Final Results

TEG Environmental Plc 15 March 2006 For Release 7:00am 15 March 2006 TEG ENVIRONMENTAL PLC ('TEG' or 'the Company') FINAL RESULTS for the year ended 31 December 2005 'Breakthrough Year as Expected; Significant Growth Anticipated in 2006' TEG Environmental Plc, the leading green technology company, which converts organic wastes into natural organic fertilizer announces its final results for the year ended 31 December 2005. Highlights Financial • Turnover up hugely to £555k (2004: £21.5k) mainly generated in the second half • Post tax loss of £1.571 million (2004: £1.112 million) - largely reflecting exceptional charges and the delay in recognising the Swansea contract revenues, the Company's first sale to a local authority • No dividend is proposed Operational • £3.7 million fund raising in August 2005, oversubscribed several times • Category III ABP Approval granted in June 2005 - positively impacts revenue generation and opens up new and larger markets • Management team substantially strengthened Significant contracts • City & County of Swansea - planning permission granted; revenues now secured for 2006 • Acquisition of Binns Skips, Perth, Scotland - one of the largest animal by-product composting businesses • Sherdley Farm, Lancashire - commercial development of plant final quarter 2005, waste contracts secured with Schwan and HJ Heinz • Banham Poultry, Norfolk - sale of plant, planning approval being sought at site with existing permission for in-vessel composting • Kildare, Ireland - planning approval granted for composting plant • Post financial year end, collaboration deal with quoted support services company jointly targeting local authority contract opportunities Said Mick Fishwick, TEG's Chief Executive, commenting on the year under review and future prospects: ' 2005 proved to be the breakthrough year we had expected. Based on the contracts achieved and the number of enquiries the Company has received, the Board expects to achieve further significant growth in 2006.' ENDS Contact: TEG Environmental Group Plc Michael Fishwick, Chief Executive 01772 314 100 Tanja Willis, Finance Director 01772 314 100 Binns & Co PR Ltd 020 7786 9600 Peter Binns 07768 392 582 Tarquin Edwards 07879 458 364 Editor's Notes: TEG provides an in-vessel composting technology, which is one of the few approved technologies capable of treating animal by-product waste. Plant economics are driven by the gate fees charged, rather than the value of the end product (compost). The TEG process is an economic alternative to landfill. The Silo Cage system, one of the few technologies in Europe capable of treating this waste, is a natural process producing compost as an end product, used as an excellent soil conditioner that fertilizes, retains moisture, provides structure and reduces the incidence of plant disease. TEG's Silo-Cages are housed in a self-contained building, are not unsightly and are environmentally friendly. Potential customers include local authorities, waste management companies, food processors, farmers and landowners. The Company's expanding market is driven by increasingly stringent EU and UK legislation regulating the treatment and disposal of organic waste. Chairman's Statement I am delighted to present the Company's 2005 annual results. TEG has made tremendous progress during the year and it is a pleasure to report our first meaningful sales figures. The turnover of £555,250 is a very significant increase on the previous year's figure (2004: £21,572) and, given it was almost entirely generated in the second half of the year, the growth in annualised turnover is even greater. It is a minor disappointment that planning permission for our Swansea project was delayed to the end of the final quarter and revenues did not impact on 2005, but it is reassuring that those revenues are now secured for 2006. 2005 proved to be the breakthrough year we had expected. The implementation of legislation, principally under the Landfill Directive and Animal By-Products Regulations, clearly crystallised thinking in the market and after years of speculative interest we finally saw the commitment from the market we were seeking. Contract Wins During the year we secured our first sale to the public sector with a sale to The City and County of Swansea, confirmed as a full contract after obtaining planning permission in December 2005. We were also successful in securing the acquisition of the Binns Skips composting business in Perth, Scotland, one of the largest animal by-products composting businesses in the UK. Commercial development of the plant at Sherdley Farm, Preston began in the final quarter with a 3 year waste contract secured with Schwan Consumer Brands UK Ltd, part of the pizza and global food processing business, and a further contract has been secured in March 2006 with HJ Heinz . The contract with yet another global food business, HJ Heinz, is great news for the Company and is a further endorsement of the TEG product. In addition, we were delighted to reach a conclusion to the planning process at Kildare in Ireland and we are looking forward to bringing that plant back on line in 2006. Finally, we are pleased to have secured the sale of a plant to Banham Poultry Limited. Whilst this sale remains secure, a change in location for the plant has been proposed and Banham have withdrawn their planning application for an in-vessel composting facility at the original Lenwade site in order to pursue other activities at that site. Banham has however, pleasingly opted to install an in-vessel composting plant at another of its sites in Norfolk for which it already has planning permission for in-vessel composting. TEG believes this new arrangement is preferable, particularly because of the timing and planning permission implications. Banham has already requested permission for change of technology to the TEG system at that site. Fundraising Funding of the expansion was achieved through a successful fundraising in August 2005, one that was oversubscribed several times. TEG was able to raise £3.7m before expenses. Animal By-Product approval Crucially, TEG achieved Animal By-Product approval from the State Veterinary Service (SVS) during the year, following extensive trials and scrutiny by the regulator. Not only did this enable us to secure certain contracts during the year but it also opened up market opportunities for 2006 and beyond. Approval from the SVS is fundamental if TEG is to process the higher value animal by-products and full approval hugely reduces the burden of approval on future plants. Management During the year we made a number of appointments to strengthen the team. Michael Fishwick joined the Company in January 2005 and assumed the role of Chief Executive in April 2005. Tanja Willis joined the Board on 7 March 2005 as Finance Director - she also continues as Company Secretary. Together with other key executives heading sales, project management, engineering, technical and scientific, we have a strong, committed executive team to take the Company forward. Results A number of exceptional costs were taken in 2005, notably the write down of £78,000 of redundant assets following development at Sherdley Farm and the £35,000 of legal fees for the Perth contract. In addition, the delay in recognising the Swansea revenues reduced projected margins by £96,000. We have recorded a post tax loss of £1.571 million (2004: £1.112 million). No dividend is proposed. Post Year-end events In February 2006, TEG announced a collaboration with Glendale Managed Services Ltd, a division of Parkwood Holdings PLC, a Support Services company fully quoted on the London Stock Exchange, to jointly bid for local authority contracts. Glendale is the leading parks maintenance business in the UK, with over 100 Local Authority contracts. TEG believes this collaboration significantly strengthens the Company's capability to bid for and win a large number of the local authority contract opportunities we are seeing throughout the UK. Future Prospects Based on the contracts achieved, the number of enquiries the Company has received and the number of active projects, the Board expects to achieve further significant growth in 2006. Shareholders will be advised of the date for the Annual General Meeting in due course. Nigel Moore Chairman 15 March 2006 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT For the period ended 31 December 2005 2005 2004 Note £ £ Turnover - continuing activities 555,250 21,572 Cost of sales (256,793) (12,017) Gross profit 298,457 9,555 Other operating charges (1,952,498) (1,227,550) Operating loss - continuing activities (1,654,041) (1,217,995) Interest receivable 69,971 34,598 Interest payable (40,107) (4,121) Loss on ordinary activities before taxation (1,624,177) (1,187,518) Tax on loss on ordinary activities 2 53,110 75,774 Loss for the financial year transferred from (1,571,067) (1,111,744) reserves Loss per share - basic and diluted 3 (7.91p) (7.91p) BALANCE SHEET As at 31 December 2005 2005 2004 £ £ Fixed assets Intangible assets 2,269,584 3,990 Tangible assets 1,093,289 206,549 Investments 2 - 3,362,875 210,539 Current assets Stocks 123,070 8,166 Debtors 429,981 100,122 Cash at bank and in hand 2,414,392 1,164,284 2,967,443 1,272,572 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year (1,338,846) (300,479) Net current assets 1,628,597 972,093 Total assets less current liabilities 4,991,472 1,182,632 Creditors : amounts falling due after more (1,958,644) (36,187) than one year Net assets 3,032,828 1,146,445 Capital and reserves Called up share capital 1,319,269 819,269 Share premium account 12,309,993 9,352,543 Profit and loss account (10,596,434) (9,025,367) Shareholders' funds 3,032,828 1,146,445 CASH FLOW STATEMENT For the period ended 31 December 2004 2005 2004 Note £ £ Net cash outflow from operating activities 4 (1,126,123) (1,196,815) Returns on investments and servicing of finance Interest received 69,971 34,598 Finance lease interest paid (2,749) (4,121) Net cash inflow from returns on investments and 67,222 30,477 servicing of finance R & D tax credit received 65,311 71,137 Capital expenditure and financial investment Purchase of tangible fixed assets (841,771) (27,972) Sale of tangible fixed assets 3,859 2,859 Net cash outflow from capital expenditure and (1,040,412) (25,113) financial investment Acquisitions and disposals Acquisition of business 7 (352,500) - Financing Issue of shares 3,700,000 1,950,624 Expenses paid in connection with share issues (242,550) (449,708) Capital element of finance lease rentals (23,340) (29,823) Net cash inflow from financing 3,434,110 1,471,093 Increase in cash 5 1,250,108 350,779 NOTES TO THE FINAL RESULTS 1. BASIS OF PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION The financial information contained in this preliminary announcement does not constitute statutory accounts as defined in section 240 of the Companies Act 1985. The balance sheet at 31 December 2005 and the profit and loss account, cash flow statement and associated notes for the year then ended have been extracted from the Company's 2005 statutory financial statements upon which the auditors opinion is unqualified and does not include any statement under Section 237(2) of the Companies Act 1985. Those financial statements have not yet been delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The figures for the period ended 31 December 2004 have been extracted from the statutory financial which have been filed with the Registrar of Companies. The auditors' report on those financial statements was unqualified but contained an explanatory paragraph in respect of future funding of the Company and did not contain a statement under Section 237 (2) of the Companies Act 1985. The preliminary announcement has been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and under the historical cost accounting rules. The principal accounting policies of the Company are set out in the Company's 2005 Annual Report and Financial Statements and have remained unchanged from the previous year. However, FRS 21, Events after the balance sheet date, FRS 22, Earnings per share and the disclosure under FRS 25, Financial instruments: disclosure & presentation, have been adopted during the year although there has been no impact on the Company. 2. TAXATION The tax credit represents a claim for R&D tax credit. 3. LOSS PER SHARE The loss per share is calculated by reference to the loss attributable to ordinary shareholders divided by the weighted average of 19,859,354 ordinary shares for the 12 months to 31 December 2005, and 14,060,383 for the 12 months to 31 December 2004. 2005 2004 Attributable loss (1,571,067) (1,111,744) Average number of shares in issue for basic and 19,859,354 14,060,383 diluted loss per share Loss per share (7.91p) (7.91p) The loss for each period and the weighted average number of ordinary shares for calculating the diluted loss per share for each period are identical to those used for the basic loss per share. This is because the outstanding share options would not be dilutive under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard No. 22 'Earnings per share' (FRS 22). 4. RECONCILIATION OF OPERATING LOSS TO NET CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 2005 2004 £ £ Operating loss (1,654,041) (1,217,995) Amortisation 74,914 3,996 Depreciation 75,640 32,666 Goodwill on acquisition of business (2,340,508) - Loss/(profit) on sale of tangible fixed assets 78,032 (2,859) Increase in stocks (114,904) (1,285) (Increase)/decrease in debtors (342,060) 3,028 Increase/(decrease) in creditors 756,296 (14,366) Increase in deferred consideration 2,340,508 - Net cash outflow from operating activities (1,126,123) (1,196,815) 5. RECONCILIATION OF NET CASH FLOW TO MOVEMENT IN NET FUNDS 2005 2004 £ £ Increase in cash in the year 1,250,108 350,779 Cash outflow from finance leases 23,340 29,823 Change in net funds resulting from cashflows 1,273,448 380,602 Inception of finance leases - (53,122) Movement of net funds in the year 1,273,448 327,480 Net funds at 1 January 2005 1,104,751 777,271 Net funds at 31 December 2005 2,378,199 1,104,751 6. ANALYSIS OF MOVEMENT IN NET FUNDS At 1 January At 31 December 2005 Cashflow 2005 £ £ £ Cash at bank and in hand 1,164,284 1,250,108 2,414,392 Finance leases (59,533) 23,340 (36,193) 1,104,751 1,273,448 2,378,199 7. ACQUISITIONS On 17 August 2005, the Company acquired the Binns Skips composting business in Perthshire and agreed an 11 year lease and operating contract. The fair value of the acquisition £2,543,008, represents fixed assets acquired and paid for £202,500 and goodwill, £2,340,508. Management consider the fair value of the fixed assets acquired is equal to their book value. The goodwill has been calculated by discounting the deferred consideration of £3,000,000 to present value at a rate of 6%. The consideration is payable in equal quarterly instalments over a period of 10 years and the consideration for the fixed assets was paid in full at completion. The difference between the fair value and the deferred consideration will be deemed interest and will be recognised in the financial statements over the 10 year period. This is in accordance with the terms of Financial Reporting Standard No. 7 ('FRS7'). The contract will be reviewed after the initial 11 year contract period. 8. RECONCILIATION OF EQUITY SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 2005 2004 £ £ Loss for the financial year (1,571,067) (1,111,744) Issue of shares 3,457,450 1,500,916 Net addition to shareholders' funds 1,886,383 389,172 Opening shareholders' funds 1,146,445 757,273 Closing shareholders' funds 3,032,828 1,146,445 -------------------------- This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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