RNS Number : 1372E
Cyan Holdings Plc
24 September 2008
Embargoed Release: 07:00hrs Wednesday 24 September 2008
Cyan Holdings plc
("Cyan" or "the Group")
Interim Results
Cyan Holdings plc (AIM:CYAN.L), the fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development of applications solutions collectively
known as "Cy Solved (TM)" which are built upon the company's low powered, configurable eCOG microcontroller chips announces its Interim
Results for the six months to 30 June 2008.
Highlights
* Substantial cost reductions achieved in the manufacture of all products
* Multiple Cy-Solved products and product families released to market
* Initial orders and customer feedback indicate that Cyan now has attractive products and prices for Automatic Meter Reading/
Advanced Meter Infrastructure, Wireless Industrial Control and Asset Tracking markets.
* New Gateway Products offer extended features at very competitive prices and are expected to be primary drivers of revenue growth.
* New office in Shenzhen (PRC) now working with multiple prospects and customers on customised products.
* Post period end, successfully raised �2.8million net of expenses so as to enable the Company to deliver revenue growth and
profitability in 2009.
Kenn Lamb, CEO of Cyan, commented: "The final phase of our 18 month restructuring plan is nearing completion and we are developing
substantial traction with our new suite of products focusing on Automated Utility Metering, Wireless Industrial Control and the Asset
Tracking markets. For the first time Cyan has the products that customers want at attractive prices and with the recent fund raising we have
the resources to ensure that we can modify and manufacture to our customers exact requirements. Based on visible customers and prospective
customers, the Board remains confident that in the 15 months to the end of 2009, Cyan will see accelerating revenue growth and a transition
into sustainable profitability."
For further information:
Cyan Holdings plc
Kenn Lamb, CEO Tel: +44 (0) 1954 234 400
www.cyantechnology.com
Cenkos Securities plc
Stephen Keys/Adrian Hargrave Tel: +44 (0)20 7397 8900
www.cenkos.com
Media enquiries:
HansardGroup
John Bick/Adam Reynolds Tel: +44 (0)20 7245 1100
Notes to Editors
Based in Cambridge in the UK, Cyan Holdings plc is a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development of applications
solutions collectively known as "Cy Solved(TM)" which are built upon the company's low powered, configurable eCOG1k and eCOG1x
microcontroller chips.
Cy-Solved incorporates ready to go solutions, software stacks, applications examples, modular software based on easy to use APIs,
evaluation boards and production hardware modules from partners, all pulled together through Cyan's free integrated development environment
CyanIDE(TM). Cy-Solved can be incorporated as-is into an application but also supports an ability to be easily customised - either way,
giving users a head start on the road to market. Currently available Cy-Solved applications include RF-Solved, USB-Solved, Ethernet-Solved
and Motor Control-Solved.
The Company was founded in 2002 and listed on AIM in 2005. Cyan Holdings plc operates through the brand 'Cyan'.
Cyan Holdings plc
Interim Statement
It is 18 months since I joined Cyan and we are now 15 months into the 18 month program that we outlined to implement and deploy our new
strategy. I would like to thank the entire Cyan team for the hard work and dedication that they have put into the transformation of the
company. We remain on course to achieve the targets that we have set ourselves and the first half of 2008 has seen Cyan successfully start
to deploy key elements of this strategy.
The first half of 2008 has seen the introduction of two completely new products which have focused and accelerated Cyan's penetration
into three new markets that Cyan has identified and which each have the potential to take Cyan into sustainable profitability in 2009.
The combination of all three markets presents Cyan with a visible revenue opportunity both from multiple prospective clients and
customers who have already engaged with Cyan that is expected to comfortably meet the higher end of revenue expectations set for the new
strategy. The challenge for Cyan has now shifted from developing attractive and competitively priced products to how to prioritise between
prospective customers and markets to grow Cyan's revenues and achieve sustainable profitability.
Cyan's restructuring set out to reduce the cost of our products, develop a new entry level chip for the Chinese market, to extend the
CyanIDE software tool to system level and then to define design and build production ready modules that embodied the Cyan value proposition
of ease of use coupled with reduced cost and power. Over the year we have
* built an operations team that has halved the manufacturing cost of our products:
* ported CyanIDE to the industry standard Eclipse environment:
* developed a library of drivers and dramatically extended CyanIDE's capability to program the multiple devices required for a
complete system:
* developed a new ultra low cost chip that takes state of the art 16-bit flash MCU's below the $2 threshold:
* developed a new 16-bit MCU core which we expect to demonstrate is amongst the best 16-bit coreS available from any vendor:
* Cyan has developed Application Software for self configuring ad hoc networks and embedded Web Servers that we believe are as good
or better as any comparable products on the market, yet these run on Cyan low cost 16-bit MCU's and not the expensive 32-bit MCU's commonly
used.
We have then taken all these elements and manufactured a number of development and production ready modules that embody all these
features, and delivered these to the market in an easy to use format, even batteries included, to provide an exceptional 'out of the box'
experience.
Cyan's go-to-market strategy is now based around the CY-Solved product brand that delivers the cost and power saving features of the
eCOG chip families in a pre-packaged module, together with the ease of use of the CyanIDE development tool, all enhanced by application
software that does the tricky bits. Uniquely these module reference designs are easily extended via the CyanIDE tool to add functionality
specified by the customer. The modules are designed to simply plug into the customers system and are marketed as cheaper than the customer
could build themselves. Our sourcing of components and manufacturing partners in China, coupled with the reduced component count enabled by
the eCOG MCU makes this claim realistic, for all but the highest production volumes, for many customers not currently using Cyan. For the
remainder, Cyan modules enable exceptionally fast market entry and our design schematics are available under license to incorporate or
extend our module to become a production product. In China every customer wants something different and our engineering teams in Hong Kong and our new office in Shenzhen undertake the work (using a
Chinese Language version of CyanIDE) offering an unrivalled ability to modify functionality and/or reduce cost.
Cyan's RF-Solved product was introduced early in Q1 and took Cyan straight into the AMR/AMI (Automatic Meter Reading / Advanced Metering
Infrastructure) markets and in just 6 months Cyan has engaged with prospective clients in all three Global geographies (Asia, EMEA, USA).
Modifications of RF-Solved by the Cyan Asia team produced a gas meter design that is now in volume production for South West Computer and is
either accepted, in trials, or under evaluation at a number of other prospective customers. RF-Solved is currently in field trials with
multiple prospective customers in EMEA in both AMR and industrial wireless control (IWC) applications. At a major Chinese metering show in
October, Cyan will be demonstrating new application software that makes robust self-configuring networking software available to RF-Solved
customers combined with a new RF-Device from Micrel Inc that has been co-developed with Cyan specifically for the Chinese electricity
metering market.
At the end of Q2 Cyan launched USB/Ethernet-Solved incorporating easy to use drivers in what may prove to be the industry's lowest cost
USB & Ethernet module. Cyan's eCOG MCU enables this price point to be reached without compromise on functionality with both USB & Ethernet
supported concurrently and, unusually for a 16-bit MCU, Cyan incorporates an embedded web server. Prototypes of the USB drivers have
successfully completed field trials with a Korean customer and production orders are forecast for Q4.
In Q4 Cyan will launch a third new family of Gateway products. These combine both RF-Solved and USB/Ethernet-Solved to produce what Cyan
believe will prove to be the company's main driver of revenue growth for a number of years. A Gateway is the interface between any radio
network and the entity controlling or monitoring the network. In each of the Industrial Control, Automated Metering and Home Automation
markets, a Gateway is required to concentrate pre-process and present the information carried over that network. Cyan's customers and
prospective customers tell us that we have a unique Gateway solution that offers prices and features not previously available in the
marketplace.
Cyan is currently working on three Gateway family members each for a different radio protocol and radio partner. At Metering Europe, a
major show in Amsterdam this week, Cyan and Radiocrafts will be demonstrating the first complete Wireless-M-Bus AMR solution available in
Europe, which incorporates a Cyan Gateway. Cyan and Radiocrafts are already engaged with several prospective customers for this solution in
Europe. Cyan will announce further Gateway family members and radio partners in Q4.
RF-Solved and the Gateway products provide Cyan with the products that will accelerate penetration into the AMR/AMI and IWC markets. Our
third area of focus for these products is Asset Tracking, for which an early stage customer was announced in May, but the level of activity
in AMR/AMI and the market reception of the Gateway products currently limits the resource available to Cyan to develop new products for the
Asset Tracking market, and the rate of penetration is for the immediate future primarily determined by end customers own development
resource.
The recent placing, against the background of very challenging market conditions, was completed raising �3 million for the Company and I
would like to thank Cenkos Securities for their management of the placing and the existing and new investors for their support. The Cyan
team in the UK and China is excited and highly motivated. For the first time Cyan has the products that customers want at attractive prices
and we now have the funds to ensure that we can modify and manufacture to our customers' exact requirements. Whilst it is still difficult to
accurately quantify how quickly our growing customer list can deploy their new Cyan powered products into their end markets, based on
visible customers and prospective customers, the Board remains confident that in the 15 months to the end of 2009, Cyan will see
accelerating revenue growth and a transition into sustainable profitability.
Condensed Consolidated Income Statement
Six months ended 30 June 2008
Unaudited six months Unaudited six months Year ended 31
ended ended December 2007
30 June 2008 30 June 2007
Notes � � �
Revenue 52,750 22,496 32,596
Cost of sales (30,217) (18,603) (26,934)
Gross Profit 22,533 3,893 5,662
Administrative expenses
Share based compensation (26,189) (5,757) (21,903)
Other (2,524,820) (1,831,600) (4,776,059)
(2,551,009) (1,837,357) (4,797,962)
Operating loss (2,528,476) (1,833,464) (4,792,300)
Investment revenues 139,239 52,771 144,795
Finance costs (51,340) (53,565) (121)
Loss on ordinary activities before taxation (2,440,577) (1,834,258) (4,647,626)
Tax on loss on ordinary activities 176,789 - 360,000
Loss for the period from
continuing operations (2,263,788) (1,834,258) (4,287,626)
Loss per share (pence)
Basic and diluted 3 (1.6) (2.1) (4.0)
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
At 30 June 2008
Unaudited Unaudited
30 June 30 June 31 December 2007
2008 2007
� � �
Non current assets
Intangible assets 14,396 43,190 28,792
Property, plant and equipment 109,103 92,275 96,680
123,499 135,465 125,472
Current Assets
Inventories 916,274 146,677 180,240
Trade and other receivables 318,195 506,744 503,225
Cash and cash equivalents 1,418,143 1,099,726 4,079,534
2,652,612 1,753,147 4,762,999
Total assets 2,776,111 1,888,612 4,888,471
Current liabilities (859,298) (271,142) (704,223)
Net current assets 1,793,314 1,482,005 4,058,776
Net assets 1,916,813 1,617,470 4,184,248
Equity
Share capital 299,653 171,853 279,252
Share premium account 14,102,640 8,719,997 13,600,291
Own shares held (522,750) - -
Retained loss (12,198,317) (7,427,250) (9,904,693)
Share option reserves 235,587 152,870 209,398
Total Equity 1,916,813 1,617,470 4,184,248
Condensed Consolidated Statements of
Recognised Income and Expense
Six months ended 30 June 2008
Unaudited six months Unaudited six months Year ended 31
ended ended December 2007
30 June 2008 30 June 2007
� � �
Exchange differences on translating foreign
operations recognised directly in equity (29,386) 15,569 31,876
Net income (expense) recognised directly in equity (29,386) 15,569 31,876
Loss for period (2,263,788) (1,834,258) (4,287,626)
Total recognised income and expense for the period
attributable to equity holders of the parent (2,293,174) (1,818,689) (4,255,750)
Condensed Consolidated Cash Flow
Statement
Six months ended 30 June 2008
Unaudited six months Unaudited six months Year ended 31
ended ended December 2007
30 June 2008 30 June 2007
Notes � � �
Net cash outflow from operating activities 4 (2,706,149) (1,773,779) (3,894,358)
Investing activities 5 44,758 (41,446) 71,369
Financing 5 - 94,150 5,081,722
Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents (2,661,391) (1,721,075) 1,258,733
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning
of period 4,079,534 2,820,801 2,820,801
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 1,418,143 1,099,726 4,079,534
Notes to Accounts
Six months ended 30 June 2008
1. Basis of preparation
The interim financial information has been prepared in accordance with the IFRS accounting policies used in the statutory financial
statements for the year ended 31 December 2007.
These interim financial statements do not constitute statutory financial statements within the meaning of section 240 of the Companies
Act 1985. Results for the six month periods ending 30 June 2008 and 30 June 2007 have not been audited. The result for the year ended 31
December 2007 have been extracted from the statutory financial statements of Cyan Holdings plc.
Statutory financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2007 are available on the Company's website www.cyantechnology.com and
have been filed with the Registrar of Companies. The Company's auditors issued a report on those financial statements that was unqualified
and did not contain a statement under section 237(2) or section 237(3) of the Companies Act 1985; however the auditor's report was modified
to emphasise the uncertainty around the company's ability to continue as a going concern.
2. Post balance sheet event
Since the end of the period, the Group has raised additional equity funding of �2.8m through a placing of new ordinary shares. The
placing was authorised by existing shareholders on 3 September 2008.
3. Loss per share
Basic and diluted loss per ordinary share has been calculated by dividing the loss after taxation for the periods as shown in the table
below.
Unaudited Unaudited six
months Year ended
six months ended ended
31 December
30 June 30 June
2007 2007
2008
�
� �
Losses (�) 2,263,788
1,834,258 4,287,626
Weighted average number of shares 139,626,315
85,398,648 107,962,482
IAS33 "Earnings per share" requires presentation of diluted EPS when a company could be called upon to issue shares that would decrease net
profit or
increase net loss per share. For a loss making company with outstanding share options, net loss per share would only be increased by the
exercise of out
of the money options. Since it seems inappropriate to assume that option holders would act irrationally and there are no other diluting
future share
issues, diluted EPS equals basic EPS.
4. Reconciliation of operating loss to operating cash flows
Unaudited six months Unaudited six months Year ended
ended ended 31 December
30 June 2008 30 June 2007 2007
� � �
Operating loss (2,528,476) (1,833,464) (4,792,300)
Currency translation difference (29,836) 15,569 33,004
Depreciation and amortisation 45,114 41,436 83,076
Share based payment expense 26,189 5,757 21,903
Income tax credit 176,789 - 360,000
Increase in inventories (736,034) (38,755) (72,318)
Decrease/ (increase) in trade and other receivables 185,030 14,198 17,716
Increase/ (decrease) in payables 155,075 21,480 454,561
Net cash outflow from operating activities (2,706,149) (1,773,779) (3,894,358)
5. Analysis of cash flows
Unaudited six months Unaudited six months Year ended
ended ended 31 December
30 June 2008 30 June 2007 2007
� � �
Investing activities
Interest receivable and similar income 139,239 52,771 144,795
Interest payable and similar charges (51,340) (53,565) (121)
Purchase of property, plant and equipment (43,141) (40,652) (73,426)
Net cash (outflow)/inflow 44,758 (41,446) 71,248
Financing activites
Proceeds on issue of shares - - 5,081,843
Exercise of share options - 94,150 -
Net cash inflow - 94,150 5,081,843
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