Manganese Bronze Hldgs PLC Delay to Half-Year Results Announcement (9515J)

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RNS Number : 9515J

Manganese Bronze Hldgs PLC

14 August 2012

Manganese Bronze Holdings PLC

14 August 2012

Delay to Half-Year Results Announcement

Further to its announcement of 19 July 2012, Manganese Bronze Holdings PLC ("the Group") announces that it is delaying the release of its unaudited half-year results for the six months ended 30 June 2012 from 20 August due to the need to restate prior years' financial results because of accounting errors that have come to light. The half-year results will be announced on or before 24 September 2012.

In August 2010 the Group introduced a new integrated IT system to help to manage the increasingly complex global supply chain and uploaded the closing general ledger balances from the previous IT system. Due to a combination of system and procedural errors, a number of transactions relating to 2010 and 2011 and some residual balances from the previous system were not properly processed through the new IT system. This problem led to the over-statement of stock and under-statement of liabilities in the financial statements of previous years. The cumulative effect of these errors is an estimated GBP3.9m understatement of historical losses which go back over several years although the work to apportion the loss between previous years is not yet complete. In accordance with the provisions of IAS 8, the balance sheet at 31 December 2011 and the financial results for 2011 and prior years will have to be restated.

Trading in the first seven months of the year has been difficult and remains challenging with the Group continuing to trade at a loss. As announced on 17 May 2012, sales for the first half were lower than in the comparative period in 2011 and the Group currently expects to report net losses for the first half that are substantially higher than reported last year. The Group is expecting higher sales in the second half but does not know at this stage if results for the full year will be in accordance with market expectations.

As at 30 June 2012, the Group had GBP2.8m of headroom on its agreed banking facilities and continues to enjoy the ongoing support of its bankers and Geely.

 
For further information, please contact: 
Manganese Bronze Holdings PLC 
John Russell, Group Chief Executive  Tel: [phone] 
Peter Johansen, Group Finance        Tel: [phone] 
 Director 
 
FTI Consulting 
Nick Hasell                          Tel: [phone] 
 
Grant Thornton UK LLP 
Colin Aaronson/Melanie Frean         Tel: [phone] 
 
 

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