Final Results

To be embargoed: not to be released until 7.00 a.m. on 15 September 2005 EUROVESTECH PLC ('Eurovestech' or 'the Company') Preliminary Results for the year ended 31 March 2005 Chairman's Statement I am pleased to report on a successful year. Our portfolio companies and their management teams have made very good progress. Eurovestech has entered this year with a strong portfolio and the proven ability to pursue and positively impact new opportunities. In October 2004, we raised £5 million in an institutional placing. This has allowed us to take advantage of certain targeted investment opportunities and with the placing price at more than double the IPO price of March 2000; I regard this as validation of our achievements as well as our perseverance. Losses for the year, which represent our operating costs, were £0.66 million against a loss of £1.15 million for the corresponding year. Net assets increased to £13.3 million from £8.6 million reflecting the issue of shares and the trading result. However, as I reported to you last year, given what we consider to be the exceptionally rapid development of our unquoted portfolio, these carrying values do not reflect `fair values': at the current stage of the development of our portfolio companies, they are impractical to benchmark reliably. For example, at the year end, our shareholding in Cjudge Limited ('Cjudge') was valued at its £2 million cost. Portfolio review Five years ago, we invested £1.2 million in Cjudge, the Paris-based online market research company. Subsequently we made follow-on investments of £0.8 million to support the company's further development. Cjudge's core services comprise access to its online panels of consumers, the creation of dedicated online panels for or on behalf of clients and the licensing and hosting of its proprietary data collection technology. Access panels comprise pools of individuals who have agreed to participate in online panels. It is these 'access panels' that are used to conduct market research. In May 2005, Cjudge's business was successfully listed on AIM under the name of ToLuna plc ('ToLuna'), raising £5 million gross from several institutional investors, following which, Eurovestech holds just under 64 per cent. of ToLuna's issued share capital. On flotation, the stock market value of our holding was £16 million and it is currently £18 million. During the year under review, ToLuna increased the number of its European panellists to approximately 350,000. Earlier this month ToLuna reported that it now has 550,000 panellists. ToLuna also announced that trading, in the first half of its year (to 30 June 2005), has exceeded management's expectations. Knowledge Support Systems Limited ('KSS'), a leading provider of pricing and revenue management systems for the retail and petroleum sectors, won several sizeable contracts during the year. Customers now include BP, Rite Aid, 7-Eleven, Kuwait Petroleum, Conoco Philips, Sheetz and Brookshire Brothers. Eurovestech acquired 100 per cent. of the share capital of KSS in June 2003 for £1 million. At that time, KSS was losing £0.5 million per month. Last month, we announced that KSS produced an after tax profit for its year to 27 June 2005, of more than £950,000 and had increased sales more than four-fold to over £5 million. Magenta Corporation Limited ('Magenta') is a leading provider of intelligent software agent technology, which enables automation of real-time negotiating and scheduling processes. During the year, Magenta secured a `proof of concept' contract from one of Europe's largest engineering groups. The remainder of the portfolio, which includes holdings in MyKindaplace Limited, Tevet Process Control Technologies Limited, ARKeX Limited, Lynx Photonic Networks Inc., D-Pharm Limited and Atarim Web Consulting together account for less than 15 per cent of the portfolio by carrying value. Nevertheless, the overall performance of these businesses has been encouraging. Charitable donations During the year, Eurovestech issued and gifted 800,000 new ordinary shares to several charitable organisations. These shares had a total market value at the date of issue of £82,000. Since 2001, the company has created and gifted more than five million shares to dozens of worthy causes. I am proud that together with the donations to the same charities from Richard Bernstein's personal holding, the stock market value of shares gifted to charity now exceeds £1.25 million. The company hopes its policies and actions will encourage other companies to support charities in this way. Prospects The year has started well: ToLuna and KSS, our two most developed companies, have recently reported very strong increases in both turnover and profits. Magenta's focus on providing production-level solutions around intelligent agent technology is translating into new business; with a sizeable contract win secured earlier this month. I am pleased that we are utilising our strong cash position to target selected listed investment opportunities. Overall, I am extremely optimistic about our prospects. RICHARD GROGAN Chairman Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 31 March 2005 Note Year ended Year ended 31 March 31 March 2005 2004 £ £ Turnover - 34,692 Gross profit - 34,692 Net operating expenses (773,012) (1,228,213) Other operating expenses - 1,091 Operating loss (773,012) (1,192,430) Net interest (16,979) (27,131) Amounts written (off)/back to investments (53,315) 66,912 Unrealised gains on investments 181,262 - Loss on ordinary activities after (662,044) (1,152,649) taxation Loss per ordinary Share (0.236)p (0.475p) All operations are continuing Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2005 At At 31 March 31 March 2005 2004 £ £ Fixed assets Tangible assets 1,737 3,205 Investments 9,200,930 8,467,663 9,202,667 8,470,868 Current assets Debtors 169,299 226,124 Investments 2,674,107 56 Cash at bank and in hand 2,557,906 1,313,728 5,401,312 1,539,908 Creditors: amounts falling due within one (156,379) (1,348,003) year Net current assets 5,244,933 191,905 Total assets less current liabilities 14,447,600 8,662,773 Creditors: amounts falling due in more than (1,100,000) - one year Net Assets 13,347,600 8,662,773 Capital and reserves Called up share capital 3,124,228 2,598,109 Share premium account 13,849,192 9,028,440 Revaluation reserve 3,170,316 3,170,316 Profit and loss account (6,796,136) (6,134,092) Shareholders' funds 13,347,600 8,662,773 Cash Flow Statement for the year ended 31 March 2005 Note Year ended Year ended 31 March 31 March 2005 2004 £ £ Net cash outflow from operating (i) (951,406) (1,147,029) activities Returns on investments and servicing of finance Interest received and similar income 78,374 21,176 Interest paid (95,353) (48,307) Net cash (outflow) from returns on investments and servicing of finance (16,979) (27,131) Capital expenditure and financial investment Purchase of tangible fixed assets (310) (988) Purchase of fixed asset investments (978,582) (2,323,506) Sale of fixed asset investments 192,000 - - Net cash outflow from capital expenditure and and financial investment (786,892) (2,324,494) Management of liquid resources Sale of current asset investments 14,547,605 9,027,163 Purchase of current asset investments (16,895,021) (7,402,288) Net cash (outflow)/inflow from management (ii) (2,347,416) 1,624,875 of liquid resources Net cash flow before financing (4,102,693) (1,873,779) Financing Receipt of borrowings - 1,100,000 Issue of shares 5,360,500 1,717,000 Expenses paid in connection with share (13,629) - issues Net cash inflow from financing 5,346,871 2,817,000 Increase in cash (ii) 1,244,178 943,221 Notes to the Cash Flow Statement i. NET CASH OUTFLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Year ended Year ended 31 March 31 March 2004 2005 £ £ Operating loss (773,012) (1,192,430) Depreciation 1,778 7,348 (Gain)/Loss on disposal of current asset (145,373) 93,726 investments Decrease/(Increase) in debtors 56,825 (70,743) (Decrease)/Increase in creditors (91,624) (149,351) Charges for shares issued at under value - 164,421 Net cash outflow from operating activities (951,406) (1,147,029) ii. RECONCILIATION OF NET CASH FLOW TO MOVEMENT IN NET FUNDS Year ended Year ended 31 March 31 March 2004 2005 £ £ Increase in cash in the year 1,244,178 943,221 Cash inflow from financing - (1,100,000) Cash outflow/(inflow) from increase/decrease in 2,347,416 (1,624,875) liquid resources Other non-cash movements relating to investment 326,635 (93,726) gains Change in net funds/(debt) resulting from cash 3,918,229 (1,875,380) flows Net funds at 1 April 2004 213,784 2,089,164 Net funds at 31 March 2005 4,132,013 213,784 iii. ANALYSIS OF CHANGE IN NET FUNDS At Cash flow At 1 April 31 March 2004 2005 £ £ £ Cash in hand 1,313,728 1,244,178 2,557,906 Liquid resources 56 2,674,051 2,674,107 Debt (1,100,000) - (1,100,000) 213,784 3,918,229 4,132,013 Notes to the financial statements 1. Loss per share The calculation of loss per share is based on the loss attributable to ordinary shareholders of £662,044 (2004: £1,152,649) divided by the weighted average number of shares in issue during the year, being 280,419,963 (2004: 242,595,053) shares. Warrants outstanding at the year end were anti-dilutive. 2. Dividends No dividends were paid or proposed in respect of the years ended 31 March 2005 or 2004. 3. The results for the year ended 31 March, 2005 and the balance sheet at that date have been extracted from the statutory accounts of the Company for that year, upon which the Company's auditors, Grant Thornton, have confirmed they will issue an unqualified audit report under Section 235 of the Companies Act 1985. The accounts for the year ended 31 March, 2005 will be filed with the Registrar of Companies following the Annual General Meeting. The financial information for the year ended 31 March, 2005 has been prepared on the basis of the accounting policies set out in the accounts for the year ended 31 March, 2005. The comparative figures for the period ended 31 March, 2004 have been extracted from the statutory accounts for the Company for the period, filed with the Registrar of Companies, which carried an unqualified audit report. 4. A copy of the Annual Report and Accounts will be sent to all shareholders shortly and will be available from the Company's registered office, 29 Curzon Street, London W1J 7TL.
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