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Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type | Share ISIN | Share Description |
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Getech Group Plc | LSE:GTC | London | Ordinary Share | GB00B0HZVP95 | ORD 0.25P |
Price Change | % Change | Share Price | Bid Price | Offer Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade | |
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0.00 | 0.00% | 8.625 | 8.25 | 9.00 | 8.625 | 8.625 | 8.625 | 91,800 | 08:00:00 |
Industry Sector | Turnover | Profit | EPS - Basic | PE Ratio | Market Cap |
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Oil And Gas Field Expl Svcs | 5.07M | -2.83M | -0.0419 | -2.06 | 5.82M |
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GETECH Group plc
04 November 2014
Getech Group plc
("Getech",the "Group" or the "Company")
Final Results for the year ended 31 July 2014
GETECH, the oil services business specialising in the provision of exploration data and petroleum systems studies and evaluations, announces its Final Results for the year ended 31 July 2014.
Financial highlights
-- Profit after tax of GBP1,575,228 (2013: GBP1,634,612) including impact of R&D tax relief claim
-- EPS of 5.21p (2013: 5.57p) -- Revenue of GBP6,592,798 , 18% lower than prior year (2013: GBP8,011,250) -- Profit before tax of GBP1,000,816 (2013: GBP2,246,496)
-- Proposed final dividend of 1.76p (up 10% on the final dividend for the year ended July 2013 of 1.60p) resulting in full-year dividend of 2.20p (2013: 2.00p)
-- Cash level GBP3,422,594 at 31 July 2014 (2013: GBP4,357,927)
Operational highlights
-- Strong growth in commissions revenue which doubled in year -- Successful completion of the first three year build period of Globe -- US$1.1m from two contracts related to the upgraded US domestic gravity data-set
-- 6 clients are now supporting our innovative three year multi-satellite gravity project with funding exceeding GBP1m
-- Post year end, the Company has signed its largest contract ever ($5 million with Sonangol), made good progress in the second phase of Globe and is seeing very strong demand for its commission work
Stuart Paton, Non-Executive Chairman of GETECH Group plc, said: "Following challenging business conditions through much of 2013, the Company had a strong final quarter and delivered a solid set of results for the full year. We have seen a very good start to this financial year, including the Company's largest ever contract. The recent drop in oil price will likely impact on E&P companies' exploration spend. However, the strong start to the year, forward committed income, increasing interest from national oil companies and the strength of our data sales in the US (where exploration spend remains high), give us confidence in the performance of the business going forward."
Enquiries:
Getech Group plc Tel: 0113 322 2200 Raymond Wolfson, Chief Executive ------------------------ -------------------------------------------- WH Ireland Limited Tel: 0161 832 2174 Katy Mitchell ------------------------ -------------------------------------------- Walbrook PR Tel: 020 7933 8780 or getech@walbrookpr.com Helen Cresswell Mob: 07841 917 679 Paul Cornelius Mob: 07866 384 707 ------------------------ --------------------------------------------
Chairman's statement
I am pleased to make my fourth report as Chairman of Getech Group plc and its subsidiary company for the year ended 31 July 2014. Getech is a geoscience services business specialising in the provision of data, studies and services to the oil, gas and mining exploration sectors.
Results
I report a Group profit before tax of GBP1,000,816 (2013: GBP2,246,496) after interest receivable of GBP32,914 (2013: GBP30,897) on revenue of GBP6,592,798 (2013: GBP8,011,250). The post-tax profit was GBP1,575,228 (2013: GBP1,634,612), giving earnings per share of 5.21p (2013: earnings per share 5.57p). The post-tax profit was positively impacted by UK R&D tax credits.
Dividends
Getech intends to continue its progressive dividend policy as appropriate and is proposing a final dividend of 1.76p per share in respect of the year to 31 July 2014 (2013: 1.60p per share) in addition to the interim dividend of 0.44p per share announced in April 2014. The final dividend will be paid on 18 December to shareholders on the register of members on 21 November.
Business review
The financial year 2013-14 was a much more challenging operating environment for the business than the previous two years. There was significantly lower capital expenditure in the upstream sector, due largely to uncertainty about the global economy and hence downward pressure on the oil price, and the cyclical reassessment of expenditure following a number of strong years with cost growth. This reduction appears to have particularly impacted on exploration expenditure, much of which is discretionary and can be cut back without having immediate impact on production and hence earnings. In addition, the last year has been disappointing generally for international exploration with a number of key wells, in new plays, being unsuccessful, which has led to companies reconsidering their exploration expenditure. These trends significantly impacted on Getech's earnings in the first nine months of 2013-14 in particular.
The last quarter of the financial year showed a much stronger environment, with companies committing to expenditure with Getech and consequent impact on the sales pipeline and signed contracts. On 11 June 2014, the Company announced a US$2m contract for a range of products, followed by two contracts worth US$600k and US$500k for US domestic data. The Company also announced that it had secured six clients for its innovative multi-satellite gravity project with income in excess of GBP1m. These contracts underpinned a strong final quarter for Getech. They demonstrate that Getech's technical capabilities are still valued by the industry and that the Company offers key insights as part of the exploration process.
Outlook
Two interlinked factors will impact on Getech's business in the current year and for the near future. There appears to be increasing concern about the growth prospects for the global economy, largely due to concerns about China. This is already having an impact on oil prices, which have softened significantly in the last few months. Given the pullback in exploration spending in 2014, we believe expenditure will not reach the previous high points of 2012 in the near future. We have, however, seen a strong start to the current financial year with a number of large contracts already secured.
There are four areas where we believe we have a strong foundation for growing the business in the short to medium term:
First, our Globe framework, which entered its second phase in August 2014, has seen continued support from the larger exploration and production companies. They clearly see the value of Getech's support in improving their exploration performance. Globe continues to provide an environment that encourages increased interaction with our clients, which is essential to the longer-term benefits of improved exploration performance. With the increased number of clients the annual Globe workshops in Leeds and Houston have become a major event in the year.
Second, we have seen increased demand for proprietary projects. This is partly as a result of the Globe framework, but also increased interest from national oil companies (NOC), as most obviously witnessed by our largest ever contract of US$5m with Sonangol announced on 8 September. We are extremely pleased that we have continued our strong working relationship with Sonangol and hope that this will lead to further large contracts with other NOCs. The Globe framework also allows us to deal with a wider range of companies at geographical scales that are considerably smaller than previously and this will be a major focus of attention in the coming year.
Third, we have seen continuing sales of our gravity and magnetic data-sets, particularly in the US where exploration spend continues to be very strong.
Finally, our strong knowledge base and financial robustness allow us to look at new opportunities. We are in the process of developing new business streams, which build on our key strengths and which we hope will be major revenue generators in the medium term. We are also actively looking at acquisition opportunities, which will extend and grow our core areas of expertise.
I would like to say how pleased I am to continue to be involved with the Company and to thank the staff and my fellow Directors for all their hard work and dedication.
Dr Stuart Paton
Non-executive Chairman
Operating review
I report that in our ninth year as a public quoted company, Getech returned a pre-tax profit of GBP1,000,816 (2013: GBP2,246,496) for the year ended 31 July 2014.
Business setting
The exploration market in the oil and gas sector went through a difficult period during the year. Poor exploration success combined with increasing seismic and well costs generated a cautious environment and expenditure on exploration in general was reduced. Many of the exploration service companies and consultancies suffered as a result. Getech could not avoid this effect, although its increased resilience due to the Globe sponsorship and a number of longer-term projects reduced the short-term impact. As we had signalled, towards the end of the period our very strong sales pipeline started to crystallise into sales, and June and July were exceptional months for new contracts.
Although the oil price weakened towards the end of the period, this did not have an obvious impact on sales and the level of interest in our products.
Business activities
In July 2014, Getech completed the first three year programme of Globe build, with ten major international companies as committed sponsors. Globe as a product has demonstrated that it provides explorationists with a tool that they can use for exploration at a range of scales: from global new ventures through to supporting basin-scale risk reduction.
Our Commissions division, which handles all proprietary work, continued to strengthen and grew significantly during the year. Revenue in the year showed growth of more than 100% on the previous year, reflecting our strategic focus and support for this part of the business.
We continued to develop our reputation as a provider of leading-edge solutions and in July announced that our multi--satellite project, which is a global roll-out of the Cryosat R&D pilot project, had achieved funding in excess of GBP1m to cover a three year programme to June 2017. This project combines the gravity data from several satellites in a way that generates higher resolution results than otherwise available, thereby increasing the value of the data for exploration purposes.
The performance of our US gravity data business during the year was exceptional. In June and July we announced two sales out of our upgraded data-set with aggregate value of US$1.1m. We believe that this resulted from a combination of the major upgrade to the data-set that we had completed the previous year, and an increased interest in North America as an exploration target.
While the year started slowly in terms of major contracts, it ended very strongly. In June, the Directors determined that it was necessary to give the market a trading update, but in view of the strength of the sales pipeline, we signalled in the same announcement that we anticipated a significant flow of new contracts in the near future. Following the trading update, we made the following announcements:
-- in June, we announced a new contract worth US$2m including the second three year Globe Programme, high resolution data-sets and subscription to our three year Global depth to basement project; -- in June, we also announced a major new sale from our upgraded US gravity data-set valued at US$600k; -- in July, we announced a further major sale from our upgraded US gravity data-set worth US$500k; and -- in July, we announced that funding for our three year multi-satellite project had then exceeded GBP1m.
The future
The first Globe Programme developed a product which was primarily of interest to global new ventures teams. During the next period we will extend Globe as a flexible and robust data framework that is capable of meeting the needs of a much broader community of clients.
The second three year period of build for the Globe framework started in July 2014. Five sponsors have already committed to the core data-layers and discussions with others are on-going. In this second period the Globe framework will be upgraded to increase its resolution, within a structure that can be easily delivered to clients in several forms: as a global set of core deliverables; as regional deliverables; or in bespoke parts which can be at any scale and contain any constituent "data-layers" extracted from the overall framework. This will make it attractive to a wider range of clients, of all sizes, operating in all regions of the world and at smaller scales.
The full Globe framework comprises many "data-layers", some of which are delivered as part of the core Globe sponsorship, some of which are only available as additional products. It provides a springboard for the efficient development of new, more focused, regional reports and provides an added-value starting point for new proprietary contracts. Globe is therefore a major asset from which value will be derived in a number of different ways and through a number of different delivery mechanisms.
Our strategy for the Commissions division started to show success in the year just completed by doubling its income year on year. This strategy included an explicit objective to target key clients capable of having a material impact on our performance. In September this part of the strategy achieved its first success when we signed our largest ever contract, with a value of US$5m. This was with the Angolan national oil company, Sonangol, and involves interpretation work on the geological basins in Angola. Such contracts are in line with our corporate strategy to increase the visibility of income by a number of means, one of which is through longer-term proprietary contracts.
Finally, the feedback we have been receiving from clients suggests the Company and its products remain very well regarded and that there is a clear intent to include our products in their 2015 budgets. This, combined with the committed income we already have for the coming year, gives us confidence that 2014-15 will be a very much better year.
Raymond Wolfson
Chief Executive Officer
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
For the year ended 31 July 2014
2014 2013 GBP GBP ----------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ Revenue 6,592,798 8,011,250 Cost of sales (2,126,433) (2,520,500) ----------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ Gross profit 4,466,365 5,490,750 Administrative costs (3,497,841) (3,269,391) ----------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ Operating profit 968,524 2,221,359 Finance income 32,914 30,897 Finance costs (622) (5,760) ----------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ Profit before tax 1,000,816 2,246,496 Income tax credit/(expense) 574,412 (611,884) ----------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ Profit for the year attributable to owners of the Parent 1,575,228 1,634,612 Other comprehensive income Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss: Currency translation differences on translation offoreign operations (95,030) (38,539) ----------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ Total comprehensive income for the year attributable to owners of the Parent 1,480,198 1,596,073 Earnings per share Basic earnings per share 5.21p 5.57p ----------------------------------------- ------------ ------------ Diluted earnings per share 4.95p 5.30p ----------------------------------------- ------------ ------------
Consolidated statement of financial position
As at 31 July 2014
Company registration number 2891368
2014 2013 GBP GBP ------------------------------ ------------ ------------ Assets Non-current assets Property, plant and equipment 2,747,916 2,752,597 Intangible assets 513,476 616,257 Deferred tax assets 311,644 128,543 ------------------------------ ------------ ------------ 3,573,036 3,497,397 ------------------------------ ------------ ------------ Current assets Inventories 180,092 166,000 Trade and other receivables 2,850,538 2,123,384 Other financial assets - 500,000 Current tax assets 812,767 138,885 Cash and cash equivalents 3,422,594 4,357,927 ------------------------------ ------------ ------------ 7,265,991 7,286,196 -------------------------------------------- ------------ Total assets 10,839,027 10,783,593 ------------------------------ ------------ ------------ Liabilities Current liabilities Borrowings - 119,048 Trade and other payables 2,707,710 3,524,420 Current tax liabilities - 108,932 ------------------------------ ------------ ------------ 2,707,710 3,752,400 -------------------------------------------- ------------ Non-current liabilities Trade and other payables - 16,338 Deferred tax liabilities 321,452 110,175 ------------------------------ ------------ ------------ 321,452 126,513 -------------------------------------------- ------------ Total liabilities 3,029,162 3,878,913 ------------------------------ ------------ ------------ Net assets 7,809,865 6,904,680 ------------------------------ ------------ ------------ Equity Equity attributable to owners of the Parent Share capital 75,790 75,319 Share premium account 3,012,960 2,993,092 Capital redemption reserve 6 6 Share option reserve 125,948 122,717 Currency translation reserve (130,757) (35,727) Retained earnings 4,725,918 3,749,273 ------------------------------ ------------ ------------ Total equity 7,809,865 6,904,680 ------------------------------ ------------ ------------
The financial statements on were approved by the Board of Directors on 3 November 2014.
Dr S M Paton
Director
Consolidated statement of cash flows
For the year ended 31 July 2014
2014 2013 GBP GBP Cash flows from operating activities Profit before tax 1,000,816 2,246,496 Share-based payment charge 21,186 22,574 Depreciation and amortisation charges 239,704 213,592 Finance income (32,914) (30,897) Finance costs 622 5,760 Exchange adjustments 44,686 (77,058) Increase in inventories (14,092) (106,000) (Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables (727,154) 839,544 (Decrease)/increase in trade and other payables (833,048) 208,761 --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Cash (used in)/generated from operations (300,194) 3,322,772 Income taxes paid (180,226) (851,036) --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Net cash (used in)/generated from operating activities (480,420) 2,471,736 --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Cash flows from investing activities Purchase of property, plant and equipment (106,897) (190,463) Development costs capitalised (82,867) - Funds transferred into fixed term deposits 500,000 (500,000) Interest received 32,914 30,897 --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Net cash generated from/(used in) investing activities 343,150 (659,566) --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Cash flows from financing activities Proceeds from issue of share capital 20,339 153,780 Repayment of long-term borrowings (119,048) (285,714) Equity dividends paid (616,538) (351,668) Interest paid (622) (5,760) --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Net cash used in financing activities (715,869) (489,362) --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents (853,139) 1,322,808 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 4,357,927 3,010,782 Exchange adjustments to cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year (82,194) 24,337 --------------------------------------------- ---------- ---------- Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 3,422,594 4,357,927 --------------------------------------------- ---------- ----------
Consolidated statement of changes in equity
For the year ended 31 July 2014
Share Capital Share Currency Share premium redemption option translation Retained capital account reserve reserve reserve earnings Total GBP GBP GBP GBP GBP GBP GBP ------------------------------ ---------- ----------- --------- ------------ ---------- ------------ At 1 August 2012 73,093 2,841,538 6 188,502 2,812 2,377,970 5,483,921 --------------------- ------- ---------- ----------- --------- ------------ ---------- ------------ Dividends - - - - - (351,668) (351,668) Issue of capital under share-based payment options 2,226 151,554 - (88,359) - 88,359 153,780 Share-based payment charge - - - 22,574 - - 22,574 --------------------- ------- ---------- ----------- --------- ------------ ---------- ------------ Transactions with owners 2,226 151,554 - (65,785) - (263,309) (175,314) --------------------- ------- ---------- ----------- --------- ------------ ---------- ------------ Profit for the year - - - - - 1,634,612 1,634,612 Other comprehensive income Currency translation differences - - - - (38,539) - (38,539) --------------------- ------- ---------- ----------- --------- ------------ ---------- ------------ Total comprehensive income for the year - - - - (38,539) 1,634,612 1,596,073 --------------------- ------- ---------- ----------- --------- ------------ ---------- ------------ At 31 July 2013 75,319 2,993,092 6 122,717 (35,727) 3,749,273 6,904,680 --------------------- ------- ---------- ----------- --------- ------------ ---------- ------------ Dividends - - - - - (616,538) (616,538) Issue of capital under share-based payment options 471 19,868 - (17,955) - 17,955 20,339 Share-based payment charge - - - 21,186 - - 21,186 --------------------- ------- ---------- ----------- --------- ------------ ---------- ------------ Transactions with owners 471 19,868 - 3,231 - (598,583) (575,013) --------------------- ------- ---------- ----------- --------- ------------ ---------- ------------ Profit for the year - - - - - 1,575,228 1,575,228 Other comprehensive income Currency translation differences - - - - (95,030) - (95,030) --------------------- ------- ---------- ----------- --------- ------------ ---------- ------------ Total comprehensive income for the year - - - - (95,030) 1,575,228 1,480,198 --------------------- ------- ---------- ----------- --------- ------------ ---------- ------------ At 31 July 2014 75,790 3,012,960 6 125,948 (130,757) 4,725,918 7,809,865 --------------------- ------- ---------- ----------- --------- ------------ ---------- ------------
Notes to the consolidated financial statements
For the year ended 31 July 2014
Nature of operations
The principal activity of Getech Group plc and its subsidiary company Geophysical Exploration Technology Inc. (collectively "Getech" or "the Group") is the provision of gravity and magnetic data, services and geological studies to the petroleum and mining industries to assist in their exploration activities.
General information
Getech Group plc is the Group's ultimate Parent Company ("the Parent Company"). It is incorporated in England and Wales and domiciled in England (CRN: 2891368). The address of its registered office is Convention House, St Mary's Street, Leeds LS9 7DP. Its principal place of business is Kitson House, Elmete Hall, Elmete Lane, Leeds LS8 2LJ. Getech Group plc shares are admitted to trading on the London Stock Exchange's AIM.
Basis of preparation
These consolidated financial statements ("the financial statements") have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in issue as adopted by the European Union. IFRS include interpretations issued by the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC).
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention except in relation to financial instruments held at fair value through profit or loss.
The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the Group for the purpose of preparation of the financial statements.
The Parent Company financial statements have been prepared using United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
The Directors have instituted regular reviews of trading and cash flow forecasts and have considered the sensitivity of these forecasts to different assumptions about future income and costs. With the sound cash levels and continued prospects for profitable trading, the Directors are fully satisfied that the Group is a going concern and will be able to continue trading for the foreseeable future.
Financial information
The financial information set out above, which was approved by the Board on 3 November 2014, is derived from the full Group accounts for the year ended 31 July 2014 and does not constitute the statutory accounts within the meaning of section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. The Group accounts on which the auditors have given an unqualified report, which does not contain a statement under section 498(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006 in respect of the accounts for 2014, will be delivered to the Registrar of Companies in due course.
The statutory accounts for the year ended 31 July 2013 which have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies, contained an unqualified audit report and did not include a statement under s498(2) or s498(3) of the Companies Act 2006.
Dividends
2014 2013 GBP GBP ------------------------------------------------------- -------- Paid during the year Final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 July 2013 at 1.6p per share (2012: 0.8p) 482,125 234,442 Interim dividend at 0.44p per share (2013: 0.4p) 134,413 117,226 --------------------------------------------- -------- -------- 616,538 351,668 ------------------------------------------------------- -------- Proposed after the year end (not recognised as a liability) Final dividend in respect of the year ended 31 July 2014 at 1.76p per share (2013: 1.6p) 533,565 482,125 --------------------------------------------- -------- --------
The proposed final dividend per share for the year ended 31 July 2014 is subject to approval by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting on 9 December 2014.
Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing the profit attributable to equity holders of the Group by the weighted average number of the Ordinary Shares in issue in the year.
2014 2013 ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------- Profit attributable to equity holders of GBP1,575,228 GBP1,634,612 the Group Weighted average number of Ordinary Shares in issue 30,249,212 29,323,481 Basic earnings per share 5.21p 5.57p Diluted earnings per share 4.95p 5.30p -------------------------------------------- ------------- -------------
Diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing the profit attributable to equity holders of the Group by the weighted average number of the Ordinary Shares which would be in issue if all the options granted, other than those which are anti-dilutive, were exercised. The addition to the weighted number of the Ordinary Shares used in the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the year ended 31 July 2014 is 1,560,109 (2013: 1,494,138).
Notice of Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of Getech Group plc ("the Company") will be held at Kitson House, Elmete Hall, Elmete Lane, Leeds LS8 2LJ on 9 December 2014 at 12 noon.
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