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SRT Marine Systems PLC
19 November 2020
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Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 and is disclosed in accordance
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Regulations.
SRT MARINE SYSTEMS PLC ("SRT" or the "Group")
HALF YEARLY REPORT FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 30 SEPTEMBER 2020
SRT, the AIM-quoted developer and supplier of maritime
surveillance, analytics and management systems and products
announces its unaudited interim results for the six months ended 30
September 2020 (the "Period").
Financial Highlights
-- 7% - year on year H1 period revenue increase to GBP3.8m (H119: GBP3.5m)
-- 39% - gross profit margin (H119: 38%)
-- GBP5.0m - gross cash balances as at end of H1 (H119: GBP1.7m)
-- GBP550m -systems division validated sales opportunity pipeline
Operational Summary
-- Covid business as usual operating model established and running smoothly
-- Good progress with new transceiver product development
-- Major new functionalities added to GeoVS maritime surveillance platform
-- Significant new system contract sales and implementation planning engagement
Commenting on today's results, Simon Tucker, CEO of SRT
said:
"I am extremely pleased with the performance of our transceivers
business - a performance that we had not predicted at the start of
the Period due to Covid-19. As expected, the progress of existing
and pending new system contracts have slowed significantly during
the period. However I am pleased to report that none have
disappeared and in recent months most have re-engaged on top of us
receiving new inquiries and so have a significant active pipeline
of validated and as yet unvalidated opportunities each at a
different stage in the sales cycle. This reflects the fundamental
long term demand drivers that underpin our business and our
decision 5 years ago to develop an integrated maritime surveillance
and management system. A number of the new contract opportunities
in our validated pipeline have taken significant strides during the
last couple of months and so, whilst exact timing is tricky to fix,
I hope that we will be able to announce some significant progress
with regards to new system contracts in the near future."
Contacts:
SRT Marine Systems plc www.srt-marine.com
+ 44 (0) 1761 409500
Simon Tucker (CEO) simon.tucker@srt-marine.com
Louise Coates (Marketing Manager) louise.coates@srt-marine.com
finnCap Ltd
Jonny Franklin-Adams / Teddy Whiley (Corporate
Finance) +44 (0) 20 7220 0500
Tim Redfern / Tim Harper (Corporate Broking)
About SRT:
SRT Marine Systems PLC ("SRT") is a global leader in maritime
domain awareness products and systems. Our solutions integrate
multiple technologies, advanced analytics, innovative digital
display systems, logistics and command and control to provide
enhanced maritime surveillance, security, safety and management
for national authorities such as coast guards and fishery authorities.
Applications include coastal and territorial water surveillance
and security, fisheries monitoring, management and IUU detection,
search and rescue, waterway management and aquatic environment
monitoring as well as individual leisure and commercial boat
owners.
The information communicated in this announcement contains inside
information for the purposes of Article 7 of the Market Abuse
Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014.
Chairman's Statement
Our financial and operational performance during the first half
of the financial year was better than we expected given the current
macro-economic conditions, setting the stage for a strong recovery
and growth in the second half and the years ahead.
Despite global lockdowns, throughout the period revenues were 7%
higher than the same period last year at GBP3.8m, with an increased
gross profit margin of 39%. This generated a loss before tax of
GBP2.7m after administration costs of GBP3.9m and net finance costs
of GBP0.3m. Cash balances as at 30 September 2020 were GBP5.0m,
with trade and other debtors of GBP7.4m.
All revenues during the period were generated entirely by our
transceivers business as no system contract invoicing milestones
were delivered. However, during the period cash payments amounting
to approximately GBP8.5m were received from systems customers for
previously completed milestones. Furthermore, our cash balances
benefited from the completion of a Covid-19 resilience refinancing
during the period which raised GBP5.3m from a combination of loans
and equity.
Our administrative expenses during the first half of this
financial year were higher than the same period last year, largely
as a result of the prior period expenses including the offset of
some significant exchange rate gains, together with the planned
expansion of our systems development and delivery teams during the
second half of last year to support expected new contracts.
However, during the first half of this year, as part of our Covid
resilience plan, our team growth plans were suspended, but have
recently been reactivated due to the re-engaged status of a number
of new system contracts which are expected to commence during the
second half. Subject to the exact timing of new system contract
signings, we expect our team expansion plan to be completed by the
middle of next year and result in an overall increase in our
overheads of GBP1.5m per annum.
At the start of Covid-19 lockdowns in March this year, we
expected to see a significant reduction in our transceivers
business revenues as people were instructed to stay at home.
However as previously reported, this has not been the case and in
fact the business has continued to grow. We believe this
demonstrates the long term resilience of leisure and commercial
boating where AIS is now well established combined with our
established product portfolio and diverse global reseller network.
AIS is now an established navigation technology in both commercial
and leisure markets, due to a combination of regulation and useful
functionality. We expect the long-term demand profile to ultimately
fuse with radar as the two technologies are directly complementary,
creating a very substantial market with regular demand. Due to
recent investments over the past few years we have a full range of
AIS transceivers covering all applications and vessel types, all of
which are certified around the world and well established in the
market. This year we have embarked on a major new development
project to create a new and innovative transceiver product which we
believe will open a significant new market segment for our
transceivers business. This product fuses AIS with other
technologies and will deliver a range of maritime voice and data
communication functionalities out of a single device whilst also
linking to other devices on the boat. We expect this product to
launch at the end of 2021 and start shipping during 2022.
Our systems business delivers turn-key coastal and oceanic
maritime surveillance and command and control systems for use by
Coast Guards and Fishery authorities. The demand for these systems
is driven by a growing need to improve safety, security and
management across territorial and EEZ sovereign marine territories.
Our system offering is built around our GeoVS application which
fuses multiple sensor sources into a single data set and uses
analytics to automatically detect, track and manage vessels on a
mass scale, coupled with integrated command and control
functionality. GeoVS is a suite of sophisticated software
applications which integrate together into a single system offering
to deliver a system solution that can scale from a single port to a
national system supporting hundreds of sensor towers and operators.
Our development effort in GeoVS is substantial and continues
unabated with new functionality and improvements being added
continuously. This effort will continue into the future to deliver
our road map of system functionalities and continuous performance
improvements that reflect the growing market opportunities, both
for new and existing follow on contracts. GeoVS is a valuable and
growing asset for SRT.
Our existing GBP32m contract with the Philippines Fisheries
Department (BFAR) to deliver the SRT-MDA System configured for
Fisheries, has continued to make solid progress despite the
inevitable installation challenges caused by Covid-19 lockdown
restrictions. Monitoring and data centres have been installed and
commissioned, installation of the 132 coastal surveillance sensor
stations is well underway, vessels are actively being equipped with
the VMS-100 fisheries tracking and reporting transceiver and the
supply of a range of long range satellite surveillance data that
includes AIS, SAR has commenced. This continued progress has been
possible due to the scalable modular architecture of the SRT-MDA
System, combined with our implementation model whereby we contract
all installation to local in country partners with our Delivery
Team providing oversight, training and technical expertise either
remotely or if appropriate actively in country. We expect that in
due course there will be follow on contract opportunities as the
system expands from the existing target of 5,000 vessels to the
full Philippine fishing fleet which numbers over 200,000
vessels.
The fundamental demand drivers for MDA systems remains
undiminished and is growing as a long term macro-trend as countries
around the world recognise the need to secure and manage their
maritime regions. The availability of new surveillance sensors,
both satellite and terrestrial provide the opportunity for highly
effective maritime monitoring. I am pleased to report that this is
reflected by the steady flow of new inquiries we regularly receive,
and the GBP550m value of 17 new system contract opportunities that
are sufficiently validated to be in our validated sales pipeline
(VSP).
During the first half following a period of significantly slowed
activity due to the initial effects of Covid-19 lockdowns, all our
VSP opportunities have re-engaged. As of the date of this report of
particular note are several new contract opportunities with an
aggregate value of up to US$100m where the final procurement and
contracting process appears to be nearing completion. I therefore
expect we will see the signing and commencement of new system
contracts during the second half, the continued development towards
contracting of others in the VSP and the addition of new
opportunities to the VSP.
In summary, the first half was better than we expected with our
transceiver business growing 7% despite the Covid-19 challenges.
During the second half we remain cautiously optimistic to replicate
the long term annual growth of this business. Our systems business
did not complete any milestones during the period but is forecast
to do so during the second half, and I expect that we will have
entered and commenced new contracts along with gaining increased
clarity on other new system contracts in our VSP.
Kevin Finn
Chairman
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 30 SEPTEMBER 2020
Six months Six months Year
ended ended ended
30 Sep 30 Sep 31 Mar
2020 2019 2020
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
Notes GBP GBP GBP
----------------------------------- ------ ------------- --- ------------- --- ---------------
Revenue 3,790,852 3,541,039 18,908,062
Cost of sales (2,308,881) (2,181,374) (14,537,092)
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Gross profit 1,481,971 1,359,665 4,370,970
Administrative costs (3,919,662) (2,673,611) (6,883,261)
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Operating loss before exceptional
item (2,437,691) (1,313,946) (2,512,291)
Impairment charge 3 - - (3,922,029)
----------------------------------- ------ ------------- --- ------------- --- ---------------
Operating loss after exceptional
item (2,437,691) (1,313,946) (6,434,320)
Finance expenditure (282,925) (231,833) (464,539)
Finance income 654 803 1,430
--- --- ---------------
Loss before income tax (2,719,962) (1,544,976) (6,897,429)
Income tax credit - 160,434 818,407
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Loss for the period (2,719,962) (1,384,542) (6,079,022)
----------------------------------- ------ ------------- --- ------------- --- ---------------
Total comprehensive loss for
the period (2,719,962) (1,384,542) (6,079,022)
----------------------------------- ------ ------------- --- ------------- --- ---------------
Loss per share:
Basic
Diluted 2 (1.66)p (0.90)p (3.93)p
2 (1.66)p (0.90)p (3.93)p
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2020
As at As at As at
30 Sep 30 Sep 31 Mar
2020 2019 2020
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
Notes GBP GBP GBP
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Assets
Non-current assets
Intangible assets 8,252,007 7,314,999 7,776,882
Property, plant and equipment 1,643,557 1,681,063 1,782,048
Deferred Tax 670,778 214,731 670,778
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Total non-current assets 10,566,342 9,210,793 10,229,708
Current assets
Inventories 2,878,417 4,304,690 1,928,730
Trade and other receivables 7,441,661 14,329,314 15,958,534
Cash and cash equivalents 4,996,949 1,747,439 918,808
------------------------------- ------ ------------- -------------- -------------
Total current assets 15,317,027 20,381,443 18,806,072
Liabilities
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables (3,208,505) (4,855,621) (9,044,454)
Financial liabilities 4 (8,490,000) - (4,990,000)
Lease liabilities (205,223) (214,473) (202,445)
Total current liabilities (11,903,728) (5,070,094) (14,236,899)
Net current assets 3,413,299 15,311,349 4,569,173
Total assets less current
liabilities 13,979,641 24,522,142 14,798,881
Long term liabilities
Financial liabilities 4 - (4,990,000) -
Lease liabilities (978,422) (1,019,050) (1,067,741)
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Total long term liabilities (978,422) (6,009,050) (1,067,741)
Net assets 13,001,219 18,513,092 13,731,140
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Shareholders' equity
Share capital 5 164,252 154,794 154,844
Share premium account 13,431,735 11,543,989 11,543,989
Other reserves 7 5,490,596 5,490,596 5,490,596
Retained (loss) / earnings (6,085,364) 1,323,713 (3,458,289)
Total shareholders' equity 13,001,219 18,513,092 13,731,140
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 30 SEPTEMBER 2020
Six months Six months Year ended
ended ended
30 Sep 30 Sep 31 Mar
2020 2019 2020
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
Notes GBP GBP GBP
------------------------------------------ ------------- ------------- -------------
Cash generated from / (used
in) operating activities 6 653,548 (335,916) 857,765
Corporation tax received - - 201,926
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Net cash generated from
/ (used in) operating activities 653,548 (335,916) 1,059,691
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Investing activities
Expenditure on product
development (1,506,194) (1,359,127) (2,970,033)
Purchase of property, plant
and equipment (83,303) (238,873) (523,530)
Interest received 534 803 1,430
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Net cash used in investing
activities (1,588,963) (1,597,197) (3,492,133)
------------------------------------- ---- ------------- ------------- -------------
Financing activities
Gross proceeds on issue
of shares 2,000,005 34,787 34,837
Costs of issue of shares (102,851) - -
New loans issued 3,500,000 - -
Lease repayments (131,848) (64,569) (225,149)
Loan interest paid (251,750) (231,833) (400,605)
------------------------------------- ---- ------------- ------------- -------------
Net cash generated from
/ (used in) financing activities 5,013,556 (261,615) (590,917)
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Net increase / (decrease)
in cash and cash equivalents 4,078,141 (2,194,728) (3,023,359)
------------------------------------- ---- ------------- ------------- -------------
Net cash and cash equivalents
at beginning of period 918,808 3,942,167 3,942,167
------------------------------------- ---- ------------- ------------- -------------
Net cash and cash equivalents
at end of period 4,996,949 1,747,439 918,808
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE SIX MONTHSED 30 SEPTEMBER 2020
Share Share Retained Other Reserves Total
Capital Premium Earnings
GBP GBP GBP GBP GBP
At 31 March 2019 153,223 11,510,773 2,715,218 5,490,596 19,869,810
Total comprehensive loss
for the period - - (1,384,542) - (1,384,542)
Share based payment credit - - (6,963) - (6,963)
Issue of equity share
capital 1,571 33,216 - - 34,787
At 30 September 2019 154,794 11,543,989 1,323,713 5,490,596 18,513,092
Adjustment on initial
application of IFRS 16 - - (93,360) - (93,360)
Total comprehensive loss
for the period - - (4,694,480) - (4,694,480)
Share based payment charge - - 5,838 - 5,838
Issue of equity share
capital 50 - - - 50
At 31 March 2020 154,844 11,543,989 (3,458,289) 5,490,596 13,731,140
Total comprehensive loss
for the period - - (2,719,962) - (2,719,962)
Share based payment charge - - 92,887 - 92,887
Issue of equity share
capital 9,408 1,990,597 - - 2,000,005
Costs of issue of equity
share capital - (102,851) - - (102,851)
At 30 September 2020 164,252 13,431,735 (6,085,364) 5,490,596 13,001,219
NOTES TO THE INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. Accounting Policies
Basis of preparation
The interim financial information in this report has been
prepared using accounting policies consistent with International
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by the European
Union. IFRS is subject to amendment and interpretation by the
International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the IFRS
Interpretations Committee and there is an ongoing process of review
and endorsement by the European Commission. The financial
information has been prepared on the basis of IFRS that the
Directors expect to be adopted by the European Union and applicable
as at 31 March 2021.
Non-statutory accounts
Financial information contained in this document does not
constitute statutory accounts within the meaning of section 434 of
the Companies Act 2006 ("the Act"). The statutory accounts for the
year ended 31 March 2020 have been filed with the Registrar of
Companies. The report of the auditors on those statutory accounts
was unqualified and did not contain a statement under section
498(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006. The audit report drew
attention by way of emphasis to a material uncertainty relating to
going concern.
The financial information for the six months ended 30 September
2020 and 30 September 2019 is unaudited. The interim financial
statements will be available to download on the Company's website
www.srt-marine.com from 19 November 2020.
Accounting policies
The accounting policies as applied by the Group are the same as
those applied by the Group in the consolidated financial statements
for the year ended 31 March 2020.
2. Loss per share
The basic loss per share has been calculated using the loss for
the period of GBP2,719,962 (six months ended 30 September 2019 -
loss of GBP1,384,542; year ended 31 March 2019 - loss of
GBP6,079,022) divided by the weighted average number of ordinary
shares in issue of 163,435,470 (six months ended 30 September 2019
- 154,660,183 and year ended 31 March 2020 - 154,742,293).
During the six months ended 30 September 2020 and 2019 and the
year ended 31 March 2020, the Group has incurred losses for the
periods and therefore there is no impact of the share options
granted on diluted earnings per share.
3. Impairment charge
During the year ended 31 March 2020, the Group incurred an
exceptional impairment charge of GBP3,922,029 in respect of a
contract signed in 2017 to supply a national vessel tracking system
for a Middle East Coast Guard.
4. Financial liabilities
30 Sep 30 Sep 31 Mar
2020 2019 2020
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
GBP GBP GBP
--------------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
Less than one year:
Bank loan 2,500,000 - -
Other loan 5,990,000 - 4,990,000
Total 8,490,000 - 4,990,000
---------------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
More than one year:
Bank loan - - -
Other loan - 4,990,000 -
Total - 4,990,000 -
---------------------- ----------- ----------- -----------
The bank loan of GBP2,500,000 was provided under the UK
government Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) as
part of the Group's COVID-19 resilience financing and is repayable
within one year.
Other loans all relate to drawdowns on a GBP10 million secured
loan note programme which has been arranged by LGB Corporate
Finance and which is secured by a floating charge over the Group's
assets. The loans have terms of up to 3 years and interest rates of
8-10%. During the period a further GBP1,000,000 was drawn-down as
part of a COVID-19 resilience financing.
During the period, a covenant in relation to debt service cover
was breached and a waiver from loan note holders was obtained
subsequent to the period end on 7 October, 2020. Due to the waiver
not being received prior to the period end, IAS 1 requires that the
loans are classified as being repayable in less than one year,
despite their maturity dates as set out below:
GBP
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Maturity date:
December 2020 2,000,000
June 2021 1,150,000
October 2021 1,000,000
March 2022 1,840,000
Total 5,990,000
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5. Share capital
30 Sep 30 Sep 31 Mar
2020 2019 2020
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
GBP GBP GBP
-------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Allotted:
Ordinary shares of 0.1p each 164,252 154,794 154,844
--------------------------------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Reconciliation of movement Number of
in share capital shares
Shares outstanding at 31 March 2019 153,222,419
Exercise of share options (a) 1,571,500
Shares outstanding at 30 September 2019 154,793,919
Exercise of share options (b) 50,000
Shares outstanding at 31 March 2020 154,843,919
Share placing April 2020 (c) 7,208,020
Exercise of share options (d) 2,200,000
Shares outstanding at 30 September 2020 164,251,939
Notes:
a) 35,000 share options were exercised at a price of 0.1p in
April 2019, followed by 1,375,000 at a price of 2.5p in April 2019,
152,500 at a price of 0.1p in June 2019 and 9,000 at a price of
2.5p in July 2019.
b) 30,000 share options were exercised at a price of 0.1p in
October 2019 and a further 20,000 at the same price in December
2019.
c) The placing in April 2020 took place at 25p per share raising
gross proceeds of GBP1,802,005 before costs of GBP102,851.
d) 2,200,000 share options were exercised at a price of 9p in May 2020.
6. Cash used in operating activities
Six months Six months Year ended
ended ended
30 Sep 30 Sep 31 Mar
2020 2019 2020
Unaudited Unaudited Audited
GBP GBP GBP
----------------------------------- -------------- -------------- --------------
Operating loss before exceptional
item (2,437,691) (1,313,946) (2,512,291)
Depreciation of property,
plant and equipment 236,046 166,376 389,997
Amortisation of intangible
fixed assets 1,031,069 669,330 1,818,352
Share-based payment charge
/ (credit) 92,887 (6,963) (1,125)
(Increase) / decrease in
inventories (949,687) (2,070,312) 305,648
Decrease / (increase) in
trade and other receivables 8,516,873 3,682,965 (1,868,283)
(Decrease) / increase in
trade and other liabilities (5,835,949) (1,463,366) 2,725,467
Net cash generated from /
(used in) operating activities 653,548 (335,916) 857,765
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7. Other reserves
Other reserves consist of a capital redemption reserve of
GBP2,857 (six months ended 30 September 2019 - GBP2,857 and year
ended 31 March 2020 - GBP2,857), a warrant reserve of GBP62,400
(six month ended 30 September 2019 - GBP62,400 and year ended 31
March 2020 - GBP62,400) and a merger reserve of GBP5,425,339 (six
months ended 30 September 2019 - GBP5,425,339 and year ended 31
March 2020 - GBP5,425,339). There were no movements in these
reserves during the period.
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