Trading Update

RNS Number : 8579O

Nanoco Group PLC

03 February 2023

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE      3 February 2023

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT CONTAINS INSIDE INFORMATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 7 OF THE MARKET ABUSE REGULATION (596/2014/EU) AS THE SAME HAS BEEN RETAINED IN UK LAW AS AMENDED BY THE MARKET ABUSE (AMENDMENT) (EU EXIT) REGULATIONS (SI 2019/310) ("UK MAR").

Nanoco Group PLC

( " Nanoco", the " Group", or the " Company")

Half year trading update - ahead of expectations

Separately to the update on the litigation settlement published today, Nanoco today issues a trading update for the half year ended 31 January 2023 (the "Period") in relation to the organic business, which has continued to make further progress in customer delivery and scaling for potential production orders this year.

Operational overview

· Continued successful delivery of technical milestones throughout the Period for the European Electronics and Asian Chemical customers.

· Increase in demand for volumes of development materials.

· On track to deliver two fully validated production materials for use in infra-red sensing.

· Manchester exit and Runcorn relocation delivered on budget and slightly ahead of time.

· Runcorn CFQD facility re-commissioning alongside recruitment of additional production and production support personnel.

· Focus remains on delivering production ready facility and validated materials in anticipation of production orders in CY23.

Financial overview

· Revenue remains comfortably in line with the Board's expectations.

· Active cost management is delivering costs also comfortably in line with the Board's expectations.

· As a result of the factors above, combined with FX tailwinds, the Adjusted EBITDA loss for the year is now expected to be narrower than (and therefore ahead of) the Board's expectations.

· Net cash consumption in the Period was £0.8m, leaving a cash balance of £6.0m, also comfortably in line with the Board's expectations.

The Company expects to announce its Interim Results for the half year ended 31 January 2023 on 28 March 2023. The financial impact of the litigation settlement will be included in the Company's results from the second half of this financial year, onwards.

Brian Tenner, CEO of Nanoco, said:

"In the first half, we have continued to build on the significant positive momentum achieved in the last few years, positioning ourselves for significant organic growth in the near term.

"For potential customers, the validation of our IP and the funding that the litigation settlement announced separately today cements the viability of Nanoco as a robust and reliable supplier operating in huge international electronics markets."

For further information, please contact:

Nanoco Group PLC :

Brian Tenner, CEO    [phone]

Liam Gray, CFO & Company Secretary

Peel Hunt (Joint Corporate Broker):

Paul Gillam  [phone]

James Smith

Turner Pope Investments (Joint Corporate Broker):

Andrew Thacker  [phone]

James Pope

MHP :  [phone]

Reg Hoare

Pete Lambie

[e-mail]

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The person responsible for arranging for the release of this announcement on behalf of Nanoco is Liam Gray, Chief Financial Officer.

MAR

The information contained within this announcement is considered by the Company to contain inside information for the purposes of UK MAR.  Upon the publication of this announcement via a Regulatory Information Service, this inside information will be considered to be in the public domain.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This announcement (including information incorporated by reference in this announcement) and other information published by Nanoco may contain statements about Nanoco that are or may be deemed to be forward looking statements.  Such statements are prospective in nature.  All statements other than historical statements of facts may be forward looking statements.  Without limitation, statements containing the words "targets", "plans", "believes", "expects", "aims", "intends", "will", "may", "anticipates", "estimates", "projects" or "considers" or other similar words may be forward looking statements.

Forward looking statements inherently contain risks and uncertainties as they relate to events or circumstances in the future.  Important factors such as business or economic cycles, the terms and conditions of Nanoco's financing arrangements, tax rates, or increased competition may cause Nanoco's actual financial results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any forward looking statements.  Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.  Nanoco disclaims any obligation to update any forward looking or other statements contained herein, except as required by applicable law.

Notes for editors:

About Nanoco Group plc

Nanoco (LSE: NANO) harnesses the power of nano-materials. Nano-materials are materials with dimensions typically in the range 1 - 100 nm. Nano-materials have a range of useful properties, including optical and electronic. Quantum dots are a subclass of nano-material that have size-dependent optical and electronic properties. The Group produces quantum dots and other nano-materials. Within the sphere of quantum dots, the Group exploits different characteristics of the quantum dots to target different performance criteria that are attractive to specific markets or end-user applications such as the Display, Sensor and Electronics markets. An interesting property of quantum dots is their absorption spectrum. Nanoco's HEATWAVE™ quantum dots can be tuned to absorb light at different wavelengths across the near-infrared spectrum, rendering them useful for applications including image sensors. Another interesting property of quantum dots is photoluminescence: the emission of longer wavelength light upon excitation by light of a shorter wavelength. The colour of light emitted depends on the particle size. Nanoco's CFQD®quantum dots are free of cadmium and other toxic heavy metals, and can be tuned to emit light at different wavelengths across the visible and infrared spectrum, rendering them useful for a wide range of applications including displays, lighting and biological imaging.

Nanoco was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Runcorn, UK, with a US subsidiary, Nanoco Inc., in Concord, MA. Nanoco continues to build out a world-class, patent-protected IP portfolio generated both by its own innovation engine, as well as through acquisition.

Nanoco is listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and trades under the ticker symbol NANO. For further information please visit: www.nanocotechnologies.com.

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