Pineapple Power Corporation Interim Results

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Pineapple Power Corporation PLC
30 September 2021
 

 

30 September 2021

 

Pineapple Power Corporation Plc / Index: LSE / Epic : PNPL / Sector: Utilities

 

Pineapple Power Corporation Plc ("Pineapple" or "the Company") Interim Results

 

 

 

Pineapple Power Corporation Plc, a special purpose acquisition company, is pleased to present its  interim unaudited results for the six-month period ended 30 June 2021.

 

Highlights:

 

Subsequent to the period end, Pineapple entered into a non-binding heads of terms agreement with the   shareholders  of   BVP   Investments   Limited   ("BVP"),   an   Irish   fund   management company headquartered in Dublin, to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares in BVP in an all share transaction, subject to legal, financial and other due diligence and entry into a legally binding sale and purchase agreement. At this time, Pineapple and BVP have appointed lawyers, accountants and corporate finance advisors in the Republic of Ireland and the UK to enact due diligence and preparation of the contractual documentation to progress the transaction.  BVP Investments Ltd is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland and holds investments in clean, renewable energy and associated green technology companies of promise. As no binding agreement has yet been reached, the Company cannot guarantee that  the proposed  transaction  will  complete.   Pineapple  was  formed  as  a "cash shell" with a specific focus on acquisitions in the clean and renewable energy energy sectors, as outlined in its prospectus published on 21 December 2020, which can be found on the Company's website -  http://www.pineapple-powercorp.com/investors

 

Since listing, Pineapple has carefully maintained a significant cash position in order to retain adequate funds to address the potentially substantial costs of an RTO transaction. Cash balance at the end of the period - £930,035.

 

 

Chairman's   Statement

 

I am pleased to present the Company's interim unaudited financial statements to shareholders for the six months ended 30 June 2021.

 

The period under review was extremely busy and productive and focused on the search and identification of  a  suitable  reverse  takeover  candidate which culminated in the identification of BVP Investments Limited. Since the initial announcement and suspension of trading of the Company's shares on August 17 2021, we have been engaged with the complexities of progressing the reverse takeover transaction. This process is now underway and we hope to substantially advance the transaction during the next few months. We will make further announcements concerning our progress in due course. We are grateful for the support of our numerous shareholders, as we work to conclude matters.

 

Financial   Review

 

For the six months to 30 June 2021, the Company reports a net loss of £238,797 (2019: £35,748). During the six months to 30 June 2021, the Company continued its strict financial discipline, incurring a net operating cash inflow of £902,240 (2020: outflow £15,807). The Company held cash at 30 June 2021 of

£930,035 (2019: £5,281).

 

Directors

The following directors have held office during the period:

Claudio Morandi Andrew Holland

 

Corporate   Governance

 

The UK Corporate Governance Code (July 2018) ("the Code"), as appended to the Listing Rules, sets out the Principles of Good Corporate Governance and Code Provisions which are applicable to listed companies incorporated in the United Kingdom. As a standard listed company, the Company is not subject to the Code, but the Board recognises the value of applying the principles of the Code where appropriate and proportionate and has endeavoured to do so where practicable.

 

Responsibility Statement

 

The   Directors   are   responsible   for   preparing   the   Unaudited   Interim   Condensed Financial Statements in accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules  of  the  United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority ("DTR") and with International Accounting Standard 34 on Interim Reporting ("IAS  34").  The  directors  confirm  that,  to  the  best  of  their  knowledge,  this  condensed interim report has been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 as adopted by the European Union. The interim management report includes a fair review of the information required by DTR 4.2.7 and DTR 4.2.8, namely:

 

 

 

an indication of important events that have occurred during the six months ended 30 June 2021 and their impact on the condensed financial statements for the period, and a description of the principal risks and uncertainties for the remaining six months of the financial year; and

related party transactions that have taken place in the six months ended 30 June 2021 and that have materially affected the financial position of the performance of the business during that period.

 

 

 

On behalf of the board

 

 

 

 

Claudio Morandi

Director

30 September 2021

 

PINEAPPLE POWER CORPORATION PLC

Interim Statement of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) For the six months ended 30 June 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes

Sixmonths

ended30June

2021

Unaudited

Sixmonths

ended30June

2020

Unaudited

Yearended 31December

2020

Audited

 

 

£

£

£

Revenue

 

Administrativeexpenses

Operating loss

 

Interestreceivable

 

Lossonordinaryactivitiesbeforetaxation

 

Incometaxexpense

 

Lossfortheperiod

 

Other comprehensive income / (loss)Total comprehensive loss for theperiodattributabletoequityholders

 

Losspershare(basicanddiluted)attributabletoequityholders(p)

 

-

-

 

-

 

(238,840)

(35,748)

(91,367)

 

 

(238,840)

 

(35,748)

 

(91,367)

 

43

-

-

3

 

(238,798)

 

(35,748)

 

(91,367)

 

-

-

-

 

 

(238,797)

 

(35,748)

 

(91,367)

 

-

-

-

 

 

(238,797)

 

(35,748)

 

(91,367)

 

 

4

 

 

(0.0064)p

 

 

(0.0027)p

 

 

 

(0.0062)p

 

 

 

 

 

The income statement has been prepared on the basis that all operations are continuing operations.

 

PINEAPPLE POWER CORPORATION PLC

Interim   Statement of Financial Position (Unaudited) As at 30 June 2021

 

 

AtUn

 

30June

2021

audited

 

At30June

2020

Unaudited

At31

December

2020

Audited

Notes

£

£

£

FixedAssets

Equipment

 

Currentassets

Prepayments and other receivablesCashatbank andinhand

 

 

TOTALASSETS

 

 

Currentliabilities

Tradeandotherpayables

TOTAL LIABILITIES

 

NETASSETS/(LIABILITIES)

 

EQUITY

Share capitalSharepremium

Share based payment reserveRetainedloss

 

TOTALEQUITY

 

 

1,523

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

3,621

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1,191,828

 

930,035

5,281

27,795

 

 

933,656

5,281

 

1,219,623

 

 

 

 

 

935,179

5,281

1,219.623

 

 

 

31,374

 

 

 

79,390

 

 

 

195,471

 

 

31,374

 

79,390

195,471

 

 

 

 

 

903,805

(74,109)

1,024,152

 

5

 

597,362

 

 

135,002

 

 

573,672

5

781,908

-

687,148

 

28,062

-

28,062

 

(503,527)

(209,111)

(264,730)

 

903,805

 

(74,109)

 

1,024,152

 

Statements   of changes in equity (Unaudited) For the six months ended 30 June 2021

 

 

 

ShareCapital

Share

PremiumAccount

Share Based Payment

Reserve

Retained

Loss

 

TOTAL

 

£

£

£

£

£

Balance at 31 December 2019 Issue of new sharesTransactioncosts

Issueofwarrants

Totalcomprehensivelossfortheyear

Balance at 31 December 2020

Issueofnewshares

 

Totalcomprehensivelossfortheperiod

Balance at 30 June 2021

135,002

-

-

(173,363)

(38,361)

438,670

877,340

-

-

1,316,010

-

(162,130)

-

-

(162,130)

-

(28,062)

28,062

-

-

-

-

-

(91,367)

(91,367)

573,672

23,690

 

-597,362

687,148

94,760

 

-781,908

28,062

-

 

 

 

 

28,062

(264,730)

-

 

 

(238,797)

(503,527)

1,024,152

118,450

 

 

(238,797)

903,805

 

Statement   of cash flow (Unaudited) For the six months ended 30 June 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from operating activities

Loss for the period

Adjustments for:

Depreciation

 

Operating cashflow before working capital movements Decrease / (increase) in prepayments and other receivables Increase / (decrease) in other payables and accruals

 

Net cash flow from operating activities

 

 

 

Investing activities

 

Purchasesofequipment

(1,818)

-

 

-

Netcashusedininvestingactivities

(1,818)

 

-

 

-

Financingactivities

Netproceedsfromissueofordinaryshares

 

118,450

 

 

-

 

112,318

 

Netcashgeneratedfromfinancingactivities

118,450

 

 

-

112,318

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NetIncreaseincashandcashequivalents

902,240

 

(15,807)

6,707

 

Cashandcashequivalentsatbeginningoftheperiod

27,795

 

21,088

 

21,088

 

Cash and cash equivalents atendoftheperiod

930,035

 

5,281

 

27,795

 

                       

 

 

 

 

 

General information

Pineapple Power Corporation Plc (the "Company'') looks to identify potential companies, businesses or asset(s) that have operations in the clean and renewable energy sector.

The Company is domiciled in the United Kingdom and incorporated and registered in England and Wales, with registration number 09081452.

The Company's registered office is Studio 16, Cloisters House, 8 Battersea Park Road, London SW8 4BG.

Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies applied in preparation of these consolidated financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied unless otherwise stated.

Basis of preparation

The interim unaudited financial statements for the period ended 30 June 2021 have been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 Interim Financial Reporting. This interim financial information is not the Company's statutory financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the annual financial statements for the period ended 31 December 2020, which have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and have been delivered to the Registrars of Companies. The auditors have reported on those accounts; their report was unqualified, did not include references to any matters which the auditors drew attention by way of emphasis of matter without qualifying their report and did not contain statements under section 498 (2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006.

The interim financial information for the six months ended 30 June 2021 is unaudited. In the opinion of the Directors, the interim financial information presents fairly the financial position, and results from operations and cash flows for the period.

The Directors have made an assessment of the Company's ability to continue as a going concern and are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Company, therefore, continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its consolidated financial statements.

The financial information of the Company is presented in British Pounds Sterling (£).

Critical accounting estimates and judgements

The preparation of interim financial information requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Although these estimates are based on management's best knowledge of current events  and  actions,  the resulting accounting estimates will, by definition, seldom equal related actual results.

In preparing the interim financial information, the significant judgements made by management in applying the Company's accounting policies and the key sources of estimation uncertainty were the same as those that applied to the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021.

Income   tax   expense

No tax is applicable to the Company for the six months ended 30 June 2021. No deferred income tax asset has been recognised in respect of the losses carried forward, due to the uncertainty as to whether the Company will generate sufficient future profits in the foreseeable future to prudently justify this.

 

 

 

Loss per share

Basic loss per ordinary share is calculated by dividing the loss attributable to equity holders of the Company by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated by adjusting the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding to assume conversion of all dilutive potential ordinary shares.

There are currently no dilutive potential ordinary shares.

 

 

 

Earnings

 

£

Weighted averagenumberofshares

 

unit

Per-shareamount

pence

Loss per share attributed toordinaryshareholders

 

(238,797)

 

37,575,091

 

(0.0064)p

 

 

Share capital

 

 

Number

 

 

 

 

ofshares

Share

Share

 

 

inissue

capital

premium

Total

 

 

£

£

£

 

Balance at 31 December 2020Movementsduringtheperiod

Balanceat30June2021

 

57,367,211

 

573,672

 

687,148

 

1,260,820

2,369,000

23,690

94,760

118,450

59,736,211

597,382

791,908

1,379,270

 

 

The Company has one class of ordinary share which carries no right to fixed income.

 

Share Options

On 5 February, 2021 a total of 6,000,000 options were awarded to Directors and Advisors involved in the continuing advancement of the Company's goal to complete a reverse take-over transaction in the renewable energy sector. The options vest and are exercisable 6 months from the date of grant and expire in two years from the date of grant. The exercise price is 11p per Ordinary Share.

 

 

 

Related party disclosures

Remuneration   of   directors   and key management personnel

The remuneration of the Directors during the six-month period to 30 June 2021 amounted to £24,000 (30 June 2020: £NIL).

Shareholdings in the Company

Shares and options held by the Directors of the Company.

 

 

Mr Claudio Morandi Mr Andrew Holland

 

Balance   at   30   June   2021

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