Annual Financial Report

Preliminary Announcement for  Oxford Technology 2 Venture Capital Trust PLC for the year ended 28 February 2011 Chairman's Statement Investment Portfolio The company has a portfolio of 16 investee companies. However, while some of these are making progress none of them has yet achieved a breakthrough which will enable them to become highly successful.  And it is the nature of investing in early stage and start-up technology companies that returns are likely to come from a few companies which make large returns than from many companies delivering modest returns. The net assets per share at 28 February 2011 were 37p per share compared to 41p as at 28 February 2010.  The earnings per share in the year to 28 February 2011 were (3.6p) compared to (13.2p) in the year to 28 February 2010. These figures result from the changes to the valuations of the investments during the year as shown in the table on page 5, with some investments being valued upwards and some being down valued based on their performance. OT2 owns 19.6% of OC Robotics.  Now based in a factory in Bristol, OC Robotics is arguably the world's leading designer and manufacturer of snake-arm robots in which the head of the snake may be driven along a 3D path in space with the rest of the snake following the same path taken by the head.  OC Robotics has supplied individual robots at prices of up to £1m for particular applications.  The most recent has been to undertake a particular maintenance task in a nuclear reactor in North America, which can no longer be undertaken efficiently by people, since the regulations concerning the permitted radiation dose have been tightened.  The breakthrough is likely to happen when OCRobotics receives multiple orders for the same model of snake arm robot for a particular application, as opposed to one-off orders for new applications.  But this has not happened yet. OT2 owns 9.7% of Plasma Antennas.  This company designs and supplies specialist antennae, which can be priced at up to £50,000 each. In 2007, the company achieved a milestone when it made its first sale.  In 2009 the company achieved another milestone when it received its first contract for the design and supply of more significant numbers of antennas for a military application. In 2010 the company received its first order from a civil wireless equipment OEM for development of a selectable multibeam antenna to be deployed on a mass-market pico base station product line. OT2 owns 6.8% of Select Technology.  Though still small, Select's sales of M3i, its software which sits in a Ricoh MFD (photocopier) and which enable third party vendors to run their software applications on the MFD, are beginning to rise.  These sales are at a high gross margin, and if the trend continues Select could become a very profitable and valuable company. OT2 also owns small stakes in Arecor and Telegesis both of which are making excellent progress. Investment Policy & Fundraising The Company has built a balanced portfolio of investments with the following characteristics: ·  unlisted, UK based, science, technology and engineering businesses ·  investments typically in the range of £100,000 to £500,000 ·  generally located within approximately 60 miles of Oxford Results for the year Interest on bank deposits and investee loans produced gross income of £11,000 (2010: £18,000) in the year.  The loss for the year was £244,000 (2010: loss of £871,000) and earnings per share for the year showed a loss of 3.6p (2010: loss of 13.2p). AGM Shareholders should note that the AGM for Oxford Technology 2 VCT (OT2) will be held on Wednesday 6th July 2011, 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. Michael O'Regan - Chairman 6 June 2011 Profit and Loss Account for the year ended 28 February 2011                    Year ended         Year ended 28/02/11 28/02/10   £000 £000 (Loss)/gain on disposal of (9) investments held at fair value  68 Unrealised (loss)/gain on fair (154) (852) value of investments Other income 11 18 Investment management fees (54) (69) Other expenses (38) (36)   ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­________ _______ (Loss)/profit on ordinary (244) (871) activities before tax Taxation on profit/(loss) on - - ordinary activities   ====== ====== (Loss)/profit on ordinary (244) (871) activities after tax   ====== ====== Earnings per share (basic and (3.6)p (13.2)p diluted(   ====== ====== Historic cost profits and losses note    Year ended         Year ended 28/02/11 28/02/10   £000 £000 (Loss)/profit for the year: (244) (871) Unrealised loss/(gain) on fair value of 154 852 investments Loss/(profit) on disposal of investments held at 9 (68) fair value Profit/(loss) on disposal of investments held at (176) (227) historical value Historical cost (loss)/profit before tax (257) (314) Historical cost (loss)/profit after tax (257) (314) Balance sheet at 28 February 2011 28 February 2011 28 February 2010 Audited Audited £000 £000 £000 £000 Fixed assets Investments at fair value 2,157 2,478 Current assets Debtors & prepayments 2 2 Cash at bank 401 256 _____ _____ 403 258 Creditors: amounts falling due (19) (13) within one year _____ _____ Net current assets 384 245 _____ _____ Net assets 2,541 2,723 ===== ===== Capital and reserves Called up share capital 679 663 Share premium 376 3 Profit and loss account 1,873 2,131 Unrealised capital reserve (387) (401) Shareholders' funds 2,541 2,723 ===== ===== Net asset value per share 37p 41p ===== ===== Cash flow statement for the year ended 28 February 2011 2011 Audited 2010 Audited £000 £000 Net cash (outflow) from operating activities (75) (133) Capital expenditure and financial investment Purchase of investments (39) (166) Disposal of investments 197 83 ______ ______ Net cash (outflow) from capital expenditure and 158 (83) financial investment Net cash outflow before financing 83 (216) Financing Issue of Shares 65 148 Expenses paid in connection with share issue (3) (9) Net cash inflow from financing 62 139 Dividends paid - - ______ ______ (Decrease) in cash 145 (77) ====== ====== Notes: 1. Basis of preparation The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention, modified to include the revaluation of investments. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and with the Statement of Recommended Practice 'Financial statements of investment trust companies' issued in 2009. 2. Earnings per Ordinary Share The calculation of earnings per share for the period is based on the profit attributable to shareholders divided by the weighted average number of shares in issue during the period. 3.  Valuation of Investments Quoted investments are stated at the bid price. Unquoted investments are stated at fair value, where fair value is estimated after following the guidelines laid down by the International Private Equity and Venture Capital Guidelines. The Directors' policy is to initially state investments at cost and then to review the valuation every three months. The Directors' may then apply an appropriate methodology which, as far as possible, draws on external, objective market data such as where fair value is indicated by: · a material arms length transaction by a third party in the shares of the company, with discounting for more junior asset classes, and reviewed for impairment; or ·         a suitable revenue or earnings multiple where the company is well established and generating maintainable profits. The multiple will be based on comparable listed companies but may be discounted to reflect a lack of marketability; or · the net assets of the business. Where such objective data is not available the Directors' may choose to maintain the value of the company as previously stated or to discount this where indicated by underperformance against plan. During the year ended 28 February 2006 the directors revoked the Investment Company status to enable distributions of capital profits to shareholders.  Consequently the accounts have been prepared to include a statutory profit and loss account and a note of historical profits and losses in accordance with schedule 4 of the Companies Act 2006 and Financial Reporting Standard 3 (FRS 3). The directors consider that this basis of valuation of unquoted investments is consistent with the International Private Equity and Venture Capital Guidelines. 4. General The financial information set out in this preliminary announcement does not constitute statutory accounts as defined in section 434(3) of the Companies Act 2006. The balance sheet at 28 February 2011 and the profit and loss account, cash flow statement and associated notes for the year then ended have been extracted from the company's 2011 statutory financial statements. Those financial statements have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies, contain an auditors' opinion that is unqualified and do not include any statement under section 498(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006. This announcement is distributed by Thomson Reuters on behalf of Thomson Reuters clients. The owner of this announcement warrants that: (i) the releases contained herein are protected by copyright and other applicable laws; and (ii) they are solely responsible for the content, accuracy and originality of the information contained therein. Source: Oxford Technology 2 VCT plc via Thomson Reuters ONE [HUG#1521786]
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