Final Results

Oxford Technology 2 VCT PLC 08 May 2007 Preliminary Announcement for Oxford Technology 2 Venture Capital Trust plc for the year ended 28 February 2007 Chairman's Statement Investment Portfolio Despite setbacks, with some investees having been written down in value, the Directors of Oxford Technology 2 remain pleased with the development of the portfolio as a whole. Several companies in the portfolio have the potential to deliver large returns. Commerce Decisions, in which OT2 owns 5.9%, continues to grow satisfactorily, with sales from the US beginning to become significant. Inaplex, in which OT2 owns 21%, though small, is now profitable, generating cash, and growing. Inscentinel was rescued from mothballs by an OT3 shareholder who read the newsletter and came to the rescue with an investment. It is now receiving increased interest from a variety of potential customers. The company uses the exquisitely sensitive olfactory sense of insects to detect trace vapours. The fact that the insects can be trained to a new scent in minutes (it takes three months to train a sniffer dog) makes Inscentinel's technology potentially attractive to the security services. Inscentinel has received a number of research contracts, but has not yet achieved commercial sales. Insense has obtained regulatory approval for the first of its family of active wound-healing dressings, and now has a schedule to introduce these to the European market. OC Robotics continues to make excellent progress, and made a profit for the first time on increased sales in the most recent year to December 06. Interest has come mainly from the US, where several customers have indicated that they will probably place much larger orders for snake-arm robots in the coming months. Orthogem was on the point of signing a deal, which would have led to the sale of the company to a US company, when bad data was received from a particular trial. On investigation the reasons for this were apparent (all other trials had produced excellent results), but this caused the process to stall. The hope is that it will revive - the fundamentals remain good - and if not there are other ways forward, but in the meanwhile the value of the investment has been written down in the name of prudence. Plasma Antennas has made a significant technical breakthrough after almost six years of trying. Only a three-man company, they have one potential customer interested in purchasing up to 1m aerials at $150 each. But no order yet. Oxis Energy continues to obtain good results from its prototype Lithium Sulphide rechargeable batteries. Other companies are making reasonable if not spectacular progress. Results for the year Realised profit on disposal of investments, interest on bank deposits and investee loans produced gross income of £19,000 (2006: £473,000) in the year. Retained losses were £142,000 (2006: profit of £298,000) and earnings per share for the year were (2.37)p (2006: 4.97p) per share. AGM Shareholders should note that the AGM for Oxford Technology 2 VCT will be held on Monday 25th June 2007, at the Magdalen Centre, Oxford Science Park, starting at 12.00 noon and will include presentations by some of the companies in which the Oxford Technology VCTs have invested. A formal Notice of AGM has been included at the back of these Accounts together with a Form of Proxy for those not attending. John Jackson Chairman 4 May 2007 Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 28 February 2007 Year ended Year ended 28/02/07 28/02/06 £000 £000 Turnover 19 473 Administrative Expenses (161) (156) -------- ---------- Operating Profit (142) 317 Profit/(loss) on revaluation of - (19) investments Profit/(loss) on ordinary activities before taxation (142) 298 Profit/(loss) on ordinary activities after taxation (142) 298 Retained proft/(loss) for the year (142) 298 ======== ======== Earnings per share (2.37) p 4.97p ======== ======== Statement of total recognised gains and losses for the period ended 28 February 2007 £'000 Loss for the financial period (142) Profit on investments held at fair value 275 Total profit recognised since last annual report 133 Balance sheet at 28 February 2007 28 February 2007 Audited 28 February 2006 Audited £000 £000 £000 £000 Fixed assets Investments at fair value 4,042 3,666 Current assets Debtors & prepayments 3 3 Cash at bank 118 660 _____ _____ 121 663 Creditors: amounts falling due (5) (4) within one year _____ _____ Net current assets/ 116 659 (liabilities) _____ _____ Net assets 4,158 4,325 ===== ===== Capital and reserves Called up share capital 600 600 Profit and loss account 2,437 2,879 Revaluation reserve 1,121 846 Shareholders' funds 4,158 4,325 ===== ===== Net asset value per share 69p 72p ===== ===== Cash flow statement for the year ended 28 February 2007 2007 2006 Audited Audited £000 £000 Net cash inflow/(outflow) from (141) 381 operating activities Capital expenditure and financial investment Purchase of investments (101) (113) Disposal / redemption of investments - 250 ______ ______ Net cash inflow from capital (101) 137 expenditure and financial investment Dividends paid (300) - ______ ______ Increase /(Decrease) in cash (542) 518 ====== ====== Notes: 1. Basis of preparation The preliminary announcement has been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and with the Statement of Recommended Practice 'Financial statements of investment trust companies' issued in December 2005. The principal accounting policies are set out in the company's financial statements for the year ended 28 February 2007. 2. Earnings per Ordinary Share The calculation of earnings per share is based on the net loss for the financial period of £142,000 (2006: £298,000 profit) divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares of 6,000,000 (2006: 6,000,000) in issue during the year. 3. General The financial information set out in this preliminary announcement does not constitute statutory accounts as defined in section 240 of the Companies Act 1985. The balance sheet at 28 February 2007 and the profit and loss account, cash flow statement and associated notes for the year then ended have been extracted from the company's 2007 statutory financial statements on which the auditors' opinion is unqualified and does not include any statement under section 237 of the Companies Act 1985. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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