Interim Results

Transense Technologies PLC 14 September 2000 Chairman's Statement and Interim Results for the 6 months to 30 June 2000. I am pleased to report that the first six months of this year marked a major milestone in the company's history with manufacturing licensing agreements being agreed with two of the largest companies in their field. In May we signed an exclusive agreement with Sawtek one of the fastest growing manufacturers of Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) devices in the world with unit sales running at 150 million a year. This licence has already brought us exciting new opportunities. We followed this up in July signing an exclusive licence with Atmel Grenoble. This company is the merged business of Thomson-CSF the French integrated chip manufacturers, and Atmel Corporation of America. Atmel are one of the largest integrated chip manufactures in the world and as such make a formidable partner. Under the terms of these two agreements the high cost burden of developing components in these respective fields is no longer a liability of Transense. In addition to Transense receiving a royalty on sales of all products relating to our patented core technology we can also offer our potential customers a high quality, high volume component supply resource. Actual sales revenues remain low, but this is no reflection on our efforts nor the potential users' enthusiasm for our technology. Many of our customers are now awaiting the Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), which will house all our electronics. After two years of intensive design and development work the first prototype devices are now expected at the end of this year. Many new doors have also been opened and, in line with our strategy, we are working towards potential future licence deals. From a management point of view our expenses at the half-year stage are running true to internal forecasts. We have spent more than anticipated on new highly skilled personnel, but less than expected on R&D as a large part of these costs are now to be absorbed by our new partners. We are of course still actively involved in developing our technology for other potential applications such as gyros for mapping. As you are aware we try to do this in partnership with Government which gives rise to associated Government grants. I am sure you will be pleased to see from the balance sheet that we have ended the first half of the year with more funds than when we started. You will recall that in December last year we raised a total of £1.9 million after expenses to meet our funding needs. Since then, as a result of the exercise of options and strong cost management, cash at our disposal has risen to £2.1 million. We continue to believe that the Company's strategy of licensing its technology without being involved in manufacturing is the right course to take. The Directors consider that the Company can successfully exploit the opportunities that are being presented and is well positioned for the future. Graham Jarrett Chairman 13 September 2000 Transense Technologies plc Profit & Loss Account for the 6 months to 30 June 2000 6 months to 6 months to 30-Jun- 99 30-Jun- 00 £000 £000 Turnover 54 6 Cost of Sales (16) (3) Gross profit 38 3 Administration expenses (192) (188) Operating Loss (including Long Term Provision no longer required £200,000 (1999 £ nil) (154) (185) Interest income 0 56 Interest expense (15) (15) 0 56 Loss on ordinary activities before taxation (169) (129) Taxation 0 0 Loss on ordinary activities after taxation (169) (129) Dividends 0 0 Loss per share: Basic (2.3)p (1.2)p Fully Diluted (2.0)p (1.0)p Balance Sheet at 30 June 2000 31-Dec- 99 30-Jun- 00 £000 £000 Fixed Assets 713 844 Current assets Debtors 54 44 Cash 1,928 2,146 1,982 2,190 Current liabilities Creditors 195 93 Accruals 219 20 414 113 Net Current assets 1,568 2,077 Total assets less current liabilities 2,281 2,921 Provision for liabilities and charges (200) 0 Total assets less total liabilities 2,081 2,921 Capital & reserves Share capital 1,038 1,161 Share premium 2,487 3,333 Other capital 5 5 reserve Profit & Loss account (1,449) (1,578) Shareholders' funds 2,081 2,921 Transense Technologies plc Cash Flow Statement for the 6 months to 30 June 2000 6 months to 6 months to 30-Jun- 99 30-Jun- 00 £000 £000 Net cash outflow from operating activities Returns on investments and servicing of finance (63) (658) Interest received 0 56 Interest paid (15) 0 Net cash(outflow) from returns on investments and servicing of finance (15) 56 Taxation UK Corporation tax 0 Capital expenditure Payments to acquire (90) (81) intangible fixed assets Payments to acquire 0 (68) tangible fixed assets Payments to acquire 0 (90) 0 (149) investments (168) (751) Equity dividends paid 0 0 Cash outflow before financing (168) (751) Financing Issue of new ordinary 283 969 shares Short term loans 34 317 0 969 Increase cash in the 149 218 period Reconciliation of operating loss to net cash outflow from operating activities Operating loss (154) (185) Depreciation and 4 18 amortisation Decrease in debtors 45 10 Increase / (Decrease) 40 (301) in creditors Decrease in work in progress 2 0 Decrease in 0 (200) provision for liabilities and charges (63) (658) Reconciliation of net cash flow to movement in net debt Increase/(decrease) in cash in the period 149 218 Net funds at 1 January 4 1,928 Net funds at 30 June 153 2,146 NOTE: At 31 December 1999, the Company had made a provision of £200,000 for the Employer's National Insurance charge on outstanding employees' share options should they be exercised. At 30 June 2000, the Company has reversed this provision on the basis that legislation has now received Royal Assent which will enable the company to transfer the Employer's National Insurance liability onto the relevant employees. The elections to transfer the liability have been signed by the Company and the employees concerned but have not yet been formally approved by the Inland Revenue. In the event that Inland Revenue approval is not ultimately obtained, for whatever reason, then, depending upon the share price at the dates on which the options are exercised, the Company would be required to meet the Employer's National Insurance liability which, based on the share price at 30 June 2000, would have necessitated a provision to the maximum potential liability of £2.2 million. Independent Review Report to Transense Technologies plc Introduction We have been instructed by the company to review the financial information set out on pages 2 to 4 and we have read the other information contained in the interim report and considered whether it contains any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the financial information. Directors' responsibilities The interim report, including the financial information contained therein, is the responsibility of, and has been approved by, the directors. The Listing Rules of the Financial Services Authority request that the accounting policies and presentation applied to the interim figures should be consistent with those applied in preparing the preceding annual accounts, except where any changes, and the reasons for them, are disclosed. Review work performed We conducted our review in accordance with guidance contained in Bulletin 1999/4 issued by the Auditing Practices Board. A review consists principally of making enquiries of management and applying analytical procedures to the financial information and underlying financial data and based thereon, assessing whether the accounting policies and presentation have been consistently applied unless otherwise disclosed. A review excludes audit procedures such as tests of controls and verification of assets, liabilities and transactions. It is substantially less in scope than an audit performed in accordance with Auditing Standards and therefore provides a lower level of assurance than an audit. Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion on the financial information. Review conclusion Included in the Cash Flow Statement and the Profit & Loss Account summary are comparative figures for the six-month period ended 30 June 1999. These figures are unaudited and have not been subject to review. On the basis of our review, we are not aware of any material modifications that should be made to the financial information as presented for the six months ended 30 June 2000. BDO Stoy Hayward Chartered Accountants Bromley, Kent, BR1 3WA 13 September 2000 For further information, please contact: Jim Perry Chief Executive, Transense Technologies 01869 238 030 John Coyle Clerkenwell Communications 020 7713 0900 0370 687 370 07699 727 796 (pager) Graeme Bayley Manager, Growth Companies Team, HSBC 020 7336 9000
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