Final Results

AZURE HOLDINGS PLC PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT OF RESULTS YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2004 Chairman's Statement I am pleased to present my report for the year ended 31 December 2004. Your Company is still seeking a suitable merger target. During the period, the Company entered into discussions with an acquisition target but the board could not agree commercial terms and talks were terminated. Your board is pursuing other acquisition targets which, owing to their size, may result in a reverse takeover. In the meantime, the directors have agreed not to draw their salaries and are focused on keeping overheads to a minimum. Nicolas Greenstone Chairman 23 June 2005 Profit and loss account for the year ended 31 December 2004 Year ended Year ended 31 31 December December 2004 2003 £'000 £'000 Administrative expenses (345) (86) Profit on disposal of investments - 10 Operating loss (345) (76) Loss on disposal of subsidiary undertakings - (74) Loss on ordinary activities before taxation (345) (150) Taxation - - Loss on ordinary activities after taxation (345) (150) Loss per share (0.86p) (4.14p) Fully diluted loss per share (0.86p) (4.14p) The Group has no recognised gains and losses other than the loss for the year. Balance sheet as at 31 December 2004 2004 2003 £'000 £'000 Current assets Debtors 7 7 Cash at bank and in hand 14 119 21 126 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (90) (59) Net current (liabilities)/assets (69) 67 Total assets less current liabilities (69) 67 Capital and reserves Called up share capital 5,475 5,304 Share premium account 10,279 10,241 Profit and loss account (15,823) (15,478) Equity shareholders' (deficit)/funds (69) 67 Cash flow statement for the year ended 31 December 2004 2004 2003 £'000 £'000 Cash outflow from operating activities (225) (76) Financing Issue of equity shares 120 195 (Decrease)/increase in cash in the year (105) 119 Notes to the preliminary announcement for the year ended 31 December 2004 1. Basis of preparation The financial information in this announcement does not constitute statutory financial statements as defined in Section 240 of the Companies Act 1985. The information relating to the year ended 31 December 2003 is an extract from the statutory accounts for that year, which have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The auditors' report on those accounts was unqualified and did not contain any statement under section 237(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 1985. The auditors have indicated that they will issue an unqualified report on the statutory financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2004. Copies of the Company's Report and Financial Statements will be sent to shareholders shortly and will be available at the registered office of the Company: One Great Cumberland Place, London W1H 7AL . 2. Going concern The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis in accordance with applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards. The directors have adopted this basis as they consider that the company has sufficient working capital to meet its obligations as they fall due. Chiddingfold Investments Limited, has agreed to fund the company's working capital requirements for a period until 30 June 2006, to the extent that such costs are not covered by other fund raisings or reverse acquisition transactions. During the year the Company made losses of £345,000 and had net liabilities at 31 December 2004 of £69,000. The directors continue to actively seek suitable targets for a reverse acquisition. The directors have therefore prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might arise if this basis was inappropriate. 3. Basis of consolidation The consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of the Company and have been prepared using both merger accounting principles and acquisition accounting principles. The Company has not presented its own profit and loss account as permitted by Section 230(3) of the Companies Act 1985. The Company's loss for the financial year was £345,000. 4. Loss per share Loss per share are calculated on a net basis using the loss on ordinary activities and the weighted average number of shares detailed below. In calculating fully diluted loss per share, the weighted average number of shares is adjusted for the effect of dilutive share options issued under Group share option schemes. 2004 2003 £'000 £'000 Basic and diluted losses attributable to ordinary (345) (150) shareholders Number Number Weighted average number of ordinary shares 39,767,965 3,625,812 Dilutive share options - - Adjusted weighted average number of ordinary shares 39,767,965 3,625,812 Loss per share (0.86p) (4.14p) Fully diluted loss per share (0.86p) (4.14p) 5. Reconciliation of operating loss to net cash outflow from operating activities 2004 2003 £'000 £'000 Operating loss (345) (76) Decrease in debtors - 48 Increase/(decrease) in creditors 31 (48) Creditor settled via issue of shares 89 - Net cash outflow from operating activities (225) (76) 6. Reserves Share Profit and Total premium loss account account £'000 £'000 £'000 At 1 January 2004 10,241 (15,478) (5,237) Loss for the year - (345) (345) Issue of shares 38 - 38 At 31 December 2004 10,279 (15,823) (5,544) 7. Taxation Factors affecting taxation: The tax charge for the year does not equate to the loss before tax at the standard rate of corporation tax in the United Kingdom (30%). The differences are explained below: 2004 2003 £'000 £'000 Loss on ordinary activities before taxation (345) (150) Loss on ordinary activities multiplied by the (104) (45) standard rate of corporation tax in the United Kingdom of 30% (2003: 30%) Effect of non-deductible expenses and addition to 104 45 tax losses - - At 31 December 2004, the company had accumulated tax losses of £817,627 arising form management expenses and £1,476,749 of capital losses. 8. Dividends The Directors are not proposing the payment of a dividend in respect of the year ended 31 December, 2004.

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