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Medaphor Group PLC
22 March 2017
MedaPhor Group plc
("MedaPhor" or the "Group" or the "Company")
Final Results
MedaPhor Group plc (AIM: MED), the global provider of advanced
ultrasound education simulators for medical professionals,
announces its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December
2016.
Financial highlights
-- Revenues increased 49% to GBP3.3m (2015: GBP2.2m)
-- UK sales up 27%, North America sales up 7% and Rest of World sales up 166%
-- Loss before tax and exceptional items GBP1.8m (2015: Loss, GBP1.7m)
-- Raised GBP3.0m net of costs by way of placing of shares
-- Year-end cash at GBP1.8m (2015: GBP1.3m)
Operational highlights
-- Acquired Inventive Medical Limited (HeartWorks) bringing
complementary products and resources using MedaPhor shares as
consideration
-- Placing funds enabled further investment in overseas operations and product development
-- Global network increased to 30 resellers (2015: 20 resellers)
-- Settled US litigation, which is expected to enable US sales growth to recover in 2017
Post year-end events
-- Overseas sales are up on last year, but UK sales are down due to NHS spending constraints
-- Funding options to finance future growth are under review
Commenting on the results, Riccardo Pigliucci, Chairman of
MedaPhor said:
"This has been an up and down year for the Group, but we have
now settled the IP litigation in the US and are benefitting from
the acquisition of both the Inventive Medical personnel and the
HeartWorks brand. We are currently pursuing future potential
funding options and look forward to building our global simulator
business in 2017 and beyond."
This announcement contains inside information which, prior to
its disclosure, was inside information for the purposes of the
Market Abuse Regulation (Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No
596/2014
A copy of this announcement is available on the Company's
website: www.medaphor.com
Enquiries:
MedaPhor Group plc www.medaphor.com
Stuart Gall, CEO Tel: +44 (0)29 2075 6534
Cenkos Securities Tel: +44 (0)20 7397 8900
Bobbie Hilliam (Nominated
Adviser)
Julian Morse (Corporate
Broking)
Walbrook PR Tel: +44 (0)20 7933 8780 or
medaphor@walbrookpr.com
Paul McManus / Anna Mob: +44 (0)7980 541 893 /
Dunphy Mob: +44 (0)7876 741 001
About MedaPhor - www.medaphor.com
MedaPhor (AIM: MED) is a global provider of advanced ultrasound
skills training simulators for medical professionals. Founded in
2004, the Company is headquartered in Cardiff, UK and Alpharetta,
USA, with customers in over 20 countries across the world.
Following its acquisition of Inventive Medical in August 2016,
the company now has three of the world's leading ultrasound
training and examination simulators - ScanTrainer, ScanTrainer
Examine and HeartWorks:
ScanTrainer is a world-leading ultrasound skills training
simulator and Continuing Professional Development platform offering
an immersive, 24/7 self-learning experience. Features include real
feel haptic feedback, real full anatomy scans, real-time expert
guidance, structured curriculum learning, metric-based assessment
and an extensive cloud pathology library with the unique ability to
add your own patient scans. ScanTrainer's flexible education
platform empowers faster and better learning at any stage of a
doctor or sonographer's medical career.
ScanTrainer Examine is MedaPhor's new ultrasound skills
examination simulator for hospitals and examination boards, which
offers examiners a library of pathologies and normal patient scans,
combined with a realistic, virtual reality based scanning
experience, with which to comprehensively test a clinician's
ultrasound skills.
HeartWorks, developed by leading cardiac anaesthesiologists at
University College London Hospitals, the HeartWorks simulators and
online training materials are recognised as one of the most
true-to-life and comprehensive educational tools for Transthoracic
and Transoesophageal echocardiography. Medical practitioners can
learn the complete anatomy of the heart, practise acquiring
ultrasound images though correct probe positioning on a simulator,
interpret those images to determine correct diagnosis and
treatment, and finally be tested to ensure that all required
competencies have been achieved to the highest standard.
CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT
INTRODUCTION
I am pleased to present MedaPhor's Preliminary Results for the
year ended 31 December 2016.
FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL REVIEW
Summary results from continuing operations were:
2016 2015
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GBPm GBPm
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Revenue 3.3 2.2
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Gross profit 2.1 1.4
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Gross margin 64% 65%
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Loss before tax and exceptional
items (1.8) (1.7)
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Loss after tax and exceptional items (2.4) (1.6)
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Cash at bank 1.8 1.3
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Revenues increased by 49% compared to the prior year (2015:
22%). ScanTrainer sales increased by 12% (2015: 22%) to GBP2.47m
for the year to 31 December 2016. Following the acquisition of
Inventive Medical Limited in August 2016 (see below), HeartWorks
training simulators contributed GBP0.8m to sales in the
post-acquisition period. Across the board, sales in the UK grew by
27% to GBP1.20m (2015: GBP0.94m), US sales grew by 7% to GBP0.86m
(2015: GBP0.81m) and Rest of World sales by 166% to GBP1.22m (2015:
GBP0.46m).
The loss for the year before tax and exceptional items was
GBP1.8m (2015: GBP1.7m). Exceptional items for the year of GBP0.7m
(2015: GBPNil) related to litigation, acquisition and integration
costs and are detailed in note 4 of these Preliminary Results. The
loss for the year after tax and exceptional items was GBP2.4m
(2015: Loss, GBP1.6m).
In April the Company raised GBP3.2m (GBP3.0m net of costs) by
way of a placing of 7,111,112 new Ordinary Shares at 45 pence each
with certain existing and new shareholders. The proceeds allowed
the Group to invest in its overseas sales activities and in some
significant new product development projects in the second half of
2016. These included new Probe Manipulation Skills, Echo in Life
Support and Nuchal Translucency modules, the addition of over 300
new pathology cases for the ScanTrainer Cloud Library (renamed
ScanTrainer Examine) and, in the latter part of the year, the
completion of the new ScanTrainer 2017 Edition software. This
latest version includes a range of software enhancements to
ScanTrainer, for ultrasound skills learning and practice, and
ScanTrainer Examine, for case learning and diagnostic skills
assessment and examination, including an improved Learning
Management System. We have also, in part through the acquisition of
IML discussed further below, increased our global sales network to
30 resellers selling our ScanTrainer and HeartWorks products.
Cash at 31 December 2016 stood at GBP1.8m (2015: GBP1.3m).
ACQUISITION OF INVENTIVE MEDICAL LIMITED
In August 2016 the Group acquired Inventive Medical Limited
(IML), a UK company which is the global supplier of the HeartWorks
cardio ultrasound simulation suite of products. The HeartWorks
simulator is used in cardiology related ultrasound training, which
perfectly complements the ScanTrainer simulator which specialises
in female pelvis (obstetrics and gynaecology) and upper abdomen
(general medical and emergency medicine) ultrasound training.
This acquisition has brought a complementary, but not competing,
suite of products that will allow us to leverage a combined direct
sales force and reseller network and has provided an immediate
boost to sales growth for the combined group.
The GBP3.0m consideration for IML was satisfied by the issue of
6,976,745 new Ordinary Shares at 43 pence each, representing 26% of
the existing and 20% of the enlarged share capital of the Company,
including the effect of shares to be issued in 2017. The issue of
one third of the consideration shares was deferred for 12 months
with the actual number of deferred shares to be issued dependent on
any vendor warranty or indemnity breaches (as specified in the Sale
and Purchase Agreement) arising during that 12 month period.
Currently, we are not aware of any such breaches and so the
deferred consideration of GBP1.0m has been provided for in
full.
Goodwill of GBP1.3m arising on the acquisition has been reviewed
for impairment. IML has been incorporated into the MedaPhor
business and the two enterprises have therefore been assessed as
one cash-generating unit (CGU) for the impairment test. The net
present value of the CGU based upon the Group's budgets does not
indicate any impairment. However, the achievement of the Group's
budgets and related cash flows is uncertain and is highly dependent
on the growth of our global business. If this growth does not
materialise, the net present value calculations on the revised
budgets would indicate that the carrying value of goodwill and
other intangibles might require provision for impairment at a
future date. In addition, we are cognisant that current trading
(see below) needs to be closely monitored and the Board will
continue to review the position as we progress into the second
quarter of the year. If the conclusion of this review is that
goodwill is permanently impaired, an appropriate fair value
adjustment will be made to the assets of the Group.
PATENT INFRINGEMENT SETTLEMENT
MedaPhor and SonoSim Inc. and The Regents of the University of
California have reached an agreement on a patent license and patent
infringement settlement. As a result, the lawsuit between the
parties was dismissed with prejudice on 7 February 2017.
CURRENT TRADING AND FUNDING
The costs of the US patent infringement proceedings and the
consequent impact on trading, particularly in North America, had a
significant negative impact on the Group's results for 2016.
Although the well-publicised constraints on NHS funding have
impacted on NHS related sales in the UK during the first quarter of
the current year, most of our simulator sales in the UK are in the
medical teaching schools sector and the pipeline for these sales in
2017 remains encouraging. Sales in the US and other overseas
territories have shown encouraging growth and with the patent
litigation now settled, we have justified optimism for the
remainder of this year, based on our current pipeline of potential
orders.
The Group is currently pursuing a number of fund raising options
to take the Group through the next stage of growth. Subject to
this, the Board has a reasonable expectation that the Group will be
able to continue to be solvent for the foreseeable future.
Riccardo Pigliucci
Chairman
21 March 2017
MedaPhor Group plc
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
for the year ended 31 December 2016
Note 2016 2015
GBP GBP
REVENUE 3 3,286,147 2,207,633
Cost of sales (1,174,065) (766,944)
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Gross profit 2,112,082 1,440,689
Administrative expenses excluding
exceptional costs (3,897,652) (3,111,302)
Exceptional administrative costs 4 (698,435) -
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Total administrative costs (4,596,087) (3,111,302)
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OPERATING LOSS (2,484,005) (1,670,613)
Finance costs (3,341) (1,659)
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LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAX (2,487,346) (1,672,272)
Income tax credit 5 73,201 42,175
LOSS ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE EQUITY
SHAREHOLDERS OF THE PARENT (2,414,145) (1,630,097)
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OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Items that will or may be reclassified
to profit or loss:
Exchange loss arising on translation
of foreign operations (6,996) (3,984)
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OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR
THE YEAR (6,996) (3,984)
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME ATTRIBUTABLE
TO THE EQUITY SHAREHOLDERS OF
THE PARENT (2,421,141) (1,634,081)
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LOSS PER ORDINARY SHARE (PENCE) ATTRIBUTABLE
TO THE EQUITY SHAREHOLDERS OF THE PARENT
Basic and diluted (8.826)p (8.095)p
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MedaPhor Group plc
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
for the year ended 31 December 2016
Ordinary Share Accumulated Share-based Merger Foreign Total
share premium losses payment reserve exchange equity
capital reserve reserve attributable
to
shareholders
GBP GBP GBP GBP GBP GBP GBP
BALANCE AS
AT 1 JANUARY
2015 201,363 4,322,067 (2,961,570) 135,000 1,990,187 - 3,687,047
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COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME FOR
THE YEAR
Loss for the
year - - (1,630,097) - - (3,984) (1,634,081)
CONTRIBUTIONS
BY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
TO OWNERS
Cost of share-based
awards - - - 116,000 - - 116,000
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- - - 116,000 - - 116,000
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Total contributions
by and distributions
to owners
201,363 4,322,067 (4,591,667) 251,000 1,990,187 (3,984) 2,168,966
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BALANCE AS
AT 31 DECEMBER
2015
COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME FOR
THE YEAR
Loss for the
year - - (2,414,145) - - (6,996) (2,421,141)
CONTRIBUTIONS
BY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
TO OWNERS
Shares issued
for cash
Cost of raising
finance 71,111 3,128,889 - - - - 3,200,000
Shares issued
on acquisition
of IML - (183,817) - - - - (183,817)
46,512 - - - 1,953,488 - 2,000,000
Cost of share-based
awards - - - 70,600 - - 70,600
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Total contributions
by and distributions
to owners 117,623 2,945,072 - 70,600 1,953,488 - 5,086,783
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BALANCE AS
AT 31 DECEMBER
2016 318,986 7,267,139 (7,005,812) 321,600 3,943,675 (10,980) 4,834,608
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MedaPhor Group plc
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
as at 31 December 2016
2016 2015
Note GBP GBP
NON CURRENT ASSETS
Intangible assets 7 3,572,284 433,340
Property, plant and equipment 366,541 307,257
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3,938,825 740,597
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CURRENT ASSETS
Inventories 482,338 264,587
Trade and other receivables 1,614,538 759,529
Current tax assets 45,534 -
Cash and cash equivalents 1,765,863 1,287,767
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3,908,273 2,311,883
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TOTAL ASSETS 7,847,098 3,052,480
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Trade and other
payables (2,670,744) (851,949)
Provisions (37,413) (31,565)
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(2,708,157) (883,514)
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Deferred (304,333) -
taxation
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TOTAL LIABILITIES (3,012,490) (833,514)
NET ASSETS 4,834,608 2,168,966
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Ordinary share capital 318,986 201,363
Share premium 7,267,139 4,322,067
Accumulated losses (7,005,812) (4,591,667)
Share-based payment reserve 321,600 251,000
Merger reserve 3,943,675 1,990,187
Foreign exchange reserve (10,980) (3,984)
TOTAL EQUITY 4,834,608 2,168,966
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MedaPhor Group plc
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
for the year ended 31 December 2016
2016 2015
GBP GBP
CASH FLOW FROM CONTINUING OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Loss before tax (2,487,346) (1,672,272)
Depreciation 154,123 215,397
Amortisation of intangible assets 408,890 249,824
Finance costs/(income) 3,341 1,659
Share-based payments 70,600 116,000
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Operating cash flows before movement
in working capital (1,850,392) (1,089,392)
Movement in inventories (82,913) (122,456)
Movement in trade and other receivables (350,911) 37,476
Movement in trade and other payables 96,722 161,680
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Cash used in operations (2,187,494) (1,012,692)
Income taxes received - 61,924
NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES (2,187,494) (950,768)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING
ACTIVITIES
Purchase of property,
plant and equipment (156,800) (301,368)
Disposal of property,
plant and equipment 16,209 -
Internally generated intangible assets (472,452) (322,880)
Cash acquired on acquisition of IML 272,787 -
NET CASH USED IN INVESTING
ACTIVITIES (340,256) (624,248)
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Issue of new shares 3,200,000 -
Share issue costs (183,817) -
Finance income received/(costs paid) (3,341) 155
NET CASH GENERATED FROM FINANCING
ACTIVITIES 3,012,842 155
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Exchange losses (6,996) (3,984)
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NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CASH AND
CASH EQUIVALENTS 478,096 (1,578,845)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING
OF YEAR 1,287,767 2,866,612
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT
OF YEAR 1,765,863 1,287,767
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MedaPhor Group plc
NOTES TO THE PRELIMINARY RESULTS
for the year ended 31 December 2016
1. BASIS OF PREPARATION AND ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The Group's financial statements have been prepared in
accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards
("IFRS") as adopted by the European Union, IFRIC interpretations,
the AIM Rules, and the Companies Act 2006.
While the financial information included in this preliminary
announcement has been computed in accordance with IFRS, this
announcement does not itself contain sufficient information to
comply with IFRS. The accounting policies used in the preparation
of this preliminary announcement have been applied consistently to
all periods presented. They are also consistent with those in the
Group's statutory financial statements for the year ended 31
December 2016 which have yet to be published. The preliminary
results for the year ended 31 December 2016 were approved by the
Board of Directors on 21 March 2017.
The financial information set out in this preliminary
announcement does not constitute the Group's statutory financial
statements for the year ended 31 December 2016 but is derived from
those financial statements which were approved by the Board of
Directors on 21 March 2017. The auditors have reported on the
Group's statutory financial statements and the report was
unqualified and did not contain a statement under section 498 (2)
or 498 (3) Companies Act 2006. The auditor's report on the 31
December 2016 financial statements contains emphasis of matter
statements with respect to 1) going concern, given the dependence
of the Group on raising further funds within the next 12 months,
and 2) the carrying value of goodwill and other intangible assets,
given the dependence of the carrying value of these assets on the
growth of the US business and the development of relationships in
the US. The statutory financial statements for the year ended 31
December 2016 have not yet been delivered to the Registrar of
Companies and will be delivered following the Company's Annual
General Meeting. The comparative figures are derived from statutory
financial statements of MedaPhor Group plc for the year ended 31
December 2015 which carried an unqualified audit report, did not
contain a statement under section 498 (2) or 498 (3) Companies Act
2006 and have been filed with the Registrar of Companies.
The Company is a limited liability company incorporated and
domiciled in England & Wales and whose shares are quoted on
AIM, a market operated by The London Stock Exchange. The Group
financial statements are presented in pounds Sterling.
2. BASIS OF CONSOLIDATION
The consolidated preliminary results incorporate the results of
the Company and its subsidiary undertakings.
3. SEGMENTAL ANALYSIS
The following table provides an analysis of the Group's revenue
by type (Distribution or Direct Sales) and geography based upon the
location of the Group's customers.
Year ended 31 December Distribution Direct Total
2016 GBP Sales GBP
GBP
United Kingdom - 1,198,457 1,198,457
North America - 864,366 864,366
Rest of World 848,292 375,032 1,223,324
848,292 2,437,855 3,286,147
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Year ended 31 December Distribution Direct Total
2015 GBP Sales GBP
GBP
United Kingdom - 940,610 940,610
North America - 806,691 806,691
Rest of World 339,139 121,193 460,332
339,139 1,868,494 2,207,633
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4. EXCEPTIONAL COSTS
2016 2015
GBP GBP
Acquisition costs 139,435 -
Integration costs 26,000 -
Litigation costs 533,000 -
698,435 -
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The acquisition costs related to the purchase of Inventive
Medical Limited (IML) in August 2016 along with legal and
professional costs incurred in relation to other potential
acquisitions which were reviewed in the year but not taken forward.
The integration costs related to the reorganisation of management
following the acquisition of IML. The litigation costs related to
the defence and settlement of the patent infringement claim brought
against the Group in the United States of America, details of which
are set out in the Chairman's Statement.
5. TAXATION ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES
2016 2015
GBP GBP
R&D tax credit (45,534) (42,175)
Deferred tax credit (27,667) -
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(73,201) (42,175)
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6. LOSS PER SHARE
The earnings per ordinary share has been calculated using the
loss for the year and the weighted average number of ordinary
shares in issue during the year as follows:
2016 2015
GBP GBP
(2,414,145)
Loss for the year after
taxation (2,441,415) (1,630,097)
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2016 2015
Number of ordinary shares No. No.
of 1p each
Basic and diluted weighted
average number of ordinary
shares 27,354,160 20,136,300
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Basic loss pence per share (8.826)p (8.095)p
At 31 December 2016 and 2015 there were share options
outstanding which could potentially have a dilutive impact but were
anti-dilutive in both years.
7. INTANGIBLE ASSETS
Goodwill Intellectual Brand Development Other Total
property costs (software
licences)
GBP GBP GBP GBP GBP GBP
COST
As at 1 January
2015 - - - 663,445 25,000 688,445
Additions - - - 322,880 - 322,880
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As at 31 December
2015 - - - 986,325 25,000 1,011,325
Additions - - - 472,452 - 472,452
Acquisition
of IML 1,292,382 1,650,000 133,000 - - 3,075,382
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As at 31 December
2016 1,292,382 1,650,000 133,000 1,458,777 25,000 4,559,159
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AMORTISATION
As at 1 January
2015 - - - 303,161 25,000 328,161
Charge for
year - - - 249,824 - 249,824
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As at 31 December
2015 - - - 552,985 25,000 577,985
Charge for
year - 137,500 11,083 260,307 - 408,890
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As at 31 December
2016 - 137,500 11,083 813,292 25,000 986,875
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NET BOOK VALUE
As at 31 December
2016 1,292,382 1,512,500 121,917 645,485 - 3,572,284
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As at 31 December
2015 - - - 433,340 - 433,340
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As at 1 January
2015 - - - 360,284 - 360,284
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