Interim Results
Teather & Greenwood Holdings PLC
14 December 2001
TEATHER & GREENWOOD HOLDINGS plc
14 DECEMBER 2001 - EMBARGOED FOR 7.00AM
TEATHER & GREENWOOD HOLDINGS PLC
INTERIM RESULTS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2001
HIGHLIGHTS
- Turnover £19,785,000 (2000: £18,205,000)
- Operating profit £429,000 (2000: £3,599,000)
- Profit before tax £1,119,000 (2000: £3,665,000)
- Earnings per share 2.9p (2000: 8.7p)
- Maintained interim dividend of 0.5p (2000: 0.5p)
- Net Assets £16,736,000 (2000: £14,644,000)
Jeremy Delmar-Morgan, Chairman, comments:
'Current stockmarket conditions make predictions for the second half
difficult. Notwithstanding this, building a successful, independent business
for the long-term remains our key objective and to this end, we remain well
placed for a recovery in the markets and associated corporate activity.'
For further information, please contact:
TEATHER & GREENWOOD LIMITED 020 7426 9000
Jeremy Delmar-Morgan, Chairman
Ken Ford, Chief Executive
Nick Stagg, Chief Operating Officer
Brian Rowbotham, Finance Director
ABOUT TEATHER & GREENWOOD
Teather & Greenwood Limited is one of the UK's leading independent
stockbrokers. It has four principal business areas:
Corporate Finance - specialising in corporate finance advisory, institutional
sales and market making services for an increasing number of growing smaller
and mid-cap public companies;
Equities Research - comprising individually rated and award-winning analysts
covering 17 sectors;
Institutional - providing institutional research and sales coverage of
significant UK and international equities, including dedicated teams for bonds
and fixed-interest instruments, closed-end funds (corporate finance, research,
sales and market making, both for investment trusts and foreign-listed funds),
derivatives; and
Investment Management - providing private clients and independent financial
advisers, with discretionary, advisory, execution-only and 'on-line' broking
services and a range of tax-efficient products.
Teather & Greenwood Limited is the principal operating company of Teather &
Greenwood Holdings plc.
For more information on Teather & Greenwood Limited and its services, please
visit the company's website: www.teathers.com
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT
I am pleased to report on a period of continuing development across the
business.
As indicated at August's Annual General Meeting, the period under review
reflects a quieter stockmarket than the comparable period last year, which in
turn influenced the performances of some areas of our business. Despite this,
Teather & Greenwood was profitable, which says much about its resilience and
potential.
The results should also be considered in the context of the Board's continuing
long-term objective of building Teather & Greenwood as a leading independent
financial services organisation. The results announced today take into
account considerable investment in the business, both in terms of further
developing already successful business areas, entering new revenue-generating
business areas and in ensuring that the infrastructure is in keeping with the
demands of a growing business.
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS AND DIVIDEND
Turnover was £19,785,000 (2000: £18,205,000), producing operating profit of £
429,000 (2000: £3,599,000). Profit before taxation was £1,119,000 (2000: £
3,665,000). The balance sheet at the half-year end remained sound, with net
assets of £16,736,000 (2000: £14,644,000).
Earnings per share were 2.9p (2000: 8.7p). The Board is declaring a
maintained interim dividend of 0.5p per share (2000: 0.5p), which will be
payable on 28 January 2002 to shareholders on the register at 31 December
2001.
CORPORATE FINANCE ADVISORY AND BROKING
This team had a good first half, completing 15 transactions (excluding
closed-end funds) and raising approximately £160 million on behalf of clients.
Transactions included fund raisings for existing quoted companies and
several IPOs - a creditable achievement in the prevailing market conditions
and one that says much about the team's ability and reputation. A number of
new corporate clients were won during the period, including some from our
larger competitors, bringing the total today to 82, compared to 71 at the same
time last year.
EQUITIES RESEARCH
The Equities Research department continued to expand the range of companies
followed, reflecting the growing corporate client list and increasing coverage
of non-client stocks, both large and small, which has the added benefit of
broadening the company's appeal to a wider range of institutional clients. A
number of the analysts improved their rankings (with some featuring for the
first time) in the annual Reuters UK Smaller Companies Survey. In addition,
for the fourth year in succession, the department won the prestigious AIM
Awards Best Research prize.
INSTITUTIONAL DEPARTMENT
The teams specialising in larger capitalisation institutional sales, bonds and
contracts for difference under the circumstances produced satisfactory overall
performances.
The closed-end funds team, the subject of significant investment and
expansion, completed five transactions, raising over £300 million on behalf of
clients. More recently, they completed their first cross-border transaction
and fund raising. The team now has 20 brokerships, including eight Venture
Capital Trusts.
TEATHER & GREENWOOD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
This department continues to make progress with its regeneration. New
discretionary business is being won and some clients are transferring into the
fee-paying collective funds introduced during the period. Other products will
be added in the future, including a fund specialising in UK smaller companies.
CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT
Our information technology and systems remain under constant review and have
been the subject of further investment. This will continue, to ensure that
both remain efficient, flexible and able to accommodate increasing levels of
business.
A project team is in place to develop and implement a formalised approach to
institutional client account management across the range of institutions with
whom we deal.
In October, we announced the acquisition of Escalon Investments, a vehicle
formed to acquire the corporate finance-related business of Rathbone Neilson
Cobbold and the five-strong Liverpool-based team, for an initial cash
consideration of £150,000. Additional deferred consideration, which is
effectively limited to £2.4 million, will be payable upon achieving post-tax
profit milestones for each of the three years ending on 31 March 2004.
EMPLOYEES
On behalf of the Board, I would like to welcome those employees who have
joined since June and thank everybody for their contributions to the
development of the business.
OUTLOOK
Current stockmarket conditions make predictions for the second half difficult.
Notwithstanding this, building a successful independent business for the
long-term remains our key objective and to this end, we remain well placed for
a recovery in the markets and associated corporate activity.
JEREMY DELMAR-MORGAN
CHAIRMAN
14 December 2001
GROUP PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
for the six months ended 31 October 200PRIVATE 1
ADVANCE /D 12.20
Note 6 months ended 6 months ended Year ended
31 October 31 October 30 April
2001 2000 2001
£'000 £'000 £'000
TURNOVER (1) 19,785 18,205 34,584
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OPERATING COSTS (19,356) (14,606) (29,394)
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OPERATING PROFIT 429 3,599 5,190
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Profit on disposal
of fixed asset
investments 667 - 1,009
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PROFIT ON ORDINARY
ACTIVITIES BEFORE
INTEREST AND
INVESTMENT INCOME 1,096 3,599 6,199
Net interest and
investment income 23 66 126
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Profit on ordinary
activities before
taxation 1,119 3,665 6,325
Taxation on profit
on ordinary
activities (315) (1,257) (2,135)
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Profit for the 804 2,408 4,190
period
Equity dividend (143) (139) (558)
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Profit transferred
to reserves 661 2,269 3,632
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EARNINGS PER SHARE (2) 2.9p 8.7p 15.1p
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DILUTED EARNINGS PER 2.7p 8.0p 13.9p
SHARE
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DIVIDEND PER SHARE 0.5p 0.5p 2.0p
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
as at 31 October 2001
31 October 31 October 30 April
2001 2000 2001
Note
(unaudited) (unaudited) (audited)
£'000 £'000 £'000
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 2,051 1,395 1,795
Investments (6) 1,662 750 924
Intangible assets 900 - -
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4,613 2,145 2,719
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CURRENT ASSETS
Trading positions 6,287 8,153 10,725
Debtors 200,067 166,753 200,499
Cash at bank and in hand (4) 7,027 7,627 13,754
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213,381 182,533 224,978
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CREDITORS: AMOUNTS
FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE
YEAR 200,458 170,034 211,690
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NET CURRENT ASSETS 12,923 12,499 13,288
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TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES 17,536 14,644 16,007
CREDITORS: AMOUNTS
FALLING DUE AFTER MORE
THAN ONE YEAR 800 - -
NET ASSETS 16,736 14,644 16,007
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CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 2,812 2,788 2,788
Share premium account 2,273 2,229 2,229
Other reserves 14 14 14
Profit and loss account 11,637 9,613 10,976
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EQUITY SHAREHOLDERS' 16,736 14,644 16,007
FUNDS
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ADVANCE /D 6.45
GROUP CASH FLOW STATEMENT
for the six months ended 31 October 2001
Note 6 months to 31 6 months to 31 Year to 30
October 2001 October 2000 April 2001
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
NET CASH OUTFLOW)/
INFLOW FROM OPERATING
ACTIVITIES (3) (4,750) 3,858 12,386
RETURNS ON INVESTMENTS
AND SERVICING OF FINANCE
Interest and other
investment income
received 23 66 126
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Net cash inflow from
returns on investments
and servicing of finance 23 66 126
TAXATION
Corporation tax paid (700) (1,298) (3,267)
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE AND
FINANCIAL INVESTMENT
Payments to acquire
tangible fixed assets (783) (698) (1,455)
Payments to acquire trade
investments (686) (650) (874)
Receipts from sales of
trade investments 667 - 1,059
Payments to acquire
intangible fixed assets (100) - -
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Net cash outflow from
capital expenditure (902) (1,348) (1,270)
EQUITY DIVIDEND PAID (421) (370) (509)
FINANCING
Issue of ordinary share 68 42 43
capital
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(DECREASE)/INCREASE IN (5) (6,682) 950 7,509
CASH
NOTES
1. TURNOVER AND SEGMENTAL ANALYSIS
Turnover arises entirely from financial services activities. All turnover was
generated in the United Kingdom
6 months ended 31 6 months ended 31 Year ended 30 April
October 2001 October 2000 2001
Turnover Operating Turnover Operating Turnover Operating
Profit Profit Profit
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Financial 19,785 429 18,205 3,599 34,584 5,190
Services
The net gain on trading in financial instruments is shown below and is
included in the turnover for financial services.
£'000 £'000 £'000
329 2,304 4,745
2. EARNINGS PER SHARE
The earnings and numbers of shares in issue or to be issued used in
calculating the earnings and diluted earnings per share were as follows:
31 October 2001 31 October 2000 30 April 2001
Diluted Diluted Diluted
Earnings Earnings Earnings Earnings Earnings Earnings
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Earnings 804 804 2,408 2,408 4,190 4,190
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Number of
Shares 29,929,175 28,007,491 30,005,888 27,777,012 30,208,104 27,827,815
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Earnings per
share 2.7p 2.9p 8.0p 8.7p 13.9p 15.1p
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Calculation of number of shares at 31 October 2001.
At 1 May 27,877,245 27,877,245 9,246,415 9,246,415 9,246,415 9,246,415
Bonus issue
4 August
2000 - - 18,492,830 18,492,830 18,492,830 18,492,830
Weighted
average
number of
shares
issued
during
period 130,246 130,246 37,767 37,767 88,570 88,570
Dilutive
effect of
share option
scheme 1,921,684 2,228,876 2,380,289
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At end of 29,929,175 28,007,491 30,005,888 27,777,012 30,208,104 27,827,815
period
3. Reconciliation of operating profit to net cash (outflow)/inflow from
operating activities
6 months to 30 6 months to 30 12 months to 30
October 2001 October 2000 April 2001
£'000 £'000 £'000
Operating profit 429 3,599 5,190
Depreciation 475 274 632
Decrease/(increase in trading
positions 989 (5,080) (1,889)
Decrease/(increase) in
debtors 431 14,413 (19,333)
(Decrease)/increase in
creditors (7,074) (9,348) 27,786
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NET CASH (OUTFLOW)/INFLOW
FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES (4,750) 3,858 12,386
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4. NET FUNDS AT THE END OF THE PERIOD
Bank balances 7,027 7,627 13,754
Loan and overdraft (1,647) (2,124) (1,692)
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5,380 5,503 12,062
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5. COMBINED RECONCILIATION OF NET CASH FLOW AND ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENT IN THE
NET FUNDS
At 30 March 2001 Cashflow At 31 October 2001
£'000 £'000 £'000
Bank balances 13,754 (6,727) 7,027
Bank overdraft (1,692) 45 (1,647)
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Total net funds 12,062 (6,682) 5,380
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6. INVESTMENTS
The company is the beneficial owner of 500,000 London Stock Exchange ordinary
shares of 5p each, which have been included in the balance sheet at the cost
of £1 (2000: £1).
7.
The financial information for the year ended 30 April 2001 and the periods
ended 31 October 2000 and 2001 does not constitute statutory accounts as
defined in Section 240 of the Companies Act 1985. Statutory accounts for the
year ended 30 April 2001 have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.
These statutory accounts were audited by Deloitte & Touche and their report
thereon was unqualified. Copies of the interim results are available, free of
charge to the public on any weekday at the registered office of the Company
(Beaufort House, 15 St Botolph Street, London EC3A 7QR) and at the offices of
the Company's financial adviser and stockbroker, ING Barings Limited, 60
London Wall, London EC2M 5TQ
Independent Review Report to Teather & Greenwood Holdings plc
We have been instructed by the Group to review the financial information for
the six months ended 31 October 2001 which compromises the profit and loss
account, the balance sheet and the cashflow statement and related notes 1 to
7. We have read the other information contained in the interim report and
considered whether it contains any apparent misstatements or material
inconsistencies with the financial information.
Directors' responsibilities
The interim report, including the financial information contained therein, is
the responsibility of, and has been approved by the Directors. The Directors
are responsible for preparing the interim report in accordance with the
Listing Rules of the Financial Services Authority which require that the
accounting policies and presentation applied to the interim figures should be
consistent with those applied in preparing the preceding annual accounts
except where any changes, and the reasons for them, are disclosed.
Review work performed
We conducted our review in accordance with guidance contained in Bulletin 1999/4
issued by the Auditing Practices Board for use in the United Kingdom. A
review consists principally of making enquiries of Group management and
applying analytical procedures to the financial information and underlying
financial data and, based thereon, assessing whether the accounting policies
and presentation have been consistently applied unless otherwise disclosed. A
review excludes audit procedures such as tests of controls and verification of
assets, liabilities and transactions. It is substantially less in scope than
an audit performed in accordance with United Kingdom auditing standards and
therefore provides a lower level of assurance than an audit. Accordingly, we
do not express an audit opinion on the financial information.
Review conclusion
On the basis of our review we are not aware of any material modifications that
should be made to the financial information as presented for the six months
ended 31 October 2001.
Deloitte & Touche 14 December 2001
Chartered Accountants