Interim Results

Kenetics Group Limited 26 September 2006 For Immediate Release 26 September 2006 Kenetics Group Limited Interim Results Kenetics Group Limited (Kenetics or the Company), the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) company focused on Security and RFID systems and products, released its interim report for the 6 months ended June 2006. Key Points •Total turnover versus the comparable period reduced by 52.5% to £207,000 (2005: £436,000) due to delay in key projects. •Loss on ordinary activities after tax and expenses was £103,000 (2005: £158,000 profit) •Kenetics was admitted to AIM on 18 August 2006 and pre-IPO financing of £827,000 was successfully raised. •The Company will continue to enlarge its sales and distribution network in Europe to explore new avenues. •The Company is developing a newer generation of products to be offered early next year. This is expected to provide a more stable and regular source of income. Commenting on the results Ken Wong, President and CEO said: 'We continue to remain confident about the outlook for the Company as we have numerous projects being developed and outstanding revenue expected for early next year. We are excited about the expansion into Europe and in particular the progression into the UK market, especially now we have been admitted to AIM.' For more information, please contact: Kenetics Group Limited - 0207 466 5000 (on the day) Ken Wong, CEO Hin Yuen Yeong Buchanan Communications - 0207 466 5000 Tim Thompson / James Strong CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT Dear Shareholder It is my pleasure to report our interim results for the period ended 30 June 2006. Financial Summary Kenetics Group Limited (Kenetics or the Company), the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) company focused on Security and RFID systems and products, announces its interim report for the 6 months ended June 2006. The financial information reported upon relates to the Company's trading subsidiary Kenetics Innovations Pte. Limited ('Kenetics Innovations') which was acquired by way of a share exchange on 24 July 2006. The acquisition of Kenetics Innovations has been treated as a merger for accounting purposes and full year accounts of the Company to 31 December 2006 will be presented on this basis. Turnover for the period was £207,000 (SGD 607,000) (2005: £436,000; SGD 1,319,000) which after expenses, resulted in a post-tax loss of £103,000 (SGD (302,931) (2005: £158,000 profit; SGD 477,146). Post Period Events Pre-IPO financing amounting to £827,000 (before expenses) was raised on 11 August 2006 and the Company was admitted to AIM on 18 August 2006. Effective from the date of admission, Mr Lynton Jones was appointed as non-executive director of the Company. Operational Review Although trading for the first half of the year has been in line with previous years, the Group has been affected by recent slower development than expected in several key ODM projects, which consequently have had to be delayed. Development work has started on the projects and revenue is projected to come in during the second half of the year with the balance of the contracted revenue continuing to come in during the first half of 2007. Several exploratory projects have also not yet materialised, particularly the implementation of security projects in China. Additionally, a major customer in Singapore has delayed the call for tender on a project that had earlier been expected to come in the middle of the year. This is now expected to occur in 2007. The Company is taking steps to get some of the delayed projects back on track. A China business support office has been established in Beijing to renew business contacts with Chinese government agencies as well as to establish a network of distributors to expand product sales. The new business support office is now fully functional. In Europe, the Company will continue to enlarge its sales and distribution network to explore new business avenues either generically or through acquisitions. To lessen the timing uncertainty of ODM projects, the Company is in the process of developing a newer generation of products to offer to the market beginning early next year. This is expected to provide a more stable and regular source of income for the Company. Prospects The board believes that changing the emphasis from being a systems developer to product developer will be more cash generative in the medium term. The company is well placed to do this using its intellectual property and core technologies. Ken Wong Kai En Chairman 26 September 2006 INCOME STATEMENTS Restated 6 months 6 months 12 months ended ended ended 30 June 30 June 31 December 2006 2005 2005 (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited) £'000 £'000 £'000 Notes Continuing operations Revenue 207 436 919 Other operating income - 19 52 Changes in inventories of finished goods and work-in-progress 31 (7) (7) Raw materials and consumables (80) (86) (262) used Staff costs (167) (111) (269) Depreciation and amortisation (21) (18) (45) expenses Other operating expenses (73) (34) (84) Profit/(loss) before tax (103) 199 304 Income tax expense 3 - (41) (56) Profit/(loss) after tax (103) 158 248 Earnings/(loss) per share 4 (0.43)p 0.67p 1.05p The Company had no recognised gains or losses other than the profit for the period. All of the amounts above relate to continuing activities. BALANCE SHEETS 30 June 30 June Restated 2006 2005 31 December (Unaudited) (Unaudited) 2005 £'000 £'000 (Audited) £'000 Non-current assets Plant and equipment 136 129 137 Total non-current assets 136 129 137 Current assets Available for sale assets 142 - - Excess of contract work-in-progress over 35 - - progress billings Contract work-in-progress - 11 20 Stocks and work-in-progress 134 27 39 Trade receivables 60 57 182 Other receivables 117 59 94 Bank balances 206 321 256 Total current assets 694 475 591 Total assets 830 604 728 Equity attributable to equity holders Share capital 606 149 157 Share premium 3 1 4 Retained profits 138 231 248 Total Equity 747 381 409 Non-current liabilities Obligations under finance leases 5 5 12 Total non-current liabilities 5 5 12 Current liabilities Excess of progress billings over contract - - 24 work in progress Trade payables 18 20 96 Other payables 36 76 77 Amount owing to directors - 60 53 Obligations under finance leases 9 13 5 Provision for taxation 15 49 52 Total current liabilities 78 218 307 Total liabilities 83 223 319 Total equity and liabilities 830 604 728 STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS Restated 6 months 6 months 12 months ended ended ended 30 June 30 June 31 December 2006 2005 2005 (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited) £'000 £'000 £'000 Operating activities (Loss)/profit before taxation (103) 199 303 Adjustments for: Depreciation and amortisation 20 18 45 Unrealised foreign exchange loss - - 1 Interest received - - (1) Interest paid - - - Operating (loss)/profit before working capital changes (83) 217 348 (Decrease)/Increase in contract work-in-progress Excess of progress billings over contract work-in-progress Excess of contract work-in-progress over progress billings (39) (15) - Decrease/(Increase) in trade and other 93 107 (40) receivables (Increase) in inventories (95) (1) (11) (Decrease) in trade and other payables (115) (156) (94) Cash generated from operations (239) 152 203 Income tax paid (36) - (12) Interest paid - - - Interest received 1 - 1 Net cash flows from operating (274) 152 192 activities Cash flows from investing activities Purchase of plant and equipment (24) (25) (37) Investment in quoted shares (142) - - Net cash flows used in investing (166) (25) (37) activities STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (continued) Restated 6 months 6 months 12 months ended ended ended 30 June 30 June 31 December 2006 2005 2005 (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited) £'000 £'000 £'000 Cash flows from financing activities Repayment of loan from director (52) (4) (14) Trust receipts - (74) (79) Increase/(Decrease) in share application (2) (1) 1 Increase in share capital 452 - - Repayment of loan (2) 17 - Dividends paid - - (77) Difference of fixed deposit balance due to accumulation of interest (1) (1) (1) Net cash flows from/(used in) financing 395 (63) (170) activities Net (decrease)/increase in cash in hand and at bank (45) 64 (15) Effect of exchange rate changes - - (1) Cash in hand and at bank at beginning of 152 168 168 period Cash in hand and at bank at end of period 107 232 152 Fixed deposit 88 83 88 Exchange differences 11 6 16 Per balance sheet 206 321 256 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN COMBINED SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY 6 months 6 months 12 months ended ended ended 30 June 30 June 31 December 2006 2005 2005 (Unaudited) (Unaudited) (Audited) £'000 £'000 £'000 (Loss)/Profit for the period (103) 158 248 New shares issued 452 - - Increase/(Reduction) in share (2) (2) 1 applications Dividends paid - - (77) Opening shareholders funds 409 217 217 Exchange differences (9) 8 20 Closing shareholders funds 747 381 409 1. Business of Kenetics Group Limited The Company was incorporated in Jersey on 22 June 2006 and on 24 July 2006 acquired the entire issued share capital of Kenetics Innovations. Kenetics Innovations is incorporated and domiciled in Singapore. Its principal office is at 2 Tannery Road #05-01 Cencon Building, Singapore 347720. The principal activities are that of business of electronics design and of manufacturing and producing all kinds of electrical and electronic goods. 2. Basis of preparation and significant accounting policies The financial statements are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ('IFRS') adopted in the presentation of the financial information in the Company's AIM admission document. The financial statements are presented in Sterling. They are prepared on the historical cost basis. For the purpose of these interim financial statements represents the results and financial position of the Company's subsidiary company, Kenetics Innovations that was acquired by way of an exchange of shares on 24 July 2006. The acquisition of Kenetics Innovations has been treated as a merger for accounting purpose and the full year accounts for the Company will be presented on this basis. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRSs requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of policies and reported amounts of assets, liabilities, income and expenses. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and various other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis of making the judgements about carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised, if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods, if the revision affects both current and future periods. Judgments made by management in the application of IFRSs that have a significant effect on the financial statements an in arriving at estimates with a significant risk or material adjustments in the following year. 3. Taxation 6 months 6 months Year ended ended ended 30 June 30 June 31 December 2006 2005 2005 (unaudited) (unaudited) (audited) £'000 £'000 £'000 Provision for deferred taxation - - - Current taxation - 41 56 Corporate taxation credit - 41 56 4. Earnings/(loss) per share Earnings/(loss) per share has been calculated on the basis of the profits or losses attributable to ordinary shareholders divided by 23,592,880, being the number of ordinary shares issued by the Company for the acquisition of Kenetics Innovations on 24 July 2006. 5. Exchange rates The reporting currency of the Company is deemed to be £ sterling. The functional currency of Kenetics Innovations is Singaporean dollars. The following exchange rates have been used in preparing this financial information: £1 = S$ 31 December 2004 3.127 30 June 2005 3.024 31 December 2005 2.86 30 June 2006 2.927 6. Post balance sheet events On 24 July 2006, the Company issued 23,592,880 new Ordinary Shares of £0.01 each in consideration for the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Kenetics Innovations. On 11 August 2006 the Company issued 2,756,666 new Ordinary Shares of 1p each to investors for a total cash consideration of £827,000. On 11 August 2006 the Company's issued share capital was admitted to AIM. 7. Nature of financial information The interim financial information set out above is not audited and does not represent statutory financial statements for Kenetics Group Limited or for any of the entities comprising the Kenetics Group for the period ended 30 June 2006. Neither the Company nor Kenetics Innovations are required to prepare or file statutory financial statements in the UK and have not done so. The first statutory financial statements of Kenetics Group Limited will in respect of the period ending 31 December 2006. The Board approved the interim financial information for the period ended 30 June 2006 on 25 September 2006. These interim results will be available on the Company's website www.kenetics-group.com. Further copies can be obtained from the registered office at 44 Esplanade, St Helier, Jersey, JE4 8PM. 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