Financial Performance - Net sales decreased by 9.7% to 42.9millionforthethreemonthsendedDecember31,2024,andby2.686.9 million for the six months[136]. - Recurring service revenue increased by 14.4% to 21.2millionforthethreemonthsandby18.142.3 million for the six months[136]. - Total gross profit margin improved from 52.6% to 57.0% for the three months and from 53.2% to 56.5% for the six months[136]. - Gross margin for recurring service revenue rose to 91.3% for the three months and 91.2% for the six months, compared to 89.9% and 89.8% respectively[136]. - Net income decreased by 17.0% to 10.5millionforthethreemonthsandby6.221.7 million for the six months[142]. Revenue Breakdown - Equipment revenues decreased by 25.1% to 21.7millionforthethreemonthsandby16.444.6 million for the six months[141]. - Service revenues increased by 14.4% to 21.2millionforthethreemonthsandby18.142.3 million for the six months[141]. Expenses - Research and development expenses increased by 22.2% to 3.1millionforthethreemonthsandby23.86.2 million for the six months[153]. - Selling, general and administrative expenses rose by 17.8% to 10.2millionforthethreemonthsandby16.619.9 million for the six months[155]. Taxation - The provision for income taxes for the three months ended December 31, 2024 decreased by 299,000to1,625,000 compared to 1,924,000forthesameperiodayearago,withaneffectivetaxrateof13.43,440,000 compared to 3,441,000forthesameperiodayearago,withaneffectivetaxrateof13.725.5 million for the six months ended December 31, 2024, compared to 18.7millioninfiscal2024[136].−Cashandcashequivalentsincreasedby20,678,000 during the six months ended December 31, 2024, totaling 99,195,000asofDecember31,2024[161].−Netcashprovidedbyoperatingactivitieswas25.5 million for the six months ended December 31, 2024, driven by net income of 21.7million[163].−Thenetcashprovidedbyinvestingactivitieswas17.7 million during the six months ended December 31, 2024, primarily due to the redemption of other investments totaling 27.3million[165].−Cashusedinfinancingactivitieswas22.6 million for the six months ended December 31, 2024, mainly related to the purchase of treasury shares[166]. - The company had no outstanding debt as of December 31, 2024, and had an available revolving credit line of 20,000,000[162].MarketSensitivity−A100basispointincreaseininterestrateswouldresultinadecreaseinthefairvalueoftheinvestmentportfoliobyapproximately314,000[169]. - A 10% strengthening or weakening of the U.S. dollar against the Dominican Peso would result in an annual increase or decrease in income from operations of approximately $889,000[172].