thank our teams in Scotland and the US
for their continued hard work and dedication, without which our evolution into a
successful public company would not have been possible.


George Elliott, Chairman
26th February 2008



CEO Review

In these interim results, our first since our successful IPO last year, we are
pleased to report that we have made significant headway in all areas of the
business. As planned we have expanded our customer base, grown our market share
and recently launched new products to support future growth.


The Market

Legislative changes and fiscal pressures on healthcare costs continue to be the
key drivers of growth in our target market of US hospitals.  Most recently,
Medicaid and Medicare have announced new measures requiring every US state to
have a Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) in place by 1st of January 2010 who will
have powers to audit hospital claims back to the 1st October 2007 looking for
errors. Given the logistical problems inherent in attempting to comply with such
regulations in a timely and accurate manner Craneware's software solutions are
becoming an increasingly compelling proposition for the greater than 50% of US
hospitals that still do not have a technology based solution to this issue. We
therefore expect this legislation to continue to drive growth at a steady rate
through 2010 and beyond.


Sales and Marketing

The sales and marketing function of the business has performed very well in the
period with the end result being a like for like increase of 50% in contract
wins over the comparable period last year.  This is in terms of both dollar
value and number of new hospitals under contract.

Over the last three years, our Marketing Group has been working closely with our
customers on many projects for future product development. The culmination of
two of those projects has seen the recent introduction of two new product
families to the Craneware brand. Ahead of schedule, the first two products of
these families were launched at the end of H1.

We continue to sell to the same demographic in the market and whilst the
absolute number of hospitals is stable across the US, there are many which still
do not have a technology solution and in those that do we are well positioned to
increase the level of penetration in each hospital given our broadening
capabilities and product range.  The pricing environment continues to be
supportive and we are pleased to report that our market driven price increases
have been accepted.    Given our success in sales and marketing we believe we
are continuing to outsell our competition and increase our market share.


Product Development

The main focus in the period with regards to product development was the launch
of two major new product lines as part of the next generation of Craneware's
range of software. In November, we launched Patient Charge EstimatorTM, which
enables hospitals to efficiently and accurately provide prospective patients
with estimates of procedural charges. Hospitals are then able to use this
information to obtain prepayments thereby reducing their bad debt provisions
from those patients. In January, just post the close of the half, we launched
Pharmacy ChargeLinkTM enabling hospitals to improve the buying, billing and
reimbursement of pharmacy items.

The first stage of the integration of these products into our marketing strategy
is underway, and will be completed by the end of 2008. These products are taking
the Company into parallel areas giving us the opportunity to tackle new areas
within our market. Further improvements in functionality across the product
range have also boosted our position in the market and we were delighted that
during the period our flagship product, Chargemaster Toolkit(R), was also once
again named top in its class by the prestigious industry research house KLAS in
the US.

We have carried out additional improvements to our software to aid integration,
particularly in enabling our software to 'talk to' a number of other software
products commonly in use across multiple hospital departments. This has
broadened the appeal of our offering and we have also white-labelled some of our
products during the period. We continue to investigate other ways in which to
integrate our software with third party products.


Channel Partners

We continue to pursue the development of our third party channels to market and
have made significant progress in the period. Amerinet continues to deliver
leads and sales and we saw our first sales coming through our partner Premier
during the period. Since the period end, we also saw our first sale come through
Cerner Corporation, a leading US supplier of healthcare IT systems.  We will
continue to explore opportunities with regards to additional partnerships.


Management Change and Appointments

Whilst there have been no major structural changes to our business we were very
pleased in the half to announce the promotion of James Wilson to President of
Craneware, Inc. our US subsidiary.


Financial Review

On 13th September 2007, the Group raised £5.4 million (prior to expenses of
£1.6m) through a placing by KBC Peel Hunt of 4,247,830 new Ordinary Shares at
the Placing Price of 128p per share. The funds raised via the Placing have been
utilised to strengthen the balance sheet in order to facilitate continued
product development and future strategic acquisitions.

As reported in our H1 Trading Update on 11th January 2008, we increased new
sales bookings and hospital wins by approximately 50% over the comparable period
last year, whilst launching two new product families ahead of plan and
expectations. We continue to be satisfied that the level of renewals continues
to exceed 90% for hospitals whose multi-year contracts expired during the first
half of the year. With an annuity revenue recognition model, the highly
predictable and favourable effect of higher new business levels has allowed us
to accelerate our investment in promoting and further developing our customer
support and sales infrastructure for PCE and PCL.

As regards revenue visibility, the Group had $32.9m of future revenue under
contract at 30th June 2007. New business and renewal activity in H108 added
$12.9m, whilst $8.7m revenue was recognised through the Income Statement during
the period. This has increased future revenue under contract to $37.1m at 31st
December 2007, of which $10.2m is shown as deferred revenue with the balance of
$26.9m to be invoiced in future periods. Of the future revenue under contract as
at 31st December 2007, the Directors consider that $17.7m will be recognised
during FY08 with a further $12.4m and $7.7m respectively to be recognised in
FY09 and FY10. In addition, assuming all contracts renew with no cancellations,
$0.2m revenues will be recognised from renewal activity during H208, with a
further $3.5m and $7.9m respectively in FY09 and FY10 relating to contracts due
for renewal from H208 to the end of FY10.

Following the change in pricing model in 2005 the long term element of deferred
revenues continues to reduce as such contracts mature. The overall level of
deferred revenue has increased from $9.5m to $10.2m over H108 following new
business wins, impacting favourably upon working capital and cash generated from
operations.

Under IFRS 2 'Share-Based Payments' the Group's earnings have now reflected most
of the charge in FY07 and H108 relating to share options which existed at IPO.
The lower tax charge, and related reduction in tax payable, reflects the tax
deductions originating from the exercise of such options during H1.

R&D expenditure on PCE and PCL continues to be capitalised during H1 with
amortisation starting in H2 following initial sales of these new products. Trade
and other payables are relatively constant throughout the period from H107
through FY07 to H108, when the timing effect of Corporation Tax payments are
adjusted.

The Group continues to hold the IPO proceeds in GBP to meet expected UK costs
over the period to June 2009.  Nevertheless GBP cash balances require to be
re-valued each month-end and this has resulted in a charge of $129,000 during H1
as the US dollar strengthened to 1.985 at 31st December from 2.028 at IPO on
13th September. The natural hedge position will cause this to unwind by the end
of FY09.


Outlook

We are very pleased with the performance of the Company having successfully
executed on our plan and positioned ourselves well for future growth. We have
attained, and maintained, a number one position in the market, significantly
grown our customer base and delivered new products into the market. These are
being well received and the broadening of the product range coupled with our
improved sales execution means we are expanding our footprint within each
customer and across the market as a whole.  Recent legislative changes have and
will continue to work in our favour. Our pipeline is strong and we are therefore
confident of a successful outcome for the year.


Keith Neilson, Chief Executive Officer
26th February 2008


Craneware PLC
Interim Results FY08
Consolidated Income Statement

                                                                      H1 2008      H1 2007     FY 2007
                                                                        $'000        $'000       $'000

Revenue                                                                 8,693        7,026      15,111
Cost of sales                                                           (587)        (362)       (808)
Gross profit                                                            8,106        6,664      14,303
Net operating expenses                                                (6,796)      (6,122)    (12,906)
Operating profit                                                        1,310          542       1,397

Analysed as:
Profit before share based payments, depreciation and
Amortisation                                                            2,034        1,680       3,796
Share based payments                                                    (606)      (1,052)     (2,191)
Depreciation of plant and equipment                                      (90)         (62)       (152)
Amortisation of intangible assets                                        (28)         (24)        (56)

Finance income                                                            310          224         446
Profit before taxation                                                  1,620          766       1,843
Tax charge                                                              (150)        (261)       (627)
Profit for the year                                                     1,470          505       1,216


Earnings per share for profit attributable to
equity holders of the Company during the Half Year
 - Basic ($ per share)                                                  0.064        0.026       0.061
 - Diluted ($ per share)                                                 0.06        0.023       0.054




Craneware PLC
Interim Results FY08
Consolidated balance sheet as at 31 December 2007

                                                                   H1 2008       HI 2007     FY 2007
                                                                     $'000         $'000       $'000
ASSETS

Non-Current Assets
Plant and equipment                                                    435           492         487
Intangible assets                                                      719           271         434
Deferred Tax                                                           300           450         810
Trade and other receivables                                             75             -          75
                                                                     1,529         1,213       1,806

Current Assets
Inventory                                                                -            88           8
Trade and other receivables *                                        4,804         3,513       4,016
Cash and cash equivalents                                           18,923        10,184       9,664
                                                                    23,727        13,785      13,688

Total Assets                                                        25,256        14,998      15,494

EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

Non-Current Liabilities
Deferred income                                                        561         1,609         903
                                                                       561         1,609         903

Current Liabilities
Deferred income                                                      9,663         7,516       8,579
Trade and other payables                                             1,333         2,837       2,261
                                                                    10,996        10,353      10,840

Total Liabilities                                                   11,557        11,962      11,743

Equity
Called up share capital                                                505             1           1
Share premium account                                                9,261         1,823       1,823
Other reserves                                                       3,014         1,338       2,477
Retained earnings                                                      919         (126)       (550)
Total Equity                                                        13,699         3,036       3,751

Total Equity and Liabilities                                        25,256        14,998      15,494
* includes $374k corporation tax receivable in current period





Craneware PLC

Interim Results FY08
Consolidated cashflow statement for the six months ended 31 December 2007

                                                                Notes    H1 2008   HI 2007   FY 2007
                                                                           $'000     $'000     $'000

Cash flows from operating activities
  Cash generated from operations                                  3        2,205       450     2,626
  Interest received                                                          310       224       446
  Tax (paid) / refunded                                                    (777)         -   (1,638)
    Net cash from operating activities                                     1,738       674     1,434


Cash flows from investing activities
  Purchase of plant and equipment                                           (58)     (419)     (504)
  Capitalised intangible assets                                            (312)     (238)     (433)
    Net cash used in investing activities                                  (370)     (657)     (937)


Cash flows from financing activities
 Dividends paid to company shareholders                                                      (1,000)
  Gross proceeds from the Placing                                         10,503         -         -
  Less costs for the Placing                                             (2,612)         -         -
    Net cash used in financing activities                                  7,891         -   (1,000)


Net (decrease) / increase in cash and cash equivalents                     9,259        17     (503)

Cash and cash equivalents at the start of the year                         9,664    10,167    10,167

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year                          18,923    10,184     9,664




Craneware PLC

Interim Results FY08

Notes to the Financial Statements


1 Earnings per Share

(a) Basic
                                                                      H1 2008      H1 2007     FY 2007

Profit attributable to equity holders of the Company ($'000)            1,470          505       1,216

Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue (thousands)        22,870       19,799      19,799

Basic earnings per share ($ per share)                                  0.064        0.026       0.061


(b) Diluted
                                                                      H1 2008      H1 2007     FY 2007

Profit attributable to equity holders of the Company ($'000)            1,470          505       1,216

Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue (thousands)        22,870       19,799      19,799

Adjustments for: - share options (thousands)                            1,637        2,524       2,719

Weighted average number of ordinary shares for                         24,507       22,323      22,518
diluted
 earnings per share (thousands)

Diluted earnings per share ($ per share)                                0.060        0.023       0.054



2 Called up share capital
                                                             H1 2008                H1/FY 2007
                                                              Number       $'000      Number      $'000
Allotted called-up and fully paid
Equity share capital
Ordinary shares of 1p each                                24,963,850         505      50,500          1
Ordinary A shares of 1p each                                       -           -      13,093          -

Authorised
Equity share capital
Ordinary shares of 1p each                                50,000,000       1,014   9,980,361        165
Ordinary A shares of 1p each                                       -           -      19,639          -
Incentive shares of 0.1p each                                      -           -       5,087          -



3 Cash flow generated from operating activities
Reconciliation of profit before tax to net cash inflow from operating
activities

Group                                                     H1 2008     H1 2007      FY 2007
                                                            $'000       $'000        $'000
Profit before tax                                           1,620         766        1,843
Finance income                                              (310)       (224)        (446)
Depreciation on plant and equipment                            90          62          152
Amortisation on intangible assets                              28          24           56
Share based payments                                          606       1,052        2,191
Movements in working capital:
Decrease / (increase) in inventory                              8        (69)           11
(Increase) / decrease in trade and other                    (414)       (478)      (1,056)
receivables
(Decrease) / increase in trade and other payables             577       (683)        (125)
Cash generated from operations                              2,205         450        2,626





4. Basis of Preparation

The interim financial statements are unaudited and do not constitute statutory
accounts as defined in S240 of the Companies Act 1985. These statements have
been prepared applying accounting policies that were applied in the preparation
of the Group's consolidated accounts for the year ended 30th June 2007. Those
accounts, with an unqualified audit report, have been delivered to the Registrar
of Companies.



5. Segmental Information

The Directors consider that the Group operates in one business segment, being
the creation of software sold entirely to the US Healthcare Industry, and that
there are therefore no additional segmental discolsures to be made in these
financial statements.

The interim report was approved by the Board of Directors on 22nd February 2008.

Significant Accounting Policies



The significant accounting policies adopted in the preparation of these
statements are set out below.



6. Reporting Currency



The Directors consider that as the Group's revenues are primarily denominated in
US dollars the principal functional currency is the US dollar. The Group's
financial statements are therefore prepared in US dollars.



7. Currency Translation

Transactions denominated in foreign currencies are translated into US dollars at
the rate of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and
liabilities expressed in foreign currencies are translated into US dollars at
rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Exchange gains or losses
arising upon subsequent settlement of the transactions and from translation at
the balance sheet date, are included within the related category of expense
where separately identifiable, or in general and administrative expenses.



8. Revenue Recognition

The Group follows the principles of IAS 18, 'Revenue Recognition', in
determining appropriate revenue recognition policies. In principle revenue is
recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits
associated with the transaction will flow into the Group.

Revenue comprises the value of software license sales, installation, training,
maintenance and support services, and consulting engagements.  Revenue is
recognised when (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (ii) delivery
has occurred or services have been rendered; (iii) the sales price has been
fixed and determinable; and (iv) collectability is reasonably assured.

For software arrangements with multiple elements, revenue is recognised
dependent on whether vendor-specific objective evidence ('VSOE') of fair value
exists for each of the elements. VSOE is determined by reference to sales to
external customers made on a stand-alone basis.  Where there is no VSOE revenue
is recognised rateably over the full term of each contract.

Revenue from standard license products which are not modified to meet the
specific requirements of each customer is recognised when the risks and rewards
of ownership of the product are transferred to the customer. from consulting
engagements when all obligations under the consulting agreement have been
fulfilled.

Revenue from installation and training is recognised as services are provided,
and Software sub licensed to third parties is recognised in accordance with the
underlying contractual agreements.  Where separate services are delivered,
revenue is recognised on delivery of the service.  All other revenue is
recognised rateably over the term of the sub licence agreement.

The excess of amounts invoiced and future invoicing over revenue recognised, is
included in deferred revenue. If the amount of revenue recognised exceeds the
amounts invoiced the excess amount is included within accounts receivable.



9. Intangible Assets - Research and Development Expenditure

Expenditure associated with developing and maintaining the Group's software
products are recognised as incurred. Where, however, new product development
projects are technically feasible, production and sale is intended, a market
exists, expenditure can be measured reliably, and sufficient resources are
available to complete such projects, development expenditure is capitalised
until initial commercialisation of the product, and thereafter amortised on a
straight-line basis over its estimated useful life. Staff costs and specific
third party costs involved with the development of the software are included
within amounts capitalised.

The Group considers whether there is any indication that capitalised development
expenditure may be impaired on an annual basis. If there is such an indication,
the Group carries out an impairment test by measuring the assets' recoverable
amount, which is the higher of the assets' fair value less costs to sell and
their value in use. If the recoverable amount is less than the carrying amount,
an impairment loss is recognised.


10. Cash

Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held with banks and
short term highly liquid investments.  For the purpose of the cash flow
statement, cash and cash equivalents comprise of cash on hand, deposits held
with banks and short term high liquid investments.


11. Share-Based Payments and Taxation Implications

The Group issues equity-settled share-based payments to certain employees.  In
accordance with IFRS 2, 'Share-Based Payments' equity-settled share-based
payments are measured at fair value at the date of grant. Fair value is measured
by use of the Black-Scholes pricing model as amended to cater for share options
in issue where vesting is based on future valuation performance conditions. The
fair value determined at the date of grant of the equity-settled share-based
payments is expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, based on
the Group's estimate of the number of shares that will eventually vest.

The share-based payments charge is shown separately on the income statement and
is also included in 'Other reserves'.

In the UK and the US, the Group is entitled to a tax deduction for amounts
treated as compensation on exercise of certain employee share options under each
jurisdiction's tax rules.  As explained under 'Share-based payments', a
compensation expense is recorded in the Group's income statement over the period
from the grant date to the vesting date of the relevant options.  As there is a
temporary difference between the accounting and tax bases a deferred tax asset
is recorded.  The deferred tax asset arising is calculated by comparing the
estimated amount of tax deduction to be obtained in the future (based on the
Company's share price at the balance sheet date) with the cumulative amount of
the compensation expense recorded in the income statement.  If the amount of
estimated future tax deduction exceeds the cumulative amount of the remuneration
expense at the statutory rate, the excess is recorded directly in equity against
retained earnings.


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