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Half Yearly Report

28th Sep 2012 07:00

RNS Number : 3935N
Energetix Group plc
28 September 2012
 



 

Energetix Group plc

("Energetix" or the "Group")

 

Unaudited Consolidated Interim Financial Statements for the six months ended 30 June 2012

 

Energetix Group plc, (AIM: EGX), which develops and commercialises alternative and efficient energy products, announces its Interim Results for the six month period to 30 June 2012.

 

Operational highlights (Kingston Energy & Genlec)

·; Gastec testing of the Kingston boiler initial phase complete

·; Initial installation and service agreements signed with Carillion

·; All licences and approvals in place with controlled market entry scheduled to take place as planned during Q4 2012 with product launch in 2013

·; Experienced senior management team appointed

 

Operational highlights (PNU Power)

·; Now fully type approved by National Grid

·; Data centre unit fully operational within Co-operative Financial Services, Stockport

 

Strengthening of the Board

·; Appointment of Peter Richardson as Group Chief Executive Officer, joining from Dyson Ltd

·; Appointment of David Grundy as Non-Executive Director, bringing significant financial experience

 

Financial highlights

·; Loss before tax of £2.46m (H1 2011: loss of £1.66m)

·; Placing to raise £4.6m completed in March 2012

 

Post period end highlights

·; EGX has announced today that it has conditionally raised £12m (before expenses) at 28p to facilitate the business plan and planned product launch in 2013

·; EGX is also proposing to raise up £2m through an Open Offer available to Qualifying Shareholders

·; Qualifying Shareholder are any shareholders on the register of members at 5pm on 5 October 2012

 

Commenting on Outlook, Clare Spottiswoode, Chairman, said:

"We continue to make good progress as we move to the commercialisation of the Kingston microCHP boiler and our Energy Supply business. The Group now has the management team and infrastructure and will shortly have the funding to build a market leading energy services business based on the exclusive availability of the Kingston microCHP boiler."

 

Energetix Group plc

www.energetixgroup.com

Peter Richardson, Group Chief Executive Officer

Tel: +44 (0)151 348 2100

Cenkos Securities plc (NOMAD & Broker)

www.cenkos.com

Stephen Keys / Adrian Hargrave (Corporate Finance / Nomad)

Julian Morse (Sales)

Tel: +44 (0)20 7397 8900

Walbrook PR Ltd

Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780

Paul McManus (Media Relations)

[email protected]

Paul Cornelius (Investor Relations)

[email protected]

 

Chairman's statement

 

The Group has continued to make good progress as it moves to the commercialisation of the Kingston microCHP boiler and our Energy Supply business.

 

The Kingston microCHP boiler has been through a performance testing regime with encouraging results, the operational life of the product is being assessed with rigorous testing continuing and the product is being prepared for volume manufacture. It is intended the initial roll out with test systems in the domestic environment with energy supply customers will take place in Q4 2012. Final negotiations with the preferred partners for both the product components and the contract production are now taking place and the supply of volume product for the launch in 2013 will be secured in the near term.

 

Similarly the Kingston Energy supply business has been established with an experienced management team and proven systems. The business will enter the controlled market entry phase of development though Q4 2012 and will be ready to provide a market leading customer experience to Kingston Energy customers from product launch in 2013.

 

Whilst not critical to our business plans it is encouraging to see the UK government further endorse microCHP products with an increase in the Feed in Tariff for such products. We plan to seek approval under the Micro Certification Scheme next year to benefit from the Feed in Tariff. On-going concerns regarding climate change and the increase in energy costs, particularly to domestic customers, means that our Kingston boiler can make a significant contribution both to reducing UK CO2 emissions and UK domestic bills.

 

The Pnu Power unit is fully type approved by National Grid and the larger data centre unit has been installed and is operational in the Cooperative Financial Services centre in Stockport. These developments should lead to growing sales over the coming years with these established reference sites, facilitating further orders from network and data centre providers.

 

Both product streams are now being established and particularly in the case of Kingston provide the platform to build a broadly based business with substantial recurring revenues on a residential platform.

 

Fund raising

 

As announced today the Group is intending, subject to shareholder approval, to raise £12 million by way of a placing and up to a further £2 million by way of an open offer. This provides further funding to the Group over and above the placing in March 2012 which raised £4.6 million.

 

The funds raised are expected to enable the Group to take the Kingston boiler to the market and develop a stable and sustainable customer base.

 

Board changes

 

The past few months have seen considerable change to the Board as the business matures and looks to fully capitalise on its technological developments.

 

In this context, I welcome to the Board Peter Richardson as Group Chief Executive Officer and David Grundy as a Non-Executive Director. Peter brings considerable experience in production, sourcing and delivery whilst David brings extensive financial experience.

 

Adrian Hutchings has now become Deputy Chairman and as well as providing valuable input to the Board will continue to work on Group product development. I would like to express my thanks to Adrian for his contribution to the Group and the leadership he has provided in all aspects of the business.

 

Business prospects

The Group now has the management team and infrastructure and will shortly have the funding to build a market leading energy services business based on the exclusive availability of the Kingston microCHP boiler.

 

I look forward to reporting our further progress in my next Chairman's statement.

 

 

 

 

Clare Spottiswoode

Chairman

 

28 September 2012

 

 

 

Chief Executive's Review

 

I joined Energetix Group as Group Chief Executive Officer on 3 September 2012 and I am thrilled to be able to lead such a talented team of managers and employees across the business as it fulfils the potential of its market changing products. Particularly with the Kingston microCHP boiler the Group has a compelling and potentially game changing product with the opportunity through energy supply to build a domestic services business with substantial recurring revenues and an established and secure customer base.

 

Business review

 

The Group has continued the commercialisation of its alternative and efficient energy products and is investing in the production capacity and customer service infrastructure to bring the product portfolio to market.

 

Our products will meet the requirements of current market needs, offering solutions with reduced environmental impact and lower lifetime operating costs.

 

Genlec - Kingston microCHP

 

The Genlec operations team is in final negotiations for the volume production of the Kingston microCHP boiler with a contract manufacturing agreement. We anticipate that the company will retain legal ownership of the tooling and components throughout the production process thus further safeguarding the technical knowledge and intellectual property.

 

The decentralised nature of the production process gives flexibility and minimises both the product cost and the central stockholding costs. The structure is such that the quantities manufactured can step up rapidly with a consequent benefit to unit cost as the sales volumes increase through 2013 and beyond.

 

A number of the 45 trial production units have been used for the rigorous Gastec and Reliability Plus testing processes, performance assessment and accelerated life testing respectively. These test the durability and performance of the units and there have been positive results in all areas. The Kingston microCHP boiler is predominately based on mass produced components configured in a novel manner, this has enabled accelerated and highly accelerated life testing to be carried out to determine the potential failure rate of product in the field. This is an on-going program of work; however the results to date indicate that as anticipated the Kingston microCHP boiler is a robust design that is likely to have a modest failure rate that is well within that modelled in our business plan.

 

In addition, performance testing at Gastec on their dynamic test facility has produced estimates of the likely electricity that would be generated from a range of typical domestic UK properties. The tests to date indicate that we can achieve or exceed the target annual electricity production in our business plan in around 6.9 million UK homes. This gives us a high level of confidence that the target volumes in our plan should be achievable.

 

The initial support contracts for the installation services and on-going maintenance have been agreed with Carillion and give boiler customers access to the services and expertise of the largest non-utility service provider in the UK. A dedicated training facility has been developed at our Capenhurst facility, and to date has trained 25 Gas Safe engineers in the installation and maintenance of the Kingston microCHP product for the initial launch. All trained personnel are tested and certified by Energetix staff dedicated to training and in field technical support.

 

The Genlec team has been substantially expanded over the past six months to bring additional manufacturing, supply chain, and quality process expertise into the company. The transition from product development business to product business is now substantially complete.

 

Kingston Energy

We believe the ability to supply the Kingston microCHP boiler for free to the homeowner and to cover the cost of these boilers with the margin from an underlying energy supply contract gives Kingston Energy a valuable opportunity to build a residential supply business generating significant ongoing revenues and returns to the Group.

 

Development of the operational centre in Ipswich continues with all key management roles now covered by experienced industry staff. The Billing / CRM system is in the process of implementation with staff training in progress. All the necessary licences for energy supply and gas shipping are in place.

 

Heads of terms have been agreed which cover the purchase of energy and security deposit arrangements giving the ability to purchase energy as customers join us. Again the arrangements are flexible giving access to competitive market rates and the ability to take advantage of the opportunities which arise with the increased scale of the business.

 

The Kingston concept has recently received favourable press comment which has increased market awareness and is generating a significant number of enquiries from potential customers. This gives confidence that on the launch there will be a take up of the product and service offer.

 

Preparations are well underway for a controlled market entry to take place in Q4 2012 alongside the testing of the initial production boiler units in the home environment.

 

Pnu Power

 

Pnu Power has continued to gain market awareness within the UK, Europe and worldwide.

 

The SU4 unit has been type approved by National Grid after a lengthy testing period. This should provide a strong platform for us to develop the commercial sales proposition and to exploit similar operations overseas.

 

The DC100 units are fully operational within the Cooperative Financial Services Data Centre in Stockport and have been the subject of considerable industry interest and comment. A marketing campaign to build on this and fully establish Pnu Power within the Data Centre market has been launched. Trane Canada have visited our facilities at Capenhurst and the Cooperative site in Stockport, and have purchased a demonstration Pnu Power system with a view to their seeking opportunities in North America.

 

Acceptance by National Grid and the data centre markets in the UK should give further opportunities in the broader market place as established reference sites are now available. The proven CO2 saving potential of the units continues to stimulate interest in the use of the technology.

 

The business operations have recently received ISO9001 reaccreditation.

 

Funding

 

As announced today the Group is proposing to raise £12 million by way of a placing and up to £2 million by way of an open offer. Subject to shareholder approval, this is expected to fund the business through market entry to a sustainable customer base.

 

 

Peter Richardson

Group Chief Executive Officer

 

28 September 2012

Unaudited consolidated income statement

Unaudited 6 months to

30 June 2012

Unaudited 6 months to

30 June 2011

 

Audited Year to 31 December 2011

Note

£'000

£'000

£'000

 

Revenue

88

100

154

Cost of sales

(88)

(100)

(132)

Gross profit

-

-

22

Administrative expenses

(2,010)

(1,201)

(2,654)

Operating loss

(2,010)

(1,201)

(2,632)

Share of loss from equity accounted investments

(202)

(464)

(803)

Impairment of associate

(243)

-

(1,721)

Loss on deemed disposal of associate

-

-

(1,506)

Net finance income/(costs)

3

-

4

(86)

Loss before income tax

(2,455)

(1,661)

(6,748)

Income tax credit

-

-

217

Loss for the financial period

(2,455)

(1,661)

(6,531)

 

 

Attributable to:

Equity holders of the parent

(2,455)

(1,661)

(6,531)

 

Loss per share attributable to the equity holders of the Company

 

Total and continuing:

Basic and diluted

(3.32p)

(2.83p)

(10.25p)

 

 

The Group has no items to be recognised in the "Consolidated statement of comprehensive income" and, consequently, this statement has not been shown.

 

The notes are an integral part of these unaudited Consolidated Interim Financial Statements.

Unaudited consolidated statement of financial position

 

 

 

 

Unaudited as at

30 June 2012

Unaudited as at30 June 2011

Audited as at 31

 December 2011

Note

£'000

£'000

£'000

Assets

Non-current assets

Other intangible assets

5

10,848

10,033

10,486

Property, plant and equipment

205

70

81

Investments in Associates

2,236

6,247

2,681

13,289

16,350

13,248

Current assets

Inventories

12

29

4

Trade and other receivables

306

262

265

Cash and cash equivalents

2,580

1,963

493

2,898

2,254

762

Total assets

16,187

18,604

14,010

Liabilities

Non-current liabilities

Financial liability-borrowings

(1,912)

(1,821)

(1,912)

Current liabilities

Trade and other payables

(981)

(523)

(621)

Financial liability-borrowings

(12)

(12)

(12)

(993)

(535)

(633)

Total liabilities

(2,905)

(2,356)

(2,545)

Equity

Equity attributable to equity holders of the parent

Share capital

4,171

3,258

3,258

Share premium account

20,380

17,070

17,070

Retained earnings

(10,689)

(3,492)

(8,234)

Reverse acquisition reserve

(821)

(821)

(821)

Other reserves

241

233

192

Total equity

13,282

16,248

11,465

Total Equity and Liabilities

16,187

18,604

14,010

 

 

The notes are an integral part of these unaudited Consolidated Interim Financial Statements.

Unaudited consolidated statement of changes in equity

 

Share capital

Share premium account

 

Retained earnings

Reverse acquisition reserve

Other reserve

Total equity

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

 

Balance at 1 January 2012

 

3,258

 

17,070

 

(8,234)

 

(821)

 

192

 

11,465

Proceeds from placing

19 March 2012

913

3,653

-

-

-

4,566

Share issue expenses

-

(343)

-

-

-

(343)

Share based payments

-

-

-

-

49

49

Transactions with owners

4,171

20,380

(8,234)

(821)

241

15,737

Loss for the financial period

-

-

(2,455)

-

-

(2,455)

Balance at 30 June 2012

4,171

20,380

(10,689)

(821)

241

13,282

 

Unaudited consolidated statement of changes in equity (continued)

Share

capital

Share premium account

 

Retained earnings

Reverse acquisition reserve

Other reserve

Total

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

Balance at 1 January 2011

2,758

15,228

(1,841)

(821)

214

15,538

Proceeds from placing

22 February 2011

500

2,000

-

-

-

2,500

Share issue expenses

-

(158)

-

-

-

(158)

Share based payments

-

-

-

-

 29

29

Lapse of share based payments

-

-

10

-

(10)

-

Transactions with owners

3,258

17,070

(1,831)

(821)

233

17,909

Loss for the financial period

-

-

(1,661)

-

-

(1,661)

Balance at 30 June 2011

3,258

17,070

(3,492)

(821)

233

16,248

 

Unaudited consolidated statement of changes in equity (continued)

 

 

 

 

Share capital

Share premium account

 

Retained

earnings

Reverse acquisition reserve

Other reserve

Total equity

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

Balance at 1 January 2011

2,758

15,228

(1,841)

(821)

214

15,538

Proceeds from placing

500

2,000

-

-

-

2,500

Share issue expense

-

(158)

-

-

-

(158)

Lapsed share-based payments

-

-

138

-

(138)

-

Share based payments

-

-

-

-

116

116

Transactions with owners

3,258

17,070

(1,703)

(821)

192

17,996

Loss for the financial year

-

-

(6,531)

-

-

(6,531)

Balance at 31 December 2011

3,258

17,070

(8,234)

(821)

192

11,465

 

Unaudited consolidated statement of cash flows

 

 

Unaudited 6 months to

30 June 2012

Unaudited 6 months to

30 June

2011

Audited Year to 31 December 2011

£'000

£'000

£'000

Cash flows

Loss before income tax

(2,455)

(1,661)

(6,748)

Adjustments for:

Loss attributable to Associate

202

464

803

Depreciation

25

63

70

Amortisation

364

364

728

Disposal of property, plant and equipment

-

-

10

Finance Income

-

(4)

(6)

Other costs

-

-

92

Share based payments

49

29

116

Tax received

-

-

217

Loss on deemed disposal of associate

-

-

1,506

Impairment in associate

243

-

1,721

(Increase)/decrease in inventories

(8)

(7)

18

(Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables

(194)

72

70

Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables

512

(506)

(410)

Total cash consumed by operations

(1,262)

(1,186)

(1,813)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unaudited 6 months to

30 June 2012

 

 

Unaudited 6 months to

30 June

2011

 

 

Audited Year to 31 December 2011

£'000

£'000

£'000

Cash flows from operating activities

Cash consumed by operations

(1,262)

(1,186)

(1,813)

Cash flows from investing activities

Expenditure on intangible assets

(725)

(560)

(1,377)

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

(149)

(16)

(51)

Proceeds from sale of property, plant & equipment

-

-

6

Interest received

-

4

7

Net cash used in investing activities

(874)

(572)

(1,415)

 

Cash flows from financing activities

Net proceeds from the issue of ordinary shares

4,223

2,342

2,342

Net cash generated in financing activities

4,223

2,342

2,342

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

2,087

584

(886)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

493

1,379

1,379

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

2,580

1,963

493

 

 

 

The notes are an integral part of these unaudited Consolidated Interim Financial Statements.

Notes to the unaudited Consolidated Interim Financial Statements

 

1 Nature of operations and general information

Energetix Group plc ("the Company") and its subsidiaries (together "the Group") develop products that provide solutions to certain identified problems in the alternative energy market. Our businesses are:

Genlec - products for distributed generation and load shifting

Pnu Power - products for power quality and reliability

Kingston Energy - energy services

 

Energetix Group plc is the Group's ultimate parent company. It is incorporated in England and Wales. The address of the registered office is Castlefield House, Liverpool Road, Castlefield, Manchester M3 4SB. The Group trades through a number of subsidiaries, whose places of business are Capenhurst Technology Park, Capenhurst, Chester, CH1 6EH and Felaw Maltings, 48 Felaw Street, Ipswich, IP2 8PN. Energetix Group plc's shares are quoted on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange.

 

Energetix Group plc's unaudited Consolidated Interim Financial Statements are presented in pounds sterling (£).

  

2 Basis of preparation

These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements are for the six months ended 30 June 2012. They have not been prepared in accordance with IAS 34, Interim Financial Reporting. They do not include all of the information required for full annual financial statements, and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements of the Group for the year ended 31 December 2011.

 

These financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, except for revaluation of financial instruments.

The financial information set out in these Financial Statements does not constitute statutory accounts as defined in Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. The consolidated statement of financial position as at 31 December 2011 and the consolidated income statement, consolidated statement of cash flows and associated notes for the year then ended have been extracted from the Group's Financial Statements as at 31 December 2011. Those Financial Statements have received an unqualified audit report from the auditors however the report contained an emphasis of matter in relation to the company's ability to continue as a going concern and the directors annual impairment review of intangible fixed assets and have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The 2011 statutory accounts contained no statement under section 498(2) or section 498(3) of the Companies Act 2006.

 The unaudited Consolidated Interim Financial Statements for the six months ended 30 June 2012 have not been audited or reviewed in accordance with International Standard on Review Engagement 2410 issued by the Auditing Practices Board.

 

The unaudited Consolidated Interim Financial Statements have been approved by the Board of Directors on 28 September 2012.

 

As announced on 28 September 2012 the Group has secured, subject to shareholder approval, additional capital of £12m to £14m. The funds will enable the Group to bring the Kingston boiler to market and based on the free boiler model develop a stable and sustainable customer base.

Given current business forecasts that take into account reasonable changes in performance and the additional capital committed through the fund raising the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has the resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Group's Unaudited Consolidated Interim Financial Statements.

 

These unaudited Consolidated Interim Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies adopted in the last annual financial statements for the year to 31 December 2011.

 

The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the Group for the purposes of preparation of these unaudited Consolidated Interim Financial Statements.

 

 

3 Net finance income/(costs)

Unaudited
6 months to 30June 2012
Unaudited
6 months to 30 June 2011
Audited
Year ended 31 December 2011
£'000
£'000
£000
Loans and receivable (including cash and cash equivalents)
-
4
6
Fair value adjustments of long term borrowings
-
-
(92)
-
4
(86)

 

4 Share issue

 

On the 19 March 2012, the Company issued 18,266,600 new ordinary shares of 5 pence each at a price of 25p per share to raise gross proceeds of £4,566,000.

 

5 Other intangible assets

 

The following tables show the significant additions to intangible assets.

 

 

 

6 months to 30 June 2012:

 

 

Micro-CHP

Compressed air battery

Intellectual property

Research and development asset

Total

Research and development asset

Total

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

Carrying amount at 1 January 2012

3,905

5,546

9,451

1,035

10,486

Additions

-

725

725

-

725

Amortisation

(168)

-

(168)

(195)

(363)

Carrying amount

30 June 2012

3,737

6,271

10,008

840

10,848

 

 

 

 

 

6 months to 30 June 2011:

 

 

Micro-CHP

Compressed air battery

Intellectual property

Research and development asset

Total

Research and development asset

Total

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

Carrying amount at 1 January 2011

4,241

4,169

8,410

1,427

9,837

Additions

-

560

560

-

560

Amortisation

(168)

-

(168)

(196)

(364)

Carrying amount

30 June 2011

4,073

4,729

8,802

1,231

10,033

 

Year to 31 December 2011:

 

 

Micro-CHP

Compressed air battery

Intellectual property

Research and development asset

Total

Research and development asset

Total

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

£'000

Carrying amount at 1 January 2011

4,241

4,169

8,410

1,427

9,837

Additions

-

1,377

1,377

-

1,377

Amortisation

(336)

-

(336)

(392)

(728)

Carrying amount

31 December 2011

3,905

5,546

9,451

1,035

10,486

 

 

6 Loss per ordinary share

 

The calculation of the loss per ordinary share is based on the earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders divided by the weighted average number of shares in issue during the period.

 

The calculation of diluted earnings per share is based on the basic earnings per share, adjusted to allow for the issue of shares and the post tax effect of dividends and/or interest, on the assumed conversion of all dilutive options and other dilutive potential ordinary shares.

 

Reconciliations of the earnings and weighted average number of shares used in the calculations are set out below.

Unaudited 6 months to 30 June 2012

Unaudited 6 months to 30 June 2011

Audited Year to 31 December 2011

Loss for the period (£'000)

(2,455)

(1,661)

(6,531)

Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue

74,040,644

58,661,857

63,702,953

Basic loss per share (pence)

(3.32)

(2.83)

(10.25)

Diluted loss per share (pence)

(3.32)

(2.83)

(10.25)

Attributable to:

Continuing operations

Loss attributable to equity holders of the Company (£'000)

(2,455)

(1,661)

(6,531)

Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue

74,040,644

58,661,857

63,702,953

Basic loss per share (pence)

(3.32)

(2.83)

(10.25)

Diluted loss per share (pence)

(3.32)

(2.83)

(10.25)

 

 

 

 

7 Investments in Associates

 

Unaudited 6 months

to 30 June 2012

Unaudited 6 months

to 30 June 2011

Audited Year to 31 December 2011

£'000

£'000

£'000

At 1 January

2,681

6,711

6,711

Share of loss from equity accounted investments

(202)

(464)

(803)

Deemed disposals

-

-

(1,506)

Impairment in associate

(243)

-

(1,721)

Carrying value

2,236

6,247

2,681

 

Impairment has been recognised to reflect the directors' current assessment of its fair value less costs to sell, based upon realising its investment in VPhase plc following a prolonged decline in share price. The directors have reviewed the market value of its investment based upon VPhase plc's share price and accordingly an impairment of £243,000 has been recognised. The market value of its investment amounts to £2,236,000 on 29 June 2012.

 

 

 

 

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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