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Annual Report
and Accounts 2015

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Delivering the right drug to the right patient at the right time

Introduction

Clinigen Group is a global pharmaceutical and services 
company with a unique business model. Clinigen’s mission  
is to deliver the right drug to the right patient at the right 
time, to improve the quality of people’s lives around the 
world. The Group consists of four synergistic businesses that 
provide medicines to patients with unmet need; through 
clinical trials, licensed and unlicensed supply.

LEADERS...

Ethical

Unique

Fast growing

We are the leading global patient 
access specialist working to provide 
ethical and compliant access to 
unlicensed and licensed medicines for 
healthcare providers and their patients 
with high unmet medical need.

The combination of businesses we 
have is unique and synergistic, we are 
able to centrally manage treatment 
access for patients via the clinical trial, 
licensed and unlicensed routes. In an 
industry that is typically divided into 
pharmaceutical companies and  
service businesses, we are the only 
organisation to provide global access to 
medicines across the various routes.

We continually deliver strong organic 
growth supplemented by acquisitional 
growth. Clinigen has become the 
global market leader in the supply of 
medicines for use in clinical trials and 
the global market leader in providing 
access to unlicensed medicines. We 
have expanded our global footprint, 
supplying to 130 countries worldwide.

To read more  
see page 08

To read more  
see page 12

To read more  
see page 20

Strategic report

Governance

Financial statements

40  Board of Directors
42  Report of the Directors 

01  Highlights
02  Expanding our global footprint
04  Chief Executive Officer’s statement
08  LEADERS. Ethical
10  Market Overview
12  LEADERS. Unique
14  Our business model
19  KPIs
20  LEADERS. Fast Growing
22  Operational review
32  Chief Financial Officer’s statement
36  A responsible business

Independent Auditors’ report

45 
47  Consolidated statement of comprehensive 

Income

48  Consolidated statement of financial 

position

49  Consolidated statement of cash flows
50  Consolidated statement of changes in 

Equity

51  Notes forming part of the consolidated 

financial statements
Independent Auditors’ report

82 
84  Company balance sheet
85  Notes to the Company balance sheet

Clinigen Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2015

Business  
highlights

Clinigen Group Acquisition

Highlight
•  Acquisition of Idis in April 2015 established the Group’s international market 
leader status in both unlicensed ethical supply of medicines and in clinical 
trials supply as well as providing commercialisation opportunities for SP. 

Clinigen Clinical Trial Services (CTS)

CTS are the global leader in the 
specialist supply and management of 
quality‑assured comparator drugs and 
other commercial medicines for patients 
in clinical trials. CTS is also developing 
‘Expanded Value Services’ to clinical 
trial sites.

Idis Managed Access (MA) 

MA manages ethical worldwide access 
to the most promising, innovative early 
stage medicines on behalf of 
pharmaceutical and biotech companies, 
to meet an unmet patient need.

Idis Global Access (GA)

GA provides high quality ethical access 
to post approval and short supply 
medicines, in regions where patients 
have low or non‑existent access to 
these often essential drugs. Our aim is 
to be the go to solution for healthcare 
professionals, in order to meet this 
currently unmet patient need.

Highlights
•  Clinigen Clinical Trial Services (CTS): strong US performance and increase  

in customers to 85 (2014: 73) 

•  Developing new Expanded Value Services; ‘Just in Time’ smarter supply and 

labelling and direct to site services

To read more  
see page 24

Highlight
• 

Idis Managed Access (MA) (includes Clinigen Global Access Programs): 
increase in deliveries of innovative early stage medicines to 418,000 units  
via 62,000 shipments (2014: 263,000 units from 40,000 shipments) with  
99 products under active management.

To read more  
see page 26

Highlight
• 

Idis Global Access (GA): new business unit created from acquisition  
of Idis. Combined with the proposed acquisition of Link Healthcare (‘Link’),  
this provides Clinigen with a significant potential to shape the ethical  
on‑demand unlicensed supply market and drug shortages market,  
estimated at $5bn.

To read more  
see page 28

Clinigen Specialty Pharmaceuticals (SP)

SP acquires the rights to and then 
revitalises essential niche hospital  
only medicines. 

Highlight
•  Clinigen Specialty Pharmaceuticals(SP): acquisition of fifth product,  
oncology support, Ethyol® (amifostine), widens portfolio and dilutes 
dependency on Foscavir; lifting of EMA Article 31 referral in place on 
Cardioxane remains on track.

To read more  
see page 30

Clinigen Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2015

How we 
operate

There are only three ways for a patient to ethically access a drug and 
we are the only company to globally manage access to all three routes.

Clinigen is unique in its ability to operate across all three stages of  
the drug lifecycle. 

The New Clinigen Model

2

Unlicensed Medicine

4

Local/Regional 
Commercial Access

1

Clinical Trial/IIT

3

Licensed Medicine

Global BD

Sales & 
Marketing

Customer
Service

e-Commerce

Quality, Reg  
& Medical

Logistics

Finance & Legal

HR

IT

 Right Drug

 Right Patient

 Right Time

Delivering the right drug to the right patient at the right timeClinigen Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2015Financial 
highlights

Financial highlights

•  Revenues increased by 45% to 

£184.4m (2014: £126.6m)

•  Gross profit increased 30%, 

mainly driven by 25% growth in 
Clinigen Specialty Pharmaceuticals 
(SP) gross profits and the 
acquisition of Idis Group Holdings 
Limited (‘Idis’) in April 2015

•  Underlying EBITDA up 20% to 

£32.3m (2014: £26.8m)

•  Final dividend 2.3p per share 
proposed; total dividend 3.4p  
per share (2014: 3.1p per share), 
up 10%

•  Adjusted underlying earnings  
per share1 up 14% to 28.0p  
(2014: 24.5p), reported earnings 
per share at 6.5p (2014: 19.6p)  
are after one off acquisition  
costs and post‑acquisition 
restructuring costs 

 1  The adjusted earnings per share is based 
on underlying profit after tax adjusted for 
amortisation and associated tax for the year 
and the weighted average number of shares 
of 87,242,269

Turnover

£184.4m

15
14
13
12

184,359
126,639
122,580
82,146

Gross profit

£53.7m

15
14
13
12

Underlying EBITDA

£32.3m

15
14
13
12

53,651
41,203
35,123
29,032

32,302
26,836
22,403
29,289

Dividend

2.3p  +10%

Adjusted underlying EPS1

28.0p  +14%

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Clinigen Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2015Financial statementsStrategic reportGovernanceExtending our 
global footprint

Growing our geographical presence and harnessing our global 
networks are key strategic priorities for us as they strengthen  
our capability to ethically deliver the right drug to the right patient  
at the right time. 

Our global supply and distribution 
network enables us to manage  
the supply of medicines in more 
than 130 countries, ensuring the 
estimated 5.5bn patients around 
the world have access to the  
low or non-existent treatments 
they need. The proposed 
acquisition of Link will enrich  
our presence in the Asia, Africa 
and Australasia (the AAA region), 
enabling us to gain local expertise, 
beneficial relationships and 
heightened distribution 
management. Furthermore the 
strategic alliance with Cumberland 
Pharmaceuticals (‘Cumberland’)  
will build on Clinigen’s existing 
North American relationships by 
providing complementary support 
in the development, marketing, 
promotion and distribution of 
future products in the US.

We aim to continue with the organic 
and acquisitional growth strategy 
going forward, developing the global 
capabilities we now have in place, 
and enhancing the strategic alliance 
agreements we have in place which 
provide expansion both geographically  
and in product availability.

Clinigen Group distribution territory 
Clinigen Group office locations
Link Healthcare office locations
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals office locations

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Clinigen Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2015Delivering the right drug to the right patient at the right timeDelivering the right drug 
to the right patient  
at the right time

Operating businesses

4

Countries supplied

130

Units shipped – CTS

556,000

Units shipped – licensed

837,000

Units shipped – unlicensed

977,000

Total units shipped

2,370,000

03

Clinigen Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2015Financial statementsStrategic reportGovernanceChief Executive Officer’s  
statement

Clinigen had a very strong year, advancing 
all its key strategic goals, including the 
acquisition of which has consolidated the 
Group’s market leader position in CTS and 
taken it to global market leader in unlicensed 
supply. The recently announced proposed 
acquisition of Link will significantly 
strengthen our global footprint, particularly 
in Asia, Africa and Australasia. In addition 
our strategic alliance with Cumberland will 
build on Clinigen’s existing North American 
relationships by providing complementary 
support from Cumberland in the 
development, marketing, promotion and 
distribution of future products in the US, 
with Clinigen supporting Cumberland 
outside the US.

It is also very satisfying to note that all 
operating divisions have contributed to 
growth; not only as shown in these  
audited results (10 months Clinigen plus  
two months with Idis) but, possibly more 
importantly for the underlying business, 
there is strong organic growth on a full  
year pro forma basis.1

38% for MA, 10% for GA and 26% SP. 
This indicates very strong underlying 
performance, validating our acquisition 
decision, furthermore we expect to see this 
strong performance carry through into FY16. 
The underlying EBITDA at £32.3m showed 
an impressive 20% growth, which remained 
strong at +25% on a pro forma basis.

Overview of results
Overall sales at £184.4m showed 45% 
growth pro forma, with gross profit of 
£53.7m up 30%. On a pro forma basis, this 
was 27% and 24% growth respectively. 
All four divisions contributed to this growth 
with at least double digit organic profit 
growth on a pro forma basis; 17% for CTS, 

The integration of the Idis business has 
gone very well. Both the CTS and MA 
divisions were fully amalgamated post‑
acquisition seamlessly with immediate 
effect. The Idis Clinical Trial Procurement 
(Idis CTP) business was quite small and 
rolled up into Clinigen’s CTS business very 
easily. With MA it was the reverse, 

1.  Year on year comparisons, referred to as ‘pro forma’ are calculated from the aggregated unaudited results taken from management information of both Clinigen and Idis, 

for the 12 months ended 30 June 2015 and for the 12 months ended 30 June 2014, respectively. Pro forma information is being presented to aid the reader’s 
understanding of the enlarged group’s combined performance. 

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Clinigen Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2015Delivering the right drug to the right patient at the right timeThere is a global 
healthcare crisis related 
to access to medicines 
which Clinigen is well 
positioned to address.

¢  67%  Poland
¢  30%  UK
¢  3%   Romania

Overall sales

£184.4m

 45%

Overall gross profit

£53.7m

 30%

Clinigen has a culture of rewarding its 
employees for working hard and going the 
extra mile. We do this in many different 
and novel ways, with individual awards 
and group experiences that recognise 
their efforts: if they give us their goodwill 
we repay it with ours. 

Market positioning
Since its inception just five years ago, 
Clinigen has had a clear mission: to get  
the right drug to the right patient at the 
right time. One key observation has driven 
our strategies to achieve this, which is  
that some 80% of the world’s population, 
an estimated 5.5bn people, have low or 
non‑existent access to medicines, many of 
which are essential medicines. This global 
health and medicines crisis has occurred 
for many reasons, some of which we have 
seen as opportunities to build a high‑
growth global pharmaceutical company. 

As discussed in the market overview on 
pages 10 to 11, there are many reasons 
why there is high unmet need across the 
world. Consequently, there is increasing 
demand for medicines not necessarily 
available or licensed where the patient is 
being treated; these are the drivers behind 
Clinigen’s specialty pharma and 
unlicensed supply businesses.

Acquisitions
Clinigen’s acquisition of Idis in April 2015, 
our strategic alliance with Cumberland and 
recently announced proposed acquisition of 
Link are all aimed at addressing this global 
health and medicines crisis and reaching our 
stated ambition, as outlined in last year’s 
annual report; ‘to become a recognised 
world‑leading specialty pharmaceutical 
company, with an unrivalled global 
distribution capability for licensed and 
unlicensed medicines’. 

Idis was acquired through a placing which 
raised £135m and by £106m of new debt. 
The acquisition fulfilled a number of 
Clinigen’s strategic goals, including 
accelerating Clinigen to market‑leader status 
in the unlicensed supply of medicines, 
adding commercialisation opportunities for 
SP and becoming market‑leader in clinical 
trials supply.

Clinigen is looking to become the ‘go to’ 
ethical provider of good quality unlicensed 
or short‑supply medicines on a global 
basis. This service will be targeted at the 
healthcare professional (the pharmacist, the 
key opinion leader) managing those difficult 
to treat patients under their care, wherever 
they are in the world. 

05

Peter George
Chief Executive Officer

Clinigen’s smaller managed access business 
(Clinigen GAP) was rolled into Idis’ MA 
business, again easily. The immediate full 
integration leaves it impossible to 
distinguish between the legacy business 
unit’s activities and their performance  
which has been fully combined for the final 
two months of FY15 and going forward into 
FY16. Both SP (Clinigen alone) and  
GA (Idis alone) were unaffected by the 
combination of the businesses as they had 
no counterpart in the respective business.

Our people and values
We try to instill in our people an 
understanding that the patient, who is the 
ultimate beneficiary of our products or 
services, should be thought of as a friend 
or family member; if we do that we are 
motivated to care more, if we care more 
we are all motivated to provide 
outstanding customer service and the 
patient and healthcare professional 
receives a world‑leading customer 
experience. This has been recognised in 
2015 with the Service Mark Award from 
the Institute of Customer Services for 
World Class Customer Service. During 
this survey the Clinigen culture was 
described as ‘unique and as ‘feel it, not 
see it’ which resonates throughout the 
various departments and teams’. This is 
an approach and accolade we are very 
proud of.

Clinigen Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2015Financial statementsStrategic reportGovernanceChief Executive Officer’s statement 
continued

The combination of Idis’ brand and market‑
leading status and Link’s local knowledge 
and distribution capabilities in the AAA 
region, with Clinigen’s reputation and hub 
and spoke distribution network, including 
Cumberland, makes the new larger 
organisation a strong global leader in this 
sector and capable of shaping the market. 

Progressing our strategy
These businesses together with CTS’s 
market‑leading position in clinical trial drug 
supply and SP’s revitalisation model 
for niche hospital‑only drugs, makes the 
Group unique. There are only three routes to 
get a medicine into a human subject: as part 
of a clinical trial, as a licensed marketed drug  
or as an unlicensed medicine, and Clinigen 
is the only company that manages the 
supply of all three routes to market.

In last year’s annual report we also stated 
that ‘two key strategic goals will be 
prioritised in FY15: the strengthening of  
the Group’s global capabilities and the 
revitalisation of the new products in our 
portfolio’. We have made great strides in 
progressing both of these.

Secondly, revitalisation: Clinigen’s newer 
assets (Cardioxane, Savene and Ethyol) are 
all progressing to plan. The biggest single 
project is the lifting of the EMA Article 31 
referral in place on Cardioxane. In 2011, 
prior to our ownership, the referral led to a 
significant decrease in Cardioxane’s usage 
when the contraindication for use in children 
and adolescents was imposed. In our 
pursuit to have this lifted, we have gained 
significant support from the academic 
community and have taken our case to the 
EMA through the Agence Nationale de 
Sécurité du Médicament (ANSM), as 
France is the reference member state for 
Cardioxane. We await a final timeline for 
the review outcome but expect it to be 
in the next six months. Savene is now fully 
under Clinigen’s control and the transfer 
of manufacturing for Ethyol is proceeding 
to plan. 

Looking ahead
Our markets, trends and developments
Clinigen operates in two clearly defined, 
reasonably well recognised, markets and 
one less defined but rapidly developing 
sector. 

Firstly, all four operating businesses will 
benefit from the strengthening of the 
Group’s global footprint. Whether it is 
licensed and unlicensed product distribution 
or clinical trial sourcing and distribution, 
greater global capabilities are a benefit.  
This is true whether it be in developed 
markets like North America where we are 
establishing a strategic alliance with 
Cumberland to manage our future Specialty 
Pharmaceuticals assets or emerging 
markets where we have acquired Link 
to strengthen our footprint in the AAA 
region (Asia, Africa and Australasia). 

Clinical trial services and drug supply is well 
defined, continues to grow strongly with 
many trends that drive outsourcing to global 
specialists like Clinigen. As the market‑
leader in the sector, we have identified 
areas of underserved needs where we are 
well positioned to provide a range of higher 
value services to our customers, enabling  
us to differentiate and stay ahead of our 
competitors. For example we can offer 
more ‘just in time’ and demand‑driven 
labelling and delivery services; smarter 
supply and distribution solutions which 
avoids waste of unused products and our 

first agreed programs will start in FY16.  
Also with the changing nature of the clinical 
trial environment specialist sourcing and  
the generation of Real World Data,  
we have the opportunity to provide direct  
to site services. These services started  
in FY15 and to date we offer this to eight 
companies, covering 22 active studies, 
supplying 33 medicines to 252 sites, we 
expect this to grow in FY16 also. This 
discreet market is estimated to be worth 
around $1bn and growing.

The specialty pharmaceutical market is  
also clearly defined and Clinigen is a niche 
player, supplying hospital‑only medicines. 
Clinigen takes a different position to most 
competitors insofar as we target mature 
medicines which we think could be 
revitalised and returned to growth. The 
potential to acquire such assets remains 
strong and we will continue our pursuit of 
building our portfolio to ten assets over the 
next five years.

The market for the supply of unlicensed 
medicines is less well defined. Through  
Idis MA, Clinigen enables access to 
newly‑developed medicines at the pre‑  
or early‑marketing stage. Here we are 
supporting the pharmaceutical companies 
developing these medicines and the 
clinicians who want early access to new 
treatments. Idis MA is by some way the 
global market‑leader in this sector and 
currently most direct competitors are local 
and small. CROs (Contract Research 
Organisations) are exploring this market 
sector and it is possible that a number may 
become competitors over the coming years. 

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However, there is another sector of 
unlicensed medicines supply which is 
driven by the prescriber or hospital 
pharmacist. This sector is rapidly growing, 
in no small part due to increased patient 
and clinician awareness of therapies 
available to treat disease but not 
necessarily licensed or in stock where the 
patient is being treated. Clinigen has sized 
the addressable global market here as 
$5bn annually and currently, so far as we 
are aware, no one is offering a credible 
ethical global solution. Through GA,  
it has supplied circa 1,600 different 
products in the last 12 months, with over 
1,300 held as stock lines, to 3,000 different 
customers, of which over 1,000 are 
hospitals, in over 70 different countries. 
But this is just scratching the surface of 
this huge unaddressed market. The Group 
already supplies over 5,000 hospitals in 
more than 130 countries through its MA 
and SP businesses and we are making 
these aware of our GA services also.  
In addition the Link acquisition will 
significantly enhance our ‘local capabilities’ 
in this ‘global’ service offering. Clinigen 
wants to become the ‘go to’ provider of 
high‑quality ethical unlicensed or short‑
supply or withdrawn medicines on a global 
basis and we intend to develop our strong 
Idis GA brand and Link businesses to 
enable us to achieve this goal. 

Peter George
Chief Executive Officer

24 September 2015

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LEADERS. Ethical

80% of the world’s population, an estimated  
5.5bn people, have low or non-existent access to 
medicines, many of which are essential medicines.

‘Unethical’ unlicensed supply
•  Market size estimated minimum of $5bn
• 

Internet pharmacy, uncontrolled import, direct to patient, parallel import,  
illegal medicines

•  Some estimates range up to $200bn for counterfeit medicines

Ethical on-demand unlicensed supply
•  Market size c.$2.2bn
In Europe, GA dominates
• 
• 
In RoW, demand met by local wholesalers and agents
•  An ethical supplier can offer a compelling wider solution

Exclusive managed access programs
•  Market size c.$500 – 600m
•  MA are the market‑leaders
•  A significant proportion of this is managed in‑house and some early access by CROs

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overview

Huge Potential

Exclusive 
managed 
access 
programs 
Market size 
c.$500–600m

Extended access  
(non launch)

Early  
access

Mature  
access

General unethical  
unlicensed supply 
Market size estimated  
minimum of $5bn 

Ethical on-demand  
unlicensed supply 
Market size c.$2.2bn

Unmet need
80% of the world’s population, an estimated 
5.5bn people, have low or non‑existent 
access to medicines, many of which are 
essential medicines.1 This global health and 
medicines crisis is the result of many factors; 
where the patients live or are being treated, 
the type of drug they require, the war on 
narcotics has restricted access to certain pain 
medications, it may be because of the 
disease they suffer from, or drug resistance, 
discontinued production of unprofitable 
existing medicines or the prohibitive price  
of many drugs. Globally, greater patient 
knowledge, population growth, the 
increasing elderly population and incidence  
of chronic diseases, as well as higher 
disposable incomes are all factors driving 
demand for medicines not necessarily 
licensed where the patient is being treated. 

Whichever of these reasons is paramount, 
there is a high global unmet need for the 
ethical supply of good quality unlicensed 
medicines.

Counterfeit medicines
This unmet need has created an opportunity 
for criminals who produce and supply 
counterfeit or sub‑standard medicines. This 
has resulted in profit margins for counterfeit 
medical products often being higher than for 
narcotics. In an article published in December 
2014 by the Guardian, the World Customs 
Organisation highlighted that the global 
market for counterfeit drugs was worth 
$200bn (£130bn). This supersedes the 
prostitution market and the heroin and 
cocaine markets, which are worth $160bn.2 

Visually, it can be almost impossible to tell a 
counterfeit medicine from a genuine one 
which makes it easy for some falsified drugs 
to enter the supply chain. When a counterfeit 
version of a cholesterol‑lowering drug was 
discovered in the UK in 2005, only 40% of 
the 120,000 products recalled from almost 
240 pharmacies were found to be genuine.3,4 

To read more about our risks 
see page 38

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Clinigen Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2015Delivering the right drug to the right patient at the right timeAn estimated 50% of all drugs sold online 
are falsified drugs. In emerging economies 
counterfeit drugs account for 10% of the 
total medicines market; the proportion is 
20% in the former Soviet republics and in 
Latin America, South East Asia and 
Sub‑Saharan Africa an estimated 30% of 
medicines are fake.5 

One of the major challenges of addressing 
the issue of counterfeit medicines lies in 
their wide geographical distribution. The 
OECD reported that during an investigation, 
the same counterfeit drugs manufactured 
at one plant in China were being sold in 
over 40 countries.6 

Borders and customs agencies have taken 
action to tackle the illegal trafficking of 
counterfeit medicines; in 2006 EU officials 
seized 2.7m items. In 2008, a two month 
operation codenamed MEDI‑FAKE 
confiscated 34m counterfeit items ranging 
from antibiotics to erectile dysfunction 
drugs, and including chemicals used in 
their manufacture.7 

Internet pharmacies
Internet pharmacies are also targeting  
this high unmet need. Most internet 
pharmacies are not ethical and do not  
require a prescription to supply. In addition, 
the medicines ordered on‑line are often 
dangerous drugs which, when self‑
prescribed pose a serious health risk. 
According to the US Drug Enforcement 
Agency, 85% of internet drug sales are 
controlled drugs but only 11% of those drugs 
are available through traditional pharmacies. 
The European Alliance for Access to Safe 
Medicines (EAASM) estimates that 62%  
of websites which conceal their physical 
address supply counterfeits.8

According to a 2012 report and data 
collected from 2008‑2012 by the US‑
based National Association of Boards of 
Pharmacy (NABP), 96% of approximately 
9,000 websites reviewed were not 
compliant with state and federal laws, 
pharmacy practice, and/or patient safety 
standards, therefore posing a significant 
risk to consumers.9

Surveys undertaken in the US around 
brand infringement for six prescription 
only medicines (POMs), found 110,000 
fraudulent sites and 2,986 online 
pharmacies. Most were hosted in the US, 
China and Russia, with 12% in the UK. 
Estimates of annual sales through such 
sites increased from $4bn to $12bn in 
2007 to 2008. These sites declared fake 
accreditation, rarely required a prescription 
or sold drugs at significant discounts 
compared with genuine sources.

Global economy
80% of the world’s population live in 
Africa, Asia and South America, the vast 
majority of these people have low or 
non‑existent access to medicines,10 
accounting for only 10% of the global 
pharmaceutical market sales.  Five of the 
eight fastest growing economies fall into 
these regions, however, many of these 
countries do not recognise intellectual 
property rights or have poorly defined 
regulatory systems in pharmaceuticals.  
As a result, if a patient is able to gain 
access to a medicine, the risk of that 
medicine being sub‑standard or a 
counterfeit is significant.

Global political policy can further restricted 
access to certain medicines. The licensing 
and monitoring of certain types of drug, 
such as narcotics, is rigorously controlled 
with complex and demanding standards of 
compliance. This, coupled with concerns 
about the security of the supply chain for 
legal dugs and the threat of their being 
used illegally, prevents many countries 
who lack the expertise and resources 
from meeting the standards required.

As an example, Talking Drugs reported  
in April 2015 that 92% of the global usage 
of morphine, which has been named  
an ‘essential medicine’ by the World 
Health Organization is concentrated on 
just 17% of the world’s population, all of 
whom live in wealthier countries that can 
afford to meet the strict regulatory and 
logistical standards. This leaves 150 
countries with very limited or no access  
to morphine at all.1

In addition, predominantly profit driven 
R&D also means that research into the 
health needs of people in developing 
countries has come to a near standstill.2 
An assessment of 2,257 new products 
that were brought to market in France 
between 1981 and 2000 showed that 
63% of new products were ‘me too’ drugs 
which are structurally very similar to an 
already existing drug with only minor 
differences, and only seven products 
(0.13%) represented real therapeutic 
breakthroughs. In the US, less than 5%  
of the drugs introduced by top twenty‑ 
five pharma were therapeutic advances.  
Of these, 70% were developed with 
government involvement. Similarly,  
68% of the 1,393 new chemical entities 
registered worldwide for marketing over 
the prior 25 years were classified as  
‘me too’ drugs, only 1% were for tropical 
diseases and tuberculosis; diseases that 
together account for over 11% of the 
worldwide disease burden.

Environmental growth drivers
•  Rapid innovation in drug development
• 
•  Publications, press releases, online 

Internet, social media, advocacy groups

communities

•  Patients and families more educated  
and empowered than ever before
•  Physicians who are motivated by  
their empowered patients to help  
gain access to new medicines
Increased demand to find alternative 
routes to access innovative new drugs

• 

New legislation 
Following the introduction of ‘Right to Try’ 
legislation in early 2014, more than 20 states 
in the US have introduced so called these 
bills, and a similar number are in the process 
of introducing the law. Right to Try aims to 
provide a legal framework to allow terminally 
ill patients to request access to experimental, 
and potentially life‑saving treatments more 
easily. The legislation was developed as an 
additional route to access to the US Federal 
Drug Administration’s (FDA) ‘Compassionate 
Use’ process which has recently been 
reviewed to vastly simplify the application 
process, making it faster for physicians to 
apply for compassionate use to unlicensed 
medicines for their patients. Idis MA has 
been working with pharmaceutical and 
biotech companies in the US to provide 
compassionate access to their drugs for a 
number of years and is well placed to support 
companies with the potential increase in 
requests for access as a consequence of 
both the FDA and Right to Try legislation.

In early August this year, the US court  
ruled in favour of a pharmaceutical company 
in a case against the FDA where it accused 
the regulator of suppressing its First 
Amendment rights in off‑label drug use. This 
decision is expected to have wide‑reaching 
implications for pharmaceutical marketing 
practices in the US. Although the ruling does 
not broadly allow drug makers to market 
off‑label information about their products, 
even if it is truthful and misleading, it does 
create a pathway that other companies can 
follow to reach a similar decision in the same 
legal jurisdiction.

1  www.talkingdrugs.org/dying‑for‑relief‑access‑to‑pain‑

medication 24 April 2015

2  www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/28/
drugs‑medicines‑sold‑illegally‑online‑internet 

3  UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology 

– Postnote, January 2010, Number 352

4  www.mhra.gov.uk//index.htm
5  World Health Organisation, www.who.int/en/
6  OECD, The Economic Impact of Counterfeiting and 

Piracy, 2007

7  Community Customs Activities on Counterfeit and 

Piracy: Results at the European Border, EC Taxation &  
Customs Union, 2007

8  http://www.eaasm.eu/cache/downloads/5dhbepyu124g
gkoc4kgsw48os/PPP%20to%20print%20FINAL.pdf 
9  NABP Reports, 2012 http://www.nabp.net/programs/

assets/IDOI_Report_01‑12.pdf

10 Patrice Trouiller et al, Drug development for neglected 
diseases. A deficient market and a public health policy 
failure, 359 The Lancet 2188 (2002)

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Evidence of strategic opportunity

Clinigen’s combination of businesses is unique, in an industry that is typically divided 
into pharmaceutical companies and service businesses, we have both, providing 
global access to medicines across all three routes to a patient. It allows us to get 
licensed and unlicensed medicines to patients all over the world, whilst also 
understanding the challenges of our customers.

Idis has enriched the unique combination of businesses with the addition of GA  
and the expansion of MA and CTS. Providing access to a wider customer base and 
additional programmes with top 25 pharmaceutical companies. The new enlarged 
Group provides access to many more early stage medicines.

Link and Cumberland will enhance the unique combination of businesses, 
providing further global reach and enabling more efficient distribution to 
healthcare professionals in North America, Asia, Africa and Australasia.

We use our expertise and resources to assure every step of our service and supply 
is efficient, effective and ethical. Our 24/7 support teams ensure patients in extreme 
circumstances will get the treatment they need. We also care for products closely 
and guard against any risk of counterfeit products entering the supply chain.

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model

There are only three ways for a patient to ethically access a 
drug and we are the only company to globally manage access 
to all three routes.

We add insight, expertise and value at every stage of the  
product lifecycle.

Critically, our ability to manage licensed and unlicensed 
medicines is what truly differentiates us.

Our complementary set of businesses 
works across a medicine’s lifecycle: 
sharing customers, opportunities and 
expertise. We source and supply our own 
and other pharmaceutical companies’ 
products in licensed and unlicensed 
territories. We provide comparator drugs 
and a range of services for Clinical trials 
and we also acquire, license and revitalise 
niche, critical‑care medicines worldwide.

Our resources and relationships

Our businesses

Our values

Our people

Our expertise

Our global scale

Our partners

Resources

Clinigen Clinical  
Trial Services

Idis Managed Access 

Idis Global Access

Clinigen Specialty  
Pharmaceuticals

Clinical development 
phase 

Regulatory and 
marketing launch phase

Across all stages of the                           product lifecycle

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and meeting their needs;  
this underpins every aspect of 
our business.

We source
We supply and manage quality‑assured 
comparator drugs and other commercial 
medicines for patients in clinical studies 
around the world, including comparator 
drugs, adjuvant and rescue therapies.

We provide
We enable high‑quality ethical access  
to unlicensed medicines, working with 
pharmaceutical companies, pharmacists 
and physicians to provide critically‑ill 
patients access to potentially  
life‑saving treatments.

We revitalise
We acquire the rights to and then 
revitalise essential, niche medicines 
worldwide.

Operating model

Outputs

Provide a unique combination of 
niche products and services

Across our global distribution 
network

Build relationships with customers  
and KOLs, gain insight from them and 
provide unrivalled customer service 

Regulatory and logistical expertise 
ensuring timely supply to critically  
ill patients anywhere in the world

Shareholder returns

Financial returns

Employee job 
satisfaction 

Benefits to customers 
and patients –  
ultimately saving lives

Supply and late stage  
product withdrawal phase

Across all stages of the                           product lifecycle

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Our business model continued

We serve an extensive customer base of contract 
research organisations, pharmaceutical companies 
and healthcare professionals through a set of diverse 
but interconnected businesses with a common 
operating platform.

  Clinigen Clinical Trial Services (CTS)

•  World‑class clinical trial services
•  Global reach with local expertise, connections and a track 
record of excellence through understanding of complex 
regulatory environments and specialist knowledge

•  Robust and secure specialist supply chain, audited and tightly 

controlled to eliminate the risk of counterfeit medicines

  Idis Managed Access (MA)

•  Outstanding customer service with a dedicated team at 

each office providing global support in all times zones and 
multiple languages

•  Wide range of expanded value services for clinical trial sites

•  Truly global leaders and specialists in MA programs, 

developing ethical and regulatorily compliant strategic 
solutions to enable access to innovative early‑stage 
medicines for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies

•  Risk mitigation by enabling centralised control over who will 
gain early access to medicines, helping reduce the potential 
risks associated with adverse event occurrences and 
product counterfeits

•  An international service and distribution network allowing a 
fast and efficient response to patient demand outside of 
traditional access routes

•  Global network of partnerships to meet increasing demand 
for ethically‑supplied unlicensed medicines, arising from 
greater patient knowledge, increasing and aging population 
and higher disposable incomes

  Idis Global Access (GA)

•  GA is the leader in providing high‑quality, ethical access to 
post‑approval and short‑supply medicines and the go to 
solution for pharmacists and physicians, meeting a currently 
unmet patient need

•  Growing international distribution network to meet the 

demand of pharmacists and physicians for medicines not 
available in that particular country 

•  Strong expertise and local knowledge of regulatory frameworks 
required to effectively access post‑approved medicines into 
regions where they are not commercially available

  Clinigen Specialty Pharmaceuticals (SP)

•  SP acquires the rights to and then revitalises essential niche 
medicines, maintaining access and upholds the product’s 
reputation by maintaining patients’ access to the medicines 
they rely on

•  Unique global capability and able to operate anywhere in 

the world, in both licensed and unlicensed markets

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•  Commercial launch readiness; we provide strategic insight 
to help identify global usage patterns which enables us to 
understand and resolve any supply chain challenges and 
harvest a wealth of additional information and data

•  Ability to leverage unlicensed supply to avoid drug shortages 
for pharmacists, physicians and pharmaceutical companies

•  Supplies high‑quality medicines sourced directly from 
pharma companies to ensure consistency and quality

•  Provides niche drugs to meet high unmet medical need, 
focused on medicines for hospital‑based oncology, 
anti‑infective, orphan and other crucial drugs

•  The revitalisation model is key opinion leader and hospital 

driven and expertise includes logistical, regulatory and global 
market intelligence enabling SP to take on a medicine in its 
entirety – giving our partners the opportunity to divest to a 
single, responsible new owner with a single, global solution

Clinigen Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2015Delivering the right drug to the right patient at the right timeSynergies

Clinigen CTS
CTS raises awareness of  
ability to source and supply 
pre‑approval drugs outside  
of a clinical trial environment  
via MA. CTS also provides  
MA and GA with valuable 
access to relationships gained 
through its operations in the 
clinical trial market.

Idis MA
MA has helped CTS expand 
their knowledge on the 
additional services that can be 
offered for clinical trials. MA 
provides GA with relationships 
and insights gained from the 
pre‑approval through to the 
phased launch markets which 
enables GA to continue the 
supply chain for unlicensed 
medicine and meet the unmet 
needs of the patient.

Idis GA
Provides the Group with 
significant opportunity to 
expand in the pharma 
emerging markets and become 
the ethical supplier of choice in  
a number of such countries. 
GA also contributes 
relationships and insights 
gained from late‑stage product 
withdrawals to SP in order to 
identify potential candidates 
for acquisition.

Clinigen SP 
Shares experience of 
regulatory, pharmacovigilance 
and quality systems gained  
as a specialty pharmaceutical 
company, with CTS, MA  
and GA.

Access across the lifecycle

Clinical trial

Unlicensed

Licensed

Clinigen
Clinical Trial
Services

Pre-Launch

Ex-Trial

1st Launch

Specialty
Pharmaceuticals

Market
Withdrawal

Unmet
Need

Phased
Launch

No 
Approval

Phase II

Phase III

Pre-Approval

Phased Launch

Market Exit

EARLY

EXPANDED

MATURE

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Synergies and strengths
The combination and synergies between the divisions 
of our unique business model bring key benefits  
to maximising value for the Group. However,  
the difference goes beyond our business model;  
many cultural qualities set us apart from the rest.

People 
Our impressive in‑house capabilities 
ensure consistently high‑quality and the 
best service across all aspects of our 
business. Our people are motivated, 
highly skilled and dedicated to what they 
do. We have been recognised by Investors 
in People as a Bronze company, an 
accolade awarded to just 3% of Investors 
in People companies, and our multilingual 
customer service team received the 
prestigious ServiceMark accreditation in 
2015 from the UK’s Institute of Customer 
Service.

Supply
Clinigen has unparalleled knowledge and 
expertise of the complex global supply 
chain environment. We deliver to 
customers in more than 130 countries, 
each with its own unique legal and 
regulatory environments. We ethically 
provide access to licensed and unlicensed 
medicines by sourcing products from 
approved suppliers only, ensuring a safe, 
temperature‑controlled, rapid journey from 
origin to destination. We test every route 
in and out of a country to anticipate any 
customs and practical issues, to ensure it 
is feasible before taking on a project, and 
we will only accept a route if it can be 
used in accordance with UK and local 
country regulations. 

Relationships
We have a successful track record of 
working closely with clients, distributors 
and key opinion leaders. This has helped 
us gain several exclusive relationships for 
the supply of clinical trial comparator 
medicines and has enabled us to count 
Astra Zeneca as a partner across three of 
our four businesses. We are proud to 
count 19 out of 25 of the world’s top 
pharmaceutical companies as our clients.

Reputation
We are a recognised leader in the supply 
of unlicensed medicines. In a recent, 
external survey, clients from all over the 
world reported that they found Clinigen 
easy to do business with, while doctors 
and pharmacists find the Group a valuable 
source of information about how to 
access the medicines they need for 
their patients.

Insight
The combination of businesses we have 
is unique. It provides us with insight 
across the product lifecycle. In addition, 
we believe that no other company can 
match our knowledge and expertise of the 
complex global supply chain environment 
that is required to get medicines to where 
they are needed fast, wherever in the 
world that may be.

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indicators

The Board utilises a number of key performance indicators to enable a consistent 
method of analysing performance, in addition to allowing the Directors to benchmark 
performance against similar businesses and the Group’s business plan. The key 
performance indicators utilised by the Board can be split into both key financial 
performance and non‑financial performance indicators.

The Group achieved an underlying EBITDA 
for the year of £32.3m representing a 
20% increase on the prior year. 

Working capital
As the Group continues to expand, the 
servicing of debt and ensuring funds are 
available for acquisitions has led to 
increased focus on working capital. 
Specific internal KPIs focus on: managing 
stock levels appropriate for each division’s 
business requirements whilst ensuring 
products do not go into short‑supply; 
debtor days; and ensuring payment of 
creditors within agreed terms. 

A large proportion of Clinigen’s business 
relies on being able to supply hard to 
source products, therefore Clinigen’s 
reputation, relationships and timely 
payments are all important.

The key non-financial 
performance indicators are:
Acquisition of further products
Clinigen has an acquisition strategy  
in place. The Group has made one 
acquisition this year, Ethyol, which is  
on track with the revitalisation plan.  
The number of products in its own 
portfolio remains at five and senior 
management continue to explore 
acquisition opportunities. 

To become the global go to  
provider of unlicensed and short-
supply medicines 
78% revenue growth in MA and the 
acquisition of Idis establishes the Group 
as the global market leader in the 
provision of managed access programs. 
The Idis acquisition also created for the 
Group, the GA operating business which 
provides unlicensed medicines driven by 
on demand. In addition, the proposed 
acquisition of Link will enable the further 
expansion of the supply of unlicensed 
medicines into the AAA region.

Expansion of customer base
As referred to in the Operational  
Review, CTS and MA have expanded 
their customer base during the year. In 
addition, GA introduces new customers 
to the Group. Opportunities of utilising 
the expanded customer base across the 
four operating businesses will be 
reviewed in FY16.

Overall, the Directors are satisfied with 
the Group’s progress against its key 
performance indicators for the year.

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Group performance

The key financial performance 
indicators are:
Gross profit by operating business
Measures the profit achieved on sales 
after taking account of the direct costs 
incurred in bringing the goods to the 
point of revenue recognition and 
includes the cost of goods, selling and 
distribution costs. 

Senior management are measured 
internally on both gross profit and gross 
profit percentage to ensure an 
appropriate return on investment.

All the operating businesses show 
year‑on‑year growth in gross profit. 
Details can be seen in note 3.

Underlying EBITDA
Measures the profit achieved on sales 
after taking account of the direct costs 
Turnover
and overheads but before interest, 
depreciation, amortisation and non‑
underlying costs as defined in note 6.

£184.4m

15
14
13
12

184,359
126,639
122,580
82,146

Gross profit

£53.7m

15
14
13
12

Increase on underlying EBITDA
Underlying EBITDA

+20%
£32.3m

15
14
13
12

53,651
41,203
35,123
29,032

32,302
26,836
22,403
29,289

Dividend

2.3p  +10%

Adjusted underlying EPS1

28.0p  +14%

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Evidence of strategic opportunity

Clinigen’s recent acquisition of Idis and proposed acquisition of Link are 
both aimed at addressing the global health and medicines crisis and 
reaching our stated ambition, as outlined in last year’s annual report; ‘to 
become a recognised world‑leading specialty pharmaceutical company, 
with an unrivalled global distribution capability for licensed and 
unlicensed medicines’. Idis’ brand and market‑leading status, Link’s local 
knowledge and distribution capabilities in the AAA region, together with 
Clinigen’s reputation and hub and spoke distribution network, makes the 
new larger organisation a strong global leader in the unlicensed medicine 
sector and capable of shaping this market.

These businesses together with CTS’s new market‑leading position in 
clinical trial drug supply and SP’s unique revitalisation model for niche 
hospital‑only drugs, makes the Group one of the fastest growing 
companies listed on AIM. 

When Clinigen completed their initial public offering in September 2012 
the market capitalisation was £135.4m, in just under three years the 
market capitalisation has grown to c.£800m. 

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This year saw the business take two 
significant steps forward in terms of  
fully realising the increasing number of 
opportunities and synergies created by  
Clinigen’s unique business model.

Firstly, the Idis acquisition extended the 
scope and scale of the business from 
three to four divisions – the acquisition 
creating a fourth division, GA. The Group 
therefore now operates through four 
synergistic businesses and this has only 
further increased our ability to share 
insights, knowledge and relationships 
that provide continued commercial 
benefits to the broader Group. While we 
had identified the ‘on demand’ unlicensed 
supply sector as a hugely significant 
growth opportunity previously, the 
introduction of GA rapidly accelerates our 

ability to respond to this opportunity and 
establish an ethical global platform that 
can respond to pharmacists’ underserved 
and unmet needs globally.

Secondly, as part of our stated strategy of 
increasing our global capabilities, we have 
spent the last year investing significantly 
in the people within the business 
particularly at the management and 
leadership levels to ensure that we have 
not just the right structure but also the 
right people to drive sustained and 
meaningful growth. Post‑acquisition, 
each of the four business divisions is now 
led by a Managing Director and in these 
four individuals there is a collective and 
highly complementary senior industry 
expertise and experience. Together with 
adding management strength into all 

key operational areas, we now have the 
bandwidth and capability to really shape 
and develop the markets we play in, 
further extending our market‑leader 
positions in clinical trial services and  
the management of unlicensed supply  
of medicines while continuing to expand 
our portfolio of niche, critical‑care 
pharmaceutical products.

No operational review of the year would 
be complete without commenting upon 
the integration post‑acquisition. We 
embarked upon a 100 day process to 
identify and implement, where possible, 
integration synergies. This has involved 
a tremendous amount of effort across 
the entire business and what has been 
most impressive in the final quarter of 
the year was how well the two sets of 

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business take two 
significant steps forward 
in terms of fully realising 
the increasing number  
of opportunities and 
synergies created by  
Clinigen’s unique 
business model.

Shaun Chilton
Deputy Chief Executive Officer

people involved embraced the change 
management process, driving operational 
benefits immediately and being focused 
not just on the ongoing delivery of business 
but also working together to establish the 
foundations for one organisation. We have 
made rapid progress in some areas; fully 
amalgamated the two exclusive 
unlicensed supply businesses under the 
MA brand and the two clinical trial supply 
businesses under the CTS brand – and 
have begun work on a number of business 
critical longer‑term projects including 
the Oracle ERP platform, a global 
e‑commerce solution and centralising 
our Quality and Regulatory, Logistics 
and Customer Services capabilities.

Shaun Chilton 
Deputy Chief Executive Officer

24 September 2015

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continued

Clinigen Clinical Trial Services (CTS)

It has been a significant year in the 
development of the CTS business 
division. The business performed 
well in FY15 against all key 
performance indicators compared 
to prior year. Strong revenue 
growth of 34% (45% on a pro 
forma basis) over prior year 
(£112.7m in FY15 vs £83.6m in 
FY14) was driven through a strong 
US performance and an increase  
in customers from 73 in FY14 to  
85 in FY15. Significantly, the 
number of customers with 
revenues greater than £5m rose 
from five to seven in the year.  
CTS had 1,470 orders (2014: 1,590) 
to supply clinical trials with 820 
different products sourced and 
supplied in FY15, a rise of 11% over 
prior year (2014: 741). Gross profit 
in absolute terms grew by 7% 
(£13.4m in FY15 from £12.6m in 
FY14), pro forma gross profit grew 
by 17.4% over prior year.

The market dynamics for CTS remain very 
attractive. The global market for comparator 

Steve Glass
Managing Director, CTS

Steve has 25 years’ experience in the 
international pharmaceutical and biotech 
industry. During this time he has held a 
variety of senior international commercial 
operations and business development 
roles, including most recently CEO and 
founder of Orbona Pharma Ltd. He joined 
us from Orbona in 2014, bringing insight, 
experience and a successful track record of 
product development to the team.

Number of 
customers with 
sales greater than 
£5.0m has risen 
from five to seven.

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sourcing is estimated to be around $2.5bn 
and is set for continued strong growth 
driven by: the global R&D pharma and 
biotech pipeline which is heavily weighted 
towards oncology, infectious disease and 
rare/orphan diseases all requiring 
comparators and co‑therapies; the changing 
regulatory environment is driving the 
requirement for specialist partners; the 
more complex requirements of often 
difficult‑to‑source and manage large 
molecules and the rise in development of 
biosimilars, all points to continued double 
digit growth in the future.

As the market‑leader in the sector, we have 
identified areas of underserved needs 
which we are well positioned to provide a 
range of higher value services for. The Tufts 
Centre for Drug Research has identified that 
30 – 50% of all clinical trial drugs are either 
wasted, thrown away or remain unused 
at the end of a study due to inadequate 
sourcing and supply management decisions. 
By providing a more ‘just in time’ and 
smarter supply and distribution solution for 
all clinical trial drugs (including co‑therapies 
and ancillary products), we are able to offer 
a comprehensive solution, a more valuable 
higher margin service. The changing nature 
of the clinical trial environment as evidenced 
by the increasing prevalence and 
importance of Investigator Initiated Trials 
(IITs) and the generation of Real World Data 
in this sector is also providing us with an 
opportunity to offer specialist sourcing, 
labelling and direct to site services. This 
discreet market is estimated to be worth 
around $1bn and is growing.

In FY15, we have repositioned and 
restructured the CTS business and brand 
following the Idis acquisition and the subtle 
change of name to Clinical Trial Services 
reflects the fact that CTS now offers a 
greater range of services, reinforcing our 
market‑leader status in this sector and 
establishing a platform to take advantage 
of the more sizeable growth opportunity 
in clinical trial supplies and associated 
services. In repositioning CTS, we have also 
created synergies with the MA division and 
the opportunity for collaboration in the 
management of those clinical trial patients 
who at the end of the trial require an access 
program solution.

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Clinigen Clinical Trial Services Key Performance Indicators

Strategic priority

What have we achieved this year

Our long-term goal

Expand business with 
current customers

18 customers over £1m in sales (18 in 
FY14), with seven over £5m (five in FY14)

Increase % of total annual spend in top 20 customers, 
deepen relationship with extended, value added services

Target top 50 pharma,  
top 20 CRO’s/repackers, 
niche/specialty pharma  
and biosimilars

Extend value proposition 
through new services 

New business with key target pharma, 
CROs and biosimilar developers 

Win key target global and regional customers over next 
three years; exploit business development synergies 
across the Group to drive new opportunities

Direct‑to‑site delivery and specialist 
relabelling/repackaging services 
developed with cornerstone customers 

Full launch globally of suite of complementary, higher 
margin value‑added services

Extend and expand global 
sourcing capabilities 

Added MSD to list of exclusive CTS 
agreements

Centralise our sourcing capabilities across the Group to 
maximise the combined entity’s purchasing power 

Establish working group from Clinigen 
CTS and MA to review synergies

Formalise offering around collection of Real World Data 
and the shift of CTS to adaptive licensing, breakthrough 
designation and Investigator Initiated Trials

  CTS Case Study

Respond to changing 
nature of clinical trial 
environment 

Number of products

820

Number of customers

85

Number of units shipped

556,000

Today treatment protocols are 
advancing so quickly that best-in-class 
medicines are sometimes not 
licensed, approved or available in the 
countries where clinical trial sponsors 
are running their studies. Not only is 
this an ethical dilemma it poses 
serious challenges when designing 
clinical studies. However, through 
our long standing relationships with 
pharmaceutical companies, our global 

network of wholesalers, distributors and our sector-leading Quality, Regulatory and 
Logistics teams Clinigen is able to provide safe, ethnical and reliable access to 
treatments, regardless of local licensing status or whether they are being used as 
comparators, co-medications or in the context of standard of care. 

Multiple myeloma is a type of cancer affecting bone marrow, and despite advances 
roughly half of all those contracting the disease will die within five years of diagnosis. 
During this year CTS has been regularly supplying a pivotal Phase three registration 
study for an investigational new multiple myeloma treatment with all of the 
commercial drug, required to ensure the sponsor receives reliable product access and 
clean data. This is despite the comparator compound not being licensed or available 
in many trial countries. 

Working with both the trial sponsor and the comparator manufacturer Clinigen was 
able to match demand forecasts to production schedules, significantly decrease 
standard lead times to manufacture and supply drug, and design a purchase plan that 
served to significantly reduce waste and overage. Quality, Regulatory and Logistics 
cleared the way to ensure that unlicensed medicine was not only approved for use 
in trial countries, but also that it was delivered to them at the right time and at the 
right temperature.

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Idis Managed Access (MA)

The Idis acquisition allowed us 
to combine the Idis MAP and 
Clinigen GAP businesses under  
the Idis Managed Access brand, 
catapulting the Group into the 
global market-leader position in  
the exclusive managed access 
sector. Revenue growth shows a 
significant 78% increase (£28.8m  
in FY15 vs £16.1m in FY14). This 
is somewhat misleading as it 
includes two months of the larger 
Idis element, however, revenue 
growth on a pro forma basis was 
still a very impressive 35%. Gross 
profit also showed an excellent 
53% growth (£8.3m in FY15 vs 
£5.4m in FY14), which on a pro 
forma basis managed to maintain  
a still very impressive 38%. Strong 
growth was also shown by the 
other key performance indicator of 
growth: the number of drug units 
delivered. In taking the combined 
businesses together, we saw an 
increase in deliveries to 418,000 
units through 62,000 shipments  
up from 263,000 units from 40,000 
shipments in prior year. As the 
market-leader in this rapidly 
evolving sector, we now have 99 
products under active management 
and we are working with 19 of  
the top 25 pharmaceutical and 
biotechnology companies,  
shipping unlicensed medicines  
to 95 countries in FY15.

The exclusive unlicensed medicines 
supply market is at a relatively early 
development stage, estimated to be 
c.$500 – 600m annually and predicted to 
grow strongly at more than 10% a year. 
As the market‑leader with around 30% 
market share, MA is a very powerful brand 
with an excellent heritage and having 
defined the current market (Idis developed 
the term ‘managed access’ which is now 

the industry standard terminology used  
by customers) – it provides Clinigen with 
the opportunity to really shape the future 
direction of this market. 

The key customers in this market are the 
global pharmaceutical and biotechnology 
companies and niche/orphan disease drug 
developers. Strong market dynamics are a 
marker for long‑term sustained growth for 
the MA business and are driven by: rapid 
innovation in drug development and the 
focus of global Research and 
Development on areas of high unmet 
need (oncology/haematology; infectious 
disease; neurology and rare/orphan 
disease); changes in the regulatory 
environment facilitating access to 
unlicensed medicines; the increasing 
connectivity of the world’s Key Opinion 
Leaders; and much more empowered and 
educated patients and their carers.

We are building on our market‑leader 
position and raising the competitive 
barriers to entry even further, as we have 
recognised that there is an unmet need 
with key customers for a more strategic 
approach to assessing the opportunities 
and challenges involved in managed 
access, this is being further intensified 
by the increasing demand for access 
to innovative new drugs. MA is 
responding to these unmet needs by the 
development and launch of a number of 
strategic support services in FY16.

These services have been borne out of 
the insights only available to MA due to its 
long history and database of experience 
captured over the last ten years working 
with a significant proportion of the top  
25 pharma companies. In adding these 
complementary strategic services 
(including policy development, forecasting 
tools and the capture and management  
of Real World Data) to the core business, 
we are creating sustainable competitive 
advantage and IP which will drive 
continued strong growth for the future.

Simon Estcourt
Managing Director, MA

Following a senior executive sales career in 
the pharmaceutical industry Simon joined 
Idis as Business Development Director 
from Quintiles in 2007. In 2010 he became 
Senior Vice President, Strategy & 
Corporate Development, a global role that 
included strategy, marketing, public affairs 
and new service development. Currently 
serving as Managing Director, Idis 
Managed Access, Simon is able to fully 
utilise his deep understanding of the 
environment and international landscape 
for managed access to lead and further 
develop the Idis service offering. He is 
a managed access thought leader 
and regularly speaks at international 
conferences on the subject of early 
access to medicines.

We are building 
on our market 
leader position 
and raising the 
competitive 
barriers to entry 
even further.

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Idis Managed Access Key Performance Indicators

Strategic priority

What have we achieved this year Our long-term goal

Grow business with current 
customers

Added more multi‑program customers 
in FY15

All customers are multi‑program; use MA contacts as a 
route to cross‑sell Group products and services

Target top 50 pharma 

Develop global footprint

Eisai, AstraZeneca & Boehringer 
Ingelheim added in 2014.
Post Idis acquisition, now working  
with 19 of top 25 pharma

Extended capabilities to more than  
90 countries and added US capabilities 
with Idis acquisition

Increase annual % win rate for new business to greater 
than 50%

Develop/acquire distribution and management capabilities 
in pharmerging markets

Develop value-added 
services

Developing a range of strategic  
support services

Full launch of a full suite of strategic services including 
data management (Real World Data), policy development 
and market insight reports

Shape the future market  
by extending thought 
leadership 

Numerous publications and 
presentations at key events

Direct involvement in key industry, regulatory bodies and 
influence on global and regional policy development

  MA Case Study

Our client, a top ten global 
pharmaceutical company, was 
developing an innovative new treatment 
option for patients around the world with 
advanced melanoma and they were 
experiencing extremely high demand for 
pre-approval access from advocacy 
groups, patients and physicians. They 
required a strategic MA approach flexible 
enough to meet their evolving program 
objectives throughout each phase of the 
product development lifecycle.

The Company began their RFP process 
with more than 30 potential service 
providers, ultimately choosing Idis 
Managed Access (MA) over three large 
CROs because of our unsurpassed 
global experience and depth of in-house 
expertise in meeting high levels of 
demand for early patient access.

MA developed and launched a global 
Managed Access Program in 34 
countries, providing treatment access to 
more than 4500 patients with a life-
threatening condition across 600 sites.

Units shipped

418,000

Number of countries

95

Gross profit

£8.3m

 53%

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Idis Global Access (GA)

A major strategic driver of the  
Idis acquisition was to enable the 
Group to enter the ‘on demand’ 
ethical unlicensed supply and drug 
shortages market sector, a market 
estimated at $2.2bn with a major 
unmet need in providing a regional 
and local solution to hospital 
pharmacists charged with sourcing 
unavailable medicines and dealing 
with drug shortages. Formerly 
known as Idis General Access, we 
have now rebranded this business 
as Idis Global Access, keeping the 
Idis heritage and strong brand 
name recognition in the UK and 
Europe but reflecting the intent  
to offer a much more compelling 
solution to these customers on  
a global scale, creating a unique 
position as the only company 
capable of offering this ethical 
unlicensed supply service.

As with the other market sectors we 
compete in, this ‘on demand’ unlicensed 
supply sector has very strong underlying 
dynamics driven by: developing regional 
health demands, health cost controls, more 
knowledgeable and informed patients and 
pharmaceutical companies changing their 
product launch strategies to focus on the 
priority commercial markets and no longer 
launching in all markets. 

The GA business has been focused to date 
on the UK and mainland Europe and whilst 
sales in these regions has been fairly  
flat it showed good Gross Profit growth in 
FY15 with margins of 24%. The reported 
revenues shown of £9.2m reflect the 
two months post‑acquisition and as a  
new service to Clinigen have no prior  
year comparator. On a pro forma basis, 
revenues of £61m showed an 8% decline 
on FY14 (£66.4m), this is wholly accounted 
for by one margin commercial contract 
which Clinigen is looking to exit and is likely 
to close during FY16. The pro forma gross 
profit performance, however, was good  
in GA, at £14.6m, it shows 10% growth  
on FY14 (£13.3M). The major operational 
initiatives in FY16 and opportunity in this 
business will involve rapid geographical 
expansion in building our global footprint, 
particularly in the ‘pharmerging’ markets of 
the Asia‑Pacific and Latin American regions 
along with major investments in marketing 
to the key regional and local hospital 
pharmacist and patient advocacy groups. 
Critical success factors in growing rapidly 
in this exciting developing market are  
our ability to provide a robust, global 
e‑commerce platform to our customers as 
well as being able to translate our global 
expertise into regional and local benefits to 
the hospital pharmacist.

In repositioning the GA division for a global 
proposition, we also have created an 
important synergy with the Idis MA 
division as we are now able to offer our 
clients and the key regional/local hospital 
pharmacist customers, a total management 
approach covering the entire lifecycle of 
the product. From its early pre‑approval 
stage of development (managed within 
MA) to the later post‑approval stages of 
the lifecycle (managed through GA), we are 
able to provide an ethical route of access to 
these critically important products.

Mark Corbett
Managing Director, GA

Mark joined Clinigen in mid‑2010, on the 
acquisition of Idis by Clinigen in April 2015 
Mark moved to be Managing Director of 
the newly acquired Idis Global Access.  
In this role he has overall commercial, 
financial and operational responsibility for 
Idis Global Access which specialises in 
compliant, ethical access to unlicensed 
medicines for healthcare professionals 
treating patients with unmet medical 
needs. Over the last eight years, Mark has 
specialised in the area of and has regularly 
spoken at a number of industry congresses 
on the subject of access to unlicensed 
medicines, Named Patient/Early Access/
Expanded Access and Compassionate  
Use Programs.

A major strategic 
driver of the  
Idis acquisition 
was to enable the 
Group to enter 
the ‘on demand’ 
ethical unlicensed 
supply and drug 
shortages market 
sector, a market 
estimated at 
$2.2bn.

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Strategic priority

What have we achieved this year Our long-term goal

Build out a global 
e-commerce platform 

Acquired iStore, the foundation of a 
future global e‑commerce platform

Launch of global e‑commerce platform allowing 24/7 
access by end of 2016

Rapid brand building and 
marketing campaigns

Acquired dedicated marketing 
expertise with Idis acquisition

Multi‑channel marketing and education campaign at key 
regional and local pharmacists; patient advocacy groups 
and regulatory bodies in 2016

Rapid geographical 
expansion/develop global 
footprint

Ensure customer service 
capability supports and 
drives business growth

Extended distribution capabilities to 
more than 90 countries

Develop/acquire distribution & management capabilities 
in pharmerging markets

Acquired significant additional 
resources in Weybridge and the US

A global customer service function fully integrated with 
the e‑commerce platform to offer a total 24/7 service

  GA Case Study

A hospital pharmacist in the US was facing 
a drug supply problem following the recall 
of a marketed oncology drug for acute 
myeloid-like leukaemia, or AML. With four 
patients in the hospital needing access to 
that drug, it was critical for the hospital 
pharmacist to find an alternative source. 

The product was available in Europe, but 
due to the complex regulatory and legal 
issues surrounding the import of drugs  
into the US, the hospital pharmacist was 
unable to get access and that’s when she 
turned to us. 

Idis Global Access was able to navigate 
country-specific regulations needed to 
safely bring the medicine from a source in 
Switzerland, through the UK border 

system, and into the US. There was 
extensive paperwork to fill in, and a tense 
16-hour wait while the package cleared US 
customs, but when it finally arrived there 
was an immense sense of relief. 

Thanks to the hospital pharmacist’s 
determination to establish an alternative 
source of the required drug and our 
expertise, three of those patients are now 
clear of their leukaemia and two of them 
have even returned to work. We continue 
to work directly with pharmacists and 
physicians throughout the world to provide 
compliant, ethical access to medicines 
that have received initial approval, but may 
not be commercially available in their 
country. 

Units shipped

559,000

Number of customers

3,016

Number of products

1,824

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Clinigen Specialty Pharmaceuticals (SP)

A good growth performance for 
the SP portfolio in FY15 where all 
five products contributed to sales 
and profits. Sales of £33.7m were 
25% up on prior year (2014: 
£26.9m) and gross profit of £29.1m 
was 26% up on prior year (£23.2m). 
Particularly pleasing was the 
contribution in sales and profit  
of some of the newer products to 
the portfolio, notably Ethyol and 
Savene, which has helped reduce 
SP’s over-dependence upon 
Foscavir. At the end of FY15, 
Foscavir contributed 70% of sales 
and profit to the division, 
significantly reduced from 86%  
of sales at the end of FY14.

Foscavir
Foscavir continues to grow in line with 
the rate of growth in bone marrow 
transplantations, c.5% pa, as evidenced by 
the growth in the level of product ‘in‑market 
sales’ in FY15 of 273,500 units, an increase 
of 4% over prior year and the top seven 
markets (US, Japan, Germany, Italy, UK, 
France, Spain) accounted for 86% of the 
units supplied in FY15 in line with FY14.

Key decisions for the product in FY15 
included the extension of the partnership 
agreement with Hospira to supply Foscavir 
into the US until the end of 2019 and 
obtaining the license to market and 
distribute Foscavir in South Korea. We are 
also looking at the potential for additional 
indications by supporting investigators in 
Japan studying the use of Foscavir to treat 
HHV‑6 (Human Herpes Virus – 6).

Cardioxane and Savene
An important milestone in allowing 
Clinigen to undertake the revitalisation  
of both products in the dexrazoxane 
portfolio was achieved in FY15 with all 
marketing authorisations and technical 
transfers completed. 

For Cardioxane, the single biggest driver of 
potential growth in the product is to ensure 
that the Article 31 restriction placed upon 

it in 2011 is overturned. As has been 
previously highlighted, the effect of the 
restriction is to limit the usage of the 
product to certain adult patient populations. 
Should the restriction be overturned then 
we are requesting that the product’s label 
is updated and would mean opening up 
Cardioxane to a broader patient universe. 
Clinigen has submitted the clinical overview 
and position paper and extensive supporting 
evidence package to the European 
Medicines Association and we are awaiting 
their response. It is worth noting that the 
submission is supported by data from the 
world‑renowned Children’s Oncology Group 
(COG) and the position paper has been 
co‑authored by 25 global Key Opinion 
Leaders. We anticipate a response from the 
regulators by the end of calendar year 2015.

With Savene, the benefits to a concerted 
and pro‑active educational and sales 
campaign to historical customers through 
our customer services team has been seen 
in FY15 and Clinigen is now generating 
sales levels in excess of that of the 
previous owner. Key product decisions in 
FY16 will be to concentrate on expanding 
the customer base and markets such as 
the US and Latin America.

Now that we have full control of the two 
dexrazoxane brands, we are the only 
company globally with the rights to both 
indications of cardioprotection (Cardioxane) 
and extravasation (Savene) and we will 
explore the potential of developing a 
combination, dual indication pack for global 
commercial use.

Ethyol
The acquisition of Ethyol in August 2014 
further strengthened our oncology support 
portfolio, increasing the number of products 
in that portfolio to three. It is an excellent fit 
with the SP business as a niche, hospital‑
based treatment for xerostomia (dry mouth) 
for patients with head and neck cancer –  
it is seen as an essential treatment in some 
markets – and is also indicated for reducing 
the renal toxicity associated with patients 
with ovarian cancer treated with cisplatin. 
We have made rapid steps in the 
revitalisation of Ethyol in FY15, transferring 
the Marketing Authorisations for the US and 

David Moran
Managing Director, SP

David has over 25 years’ experience in the 
healthcare sector working at a senior level 
in both operational and commercial roles.  
A Chemical Engineer by training David 
oversaw operations in Eastern Europe and 
Asia before taking on a global role spending 
ten years in Spain and Portugal looking 
after several global brands. A majority of 
that time was spent with Eli Lilly and SSL 
before becoming CEO of a global specialty 
pharma business where he established 
their Brazilian operation. Latterly he headed 
his own healthcare consultancy before 
joining Clinigen in January 2015 as SVP for 
the Specialty Pharma division.

Sales

£33.7m

 25%

Gross profit

£29.1m

 26%

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technical transfer of the product, which will 
complete by the end of FY16. We see good 
potential in the growth of Ethyol since new 
radiotherapy techniques are not a perfect 
treatment solution, there is a reasonable 
incidence of non‑treatment of xerostomia 
with Oncologists and there is no significant 
competitor currently in development.

Vibativ
A further important step in the long‑term 
development of Vibativ was achieved 

in FY15 following confirmation by the 
European Commission in September 
2014 of the lifting of the suspension of the 
Marketing Authorisation. In addition, pricing 
was agreed with the UK, Ireland, Germany 
and Austria. We have seen some sales in 
the UK but the availability of a commercially 
validated diagnostic e‑test for Vibativ 
remains an obstacle in enabling a fully 
effective launch in Europe. We are working 
with Theravance from whom we licensed 
the product in 2013 and Biomerieux, the 
company responsible for developing the 

e‑test, and anticipate a commercially 
available test at the end of FY15. However, 
agreeing reimbursement at a level that 
would make Vibativ commercially viable 
with the on‑going regulatory requirements 
is proving a challenge. Clinigen has 
requested a meeting with the regulatory 
authorities to try and resolve this. 
However, because of the inconsistent 
reimbursement, the product’s current 
loss making position and uncertain future 
we have impaired the carrying value of  
the product.

Clinigen Specialty Pharmaceuticals Key Performance Indicators

Strategic priority

What have we achieved this year

Our long-term goal

Acquire further products

FY15 Ethyol added

Grow to ten products over next four years
Exploit synergies with MA and GA divisions 

Develop global footprint 

Extended agreement with Hospira in the 
US; launched product into South Korea

Develop/acquire distribution and management 
capabilities in pharmerging markets

Revitalisation of acquired 
products 

Dexrazoxane: full commercial ownership 
of Savene; article 31 submission to 
regulatory authorities 
Ethyol: transfer of US and EU marketing 
authorisations
Savene: transfer of all marketing 
authorisations

Develop dexrazoxane globally to take advantage of 
unique strategic position 

Extend KOL relationships within the oncology  
support portfolio

At least double the sales of Ethyol in the next  
three years

  SP Case Study

SP continues to be a major contributor to 
Group margins with increasing contributions 
from all products, Foscavir acquired from AZ 
in 2010 has seen sales in that time increase 
five fold and whilst it is now licensed in 16 
markets the unique business model permits 
access to the product in over 50 countries. 
The revitalisation approach and KOL led 
model has seen the product become a  
key component in International treatment 
protocols and Foscavir is expected to 
maintain its performance as the number of 
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation 
procedures increases globally.

Savene is at an earlier stage of 
revitalisation but having been successfully 
transferred into a Clinigen controlled 
manufacturing environment it is now 
seeing sales beyond those achieved 
previously by the original licence holder. 
Market penetration, through licensed and 
unlicensed supply is well underway and  
it is now sold in over 15 territories with 
that expected to increase significantly  
as we aim to reach our initial goal of 
doubling sales.

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Another strong finiancial year for Clinigen with a 
gross profit increase of 30%.

Revenue 
Reported Group revenues grew to £184.4m, 
an increase of 45% (2014: £126.6m). CTS 
grew by £29.1m (35%) as a result of strong 
organic growth, and SP grew by £6.8m 
(25%) driven mainly by the acquisition of 
Ethyol in August 2014 and the full year 
impact of Savene (acquired March 2014). 
MA showed £12.6m (78%) growth 
benefiting from the Idis acquisition, and the 
acquired GA business added £9.2m 
representing two months which traded in 
line with expectations.

Gross profit
Group gross profit increased by 30% to 
£53.7m (2014: £41.2m) with the largest 
contributor being SP growing £5.9m (26%) 
driven by Ethyol and the full year impact of 
Savene. MA grew by £2.9m (53%) 
benefiting from the Idis acquisition, CTS 
grew by £0.8m (7%), and the Idis acquired 
GA business added £2.8m.

Administrative expenses 
Underlying administration costs of £26.7m 
(2014: £17.9m) grew by £8.8m. The 
increase is accounted for by the addition of 
Idis overheads for two months, a £1.2m 
increase in amortisation and depreciation, 
and a planned 25% increase in underlying 
overheads to support growth and the  
on boarding and revitalisation of acquired 
products. Total administration costs  
of £44.5m (2014: £19.7m) include  
non‑underlying costs of £17.8m as follows:

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statement

Continuing strong growth in 
underlying EBITDA of 20% 
or more in each of the past  
three years.

Robin Sibson
Chief Financial Officer

Non‑underlying items

Share based payment charge
Social security costs in respect of share based payments
Restructuring costs following the acquisition of Idis
Acquisition costs 
Impairment of intangible fixed assets 
Amortisation of intangible fixed assets acquired through  

business combinations

2015
£’000

1,299
1,039
3,821
5,703
3,810

2014
£’000

1,190
611
–
–
–

2,129

–

17,801

1,801

The impairment of intangible fixed assets relates to the Vibativ trademark and licences 
which have been fully impaired as a result of the product’s current loss‑making position 
and our review of its commercial viability.

Profitability
Underlying EBITDA, which excludes the 
non‑underlying items in the table above, 
increased by 20% to £32.3m (2014: 
£26.8m). Underlying pre‑tax profit 
increased by 13% to £26.2m (2014: 
£23.1m) and reported pre‑tax profit of 
£8.4m is down £12.9m on the prior year, 
(2014: £21.3m) due to the increase in 
non‑underlying costs of £16.0m.

Taxation
The tax charge for the year of £3.1m is 
based on prevailing UK and US effective 
tax rates. This charge is calculated as 
£5.7m on underlying profits offset by a 
credit of £2.6m in respect of non‑
underlying costs. A £3.5m corporation tax 
refund in respect of FY12 was received in 
July 2014. 

Underlying EBITDA

£32.3m

Earnings 
Underlying earnings per share grew by 
14% to 28.0p (2014: 24.5p). The reported 
earnings per share is 6.5p (2014: 19.6p). 

Dividend
The Directors have maintained a 
progressive dividend policy and expect 
interim and final dividend payments to be 
split one‑third to two‑thirds respectively.  
In view of trading performance this year 
the Directors are pleased to propose a  
final dividend of 2.3p per share, which 
when added to the interim dividend of  
1.1p paid on 2 April 2015, will make a total 
dividend of 3.4p per share (2014: 3.1p),  
up 11%.

The final dividend shall, subject to approval 
at the Company’s AGM on 27 October 
2015, be payable on 6 November 2015  
to all shareholders on the register at  
16 October 2015. 

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Cash flow
The net cash increase in the period was 
£6.1m. 

Cash generation from underlying operating 
activities continues to be strong but has 
been partially offset by non‑underlying 
items generating a net £15.8m, which 
covered investing activities (excluding Idis) 
of £8.6m being primarily the acquisition  
of Ethyol. 

Cash of £236.4m was raised for the  
Idis acquisition from new debt facility 
(£104.0m) and the issue of new shares 
(£132.4m). This funded the acquisition of 
Idis (including repayment of Idis debt and 
net of cash received) totalling £215.7m.

Other cash outflows were a loan 
repayment at the start of the year of 
£16.5m, dividends of £2.6m, and tax and 
interest payments of £2.7m.

Idis Acquisition
The Idis Group was acquired on 29 April 
2015 and its results have been fully 
consolidated from that point onwards. 
Overall the performance of the acquired 
business has been in line with our 
expectations and we remain confident that 
we will achieve annualised costs savings of 
approximately £2.5m as we indicated 
when the deal was announced. Acquisition 
costs relating to the transaction amounted 
to £5.7m and restructuring costs of £3.8m 
have been booked in the year including 
£1.3m of redundancy costs, £1.3m relating 
to the write down of IT development costs, 
£0.8m financing costs and £0.4m relating 
to the exit of an operating site in the US. 

The acquisition was financed by a fully 
underwritten placing raising gross 
proceeds of £135.0m and by £106.0m 
drawn down under new debt facilities.

The placing comprised the issue of 
27,000,000 new ordinary shares at a price 
of 500p per share representing a discount 
of approximately 4.9% to the closing 
middle market price of 525.5p per ordinary 
share on 23 April 2015.

Goodwill of £147.9m arises on the 
acquisition. The consideration of £199.5m 
compared with net liabilities of £1.4m (prior 
to fair value adjustments). Fair valuation of 
the opening balance sheet identified 
adjustments of £18.4m including £7.6m for 
the write down of IT software and £7.8m 
provision for net debtors not recoverable. 
Intangible assets assessed as part of the 
acquisition have been recognised at a value 
of £113.2m with associated deferred tax 
liability of £22.0m.

Leverage on completion of the acquisition 
was approximately 2.0x net debt/adjusted 
EBITDA (based on the pro forma LTM 
EBITDA for the 2014 financial year for the 
enlarged Group). The Group is expected to 
generate significant free cash flow and we 
expect that this leverage ratio will fall 
during the current year.

Balance sheet
Intangible assets
Intangible assets increased by £257.7m to 
£308.2m (2014: £50.5m). The acquisition 
of Idis in April 2015 added £261.0m in total 
of which £147.9m was goodwill and 
£113.2m was the value attributed to the 
Idis brand, customer contracts and 
relationships, supplier contracts, and IT 
software. In August 2014 we acquired the 
global rights to the product Ethyol, for 
£7.2m, consisting of trademarks, marketing 
authorisations and the manufacturing 
dossier. These additions were offset  
by amortisation for the year of £7.1m,  
and full impairment of the in‑licensed 
product Vibativ (trademark and licences) 
representing a write down of £3.4m. We 
anticipate annual amortisation in respect of 
the intangible assets to be £17.8m, of 
which £12.8m relates to acquired fair 
valued assets.

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Current assets
Inventories
Inventories increased from £2.5m to 
£11.1m due mainly to the addition of Idis 
which holds inventory for GA business to 
meet on demand supply for unlicensed 
medicines. The acquired fair value of Idis 
inventories was £6.8m, which included an 
impairment of £0.3m. 

Trade and other receivables
Trade receivables increased from £20.1m 
to £47.4m. The acquired fair value of Idis 
trade receivables was £23.5m.

Other receivables increased by £16.3m. 
Prepayments and accrued income 
increased by £9.9m to £11.9m, the largest 
items in this are: accrued CTS revenues 
£1.9m and accrued royalty income of 
£0.9m. Payments made on account 
increased by £5.1m, these relate to  
CTS where suppliers are paid in advance 
for goods ordered to meet received 
customer orders.

Net debt
Cash and cash equivalents at 30 June 2015 
of £27.8m (2014: £21.8m) are offset by 
bank loans of £105.8m (2014: £16.5m), 
giving net debt of £78.0m (2014: net cash 
£5.3m). Net debt will increase following 
the acquisition of Link and is expected to 
return to current levels in FY16. Funding 
towards future acquisitions continues to be 
available through the unutilised part of the 
bank facility.

Clinigen Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2015Delivering the right drug to the right patient at the right timeCurrent liabilities
Trade and other payables
Trade payables increased from £10.3m to 
£48.1m. The acquired fair value of Idis 
trade payables was £26.5m. An increase in 
trade payables of £4.5m in CTS contributed 
to the balance of the increase, this was 
related to normal CTS fluctuations in 
payment profiles. 

Accruals and deferred income 
Accruals increased from £6.1m to £35.6m. 
The acquired fair value of Idis accruals was 
£36.9m of which £12.8m was settled by 
the balance sheet date.

Loans and borrowings
The Group has a total bank facility of 
£140.0m (2014: £35.0m) agreed in  
April 2015 to finance the Idis acquisition. 
This consists of a five year fixed term 
repayment loan of £45.0m (2014: £nil)  
and a five year revolving credit facility of 
£95.0m (2014: £35.0m). The revolving 
credit facility (RCF) is repayable within one 
month. Interest is payable on a tiered scale 
based on the level of borrowing. Covenant 
terms apply to the new facilities and 
comprise Interest Cover, Cash Flow  
Cover and Adjusted Leverage covenants. 
The bank loans are secured on the assets 
of the Group.

At 30 June 2015, the fixed‑term loan was 
fully utilised and £60.8m was borrowed 
against the revolving credit facility (30 June 
2014: £16,500 utilised).

Events after the reporting date
On 17 September 2015, Clinigen 
announced a strategic alliance with 
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, with no 
financial terms, which will build on 
Clinigen’s existing North American 
relationships by providing complementary 
support from Cumberland in the 
development, marketing, promotion and 
distribution of future products in the US, 
with Clinigen supporting Cumberland 
outside the US. 

On 22 September 2015, Clinigen 
announced the proposed acquisition of  
Link Healthcare a specialist pharmaceutical 
and medical technology business focused 
on the Asia, Africa and Australasia (AAA) 
region for a maximum consideration of 
£100m. Link is being acquired on a 
debt‑free cash‑free basis with an initial 
consideration of £44.5m, payable at 
completion 50% in cash and 50% in 
shares. Additional deferred consideration of 
up to £55.5m is payable if earn out targets 
are achieved over a two year period. 
Completion of the acquisition is expected 
to occur on or around 28 October 2015 
after the Clinigen AGM.

For the financial year ended 31 March 
2015, Link achieved revenue of £31.6m and 
EBITDA of £4.2m. The cash element of the 
acquisition consideration will be financed 
from the Group’s existing debt facility. 

R Sibson
Chief Financial Officer

24 September 2015

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A responsible
business 

It is important we listen to our employees and 
understand their views on Clinigen as an employer  
and for the senior management as their colleagues.

Employees

Corporate, social and 
ethical policies

Community

Health and safety

of the Group are communicated to the 
employees through the monthly updates 
and at the annual all staff conference. 
The employees are encouraged to be a 
part of the Group’s success through share 
ownership and the Group’s employee 
share schemes.

The group has also undertaken a review of 
the Clinigen Brand from an employment 
market perspective, which involved 
employee representatives and external 
agencies commenting on their experiences 
working with Clinigen.

Employees
The Group is committed to a policy of 
equal opportunities in the recruitment, 
engagement and retention of employees. 
The multi‑lingual diversity of our team not 
only supports our global service offering 
but demonstrates our lack of barriers to 
employment. Employees are supported to 
undertake additional training, both internal 
and external, to develop their skills which 
are then often transferred across 
departments or enables their promotion.

Age, colour, gender, disability, ethnic origin, 
national origin, marital status, sexual 
orientation, religious or political view is 
not seen as a barrier to employment 
and is evidenced by the Group’s diverse 
employment base. The Group would 
support employees if they were to become 
disabled whilst employed by the Group, 
those employees would be retained where 
possible and training provided as required.

It is important we listen to our employees 
and understand their views on Clinigen  
as an employer and for the senior 
management as their colleagues.  
The Group operates a culture of open 
communication through a range of 
two‑way mediums including: monthly 
employee representative staff forum; 
newsletter; and monthly Group update 
from the CEO, Deputy CEO and Chief 
Financial Officer. The strategic objectives 

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ethical policies
Clinigen recognises the importance of 
balancing the interests of its customers, 
shareholders, employees, suppliers and the 
communities in which it operates. 
Management of the environmental and 
social issues that play a part in the 
business is a key factor in the Group’s 
strategy for success and in the practice of 
good corporate governance. With this in 
mind, the Group, through its management 
team and its experienced Quality and 
Regulatory department audit all suppliers 
and manufacturers regularly to ensure they 
reach the standards set and respond to any 
improvement requests we make of them.

The Group aspires to carry out its  
business to the highest ethical standards, 
treating employees, suppliers and 
customers in a professional, courteous  
and honest manner. Ethical standards  
are included in our audit schedule when 
reviewing our suppliers and manufacturers 
to check the standards they follow meet 
those expected. 

Community
Clinigen participates in local community 
projects that it feels are worthy and 
appropriate and encourages employees  
to get involved in local and national 
charitable events, as well as deciding 
where charitable donations are placed.  
An example of this is the League 
Managers’ Association, we work with 
them to support local schools in their 
Football Association level coaching. 

For FY15, the Group has continued to 
support Foundation MEM, a charity 
focussing on developing a better life for a 
village in Cameroon which is very close to 
some of our employees, and The Anthony 
Nolan Trust, a charity very relevant to 
Foscavir, the first product acquired in 2010. 
Clinigen work‑alongside Patient Group 
Organisations in the MA division. We 
believe greater patient involvement in 
personal healthcare needs and also in 
the development of local and national 
healthcare provision is an important part 
of the future development of effective 
healthcare services.

The Group made no political donations 
during the year (FY14: £nil) and made 
charitable donations of £15k (FY14: £29k).

Health and safety
The Group recognises that Health and 
Safety has positive benefits to the 
organisation and commitment to a high 
level of safety makes good business sense. 
It also recognises that Health and Safety is 
a business function and must, therefore, 
continually improve and progress – and 
adapt to change. To achieve this aim, 
appropriate levels of resource will be 
allocated to ensuring a positive Health and 
Safety culture throughout the Company.

The Group approach to Health and Safety 
is based on the identification and control of 
risks. Adequate planning, monitoring and 
reviews of the Health and Safety Policy  
are carried out in line with our Safety 
Management System (SMS) and to ensure 
continual improvement to our Health and 
Safety standards.

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and uncertainties

The Board has overall responsibility for ensuring
risk is appropriately managed across the Group.

Below are discussed the principal risks identified in 2015.  
These risks are not intended to be an extensive analysis  
of all risk that may arise in the ordinary course of business  
or otherwise.

Competitive threat
The pharmaceutical industry as a whole is 
highly competitive, however the markets/
supply chain in which Clinigen operate are 
niche and require specialist knowledge, 
therefore they do not see the same  
level of competition. There are no  
other companies with Clinigen’s unique 
business model however there are  
other organisations that operate within  
the same markets, these include:  
Contract Research Organisation’s; they 
provide support to the pharmaceutical, 
biotechnology, and medical device 
industries. There are also diverse local 
suppliers who provide access to licensed 
and unlicensed medicines locally. Many of 
our peers will be focused on one particular 
area of access to licensed and unlicensed 
medicines, unlike Clinigen who operates 
from the early access stage of unlicensed 
medicines supply right through to access 
to mature licensed medicines. There are 
very few companies that have the global 
regulatory knowledge and customs 
expertise that Clinigen has, which  
has allowed us to expand our global 
footprint at a much faster rate than  
other companies within the sector.

Regulatory environment
As Clinigen is a ‘young’ pharmaceutical 
company, it has never been through an 
MHRA Pharmacovigilance Inspection to 
date. With the number of our licenced 
products increasing and as several of the 
companies that we work with have been 
recently inspected, it is very likely that 
Clinigen will also be inspected in the next 
12 months. Clinigen uses a well‑
established Pharmacovigilance service 
provider and has all the necessary 
procedures in place to comply with the 
regulatory requirements. 

The new Clinical Trial Regulation goes live 
on 28 May 2016, however, there will be a 
long transition period (3 years) between 
Directive 2001/20/EC and Regulation EU 
No 536/2014. The Good Manufacturing 
Practice’s (GMP) for clinical trials (2003/94 
and Annex 13) will continue to apply until 
the end of the transition period (~2019). 
The consultation phase relating to GMP 
for Investigational Medicinal Products for 
human use has opened and will be open 
until 24 November 2015. These 
regulations will raise the barrier to entry 
into this market. Until the consultation 
phase is complete and the practical 
application evolves over the transition 
period, it is a case of watch and wait to 
see what the full effect will be. The 
majority of Clinigen business operates 
under Good Distribution Practice (GDP) 
and it is whether any changes to GMP will 
have a knock on effect on GDP, that will 
directly affect Clinigen. Clinigen is well 
placed to identify, adapt where necessary 

and to benefit from the tightening of the 
regulations around clinical drug supply  
due to its own expertise and the added 
expertise that Cumberland offers due to 
having its own development products.

International trade: political risk 
and pharmaceutical regulations.
As the group expands its global footprint, 
the exposure to adverse political decisions 
increases, for example, in territories where 
there is a risk of compulsory government 
imposed price reductions or limitations are 
enforced.  Although, the adverse decisions 
may be out of our control we do all we can 
to mitigate the risk by looking for alternative 
distribution routes, continually monitoring 
the situation to ensure timely response  
once a change in circumstance is identified 
and discussions with key people,  
wherever possible.

The Group’s activities involve importing  
and exporting products across many 
international borders and most activities  
are covered by numerous pharmaceutical 
regulations. Any changes to these 
regulations might affect the Group’s  
trading activities. To mitigate this risk  
the Management closely monitors any 
changes to regulations and seeks to  
adapt its procedures wherever possible  
to ensure activities are not affected, whilst 
maintaining compliance. In addition the 
Group is regularly audited by customers  
and regulatory authorities to ensure it  
is compliant. 

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Falsified Medicines Directive (2011/62/EU). 
A draft of the EU delegated act on safety 
features has now been published. It will 
come into full force three years after 
publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union. The core elements include:

•  safety features consisting of a Unique 
Identifier (UI) on each pack combined 
with tamper‑evidence

•  mandatory verification at the point‑of‑
dispense and risk‑based verification in 
the supply chain

•  supported by a European‑wide 

repositories system

This new legislation will affect all SP 
products and CTS supplies and will impact 
all suppliers in the same way. Our business 
model within SP of supplying hospitals and 
healthcare professionals directly, plus 
industry leading Quality Management 
System and audited partners means we 
have mitigated against current risk. With 
CTS, we already have measures and 
processes in place that are above the 
standards laid out in GDP currently. For the 
future, we are assessing any impact of 
changing regulation and what and how we 
will need to respond through our in‑house 
and vastly experienced Qualified Persons. 
It is not clear on how unlicensed medicines 
will be impacted at this stage, but Clinigen 
would not be affected any differently to any 
other supplier in this market. 

Please also refer to the market overview.

Foreign exchange
Foreign exchange risk arises because the 
Group sells to clients located in various 
parts of the world whose functional 
currency is not the same as the functional 
currency in which the Group operates. 
Link Healthcare operates primarily in 
South African Rand and Australian Dollars. 
The, recently announced, proposed 
acquisition of Link will introduce, to 
Clinigen, increased exposure to foreign 
currency exchange risk, the South African 
Rand exchange rate has a higher volatility 
than the Group’s current main operational 
currencies of sterling, Euro and US dollar.

The Group’s net assets arising from such 
overseas revenues are exposed to 
currency risk resulting in gains or losses 
on retranslation into sterling. Foreign 
currency risk is managed at Group level  
in order to optimize the matching of 
currency surpluses generated to the 
foreign currency needs of the wider 
group. The Group operates bank accounts 
in its principal foreign currencies in order 
to maintain currencies and not expose 
payments and receipts to foreign currency 
spot rates. 

Clinigen does not issue or use financial 
instruments of a speculative nature. 
Where required and possible, significant 
transactions are hedged.

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Board of Directors

Our experienced Board has a significant track record and a wealth of knowledge  
across the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors spanning private  
and publicly quoted companies.

The Board is committed to ensuring that CTS, MA and GA remain the global  
market‑leaders in their sectors, and the Group is the owner of a high‑value portfolio  
of specialist hospital‑only medicines.

Peter Allen
Non-executive Chairman

Peter George
Chief Executive Officer

1    2    3
Peter joined Clinigen as Non‑executive Chairman in August 2012. He has a wealth of 
experience on the Boards of both private and publicly‑owned companies, including Chairman, 
CEO and CFO positions. 

He is also currently Chairman of Advanced Medical Solutions Plc, Future Plc,  
Oxford Nanopore Technologies Plc and Diurnal Ltd.

Peter is Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit and  
Risk Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

Peter joined Clinigen when it formed in June 2010 and has been at the forefront of the 
strategic decisions and resulting growth Clinigen has achieved.

Peter has an extensive range of experience, starting his career in the UK’s National Health 
Service before utilising and strengthening his experience in the pharmaceutical industry 
where he has held a number of senior international roles including executive VP for  
Wolters Kluwer Health, with responsibility for European and Asia Pacific regions, CEO at 
Penn Pharma Limited where he led a £67m management buy‑out in 2007 and Chief 
Operating Officer for Unilabs Clinical Trials International Limited. Peter was CEO of the Year 
in the 2014 European Mediscience Awards.

Shaun Chilton
Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Shaun joined Clinigen in January 2012 and now holds responsibility for the Group achieving 
its key performance indicators on a day‑to‑day basis. He previously held the position of 
president within KnowledgePoint360 Group, a global pharmaceutical information and 
services operation.

Shaun has 20 years’ experience in the industry across a range of disciplines, including 
commercial, strategic, operational and sales and marketing roles for companies such as 
Pfizer and Sanofi.

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Chief Financial Officer

Robin has over 30 years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry, holding a number of 
senior, executive, finance roles for companies such as Abbott, Boots and BASF. He joined 
ADL Healthcare Limited, a forerunner of Clinigen, in 2003 and has provided a consistent, 
highly knowledgeable and skilled presence through the evolution of Clinigen.

Martin Abell
Chief Financial Officer Elect

Martin joined Clinigen on 3 August 2015 as CFO Elect. Before joining Clinigen, Martin worked 
at the FTSE250 recruitment group, Hays plc. At Hays, Martin spent the first part of his career 
as Head of Investor Relations and M&A, and was later appointed Finance Director for the 
Continental Europe and Rest of World division which operated across 21 countries with 
revenues of over £1bn. Previously, Martin held several financial roles at the FTSE100 logistics 
group, Exel plc (now part of Deutsche Post) including Financial Controller of two of the UK 
divisions. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant, having trained at PwC in the M&A 
Transaction Services team.

John Hartup
Non‑executive Director

Ian Nicholson
Non‑executive Director

1    2    3
John joined Clinigen in May 2011. He has over 30 years’ experience as a corporate lawyer 
dealing with corporate finance and commercial contract issues across a number of industries.

Formerly managing partner at Ricksons LLP and subsequently became a partner at DWF 
LLP. John is also a Director of Wichtig Publishing Srl. John is Chairman of the Audit and Risk 
Committee and a member of the Nomination Committee and the Remuneration Committee.

1    2    3
Ian joined Clinigen as Non‑executive Director in September 2012. He has considerable 
experience as both an Executive Director and as a Non‑executive Director and currently  
holds positions as Non‑executive Director of Consort Medical plc and Bioventix plc, where  
he is the Non‑executive Chairman. Ian is also Chairman of the investment committee at 
Cancer Research UK Pioneer Fund, Chief Executive Officer of F2G Limited, Director of 
Casewell Consulting Limited and an Operating Partner at Advent Life Sciences LLP. 

Ian is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and a member of the Audit and Risk 
Committee and the Nomination Committee.

Committee membership

1   Audit and Risk Committee

2   Remuneration Committee

3   Nomination Committee

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for the year ended 30 June 2015

The Directors present their report together with the Strategic 
report and the audited consolidated financial statements for the 
year ended 30 June 2015.

Clinigen Group plc is a public limited company, which is listed 
on the Alternative Investment Market and incorporated and 
domiciled in the UK.

Principal activities
Clinigen is a specialty global pharmaceutical group headquartered 
in the UK, with offices in the US and Japan. The parent company 
is a holding company for the Group, holding the product portfolio 
intangible assets of the Group and providing management 
services for the other Group companies which undertake the 
Group’s four operating businesses.

During the year, Clinigen acquired Idis Group Holdings Limited 
and its subsidiary undertakings (the ‘Idis Group’). The Idis Group 
had three operating businesses, two of which, Idis Managed 
Access Programs and Idis Clinical Trial Procurement operate  
very similarly to Clinigen Global Access Programs (‘Clinigen 
GAP') and Clinical Trials Supply (‘Clinigen CTS'), respectively. 
Post‑acquisition, these operating businesses were fully 
combined to form Idis Managed Access and Clinigen Clinical Trial 
Services. Following the restructuring of the enlarged group the 
Group will operate through four operating businesses, Idis Global 
Access and Clinigen Speciality Pharmaceuticals were unchanged 
by the acquisition.

Clinigen SP focuses on acquiring and in‑licensing specialist, 
hospital‑only medicines worldwide, commercialising and 
revitalising them within niche markets.

Idis Managed Access (‘Idis MA') specialises in the consultancy, 
development, management and implementation of managed 
access programs for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.

Clinigen CTS Limited and Clinigen CTS Inc. jointly form the 
operating business Clinical Trials Services (‘Clinigen CTS’), which 
sources commercial medical products for use in clinical studies, 
including comparator drugs, adjuvant drugs and rescue therapies.

Idis Global Access works directly with healthcare providers to 
enable ethical compliant access to unlicensed medicines.

The four operating businesses work in synergy to attain our  
primary aim of supplying ‘the right drug to the right patient  
at the right time’.

Business review and future developments
The business review is included within the Operational review 
and Financial review and can be found on pages 22 to 31.

Key performance indicators
The Group’s key performance indicators are discussed in the 
Strategic report.

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Financial instruments
The Group’s operations expose it to a variety of financial risks 
that include credit risk, liquidity risk and foreign exchange risk. 
The Group has a risk management program that seeks to limit 
the adverse effects on the financial performance of the Group 
by monitoring levels of debt finance and related finance costs 
and managing foreign currency transactions. The Group has 
implemented policies that require appropriate credit checks 
before a sale is made. The Group reduces its exposure to 
currency fluctuations on translation by managing currencies 
at Group level using bank accounts denominated in foreign 
currencies. Where there is sufficient visibility of currency 
requirements, forward contracts are used to hedge its 
exposure to foreign currency fluctuations.

Further detail is provided in note 21.

Creditor payment policy
It is the policy and normal practice of the Group to make 
payments due to suppliers in accordance with agreed terms 
and conditions, generally 30 days. Where suppliers offer early 
settlement discounts, these are taken advantage of. The policy 
will also be applied for FY16. 

Dividend
As explained in the Chief Financial Officer’s statement, 
the Directors propose a final dividend of 2.3p per  
share, subject to approval at the AGM on 27 October 2015.  
The dividend will be payable on 6 November 2015 to all 
shareholders on the register at 16 October 2015. Together 
with the interim dividend of 1.1p per share paid on 2 April 2015, 
this makes a combined dividend for the year of 3.4p per share 
(2014: 3.1p per share).

Events after the reporting date
Details of significant events since the balance sheet date  
are contained in note 29 to the financial statements.

Directors and appointment of Directors
The Directors who served during the year and up to the date of 
signing the financial statements were, unless otherwise stated, 
as follows:

P George
R Sibson
S Chilton 
M Abell (appointed 3 August 2015)
P Allen (Non‑Executive Chairman) 
J Hartup (Non‑Executive)
I Nicholson (Non‑Executive)

Clinigen Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2015Delivering the right drug to the right patient at the right timeWith regard to the appointment of Directors, the Company is 
governed by its Articles of Association, the Companies Act and 
related legislation. Directors are subject to re‑election at intervals 
of not more than three years. P Allen, Non‑Executive Chairman 
and P George, Chief Executive Officer, will be retiring by rotation 
and offering themselves for re‑election at the AGM to be held on 
27 October 2015. M Abell, CFO elect was appointed to the Board 
on 3 August 2015 and will be offered for re‑election by the 
shareholders at the AGM.

•  state whether IFRSs as adopted by the European Union and 
applicable UK Accounting Standards have been followed, 
subject to any material departures disclosed and explained 
in the Group and parent company financial statements 
respectively; and

•  prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis 
unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Company will 
continue in business.

Directors’ interests
The interests of the Directors over the Ordinary Share capital  
of the Company are as follows:

P George
R Sibson
S Chilton
M Abell
P Allen
J Hartup
I Nicholson

Number of 
shares at  
30 June  

2015

Number of 
shares at  
1 July  
2014 

5,557,242
2,480,515
303,800
–
45,732
10,000
10,000

5,557,242
2,480,515
303,800
–
45,732
33,934
10,000

8,407,289 8,431,223

There has been no change in the interests set out above 
between 30 June 2015 and 24 September 2015.

Directors’ responsibilities statement 
The Directors are responsible for preparing the Annual Report 
and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law 
and regulations.

Company law requires the Directors to prepare financial 
statements for each financial year. Under that law the Directors 
have prepared the Group financial statements in accordance 
with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as 
adopted by the European Union, and the parent company 
financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom 
Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom 
Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law 
the Directors must not approve the financial statements unless 
they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state 
of affairs of the Group and the Company and of the profit or loss 
of the Group for that period. In preparing these financial 
statements, the Directors are required to:

The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting 
records that are sufficient to show and explain the Company’s 
transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time 
the financial position of the Company and the Group and enable 
them to ensure that the financial statements and the Directors’ 
Remuneration Report comply with the Companies Act 2006 and, 
as regards the Group financial statements, Article 4 of the 
IAS Regulation. They are also responsible for safeguarding the 
assets of the Company and the Group and hence for taking 
reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and 
other irregularities.

The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity 
of the Company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom 
governing the preparation and dissemination of financial 
statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

The Directors consider that the annual report and accounts, 
taken as a whole, is fair, balanced and understandable and 
provides the information necessary for shareholders to assess 
a Company’s performance, business model and strategy.

Each of the Directors, whose names and functions are listed 
in the Report of the Directors confirm that, to the best of 
their knowledge:

•  the Group financial statements, which have been prepared in 
accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the EU, give a true and 
fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit 
of the Group; and

•  the Directors’ report includes a fair review of the development 

and performance of the business and the position of the 
Group, together with a description of the principal risks 
and uncertainties that it faces.

Directors’ indemnities
The officers of the Company and its subsidiaries would be 
indemnified in respect of proceedings which might be brought 
by a third party. No cover is provided in respect of any fraudulent 
or dishonest actions.

•  select suitable accounting policies and then apply them 

consistently;

•  make judgements and accounting estimates that are 

reasonable and prudent;

Employees
The policies relating to employees are discussed in the 
Responsible Business Section of the Strategic Report. 

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for the year ended 30 June 2015

AGM notice
The notice convening the AGM to be held on 27 October 2015, 
together with an explanation of the resolutions to be proposed at 
the meeting, is contained in a separate circular to shareholders.

Independent auditors
The auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, have expressed their 
willingness to continue in office and a resolution to re‑appoint 
them will be proposed at the forthcoming AGM.

This report was approved by the Board and signed by order of 
the Board:

R Sibson
Company Secretary

24 September 2015

Political donations
In line with the established policy, the Group made no 
political donations.

Although the Group does not make, and does not intend to  
make, political donations, the definition of political donations 
under the Companies Act 2006 includes broad and potentially 
ambiguous definitions of the terms ‘political donation’ and 
‘political expenditure’, which may apply to some normal business 
activities which would not generally be considered to be 
political in nature. 

As in previous years, a resolution will be proposed at the 
AGM seeking shareholder approval for the Directors to be 
given authority, to make political donations and/or to incur 
political expenditure, in each case within the meaning of the 
Companies Act 2006. The Directors wish to emphasise that the 
proposed resolution is sought on a purely precautionary basis in 
order to avoid inadvertent contravention of the Companies Act 
2006. The Board has no intention of entering into any party 
political activities.

Provision of information to the auditors
Each of the Directors at the time when this Report of the 
Directors is approved has confirmed that:

•  so far as that Director is aware, there is no relevant audit 

information of which the Company’s and the Group’s auditors 
are unaware; and

•  that Director has taken all the steps that ought to have 
been taken as a Director in order to be aware of any 
information needed by the Company and the Group’s 
auditors in connection with preparing their report and to 
establish that the Company and the Group’s auditors are 
aware of that information.

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Independent Auditors’ report
to the members of Clinigen Group plc

Report on the group financial statements

Our opinion
In our opinion, Clinigen Group plc’s group financial statements 
(the ‘financial statements’):

•  give a true and fair view of the state of the group’s affairs as 
at 30 June 2015 and of its profit and cash flows for the year 
then ended;

•  have been properly prepared in accordance with International 
Financial Reporting Standards (‘IFRSs’) as adopted by the 
European Union; and

•  have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of 

the Companies Act 2006.

What we have audited
The financial statements comprise:

•  the consolidated statement of financial position as at  

30 June 2015;

•  the consolidated statement of comprehensive income for  

the year then ended;

•  the consolidated statement of cash flows for the year  

then ended;

•  the consolidated statement of changes in equity; and
•  the notes to the financial statements, which include a 
summary of significant accounting policies and other 
explanatory information.

The financial reporting framework that has been applied in the 
preparation of the financial statements is applicable law and 
IFRSs as adopted by the European Union.

In applying the financial reporting framework, the directors have 
made a number of subjective judgements, for example in respect 
of significant accounting estimates. In making such estimates, 
they have made assumptions and considered future events.

Opinion on other matter prescribed by the 
Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, the information given in the Strategic Report and 
the report of the directors for the financial year for which the 
financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial 
statements.

Other matters on which we are required to report 
by exception
Adequacy of information and explanations received
Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you 
if, in our opinion, we have not received all the information and 
explanations we require for our audit. We have no exceptions to 
report arising from this responsibility. 

Directors’ remuneration
Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you 
if, in our opinion, certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration 
specified by law are not made. We have no exceptions to report 
arising from this responsibility. 

Responsibilities for the financial statements  
and the audit
Our responsibilities and those of the Directors
As explained more fully in the Directors’ Responsibilities 
Statement set out on page 43, the directors are responsible for 
the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied 
that they give a true and fair view.

Our responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on the 
financial statements in accordance with applicable law and 
International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) (‘ISAs  
(UK & Ireland)’). Those standards require us to comply with the 
Auditing Practices Board’s Ethical Standards for Auditors.

This report, including the opinions, has been prepared for and 
only for the company’s members as a body in accordance with 
Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and for no other 
purpose. We do not, in giving these opinions, accept or assume 
responsibility for any other purpose or to any other person to 
whom this report is shown or into whose hands it may come 
save where expressly agreed by our prior consent in writing.

What an audit of financial statements involves
We conducted our audit in accordance with ISAs (UK & Ireland). 
An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and 
disclosures in the financial statements sufficient to give 
reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free from 
material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error. This 
includes an assessment of: 

•  whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the group’s 

circumstances and have been consistently applied and 
adequately disclosed; 

•  the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made 

by the directors; and 

•  the overall presentation of the financial statements. 

We primarily focus our work in these areas by assessing the 
directors’ judgements against available evidence, forming our 
own judgements, and evaluating the disclosures in the financial 
statements.

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to the members of Clinigen Group plc

We test and examine information, using sampling and other 
auditing techniques, to the extent we consider necessary to 
provide a reasonable basis for us to draw conclusions. We obtain 
audit evidence through testing the effectiveness of controls, 
substantive procedures or a combination of both. 

In addition, we read all the financial and non‑financial information 
in the Annual Report and accounts to identify material 
inconsistencies with the audited financial statements and to 
identify any information that is apparently materially incorrect 
based on, or materially inconsistent with, the knowledge 
acquired by us in the course of performing the audit. If we 
become aware of any apparent material misstatements or 
inconsistencies we consider the implications for our report.

Other matter
We have reported separately on the company financial 
statements of Clinigen Group plc for the year ended  
30 June 2015.

Andrew Hammond (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
Birmingham

24 September 2015

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Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
for the year ended 30 June 2015 

Revenue
Cost of sales

Gross profit
Administrative expenses

Profit/(loss) from operations
Finance income
Finance cost

Profit/(loss) before income tax
Income tax (expense)/credit

Profit/(loss) for the year attributable  

to owners of the parent

Other comprehensive income
Items that may be reclassified to  

profit or loss:

Exchange losses arising in the year on 

translation of foreign operations

Total comprehensive income/(expense) 
attributable to owners of the parent

Earnings per share for profit attributable 

to the owners of the parent during  
the year

Basic (p)
Diluted (p)

All amounts relate to continuing operations.

Note

3

3

4
7
8

9

10

2015

Non-  
underlying 
(note 6)  
£’000

–
–

–
(17,801)

(17,801)
–
–

(17,801)
3,048

Underlying 
£’000

184,359
(130,708)

53,651
(26,675)

26,976
39
(859)

26,156
(5,718)

Total  
£’000

184,359 
(130,708)

53,651
(44,476)

9,175
39
(859)

8,355
(2,670)

Underlying 
£’000

126,639
(85,436)

41,203
(17,887)

23,316
2
(234)

23,084
(5,437)

2014

Non‑ 
underlying  
(note 6)  
£’000

–
–

–
(1,801)

(1,801)
–
–

(1,801)
367

Total  

£’000

126,639
(85,436)

41,203
(19,688)

21,515
2
(234)

21,283
(5,070)

20,438

(14,753)

5,685

17,647

(1,434)

16,213

(119)

–

(119)

(254)

–

(254)

20,319

(14,753)

5,566

17,393

(1,434)

15,959

6.5
6.3

19.6
19.0

The Company has elected to take exemption under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 not to present the Company Statement 
of Comprehensive Income.

The notes on pages 51 to 81 form an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

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as at 30 June 2015 

Assets
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment 
Intangible assets
Deferred tax assets

Total non-current assets
Current assets
Inventories
Trade and other receivables
Corporation tax recoverable
Cash and cash equivalents

Total current assets

Total assets

Liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Loans and borrowings
Deferred tax liabilities

Total non-current liabilities
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables
Provisions
Loans and borrowings
Corporation tax liability
Deferred tax liabilities

Total current liabilities

Total liabilities

Net assets

Issued capital and reserves attributable to owners of the parent company
Share capital
Share premium account
Merger reserve
Own shares
Foreign exchange reserve
Retained earnings

Note

2015  
£’000

2014  
£’000

12
13
22

15
16

17

19
22

18
20
19

22

23
24
24
24
24
24

1,597
308,222
3,843

313,662

11,127
67,131
–
27,750

106,008

968
50,508
1,956

53,432

2,466
23,644
3,535
21,787

51,432

419,670

104,864

34,530
18,990

53,520

87,640
1,510
69,470
349
2,556

161,525

215,045

204,625

110
141,023
5,413
(3)
(264)
58,346

–
–

–

19,502
–
16,500
2,555
–

38,557

38,557

66,307

83
8,660
5,413
(328)
(145)
52,624

Total equity

204,625

66,307

The notes on pages 51 to 81 form an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.

The financial statements on pages 47 to 81 were approved and authorised for issue by the Board of Directors on 24 September 2015 
and were signed on its behalf by

P George 
Director   

R Sibson
Director

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Consolidated statement of cash flows 
for the year ended 30 June 2015

Cash flows from operating activities
Profit for the year before tax
Adjustments for:
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
Amortisation of intangible fixed assets
Impairment of intangible fixed assets
Loss on disposal of non‑current assets
Provision for restructuring costs 
Currency gain on contract creditors
Interest receivable
Interest expense
Share‑based payment expense

Increase in trade and other receivables
(Increase)/decrease in inventories
(Increase)/decrease in trade and other payables

Cash generated from operations
Income taxes paid
Income taxes received
Interest paid

Net cash generated from operating activities 
Investing activities
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
Purchase of intangible fixed assets
Purchase of subsidiary net of cash acquired
Interest receivable

Net cash used in investing activities

Financing activities
Proceeds from issue of shares
Proceeds from loan
Loan repayments
Purchase of own shares
Dividends paid

Net cash generated from financing activities

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year
Exchange gains

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

Note

2015  
£’000

2014  
£’000

8,355

21,283

12
13
13

20

7
8

8

12
13
30
7

19

11

17

17

441
7,145
3,370
1,283
1,510
–
(39)
859
1,295

24,219
(10,257)
(1,824)
3,707

15,845
(5,227)
3,368
(859)

13,127

(168)
(8,466)
(179,698)
39

212
3,290
–
18
–
(367)
(2)
234
1,190

25,858
(4,923)
685
(1,278)

20,342
(1,067)
–
(234)

19,041

(641)
(21,371)
–
2

(188,293)

(22,010)

132,390
104,000
(52,500)
— 
(2,642)

181,248

6,082
21,787
(119)

27,750

– 
16,500
–
(340)
(2,476)

13,684

10,715
11,326
(254)

21,787

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for the year ended 30 June 2015 

At 1 July 2013
Profit for the year
Other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive income
Share‑based payment scheme
Deferred taxation on share‑based 

payment scheme

Tax credit in respect of tax losses arising 

on exercise of share options

Dividend paid (note 11)
Own shares acquired in the year
Own shares distributed on exercise  

of share options

Total contributions by and distributions 
to owners of the parent, recognised 
directly in equity

At 30 June 2014 and 1 July 2014
Profit for the year
Other comprehensive income

Total comprehensive income
Share‑based payment scheme
Deferred taxation on share‑based 

payment scheme

Tax credit in respect of tax losses arising 

on exercise of share options

Dividend paid (note 11)
Issue of new shares
Own shares distributed on exercise  

of share options

Total contributions by and distributions 
to owners of the parent, recognised 
directly in equity

At 30 June 2015

Share  
capital  
£’000

83
–
–

Share  
premium 
account  
£’000

8,660 
–
–

Merger  
reserve  
£’000

5,413 
–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–

–

–

83
–
–

–
–

–

–
–
27

–

–
–

–

–
–
–

–

–

8,660
–
–

–
–

–

–
–
132,363

–

27

110

132,363

141,023

–
–

–

–
–
–

–

–

5,413
–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–

–

–

5,413

Own  
shares  
£’000

–
–
–

–
–

–

–
–
(340)

12

(328)

(328)
–
–

–
–

–

–
–
–

325

325

(3)

Foreign 
exchange  
reserve  
£’000

109
–
(254)

(254)
–

–

–
–
–

–

–

Retained 
earnings 
£’000

36,685
16,213
– 

16,213
1,190

Total  
equity  
£’000

50,950
16,213
(254)

15,959
1,190

405

405

619
(2,476)
– 

619
(2,476)
(340)

(12)

– 

(274)

(602)

(145)
–
(119)

(119)
–

52,624
5,685
–

5,685
1,299

66,307
5,685
119

5,566
1,299

–

–
–
–

–

–

1,340

1,340

365
(2,642)
–

365
(2,642)
132,390

(325)

–

37

132,752

(264)

58,346

204,625

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financial statements 
for the year ended 30 June 2015

1. Accounting policies
The principal accounting policies adopted by the Group and applied in the preparation of these consolidated financial statements are 
set out below. The policies have been consistently applied to all years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Basis of preparation
The consolidated financial statements of Clinigen Group plc have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting 
Standards, International Accounting Standards and Interpretations (collectively ‘IFRSs') issued by the International Accounting 
Standards Board (‘IASB') as adopted by the European Union (‘adopted IFRSs') and with those parts of the Companies Act 2006 that 
are applicable to companies that prepare financial statements in accordance with IFRSs. The consolidated financial statements have 
been prepared under the historical cost convention, as modified by the revaluation of financial assets and financial liabilities (including 
derivative instruments) at fair value through profit or loss.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with adopted IFRS requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates.  
It also requires Group management to exercise its judgement in the process of applying the Group’s accounting policies. The areas 
involving a higher degree of judgement or complexity, or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to the consolidated 
financial statements are disclosed in note 2.

Going concern
The Group’s strategy and forecasts, taking account of sensitivities within the trading projections and possible changes in trading 
performance, show that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Group 
has further funds available in the undrawn proportion of the bank facility, which combined with the Group’s cash balance and positive 
cash generation from each of its operations provides funding for future acquisitions in line with the Group’s acquisitional growth 
strategy. The Group therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its consolidated financial statements. Further 
information on the Group’s borrowing facilities is given in note 19.

Presentation of financial statements in accordance with IAS 1 (as amended 2012)
The financial statements are presented in accordance with IAS 1 ‘Presentation of Financial Statements’ (as amended 2012). The Group 
has elected to present the ‘Statement of comprehensive income’ in one statement.

Changes in accounting policies
(a) New and amended standards, interpretations and amendments adopted by the Group:
The following new or recent standards, interpretations and amendments to standards have been adopted by the Group where 
appropriate or applicable to the Group for the financial year beginning 1 July 2014:

•  There were no new standards, interpretations or amendments to standards that are effective to the Group for the financial year 

• 

beginning 1 July 2015 that have a material impact
IAS 36 (Amended), ‘Impairment of assets’ removed certain disclosures of the recoverable amount of Cash Generating Units 
(CGUs) which had been included by the issue of IFRS 13. The new requirements of IFRS13 have been accepted where relevant

(b) New standards, interpretations and amendments not yet adopted:
At the balance sheet date there are a number of new standards and amendments to existing standards in issue but not yet effective 
including IFRS 15 ‘Revenue from contracts with customers’ and IFRS 9 ‘Financial Instruments’, both of which are effective for periods 
beginning on or after 1 January 2018. The Group has not early adopted any of these new standards or amendments to existing 
standards. The Group is currently assessing the impact of IFRS 9 and IFRS 15.

There are no other new standards, amendments to existing standards or interpretations that are not yet effective that would be 
expected to have a material impact on the Group.

Basis of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements present the results of the Company and entitles where the Company has the ability to control 
the activities of and decisions made by that entity and to receive a variable return that can be affected by that control (the ‘Group’)  
as if they formed a single entity. Intercompany transactions and balances between Group companies are therefore eliminated in full.

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financial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2015

1. Accounting policies continued
Business Combinations 
The Group uses the acquisition method to account for business combinations of entities not under common control. The consideration 
transferred for the acquisition of a subsidiary is equal to the fair value of the assets transferred, the liabilities incurred and the equity 
interests issued by the Group. The consideration transferred includes the fair value of any asset or liability resulting from a contingent 
consideration arrangement. Acquisition‑related costs are expensed as incurred. Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities and 
contingent liabilities assumed in a business combination are measured initially at their fair values at the acquisition date.

On an acquisition‑by‑acquisition basis, the Group recognises any non‑controlling interest in the acquiree either at fair value or at the 
non‑controlling interest’s proportionate share of the acquiree’s net assets. The excess of the consideration transferred, the amount of 
any non‑controlling interest in the acquiree and the acquisition‑date fair value of any previous equity interest in the acquiree over the 
fair value of the Group’s share of the identifiable net assets acquired is recorded as goodwill. If this is less than the fair value of the 
net assets of the subsidiary acquired in the case of a bargain purchase, the difference is recognised directly in the statement of 
comprehensive income.

Acquisition costs and post‑acquisition restructuring costs are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income as non‑
underlying costs as they do not relate to normal trading activities and to reflect their one‑off nature.

Foreign currency
(a) Functional and presentation currency
Items included in the financial statements of each of the Group’s entities are measured using the currency of the primary economic 
environment in which the entity operates (the ‘functional currency’). The consolidated financial statements are presented in sterling, 
being the currency of the primary economic environment in which the Company operates. This is the Group’s presentation currency.

(b) Transactions and balances
Transactions entered into by Group entities in a currency other than the currency of the primary economic environment in which  
they operate (their ‘functional currency’) are recorded at the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions or valuation 
where items are re‑measured. Foreign currency monetary assets and liabilities are translated at the exchange rates prevailing at the 
reporting date. All foreign exchange gains and losses are presented in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income within 
administrative expenses.

(c) Group companies
The results and financial position of all the Group entities (none of which has the currency of a hyper‑inflationary economy) that have  
a functional currency different from the presentation currency are translated into the presentation currency as follows:

a)  assets and liabilities for each balance sheet presented are translated at the mid rate on the date of that balance sheet;
b)  income and expenses for each income statement are translated at average exchange rates for the financial period; and
c)  all resulting exchange differences are recognised in other comprehensive income and accumulated in the foreign exchange reserve.

On disposal of a foreign operation, the cumulative exchange differences recognised in the foreign exchange reserve relating to that 
operation up to the date of disposal would be transferred to the consolidated statement of comprehensive income as part of the profit 
or loss on disposal.

Segment reporting
Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the chief operating decision maker. 
The chief operating decision maker has been identified as the Executive Directors.

The Board considers that the Group’s activities constitute four operating segments, as defined under IFRS 8. Management  
reviews the performance of the Group by reference to the results of the operating segments against budget and the total  
results against budget.

Gross profit is the profit measure, as disclosed on the face of the consolidated statement of comprehensive income that is reviewed 
by the chief operating decision maker at the segmental reporting level. The performance measures used by management are 
prepared under UK GAAP whereas the figures in the Group financial information have been prepared in accordance with International 
Financial Reporting Standards (‘IFRSs') and IFRIC Interpretations issued by the International Accounting Standards Board as adopted 
by the European Union.

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Where equity‑settled share options are awarded to employees, the fair value of the options at the date of grant is charged to the 
consolidated statement of comprehensive income over the vesting period. Non‑market vesting conditions are taken into account  
by adjusting the number of equity instruments expected to vest at each reporting date so that, ultimately, the cumulative amount 
recognised over the vesting period is based on the number of options that eventually vest. Non‑vesting conditions and market vesting 
conditions are factored into the fair value of the options granted. As long as all other vesting conditions are satisfied, a charge is made 
irrespective of whether the market vesting conditions are satisfied. The cumulative expense is not adjusted for failure to achieve  
a market vesting condition or where a non‑vesting condition is not satisfied.

Where the terms and conditions of options are modified before they vest, the increase in the fair value of the options, measured 
immediately before and after the modification, is also charged to the consolidated statement of comprehensive income over the 
remaining vesting period.

Non-underlying items
Non‑underlying items are those significant items which the Directors consider are not related to the normal trading activities of  
the Group and are therefore separately disclosed to enable full understanding of the Group’s financial performance. Share‑based payments 
are classified as non‑underlying items due to their significance and in order to provide the reader of the consolidated financial statements 
with a consistent view of the underlying costs of the operating Group. One‑off items relating to acquisitions e.g. acquisition costs and the 
costs of restructuring post‑acquisition are shown as non‑underlying. Amortisation of intangible fixed assets acquired through a business 
combination are shown as non‑underlying items in order to give a clear view of the underlying results of the business.

Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation. As well as the purchase price, cost includes 
directly attributable costs. 

Depreciation is provided on all items of property, plant and equipment at rates calculated to write off the cost of each asset on  
a straight‑line basis over its expected useful economic lives, as follows:

•  Leasehold improvements 
•  Plant and machinery 
•  Fixtures, fittings and equipment 

– remaining term of lease to which the improvements relate 
– 20% 
– 20% to 33% straight line

Intangible assets
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of a business combination over, in the case of business combinations completed prior  
to 1 July 2010, the Group’s interest in the fair value of identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities acquired.

For business combinations completed after 1 July 2010, goodwill represents the excess of the cost of a business combination over 
the Group’s interest in the fair value of identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities including those intangible assets 
identified under IFRS 3 ‘Business Combinations’.

Goodwill is capitalised as an intangible asset with any impairment in carrying value being charged to the consolidated statement  
of comprehensive income. Where the fair value of identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities exceed the fair value of 
consideration paid, the excess is credited in full to the consolidated statement of comprehensive income on the acquisition date.

Goodwill is not amortised. Goodwill is assessed for impairment annually or more frequently if events or changes indicate a potential 
impairment. Goodwill arising on business combinations is allocated on the basis of contribution to gross profit of the associated 
CGUs. This is then assessed against the discounted cash flows of the CGUs for impairment.

Brand
The brand reflects the cashflows associated with the Idis business acquired April 2015. The brand was recognised following a 
business combination and is initially recognised at the fair value of the asset at the acquisition date. The carrying value of the brand is 
calculated as cost less accumulated amortisation. Amortisation is calculated using the straight line method to allocate the fair value 
cost of the asset over its estimated useful life of 20 years. The amortisation expense is recognised within administrative expenses in 
the consolidated statement of comprehensive income as a non‑underlying cost. 

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Notes forming part of the consolidated  
financial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2015

1. Accounting policies continued
Intangible assets continued
Contracts
The contracts relate to managed access programs which, due to their nature, have a short period of economic benefit i.e. until the product 
is licenced and becomes commercially available. The economic benefits from the contracts are weighted to the early stages of the contract. 

The contracts have been initially recognised following a business combination at the fair value of the asset at the acquisition date. The 
assets are subsequently recognised at initial fair value less accumulated amortisation. 

Amortisation is scheduled to follow the expected economic benefits, recognising the fair value cost of acquiring these contracts 
against the revenues generated from them.

The amortisation expense is recognised within administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income as  
a non‑underlying cost.

Customer relationships
The customer relationships within acquired operating businesses CTS & GA can be separately identified. The customer relationships have 
been initially recognised following a business combination at the fair value of the asset at the acquisition date. 

Amortisation is calculated on a straight line basis to allocate the fair value cost of each asset over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

•  Customer relationships – CTS 
•  Customer relationships – GA 

– seven years
– between seven years and 14 years

The amortisation expense is recognised within administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income  
as a non‑underlying cost.

Trademarks and licences
Separately acquired trademarks and licences are initially recognised at cost, being the purchase price of the asset which comprises 
the purchase price and any directly attributable cost of preparing the asset for its intended use.

The carrying value of trademarks and licences is calculated as cost less accumulated amortisation. Amortisation is calculated using the 
straight‑line method to allocate the cost of the trademarks and licences over their estimated useful lives of between seven and 15 years.

The amortisation expense is recognised within administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

Computer software
Computer software purchased to improve the Group’s ability to deliver its goods and services and is intended to be used over a number 
of years is capitalised and recognised at cost, being the purchase price of the asset and any directly attributable cost of preparing  
the asset for its intended use. No internal cost for time spent is capitalised as part of the asset. The carrying value of computer is 
calculated as cost less accumulated amortisation. Amortisation is calculated using the straight‑line method to allocate the cost of  
the computer software over their estimated useful lives of three to five years.

The amortisation expense is recognised within administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income.

Impairment reviews
Impairment reviews are undertaken annually at the end of the financial year or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances 
indicate a potential impairment. The carrying value of individual intangible and tangible assets are compared to the recoverable 
amount, which is the higher of value in use and the fair value less costs to sell. An impairment loss is recognised for the amount by 
which the asset’s carrying value exceeds its recoverable amount.

Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the impairment test is carried out on the smallest 
Group of assets to which it belongs for which there are separately identifiable cash flows; its cash generating units (‘CGUs'). Goodwill 
is allocated on initial recognition to each of the Group’s CGUs that are expected to benefit from the synergies of the combination 
giving rise to the goodwill.

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reporting date.

Inventories
Inventories are initially recognised at cost and subsequently stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Individual units of 
drugs cannot be interchanged as they are determined by the customer’s requirements for product name, dosage strength, pack size, 
batch number and expiry date. In accordance with IAS 2 ‘Inventories’ paragraph 23, items are recorded at their individual cost. To 
minimise obsolescence, cost is selected using first expiry, first out method. Cost comprises all costs of purchase, costs of conversion 
and other costs incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition. Net realisable value is the estimated selling 
price less applicable variable selling expenses. Provisions are made for slow moving and damaged inventories. Inventories which have 
expired are fully provided for until they are destroyed, when they are written off.

A number of arrangements exist where the Group holds inventories on consignment. This is not recognised in the inventories of the 
Group until the risks and rewards of ownership are transferred.

Financial assets
The Group does not have any financial assets which it would classify as fair value through profit or loss, available for sale or held to 
maturity. Therefore all financial assets are classed as loans and receivables as defined below.

Loans and receivables
These assets are non‑derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. The 
Group’s loans and receivables comprise ‘trade and other receivables’ and ‘cash and cash equivalents’ in the consolidated statement 
of financial position. They are included in current assets, except for maturities greater than 12 months after the end of the reporting 
period, which are classed as non‑current assets. 

Trade receivables arise principally through the provision of goods and services to customers in the ordinary course of the business. 
They are recognised initially at fair value plus transaction costs that are directly attributable to their acquisition or issue and 
subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less provision for impairment.

Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks and other highly‑liquid cash investments.

Impairment provisions are recognised when there is objective evidence (such as significant financial difficulties on the part of the 
counterparty or default or significant delay in payment) that the Group will be unable to collect all of the amounts due under the terms 
receivable, the amount of such a provision being the difference between the net carrying amount and the present value of the future 
expected cash flows associated with the impaired receivable. For trade receivables, which are reported net; such provisions are 
recorded in a separate allowance account with the loss being recognised within administrative expenses in the consolidated 
statement of comprehensive income. On confirmation that the trade receivable will not be collectable, the gross carrying value of the 
asset is written off against the associated provision.

Financial liabilities
The Group does not have any material financial liabilities that would be classified as fair value through the profit or loss. Therefore all 
financial liabilities are classified as other financial liabilities, as defined below.

Other financial liabilities 
Other financial liabilities include the following items:

Borrowings are initially recognised at fair value. Such interest bearing liabilities are subsequently measured at amortised cost using 
the effective interest rate method, which ensures that any interest expense over the period to repayment is at a constant rate on the 
balance of the liability carried in the consolidated statement of financial position. Facility fees paid on the establishment of facilities 
and for the maintenance of the facility are capitalised against the loans and borrowings balance. These are amortised as the loan is 
repaid with the associated amortisation expense recognised in administrative expenses. 

Trade payables are obligations to pay for goods and services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. 
They are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non‑current liabilities. Trade 
payables are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

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financial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2015

1. Accounting policies continued
Retirement benefits: defined contribution schemes
Contributions to defined contribution pension schemes are charged to the consolidated statement of comprehensive income in the 
year to which they relate. The Group has no further payment obligations once the contributions have been paid.

Provisions and contingent liabilities
A provision is recognised in the balance sheet when the Group has a present legal or constructive obligation as a result of a past 
event, it is more likely than not that an outflow of economic benefits will be required to settle the obligation and the obligation can be 
estimated reliably. Provisions are discounted if the impact on the provision is deemed to be material.

Leased assets
Rentals under operating leases are charged on a straight‑line basis over the lease term, even if the payments are not made on such a 
basis. Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign and operating lease are similarly spread on a straight‑line basis over the 
lease term, except where the period to the review date on which the rent is first expected to be adjusted to the prevailing market rate 
is shorter than the full lease term, in which case the shorter period is used.

Dividends
Dividends are recognised when they become legally payable. In the case of interim dividends to equity shareholders, this is when 
paid. In the case of final dividends, this is when approved by the shareholders.

Current and deferred tax
The tax expense for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the income statement, except to the extent that 
it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity. In this case, the tax is also recognised in other 
comprehensive income or directly in equity, respectively.

The current tax charge, including UK corporation tax and foreign tax, is calculated on the basis of the laws that have been enacted or 
substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. Provisions are established, where appropriate, on the basis of amounts expected to 
be paid.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognised where the carrying amount of an asset or liability in the consolidated statement of 
financial position differs from its tax base, except for differences arising on:

•  the initial recognition of goodwill;
•  the initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction which is not a business combination and at the time of the transaction 

• 

affects neither accounting nor taxable profit; and
investments in subsidiaries and jointly‑controlled entities where the Group is able to control the timing of the reversal of the 
difference and it is probable that the difference will not reverse in the foreseeable future.

Deferred income tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profit will be available against 
which the differences can be utilised.

The amount of the asset or liability is determined using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance 
sheet date and are expected to apply when the deferred tax liabilities or assets are settled or recovered, respectively.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the Group has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities 
and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority on either:

•  the same taxable Group Company; or
•  different Company entities which intend either to settle current tax assets and liabilities on a net basis, or to realise the assets  
and settle the liabilities simultaneously, in each future period in which significant amounts of deferred tax assets and liabilities  
are expected to be settled or recovered.

Share capital
Financial instruments issued by the Group are treated as equity only to the extent that they do not meet the definition of a financial 
liability. The Group’s Ordinary Shares are classified as equity instruments.

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Revenue represents amounts receivable for goods and services provided in the normal course of business, net of trade discounts, 
VAT and other sales‑related taxes. The revenue recognition for the operational areas of the business is:

Supply of products 
Revenue from the supply of products is recognised when the Group has transferred the significant risks and rewards of ownership to 
the buyer and it is probable that the Group will receive the previously agreed upon payment. These criteria are considered to be met 
when the goods are delivered to the buyer. Revenue is recognised at the fair value of consideration received or receivable.

Managed Access service fees
All services provided in relation to Managed Access are contractually agreed with the product originator, revenue for these services is 
recognised in the period when the outcome of the services set out in the contract can be estimated reliably and the stage of 
completion can be measured reliably.

Contracted program set up fees can be either for the whole project or triggered by milestones being achieved which are laid out in 
the contract. Revenue is recognised in relation to these fees when the contracted milestones are achieved.

Monthly management fees are recognised as revenue in the month to which they relate and once contractual services have 
been provided. 

Revenue in respect of program management fees is recognised when goods, provided under the program, have been dispatched to 
the customer for whom the management fee relates. Revenue is recognised at the fair value of consideration received or receivable.

Revenue in all years principally arises from the provision of goods and services. Further information is available in note 3, 
Segment information.

2. Critical accounting estimates and judgements
The Group makes certain estimates and assumptions regarding the future. Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated based 
on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the 
circumstances. In the future, actual experience may differ from these estimates and assumptions. The estimates and assumptions 
that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial 
year are discussed below.

(a) Business combinations
In accounting for business combinations, the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities acquired have to be measured at 
their fair values. In particular, some judgement is required in estimating the fair value of inventory with reference to current selling 
prices and an assessment of obsolescence and demand for inventory; the fair value of trade debtors with reference to the ageing and 
recoverability of these and judgements in estimating the valuation of intangible assets with reference to forecast future sales under 
the pre‑existing contracts and relationships where legal contracts are not in place. Details concerning acquisitions and business 
combinations are outlined in note 30.

(b) Impairment of goodwill
The Group tests annually whether goodwill has suffered any impairment, in accordance with the accounting policy stated in note 1. 
The recoverable amount is determined based on value in use calculations. The use of this method requires the estimation of future 
cash flows and the choice of a discount rate in order to calculate the present value of the cash flows. Actual outcomes may vary. 
More information including carrying values is included in note 13.

(c) Carrying value of intangible assets excluding goodwill
The carrying value of intangible assets is at cost less amortisation and any impairment. Annual impairment trigger reviews are 
undertaken at the end of the financial year or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate a potential impairment. 
Trademarks and licences are not traded in an active market hence the fair value of the asset is determined using discounted cash 
flows which involves the Group using judgement and assumptions.

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2. Critical accounting estimates and judgements continued
(d) Inventory provisioning
The Company’s principal activities during the year related to the management, sale and distribution of pharmaceutical products which 
have associated expiry dates. As a result it is necessary to consider the recoverability of the cost of the inventory and the associated 
provisioning required. Management consider the nature and condition of inventory, the remaining expiry period, as well as apply 
assumptions around expected future demand for the inventory, when calculating the level of inventory provisioning. See note 15  
for the net carrying value of inventory and associated provision.

(e) Impairment of trade receivables
The Company makes an estimate of the recoverable value of trade and other debtors. When assessing impairment of trade and  
other receivables, management considers factors including the credit rating and age profile of the receivable and historic experience. 
See note 16 for the net carrying amount of the receivables and the associated impairment provision.

(f) Deferred taxation 
Recognition of deferred tax assets is restricted to those instances where it is probable that taxable profit will be available against 
which the difference can be utilised. The future taxable profits are based on forecasts and thus actual may vary.

The amount of the asset or liability is determined using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance 
sheet date and are expected to apply when the deferred tax liabilities or assets are settled or recovered. A change in rate would 
change these calculations. 

The deferred tax asset recognised on share options, not yet exercised, is calculated based on the market price of the shares at  
the end of the reporting period. The market price at the exercise date would be expected to be different, hence the actual asset 
recognisable at exercise is likely to differ to the one recognised at the reporting date.

3. Segment information
The Group has four main reportable segments, being the Group’s operating businesses:

Clinigen Clinical Trial Services (‘CTS') sources commercial medical products for use in clinical studies, including comparator drugs, 
adjuvant drugs and rescue therapies. This operating business accounts for the largest proportion of the Group’s revenue, generating 
61% (2014: 66%) of its external revenues. Post‑acquisition, the Clinigen Clinical Trial Supplies (Clinigen CTS) business and the Idis 
Clinical Trial Procurement (Idis CTP) businesses were fully integrated into Clinigen Clinical Trials Services.

Idis Managed Access (‘MA') specialises in the consultancy, development, management and implementation of managed access 
programs for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Post‑acquisition, the Clinigen Global Access Program (Clinigen GAP) 
business and the Idis Managed Access Program (Idis MAP) business were fully integrated into Idis Managed Access. The combined 
operating business contributed 16% (2014: 13%) of the Group’s external revenues.

Idis Global Access (‘GA’) provides high quality ethical access to post approval and short‑supply medicines, in regions where patients 
have low or non‑existent access to these often essential drugs. In FY15, it contributed 5% to the Group’s external revenues; this 
operating business was acquired as part of Idis and is new to the Group. The revenue and gross profit figures represent the two 
months of trading since acquisition.

Clinigen Specialty Pharmaceuticals (‘SP') manufactures and distributes its own and in‑license specialist, hospital‑only medicines 
worldwide and contributed 18% (2014: 21%) of the Group’s external revenues.

Factors that management used to identify the Group’s reportable segments
The Group’s reportable segments are strategic operating business units that provide different products and service offerings into 
different market environments. They are managed separately because each operational business requires different expertise to 
deliver the different product or service offering they provide.

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The chief operating decision maker has been identified as the Executive Directors.

Measurement of operating segment profit or loss, assets and liabilities
The accounting policies of the operating segments are the same as those described in note 1.

The Group evaluates performance of the operational segments on the basis of gross profit or loss from operations.

Classes of business

Revenue arises from:
Clinical Trial Services (previously Clinical Trials Supply)
Managed Access (previously Global Access Programs)
Global Access
Specialty Pharmaceuticals

Gross profit arises from:
Clinical Trial Services (previously Clinical Trials Supply)
Managed Access (previously Global Access Programs)
Global Access
Specialty Pharmaceuticals

Administrative expenses relating to underlying operations
Administrative expenses relating to non‑underlying operations
Costs of restructuring
Share‑based payment expense
Social security costs in respect of share‑based payments
Acquisition costs
Finance income
Finance costs

Profit before tax

Breakdown of revenues by products and services:
Products
Services 
Royalties

2015
£’000

2014
£’000

112,661
28,792
9,207
33,699 

83,622
16,143
–
26,874

184,359

126,639

13,436
8,330
2,796
29,089

53,651
(26,675)
(5,939)
(3,821)
(1,299)
(1,039)
(5,703)
39
(859)

8,355

12,608
5,436
–
23,159

41,203
(17,887)
–
–
(1,190)
(611)
–
2
(234)

21,283

2015
£’000

2014
£’000

168,818
12,118
3,423

118,449
8,190
–

184,359

126,639

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3. Segment information continued
Geographical analysis

Revenue arises from the following locations:
UK
Republic of Ireland
Rest of Europe
USA
Rest of World

Gross profit arises from the following locations:
UK
Germany
France
Rest of Europe
USA
Rest of World

Analysis of concentration of customers (based on customers contributing at least 10% of revenue):
Customer A – Clinical Trial Services
Other

2015
£’000

2014
£’000

26,593
8,544
49,255
77,684
22,283

19,744
13,109
37,112
51,606
5,068

184,359

126,639

8,773
5,586
6,142
12,539
17,081
3,530

53,651

7,409
5,342
2,326
7,223
15,282
3,621

41,203

28,056
156,303

184,359

17,138
109,501

126,639

Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation (‘EBITDA') is calculated as:

Revenue
Cost of sales

Gross profit
Administrative expenses excluding depreciation and 

amortisation (notes 13 and 14)

EBITDA

2015

Non-
underlying
£’000

–
–

–

Underlying 
£’000

184,359
(130,708)

53,651

Total
£’000

184,359
(130,708)

Underlying
 £’000

126,639
(85,436)

53,651

41,203

2014

Non‑
underlying
£’000

–
–

–

Total
£’000

126,639
(85,436)

41,203

(21,349)

(10,910)

(32,259)

(14,367)

32,302

(10,910)

21,392

26,836

(1,801)

(1,801)

(16,168)

25,035

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Profit/(loss) from operations is stated after charging:

Staff costs
Amortisation of intangible fixed assets
Impairment of intangible fixed assets
Depreciation 
Impairment of tangible fixed assets 
Loss on disposal of non‑current assets
Operating lease rentals – land and buildings
Difference on foreign exchange
Auditors’ remuneration
Fees payable to the Company’s auditors for the audit of the parent company and consolidated financial 

statements

Fees payable to the Company’s auditors for other services:
– The audit of the Company’s subsidiaries
– Tax advisory services
– Tax compliance services
– Other services

Included in staff costs are share‑based payments of £1.3m (2014: £1.2m).

5. Staff costs

Staff costs (including Directors) comprise:
Wages and salaries
Share‑based payments
Social security costs
Other pension costs

Employee numbers
The average monthly number of staff employed by the Group during the financial year amounted to:

Directors
Staff

2015
£’000

12,481
7,145
3,370
325
116
1,283
535
827

171

85
94
19
22

2014
£’000

8,695
3,290
–
212
–
18
264
575

67

20
69
20
12

2015
£’000

2014
£’000

8,752
1,299
2,125
305

12,481

2015
Number

3
152

155

6,079
1,190
1,236
190

8,695

2014
Number

3
104

107

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Notes forming part of the consolidated  
financial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2015

5. Staff costs continued
Directors’ emoluments

P George
R Sibson
S Chilton
P Allen
J Hartup
I Nicholson

2015

2014

Salary/fees
£’000

357
221
209
79
49
47

Bonus
£’000

172
108
101
–
–
–

Benefit 
in kind
£’000

2
3
2
3
–
–

Total
£’000

531
332
312
82
49
47

Salary/fees
£’000

351
190
178
78
48
47

Bonus
£’000

239
156
248
–
–
–

Benefit 
in kind
£’000

2
2
2
2
–
–

Total
£’000

592
348
428
80
48
47

There were three Directors (2014: three) who were members of the defined contribution pension scheme.

The amount payable to the highest paid Director in respect of emoluments was £0.5m (2014: £0.6m), pension contributions made on 
their behalf £36,000 (2014: £34,000) and share based payments of £0.3m (2014: £0.3m). 

No Directors (2014: nil) exercised share options in the year. 

Directors who held share options at 30 June were as follows:

P George
S Chilton
P Allen

Plan

Clinigen Group Long‑Term Incentive Plan
Clinigen Group Long‑Term Incentive Plan
Chairman’s Option Agreement 

2015
Number

825,556
662,978
91,464

2014
Number

825,556
619,167
91,464

All share options are over the Company’s ordinary shares of 0.1p each.

Key management personnel compensation
Key management personnel are those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities 
of the Group. This is considered to be the Board of Directors.

Directors’ remuneration included in staff costs:
Wages and salaries
Defined contribution pension cost
Share‑based payment expense

2015
£’000

1,353
77
637

2,067

2014
£’000

1,543
69
562

2,174

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6. Non-underlying items
The non‑underlying items relate to the following:

a) Share‑based payment charge
a) Social security costs in respect of share‑based payments
a) Credit in respect of deferred tax on share‑based payments
b) Restructuring costs following the acquisition of the Idis Group
c) Acquisition costs
d) Impairment of intangible fixed assets
e) Amortisation of intangible fixed assets acquired through business combinations
f) Credit in respect of tax on non‑underlying costs

2015
£’000

1,299
1,039
(201)
3,821
5,703
3,810
2,129
(2,847)

2014
£’000

1,190
611
(367)
–
–
–
–
–

14,753

1,434

a)   The share based payment charge of £1.3m (2014: £1.2m), the social security costs relating to the share based payments of £1.0m 

(2014: £0.6m) and the tax credit in respect of the share based payment charge of £0.2m (2014: £0.4m) are classified as non‑ 
underlying items due to their significance and in order to provide the reader of the consolidated financial statements with a 
consistent view of the underlying costs of the operating Group. 

b)   The integration of the Idis Group following acquisition included the removal of overlapping staff, the write off of the development costs 
of an IT system that will not be used by the combined Group and the commencement of the rationalisation of operating sites in the US. 
The main items included in the £3.8m of restructuring costs following the acquisition of the Idis Group consist of £1.3m for redundancy 
costs following the integration, £1.3m write off of development costs of an IT system that will no longer be implemented, £0.8m 
financing costs written off on settlement of the bank loan Idis previously had, and £0.4m cost of exiting an operating site in the US.

c)   The acquisition costs relating to Idis and those incurred as at 30 June 2015 in pursuit of the proposed acquisition of Link amounted 

to £5.7m. The main costs included corporate finance advice £2.4m, stamp duty £1.2m, legal advice £0.8m and £0.5m for 
insurance for warranties and indemnities.

d)   The £3.8m impairment of intangible fixed assets relates to the impairment of the in‑licenced product Vibativ which was acquired in 

2013. The product’s current loss making position and uncertain commercial future has led to the carrying value of the product 
being fully impaired. The impairment charge includes a full write down of the carrying value of £3.4m, write down of stock of 
£0.2m and a £0.2m provision for committed future costs relating to the product.

e)   The amortisation of intangible assets acquired as part of the business combination with Idis, namely Brand, customer relationships 

and contracts, is classified as non‑underlying due to their significance and to provide the reader with a consistent view of the 
underlying costs of the operating Group.

f)   The tax credit in respect of non‑underlying items reflects the tax benefit on the costs incurred during the year.

7. Finance income

Interest income on short‑term bank deposits

Total finance income

8. Finance cost

Bank interest
Other loan interest

Total finance cost

2015
£’000

39

39

2015
£’000

689
170

859

2014
£’000

2

2

2014
£’000

234
–

234

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9. Income tax

Current tax expense
Current tax on profits of the year
Adjustment in respect of prior years

Total current tax expense
Deferred tax expense
Increase in deferred tax assets (note 22)
Decrease in deferred tax liability (note 22)

Total deferred tax benefit

Income tax expense

2015
£’000

2014
£’000

2,854
397

3,251

(155)
(426)

(581)

2,670

5,262
37

5,299

(229)

(229)

5,070

All income tax is attributable to continuing operations.

The reasons for the difference between the actual tax charge for the year and the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK applied to 
profit for the year as follows:

Profit before tax
Expected tax charge based on corporation tax rate of 20.75% (2014: 22.5%)
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes other than goodwill amortisation and impairment
Adjustments to tax charge in respect of prior years
Short‑term timing differences
Higher rates of taxes on overseas earnings
Loss on exercise of share options
Deferred tax arising on unexercised share options
Loss arising in year for which no deferred income tax is recognised
Rate differences

Total tax expense

2015
£’000

8,355
1,734
85
376
397
(379)
251
(25)
(201)
448
(16)

2,670

2014
£’000

21,283
4,789
42
22
(192)
260
153
–
–
(4) 
–

5,070

Amounts recognised directly in equity:
Aggregate current and deferred tax arising in the reporting period and not recognised in net profit or loss or other comprehensive 
income but directly debited or (credited) to equity:

Deferred tax: unexercised share options and losses arising not allowable in statement of comprehensive 

income

Adjustment in respect of prior years

2015
£’000

2014
£’000

(1,387)
(346)

(1,733)

(1,024)
–

(1,024)

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Unused tax losses for which no deferred tax asset has been recognised

Potential tax benefit @ 40%

2015
£’000

1,119

448

2014
£’000

–

–

The unused tax losses were incurred in the US subsidiary, Idis Inc. Due to the company being loss making, taxable income is not 
likely to in the foreseeable future.

During the year, the UK corporation tax rate was reduced from 21% to 20%. The relevant deferred tax balances have been measured 
at the substantively enacted rate of 20%. Further changes to the UK corporation tax rates were announced in the Chancellor’s Budget 
on 8 July 2015. These include reductions to the main rate to reduce the rate to 19% from 1 April 2017 and to 18% from 1 April 2020. 
As the changes had not been substantively enacted at the balance sheet date their effects are not included in these financial 
statements. The overall effect of these changes, if they had applied to the deferred tax balance at the balance sheet date, would be to 
reduce the deferred tax asset by £0.2m.

10. Earnings per share (‘EPS')

Profit
Profit used in calculating basic and diluted EPS

Number of shares
Weighted average number of shares for the purpose of basic EPS
Effect of:
Employee share options

Weighted average number of shares for the purpose of diluted EPS

EPS
Basic
Diluted

2015
£’000

2014
£’000

5,685

16,213

Number

Number

87,242,269

82,555,585

2,621,694

2,654,055

89,863,963

85,209,640

Pence

6.5
6.3

Pence

19.6
19.0

EPS is calculated based on the share capital of Clinigen Group plc and the earnings of the combined Group. 

Diluted EPS takes account of the weighted average number of outstanding share options being 2,621,694 (2014: 2,654,055). 

The adjusted EPS, based on the following earnings figure for the year and weighted average number of shares of 87,242,269 is  
28.0p (2014: 24.5p). 

Underlying profit after tax
Add back of amortisation
Less tax associated with amortisation

Adjusted underlying earnings

2015
£’000

20,438
5,015
(1,041)

24,412

2014
£’000

17,647
3,290
(740)

20,197

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11. Dividends

Final dividend in respect of the year ended 30 June 2014 of 2.1p (2014: 2.0p) per Ordinary Share 
Dividend waived
Interim dividend of 1.1p (2014: 1.0p) per Ordinary Share paid during the year 

2015
£’000

1,734
–
908

2,642

2014
£’000

1,651
(1)
826

2,476

The Board proposes to pay a final dividend of 2.3p per Ordinary Share, subject to approval at the AGM on 27 October 2015. 

12. Property, plant and equipment

Leasehold
improvement
£’000

Plant and
machinery
£’000

Fixtures,
fittings and
equipment
£’000

Cost
At 1 July 2013
Reclassifications
Additions
Disposals

At 30 June 2014

Accumulated depreciation
At 1 July 2013
Charge for the year
On disposals

At 30 June 2014

Net book value

At 30 June 2014

At 30 June 2013 

Cost
At 1 July 2014
Acquisition of subsidiary
Additions
Disposals

At 30 June 2015

Accumulated depreciation
At 1 July 2014
Charge for the year
Impairment
On disposals
At 30 June 2015

Net book value
At 30 June 2015

8 
–
563
–

571

5
28
–

33

538

3

571
256
142
–

969

33
73
116
–
222

747

37
–
–
–

37

6
7
–

13

24

31

37
–
3
–

40

13
8
–
–
21

19

Total
£’000

925
(191)
641
(29)

1,346

177
212
(11)

378

968

748

1,346
909
168
(24)

2,399

378
325
116
(16)
803

880
(191)
78
(29)

738

166
177
(11)

332

406

714

738
653
23
(24)

1,390

332
244
–
(16)
560

831

1,597

Following the decision to terminate the lease on the US operations centre, the leasehold improvements at that site have been 
fully impaired.

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Cost
At 1 July 2013 
Reclassifications
Additions

At 30 June 2014

Accumulated amortisation
At 1 July 2013
Charge for the year

At 30 June 2014

Net book value
At 30 June 2014

At 30 June 2013 and 1 July 2013

Cost
At 1 July 2014 
Acquisition of subsidiary (note 30)
Additions
Disposals

At 30 June 2015

Accumulated amortisation
At 1 July 2014
Charge for the year
Impairment charge

At 30 June 2015

Net book value
At 30 June 2015

Brand 
£’000

Contracts 
£’000

Customer 
relationships 
£’000

Trademarks 
and licences
£’000

Computer 
software
£’000

Goodwill
£’000

Total
£’000

–
–
–

–

–
–

–

–

–

–
–
–

–

–
–

–

–

–

–
–
–

–

–
–

–

–

–

–
49,449
–
–

49,449

–
412
–

412

–
17,720
–
–

17,720

–
1,026
–

1,026

–
42,996
–
–

42,996

–
692
–

692

34,568
–
13,693

48,261

4,417
3,232

7,649

40,612

30,151

48,261
–
7,543
–

55,804

7,649
4,337
3,370

15,356

–
191
1,021

1,212

–
58

58

1,154

–

1,212
3,006
923
(1,275)

8,742
–
–

8,742

–
–

–

43,310
191
14,714

58,215

4,417
3,290

7,707

8,742

8,742

50,508

38,893

8,742
147,867
–
–

58,215
261,038
8,466
(1,275)

3,866

156,609

326,444

58
678
–

736

–
–
–

–

7,707
7,145
3,370

18,222

49,037

16,694

42,304

40,448

3,130

156,609

308,222

On 29 April 2015, Clinigen Group plc acquired Idis Group Holdings Limited. The Idis brand, contracts for Idis Managed Access 
Programs and Customer relationships within Idis GA and Idis CTP were identified as separable intangible assets.

Brand
The brand represents the Idis brand acquired as part of the business combination, the brand has been fair valued at the acquisition date by 
reference to the three operating businesses acquired Idis MA, Idis GA and Idis CTP. The fair value is based on a Relief‑from‑Royalty‑
Method which calculates the value of the brand as equivalent to the royalty savings accrued over time, as the brand is owned and royalties 
are not required to be paid to a third party for the branding of products. The remaining amortisation period is 19 years ten months.

Contracts
The acquired Idis Managed Access business has a number of client contracts which have been fair valued at the acquisition date 
based on the discounted value of future cash flows. These contracts are with large pharma businesses and provide for Idis to manage 
the access programs on behalf of large pharma business. The fair value of £17.7m represents 142 contracts with an average fair value 
of £125,000 per contract. The remaining amortisation period is four years ten months.

Customer relationships 
Within Idis GA and Idis CTP there are no contracts with customers, however there are long standing relationships with significant 
repeat business. These relationships have been fair valued at the acquisition date using a discounted valuation of future cash flows. 
The customer relationships for each area of the business are being amortised over different useful economic lives (see note 1), the 
remaining amortisation periods are CTS six years ten months and GA ranging from six years ten months to 13 years ten months.

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13. Intangible assets continued
Trademarks and licences
On 18 August 2014, Clinigen Group plc acquired the intellectual property for the product Ethyol, this consisted of the trademarks, 
marketing authorisations and manufacturing dossier. The cost of the addition recognised is the purchase price plus the directly 
attributable costs incurred as a result of the acquisition, the costs of transferring the trademarks, marketing authorisations and the 
technical transfer of the manufacturing process incurred to date. Future costs expected to be incurred in respect of the manufacturing 
technical transfer will be recognised as incurred. 

The current financial expectations for the in‑licenced product, Vibativ, based on the product’s current loss making position and most 
recent discussions on reimbursement and uncertain commercial viability the carrying value has been fully impaired. This is an 
additional charge to the Statement of Comprehensive Income of £3.4m.

A total of 276 trademarks and licences are held, with an average carrying value per trademark/licence is £146,500 and the average 
remaining amortisation period is five years eight months.

Computer software
Prior to the acquisition of Idis, the Group had been implementing a new ERP system. Idis had implemented Oracle in June 2014, 
therefore as part of the restructuring of the enlarged group, the Clinigen implementation has been ceased in favour of a group‑wide 
solution. The capitalised costs to date of £1.3m have been written off to the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

The value recognised on acquisition of Idis reflects the fair value of the Oracle system software.

Goodwill
The goodwill is deemed to have an indefinite useful life. It is currently carried at cost and is reviewed annually for impairment.

The goodwill relates to the three operating businesses CTS, GA & MA. The addition in the year of £147.9m relates to goodwill arising on 
the acquisition of Idis Group Holdings Limited. This goodwill relates to the three operating business acquired Idis CTP, Idis MA and Idis GA.

An impairment test is a comparison of the carrying value of assets of a business or cash‑generating unit (CGU) to their recoverable 
amount. The Group has defined its CGUs as CTS, MA, GA and SP. Where the recoverable amount is less than the carrying value, an 
impairment results. During the year, the goodwill on the acquisition of Keats Healthcare was tested for impairment, with no impairment 
charge arising. The goodwill arising on the acquisition of Idis Group Holdings Limited was tested for impairment on recognition and at 
year end with no impairment charge arising.

2015

CTS
MA
GA

Total

2014

CTS

Opening
£’000

8,742
–
–

8,742

Opening
£’000

8,742

Addition
£’000

23,525
105,641
18,701

Total
£’000

32,267
105,641
18,701

147,867

156,609

Addition
£’000

—

Total
£’000

8,742

Following the integration performed post‑acquisition, resulting in the creation of a CTS segment and a MA segment including both of the 
legacy Clinigen and IDIS segments the goodwill has been allocated in the same proportions as on acquisition to these CGUs as they 
represent the lowest level at which management review the performance of the business. Goodwill was allocated to the CGUs on a 
pro‑rated Gross Profit contribution basis to the Idis business.

The recoverable amounts in 2015 were measured based on post‑tax value in use (2014: based on post‑tax value in use). This 
methodology is considered reasonable given the significant levels of headroom noted from this assessment. The pre‑tax discount 
rate has been calculated as being 14.7%.

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Details relating to the discounted cash flow model used in the impairment tests are as follows:

Valuation basis

Key assumptions

Determination of assumptions

Value in use

Sales growth
Profit margins
Discount rate
Terminal growth rate

2.5% per annum
14%
12%
2.5%

Detailed forecasts for the next three years have been used which are based on  
approved annual budgets and strategic projections representing the best estimate  
of future performance.
Margins are based on past experience and cost estimates.
Discount rate is based on weighted average cost of capital, and is a post‑tax rate of 12%.

If any one of the following changes were made to the assumptions, the carrying amount and recoverable amount would be equal. 
These have been calculated based on sensitivity analysis for each category listed.

Valuation basis

Terminal growth rate 

Discount rate

Value in use

A reduction from 2.5% to 15.7%

Increase from 13.4% to 24.8%

MA
Details relating to the discounted cash flow model used in the impairment tests are as follows:

Valuation basis

Key assumptions

Determination of assumptions

Value in use

Sales growth

Profit margins
Discount rate
Terminal growth rate

13.75% per annum

26%
12%
2.5%

Detailed forecasts for the next three years have been used which are based on  
approved annual budgets and strategic projections representing the best estimate  
of future performance.

Margins are based on past experience and cost estimates.

Discount rate is based on weighted average cost of capital, and is a post‑tax rate of 12%.

If any one of the following changes were made to the assumptions, the carrying amount and recoverable amount would be equal. 
These have been calculated based on sensitivity analysis for each category listed.

Valuation basis

Terminal growth rate 

Discount rate

Value in use

A reduction from 2.5% to 0.9%

Increase from 12% to 13.4%

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GA
Details relating to the discounted cash flow model used in the impairment tests are as follows:

Valuation basis

Key assumptions

Determination of assumptions

Value in use

Sales growth
Profit margins
Discount rate
Terminal growth rate

(6.5)% per annum
30%
12%
2.5%

Detailed forecasts for the next three years have been used which are based on  
approved annual budgets and strategic projections representing the best estimate  
of future performance.

Margins are based on past experience and cost estimates.

Discount rate is based on weighted average cost of capital, and is a post‑tax rate of 12%.

If any one of the following changes were made to the assumptions, the carrying amount and recoverable amount would be equal. 
These have been calculated based on sensitivity analysis for each category listed.

Valuation basis

Terminal growth rate 

Discount rate

Value in use

A reduction from 2.5% to 1.6%

Increase from 12% to 12.8%

Management do not consider any of the above sensitivities to be probable.

14. Subsidiaries
The principal subsidiaries of Clinigen Group plc at each reporting date have been included in these consolidated financial statements. 

Subsidiaries at the end of the reporting year were as follows:

Name

Country of incorporation

Nature of business

Clinigen Healthcare Limited
Keats Healthcare Limited
Clinigen CTS Inc.
Clinigen Pharma Limited
Clinigen Clinical Trials Limited 
Clinigen CTS Limited 
Clinigen GAP Limited
Clinigen SP Limited 
Idis Group Holdings Limited
Idis Group Limited
Idis Limited
Idis Inc
Idis Pharma Private Limited
Idis SAS
Idis Trustee (UK) Limited 
Employee Benefit Trust 1
Employee Benefit Trust 2

United Kingdom
United Kingdom
USA
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
USA
India
France
United Kingdom
Jersey
Jersey

Sales and distribution of pharmaceutical products
Dormant
Sales and distribution of pharmaceutical products
Dormant
Holding company 
Sales and distribution of pharmaceutical products
Dormant
Dormant
Holding company
Holding company
Sales and distribution of pharmaceutical products
Provision of business development services
Dormant
Dormant
Non trading trustee of Employee Benefit Trust
Employee Benefit Trust
Employee Benefit Trust

All shareholdings in subsidiaries are owned 100% (2014: 100%) through the subsidiaries’ ordinary share capital. 

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Raw materials and consumables
Work in progress
Finished goods and goods for resale

2015
£’000

721
244
10,162

11,127

2014
£’000

914
340
1,212

2,466

Finished goods include an amount of £6.8m (2014: £nil) carried at fair value less costs to sell. Inventory acquired as part of the 
acquisition of Idis Group has been fair valued at the acquisition date. The fair valuation resulted in a write down of the carrying value 
of inventories of £0.3m. No further write downs have been recognised throughout the year.

The cost of inventories recognised as an expense and included in cost of sales amounted to £127.3m (2014: £83.5m).

16. Trade and other receivables

Trade receivables
Less: provision for impairment of trade receivables 

Trade receivables – net
Prepayments and accrued income
Payments made on account
Other receivables 

Total trade and other receivables

2015
£’000

56,328
(8,949)

47,379
11,871
6,118
1,763

67,131

2014
£’000

20,388
(237)

20,151
2,003
1,004
486

23,644

Due to the short‑term nature of trade and other receivables and as the credit risk has been adjusted for through the provision for 
impairment of trade receivables, the book value approximates to their value. When assessing for impairment, the trade receivables 
are reviewed for age and due date. The past payment history with the customer is taken into account, where applicable.

The following table provides information on the movement in the provision for impairment in the year:

At 1 July 2014
Transfer on acquisition of subsidiary
Released to the Consolidated income statement
Charged to the Consolidated income statement

 £’000

237
8,871
(286)
127

8,949

The £8.9m provision recognised on acquisition of Idis Group Holdings Limited, represents the ageing of the trade receivables 
acquired and the potential risk of default on those balances.

As at 30 June 2015 trade receivables of £15.1m (2014: £8.9m) were past due but not impaired, of which, £11.5m was received after 
the year end.

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16. Trade and other receivables continued
They relate to the customers with no default history. The ageing analysis of these receivables is as follows:

Up to three months
three to six months

17. Cash and cash equivalents

Cash at bank and in hand

2015
£’000

13,516
1,567

15,083

2014
£’000

7,591
1,271

8,862

2015
£’000

27,750

27,750

2014
£’000

21,787

21,787

Due to the short‑term nature of cash at bank and short‑term deposits, and as the credit risk has been adjusted for where required, the 
carrying value approximates to their value. The credit risk of the banks was very low and therefore the carrying amount has not been 
adjusted; their credit ratings were RBS: BBB+, HSBC: AA‑ and JP Morgan A+.

18. Trade and other payables

Current

Trade payables
Payments received on account
Tax and social security
Other payables
Accruals and deferred income

2015
£’000

48,100
1,047
2,087
834
35,572

87,640

2014
£’000

10,275
2,326
791
53
6,057

19,502

Due to the short‑term nature of trade and other payables, the fair value approximates to their value. Creditors are unsecured. 

19. Loans and borrowings
The book value of loans and borrowings are as follows:

Non-current liability
Bank borrowings
Current liability
Bank borrowings

Total loans and borrowings

2015
£’000

34,530

2014
£’000

–

69,470

104,000

16,500

16,500

The Group has a total bank facility of £140.0m available (2014: £35.0m), this consists of a five year fixed term repayment loan of 
£45.0m (2014: £nil) a revolving credit facility (RCF) of £95.0m (2014: £35.0m). The RCF is repayable within one month and therefore 
included within current liabilities. 

Interest is payable on a tiered scale based on the level of borrowing. The applicable interest rate on amounts drawn down is up to 2.75 
percent. plus LIBOR/EURIBOR (as applicable) on both the RCF and the Term Loan Facility. The margin payable is dependent on the 
adjusted leverage ratio and will reduce to a minimum of 1.25 percent. plus LIBOR/EURIBOR (as applicable) as adjusted leverage decreases.

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Maturity of loans and borrowings
The maturity profile of the carrying amount of the Group’s borrowings at the period end was as follows:

Within one year
In more than one year but less than two years
In more than two years but less than five years 

2015

2014

Gross 
borrowings
£000

Unamortised 
issue costs
£000

Net 
borrowings
£’000

Gross 
borrowings
£’000

Unamortised 
issue costs
£000

Net 
borrowings
£’000

69,838
9,000
27,000

(368)
(368)
(1,102)

69,470
8,632
25,898

105,838

(1,838)

104,000

16,500
–
–

16,500

–
–
–

–

16,500
–
–

16,500

Fair value of borrowings
The carrying amount and the fair value of the Group’s borrowings are as follows:

Bank borrowings

Carrying amount

Fair value

2015
£’000

105,838

105,838

2014
£’000

16,500

16,500

2015
£’000

101,167

101,167

2014
£’000

16,500

16,500

The fair values of the Group’s borrowings are within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. 

At 30 June 2015, the fixed term loan was fully utilised at £45.0m and £60.8m was borrowed against the revolving credit facility. 
All borrowings are in pounds sterling. There were no instances of default, including covenant terms, in either the current or the 
preceding period.

20. Provisions

At 1 July 2014
Charged to the income statement

At 30 June 2015

Restructuring

–
1,510

1,510

The integration of the Idis Group following acquisition included the identification and proposed removal of overlapping staff and the 
commencement of the rationalisation of operating sites in the US. Whilst the integration was ongoing at the balance sheet date, 
discussions with affected employees and the US based landlords had taken place. The estimated staff restructuring costs to be 
incurred were £1.0m, this is expected to be fully utilised during the first half of FY16. The costs of exiting operating sites in the US 
were £0.5m.

21. Financial instruments – risk management
The Group is exposed through its operations to the following financial risks:

•  credit risk;
•  foreign exchange risk; and
• 

liquidity risk.

In common with all other businesses, the Group is exposed to risks that arise from its use of financial instruments. This note 
describes the Group’s objectives, policies and processes for managing those risks and the methods used to measure them. Further 
quantitative information in respect of these risks is presented throughout these financial statements.

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21. Financial instruments – risk management continued
Principal financial instruments
The principal financial instruments used by the Group, from which financial instrument risk arises, are as follows:

•  trade and other receivables; 
•  cash and cash equivalents;
•  trade and other payables; and
• 

loans and borrowings.

The Group does not issue or use financial instruments of a speculative nature.

A summary of the financial instruments held by category is provided below:

Loans and receivables
Cash and cash equivalents
Trade and other receivables

Total financial assets

Financial liabilities measured at amortised cost
Trade and other payables
Loans and borrowings

Total financial liabilities

2015
£’000

2014
£’000

27,750
55,260

83,010

85,553
105,838

191,391

21,787
21,641

43,428

18,711
16,500

35,211

General objectives, policies and processes
The Board has overall responsibility for the determination of the Group’s risk management objectives and policies and, whilst retaining 
ultimate responsibility for them, it has delegated the authority for designing and operating processes that ensure the effective 
implementation of the objectives and policies to the Group’s finance function. The Board receives monthly reports from the Chief 
Financial Officer through which it reviews the effectiveness of the processes put in place and the appropriateness of the objectives 
and policies it sets. 

The overall objective of the Board is to set polices that seek to reduce risk as far as possible without unduly affecting the Group’s 
competitiveness and flexibility. Further details regarding these policies are set out below:

Credit risk
Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to the Group if a customer or a counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual 
obligations. The Group is mainly exposed to credit risk from credit sales and payments made on account to suppliers. It is Group 
policy, implemented locally, to assess the credit risk of new customers, by obtaining credit ratings, before entering contracts or 
offering credit terms. The credit terms are then continually assessed on an individual basis, and amended accordingly, as a trading 
history is developed with the customer. Purchase limits are established for each customer, which represents the maximum open 
amount without requiring approval from the Group Finance Controller or Group Finance Director.

Quantitative disclosures of the credit risk exposure in relation to financial assets are set out below. Further disclosures regarding trade 
and other receivables at the end of the reporting period, which are past due but not impaired, are provided in note 16.

Financial assets – maximum exposure
Cash and cash equivalents
Trade and other receivables

Total financial assets

74

2015
£’000

2014
£’000

27,750
55,260

83,010

21,787
21,641

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Foreign exchange risk arises because the Group has operations located in various parts of the world whose functional currency is not 
the same as the functional currency in which the Group companies are operating. The Group’s overseas subsidiaries contribute 
approximately 29% (2014: 19%) to the Group’s revenue, all of which is transacted in non‑sterling currencies. The overseas 
subsidiaries operate separate bank accounts, which are used solely for that subsidiary, thus managing the currency in that country. 
When currency is to be repatriated to the UK, this is planned in order to minimise the exposure to foreign exchange rate fluctuations. 
The Group’s net assets arising from such overseas operations are exposed to currency risk resulting in gains or losses on retranslation 
into sterling. Given the levels of materiality, the Group does not hedge its net investments in overseas operations as the cost of doing 
so is disproportionate to the exposure.

Foreign exchange risk also arises when individual Group entities enter into transactions denominated in a currency other than their 
functional currency where these transactions are significant to the Group. The Group hedges currency transactions internally through 
currency bank accounts, this limits the currency risk exposure and allows retranslation of these balances into sterling to be planned in 
order to minimise the exposure to foreign exchange rate fluctuations. The Group uses forward contracts on large contracts for supply 
of product within the Clinigen CTS operating business where the contract is not naturally hedged. This eliminates the risk to 
fluctuating foreign exchange rates and permits the management of that operating business to have visibility of gross profit margins.

At the reporting date the Group had entered into time option contracts with the bank for Swiss francs, US dollars, euros and sterling. 
These options all mature within six months of the reporting date, and have an immaterial fair value so have not been separately 
identified from trade and other payables.

Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk arises from the Group’s management of working capital and the finance charges and principal repayments on its debt 
instruments. It is the risk that the Group will encounter difficulty in meeting its financial obligations as they fall due.

The Group’s policy is to ensure that it will always have sufficient cash to allow it to meet its liabilities when they become due. 

The Board receives annual 12‑month cash flow projections based on working capital modelling as well as information regarding cash 
balances monthly. At the end of the financial year, these projections indicated that the Group expected to have sufficient liquid 
resources to meet its obligations under all reasonably expected circumstances.

The following table sets out the contractual maturities (representing undiscounted contractual cash flows) of financial liabilities:

At 30 June 2015
Trade and other payables

At 30 June 2014
Trade and other payables

More details in regard to the line items are included in the respective notes:

•  Trade and other payables – note 18
•  Loans and borrowings – note 19

Up to
3 months
£’000

85,553

18,711

Between
3 and 12
months
£’000

–

–

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21. Financial instruments – risk management continued
General objectives, policies and processes continued
Capital management
The Group monitors ‘adjusted capital’ which comprises all components of equity (ie share capital, share premium account, merger 
reserve, foreign exchange reserve and retained earnings) and long‑term debt.

The Group’s objectives when maintaining capital are:

•  to safeguard the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, so that it can continue to provide returns for shareholders and 

benefits for other stakeholders; and

•  to ensure the Group has the cash available to develop the products and services provided by the Group in order to provide an 

adequate return to shareholders.

Pricing, sale and acquisition decisions are made by assessing the level of risk in relation to the expected return.

The Group sets the amount of capital it requires in proportion to risk. The Group manages its capital structure and makes adjustments 
to it in the light of changes in economic conditions and the risk characteristics of the underlying assets. In order to maintain or adjust 
the capital structure, the Group may adjust the amount of dividends paid to shareholders, return capital to shareholders, issue new 
shares or sell assets to reduce debt.

Net debt is calculated as total debt (as shown in the consolidated statement of financial position) less cash and cash equivalents.

22. Deferred income tax 
The analysis of deferred income tax assets and liabilities is as follows:

Deferred tax assets:
Deferred tax assets to be recovered after more than 12 months

Deferred tax liabilities:
Deferred tax liabilities to be recovered after more than 12 months
Deferred tax liabilities to be recovered within 12 months

The gross movement on the deferred income tax account is as shown below:

Deferred tax liabilities
At 1 July 2013, 30 June 2014 and 1 July 2014
Acquisition of subsidiary
Credited to the income statement

At 30 June 2015

Deferred tax assets
At 1 July 2014
Credited to the income statement
Credited direct to equity 

At 30 June 2015

76

2015
£’000

2014
£’000

(3,843)

(1,956)

18,990
2,556

21,546

–
–

–

Fair value 
gains

–
21,972
(426)

21,546

Total

1,956
201
1,686

3,843

Unexercised 
share options

934
201
1,340

2,475

Tax losses

1,022
–
346

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through future taxable profits is probable. The Group did not recognise deferred income tax assets of £0.5m in respect of tax losses 
amount to £1.1m that can be carried forward against future taxable income.

Deferred tax is calculated in full on temporary differences under the liability method using a tax rate of 20% (2014: 20%). 

23. Share capital

Authorised, issued and fully paid
At 1 July 2013 and at 30 June 2014

At 1 July 2014 

Issue of new shares

At 30 June 2015

Ordinary shares of 0.1p each

Number of 
Shares  
(‘000s)

Ordinary 
shares of 
0.1p each

82,556

82,556

27,153

109,709

2015
£’000

110

2014
£’000

83

On 28 April 2015, 27,153,011 new ordinary shares of 0.1p each were issued for £132.4m after deducting expenses of £3.4m.

24. Reserves
The following describes the nature and purpose of each reserve within equity:

Reserve

Share premium account

Merger reserve

Own shares

Description and purpose

Amount subscribed for share capital in excess of nominal value, except where recognition 
in merger reserve is used (see below).

Amount subscribed for share capital in excess of nominal value when shares are issued in 
exchange for at least a 90% interest in the shares of another company. 

Acquisition price of shares purchased and held to satisfy share options on exercise.

Foreign exchange reserve

Gains/losses arising on retranslating the net assets of overseas operations into sterling.

Retained earnings

All other net gains and losses and transactions with owners (e.g. dividends) not 
recognised elsewhere.

Included within the retained earnings reserve as at 30 June 2015 is £5.2m (2014: £2.2m) which is not distributable.

25. Leases
Operating leases 
The total future value of minimum lease payments under non‑cancellable operating leases are:

Land and buildings:
In one year or less
Between one and five years
In five years or more

2015
£’000

894
1,200
479

2,573

2014
£’000

331
1,233
1,238

2,802

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26. Post-employment benefits
The Group operates a defined contribution pension scheme for the benefit of its employees. The assets of the scheme are held 
separately from those of the Group in an independently administered fund. Pension costs represent the contributions payable by the 
Group to the funds and amounted to £0.3m (2014: £0.2m).

27. Share-based payments
The Company operated the following schemes:

Plan

Tax authority status

Employees 

Granting, vesting conditions and exercise of share options

Chairman’s Option 
Agreement

Unapproved

Chairman

The option vests at the earliest of a change in control or 18 
September 2015.

Clinigen Group 
Long‑Term 
Incentive Plan

Unapproved

All employees

Clinigen Group 
Sharesave Plan

HMRC approved All employees

If the Chairman ceases to be a Director of any Group Company, 
the option may be exercised for a period of twelve months from  
the date he ceases to be a Director.

Performance condition based on growth in total shareholder  
return (TSR) over a 3‑year period. Share options granted at IPO 
have a requirement of at least 25% growth. Other grants under 
the Scheme require Clinigen growth in TSR to be in excess of  
the FTSE Small Cap Index (excluding investment companies).

If the individual leaves earlier than the earliest vesting date, they 
may, if certain conditions are met, be still entitled to a proportion 
of the shares.

Options are exercisable at a price equal to the average opening price 
as published in the Financial Times on the date of invitation and the 
two dealing days preceding the date of invitation, less 20%. 

3‑year vesting period.

If options remain unexercised after a period of six months from the 
vesting date the options expire. 

If monthly contributions are not made for more than six months 
over the three year period, the options lapse. 

Clinigen Group Company 
Share Option Plan 

HMRC approved 
for UK employees

All employees

Options granted to employees who have invested in the shares  
of the Company.

Unapproved for 
US employees

Options are granted to match the shares acquired by the employee 
or those granted through the initial grant under the Sharesave or US 
Stock Purchase Plan.

Clinigen Group US Stock 
Purchase Plan

US tax authority 
approved

All employees

3‑year vesting period.

Options vest if employee still owns shares in three years or exercises 
their options under the Sharesave or US Stock Purchase Plan.

Options are exercisable at a price equal to the average opening price 
as published in the Financial Times on the date of invitation and the 
two dealing days preceding the date of invitation, less 15%. 

Two year vesting period.

Clinigen Group Employee 
Share Scheme October 2013

Unapproved

All employees 
excluding 
Directors

Options vested for employees who were still employed on 
1 October 2014. All options under the scheme vested during the 
year. 

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Outstanding at start of year
Granted during year
Forfeited during the year
Exercised during year

Outstanding at end of year

2015

2014

Weighted 
average 
exercise 
price (p)

Weighted 
average 
exercise 
price (p)

Number

Number

42.35 2,623,465
324,671
(98,911)
(77,822)

–
145.80
–

42.13 2,269,961
701,272
34.85
(342,076)
26.27
(5,692)
–

34.88

2,771,403

42.35 2,623,465

Of the total number of options outstanding at 30 June 2015, none had vested.

The weighted average share price (at the date of exercise) of options exercised during the period was 471p (2014: 486p).

The exercise price of options outstanding at 30 June 2015 ranged between £nil and £4.42 and their weighted average contractual life 
was two years three months. None of these were exercisable at 30 June 2015.

The weighted average fair value of each option granted during the year was 425.1p (2014: 320.4p).

The following information is relevant in the determination of the fair value of options granted during the period under the equity‑
settled share‑based remuneration schemes operated by the Group. The Black‑Scholes pricing model is used for all schemes except 
for the Long‑Term Incentive Plan and the Chairman’s Award, where a Stochastic valuation model is used.

Option pricing model
Weighted average share price at grant date (pence)
Exercise price (pence)
Weighted average contractual life (in years)
Expected volatility (%)
Expected dividend yield (%)
Risk‑free interest rate (%)

2015

Black-Scholes
457.0
nil
nil
39.5
0.7
0.7

2014

Black‑Scholes
467.9
nil to 442
2.7
39 to 40
0.4 to 0.6
0.4 to 0.9

Expected volatility was determined by calculating the historical volatility of the Company’s share price over the period since the 
Company listed.

The share‑based remuneration expense comprises equity‑settled schemes of £1.3m (2014: £1.2m).

The Group did not enter into any share‑based payment transactions with parties other than employees during the current or previous year.

28. Related party transactions
Ultimate controlling party
The Company’s shares are listed on the Alternative Investment Market (‘AIM') and are widely held. There is no one controlling party 
or group of related parties who have control of the Group.

Transactions with related parties
The remuneration payable to the Directors of the Company is disclosed in note 5.

During the year and the preceding year, the Group had no transactions with related parties.

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financial statements continued
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29. Events after the reporting date
On 17 September 2015, Clinigen announced a strategic alliance with Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, with no financial terms, which will 
build on Clinigen’s existing North American relationships by providing complementary support from Cumberland in the development, 
marketing, promotion and distribution of future products in the US, with Clinigen supporting Cumberland outside the US.

On 22 September 2015, Clinigen Group plc announced the proposed acquisition of Link Healthcare a specialist pharmaceutical and 
medical technology business focussed on the Asia, Africa and Australasia (AAA) region for a maximum consideration of £100m. Link 
is being acquired on a debt‑free cash‑free basis with an initial consideration of £44.5m, payable at completion 50% in cash and 50% 
in shares. Additional deferred consideration of up to £55.5m is payable if earn out targets are achieved over a two year period. 
Completion of the acquisition is expected to occur on or around 28 October 2015 after the Clinigen AGM.

For the financial year ended 31 March 2015, Link achieved revenue of £31.6m and EBITDA of £4.2m. The cash element of the 
acquisition consideration will be financed from the Group’s existing available debt facility.

30. Business combinations
On 29 April 2015 the Group acquired the share capital of a competitor, Idis Group Holdings Limited including its subsidiaries Idis 
Group Limited, Idis Limited, Idis Inc, Idis SAS and Idis SAS and Idis Pharma Private Limited. The main operations of the acquired 
entities are based in the UK and US. 

The transaction will allow the Group to benefit from greater market penetration in the MA segment, access to management expertise 
in the GA segment and synergies arising from the close alignment of the acquired business segments to those in the Group. 

Clinigen Group plc paid a total of £199.5m in consideration by cash funding. Cash paid by Clinigen Group plc on acquisition was raised 
by a combination of bank loans and borrowings and an issue of share capital to the market; all consideration was transferred on 
completion on 29 April 2015.

The provisional fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed was as follows:

Intangible Assets

Property, plant and equipment

Inventories

Trade and other receivables

Cash

Trade and other payables

Loans and borrowings

Provision for deferred tax

Net assets acquired 

Goodwill arising on acquisition

Total consideration

£’000

113,171

909

6,837

32,577

19,777

(64,355)

(35,338)

(21,972)

51,607

147,867

199,474

The fair values set out above are provisional figures which will be finalised in the 2016 financial statements following management’s 
final review of key reconciliations and judgemental areas relating to acquired creditor balances.

The fair value of intangible assets recognised on business combination comprise the Idis brand at £49.4m, customer relationships at 
£43.0m, supplier contracts at £17.7m and computer software of £3.0m. 

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obsolescence and slow moving inventory following the application of Clinigen’s group accounting policies. This provision takes account 
of the condition of inventory, the remaining expiry period and applies assumptions around expected future demand for the inventory. 

The fair value of trade and other receivables takes account that there were significant amounts of overdue debt at the time of 
acquisition, and four months on from acquisition, these amounts are still outstanding. This resulted in a reduction in the fair value of 
the asset by £7.8m to reflect the profile of the balance. 

The amounts included in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income since 29 April 2015 included revenue of £30.4m and 
there was a gross profit of £6.4m over the same period. Had the transaction occurred on the first day of the financial year, then 
estimated contribution to Group revenues would have been £200m and net profits of £1.3m before one off items.

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to the members of Clinigen Group plc

Report on the company financial statements

Our opinion
In our opinion, Clinigen Group plc’s company financial statements 
(the ‘financial statements’):

•  give a true and fair view of the state of the company’s affairs 

as at 30 June 2015;

•  have been properly prepared in accordance with United 
Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

•  have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of 

the Companies Act 2006.

What we have audited
The financial statements comprise:

•  the company balance sheet as at 30 June 2015; and
•  the notes to the financial statements, which include a 
summary of significant accounting policies and other 
explanatory information.

The financial reporting framework that has been applied in the 
preparation of the financial statements is applicable law and 
United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom 
Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In applying the financial reporting framework, the directors have 
made a number of subjective judgements, for example in respect 
of significant accounting estimates. In making such estimates, 
they have made assumptions and considered future events.

Opinion on other matter prescribed by the 
Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, the information given in the Strategic Report and the 
report of the directors for the financial year for which the financial 
statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements.

Other matters on which we are required to  
report by exception
Adequacy of accounting records and information and 
explanations received
Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you 
if, in our opinion:

•  we have not received all the information and explanations we 

require for our audit; or

•  adequate accounting records have not been kept by the 

company, or returns adequate for our audit have not been 
received from branches not visited by us; or

•  the financial statements are not in agreement with the 

accounting records and returns.

We have no exceptions to report arising from this responsibility.

Directors’ remuneration
Under the Companies Act 2006 we are required to report to you 
if, in our opinion, certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration 
specified by law are not made. We have no exceptions to report 
arising from this responsibility. 

Responsibilities for the financial statements  
and the audit
Our responsibilities and those of the Directors
As explained more fully in the Directors’ Responsibilities 
Statement set out on page 43, the directors are responsible for 
the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied 
that they give a true and fair view.

Our responsibility is to audit and express an opinion on the 
financial statements in accordance with applicable law and 
International Standards on Auditing (UK and Ireland) (‘ISAs  
(UK & Ireland)’). Those standards require us to comply with the 
Auditing Practices Board’s Ethical Standards for Auditors.

This report, including the opinions, has been prepared for and 
only for the company’s members as a body in accordance with 
Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006 and for no other 
purpose. We do not, in giving these opinions, accept or assume 
responsibility for any other purpose or to any other person to 
whom this report is shown or into whose hands it may come 
save where expressly agreed by our prior consent in writing.

What an audit of financial statements involves
We conducted our audit in accordance with ISAs (UK & Ireland). 
An audit involves obtaining evidence about the amounts and 
disclosures in the financial statements sufficient to give 
reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free  
from material misstatement, whether caused by fraud or error. 
This includes an assessment of: 

•  whether the accounting policies are appropriate to the 

company’s circumstances and have been consistently applied 
and adequately disclosed; 

•  the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made 

by the directors; and 

•  the overall presentation of the financial statements. 

We primarily focus our work in these areas by assessing the 
directors’ judgements against available evidence, forming our 
own judgements, and evaluating the disclosures in the financial 
statements.

We test and examine information, using sampling and other 
auditing techniques, to the extent we consider necessary to 
provide a reasonable basis for us to draw conclusions. We obtain 
audit evidence through testing the effectiveness of controls, 
substantive procedures or a combination of both. 

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in the Annual Report and accounts to identify material 
inconsistencies with the audited financial statements and to 
identify any information that is apparently materially incorrect 
based on, or materially inconsistent with, the knowledge 
acquired by us in the course of performing the audit. If we 
become aware of any apparent material misstatements or 
inconsistencies we consider the implications for our report.

Other matter
We have reported separately on the group financial statements 
of Clinigen Group plc for the year ended 30 June 2015.

Andrew Hammond (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors
Birmingham

24 September 2015

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Company balance sheet 
as at 30 June 2015

Fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets
Intangible assets
Investments

Current assets
Debtors 
Deferred tax asset
Cash at bank and in hand

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Net current liabilities

Total assets less current liabilities

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

Net assets

Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
Share premium account
Merger reserve
Profit and loss account

Total shareholders’ funds

2015

2014

Note

£’000

£’000

£’000

£’000

3
4
5

6
10

7

8

11
12

12

13

762
37,838
244,709

2,842
1,890
1,493

6,225
(95,421)

951
37,522
9,141

283,309

47,614

4,328
1,956
8,125

14,409
(19,840)

(89,196)

194,113

(34,530)

159,583

110
141,023
5,413
13,037

159,583

(5,431)

42,183

–

42,183

83
8,660
5,413
28,027

42,183

The prior year balance sheet has been restated to separately disclose the merger reserve; this was previously shown within share 
premium account.

The financial statements on pages 84 to 93 were approved by the Board of Directors on 24 September 2015 and were signed on its 
behalf by:

P George 
Director   

R Sibson
Director

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Notes to the Company balance sheet 
for the year ended 30 June 2015

1. Accounting policies
The principal accounting policies adopted by the Company and applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out 
below. The policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, under the historical cost convention and in accordance with 
the Companies Act 2006 and applicable accounting standards in the United Kingdom.

The Company has elected to take exemption under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 not to present the Company Statement 
of Comprehensive Income.

Cash flow statement 
The Company has taken advantage of the exemption conferred by Financial Reporting Standard 1 ‘Cash Flow Statements 
(Revised 1996)’ not to prepare a cash flow statement on the grounds that at least 90% of the voting rights in the Company are 
controlled within the Group headed by Clinigen Group plc and the Company is included in consolidated financial statements.

Going concern
The forecast trading activity and the financial position of the Company has been reviewed for a period of 12 months from the signing 
of the accounts and there are no going concern issues. The borrowings of the Company are secured against the assets of the 
Company and its subsidiaries.

Share-based payments
Where equity‑settled share options are awarded to employees, the fair value of the options at the date of grant is charged to the 
profit and loss account over the vesting period. Non‑market vesting conditions are taken into account by adjusting the number of 
equity instruments expected to vest at each reporting date so that, ultimately, the cumulative amount recognised over the vesting 
period is based on the number of options that eventually vest. Non‑vesting conditions and market vesting conditions are factored into 
the fair value of the options granted. As long as all other vesting conditions are satisfied, a charge is made irrespective of whether the 
market vesting conditions are satisfied. The cumulative expense is not adjusted for failure to achieve a market vesting condition or 
where a non‑vesting condition is not satisfied.

Where the terms and conditions of options are modified before they vest, the increase in the fair value of the options, measured 
immediately before and after the modification, is also charged to the profit and loss account over the remaining vesting period.

On the exercise of share options the charges recognised during the vesting period are recharged to the subsidiary undertaking where 
the associated benefit generated by the employee is recognised.

Property, plant and equipment
Property, plant and equipment are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation. As well as the purchase price, cost includes 
directly attributable costs.

Depreciation is provided on all items of property, plant and equipment at rates calculated to write off the cost of each asset on a 
straight‑line basis over its expected useful economic lives, as follows:

•  Leasehold improvements 
•  Plant and machinery 
•  Fixtures, fittings and equipment 

– remaining term of lease to which the improvements relate 
– 20% 
– 20% to 33% straight line

Intangible assets
Trademarks and licences
Separately acquired trademarks and licences are initially recognised at cost, being the purchase price of the asset which comprises 
the purchase price and any directly attributable cost of preparing the asset for its intended use. Where licences have outstanding 
capital commitments at the time of acquisition, these are accrued for and capitalised as part of the purchase cost. The carrying value 
of trademarks and licences is calculated as cost less accumulated amortisation.

Amortisation is calculated using the straight‑line method to allocate the cost of the trademarks and licences over their estimated 
useful lives of 15 years.

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Notes to the Company Balance Sheet continued
for the year ended 30 June 2015

1. Accounting policies continued
Intangible assets continued
Impairment reviews
Impairment reviews are undertaken annually at the end of the financial year or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances 
indicate a potential impairment. The carrying value of trademarks and licences is compared to the recoverable amount, which is the 
higher of value in use and the fair value less costs to sell. An impairment loss is recognised for the amount by which the asset’s 
carrying value exceeds its recoverable amount.

Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the impairment test is carried out on the smallest 
group of assets to which it belongs for which there are separately identifiable cash flows; its cash generating units (‘CGUs').

Investments
Investments in subsidiaries are recorded at historical cost, less any provision for impairment. 

Provisions
A provision is made when an obligation exists for a future liability relating to a past event and where it is probable there will be an 
outflow of economic benefit. The provision is measured at the best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the obligation 
at the reporting date.

Retirement benefits: defined contribution schemes
Contributions to defined contribution pension schemes are charged to the profit and loss account in the year to which they relate. 
The Company has no further payment obligations once the contributions have been paid.

Leased assets
Rentals under operating leases are charged on a straight‑line basis over the lease term, even if the payments are not made on such a 
basis. Benefits received and receivable as an incentive to sign and operating lease are similarly spread on a straight‑line basis over the 
lease term, except where the period to the review date on which the rent is first expected to be adjusted to the prevailing market rate 
is shorter than the full lease term, in which case the shorter period is used.

Dividends
Dividends are recognised when they become legally payable. In the case of interim dividends to equity shareholders, this is when 
paid. In the case of final dividends, this is when approved by the shareholders.

Current and deferred tax
UK corporation tax is provided at amounts expected to be paid using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantially 
enacted by the balance sheet date.

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date, where 
transactions or events that result in an obligation to pay more tax in the future or a right to pay less tax in the future have occurred on 
the balance sheet date.

A net deferred tax asset is recognised as recoverable and therefore recognised only when, on the basis of all available evidence,  
it can be regarded as more likely than not that there will be suitable taxable profits against which to recover carried forward tax  
losses and from which the future reversal of underlying timing differences can be deducted.

Deferred tax is measured at the average tax rates that are expected to apply in the periods in which the timing differences are 
expected to reverse, based on tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date. 
Deferred tax is measured on an undiscounted basis.

Share capital
Financial instruments issued by the Company are treated as equity only to the extent that they do not meet the definition of  
a financial liability. The Company’s Ordinary Shares are classified as equity instruments.

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Staff costs (including Directors) comprise: 
Wages and salaries
Share‑based payments
Defined contribution pension cost
Social security costs

Employee numbers
The average monthly number of staff employed by the Company during the financial year amounted to:

Directors
Staff

2015  
£’000

2014  
£’000

3,658
1,299
141
1,549

6,647

3,386
1,190
120
1,012

5,708

2015  

Number

2014  

Number

3
62

65

3
57

60

Key management personnel compensation
Key management personnel are those persons having authority and responsibility for planning, directing and controlling the activities 
of the Company. This is considered to be the Board of Directors.

Directors’ remuneration included in staff costs:
Wages and salaries
Defined contribution pension cost
Share‑based payment expense

2015  
£’000

2014  
£’000

1,353
77
637

2,067

1,543
69
562

2,174

There were three Directors (2014: 3) who were members of the defined contribution pension scheme.

The amount payable to the highest paid Director in respect of emoluments was £0.5m (2014: £0.6m), pension contributions made on 
their behalf £36,000 (2014: £34,000) and share based payments of £0.3m (2014: £0.3m). 

No Directors (2014: nil) exercised share options in the year. 

Directors who held share options at 30 June were as follows:

P George
S Chilton
P Allen

Plan

Clinigen Group Long‑Term Incentive Plan
Clinigen Group Long‑Term Incentive Plan
Chairman’s Option Agreement 

2015  

Number

2014  

Number

825,556
662,978
91,464

825,556
619,167
91,464

All share options are over the Company’s Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each.

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3. Tangible fixed assets

Cost
At 1 July 2014
Additions
Disposals

At 30 June 2015

Accumulated depreciation
At 1 July 2014
Charge for the year
On disposals

At 30 June 2015

Net book value
At 30 June 2015

At 30 June 2014

4. Intangible assets

Cost
At 1 July 2014 
Additions
Disposals

At 30 June 2015

Accumulated amortisation
At 1 July 2014
Charge for the year
Impairment charge

At 30 June 2015

Net book value
At 30 June 2015

At 30 June 2014

Leasehold 
improvement 
£’000

Plant and 
machinery 
£’000

Furniture, 
fittings and 
equipment 
£’000

570
40
–

610

32
58
–

90

520

538

37
3
–

40

13
8
–

21

19

24

720
22
(24)

718

331
180
(16)

495

223

389

Trademarks  
and licences  

£’000

Computer 
software  
£’000

Total  

£’000

1,327
65
(24)

1,368

376
246
(16)

606

762

951

Total  

£’000

39,852
7,973
(1,275)

46,550

2,330
3,012
3,370

8,712

862
430
(1,275)

17

–
–
–

–

38,990
7,543
–

46,533

2,330
3,012
3,370

8,712

37,821

36,660

17

862

37,838

37,522

On 18 August 2014, Clinigen Group plc acquired the intellectual property for the product Ethyol, this consisted of the trademarks, 
marketing authorisations and manufacturing dossier. The cost of the addition recognised is the purchase price plus the directly 
attributable costs incurred as a result of the acquisition, the costs of transferring the trademarks, marketing authorisations and the 
technical transfer of the manufacturing process incurred to date. Future costs expected to be incurred in respect of the manufacturing 
technical transfer will be recognised as incurred.

The current financial expectations for the in‑licenced product, Vibativ, based on the product’s current loss making position and most 
recent discussions on reimbursement and uncertain commercial viability the carrying value has been fully impaired. This is an 
additional charge to the Statement of Comprehensive Income of £3.4m.

Prior to the acquisition of Idis Group Holdings Limited, the Group had been implementing a new ERP system. Idis Group had 
implemented Oracle in June 2014, therefore as part of the restructuring of the enlarged group, the Clinigen implementation has been 
ceased in favour of a group‑wide solution. The capitalised costs to date of £1.3m have been written off to the Profit and Loss Account.

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Cost or valuation
At 1 July 2014
Additions

At 30 June 2015

Net book value
At 30 June 2015 

At 30 June 2014

Investments in 
subsidiary 
companies 
£’000

9,141
235,568

244,709

244,709

9,141

The addition during the year reflects the acquisition of Idis Group Holdings Limited for £199.5m plus the settlement of the bank loan 
Idis had outstanding at acquisition of £30.6m which was made via a capital contribution to Idis Group Holdings Limited. 

Subsidiary undertakings
Subsidiaries at the end of the reporting year were as follows:

Name

Country of incorporation

Nature of business

Clinigen Healthcare Limited
Keats Healthcare Limited
Clinigen CTS Inc.
Clinigen Pharma Limited
Clinigen Clinical Trials Limited 
Clinigen CTS Limited 
Clinigen GAP Limited
Clinigen SP Limited 
Idis Group Holdings Limited
Idis Group Limited
Idis Limited
Idis Inc
Idis Pharma Private Limited
Idis SAS
Idis Trustee (UK) Limited 
Employee Benefit Trust 1
Employee Benefit Trust 2

United Kingdom
United Kingdom
USA
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
USA
India
France
United Kingdom
Jersey
Jersey

Sales and distribution of pharmaceutical products
Dormant
Sales and distribution of pharmaceutical products
Dormant
Holding company 
Sales and distribution of pharmaceutical products
Dormant
Dormant
Holding company
Holding company
Sales and distribution of pharmaceutical products
Provision of business development services
Dormant
Dormant
Non trading trustee of Employee Benefit Trust
Employee Benefit Trust
Employee Benefit Trust

All shareholdings in subsidiaries are owned 100% (2014: 100%) through the subsidiaries’ Ordinary Share capital.

The Directors have reviewed the carrying value of the investments and believe the value is recoverable.

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6. Debtors

Trade debtors
Amounts owed by Group undertakings
Other debtors
Corporation tax recoverable
Prepayments and accrued income

7. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

Bank loan (note 9)
Trade creditors
Amounts owed to Group undertakings
Tax and social security
Other creditors
Accruals and deferred income

2015  
£’000

2014  
£’000

3
1,058
342
–
1,439

2,842

177
3,501
256
84
310

4,328

2015  
£’000

2014  
£’000

69,470
255
21,024
1,806
105
2,761

95,421

16,500
598
11
791
44
1,896

19,840

Amounts owed to Group undertakings are unsecured, interest free, have no fixed date of repayment and are repayable on demand. 

8. Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

Bank loan (note 9)

All amounts are due within five years.

9. Loans and borrowings
The book value and fair value of loans and borrowings are as follows:

Bank borrowings

Total loans and borrowings

2015  
£’000

34,530

34,530

2014  
£’000

–

–

2015  
£’000

104,000

104,000

2014  
£’000

16,500

16,500

The Group has a total bank facility of £140.0m available (2014: £35.0m), this consists of a five year fixed term repayment loan of 
£45.0m (2014: £nil) a revolving credit facility (RCF) of £95.0m (2014: £35.0m). The RCF is repayable within one month and therefore 
included within current liabilities.

Interest is payable on a tiered scale based on the level of borrowing. The applicable interest rate on amounts drawn down is up to 
2.75 percent. plus LIBOR/EURIBOR (as applicable) on both the RCF and the Term Loan Facility. The margin payable is dependent on 
the adjusted leverage ratio and will reduce to a minimum of 1.25 percent. plus LIBOR/EURIBOR (as applicable) as adjusted leverage 
decreases.

The bank loans are secured on the intangible fixed assets of the Group.

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All borrowings are in pounds sterling. There were no instances of default, including covenant terms, in either the current or the 
preceding period.

Maturity of loans and borrowings
The maturity profile of the carrying amount of the Group’s borrowings at the period end was as follows:

Within one year

In more than one year but less than two years

In more than two years but less than five years 

2015

Gross 
borrowings
£’000

Unamortised 
issue costs
£’000

Net 
borrowings
£’000

69,838

9,000

27,000

(368)

(368)

(1,102)

69,470

8,632

25,898

105,838

(1,838)

104,000

Gross 
borrowings
£’000

16,500

–

16,500

16,500

2014

Unamortised 
issue costs
£’000

–

–

–

–

Net 
borrowings
£’000

16,500

–

–

16,500

10. Deferred tax
Deferred tax consists of the following and is calculated using the effective tax rate of 20% (2014: 20%). The movement on the 
deferred tax account is as shown below:

Deferred tax (asset)/liability – opening balance
Recognised
Adjustment in respect of prior years
Charge to the profit and loss account
Utilised in the year
Tax expense recognised in equity
Effect of change in rate in the year

Deferred tax (asset)/liability – closing balance

The deferred tax balance is made up as follows:

Losses
Share‑based payment scheme

11. Called up share capital

Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each

Authorised, issued and fully paid
At 1 July 2013 and at 30 June 2014

At 1 July 2014

Issue of new shares during the year

At 30 June 2015

On 28 April 2015, 27,153,011 new Ordinary Shares of 0.1p each were issued for £132.4m after deducting expenses of £3.4m.

2015  
£’000

(1,956)

267
(201)
—

—

2014  
£’000

(887)

(977)
(229)
382
(412)
167

(1,890)

(1,956)

2015  
£’000

(1,368)
(522)

(1,890)

2014  
£’000

(1,022)
(934)

(1,956)

Number of 
shares (‘000s)

Ordinary 
shares of 
0.1p each

82,556

82,556

27,153

109,709

£‘000s

Ordinary 
shares of 
0.1p each

83

83

27

110

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12. Reserves 

At 1 July 2014
Loss for the year
Dividend paid
Share‑based payment scheme
Own shares distributed on exercise of share options
Issue of new shares during the year
Tax credit in respect of tax losses arising on exercise of share options

At 30 June 2015

Share  
premium 
account 
(restated)  

£’000

8,660
–
– 
–
–
132,363
–

Share  
capital  
£’000

83
–
–
–
–
27
–

110

141,023

Merger 
reserve 
(restated)
£’000

Profit and 
loss account
£’000

5,413
–
–
–
–
–
–

5,413

28,027
(13,102)
(2,642)
1,299
(325)
–
(220)

13,037

The prior year balance sheet has been restated to separately disclose the merger reserve; this was previously shown within share 
premium account. Included within profit and loss account as at 30 June 2015 is £3.3m (2014: £2.2m) which is not distributable.

13. Reconciliation of movements in shareholders’ funds

Opening shareholders’ funds
(Loss) / profit for the year
Dividend paid
Share‑based payment scheme
Own shares distributed on exercise of share options
Deferred taxation on share‑based payment scheme
Tax credit in respect of tax losses arising on exercise of share options
Issue of new shares

2015  
£’000

42,183
(13,102)
(2,642)
1,299
(325)
—
(220)
132,390

159,583

2014  
£’000

35,299
6,933
(2,476)
1,190
(12)
405
844
–

42,183

The Company has taken advantage of the exemption contained within section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 not to present its own 
profit and loss account.

The loss for the year ended 30 June 2015 in the accounts of the Company was £13.1m (2014: profit of £6.9m). This includes 
dividends received of £nil (2014: £6.7m).

14. Related party transactions
Ultimate controlling party
The Company’s shares are listed on the Alternative Investment Market (‘AIM') and are widely held. There is no one controlling party 
or group of related parties who have control of the Group.

Transactions with related parties
The remuneration payable to the Directors of the Company is disclosed in note 2.

There were no transactions with related parties during the year or the preceding year.

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15. Events after the reporting date
On 17 September 2015, Clinigen announced a strategic alliance with Cumberland Pharmaceuticals, with no financial terms, which will 
build on Clinigen’s existing North American relationships by providing complementary support from Cumberland in the development, 
marketing, promotion and distribution of future products in the US, with Clinigen supporting Cumberland outside the US.

On 22 September 2015, Clinigen Group plc announced the proposed acquisition of Link Healthcare a specialist pharmaceutical and 
medical technology business focussed on the Asia, Africa and Australasia (AAA) region for a maximum consideration of £100m. Link 
is being acquired on a debt‑free cash‑free basis with an initial consideration of £44.5m, payable at completion 50% in cash and 50% 
in shares. Additional deferred consideration of up to £55.5m is payable if earn out targets are achieved over a two year period. 
Completion of the acquisition is expected to occur on or around 28 October 2015 after the Clinigen AGM.

For the financial year ended 31 March 2015, Link achieved revenue of £31.6m and EBITDA of £3.5m. The cash element of the 
acquisition consideration will be financed from the Group’s existing debt facility.

i  www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/28/drugs‑medicines‑sold‑illegally‑online‑internet
ii  UK Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology – January 2010 Number 352
iii  www.mhra.gov.uk//index.htm
iv  World Health Organisation, www.who.int/en/
v  OECD, The Economic Impact of Counterfeiting and Piracy, 2007
vi  Community Customs Activities on Counterfeit and Piracy: Results at the European Border, EC Taxation &  Customs Union, 2007

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Country of incorporation
United Kingdom 

Company number
06771928

Directors
P George
R Sibson
S Chilton 
M Abell (appointed 3 August 2015)
P Allen (Non‑executive Chairman) 
J Hartup (Non‑executive)
I Nicholson (Non‑executive) 

Company Secretary and registered office
R Sibson
Pitcairn House
Crown Square
Centrum 100
Burton on Trent
Staffordshire DE14 2WW

Independent auditors
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Cornwall Court
19 Cornwall Street
Birmingham B3 2DT

Nominated Advisor 
Numis Securities Limited
The London Stock Exchange Building
10 Paternoster Square
London EC4M 7LT

Joint Brokers
Numis Securities Limited
The London Stock Exchange Building
10 Paternoster Square
London EC4M 7LT

Peel Hunt LLP
Moor House
120 London Wall
London EC2Y 5ET

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