Final Results
Avingtrans plc
("Avingtrans" or the "Group")
Final Results for the Year Ended 31 May 2012
Avingtrans plc, which designs, manufactures and supplies critical components
and associated services to the global aerospace, energy, medical and industrial
sectors, today announces its results for the twelve months ended 31 May 2012.
Financial Highlights
* Turnover increased by 21% to a record £44.0m (2011: £36.3m)
* Gross profit margin of 27% (2011: 29%) on adverse product mix
* Adjusted1 EBITDA improved by 26% to £4.2m (2011: £3.3m)
* Adjusted1 PBT increased by 43% to £2.3m (2011: £1.6m)
* Fully diluted, adjusted1 EPS of 7.5 pence per share (2011: 5.5 pence per share)
* Cash generated from operations was £2.2m (2011: £3.0m)
* Net debt increased to £8.4m (2011: £6.6m) - £0.7m of this due to the Sigma
Composites acquisition
* Gearing rose to 36% (2011: 29%)
* Final Dividend boosted to 1.0 pence per share (2011: 0.4p)
1 -adjusted to add back amortisation of intangibles from business combinations,
share based payment expense and impairment of goodwill.
OperationalHighlights
* Order book at record level
* Sigma and C&H enjoyed strong growth in the civil aerospace market, with the
division achieving 10% operating margin and growing by 34%. Sigma UK had
its best year so far, in terms of growth and profit.
* Sigma China made a profit for the year again and grew by 52%.
* C&H continued to grow positively and strengthened its position with Rolls
Royce.
* The acquisition of the Sigma Composites business in February required
initial investment of £0.3m, but has already supported the win of the Clean
Sky EU project on composite pipes, worth over €1m.
* Metalcraft improved in the second half, with overall revenue growth in the
division of 16%.
* Crown downsized to limit future losses, resulting in a £0.85m impairment to
goodwill.
* Jena Tec sustained its strong growth curve, 12% overall, notably in Germany
and the USA, to record a consistent 11% EBIT margin.
* Jena Tec continued to win large contracts, with a £0.5m win for Nissan
being prominent.
Commenting on the results, Roger McDowell, Chairman, said:
"For the second year in succession, I am pleased to report that group revenue
and adjusted EBITDA have grown by over 20%. Indeed, adjusted EBITDA margin is a
respectable 9.5%, with adjusted EPS having more than doubled in the past two
years, whilst net debt remains at manageable levels. All of these results were
in line with market expectations, so our consistent form continues. While the
Board is encouraged by this improved performance, `prediction is very
difficult, especially about the future' as Niels Bohr said, so we remain
cognisant of the volatile nature of global markets. Some elements of our key
markets remain in a state of flux and we have seen this across our group with
improvements in Aerospace being offset by stubborn weakness in Energy and
Medical. Whilst we remain optimistic, this sentiment is tempered, to ensure
that we sustain the shareholder value gains of the last two years.
Consequently, as reported at the half year, we are pleased to inform
shareholders that our optimism extends to an enhanced final dividend of 1.0
pence per share - above expectations, signalling our clear intent to reward
investors in line with our incremental improvements in operating performance."
Enquiries:
Avingtrans plc tel. 01159 499 020
Roger McDowell, Chairman
Steve McQuillan, Chief Executive Officer
Stephen King, Chief Financial Officer
FinnCap Ltd tel. 020 7220 0500
Marc Young/ Henrik Persson - Corporate Finance
Brian Patient / Victoria Bates - Corporate Broking
Newgate Threadneedle tel. 020 7653 9850
Josh Royston / Guy McDougall
About Avingtrans plc:
Avingtrans has become a significant organisation in the design, manufacture and
supply of critical components and associated services to global industrial
markets from three divisions: aerospace, energy and medical and industrial
products.
Aerospace
Sigma Precision Components Ltd - UK and China
Sigma Precision Components is a market leader in rigid and flexible pipe
assemblies and components for prestigious aerospace customers such as Rolls
Royce, Eaton Corp and Meggitt. Sigma also manufactures precision prismatic
components for the aerospace industry from its purpose-built facilities in
the UK and Chengdu, China.
Sigma Composites Ltd - UK
Sigma Composites was acquired in February 2012. The business is an
established player in the high tech composite components market for Formula
1 and motorsport. The business is now building a position in composites for
civil aerospace.
C&H Precision Finishers Ltd - UK
C&H provides final polishing and specialist finishing on aeroengine turbine
blades, compressor blades and vanes for the power generation industries,
operating from two strategically located centres to offer a local service
to the UK aerospace industry.
Energy and Medical
Stainless MetalcraftLtd - UKand China
Provider of safety-critical equipment for the energy, medical, science and
research communities, worldwide, specialising in precision pressure and
vacuum vessels and associated sub-assemblies and systems.
Crown International Ltd - UK
Designs and manufactures market-leading pole and support systems for
roadside signage and safety cameras, rail track signalling and gantries.
Industrial products
Jena Tec UK, Germany, USA and China
From specially equipped factories in Germany and the UK, Jena Tec designs,
manufactures and services Precision Ballscrews, Spindles and Linear Motion
actuation systems for automation and control of CNC machines and precision
instrumentation. Through Moss Group, Jena provides specialist automation
products and services.
2012 Preliminary statement
Chairman's statement
"The future isn't what it used to be", as they say and, at the global level,
2012 has some unsettling features of déjà vu about it. In our businesses, we
have seen some signs of slowing and more uncertainty than in the previous year,
with civil aerospace being a very notable and important exception in this
disordered panorama. Nonetheless, our overall performance in the year was again
pleasing, with significant double digit growth in revenue and profit for the
second year in succession and we began the new financial year with an order
book close to record levels.
Moreover, our debt position remains under control and has supported further
capex and R&D investment to buttress our growth in all three divisions and
particularly in Aerospace. There, if anything, the tier 1 OEMs are concerned
about shortages in supply chain capacity and we are prudently responding to
this need. Further capex investment at Jena Tec has been targeted at products
where we believe we have a significant advantage, whilst at Metalcraft, capex
investment has been chiefly driven by the preparation for larger scale MRI
component production in China. Appropriate capex investment will continue into
the new financial year, where this is warranted by long term contract demands.
Energy Infrastructure, Civil Aerospace and Medical Imaging, alongside the
global Machine Tools sector, continue to provide the bulk of our revenues.
Relationships with customers like Siemens, Rolls Royce and Cummins continue to
grow and develop in ways that we expect will lead to further new contracts.
Indeed, the year saw noteworthy business wins with, for example, Goodrich,
Nissan and Agilent. We are fully committed to the pursuit of deep and lasting
customer relationships and we seek more and more to bolster our quality and
customer service credentials with enhanced intellectual property development.
Most importantly, we are delighted to have been awarded a "Clean Sky" EU funded
project to develop composite pipes for civil aircraft use, backed by the major
European aerospace OEMs. This project represents a perfect springboard for us
to combine our existing capabilities at Sigma with our recently acquired Sigma
Composites business.
As before, market cycles are likely to be variable in the year to come, with
the buoyancy of aerospace being balanced by probable on-going weakness in
transport infrastructure. We have now downsized Crown to limit the losses from
this business which has resulted in a significant impairment to the Crown
goodwill.
We expect improving performance from Metalcraft in the new year and the Siemens
contract gives us the basis for this improvement. Although Jena Tec could see
some market softening in FY13, as global market events unfold, the division has
a very strong order book, which we expect to support the result there. As
usual, the quality of our customer base gives us confidence that we are
well-placed for further growth.
Our core businesses are developing product and service offerings that will
enhance shareholder value and cement our strategic supply chain relationships
with our customers. Coupled with targeted acquisitions, such as the Sigma
Composites acquisition earlier this year, these service propositions should
gradually prove to be decisive in winning high-margin new business. We believe
we are targeting the right growth markets and that we are developing deeper
partnerships with the market leaders in those sectors. This strategy allows us
to broaden products and services to those customers, which - coupled with our
deeper manufacturing and design skills - means we remain alert to any
opportunities that arise.
Our talented teams have once more shown their passion for excellence in
engineering and I thank them wholeheartedly on your behalf for their dedicated
efforts and commitment to Avingtrans during this past year. We look forward
with relish to the challenges and opportunities ahead.
R S McDowell
Chairman
11 September 2012
Business Review
Group Performance
Financial Performance
Full year Group revenue increased by 21% to a record £44.0m (2011: £36.3m). All
three divisions saw significant growth, especially Aerospace, being boosted by
the civil aerospace market expansion. Output increased in all of the businesses
except Crown, where the transport infrastructure market continued to suffer
from government inaction across the UK and Europe.
Gross margins were largely consistent with the first half, being down slightly
to 27% in the period (2011: 29%). Operating profit (adjusted for impairment of
goodwill) increased markedly, up by 39% to over £2.4m (2011: £1.7m). Adjusted
EBITDA was further enhanced by 26% to £4.2m (2011: £3.3m).
The effective rate of taxation was 24.3% (2011: 11.3%) predominately due to the
use of losses brought forward in the US and research and development tax
credits in the UK, offset by one off asset impairments this year which attract
no tax relief.
Adjusted diluted earnings per share, for the period ending 31 May 2012, was up
to 7.5p (2011: 5.5p) based on 26.4m (diluted weighted average) shares, with an
increased return on net assets (adjusted for impairment of goodwill) of 7.5%
(2011: 5.5%).
The cash flow from operations reduced to £2.2m in the period (2011: £3.0m) due
to the increased working capital requirements of the Group's expansion,
although the second half cash generation was in line with the previous year.
Net indebtedness at year end was better than expectations, at £8.4m, up by just
£0.4m from the half year, but more significantly increased from the prior year
end (2011: £6.6m), due in part to the Sigma Composites acquisition in February
2012 and financing capex investments. The debt position continues to be wholly
asset backed. Balance sheet gearing was unchanged from the half year, up to 36%
from 29% at 31 May 2011. Continued investment in the business of £3.5m (2011: £
1.3m) demonstrates a proactive approach to capital investment in line with
market opportunities, as we sustain our previous growth path.
The Board voted to underline our dividend policy and we are pleased to be able
to recommend at the AGM an improved final dividend of 1.0 pence per share
(2011: 0.4 pence per share). This will be paid on 14 December 2012 to
shareholders on the register at 19 October 2012. As before, the Board will
proactively review the dividend position, taking account of the on-going
changes in the trading position in our markets.
The Group has a number of exciting trading opportunities across all of its
existing operations and sees further prospects to develop our footprint which
should deliver long term growth and shareholder value . The continued backing
of our investors, coupled with ongoing supportive relationships with the
Group's principal bankers, means we expect to have more than adequate financial
resources to continue to invest in the business. We also continue to develop
relationships with new and potential stakeholders, assisted by our progressive
dividend policy.
Strategy
Our strategy remains largely unchanged from last year. Avingtrans is a
precision engineering group, operating in differentiated, specialist niches in
the supply chains of many of the world's best known engineering OEMs, for
example: Rolls Royce, Siemens, Cummins, GE, etc. Our core strategy is to build
market-leading niche positions in our defined sectors, namely, the aerospace,
energy, medical and specialist industrial markets.
The three strategic thrusts remain:
* Customers: developing our key accounts and partnering or acquiring assets
to provide OEMs with integrated product and service offerings, of optimum
quality, delivery and value for money.
* Channels: developing new channel partners in appropriate new territories
and markets, with existing product capabilities
* Capabilities: strengthening core group know-how in design and
manufacturing, to reduce costs and deepen our value added to our customers.
Our core businesses - Metalcraft, Jena Tec and Sigma - have the capability to
engineer products in Europe and produce those products partly or wholly in
Asia, allowing us to access low cost sourcing at minimum risk, as well as
positioning us robustly in the development of the Chinese and Asian markets for
our products. Sigma, Metalcraft and Jena Tec are increasingly established in
China and Sigma forms an integrated supply chain in the UK and in China, within
one business. C&H and Crown continue to be developed from the UK only.
We have increased our capability to manage sophisticated outsourced
manufacturing programmes for OEMs, thus accessing business of enduring value,
with the prospect of higher sales and reduced annual volatility.
We remain focused on markets where we can sustain significant competitive long
term advantage.
Operations
Aerospace Division (Sigma and C&H)
Sigma and C&H recorded another "best ever" performance, as our capabilities
improved and the civil aerospace market remained buoyant. Revenue increased by
34% to £17.1m, including £0.6m for the recently acquired Sigma Composites
business. Sigma China sustained its profit track and grew strongly again - up
by 52% in the year. Sigma UK continued to win long term contracts - eg with
Goodrich - in the year, which will lead to further growth in due course. C&H
continued to grow consistently, with the Rolls Royce relationship developing
well across multiple sites in the UK.
Civil Aerospace, befittingly, is still gravity defying in global market terms,
assisted by long lead times and structurally stable market drivers. Boeing
suggested recently that orders may have "peaked", but the long supply chain and
our performance improvement programme means that we do not expect to see a peak
in our output anytime soon. The recent Farnborough Air Show was very
encouraging for us and we were able to introduce Sigma's composite capabilities
for the first time, which were well received.
Therefore, our order book remains at a record level. Discussions are on-going
with both existing and new customers regarding contract extensions and
potential further long term agreements, as the strong market conditions
continue to trickle down to quality suppliers in the sector. Capital
expenditure at Sigma China continued at a prudent pace, as demand is still
outstripping our growth capacity. We remain keen to ensure that organisational
control keeps pace with output, since any loss of control could be costly in
terms of quality and delivery to our customers. Necessary capital spending will
continue into the new financial year in China and the UK, with preparations for
pipe assembly facilities in China now well underway.
Sigma's transition to becoming a world-class strategic supplier for our OEM
partners is on-track, with lean manufacturing deployment in line with forecasts
and delivered quality heading towards a sustained class leading position. Plans
to develop Sigma in the USA are in hand and we remain open-minded about whether
an acquisition or an organic development there will prove to be the best
option.
The acquisition of Sigma Composites in Buckingham in February 2012 gave us the
opportunity to build on their existing strength in F1/Motorsport by adding
aerospace capabilities to the business. Early results were weaker than
anticipated and we made a loss in the post acquisition period, mainly due to
service interruptions in Formula 1, which resulted in less business in that
sector than historically. However, we have since restored equilibrium in F1 and
started to see initial aerospace contracts coming through to this business -
ahead of schedule - and the initial results for the new financial year are
encouraging. The win of the "Clean Sky" project, announced in our recent
Trading Update, is worth over €1m of grant monies to Sigma and provides the
ideal platform for us to build composite pipe manufacturing technology and
combine the talents of the existing and new Sigma businesses.
C&H once again delivered a strong performance and the relationship with Rolls
Royce now extends over several sites in the UK. Having added new service
capabilities within the year, we are currently investigating the possibility of
adding further capabilities in FY13, which would enable us to expand the scope
of our service offering significantly. Both sites continue to operate
satisfactorily, though Cheltenham has not grown quite as much as we would have
wished. Whilst the relationship with Rolls Royce is important to C&H, we have
been able to expand our offerings to other customers also in the year - eg
Alstom, for turbine blades.
Energy and Medical Division (Metalcraft and Crown)
There is no disguising that we were disappointed with the performance of this
division in the period. Of course, we were not helped by on-going very weak
market conditions in the transport infrastructure segment for Crown. However,
the combination of delays to the new MRI system ramp up by Siemens and poor
margin mix in project work meant that Metalcraft's results were disappointing.
This combination of issues resulted in a marginal profit for the division as a
whole, despite good headline revenue growth of 16%, to £15.1m. We expect that
the new Siemens business will belatedly improve our performance in FY13, as its
issues now seem to be being largely resolved. The various market segments for
Metalcraft are explained below, as well as more details on the Crown result.
Medical: it was a frustrating year for the Metalcraft team in relation to MRI
systems, with Siemens' new product being delayed significantly and not
contributing to the FY12 result at all. However, as noted above, we expect this
situation to be resolved in FY13. Various new customers were developed in the
period, with an expansion of MRI vessel sales to Agilent in particular. AllTech
Medical Systems in China is continuing to expand and our volumes there should
become more material for Metalcraft in the new financial year.
Energy: volumes with Cummins have been encouraging overall, as our business
with them has expanded. However, we have faced difficulties in this contract,
mainly caused by short term volume of demand, which is proving to be stubbornly
volatile. There have been a few other modest business gains in the segment in
FY12.
During the year Metalcraft commenced deliveries to a new customer, Meggitt, for
heat exchanger vessels and assemblies, mainly for oil and gas platforms. This
relationship is at an early stage, but our initial performance is encouraging
and could lead to further business with this customer
Nuclear: there has been very little progress in nuclear new build to report in
the period and we are reviewing our participation in this potential market. On
the other hand, nuclear decommissioning prospects have grown and we largely
completed delivery of various projects in the year for Sellafield, Magnox and
Costain, to name a few. Looking forward, there are a number of material
prospects for Metalcraft in this area with potentially lucrative margins and we
are working hard to participate in these.
Metalcraft China was held back by the on-going delays at Siemens, which also
delayed our local plans, though we expect matters to improve in FY13. However,
AMS began to deliver more systems and we expect this trend to continue in 2013.
Our operations there were close to break even, as we scaled our efforts
accordingly.
As reported at the half year, Crown International's lack of immediate prospects
drove further cost cutting on our part and the decision to exit two leased
facilities in the Bristol area, to leave just one small facility, though we
have delayed exit of one of the two facilities for a short time due to some
modest recent business wins. Whilst these orders are insufficient to generate
significant profits, they are the first material orders that Crown has had for
over 18 months and are sufficient to underpin the reduced budget that we
implemented this year. Given the poor performance of Crown in FY12, the Board
have written off £850,000 of the Crown goodwill following an impairment review.
Note that this decision has no effect on Group cash or adjusted operating
profit for the period.
Industrial Products Division (Jena Tec)
It was a pleasingly consistent performance by Jena Tec in the second half and
for the year as a whole. Orders held up well, despite global uncertainties and
the division finished the year with record sales of £11.8m, an increase of 12%
on the previous period. Equally pleasing was the consistency of the divisional
EBIT margin result, which marginally eclipsed that of the previous year, at
11%.
Order intake was consistent too and particularly strong in Germany and the USA,
where our work on distribution channels and our new Michigan facilities is
starting to pay off. In the UK, there were relatively fewer project orders for
the Moss automation team, but we finished the year with an important £0.5m
order from Nissan UK, with the potential for more orders from this customer in
the future. The temporary effect produced by the Japanese tsunami of 2011 has
now been unwound, though far eastern competitors remain less prominent in
Europe than previously. We are seeing some signs of slowing growth, due to
global market conditions, but new product variants and our current order book
is expected to secure the position for FY13.
Appropriate capex investments in all three facilities have strengthened our
capabilities and our market offering. This is particularly important in the
USA, where our previous inability to modify products locally hampered our
development. In Germany, we expanded our capacity in miniature ball-screws, in
response to customer demand and continued a slow but steady implementation of
lean manufacturing processes that will improve our output at Jena Tec in years
to come,
Further deliveries to E.ON of our ball-screw actuated safety valve system have
cemented this product in our portfolio and we expect to see further orders in
this area, though we expect sales growth to be steady, as qualification trials
are protracted. We are planning to develop a wider product range in actuation
applications and to use our nascent systems strength to provide a basis for
bidding on bigger OEM projects.
People
There have been no changes at Board or top level management in the period. In
all three divisions, we continued to strengthen the management teams. Each of
the businesses has again added to its base of skilled engineering and technical
personnel, with intellectual property development (eg through "Clean Sky")
becoming more important now. Skills availability remains challenging, but we do
not believe that we will be unduly constrained by skills shortages. The
acquisition of Sigma Composites brought new capabilities to the group, which we
will build on in the new financial year. In response to our growth, most group
businesses increased headcount in the last year, but the output per employee
also continued to improve.
Outlook
As before, the poor outlook for the UK economy is not expected to have a
material impact on Group prospects. Predicting the future is no easier than
last year and we continue to carefully monitor the economic situation in all
markets. Relatively speaking, our biggest sectors - Civil Aerospace, Diagnostic
Medical Imaging and Energy Infrastructure - are less sensitive to events in the
Eurozone and are more dependent on Asian economic development than other
factors.
Our consistent strategy has laid strong foundations for the future of our core
businesses and is expected to yield further material developments in FY13 that
will drive our growth, despite global macroeconomic conditions. Our investment
in protected niches within long term structural growth markets enables us to
take advantage of new opportunities and new capabilities will increasingly
differentiate us from our competition.
With the acquisition of the composites business, we have signalled our clear
intention to build shareholder value through targeted M&A activity. Although we
cannot state that this will result in any further transactions during the
current financial period, we will vigorously pursue any option that we believe
will enhance long-term value.
The Sigma, Metalcraft and Jena Tec brands are all developing well. Stakeholders
can now consistently see that the Group is well placed for the long run, with
the strength we are developing in China becoming ever more decisive in
developing the prospects of the group in the future. We are enthusiastically
pushing forward in our quest to become world class strategic suppliers in our
chosen fields. Thank you for your support.
Roger McDowell Steve McQuillan Stephen King
Chairman Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer
11 September 2012 11 September 2012 11 September 2012
Consolidated Income Statement
for the year ended 31 May 2012
Note Year to Year to
31 May 31 May
2012 2011
£'000 £'000
Revenue 1 43,992 36,260
Cost of sales (31,962) (25,609)
Gross profit 12,030 10,651
Distribution costs (1,197) (1,209)
Administrative expenses (8,238) (7,545)
Share based payment expense (47) (28)
Impairment of goodwill (850) -
Amortisation of intangibles from business (137) (137)
combinations
Operating profit 1 1,561 1,732
Finance income 2 -
Finance costs (328) (310)
Profit before taxation 1,235 1,422
Taxation 3 (300) (161)
Profit for the financial year attributable 935 1,261
to equity shareholders
Earnings per share :
Total and continuing operations
- Basic 4 3.6p 4.9p
- Diluted 4 3.5p 4.9p
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
Year to Year to
31 May 31 May
2012 2011
£'000 £'000
Profit for the year 935 1,261
Other comprehensive income for the year,
net of tax
Exchange differences on translation of (44) (117)
foreign operations
Total comprehensive income for the year 891 1,144
attributable to equity shareholders
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
for the year ended 31 May 2012
Year to Year to
31 May 31 May
2012 2011
£'000 £'000
Operating activities
Cash flows from operating activities 2,161 2,984
Finance costs paid (329) (310)
Income tax paid (258) (37)
Net cash inflow from operating activities 1,574 2,637
Investing activities
Finance income 2 -
Purchase of intangible assets (759) (353)
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (2,759) (982)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and 43 72
equipment
Net cash used in investing activities (3,473) (1,263)
Financing activities
Equity dividends paid (104) -
Repayments of bank loans (481) (661)
Repayments of obligations under finance leases (996) (957)
Borrowings raised 1,577 1,071
Net cash outflow from financing activities (4) (547)
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash (1,903) 827
equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year (564) (1,279)
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes 114 (112)
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year (2,353) (564)
Cash generated from operations:
for the year ended 31 May 2012
Year to Year to
31 May 2012 31 May 2011
£000 £000
Continuing operations
Profit before income tax 1,235 1,422
Adjustments for:
Depreciation 1,248 1,153
Amortisation and impairment of intangible 497 421
assets
Profit on disposal of property, plant and (3) (72)
equipment
Finance income (2) -
Finance expenses 328 310
Share based payment charge 47 28
Impairment of available for sale investment 219 -
Impairment of goodwill 850 -
Changes in working capital
Increase in inventories (1,285) (1,121)
Increase in trade and other receivables (2,109) (1,384)
Increase in trade and other payables 1,129 2,217
Other non cash charges 7 10
Cashflows from operating activities 2,161 2,984
Consolidated Balance Sheet
at 31 May 2012
2012 2011
£'000 £'000
Non current assets
Goodwill 9,392 10,242
Other intangible assets 2,574 1,983
Property, plant and equipment 10,954 9,983
Investment property 600 600
Deferred tax 76 39
Available for sale financial assets - 219
23,596 23,066
Current assets
Inventories 9,003 7,820
Trade and other receivables 10,940 8,854
Current tax asset 22 122
Cash and cash equivalents 1,849 1,716
21,814 18,512
Total assets 45,410 41,578
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables (9,389) (8,310)
Obligations under finance leases (994) (871)
Borrowings (4,726) (2,754)
Current tax liabilities (906) (804)
Total current liabilities (16,015) (12,739)
Non-current liabilities
Borrowings (3,200) (3,139)
Obligations under finance leases (1,376) (1,565)
Deferred tax (1,127) (1,277)
Total non-current liabilities (5,703) (5,981)
Total liabilities (21,718) (18,720)
Net assets 23,692 22,858
Equity
Share capital 1,302 1,274
Share premium account 9,787 9,534
Capital redemption reserve 814 814
Merger reserve 402 402
Translation reserve 467 511
Other reserves 180 180
Investment in own shares (281) -
Retained earnings 11,021 10,143
Total equity attributable to equity 23,692 22,858
holders of the parent
Consolidated statement of changes in equity
at 31 May 2012
Share Share Capital Merger Trans- Other Investment Retained Total
capital premium redemp- reserve lation reserves in own earnings
account tion reserve shares
reserve
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
At 1 June 1,274 9,534 814 402 628 180 - 8,854 21,686
2010
Share-based - - - - - - - 28 28
payments
Transactions - - - - - - - 28 28
with owners
Profit for - - - - - - - 1,261 1,261
the year
Other
comprehensive
income
Exchange rate - - - - (117) - - - (117)
loss
Total - - - - (117) - - 1,261 1,144
comprehensive
income for
the year
Balance at 31 1,274 9,534 814 402 511 180 - 10,143 22,858
May 2011
At 1 June 1,274 9,534 814 402 511 180 - 10,143 22,858
2011
Ordinary 28 253 - - - - - - 281
shares issued
Dividends - - - - - - - (104) (104)
paid
Investment in - (281) (281)
own shares - - - - - -
Share-based - - - - - - - 47 47
payments
Transactions 28 253 - - - - (281) (57) (57)
with owners
Profit for - - - - - - - 935 935
the year
Other
comprehensive
income
Exchange rate - - - - (44) - - - (44)
loss
Total - - - - (44) - - 935 891
comprehensive
income for
the year
Balance at 31 1,302 9,787 814 402 467 180 (281) 11,021 23,692
May 2012
Notes to the preliminary statement
31 May 2012
1. Segmental analysis
Year ended 31 May 2012 Aerospace Energy and Industrial Unallocated Total
Medical Products Central
items
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Revenue 17,071 15,082 11,839 - 43,992
Operating profit/ 1,684 (767)* 1,327 (683) 1,561
(loss)
Net finance costs (326)
Taxation (300)
Profit after tax 935
Segment non-current 11,105 8,821 3,582 88 23,696
assets
Segment assets 19,738 16,439 8,997 236 45,410
Segment liabilities (9,025) (6,261) (3,066) (3,366) (21,718)
Net assets/ 10,713 10,178 5,931 (3,130) 23,692
(liabilities)
* - after £850,000 impairment of goodwill.
Year ended 31 May 2011 Aerospace Energy and Industrial Unallocated Total
Medical Products Central
items
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
Revenue 12,711 12,963 10,586 - 36,260
Operating profit/ 962 206 1,032 (468) 1,732
(loss)
Net finance costs (310)
Taxation (161)
Profit after tax 1,261
Segment non-current 9,699 9,347 3,748 277 23,066
assets
Segment assets 16,261 16,575 8,384 358 41,578
Segment liabilities (6,345) (5,364) (3,020) (3,991) (18,720)
Net assets/ 9,916 11,211 5,364 (3,633) 22,858
(liabilities)
Geographical
2012 2011 2012 2011
Revenue Revenue Non-current Non-current
assets assets
£'000 £'000 £'000 £'000
United Kingdom 33,632 26,721 18,234 18,117
Europe 8,797 8,038 2,571 3,111
North America 2,641 2,318 74 3
Rest of the 1,782 1,366 2,717 1,835
World
Eliminations (2,860) (2,183) - -
43,992 36,260 23,596 23,066
The Group has Aerospace revenue of £6,381,000 (2011: £5,634,000) and Energy &
Medical revenue of £5,538,000 (2011: £5,162,000) with single external customers
under common control, which each represent more than 10% of the Group's
revenue.
2. Adjusted Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation
2012 2011
£'000 £'000
Profit before tax 1,235 1,422
Share based payment expense 47 28
Impairment of goodwill 850 -
Amortisation of intangible assets from business 137 137
combinations
Adjusted profit before tax 2,269 1,587
Finance income (2) -
Finance cost 328 310
Adjusted Earnings before interest,
tax and amortisation (`EBITA') 2,595 1,897
Depreciation 1,248 1,153
Amortisation of other intangible assets 360 284
Adjusted Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation 4,203 3,334
and amortisation (`EBITDA')
3. Taxation
2012 2011
£'000 £'000
Current tax 487 297
Deferred tax (187) (136)
300 161
4. Earnings per share
2012 2011
No No
Weighted average number of shares - basic 25,925,592 25,480,577
Warrant/ Share Option adjustment 453,282 232,427
Weighted average number of shares - diluted 26,378,874 25,713,004
£'000 £'000
Earnings attributable to shareholders 935 1,261
Share-based payments 47 28
Impairment of goodwill 850 -
Amortisation of acquisition related intangibles 137 137
Adjusted earnings attributable to shareholders 1,969 1,426
Basic earnings per share 3.6p 4.9p
Adjusted basic earnings per share 7.6p 5.6p
Diluted earnings per share 3.5p 4.9p
Adjusted diluted earnings per share 7.5p 5.5p
5. Preliminary statement
This preliminary statement, which has been agreed with the auditors, was
approved by the Board on 11 September 2012. It is not the Group's statutory
accounts within the meaning of Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006.
The statutory accounts for the two years ended 31 May 2012 and 2011 received
audit reports which were unqualified and did not contain statements under s498
(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006. The statutory accounts for the year ended
31 May 2011 have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies but the 31 May
2012 accounts have not yet been filed.
6. Annual report and Accounts
The Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 May 2012 will be available on the
Group's website www.avingtrans.plc.uk on or around 26 September 2012. Further
copies will be available from the Avingtrans' registered office:
Precision House, Derby Road, Sandiacre, Nottingham, NG10 5HU
7. Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Group will be held at The Holiday Inn,
Bostocks Lane, Sandiacre, Nottingham NG10 5NL at 10.30 a.m. on 24 October 2012.