RNS Number : 1918Y
NBNK Investments PLC
13 May 2016
NBNK Investments plc
("NBNK" or "the Company")
Audited results for the period ending 31 December 2015
NBNK Investments plc (AIM: NBNK) announces its audited results for the period ending 31 December
2015.
The following is an extract from the Company's financial statements which will be posted to
shareholders on or around 18 May 2016.
Chairman's review
We have continued to maintain the Company at low cost while appropriate opportunities have been
sought to make an acquisition in accordance with the Company's investment policy. During the fourth quarter of 2015, we were in
continuing discussions with certain businesses that we felt might make suitable acquisition targets. As a result, on 7 January
2016 we informed shareholders that the board had resolved to extend until 11 April 2016 the point at which the directors would
consider if it was appropriate to return unused funds to shareholders and/or to wind up the Company. On that date, we confirmed
that the further negotiations with potential targets had not produced an acquisition proposition capable of being recommended to
shareholders for approval. As a consequence, the directors resolved that it was appropriate to return unused funds to
shareholders and/or to wind up the Company. Detailed consideration has begun into the most cost effective and timely way to
achieve this.
Consequently, the annual report and financial statements for the period to 31 December 2015 have
been prepared on a wind-up basis.
On behalf of the board, I would like to thank shareholders for their support. Some shareholders
have been with the Company since inception, others joined more recently, but all have been very supportive of the mission that
NBNK set out to achieve. The board and I are disappointed that we were unable to deliver an acquisition that would have fulfilled
the Company's investing policy and given value to shareholders.
Stephen L. Johnson
Chairman
Business review
The Company was incorporated on 2 July 2010 as De Facto 9999 Plc. On 2 August 2010, it changed its
name to NBNK Investments plc. The directors of the Company are:
Stephen L. Johnson;
Lord Brennan of Bibury, QC.
The Company's objective has been to try and make a significant acquisition in the European
financial services sector. It raised a significant sum from shareholders for this purpose and the directors were engaged
throughout 2015 in seeking acquisition opportunities to meet its objective. The reported remit was that, if this objective was
not met by 11 January 2016, then the directors would consider whether it was appropriate to return unused funds to shareholders.
Although a brief extension to that timetable was agreed and announced by the directors, discussions with remaining potential
acquisition targets did not progress satisfactorily and accordingly, on 11 April 2016, the Company announced that, there being no
reasonable prospect for a successful acquisition, in line with the Company's investing policy the directors had resolved to
return unused funds to shareholders.
A further announcement on the manner in which this will be achieved will be made in due
course.
Financial results
Income statement
for the year ended 31 December 2015
|
|
Year ended
31 December
2015
£000
|
Year ended
31 December
2014
£000
|
Interest income
|
|
49
|
50
|
Administrative expenses
|
|
(320)
|
(251)
|
Operating loss
|
|
(271)
|
(201)
|
Decrease in fair value of derivative financial liabilities
|
|
-
|
19
|
Loss before taxation
|
|
(271)
|
(182)
|
Taxation
|
|
-
|
-
|
Loss for the year
|
|
(271)
|
(182)
|
Earnings per share (pence) basic
|
|
(0.005)
|
(0.004)
|
Statement of financial position
as at 31 December
|
|
2015
£000
|
2014
£000
|
Current assets
|
|
|
|
Accrued income and prepaid expenses
|
|
8
|
9
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
19,744
|
20,013
|
Total current assets
|
|
19,752
|
20,022
|
Total assets
|
|
19,752
|
20,022
|
Current liabilities
|
|
|
|
Trade and other payables
|
|
48
|
47
|
Derivative financial liabilities
|
|
-
|
-
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
48
|
47
|
Total net assets
|
|
19,704
|
19,975
|
Equity
|
|
|
|
Called up share capital
|
|
5,377
|
5,377
|
Share premium
|
|
43,129
|
43,129
|
Capital redemption
|
|
45
|
45
|
Retained losses
|
|
(28,847)
|
(28,576)
|
Total equity
|
|
19,704
|
19,975
|
Statement of cash flows
for the year ended 31 December 2015
|
|
Year ended
31 December
2015
£000
|
Year ended
31 December
2014
£000
|
Operating activities
|
|
|
|
Operating loss before taxation
|
|
(271)
|
(182)
|
Decrease in fair value of derivative financial liabilities
|
|
-
|
(19)
|
Decrease in receivables
|
|
1
|
2
|
Increase in payables
|
|
1
|
5
|
Cash flow from operating activities
|
|
(269)
|
(194)
|
|
|
|
|
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
(269)
|
(194)
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January
|
|
20,013
|
20,207
|
Cash and cash equivalents at 31 December
|
|
19,744
|
20,013
|
Statement of changes in equity
for the year ended 31 December 2015
|
Share
capital
£000
|
Share
premium
£000
|
Capital
redemption
£000
|
Accumulated
losses
£000
|
Total
£000
|
Total equity as at 1 January 2015
|
5,377
|
43,129
|
45
|
(28,576)
|
19,975
|
Net loss and total comprehensive loss for the year
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(271)
|
(271)
|
Total equity as at 31 December 2015
|
5,377
|
43,129
|
45
|
(28,847)
|
19,704
|
Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held on Tuesday 21 June 2016 at 2.00 p.m. at
Fifth Floor, 100 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7EX.
Status of the information contained in this announcement
The financial information set out above does not constitute the Company's statutory accounts for
2015. Statutory accounts for the period ended 31 December 2015 and 31 December 2014 have been reported on by the Independent
Auditors.
The Independent Auditors' Report on the Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2015 was
unqualified, and included the following emphasis of matter:
Without modifying our opinion on the financial statements we draw your attention to the
disclosures made in the financial statements concerning the company's decision to wind up the company and the basis on which the
financial statements have been prepared. As it is the directors' intention to wind up the company, the financial statements have
not been prepared on a going concern basis.
The Independent Auditors' Report on the Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2014 was
unqualified, did not draw attention to any matters by way of emphasis, and did not contain a statement under 498(2) or 498(3) of
the Companies Act 2006.
The statutory accounts for the period ended 31 December 2015 will be circulated to shareholders on
or around 18 May 2015 and will be published on the Company's website. They will be delivered to the Registrar in due
course.
The financial information in this announcement has been prepared using the recognition and
measurement principles of International Accounting Standards, International Financial Reporting Standards and Interpretations
adopted for use in the European Union (collectively Adopted IFRSs). The accounting policies adopted in this announcement have
been consistently applied and are consistent with the policies used in the preparation of the statutory accounts for the period
ended 31 December 2014, save that the statutory accounts for the period ended 31 December 2015 have not been prepared on a going
concern basis.
- Ends -
For further information contact:
Cenkos Securities plc
(Nominated adviser and broker)
Ian Soanes
Ivonne Cantu
|
+44 207 397 8900
|
Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited
(Company Secretary)
Ian Bowden
|
+44 207 696 5285
|
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
END
ACSSFUSADFMSEFI