Story-I Limited reported consolidated financial results for the half year ended December 31, 2017. For the year, the company reported net profit for the period attributable to members was up 34.79% to AUD 926,488, EBITDA was AUD 1,547,197 and revenue from ordinary activities was up 7.69% to AUD 13,205,804 against net profit for the period attributable to members of AUD 687,325, EBITDA of AUD 1,367,132 and revenue from ordinary activities of 12,262,156. The increase in revenue was due to an overall better performance across all divisions. The maiden contribution from the recently acquired eStore group from early December and the successful launch of the Apple iPhone X and iPhone 8 on 22 December 2017 in Indonesia also contributed to the revenue, albeit only in the last month of the period. The increase in EBITDA was due to better margins from vendor discounts, volume rebates and better margins from the vendors for education project for school and institutional clients. The sale of accessories related to the successful iPhone launch also contributed to the better margins. The 34.79% increase in NPAT includes an accounting adjustment of approximately AUD 251,000 before tax at the subsidiary level. Excluding this adjustment, the NPAT would have been 17.7% higher. There was a positive operating cash flow of AUD 1.02 million compared with a operating cash flow outflow of AUD 594,556 in the prior period. Overall there was an improvement in operating, investing and financing activities which resulted in cash of AUD 2.41 million in the half year ended 31 December 2017 compared with AUD 0.32 in the half year ended 31 December 2016. Profit before income tax was AUD 1,357,244 compared to AUD 1,029,949 a year ago. Profit after income tax was AUD 988,779 compared to AUD 730,383 a year ago. Diluted earnings per share was 0.43 cents against of 0.46 cents a year ago. Payments for plant and equipment and intangibles was AUD 1,148,889 compared to AUD 36,634 a year ago. Payments for acquisition of intangible assets Payments for (software) was AUD 265,691.