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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