Hiya, no, I don't have a breakdown on why this cost is higher...

Hiya, no, I don't have a breakdown on why this cost is higher for Q2. There has been more hiring of course of local staff (RAT sales/new researchers/local call centre?) + new US mgmt/staff being hired and existing exec team's payments/bonus' (for FY21 performance?). AT1 is a growing company so I would expect such costs to keep increasing frankly...and also increase my expectations of rev/market share/dividends etc

I haven't asked this Q yet, as usually the half-yearly provides more admin expenditure detail. I usually save Qs like this for mid/end year reports, if I have concerns. However if you plan to email company about this increase, it would be helpful to post here for our collective understanding.

I am not sure if it makes sense though to compare AT1 and ADO costs for any of the categories. Different size companies, product lines, mgmt pay/bonus structure + company staff qty...its not going to line up for a meaningful comparison.

Normally, I do the YoY comparison, check mgmt pay/bonus trends etc once FY report comes out and then decide if such admin costs are returning enough value (for another 12mths of my shareholding/SP growth/dividend goals) or not.