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Report & Accounts 2016

Contents

Highlights .................................................................................. 2
Business Model ........................................................................ 3
Chairman’s Statement .............................................................. 5
Operating Review ..................................................................... 8
Financial Review ......................................................................12
Strategic Report ......................................................................15
Directors ..................................................................................16
Secretary & Advisers ...............................................................17
Directors’ Report .....................................................................18
Independent Auditors’ Report to the 
Members of Deltex Medical Group Plc ..................................22
Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income .............24
Consolidated Balance Sheet ..................................................25
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity ......................26
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows .................................27
Notes to the financial statements ...........................................28
Independent Auditors’ report to the 
Members of Deltex Medical Group Plc ..................................54
Parent Company Balance Sheet .............................................56
Parent Company Statement of Changes in Equity ................57
Notes to the Parent Company financial statements ..............58
Notice of Annual General Meeting ..........................................62
Shareholder’s letter .................................................................63
Notice of Annual General Meeting ..........................................65
Deltex Medical Development ..................................................68

Highlights

Key performance measures
 ■ US probe revenues up 40% to £1.9m 

(25% growth in local currency)

•  Weaker sterling held back US profitability by £0.1m 
  with reported costs and revenues up £0.3m and 

£0.2m respectively

•  28 of 30 target platform accounts at year-end, 

target of 30 met in January 2017

Statutory results
 ■ Revenue flat at £6.3m (2015: £6.4m)

 ■ Gross margins improved to 68% (2015: 63%)

 ■ Operating loss reduced to £2.4m (2015: £3.5m)

 ■ Cash at 31 December 2016 of £0.6m. An additional 

£0.4m raised in March 2017.

•  Primary focus now shifted to probe growth in US 

platform accounts; redeploying resources to support 
best growth opportunities

•  Continued strong growth in Q1 2017 together with 

reduced costs, meant that March 2017 was the first 
  month where the contribution from US probe sales  

covered fixed US sales staff costs.

Nigel Keen, Chairman of Deltex Medical, commented:
“2016 was a transitional year for Deltex Medical and our 
progress means we have entered 2017 with considerable 
confidence. Sales are growing well in the USA and other 
export markets which resulted in 2016 probe revenues up 
40% and 24% respectively. Furthermore, we have seen 
positive signs of the UK business stabilising.”

 ■ International probe revenues up 25% at £1.7m

•  15% increase in volume with an additional 

net £0.1m revenue growth from currency movements 
and sales mix

 ■ UK probe revenues down 26% at £1.9m. Trend 

improving: H1 down 36%, H2 down 17%

•  Down 10% in Q1 2017 with monitor and third party  
sales meaning that total UK revenues in Q1 2017 
are slightly ahead of Q1 2016

 ■ Monitor income down to £0.4m from £0.6m

 ■ Second half operating loss, before non-cash 

costs, of £0.2m (2015: £1.0m).

Operating Highlights
 ■ New, easier to use, TruVue probes introduced globally

 ■ Excellent results presented from largest ever 

randomised controlled trial of ODM

 ■ EU R&D grant awarded for pilot project with new 

Velocity Pressure Loop displays

 ■ Successful field trials completed of additional non-invasive 
haemodynamic monitoring modality; launch pending.

“Q1 2017 sales in the USA, including a small number of 
monitor sales, were over 50% ahead of the equivalent period 
in 2016 in local currency, those international distributors who 
order probes monthly are all running ahead of or at the same 
levels of last year and UK revenues were marginally ahead of 
2016. We have continued to make small cost reductions as 
opportunities present themselves and in addition we have 
temporarily reduced our US staff costs as we move to deploy 
our resources closer to the best growth opportunities. 
Since January 2017, we are now fully benefiting from the 
full impact of manufacturing improvements with anticipated 
savings of over £30,000 a month”.

“We have completed a key phase in our US expansion 
plan with the attainment of a critical mass of 30 platform 
accounts. We are focusing our resources on driving 
increased use of our probes in these accounts, whilst 
continuing to add new platform accounts in the existing 
territories. March 2017 was the first month where fixed 
US sales staff costs were covered by the gross margin on 
that month’s probe sales. We are now fully benefiting from 
investments already made in margin improvement and, with 
the pending launch of the first of a range of new products, 
expect to generate additional revenues from investments 
made in research and development as we move towards 
our next generation haemodynamic workstation platform.”

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Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Business Model

What we do?

Deltex Medical exploits its proprietary technology to 
develop, design, manufacture and market medical 
equipment that deploys low frequency ultrasound to 
visualise and measure blood flow in the central circulation. 
Doing this enables doctors to optimise blood flow in 
patients undergoing surgery and in critical care. 
Robust clinical evidence shows that, if central blood flow is 
optimised, the risk of complications is reduced contributing 
to both more complete, faster recoveries for patients and 
lower costs of care for the healthcare provider.

The use of the company’s technology, Oesophageal 
Doppler Monitoring (ODM) is the gold standard in the 
provision of such care. No other intra-operative fluid 
management (IOFM) technology enables the anaesthetist 
to manage the patient’s haemodynamic status during 
surgery either as precisely or as rapidly as with ODM 
and no other technology has been able to generate an 
equivalent evidence base of either patient or economic 
benefit. In certain circumstances, the clinician may choose 
methodologies other than ODM to acquire data to aid 
IOFM. In such situations, Deltex Medical offers other 
technologies required to satisfy the clinical need.

What we sell?

Our ODM technology comprises two main components; 
the patient monitor and a single use disposable probe which 
is placed in the oesophagus in a simple, minimally invasive 
process. Together they provide the clinician with real time 
information about the flow of blood around the body from 
deep inside the central circulation. If the flow of blood 
around the body is compromised, which occurs commonly 
during surgery, then the amount of oxygen delivered to 
tissues is reduced, increasing the risk of organ under-
perfusion and harm.

Periods of poor blood supply to organs including the 
gut, kidneys and liver increase the risk of developing a 
complication which requires additional treatment and often 
leads to an increase in the time spent in the hospital and 
eventually to an overall shortened life expectancy. For the 
healthcare provider, complications arising as a result of 
surgery lead to additional costs that need to be met both 
immediately and over the longer term. The use of our 
technology reduces these risks and the consequential costs 
associated with them.

How do we make money?

Our sales proposition to customers comprises both a 
capital purchase (the monitor) and a revenue purchase (the 
disposable probe). Due to the often protracted procurement 
times for capital items, we frequently need to place our 
monitors in hospitals at no cost to the hospital, which can 
lead to the faster adoption of our technology into a hospital’s 
practice and, therefore, a quicker use of revenue generating 

probes. There are over 3,400 monitors installed worldwide. 
The more probes that are used, the more revenue we 
generate. Our ODM is designed and manufactured in the 
UK giving us good control over both product quality and 
profit margins. Our gross margin earned in markets where 
we sell direct, namely the UK, USA, Canada and Spain, is 
higher than in those markets (over 30 countries) in which we 
sell through distributors (where we do not incur direct selling 
costs). Our gross margin earned on probes is typically over 
75% in the UK, around 85% in the USA and 55% to 60% in 
our distributor led business.

The existence of a large installed base of monitors enables 
the group to introduce complementary technologies without 
the need to incur the cost of creating a new installed base.

Who are our customers?

In the UK, our key customers are NHS Foundation Trusts 
and NHS Trusts (NHS). The Department of Health (DH) 
decided to adopt our technology “at pace and scale” 
subsequent to the 2011 National Institute for Health and 
Care Excellence (“NICE”) recommendation of our 
CardioQ-ODM products for over 800,000 patients a year 
undergoing higher risk surgery in NHS hospitals. 
However, the DH is a highly de-centralised organisation 
and its efforts to implement ODM nationally from 2013 
were not successful with the main financial incentive 
provided by DH withdrawn early in 2014.

Certain hospitals that purchased our equipment 
with the incentive of receiving additional funding 
reduced their usage following the withdrawal of the 
funding programmes. To respond to this, our sales 
efforts are now focused on those NHS Hospitals 
that want to support individual anaesthetists or 
groups of anaesthetists who choose to deliver the 
clinical benefits to patients of intra-operative fluid 
management using ODM with the concurrent 
economic benefits to the hospital.

In the USA, recognition of the importance of 
modern ‘Enhanced Recovery’ approaches 
to surgery is growing at a hospital level as 
it becomes recognised that improving the 
quality of care provided to patients leads 
to better patient outcomes, lower costs 
of care and higher profits for the hospital 
care providers. Our focus in the USA 
has been to identify major hospitals that 
wish to implement evidence-based 
intra-operative fluid management, 
often as part of an enhanced recovery 
programme, and partner with them 
to help them to achieve 
their objectives.

Business Model
Continued

We define these hospitals as ‘Platform Programme 
Accounts’. These accounts generally have the potential 
to consume at least 100 probes per month as the use of 
ODM spreads across surgical disciplines in that hospital.
The programme typically involves one area of surgery which 
in that hospital adopts ODM into its protocols, measuring 
the changes in desired outcomes that are defined at the 
start of the project. This evidence is then used to develop 
similar protocols for use in other surgical procedures with 
the goal that the use of ODM becomes the routine in all 
of the operating rooms in that hospital. Our US market 
development plan, launched in 2013, was to have 30 such 
hospitals enrolled. We achieved this target during Q1 2017.

Our main focus, in our distributor led markets is to work with 
those countries that have recognised the benefits of IOFM 
and/or enhanced recovery protocols and have a desire to 
implement these programmes nationally. 
This process usually starts with establishing contact with 
local Key Opinion Leaders in the countries who have the 
ability to implement at both hospitals and health-care 
systems’ level. This requires support from Deltex Medical, 
as although we work closely with local distributors, they 
usually do not have the knowledge or background to drive 
these change programmes.

What is our goal?

Our goal is to see the adoption of our products as the 
standard of care for all patients undergoing high-risk 
surgery. This we believe will be achieved through doctors 
understanding the clinical benefits of fluid management.

Eventually, we seek to monitor a patient’s haemodynamic 
status from the time the patient presents to the healthcare 
system through to the point of discharge.

*The global market opportunity for haemodynamic 
monitoring equipment, of which a large proportion relates to 
disposables, is expected to reach US$1.1 billion by 2021 at 
a CAGR of 4.3% during the forecast period.

Deltex Medical with its ‘Gold Standard’ ODM technology 
is well placed to grow through wider acceptance of the 
fact that too much or too little fluid given to patients 
intra-operatively can cause harm and, therefore, it is 
important to get the amount of fluid given ‘just right’ for 
each and every patient. This can only be achieved through 
the use of our products.

* Market and Markets. Hemodynamic Monitoring System Market – 
Analysis and Global Forecast to 2021.

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Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Chairman’s Statement

Deltex Medical’s Vision

Deltex Medical’s goal is to build a major business that 
generates substantial returns for its shareholders, by providing 
medical technologies which help doctors deliver better 
outcomes for their patients while lowering the costs of care.

Clinical and economic need established
Deltex Medical has built a robust evidence base 
establishing that there is a clinical and economic need 
for its core oesophageal Doppler monitoring (‘ODM’) 
technology. ODM uses ultrasound to measure blood 
flow in the central circulation of patients and allows 
clinicians to use fluids and drugs to optimise the patient’s 
haemodynamic status during the trauma of surgery by 
protecting their tissues and organs. Clinical trials have 
shown that optimising haemodynamic status in this way 
reduces the patient’s length of stay in the hospital by 
reducing post-surgical complications. ODM is increasingly 
being recognised as a standard of care for intra-operative 
fluid management (‘IOFM’) in major surgery and critical 
care. Advanced haemodynamic management is also 
now becoming widely accepted as an important new 
medical modality. Deltex Medical is focused on maximising 
value from the opportunities presented as advanced 
haemodynamic management is adopted into routine clinical 
practice around the world.

The emerging market for advanced haemodynamic 
management is seeking solutions in a broadening range 
of clinical conditions and settings and Deltex Medical’s 
product development strategy is focused on providing a 
haemodynamic workstation which will take the form of 
a multi-modal monitoring platform, allowing clinicians to 
choose from a single supplier the inputs, parameters and 
treatment strategies most appropriate to the individual 
patient’s circumstances. Our plan is to add selected new 
technologies to our existing platform, which will allow us 
both to enhance clinical utility and to establish revenue 
streams from the new modalities, while concurrently 
working to integrate them into the new monitoring platform 
which we are developing.

The Board believes that our haemodynamic workstation 
offers considerable advantages to clinicians. This approach 
provides high quality versions of all the main technologies 
currently available together with the Company’s proprietary 
ODM technology. ODM is demonstrably superior to all 
other technologies for patient outcomes in higher risk 
clinical situations.

Export led return to growth in second half
Continuing growth in export markets meant that Group 
revenues, excluding clinical research based barter sales, 
returned to growth in the second half of 2016. Consumable 
revenues in the second half were 14% ahead of the 
equivalent period in 2015. Probe sales outside the UK of 
£3.8m in 2016 comprised 66% of total probe revenues, with 
probe revenues from our key target US market (£1.87m) 
surpassing those from the UK (£1.86m) for the first time.

Compared to last year, US probe revenues were up £0.5m 
(40%) and international probe revenues increased by £0.3m 
(25%) with both benefiting from the weaker pound in the 
second half of the year. UK probe revenues, by contrast, 
were £0.6m (26%) lower than in 2015, the third successive 
year of reductions because of the NHS responding to 
its financial challenges by concentrating on reducing its 
spend on variable costs. Following disappointing UK 
ODM sales in the first half of 2016 which were £0.4m 
(36%) lower than the first half of 2015, underlying UK 
probe performance improved in the second half of the 
year (17% lower than 2015) following the introduction of 
enhanced TruVue probes in May and the presentation 
of important new clinical trials in June and July. UK 
sales have continued to stabilise to date in 2017 (10% 
lower than 2016). 

The Board believes that these trends, combined 
with the planned introduction of additional 
revenue streams from new advanced 
haemodynamic monitoring products, means that 
there is potential for the UK business to return 
to growth before the end of 2017.

All our new monitors incorporate Pulse Pressure Waveform 
Analysis (‘PPWA’) as well as ODM. We have recently 
completed successful field trials of a third, entirely non-
invasive, modality based on electrical impedance and 
expect to release this in the UK and a small number of 
international distributor markets on the CardioQ-ODM+ 
platform in the first half of 2017. Adding this technology 
means we will be offering the three best established modern 
advanced haemodynamic monitoring technologies on our 
monitor platform, allowing us to target wider groups of 
patients and clinicians. In addition, we are testing prototype 
non-invasive suprasternal Doppler probes and assessing 
a number of approaches to non-invasive blood pressure 
monitoring with the intention of adding these new modalities 
to our platform once they have been verified.

France remains our largest export market by 
volume and we saw continued growth in sales 
to our French distributor who purchased 
13,450 probes (2015: 12,300), around 45% 
(2015: 48%) of the total International probe 
sales. Markets such as France, Peru, 
Scandinavia and South Korea, where the 
use of our products is the most developed, 
contributed the largest growth in our 
international distributor business. 
In addition, we continue to develop 
other markets. Our progress in Canada 
and Spain, where we sell direct, has 
been slower than we had hoped 
due to both elongated procurement 
pathways and local clinical barriers.

Chairman’s Statement
Continued

However, both retain the potential to develop into substantial 
markets over time. Until this happens, we are focusing our 
resources on markets likely to generate more rapid returns.

Revenues from the sale of monitors remain under pressure 
due to severe restrictions on capital budgets in many 
healthcare systems and our policy is to place monitors on 
loan to hospitals where the investment is justified by potential 
returns from high margin probe sales. Monitor revenues, 
including clinical research based barter income of £0.2m 
in 2015, were £0.2m lower than in 2015 at £0.4m. A small 
number of monitor orders originally expected in 2016 have 
been received in the first quarter of 2017 with the result that 
the 2017 year to date monitor revenues by the end of March 
2017 were already approaching 60% of the 2016 full year total.

Overall Group revenues were broadly flat at £6.3m (2015: 
£6.4m including £0.2m of clinical research based barter sales).

US expansion programme continues to drive forward
The USA is our key focus market and in January 2017, we 
passed a key milestone in our expansion plan when we 
achieved our target of opening our 30th platform programme 
account, up from 17 in January 2016 and 6 in January 2015. 
Having achieved this milestone, we are now focusing our 
resources on supporting the increased use of our probes in 
these accounts with the goal of replicating our success in 
the ten largest such accounts which together accounted for 
over 75% of the underlying US probe run-rate coming into 
2017. To expedite this, we are redeploying our resources 
geographically to best match the current growth potential.  
We intend to manage and expand our new account pipeline 
within our established sales territories, primarily in major 
hospitals but also in smaller hospitals which are members of 
healthcare systems where we already have a presence.

Reduced losses
Consumable gross margin improved from 70% to 74% 
over the year as we started to see the benefit of bringing 
probe tip assembly in-house in the second half of the year 
as well as the shift in probe revenues from the UK to the 
higher average selling price in the US market. The H2 2016 
consumable gross margin was 78% compared to 68% in 
H2 2015 and also reflected the impact of exchange rate 
movements on US Dollar and Euro sales. Since January 
2017, all new probe tip manufacture is in-house and this 
together with the impact of substantial manufacturing 
process improvements will, we expect contribute to 
continued increases in probe margins in 2017.

Cash costs at £6.2m were £0.5m (7%) lower than in 2015. 
The full year effect of annualised cost reductions came 
through in the second half before being partially offset by 
exchange movements affecting primarily our US operating 
costs. Operating losses for the year reduced by £1.1m (32%) 
to £2.4m (2015: £3.5m). 

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Deltex Medical Group plc 
Report & Accounts 2016

Improving operating cash performance
The Group’s primary short-term priority remains to get the 
business past the operating cash breakeven point and we 
have made considerable progress towards achieving this in 
2016 through increased traction in export markets, progress 
towards stabilising the UK business and significant cost 
reductions. In the second half, the loss before non-cash 
costs reduced by over 70% to £0.4m (H2 2015: £1.4m) and 
total cash consumption in the second half reduced to £0.4m.

Cash at the end of the year was £0.6m (2015: £0.6m). 
Since the year-end, we have raised an additional £0.4m to give 
us greater flexibility in managing our working capital balances.

Prospects
2016 was a transitional year for Deltex Medical and our 
progress means we have entered 2017 with considerable 
confidence. Sales are growing well in the USA and other 
export markets which resulted in 2016 probe revenues up 
40% and 25% respectively. Furthermore, we have seen 
positive signs of the UK business stabilising.

Q1 2017 sales in the USA, including a small number of 
monitor sales, were over 50% ahead of the equivalent period 
in 2016 in local currency, those international distributors who 
order probes monthly are all running ahead of or at the same 
levels of last year and UK revenues were marginally ahead of 
2016. We have continued to make small cost reductions as 
opportunities present themselves and in addition we have 
temporarily reduced our US staff costs as we move to deploy 
our resources closer to the best growth opportunities. Since 
January 2017, we are now fully benefiting from the full impact 
of manufacturing improvements with anticipated savings of 
over £30,000 a month.

We have completed a key phase in our US expansion 
plan with the attainment of a critical mass of 30 platform 
accounts. We are focusing our resources on driving 
increased use of our probes in these accounts, whilst 
continuing to add new platform accounts in the existing 
territories. March 2017 was the first month where fixed 
US sales staff costs were covered by the gross margin on 
that month’s probe sales. We are now fully benefiting from 
investments already made in margin improvement and, with 
the pending launch of the first of a range of new products, 
expect to generate additional revenues from investments 
made in research and development as we move towards 
our next generation haemodynamic workstation platform.

Nigel Keen   Chairman  
26 April 2017

Operating Review

Pro-forma results

Consumable revenues

Probes

Other

Total consumable revenue

Cost of sales- consumable

Gross profit consumables

Monitor and sundry income

Sundry income/(expense) *

Net monitor income less costs **

2016 
£’000

2015 
£’000

5,458

331

5,789

(1,483)

4,306

(5)

28

23

5,230

259

5,489

(1,634)

3,855

(6)

(15)

(21)

Cash costs

Loss before non-cash and US market 
development and exceptional items

(6,176)

(6,716)

(1,847)

(2,882)

Net non- cash costs ***

(522)

(253)

Loss before US market development 
costs

US market development costs

Operating loss

(2,369)

(3,135)

-

(2,369)

(351)

(3,486)

*Included in Sundry income/(expense) are 
3rd party revenues of £44k (2015: £86k). 
**Net monitor income less costs comprises:

Revenue from monitors sold

Maintenance revenue

Cost of sales – monitors

Depreciation of loan monitors

Total

2016 
£’000

360

74

(181)

(225)

28

2015 
£’000

400

70

(284)

(201)

(15)

***Net non-cash costs in 2015 included £0.2m 
of clinical research based income.

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Deltex Medical Group plc 
Report & Accounts 2016

Operating Review
Continued

Pro-forma results
The Group publishes a pro-forma results statement 
which enables the reader to better understand the key 
performance indicators of the Group. This pro-forma 
presentation does not alter the total revenue, costs or 
results for the year. Its objective is to communicate the 
results of the Group in an easier to understand format.

Consumables revenue in 2016 was £300,000 (5%) ahead 
of 2015 at £5,789,000 with the second half £366,000 
(14%) ahead. Gross profit on consumables was £451,000 
(12%) higher than 2015 at £4,306,000. Gross margin on 
consumables was 74% (2015: 70%). The improvement 
in gross margin reflects higher average selling prices 
for probes with a higher proportion of sales in the USA, 
favourable exchange movements in the second half of 2016 
and early returns on bringing probe tip assembly in-house 
as part of manufacturing process improvements.

The Group made satisfactory progress with export 
probe sales which totalled £3,593,000, an increase 
of £877,000 (32%) over 2015 (£2,716,000). The USA 
contributed £536,000, 61%, of the total increase in export 
probe revenues.

Export probe revenue gains exceeded by £228,000 
a £649,000 (26%) decline in UK probe sales and thus 
enabled the Group’s probe revenues to return to growth 
in the second half. Third party revenues, primarily sales of 
the CASMED cerebral oximetry system in the UK, grew by 
£40,000 (13%) with reduced second half margins following 
the rise in US Dollar import prices in the second half. 
Monitor and other income was £302,000 lower than 2015 
reflecting a £218,000 fall in monitor revenue to £360,000. 
In total, the Group sold 122 monitors in 2016 and placed a 
further 98 units.

Cash costs were £540,000 (8%) lower at £6,176,000 
reflecting the net effect of increased expenditure on US 
field team expansion and reductions in other costs of over 
£100,000 a month. The annualised net savings of c£1m a 
year were realised in the second half before being offset by 
the adverse exchange impact on non-sterling costs-notably 
US operating costs which continued to exceed US revenues.

The operating loss was £2,369,000 (2015: £3,486,000), a 
reduction of £1,117,000 (32%). The second half operating 
loss of £646,000 which was less than half that in the second 
half of 2015 (£1,340,000) and included £469,000 of non-
cash costs. Total cash at 31 December 2016 was £582,000 
(2015: £575,000) after £2,473,000 of net new finance 
in the year. Cash consumption in the second half was 
significantly reduced and totalled £386,000. This reduced 
cash consumption is consistent with the Group’s key priority 
to get the business past the cash break-even point at the 
operating level. The Group made substantial progress 
towards achieving this in 2016 and estimates the underlying 
monthly cash burn at the end of 2016 to have been around 

£90,000 compared to over £200,000 at the start of the 
year. Since the year-end, the underlying cash burn has 
been further reduced by the full effect of the manufacturing 
process improvements (expected to save over £30,000 a 
month), certain reductions to the cost base and continuing 
growth of sales in the USA and major international markets. 
In addition, the process of redeploying US resources 
to support the areas with highest potential growth has 
reduced costs and going forward the Group plans broadly 
to match new hires to increases in the monthly probe 
revenue run-rate. The Group going forward expects further 
progress on reducing the cash burn to come from new 
product releases starting in the first half of 2017.

Statutory results
Revenue as reported in the Consolidated Statement of 
Comprehensive Income was broadly flat at £6,331,000 
(2015: £6,405,000 including £178,000 of clinical research 
based barter sales). Increases in revenue from export 
sales of £795,000 and UK third party sales of £40,000 
were largely offset by a £731,000 reduction in revenues 
from ODM products in the UK. Gross margins were higher 
at 68% (2015: 63%) with the benefit of higher margin 
sales in the USA replacing UK probe sales and improved 
manufacturing efficiency.

Probe margins were higher at 77% (2015: 72%) 
and are expected to continue to improve as 
North American sales grow and the effect of margin 
improvement initiatives comes through. Costs were 
kept under tight control with total charges reduced 
by 11% at £6,698,000 (2015: £7,496,000). Increased 
spending on US staff was offset by savings made in 
overheads. Overall, the operating loss of £2,369,000 
was £1,117,000 lower (2015: £3,486,000).

US market
US probe revenues increased by 25% in local 
currency and 40% in sterling to £1,869,000. 
The reported volume increase of 1,595 probes 
(15%) to 12,025 probes is distorted by a few 
sales incentives in 2015 to accelerate transition 
to the enhanced performance TruVue probes 
where additional probes were sold at minimal or 
no marginal revenue.

Since 2012, our strategy in the USA has 
been to build a platform for future national 
roll-out of ODM by developing a small 
number of prestigious hospital accounts 
where our products are being embedded 
broadly and deeply into routine usage 
across a number of major surgical 
procedures. Our goal has been to 
establish a core platform of 30 such 
accounts and we passed this key 
milestone in January 2017.

Operating Review
Continued

In addition, we have built a pipeline of additional accounts 
and expect to continue to open these going forward but 
with less resource being absorbed on pipeline development 
than over the last three years. Around 80% of underlying 
probe consumption in 2016 came from the ten best 
established platform accounts.

Encouragingly, UK sales in the first quarter of 2017 have 
continued the more positive trends and total UK revenue for 
the quarter was marginally ahead of 2016. First quarter sales 
benefited from the largest monitor order since 2014 worth just 
over £80,000, which we announced on 23 February 2017.

2017
Since January 2017, we have been focusing on expanding 
probe consumption in the key platform accounts. 
To facilitate this, we have redeployed our field staff 
resources to best reflect the growth opportunities open to 
us now that the core platform has been established. 
In the short term, this has reduced our fixed monthly US 
field staff costs to close to the gross margin on regular 
monthly probe sales with March 2017 being the first 
month in which the gross margin on probe revenues has 
exceeded fixed monthly field staff costs. Our plan is to 
phase recruitment from now on to broadly match US staff 
costs to revenues and, therefore, bring to an end the heavy 
investment we have made in building our US team since 
2012, which peaked at approximately $150,000 a month.

UK Market
Deltex Medical had a third consecutive disappointing year of 
declining ODM sales in the UK. Probe sales of £1,865,000 
were £649,000 (26%) lower than in 2015. Monitor sales were 
£15,000 lower than in 2015. Maintenance revenues were 
£4,000 higher than 2015 at £74,000. Third party revenues 
from lower margin distributed products were £40,000 ahead 
of 2015.

Following a review of our UK business in the second half 
of 2015, we refocused our efforts in the UK market on to the 
considerable number of doctors who are both committed to 
making ODM a standard of care and who work in those NHS 
hospitals with C-suite support for implementing cost-saving 
quality improvement programmes. Our marketing efforts 
focused on highlighting the enhanced performance of the 
TruVue probes which we launched in May, the impressive 
results presented in June from a major multi-centre 
randomised controlled trial of ODM use during surgery 
in Spain and the results presented from a major UK NHS 
hospital of the first trial comparing ODM to a competing 
IOFM technology during surgery which confirmed the 
superior patient outcomes expected from ODM, based on 
previous trials.

Following disappointing ODM sales in the first half, the 
second half of 2016 showed a marked improvement in 
trend in the UK with third quarter probe revenues ahead 
of the second quarter and the fourth quarter ahead of the 
third. The 17% decline in probe revenues in H2 compared 
to 2015 compares to a 36% H1 decline and did not reflect 
underlying trends because there were no orders in the 
second half from two of our largest UK customers as they 
worked their way through probe stocks. Both have ordered 
probes since the year-end.

International markets
Our international business comprising all export markets, 
excluding the USA, made good progress in a number of 
areas in 2016. Probe revenues increased by 25% on a 
volume increase of 14%; second half sales benefited from 
weaker sterling against both the Euro and US Dollar. We sold 
13,450 probes to our French distributor, an increase of 9% 
over 2015, maintaining France as our largest export market 
by volume. In our other more developed markets, we sold 
2,600 probes to Scandinavia (up 55%) and 4,500 probes 
to Peru (broadly flat with 2015). Other significant volumes 
were achieved in less developed markets for our products 
including South Korea where we sold 4,800 probes (up 
586%). In these earlier stage markets, there is inherent 
uncertainty over the time between stocking orders and 
regular repeat orders pulled by traction in the market. 
However, we are encouraged by the South Korean 
government’s decision since the year-end to broaden 
significantly its reimbursement coverage for ODM.

Progress with our Canadian operation has remained slower 
than we would have liked due to the often protracted time 
delays between clinical evaluations and purchase for both 
monitors and probes. There is a good potential business 
pipeline which, once it starts converting into revenues, is 
expected to be sufficient to support organic growth from 
locally generated cash. In the meantime, we are minimising 
the resource we allocate to Canada in favour of supporting 
markets with greater prospects of more rapid returns.

In Spain, we have invested over several years in supporting 
clinical leaders to introduce enhanced recovery surgery 
programmes which are driving growth in several markets. 
Clinical guidelines for 10 surgical disciplines were published 
in 2015 and are now supported by the key professional 
bodies and regional and national health administrators. 
Our strategy is to focus on a small number of hospitals 
at first to build recurring revenue and to review additional 
investment in the context of cash returns generated from 
these. Progress to date has been slow and we continue 
to review our ongoing level of investment in this market. 
We expect the opportunity in Spain to be boosted after 
publication of the results of the successful multi-centre 
trial of ODM and understand that the draft paper has been 
submitted to a peer reviewed medical journal.

Prospects
Deltex Medical made considerable progress in 2016 in 
reshaping its business for the next stage of its development. 
We grew well in our export markets and started to see some 
stability return to the challenging UK market. We reduced 
costs, launched a significantly improved Doppler probe and 

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Report & Accounts 2016

Operating Review
Continued

increased gross margins. Since the end of the year, we have 
started to deliver substantial further manufacturing cost 
savings, passed the key milestone in the USA of opening 
our 30th platform account and have field tested a major 
new advanced haemodynamic monitoring modality on our 
existing monitor platform. These developments, together 
with a refocusing of our US resources to match the platform 
account growth opportunities mean that we have made 
further substantial progress towards our key short-term 
priority of getting the business past the operating cash 
break-even point.

Ewan Phillips   Chief Executive

26 April 2017

Financial Review

Statutory results

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive 
Income (SOCI)
Revenue as reported in the SOCI of £6,331,000 was £74,000 
lower than the prior year. Consistent with prior years, revenue 
has been categorised between probes and other revenues 
which is reflective of the Group’s operating segments.

More information concerning probes revenue is given later in 
this report. Detailed market information can be found in the 
Operating Review on pages 8 to 11.

Other income comprised:

Monitors sold
Clinical research income
Distributed product sales
Maintenance revenue
Other 

2016 
£’000
360
-
355
74
84
873

2015 
£’000
400
178
345
70
182
1,175

Monitor sold income fell by £40,000 during the year 
reflecting the continuing difficulty to make capital sales, 
particularly within the UK to the NHS. However, the 
reduction in the number of units sold of 54 was to some 
extent offset by higher revenues per monitor sold.

In the UK, this was achieved through slightly better sales 
prices and in the USA and our international markets 
predominantly through the benefit of the weakness of 
sterling compared to both the Euro and the US Dollar 
following the result of the EU referendum in June 2016.

Gross Margin
The Group’s overall gross margin for the year was 68% 
compared to 63% last year. The main changes in the margin 
are shown in the table below:

The product contribution from probes has improved during 
the year reflecting the move to becoming more reliant on 
crystal assemblies built internally rather than sourced from 
a more expensive third party as well as the benefit that will 
have flowed through from both increases in selling prices 
and the benefit from the change in foreign exchange rates.

The monitor product contribution has fallen due to the 
weakening of sterling against both the US Dollar and the 
Euro leading to an increase in the cost of production of a 
monitor of c.8% as well as a slight increase in the labour 
and overhead absorption rate. This increase in unit cost 
was partially offset by slightly higher sales revenues. 
The increase in the depreciation cost of placed monitors 
reflects the increase in the size of the installed base.
Production variances decreased compared to last year as 
the new manufacturing processes were embedded.

Foreign exchange
Following the significant falls in both the US Dollar and Euro 
exchange rates in the second half of the year because of 
the results of the EU referendum, the re-translation of costs 
and revenues of our overseas operations increased by 
£329,000 and £230,000 respectively. International sales 
that are usually denominated in either US Dollars or Euros 
also benefitted from a more favourable rate of exchange 
compared to 2015 which contributed £0.3m. This benefit 
would have been to some extent offset by travel and 
subsistence costs incurred by the International Sales team. 

Costs
Administration expenses were £412,000 lower than last year. 
This reduction reflects the focus that the Group has had on 
reducing expenditure across all areas of the business.

Sales and marketing expenses were broadly flat compared 
to the prior year. The full benefit in 2016 of the significant 
cost reductions made in the UK during 2015 have been 
offset principally by both the increased investment in the 
size of the US sales team as well as the impact of the 
weakness of Sterling compared to the US Dollar following 
the EU referendum in June. The effect has been to reduce 
the average rate of exchange used to translate US Dollar 
denominated income and expenses from 1.5296 to 1.3525, 
a fall of 12% for the year.

Product margin 2016

Product margin - 2015

Probes Monitors Other
%
55

%
50

%
82

Total Probes Monitors Other
%
39

%
77

%
60

%
79

-

-

(5)

77

(67)

-

(5)

(22)

-

(10)

(6)

39

(5)

(1)

(3)

68

-

-

(7)

72

(33)

-

(7)

20

-

(12)

(5)

22

Total
%
73

(3)

(1)

(6)

63

Product contribution

Depreciation of placed monitors

Shipping costs

Production variances

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Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Financial Review
Continued

US Market development costs
As reported last year, the specific US market development 
activities were completed during 2015. All marketing related 
expenses incurred in 2016 have been categorised as sales 
and marketing expenses. US marketing costs categorised 
within sales and marketing expenditure incurred in 2016 
were £173,000 (2015: £207,000).

Exceptional costs
The exceptional costs reported in 2015 related to the steps 
taken to respond to the declining UK market. Similar action 
was not undertaken during 2016.

Taxation
The Group expected to receive approximately £125,000 
relating to the surrender of current year tax losses under 
the Government’s Research and Development Tax Credit 
Scheme. However, following finalisation of the 2015 claim 
the Group received £160,000 (2015: £150,000) during the 
year. The Group expects to be able to claim approximately 
£107,000 relating to its 2016 activity.

Probe revenue
Probe revenue continues to be a key performance indicator 
for the Group. Probe revenues were £228,000 higher than 
last year. (2015: £41,000 lower). Further information on key 
developments can be found in the Operating Review on 
pages 8 to 11.

Cash costs
Cash costs decreased by £540,000 during the year which 
reflects the activity taken during the year to reduce cash 
expenditure across all operations. The full benefit of the 
changes implemented in 2016 will flow through into 2017.

Non-cash costs

Equity settled share based payment expense
Accrued holiday pay
Equity settled transaction costs
Net clinical research income
Depreciation and amortisation expense

2016 
£’000

2015 
£’000

120
73
129
-
425
747

127
-
85
(162)
404
454

The net increase in non-cash costs is principally due to the 
fact that there was no net clinical research income received 
in 2016 and the recognition of an accrual for holiday pay.

Balance Sheet
Property, plant and equipment (PPE)
The decrease in the carrying value of PPE is as a result 
of the depreciation charge for the year exceeding the 
cost of the placed monitors added to the installed base 
during the year.

Net monitor income

Monitors sold

Maintenance revenue

Cost of monitor production

Depreciation of placed monitors

2016 
£’000

2015 
£’000

360

74

(181)

(225)

28

400

70

(284)

(201)

(15)

Intangible assets
The Group continues to invest in research and 
development activity as it continues with its 
objective to develop a new monitor that will give 
the clinician a choice as to which fluid monitoring 
technology to use. It is expected that a small 
number of additional products that will seamlessly 
integrate with the existing ODM monitor will be 
released  during 2017.

Net monitor income increased compared to the prior year 
principally to the beneficial effect on reported revenue from 
the foreign exchange rate movements during the year.

As noted earlier, the activity related to the 
re-design of the probe tip and the manufacturing 
technique was completed during the year and 
the full benefits from the manufacturing change 
is expected to be seen in 2017.

As noted earlier in this report, the full benefit of the cost 
savings made in the probe manufacturing process should 
be seen during 2017. 

Jonathan D Shaw   Group Finance Director

26 April 2017

Financial Review
Continued

Inventory
The carrying value of inventory fell slightly compared to the 
previous year due to a combination of factors, of these the 
most significant was the continued focus on working capital 
management to ensure that inventory builds were more 
closely matched to sales forecasts. This focus will continue 
and will be helped in 2017 by the planned reduction in the 
range of probes that will be manufactured.

Borrowings
The movement in borrowings is largely due to a decrease in 
the amount that has been drawn down under the Group’s 
invoice discounting facility of £88k and the continued 
reduction in the amounts owed under finance lease 
obligations offset by the increase in the amount outstanding 
under the new convertible loan that was arranged in 
February 2016.

Trade and other payables
Trade payables and other payables were reduced compared 
to the previous year albeit slightly higher than planned as 
the Group managed its cash flow in the light of sales activity 
towards the end of the year. Social security and other taxes 
were lower as the amount of VAT payable at the end of the 
year was lower largely due to the sales mix in December. 
PAYE outstanding remained at similar levels due to the 
timing of payments of payroll taxes in the UK.

Accrued expenses remain at similar levels from the prior 
year. Included in this balance are amounts owing in relation 
to staff bonuses earned over a number of years that have 
not yet been settled. These amounted to approximately 
£705k (2015: £610k).

Cash flow
The Group’s main funding requirements continue to be:

 ■ Funding of operating losses to cash break-even;

 ■ Funding working capital requirements; and

 ■ Funding investments.

Operating costs
The cash loss in 2015 of £2,651,000 before US market 
development costs and exceptional items has reduced by 
£1,029,000 during the year. The main contributors being 
the benefit of full year cost reductions made in 2015, the 
cost reductions that were also made in February 2016 
and the continuing relentless focus on controlling cash 
expenditure across all of the Group’s activities.

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Deltex Medical Group plc 
Report & Accounts 2016

Strategic Report
For the year ended 31 December 2016

The Directors have pleasure in presenting their Strategic 
Report for the year ended 31 December 2016. The report 
provides a review of the Group’s business and describes 
the principal risks and uncertainties that it faces. The report 
includes an analysis of the performance of the Group during 
the financial year and its position at the year-end including 
how this is assessed using key performance indicators (KPI). 
The Chairman’s Statement, Operating Review and Financial 
Review form part of this Strategic Report. 

Principal risks and uncertainties 
The Group’s strategy has been and continues to be the 
establishment of guided fluid management using the 
CardioQ-ODM as a standard of care firstly in the Group’s 
home market of the UK, and secondly in the USA and 
other major markets for medical technology, both through 
direct sales and marketing and, where appropriate, 
distribution partnerships. The Group regularly reviews its 
strategic options and financing arrangements to reflect 
circumstances encountered from time to time.

The directors have, therefore, identified the following as 
being the principal risks and uncertainties facing the Group:

 ■ Government policy changes and spending plans.

 ■ Lower than anticipated rates of adoption of 

the Group’s products in existing key markets.

 ■ Not yet established rates of adoption of the 

Group’s products in identified new key markets.

 ■ The availability to the Group of resources, 
including cash, to pursue its strategy.

 ■ Exposure to political risks in certain territories.

The Group has established internal controls to assess the 
impact, or potential impact, of actual developments affecting 
these risks. The Group has developed internal reporting 
processes that are used to carefully manage cash flow, 
production scheduling and stock holdings.

A faster or slower than expected change in the adoption 
of the Group’s products could expose the Group to supply 
chain and production capacity risks. In addition, supply chain 
disruptions such as delays or losses of inventory also present 
a potential risk to the Group’s ability to progress its strategic 
aims. The Group mitigates these risks through effective 
supplier selection, management and procurement practices.

Government policy changes and spending plans will continue 
to impact the Group. We have implemented plans to increase 
the revenues and margin from the UK business with distributor 
agreements for the sale of third party products to take 
advantage of our established clinical sales team.

Key performance indicators

The key performance indicators that are used to monitor 
performance of the Group are set out in the table below and 
are discussed in more detail in both the Operating Review, on 
pages 8 to 11 and the Financial Review, on pages 12 to 14.

Key performance indicator

Probe revenues (£’000)

Monitor revenues (£’000)

Third party revenues (£’000)

Gross profit percentage

UK probe volumes sold (units)

US probe volumes sold (units)

Cash at bank

2016

2015

5,458

5,230

360

355

68%

578

345

63%

20,385

28,770

12,025

10,430

582

575

Going concern
The Group meets its day-to-day working capital 
requirements through a combination of operational cash 
flows, an invoice discounting facility and the raising of 
additional finance if required. The directors have examined 
detailed budgets and forecasts until 30 June 2018 which 
incorporate the post balance sheet fundraising detailed in 
the Directors’ Report. This review indicates that the Group 
has sufficient liquidity to continue as a going concern.

Further details of the Group’s cash flows are given in 
the Financial Review on pages 12 to 14 and the Basis 
of preparation note on page 31.

The Board has a reasonable expectation that the 
Group will have adequate resources to continue 
in operational existence for the foreseeable 
future and accordingly continues to adopt the 
going concern basis in preparing the financial 
statements as detailed in note 1.

The Strategic Report on pages 5 and 15 has 
been approved by the Directors and signed:

By order of the Board.

Jonathan D Shaw 
Company Secretary

26 April 2017

Christopher Jones
Chris Jones joined the board in June 2015 and brings over 
25 years of experience in Fortune 500 and VC funded 
healthcare companies in both the UK and importantly 
throughout the US. Executive Chairman of Mologic Ltd, 
Executive Chairman of Elasmogen Ltd, and Non-executive 
Director of MediSieve and Health Enterprise East, 
Mr Jones is a US national who came to the UK in 2008 to 
become CEO of GlySure. Prior to joining GlySure he was 
CEO of Tensys Medical developing and commercialising 
a novel continuous, non-invasive blood pressure monitor 
resulting in the sale of the company in 2008. Mr Jones 
also spent nine years with Nellcor Inc, a division of Tyco 
Healthcare, most recently as VP of Marketing responsible for 
the $700M WW pulse oximetry and critical care businesses. 
Mr Jones is a graduate of Yale University with a Bachelor of 
Science Degree in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry.

Executive directors

Ewan Phillips MA ACA
Chief Executive
Ewan joined Deltex Medical as Group Finance Director in 
August 2001 with a background in corporate finance. 
He took on responsibility for UK sales in October 2002 and 
was appointed managing director of the UK subsidiary in 
November 2005 before being appointed Chief Executive in 
September 2009.

Jonathan D Shaw ACIB FCCA
Group Finance Director
Jonathan Shaw joined the board in September 2015. 
He has spent the majority of his career working at either 
director or senior manager level in professional accounting 
and auditing firms most recently with Grant Thornton UK 
LLP in London and including PricewaterhouseCoopers 
LLP in Southampton where he was Deltex Medical’s senior 
audit manager for nearly four years. During his career, 
Jonathan has undertaken a number of secondments to 
industry or government and spent almost three years at the 
Financial Reporting Council, the UK’s independent regulator 
responsible for promoting high quality corporate governance 
and reporting to foster investment.

Directors

Non-executive directors

Nigel Keen MA FCA FI ET
Chairman 
Nigel has been involved with Deltex Medical since 1988 
and Chairman since 1996. He is also Chairman of the 
following companies; Syncona Investment Management 
Limited (SIML), a company which manages Syncona Ltd, 
an evergreen investment company developing advanced 
medical products; he is also a non-executive director of 
SIML’s parent company, Syncona Ltd, a company that is 
listed on the London Stock Exchange; Oxford University 
Innovation Ltd, the technology transfer group for Oxford 
University; and Oxford Academic Health Science Network, 
established by the National Health Service in England to 
align the interests of patients in its region with academia, 
industry and the healthcare system. His career has 
encompassed venture capital, industry and banking. 
He has a degree in engineering from Cambridge University, 
is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, a 
Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology and 
has been involved in the formation and development of high 
technology businesses for more than thirty years. Nigel is 
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee.

Julian Cazalet MA FCA
Julian joined the Board in April 2008 and is the 
Chairman of the Audit Committee. He was until 2007 a 
Managing Director — Corporate Finance of JPMorgan 
Cazenove. After graduating in Economics from Cambridge, 
he qualified as a Chartered Accountant before joining 
Cazenove in 1973. He became a Partner in 1978. 
From 1989 he worked in Corporate Finance, firstly in 
Equity Capital Markets and subsequently advising listed 
companies. He is Chairman of Herald Investment Trust plc, 
a director of Private Equity Investor plc, The Lindsell Train 
Investment Trust plc and of a number of charities.

Professor Sir Duncan Nichol
Duncan has been an influential figure in the provision of 
acute health services in the UK throughout his career. 
He worked for the NHS for nearly 30 years in a number 
of senior management roles and was its Chief Executive 
from 1989 to 1994. Duncan was the Deputy Chairman of 
the Christie NHS Foundation Trust from 2008 to 2012 and 
is currently Chairman of the Countess of Chester NHS 
Foundation Trust.

Mark Wippell
Mark, formerly a Partner with Allen & Overy LLP, has 
significant experience advising international companies on 
their strategic transactions. His experience includes public 
and private M&A, business reorganisations, complex joint 
ventures, demergers and securities offerings. Mark is qualified 
as a lawyer in both the UK and the US and has worked 
extensively with North American based businesses. Mark is 
Chairman of American European Business Association.

16

Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Secretary & Advisers

Company Secretary & Registered office

Principal bankers

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc 
62 – 63 Threadneedle Street 
PO Box 412 
London 
EC2R 8LA

Financial PR advisers

IFC Advisory Limited 
73 Watling Street 
London 
EC4M 9BJ

Registrars

Capita Registrars Limited 
The Registry 
34 Beckenham Road 
Beckenham 
Kent 
BR3 4TU

Jonathan D Shaw ACIB FCCA 
Terminus Road 
Chichester 
West Sussex 
PO19 8TX

Nominated adviser

Arden Partners plc 
125 Old Broad Street 
London 
EC2N 1AR

Independent Auditors

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors 
Savannah House 
3 Ocean Way 
Ocean Village 
Southampton 
SO14 3TJ

Solicitors

Laytons Solicitors LLP 
2 More London Riverside 
London 
SE1 2AP

Directors’ Report
For the year ended 31 December 2016

Registered No. 03902895
The directors present their report and the audited 
consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 
December 2016.

Future developments
The Group’s business activities, together with the factors 
likely to affect its future developments, performance and 
position are set out in the Chairman’s Statement on pages 
5 and 6 and the Operating Review on pages 8 to 11.

Financial risk management
The Financial Risk Management objectives and policies 
of the Group, including the exposure to interest rate risk, 
liquidity risk and currency risk are set out in note 25 to the 
financial statements on pages 50.to 53.

Dividends
The directors cannot propose the payment of 
a dividend (2015: £nil) for 2016.

Directors

The directors of the Group who served during the year are 
shown below. Biographical details are given on page 16 of 
the annual report and accounts.

Nigel Keen .........................................................Non-executive Chairman
Ewan Phillips ..........................................................................Chief Executive
Jonathan D Shaw ........................................... Group Finance Director
Julian Cazalet ...................................................... Non-executive Director
Chris Jones .......................................................... Non-executive Director
Sir Duncan Nichol ............................................ Non-executive Director
Mark Wippell ........................................................ Non-executive Director

Company Secretary

On 30 December 2016, Jonathan D Shaw was appointed 
company secretary following the resignation of the previous 
office holder.

Directors’ remuneration
The following information has been disclosed to satisfy the disclosure requirement 
set out in rule 19 of the AiM Rules for Companies:

2016 Total 
£
33,333

2015 Total 
£
33,333

Salary & Fees

Nigel Keen

Ewan Phillips

Jonathan D Shaw

Julian Cazalet

Chris Jones

Sir Duncan Nichol

Mark Wippell

Cash settled 
£
-

Equity settled 
£
33,333

200,000

123,333

-

18,000

-

-

-

-

24,000

-

24,000

24,000

Benefits 
£
-

7,500

7,500

Pension 
£
-

8,000

5,949

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

215,500

136,782

24,000

18,000

24,000

24,000

Tim Irish (resigned 31 March 2015)

Paul J Mitchell (resigned 2 April 2015)

Notes 
*from 1 September 2015   ** from 1 June 2015

341,333

105,333

15,000

13,949

475,615

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

341,333

105,333

15,000

13,949

475,615

215,500

42,366*

24,000

10,500**

24,000

24,000

373,699

6,000

42,279

421,978

1. Non-executive Directors do not have a permanent place 
of work specified in their service contracts. Therefore, all 
reasonable and properly incurred expenses incurred in 
performance of duties as Board Members are reimbursed 
by the Company.

Bonuses
Included in accruals at 31 December 2016, is an amount 
of £144,200 owed to Ewan Phillips relating to contractual 
bonuses that had been earned in the three years ended 
31 December 2014. No bonuses have been accrued in 
respect of the years ended 31 December 2015 and 31 
December 2016.  In accordance with its usual practice, 
the Board intends to settle this outstanding amount when 
appropriate to do so under the Company’s Enterprise 
Management Incentive Scheme.

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Report & Accounts 2016

Directors’ Report
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

Interests in share schemes
Ewan Phillips’ interests in share options is detailed below.

At 1 January 
2016

Granted.

Exercised

Expired At 31 December 
2016

Exercise 
price

Exercise period

Number

Number

Number

Number

Number

£

from

to

2001 Executive share option scheme

400,000

400,000

500,000

500,000

-

-

-

-

2011 Executive Share Option Scheme

1,000,000

500,000

1,250,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2003 Enterprise Management Incentive Scheme

92,700

510,638

43,478

31,250

34,884

690,104

20,270

13,636

507,692

277,174

115,385

6,887,211

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(400,000)

-

0.2075 28th Mar-09

27th Mar-16

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

400,000

0.295

29th Jun-10

28th Jun-17

500,000

0.185

30th Jun-11

29th Jun-18

500,000

0.1275

12th Jun-12

11th Jun-19

1,000,000

0.1725

28th Sep-14 27th Sep-21

500,000

0.24

10th Oct-15

9th Oct-22

1,250,000

0.11

10th Jun-18

9th Jun-25

92,700

0.01 30th Jun-08

29th Jun-18

510,638

0.01 12th Jun-09

11th Jun-19

43,478

31,250

0.01 30th Dec-09

29th Dec-19

0.01

24th Mar-10 23rd Mar-20

34,884

0.01

25th Jun-10

24th Jun-20

690,104

0.01

13th Oct-10

12th Oct-20

20,270

0.01 23rd Dec-10 23rd Dec-20

13,636

0.01

19th Apr-11

18th Apr-21

507,692

0.01

27th Sep-11 26th Sep-21

277,174

0.01

10th Oct-12

9th Oct-22

115,385

0.01 23rd Dec-13 22nd Dec-23

(400,000)

6,487,211

Jonathan D Shaw did not have an interest in share options during either 2016 or 2015.

Directors’ Report
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

Directors’ indemnities

As permitted by the Companies Act 2006, the Company 
has indemnified the directors in respect of proceedings 
brought by third parties and qualifying third party indemnity 
insurance was in place throughout the year and up to the 
date of approval of the financial statements.

Research & development activities

Deltex Medical Limited, a subsidiary, undertakes 
research and development work in support of its principal 
manufacturing activities. Further information on the 
Group’s research and development activities can be found 
throughout the strategic report.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate 
accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain 
the group and parent company’s transactions and disclose 
with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position 
of the group and parent company and enable them to 
ensure that the financial statements comply with the 
Companies Act 2006 and, as regards the group financial 
statements, Article 4 of the IAS Regulation.

The directors are also responsible for safeguarding the 
assets of the group and parent company and hence for 
taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of 
fraud and other irregularities.

Events after the balance sheet date

On 22 March 2017, the company raised £400,000 through 
subscriptions for 11,034,482 new ordinary shares at 3.625p 
per share.

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

Statement of directors’ responsibilities in 
respect of the financial statements

The directors are responsible for preparing the Annual 
Report and the financial statements in accordance with 
applicable law and regulation.

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 
parent company financial statements in accordance with 
United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice 
(United Kingdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS 
101 “Reduced Disclosure Framework”, 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 
parent company and of the profit or loss of the group and 
parent company for that period. In preparing the financial 
statements, the directors are required to:

 ■ select suitable accounting policies and then 

apply them consistently;

 ■ state whether applicable IFRSs as adopted by the 
European Union have been followed for the group 
financial statements and United Kingdom Accounting 
Standards, comprising FRS 101, have been followed 
for the company financial statements, subject to any 
material departures disclosed and explained in the 
financial statements;

 ■ make judgements and accounting estimates that are 

reasonable and prudent; and

 ■ prepare the financial statements on the going concern 
basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the 
group and parent company will continue in business.

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 the group and parent company’s performance, 
business model and strategy.

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

 ■ the parent company financial statements, which have 
been prepared in accordance with United Kingdom 
Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United 
Kingdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS 101 
“Reduced Disclosure Framework”, and applicable law), 
give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial 
position and profit of the company;

 ■ the group financial statements, which have been 

prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the 
European Union, give a true and fair view of the assets, 
liabilities, financial position and loss of the group; and

 ■ the Pro-forma results includes a fair review of the 

development and performance of the business and the 
position of the group and parent company, together with 
a description of the principal risks and uncertainties that 
it faces. 

In the case of each director in office at the 
date the Directors’ Report is approved:

 ■ so far as the director is aware, there is 

no relevant audit information of which the group 
and parent company’s auditors are unaware; and

 ■ they have taken all the steps that they ought to have 

taken as a director in order to make themselves aware 
of any relevant audit information and to establish that 
the group and parent company’s auditors are aware of 
that information. 

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Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Directors’ Report
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

Independent auditors

The auditors; PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP have indicated 
their willingness to continue in office and a resolution 
concerning their reappointment will be proposed at the 
Annual General Meeting.

Annual General Meeting

The notice convening the Annual General Meeting, which 
will take place on 9 June 2017 at 11.00am at Laytons 
Solicitors LLP, 2 More London Riverside, London SE1 2AP, 
can be found at the back of this publication.

By order of the Board

Jonathan D Shaw Company Secretary 
26 April 2017

Independent Auditors’ Report to the Members of 
Deltex Medical Group plc

Report on the group financial statements

Our opinion
In our opinion, Deltex Medical 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 31 December 2016 and of its loss 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, included within the 
Report & Accounts (the “Annual Report”), comprise:

 ■ the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income 

for the year then ended;

 ■ the Consolidated Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2016;

 ■ the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity for the 

year then ended; 

 ■ the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the year 

then ended; 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 IFRSs as 
adopted by the European Union, and applicable law.

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.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the 
Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course 
of the audit:

 ■ the information given in the Strategic Report and the 
Directors’ Report for the financial year for which the 
financial statements are prepared is consistent with the 
financial statements; and

 ■ the Strategic Report and the Directors’ Report have 
been prepared in accordance with applicable legal 
requirements.

In addition, in light of the knowledge and understanding 
of the group and its environment obtained in the course 

of the audit, we are required to report if we have identified 
any material misstatements in the Strategic Report and the 
Directors’ Report. We have nothing to report in this respect.

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 Statement of directors’ 
responsibilities set out on page 20, 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 parent 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. 

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Deltex Medical Group plc 
Report & Accounts 2016

Independent Auditors’ Report to the Members of 
Deltex Medical Group plc – Continued

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.

Other matter
We have reported separately on the parent company financial 
statements of Deltex Medical Group plc for the year ended 
31 December 2016.

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 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. 
With respect to the Strategic Report and Directors’ Report, 
we consider whether those reports include the disclosures 
required by applicable legal requirements.

Matthew Hall (Senior Statutory Auditor) 
for and on behalf of 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 
Chartered Accountants 
and Statutory Auditors 
Southampton

26 April 2017

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive 
Income For the year ended 31 December 2016

Total revenue

Total cost of sales

Gross profit

Administrative expenses

Sales & distribution costs

Research, Development, Quality & Regulatory

US market development costs

Exceptional costs
Total costs

Operating loss before US market development costs 
and exceptional items
US market development costs

Exceptional costs
Operating loss*

Finance income

Finance costs

Loss before taxation

Tax credit on loss

Loss for the year

Other comprehensive income

Items that may be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss:

Net translation differences on overseas subsidiaries

Other comprehensive income for the year, net of tax

Total comprehensive loss for the year

Total comprehensive loss for the 
period attributable to:

Owners of the Parent

Non-controlling interests

Loss per share basic and diluted

*Operating loss comprises:

Cash loss

US market development costs

Exceptional items

 Non – cash charges (net)

Operating loss

Notes 

3.2

Probes 
£’000

5,458

(1,250)

4,208

Other 
£’000

873

(752)

121

4

4

4

4

4

4

6

6

7

9

4

2016

Total  
£’000

6,331

(2,002)

4,329

(2,197)

(4,037)

(464)

-

-
(6,698)

(2,369)
-

-
(2,369)

1

(150)

(2,518)

142

(2,376)

234

234

(2,142)

(2,137)

(5)

(2,142)

(0.9p)

(1,622)

-

-

(747)

(2,369)

Probes 
£’000

5,230

(1,470)

3,760

Other 
£’000

1,175

(925)

250

2015

Total  
£’000

6,405

(2,395)

4,010

(2,500)

(4,036)

(609)

(198)

(153)
(7,496)

(3,135)
(198)

(153)
(3,486)

1

(110)

(3,595)

135

(3,460)

32

32

(3,428)

(3,347)

(81)

(3,428)

(1.6p)

(2,681)

(198)

(153)

(454)

(3,486)

The notes on pages 28 to 53 form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Consolidated Balance Sheet
as at 31 December 2016

Assets

Non – current assets

Property, plant and equipment

Intangible assets

Total non-current assets

Current assets

Inventories

Trade and other receivables

Current income tax recoverable

Cash and cash equivalents

Total current assets

Total assets

Liabilities

Current liabilities

Borrowings

Trade and other payables

Total current liabilities

Non-current liabilities

Borrowings

Provision for liabilities

Total non-current liabilities

Total liabilities

Net assets

Equity

Share capital

Share premium account

Capital redemption reserve

Other reserves

Translation reserve

Convertible loan note reserve

Accumulated losses

Equity attributable to owners of the Parent

Non-controlling interests

Total equity

Notes 

10

11

13

14

15

16

18

16

19

21

21

27

27

27

27

2016

£’000

431

2,396

2,827

760

2,499

107

582

3,948

6,775

(858)

(2,414)

(3,272)

(967)

(119)

(1,086)

(4,358)

2,417

2,849

32,268

17,476

4,685

260

84

2015

£’000

573

2,006

2,579

805

2,621

125

575

4,126

6,705

(1,864)

(2,766)

(4,630)

(34)

(117)

(151)

(4,781)

1,924

2,196

30,394

17,476

4,661

26

-

(55,037)

(52,666)

2,585

(168)

2,417

2,087

(163)

1,924

The notes on pages 28 to 53 form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements. 
The financial statements on pages 24 to 53 were approved by the Board of Directors and 
authorised for issue on 26 April 2017 and were signed on its behalf by:

Nigel Keen 
Chairman

Jonathan D Shaw 
Group Finance Director

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
For the year ended 31 December 2016

Equity attributable to owners of the Parent

Group

Share 
capital
£’000

Share 
premium 
account
£’000

Capital 
redemption 
reserve
£’000

Other 
reserve 
£’000

Convertible 
loan note 
reserve
£’000

Balance at 1st January 2015

2,130 30,323

17,476

4,318

Comprehensive income

Loss for the year

Other comprehensive 
income

Exchange movements 
taken to reserves

Total comprehensive 
income for the year

Shares issued during the year

Premium on shares issued 
during the year

Credit in respect of service cost 
settled by award of options
Balance at 
31 December 2015

Comprehensive income

Loss for the year

Other comprehensive 
income

Exchange movements 
taken to reserves

Total comprehensive 
income for the year

Shares issued 
during the year

Premium on shares issued 
during the year

Issue expenses

Equity element of 
convertible loan note

Credit in respect of 
service cost settled by 
award of options

Balance at 31 
December 2016

-

-

-

66

-

-

-

-

-

-

71

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

343

2,196 30,394

17,476

4,661

-

-

-

653

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 

-

1,992

(118)

-

-

-

-

-

-

- 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

24

2,849 32,268

17,476 4,685

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

84

-

84

Translation
reserve
£’000

Accumulated 
losses
£’000

(6)

(49,287)

Total
£’000

4,954

Non- 
controlling 
interest
£’000

Total 
equity 
£’000

(82)

4,872

-

(3,379)

(3,379)

(81)

(3,460)

32

-

32

-

32

 32

(3,379)

(3,347)

(81)

(3,428)

-

-

-

-

-

-

66

71

343

-

-

-

66

71

343

26

(52,666)

2,087

(163)

1,924

-

(2,371)

(2,371)

(5)

(2,376)

234

-

234

-

234

234

(2,371)

(2,137)

(5)

(2,142)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

653

1,992

(118)

84

24  

-

-

-

-

-

653

1,992

(118)

84

24

260

(55,037)

2,585

(168)

2,417

The notes on pages 28 to 53 form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
For the year ended 31 December 2016 

Cash flows from operating activities

Net cash used in operations

Interest paid

Income taxes received

Net cash used in operating activities

Cash flows from investing activities

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

Capitalised development expenditure

Interest received

Net cash used in investing activities

Cash flows from financing activities 

Issue of ordinary share capital

Expenses in connection with share issue

Proceeds from (decrease)/increase in invoice discounting facility

Repayment of borrowings

Proceeds from borrowings

Expenses in connection with new borrowings

Repayment of obligations under finance leases

Net cash generated from/(used in) financing activities

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year

Exchange gain on cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period

Note

2016

£’000

23

(1,880)

(96)

160

(1,816)

(26)

(533)

1

(558)

2,508

(118)

(109)

(1,000)

1,125

(42)

(37)

2,327

(47)

575

54
582

11

21

21

16

16

16

17

15

2015

£’000

(1,708)

(130)

150

(1,688)

(68)

(408)

1

(475)

59

-

(226)

-

-

-

(34)

(201)

(2,364)

2,934

5
575

The notes on pages 28 to 53 form an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 

1. Principal accounting policies

Presented below are those accounting policies that relate 
to the financial statements as a whole and includes details 
of new accounting standards that are or will be effective for 
2016 or later years. To facilitate the understanding of each 
note to the financial statements those accounting policies 
that are relevant to a particular category are presented 
within the relevant notes.

These policies have been consistently applied to all the 
years presented, unless otherwise stated.

1.1. General information
These financial statements are the consolidated financial 
statements of Deltex Medical Group plc, a public company 
limited by shares registered in England and Wales, and 
its subsidiaries (‘the Group’). Deltex Medical Group plc is 
listed on AIM. The address of the registered office is Deltex 
Medical Group plc, Terminus Road, Chichester, PO19 8TX, 
registered number 03902895.

1.2. Basis of reporting
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in 
accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards 
(IFRS) as adopted by the European Union (EU), with 
interpretations issued by the International Financial Reporting 
Interpretations Committee (IFRS IC) and with those parts of 
the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies reporting 
under IFRS. The consolidated financial statements have 
been prepared under the historical cost convention, with the 
exception of fair value accounting for share based payments, 
and on a going concern basis as discussed in more detail 
under the ‘Basis of Preparation’ section of this note.

No new accounting standards have become effective during 
the year. However, the following standards, amendments to 
standards and interpretations which have been endorsed by 
the EU have been adopted with effect from 1 January 2016 
or as stated below. No changes to previously published 
accounting policies or other adjustments were required on 
their adoption.

 ■ Annual improvements 2010-2012 (effective 1 July 2014) 

(endorsed for 1 Feb 2015)

 ■ Annual improvements 2012-2014 (effective 1 January 2016)

 ■ Amendment to IAS 19, ‘Employee benefits’, on defined 
benefit plans (effective 1 July 2014) (endorsed for 
1 Feb 2015)

 ■ Amendment to IFRS 11,’Joint arrangements’ on 
acquisition of an interest in a joint operation’, 
(effective 1 January 2016)

 ■ Amendment to IAS 16,’Property, plant and equipment’ 
and IAS 38,’Intangible assets’, on depreciation and 
amortisation (effective 1 January 2016)

28

 ■ Amendments to IAS 16, ‘Property, plant and 

equipment’ and IAS 41, ‘Agriculture’ on bearer plants 
(effective 1 January 2016)

 ■ Amendments to IAS 27, ‘Separate financial statements’ 

on equity accounting (effective 1 January 2016)

 ■ Amendments to IFRS 10, ‘Consolidated financial 

statements’ and IAS 28,’Investments in associates and 
joint ventures’ on applying the consolidation exemption 
(effective 1 January 2016)

 ■ Amendments to IAS 1,’Presentation of financial 

statements’ disclosure initiative (effective 1 January 
2016) (subject to EU endorsement)

Accounting standards not yet effective
Certain new standards and amendments to existing 
standards have been published that are mandatory for 
future accounting periods, subject to EU endorsement. 
Those which the Group has not adopted early and effective 
date (periods beginning) are as follows:

New accounting standards
 ■ IFRS 9, ‘Financial instruments’ (effective 1 January 2018)

 ■ IFRS 14, ‘Regulatory deferral accounts’ (effective 1 

January 2016)*

 ■ IFRS 15, ‘Revenue from contracts with customers’ 

(effective 1 January 2018)

 ■ IFRS 16, ‘Leases’ (effective 1 January 2019 or when 

apply IFRS 15)

* The European Commission has decided not to launch the 
endorsement process of this interim standard and to wait 
for the final standard.

Amendments
 ■ Amendments to IFRS 4 - Amendments regarding 

implementation of IFRS 9 (effective 1 January 2018) 
(subject to EU endorsement)

 ■ Amendment to IFRS 11, ‘Joint arrangements’ on 
acquisition of an interest in a ‘joint operation’, 
(effective 1 January 2016)

 ■ Amendment to IAS 16, ‘Property, plant and equipment’ 
and IAS 38,’Intangible assets’, on depreciation and 
amortisation (effective 1 January 2016)

 ■ Amendment to IAS 19, ‘Employee benefits’, on 

defined benefit plans (effective 1 July 2014) (endorsed 
for 1 Feb 2015)

 ■ Amendment to IFRS 9, ‘Financial instruments’, on 

general hedge accounting (effective date 1 Jan 2018)

 ■ Annual improvements 2010-2012 

(effective 1 July 2014) (endorsed for 1 Feb 2015)

Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

 ■ Annual improvements 2011-2013 (effective 1 July 2014) 

(endorsed for 1 Jan 2015)

 ■ Annual improvements 2012-2014 cycle 

(effective 1 January 2016)

 ■ Annual improvements 2014-2016 cycle 

(effective 1 January 2018) (subject to EU endorsement)

 ■ Amendments to IAS 16, ‘Property, plant and equipment’ 

and IAS 41, ‘Agriculture’ on bearer plants 
(effective 1 January 2016)

 ■ Amendments to IAS 27, ‘Separate financial statements’ 

on equity accounting (effective 1 January 2016)

 ■ Amendments to IFRS 10, ‘Consolidated financial 

statements’ and IAS 28,’Investments in associates and 
joint ventures’ on applying the consolidation exemption 
(effective 1 January 2016)

 ■ Amendments to IAS 1, ‘Presentation of financial 

statements’ disclosure initiative (effective 1 January 2016)

 ■ Amendments to IAS 12,’Income taxes’ on Recognition 
of deferred tax assets for unrealised losses (effective 1 
January 2017)

 ■ Amendments to IAS 7, ‘Statement of cash flows’ 

(effective 1 January 2017)

 ■ Amendments to IFRS 15, ‘Revenue from contracts with 
customers’ - Clarifications (effective 1 January 2018)

 ■ Amendments to IFRS 2, ‘Share-based payments’ - 

Classification and measurement (effective 1 January 
2018) (subject to EU endorsement)

 ■ Amendments to IAS 40, ‘Investment property’ transfer of 

property (effective 1 January 2018) (subject to  
EU endorsement)

New IFRICs
 ■ IFRIC 22, ‘Foreign currency transactions and advance 

consideration’ (effective 1 January 2018)

The Group is assessing the impact of the above accounting 
standards and amendments not yet effective. With the 
exception of IFRS 16, ‘Leases’ which will lead to the 
recognition of a lease obligation on the balance sheet in 
respect of the current operating lease over the Chichester 
factory, the adoption of the above standards are not expected 
to have a material effect on the Group’s financial statements.

1.3. Basis of consolidation 
The consolidated financial statements include the 
financial statements of the parent Company and all of 
its subsidiaries. All intra-group transactions, balances, 
income and expenses are eliminated on consolidation. 
Consistent accounting policies have been adopted across 
the Group. Subsidiaries are all entities over which the 
group has control. The group controls an entity when the 
group is exposed to, or has rights to, variable returns from 

its involvement with the entity and has the ability to affect 
those returns through its power over the entity. Subsidiaries 
are fully consolidated from the date on which control is 
transferred to the Group. They are de-consolidated from 
the date that control ceases.

The group applies the acquisition method to account for 
business combinations. The consideration transferred 
for the acquisition of a subsidiary is the fair values of the 
assets transferred, the liabilities incurred to the former 
owners of the acquiree 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. Identifiable assets acquired 
and liabilities and contingent liabilities assumed in a 
business combination are measured initially at their fair 
values at the acquisition date. The group recognises any 
non-controlling interest in the acquiree on an acquisition-
by-acquisition basis, either at fair value or at the non-
controlling interest’s proportionate share of the recognised 
amounts of acquiree’s identifiable net assets.

1.4. Foreign currency translation 
The functional and presentational currency for the parent 
Company is UK pounds sterling. Group companies 
use their local currency as their functional currency. 
Transactions denominated in currencies other than 
the functional currency are recorded at the rates of 
exchange prevailing on the dates of the transactions. 
At each balance sheet date, monetary assets and 
liabilities that are denominated in foreign currencies 
are re-translated at the rates prevailing on the balance 
sheet date, with any gains or losses being included 
in the net profit or loss of the period. Exchange 
differences arising on non-monetary assets and 
liabilities are recognised directly in equity.

On consolidation, the assets and liabilities of 
the Group’s overseas operations are translated 
at exchange rates prevailing on the balance 
sheet date. Income and expense items are 
translated at the average exchange rates for 
the period. Exchange differences arising, 
if any, are dealt with through the Group’s 
reserves, until such a time as the subsidiary 
is sold whereupon the cumulative 
exchange differences relating to the net 
investment in that foreign subsidiary are 
recognised as part of the profit or loss on 
disposal in the Consolidated Statement 
of Comprehensive Income. However, 
cumulative exchange differences 
arising prior to 1 January 2006 remain 
in equity as permitted by IFRS 1.

Goodwill and fair value adjustments 
arising on the acquisition of a foreign 
entity are treated as assets and 
liabilities of the foreign entity and 

Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

translated at the closing rate. The Group has elected to treat 
goodwill and fair value adjustments arising on acquisitions 
before the date of transition to IFRS as sterling denominated 
assets and liabilities.

The following are the principal foreign exchange rates 
that have been used in the preparation of the financial 
statements:

unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the 
carrying amount of the asset (cash generating unit) is 
reduced to its recoverable amount.

Non-financial assets other than goodwill which have 
suffered an impairment are reviewed for possible reversal of 
impairment at each reporting date.

GBP / US Dollar
GBP / Euro
GBP / Canadian Dollar

GBP / US Dollar
GBP / Euro
GBP / Canadian Dollar

2016

Average Rate
1.3545
1.2255
1.8067

2015

Average Rate
1.5296
1.3791
1.9557

Closing rate
1.2333
1.1720
1.6579

Closing rate
1.4745
1.3569
2.0398

1.5. Loans and receivables
Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets 
with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in 
an active market. They are included in current assets except 
for maturities greater than 12 months after the balance sheet 
date. Such assets are carried at amortised cost using the 
effective interest method. Gains and losses are recognised 
in the statement of comprehensive income when the loans 
and receivables are de-recognised or impaired, as well as 
through the amortisation process.

1.6. Loans and borrowings
All loans and borrowings are initially recognised at the fair 
value of the consideration received less directly attributable 
transaction costs. After initial recognition, interest-bearing 
loans and borrowings are subsequently measured at 
amortised cost using the effective interest method. 
Gains and losses are recognised in net profit or loss when 
the liabilities are de-recognised as well as through the 
amortisation process. Borrowing costs are recognised as 
an expense when incurred.

1.7. Impairment of property, plant and equipment 
and intangible assets
At each Balance Sheet date the Group reviews the carrying 
amounts of its property, plant and equipment and intangible 
assets to determine whether there is any indication that 
those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such 
indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is 
estimated to determine the extent of any impairment loss. 
The recoverable amount is the higher of the asset’s value 
in use and its fair value less costs to sell. Value in use is 
calculated using cash flow projections for the asset 
(or group of assets where cash flows are not identifiable for 
specific assets) discounted at the Group’s cost of capital.

If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash generating 

30

1.8. Clinical and other trials
The cost of trialling for clinical, economic and other 
purposes to support the Group’s sales and promotional 
activity, or the cost of purchasing the rights to the use of 
the data arising from such trials, is written off as the trial is 
delivered. At each Balance Sheet date any asset relating to 
prepaid clinical and other trials, or prepayments recognised 
from barter transactions, are assessed for impairment and 
where necessary an impairment loss is recognised as an 
expense in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive 
Income. Prepaid clinical and other trials amounts are 
included within prepayments and accrued income in trade 
and other receivables in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.

1.9. Significant judgements, assumptions 
and estimates
In the process of applying the Group’s accounting 
policies, the directors have made a number of judgements. 
In addition, the preparation of financial statements in 
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles 
requires the use of estimates and assumptions that affect 
the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date 
of the financial statements and the reported amounts 
of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. 
Although these estimates are based on the directors’ best 
knowledge of the amount, event or actions, actual results 
ultimately may differ from those estimates. 
The key assumptions at the balance sheet date 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.

Clinical trial data
The Group exchanges goods for trial data and this 
exchange is treated as revenue under a barter transaction. 
These represent non-cash transactions. Where the fair value 
of the trial data cannot be reliably measured, the clinical 
trial cost is measured at the fair value of the goods being 
supplied. The determination of this fair value involves some 
judgement of what is an appropriate comparable sales 
value. The timing of completion of the trials is estimated at 
the start of the trial, and the prepaid costs split accordingly 
between non-current and current assets. 
However, unforeseen future events may adversely impact 
on the value and timing of the trials which would result 
in potential impairments or changes in balance sheet 
classification of the assets.

Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

Valuation of share-based payments
In order to determine the value of share-based payments, 
management are required to make an estimation of the effects 
of non-transferability, exercise restrictions and behavioural 
considerations. Fair value is measured by use of a Black–
Scholes model and the inputs are set out in note 22.

Trade receivables recoverability
The Group uses international distributors in a number 
of overseas territories. Judgements have been made 
in respect of these various overseas territories, in order 
to assess the recoverability of receivables from these 
territories, to see whether an impairment provision is 
required. In addition, in order to assist the distributors in 
developing their markets, these distributors may be given 
extended trade terms. Extended trade terms, by their nature 
can increase the credit risk to the Group. Such risks are 
carefully managed through direct relationships with the 
distributors and knowledge of their markets.

Research and development
Costs for research and development activities are only 
capitalised as intangible assets if the qualification criteria are 
met. These criteria are met only when the technical as well 
as commercial feasibility can be demonstrated and cost can 
be measured reliably. The amounts capitalised represents 
the Group’s estimate of what costs have met this criteria. 
There is a risk that the intangible asset will not generate the 
required future economic benefits and therefore could result 
in potential impairments.

1.10. Alternative financial measures
The Group uses a number of alternative (non-Generally 
Accepted Accounting Practice (non-GAAP)) financial 
measures, which are not defined by IFRS. The directors 
use these measures in order to assess the underlying 
operational performance of the Group and as such 
these measures are important and should be considered 
alongside the IFRS measures. The following non-GAAP 
measures are referred to in these Financial Statements.

Pro-forma results - Chairman’s statement
This presents our progress against key performance 
indicators: probe sales and margins, cash costs, net income 
from or cost of increasing the installed base, profit before and 
after non-cash items and profit before investment in the US 
Market development activities.

Adjusted operating loss beneath the Consolidated 
Statement of Comprehensive Income
This is defined as operating loss before non-cash charges 
to the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income. 
Non-cash costs comprise Share based payments, equity 
settled costs, clinical trial charges arising from non-cash 
barter transactions and depreciation and amortisation. 
A reconciliation of the operating loss to the adjusted 
operating loss is shown beneath the Consolidated 
Statement of Comprehensive Income.

1.11. Basis of preparation
In common with many companies of its size and which are 
at its stage of development, the directors manage carefully 
the Group’s limited resources to develop the opportunities 
open to it without over stretching the funding capabilities 
of the business. The funds the Group has available to it 
are impacted by the results of its commercial activities 
and through the new funding provided to it by the capital 
markets and secured lending. The Group invests in its 
development of the market in keeping with this level of 
funding, having sufficient flexibility in its cost structure to 
tailor expenditure to accord with income levels.

As noted in the Directors’ Report, in preparing these 
financial statements the directors have reviewed detailed 
budgets and cash flow forecasts until 30 June 2018.

This review indicates that the Group is expected to continue 
trading at current levels as a going concern based on 
increasing net cash inflows from sales over expenditure of 
the Group. The directors believe it is appropriate to prepare 
the financial statements on the going concern basis.

2. Revenue recognition

2.1. Accounting policy
Revenue is measured at the fair value of the 
consideration receivable and represents amounts 
receivable for goods and services provided in the 
normal course of business, net of discounts, VAT and 
other sales related taxes and excludes intercompany 
sales.

Monitor and probe revenue
Revenue on monitors and probes is recognised 
at the point when substantially all of the risks 
and rewards of ownership are transferred to the 
customer; for UK customers normally this is 
when the goods are accepted at the customers 
specified delivery address and for international 
customers this is normally on dispatch.

Bill and hold
A small number of customers request “Bill 
and hold” arrangements, where the Group 
holds the goods sold to the customer on 
their behalf until the customer is ready to 
receive them. Revenue is only recognised 
on a bill and hold basis when a formal 
contract is in place, the goods are 
on hand and ready for delivery, the 
customer has acknowledged formal 
acceptance of the bill and hold 
transaction and normal payment 
terms apply.

Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

Clinical trial data
Where goods are exchanged for trial data, the exchange is 
treated as revenue under a barter transaction. The revenue is 
measured at fair value of the trial data or at the fair value of the 
goods supplied, where the fair value of the trial data cannot be 
reliably measured. The corresponding asset is recorded as a 
prepayment (see clinical trials accounting policy).

Managed care service contracts
Where contracts exist which provide for a specified number 
of probes over a period of time for a total contract fee, 
revenue is recognised on a ‘per probe’ basis. 
Variations between this percentage of completion accounting 
and the monthly contract fee charged is recognised as 
deferred or accrued income on the balance sheet.

Other service contracts and maintenance
In respect of service contracts and other agreements for 
ongoing support, revenue is recognised in equal monthly 
instalments over the period of the contract to match the 
benefits to the customer.

3. Operating segments

3.1. Accounting policy
An operating segment is a component of the Group 
that engages in business activities for which discrete 
financial information is available.

The principal activity of the Group is the sale of probes in all 
countries, with the geographical split a secondary segment.

The Group has a single group of related products and services, 
being the supply of probes and other related services. 

Segment information is provided on the basis of probe 
revenue and other, which is the basis on which the Group 
Chief Operating Decision Maker manages its worldwide 
activities. The Chief Operating Decision Maker is the 
Group’s Chief Executive Officer.

Note
The segmental operating result is the measure of operating 
revenue generated by probes and other products.

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Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Probes
£’000
5,458

Other
£’000
873

Probes
£’000

5,230

Other
£’000

1,175

Total
£’000
6,331

(2,002)
(6,698)
(2,369)
1
(150)
(2,518)
142
(2,376)

Total
£’000

6,405

(2,395)
(7,496)
(3,486)
1
(110)
(3,595)
135
(3,460)

Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

3.2. Segment results

The reportable segment results for the year ended 31 December 2016 are:

Revenue from customers
Reconciliation to result for the year:
Cost of goods sold
Total costs
Operating loss
Finance income
Finance costs
Loss before taxation
Tax credit on loss
Loss for the year
The reportable segment results for the year ended 31 December 2015 are:

Revenue from customers
Reconciliation to result for the year:
Cost of goods sold
Total costs
Operating loss
Finance income
Finance costs
Loss before taxation
Tax credit on loss
Loss for the year

34

Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

The following table provides an analysis of the Group’s sales by revenue stream and markets.

2016 
Probes
Units†

2016
Monitors
Units†

2016 
Probes 
£’000

2016 
Monitors 
£’000

2016 
Other
£’000*

2016 
Total 
£’000

2015 
Probes 
Units†

2015 
Monitors 
Units†

2015 
Probes 
£’000

2015 
Monitors 
£’000

2015 
Other 
£’000*

2015 
Total 
£’000

Direct markets

UK

USA

Spain

Canada

Distributor markets

Rest of Europe

Rest of the World

20,385

12,025

420

445

9

3

-

-

1,865

1,869

44

55

69

45

-

-

470

2,404

28,770

7

-

8

1,921

10,430

44

63

700

575

21

9

-

4

2,514

1,333

65

71

33,275

12

3,833

114

485

4,432

40,475

34

3,983

19,425

10,615

30,040

63,315

28

82

110

122

1,082

543

1,625

5,458

91

155

246

360

14

14

28

1,187

18,080

712

7,720

1,899

25,800

513

6,331

66,275

22

120

142

176

893

354

1,247

5,230

84

141

-

57

282

95

201

296

578

497

3,095

44

1,518

-

3

65

131

544

4,809

11

42

53

999

597

1,596

597

6,405

† Unaudited
* Included in other revenue for the UK and Rest of the World are 3rd party revenues of £355,000 (2015: £315,000) 
and £nil (2015: £30,000) respectively.

The following table provides an analysis of the Group’s non-current assets by its country of domicile and other foreign countries

2016 UK 
£’000

2016 Other 
£’000

2016 Total 
£’000

2015 UK 
£’000

2015 Other 
£’000

2015 Total 
£’000

Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment

Intangible assets

225

2,396

2,621

206

-

206

431

2,396

2,827

366

2,006

2,372

4. Expenses

4.1. Expenses by nature

Changes in inventories and work in progress
Raw materials and consumables used

Employee benefit costs

Other employee costs

Non executive directors fees

Exceptional items – redundancy and reorganisation costs

Depreciation and amortisation charges (notes 10 and 11)

Net research and development expenditure

Net clinical trial costs

Operating lease rentals

Net foreign exchange (gain) / loss

Audit and accountancy costs

Meeting and other PR costs

Professional and consultancy fees

US market development costs (excluding employee costs)

Other

207

-

207

2016 
£’000

20
1,468

4,545

714

123

-

425

144

-

103

(69)

140

150

309

-

628

8,700

573

2,006

2,579

2015 
£’000

(432)

1,862

4,611

861

122

153

404

101

15

109

32

111

246

498

37

1,161

9,891

Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

4.2. Auditors’ remuneration
During the year the group (including its overseas subsidiaries) obtained the following services from the Group’s auditors at 
cost as detailed below:

Group

Fees payable to company’s auditors for the audit of the parent company and consolidated financial statements
Under-accrual in respect of prior years

Fees payable to the company’s auditors for other services:

The audit of the company’s subsidiaries

5. Employees

5.1. Employee benefit expense

Wages and salaries
Social security costs

Pension costs – defined contribution plans

Share-based payment expense, including bonus accruals

Less amounts capitalised as research and development costs

5.2. Average monthly number of people employed

Number of employees
Average monthly number of people (including executive directors) employed:

Sales and marketing

Production

Office and management

Quality and regulatory

Research and development

Total average headcount

5.3. Directors’ emoluments

Aggregate emoluments

Sums paid to third parties for directors’ services

Contributions to directors’ personal pension schemes

Benefits are accruing to two (2015: two) directors under personal pension plans.

36

2016 
£’000

2015 
£’000

31
9

40

68

108

30
-

30

69

99

2016 
£’000

4,286
434

96

120

4,936

(391)

4,545

2015 
£’000

4,193
426

89

343

5,051

(287)

4,764

2016 
No

2015 
No

83

40

16

16

5

6

83

84

45

14

18

3

4

84

2016 
£’000
411

2015 
£’000
364

51

14

476

44

14

422

Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

Loss on ordinary activities before tax

Loss on ordinary activities multiplied by the 
standard rate in the UK of 20% (2015: 20.25%)

Effects of:

2016 
£’000
(2,518)

2015 
£’000
(3,595)

(504)

(728)

Expenses not deductible for tax purposes

47

69

Losses carried forward for which no 
deferred tax asset has been recognised

Other movements in unrecognised deferred tax

Tax rate on difference on receivable 
research and development tax credit

Difference on tax rate on payable 
research and development tax credit

Adjustment in respect of prior years

Total Tax Credit on Loss

444
(53)

530
52

(81)

(98)

40
(35)

50
(10)

(142)

(135)

Sums paid to third parties for the 
services of a director comprise:

Third party payee
Imperialise Limited

Director
Nigel Keen

Rockridge Medical Limited

Chris Jones

5.4. Highest paid director

Third party payee
Aggregate emoluments
Contributions to director’s 
personal pension scheme

2016 
£’000
33

18

51

2015 
£’000
33

11

44

2016 
£’000
208

2015 
£’000
208

8

216

8

216

There were no director share sales or the exercise of share 
options during 2016 or 2015.

6. Finance income and costs

Third party payee
Finance income - Bank interest receivable

Invoice discount facility

Convertible loan note 2007

Loan note 2019

Finanance lease liability

Finance costs

2016 
£’000
(1)

2015 
£’000
(1)

20

16

107

7

150

12

85

-

13

110

7. Tax credit on loss 
7.1. Accounting policy
The tax credit represents the sum of current tax and 
deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss in the 
Consolidated SOCI except to the extent that it relates to 
items recognised in equity in which case it is recognised in 
other comprehensive income in the Consolidated SOCI.

The current tax is based on taxable results for the year 
calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or 
substantively enacted by the Balance Sheet date.

7.2. Income Tax Credit

Current tax
Research and development tax credit

Adjustment in respect of prior years

Total Current Tax

Total Deferred Tax

2016 
£’000
(107)

(35)

(142)

-

2015 
£’000
(125)

(10)

(135)

-

Total Tax Credit on Loss

(142)

(135)

The taxable credit on the loss for the year is lower (2015: lower) 
than the effective rate of corporation tax in the UK of 20% 
(2015: 20.25%) applied to the Group’s loss on ordinary activities 
before tax. The differences are explained in the next table:

Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

8. Deferred tax

8.1. Accounting policy
Deferred tax is provided using the Balance Sheet date 
liability method on temporary differences between the 
carrying amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial 
statements and the corresponding tax bases used in 
the computation of taxable profit. In principle, deferred 
tax liabilities are recognised for all taxable temporary 
differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the 
extent that it is probable that taxable profits will be available 
against which deductible temporary differences can be 
utilised. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the 
temporary difference arises from goodwill or from the initial 
recognition (other than in a business combination) of other 
assets or liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the 
tax profit nor the accounting profit.

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at 
each Balance Sheet date and reduced to the extent that it is 
not probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to 
allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is 
calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the 
period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. 
Tax assets and liabilities are offset when there is a legally 
enforceable right to offset current tax assets against current 
liabilities and when the deferred income taxes relate to the 
same fiscal authority.

8.2. Note
At 31 December 2016, the Group had tax losses of 
£29,866,000 (2015: £29,118,000) and an unrecognised 
potential deferred tax asset of £7,354,000 (2015: £7,377,000) 
representing accumulated trading losses carried forward 
which are available against future profits and share option 
charges of £94,000 (2015: £97,000) with an unrecognised 
deferred tax asset of £16,000 (2015: £18,000).

Changes to UK Corporation tax rates were substantively 
enacted as part of the Finance Act 2015 (on 26 October 
2015) and Finance Act 2016 (on 6 September 2016). 
These include reductions to the main rate to reduce the 
rate to 19% from 1 April 2017 and to 17% from 1 April 
2020. Deferred taxes at the balance sheet date have been 
measured using these enacted tax rates and reflected in 
these financial statements. Loss relief is available indefinitely 
in the UK and for 20 years in the USA. Trading losses in the 
USA do not begin to expire until 2028.

38

The movement in deferred income tax assets and 
liabilities during the year, without taking into consideration 
the offsetting of balances within the same jurisdiction is set 
out below:

Deferred tax liabilities
Development costs

Accelerated capital allowances

At 1 January

Effect of tax rate change

Charged to profit or loss

At 31 December

Deferred tax asset
At 1 January

Effect of tax rate change

Credited to profit and loss

At 31 December

2016
£’000
396

2015
£’000
369

61
457

461

(49)

45

457

92
461

485

(46)

22

461

Tax losses
2016
£’000
(461)

2015
£’000
(485)

 49 

(45) 

 46 

(22) 

(457) 

(461) 

9. Basic and diluted loss per share

The loss per share calculation is based on the loss of 
£2,371,000 and the weighted average number of shares 
in issue of 270,435,477. For 2015, the loss per share 
calculation was based upon the loss of £3,379,000 and 
weighted average number of shares in issue of 216,742,606. 
Whilst the Company is loss-making the diluted loss per 
share and the loss per share are the same.

10. Property, plant and equipment

10.1. Accounting policy
Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost, net of 
depreciation and any provision for impairment. The cost of 
purchased assets includes the original purchase price together 
with any incidental expenses of acquisition. Depreciation is 
calculated to write down property, plant and equipment to their 
estimated realisable values, by equal annual instalments over 
their expected useful economic lives at the following periods:

 ■ Leasehold property and improvements five 

years or to the end of the lease term, if shorter

 ■ Plant and equipment three to five years

 ■ Machines loaned to customers five years

Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

 ■ Fixtures and fittings three to five years

 ■ Estimated residual values and useful lives are reviewed 

annually and adjusted where necessary.

Machines loaned to customers
In order to support key accounts and increased probe 
usage, monitors may be placed on long-term loan with 
customers. Where these monitors are expected to be 

placed for a period longer than 12 months, the monitors are 
transferred at book value to property, plant and equipment 
and depreciated over five years.

Where monitors are placed on a short-term loan of less than 
12 months and it is expected that the monitors will be sold 
thereafter, the monitors are included within inventories.

Leasehold property 
and improvements 
£’000

Plant and 
equipment 
£’000

Fixtures and 
fittings 
£’000

Machines loaned 
to customers 
£’000

Total 
£’000

Cost

At 1 January 2015

Exchange difference

Additions

Disposals

At 31 December 2015

Exchange difference

Additions

Transferred from inventory

Disposals

At 31 December 2016

Accumulated depreciation

At 1 January 2015

Exchange differences

Depreciation charge

Disposals

At 31 December 2015

Exchange differences

Depreciation charge

Disposals
At 31 December 2016
Net book value
At 1 January 2015
At 31 December 2015
At 31 December 2016

236

-

-

-

236

-

-

-

-

236

233

-

1

-

234

-

1

-
235

3
2
1

676

2

45

-

723

6

19

-

-

748

534

1

55

-

590

5

56

-
651

142
133
97

55

1

-

-

56

5

7

-

-

68

55

1

-

-

56

5

-

-
61

-
-
7

1,467

2,434

34

48

(65)

1,484

97

-

121

(79)

37

93

(65)

2,499

108

26

121

(79)

1,623

2,675

875

14

201

(44)

1,697

16

257

(44)

1,046

1,926

81

225

(55)
1,297

592
438
326

91

282

(55)
2,244

737
573
431

Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

Depreciation charges have been included in the following expenses in profit or loss in the Consolidated SOCI:

Cost of sales

Administration expenses

Research and development expenses

2016 
£’000

2015 
£’000

250

19

13
282

216

31

10
257

11. Intangible assets

11.1. Accounting policy
Development expenditure — internally generated
Costs for self-initiated research and development activities 
are assessed as to whether they qualify for recognition as 
internally generated intangible assets. Apart from complying 
with the general recognition requirements below and initial 
measurement of an intangible asset, qualification criteria are 
met only when technical as well as commercial feasibility 
can be demonstrated and cost can be measured reliably. It 
must also be probable that the intangible asset will generate 
future economic benefits and that it is clearly identifiable 
and allocable to a specific product.

Further to meeting these criteria, only such costs that relate 
solely to the development phase of a self-initiated project 
are capitalised. Any costs that are classified as part of the 

The net book value of property, plant and equipment 
includes amounts of £46,000 (2015: £71,000) in respect of 
assets held under finance lease arrangements.

research phase of a self-initiated project are expensed 
as incurred. If the research phase cannot be clearly 
distinguished from the development phase, the respective 
project related costs are treated as if they were incurred in 
the research phase only.

Amortisation is calculated so as to write down the value of 
the intangible assets by equal annual instalments over their 
expected useful economic lives of five years.

The costs in respect of trialling for clinical, economic and 
other purposes is not considered to be research and 
development expenditure. The accounting policy for this is 
detailed in Note 1.

11.2. Note

Cost
At 1 January 2015
Additions
At 31 December 2015
Amounts written off
Additions
At 31 December 2016
Accumulated amortisation
At 1 January 2015
Amortisation expense
At 31 December 2015
Amounts written off
Amortisation expense

At 31 December 2016

Net book value

At 1 January 2015

At 31 December 2015

At 31 December 2016

Development expenditure 
£’000

Goodwill 
£’000

2,255
408
2,663
(25)
533
3,171

576
147
723
(25)
143

841

1,679

1,940

2,330

66
-
66
-
-
66

-
-
-
-
-

-

66

66

66

Total 
£’000

2,321
408
2,729
(25)
533
3,237

576
147
723
(25)
143

841

1,745

2,006

2,396

Amortisation of £143,000 (2015: £147,000) has been categorised as research and 
development expenditure in profit or loss in the Consolidated SOCI.

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Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

12. Subsidiary undertakings

Details of the Group’s subsidiaries are set out below. 
In all cases the direct holding is 100% of the ordinary shares 
unless otherwise stated:

Name

Deltex Medical Limited

Deltex Medical, SC, Inc

Deltex Medical Espana SL

Country of 
incorporation and 
place of business

UK

USA

Spain

Deltex Medical Canada Limited

Canada

Deltex Medical Holdings Inc

Deltex Inc

Digital QI Limited

Deltex Medical Inc

13. Inventories

USA

USA

UK

USA

Nature of business

Manufacture and marketing 
of medical devices

Marketing and sales of 
medical devices in the USA

Marketing and sales 
of medical devices in Spain

Marketing and sales 
of medical devices in Canada

Dormant

Dormant

Dormant

Dormant

Proportion of ordinary 
shares held directly 
by the parent %

Proportion of shares 
held by non-controlling 
interests %

-

-

-

49

100

100

100

51

100

100

100

100

13.1. Accounting policy
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable 
value. Cost is determined on a first in, first out basis. 
Work in progress and finished goods are included on a 
basis appropriate to their stage of completion of the various 
individual items taking account of production materials and 
components together with an appropriate share of directly 
attributable labour and overheads. Net realisable value 
represents the estimated selling price in the normal course 
of business, less all estimated costs of completion and 
applicable variable selling expenses. Provision is made for 
obsolete, slow-moving or defective items where appropriate.

13.2. Note
Included within finished goods are third party products for 
resale of £151,000 (2015: £149,000). Based on inventory 
holdings and sales history, there are specific provisions for 
slow-moving inventory of £40,000 (2015: £40,000), which 
have been categorised as third party goods held for resale.

Raw materials and consumables

Work in progress

Finished goods

2016
£’000

2015
£’000

140

52

568
760

165

28

612
805

The registered address of the UK incorporated 
subsidiaries is: 
Terminus Road, Chichester, 
West Sussex PO19 8TX.

The registered address of the 
US incorporated subsidiary is: 
330 East Coffee St., Greenville, 
South Carolina.

The registered address of the Spanish 
incorporated subsidiary is C/ del Mirador, 
3A, 17250 Playa de Aro, Girona, Spain.

The registered address of the 
Canadian incorporated subsidiary is: 
Baine Johnston Centre, 
10 Fort William Place, 
St. John’s NL A1C 5W4

Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

14. Trade and other receivables

14.1. Accounting policy
Trade receivables are recognised initially at fair value and 
subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective 
interest method less provision for impairment. A provision 
for impairment of trade receivables is established when 
there is objective evidence that the Group will not be able 
to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of 
the receivables. Significant financial difficulties of the debtor, 
probability that the debtor will enter bankruptcy or financial 
reorganisation, and default or delinquency in payments 
(more than 60 days overdue) are considered indicators that 
the trade receivable may be impaired.

The amount of the provision is the difference between the 
asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated 
future cash flows, discounted at the original effective 
interest rate. The carrying amount of the asset is reduced 
through the use of an allowance account, and the amount 
of the loss is recognised in the Consolidated Statement 
of Comprehensive Income within ‘sales and distribution’ 
costs. When a trade receivable is uncollectable, it is written 
off against the allowance account for trade receivables. 
Subsequent recoveries of amounts previously written 
off are credited against ‘sales and distribution’ costs in 
the Consolidated SOCI. Trade and other receivables are 
classified as ‘loans and receivables’.

14.2. Note

Current

Trade receivables

2016
£’000

2015
£’000

2,207

2,247

Less: provision for impairment of trade receivables

(330)

(329)

At 31 December 2016, specific trade receivables of 
£330,000 (2015: £329,000) had been identified as impaired 
and were fully provided for. The ageing of these receivables 
was as follows:

2016
£’000

2015
£’000

More than twelve months overdue

330

329

The carrying amounts of the Group’s trade receivables 
are denominated in the following currencies:

Current

Sterling

Euros

US dollars

Canadian dollars

2016
£’000

2015
£’000

575

383

893

26
1,877

701

379

806

32
1,918

Movements on the Group provision for impairment of trade 
receivables are as follows:

Current

At 1 January

Foreign exchange

Impairment losses recognised

Amounts recovered
At 31 December

2016
£’000

329

5

-

(4)
330

2015
£’000

265

-

64

-
329

Other receivables

Other receivables - Prepayments

1,877

1,918

352

260

270
2,499

443
2,621

Impairment losses recognised and amounts written off 
during the year as uncollectible have been categorised 
as administrative expenses in profit or loss in the 
Consolidated SOCI.

Trade receivables that are less than two months past due 
are considered to be recoverable. At 31 December 2016, 
trade receivables of £190,000 (2015; £26,000) were more 
than two months past due but not impaired. 
These related to a number of independent customers for 
whom there is no recent history of default. The ageing of 
these balances is set out below:

The other financial assets categorised as trade and 
receivables do not contain impaired assets. The directors 
consider that the carrying amounts of trade and other 
receivables approximate to their fair values. The maximum 
exposure for trade and other receivables to credit risk is the 
carrying value of each class of financial asset shown above. 
The Group does not hold any collateral as security.

Current

Three to six months overdue

Six to twelve months overdue

More than twelve months overdue

2016
£’000

2015
£’000

10

157

23

190

8

9

9

26

42

Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 20162016
£’000

2015
£’000

739

827

90

29

1,000

37

858

1,864

963

4

967

-

34

34

1,825

1,898

Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

15. Cash and cash equivalents

15.1. Accounting policy
Cash and cash equivalents includes cash in hand and 
deposits held with banks with an original maturity of less 
than three months.

15.2. Note
Cash and cash equivalents comprise solely of cash at bank 
and in hand held by the Group.

16.2. Note

Current borrowings

Invoice discounting facility

Convertible loan note 

Finance lease liabilities

16. Borrowings

16.1. Accounting policy
Borrowings are recognised initially at fair value, net of 
transaction costs incurred. Borrowings are subsequently 
stated at amortised cost; any difference between the 
proceeds (net of transaction costs) and the redemption 
value is recognised in profit or loss in the Consolidated 
SOCI over the period of the borrowing using the effective 
interest method.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the 
Group has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the 
liability for at least 12 months after the balance sheet date.

Compound financial instruments issued by the Group 
comprise convertible loan notes that can be converted to 
share capital at the option of the holder, and the number 
of shares to be issued does not vary with changes in their 
fair value.

Non-current borrowings

Convertible loan note

Obligations under finance lease liabilities

16.3. Invoice discounting facility
The amount shown represents the cash drawn down under 
an invoice discounting facility; £16,000 remained undrawn 
(2015: £nil). The amount outstanding under this facility is 
secured by way of a fixed charge over the Group’s UK 
and a proportion of the international trade receivables.  
Amounts drawn down under the facility are repayable 
from the end of the month of invoice. This is an ongoing 
facility and is separated into three accounts being 
Sterling, US$ and Euro currencies.

The facility is subject to six months’ notice on 
either side and is not subject to annual review.

The liability component of a compound financial instrument 
is recognised initially at the fair value of a similar financial 
liability that does not have an equity conversion feature. 
The equity component is recognised initially as the 
difference between the fair value of the compound financial 
instrument as a whole and the fair value of the financial 
liability component  Any directly attributable finance costs 
are allocated to the financial liability and equity components 
in proportion to their initial carrying amounts.  Subsequent 
to initial recognition, the financial liability component is 
measured at amortised cost using the effective interest 
method. The equity component of a compound financial 
instrument is not re-measured subsequent to initial 
recognition except on conversion or expiry.

16.4. Convertible loan note
On 26 February 2016, the 2007 convertible loan 
notes were repaid in full.  On the same day, the 
company issued £1,125,000 unsecured convertible 
loan notes 2019 (loan notes 2019) which carry a 
coupon of 8% per annum payable quarterly in 
arrears. The loan notes are repayable in full on 
25 February 2019 or may, at the option of the 
holder, be converted at any time into ordinary 
shares of the Company at a conversion price 
of £0.04 per share. The value of both the 
liability component and the equity conversion 
element was determined when the loan 
notes 2019 were issued.

Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

The convertible loan note recognised in 
the balance sheet is calculated as:

Face value of unsecured convertible loan 
notes 2019 issued on 26 February 2016

Less issue costs

Value of liability and equity component on 
initial recognition at 26 February 2016

Interest expense (note 6)

Interest payable

Liability 
£’000

Equity 
£’000

Total 
£’000

1,037

(38)

88

(4)

1,125

(42)

999

107

(53)

84

1,083

-

-

107

(53)

Carrying amounts at 31 December 2016

1,053

84

1,137

The directors consider the carrying value of the fixed rate 
borrowings approximate to market rate and the floating 
rate borrowings are at market rate and therefore these 
borrowings approximate to their fair value.

17. Obligations under finance 
lease arrangements

17.1. Accounting policy
Where property, plant and equipment are financed by 
finance lease agreements, which transfer to the Group  
substantially all the benefits and risks of ownership, the 
assets are treated as if they had been purchased outright 
and are included in property, plant and equipment. 
Assets held under finance leases are depreciated over the 
lower of the useful lives and the term of the lease. 
The capital element of the finance lease commitment 
is shown as obligations under finance leases within 
borrowings. The finance lease payments are treated as 
consisting of capital and interest elements. The capital 
element is applied to reduce the outstanding obligations 
and the interest element is charged to profit or loss in 
the Consolidated SOCI on a straight-line basis over the 
lease term.

16.5. Borrowings in foreign currencies
The carrying amounts of the Group’s borrowings are 
denominated in the following currencies:

17.2. Note
Lease liabilities are effectively secured as the rights to the 
leased asset revert to the lessor in the event of default.

Gross finance lease liabilities – 
minimum lease payments
No later than one year

Later than one year and no later than five years 

Less future finance charges 
on finance lease liabilities

2016 
£’000

2015 
£’000

31

5

36

(3)

33

45

36

81

(10)

71

The present value of finance lease liabilities is as follows:

No later than one year

Later than one year and no later than five years 

2016 
£’000

2015 
£’000

29

4

33

37

34

71

2016 
£’000

2015 
£’000

1,485

1,549

134

206

118

231

1,825

1,898

2016 
%

2015 
%

2.92

2.76

3.87

8.0

3.00

2.80

3.63

8.54

15.00

15.00

2016 
£’000

2015 
£’000

33

1,053

1,086

71

-

71

739

-

739

827

1,000

1,827

Pounds

US dollars

Euros

The average effective interest rates 
paid were as follows:

Invoice discount facility

- 

- 

- 

Sterling

Euro

US Dollar

Convertible loan note

Finance leases

Borrowings are held under both fixed and 
floating rates as follows:

Fixed rates

Finance leases

Convertible loan notes

Floating rates

Invoice discounting facility

Convertible loan notes

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Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

National insurance
The provision for Employer’s National Insurance may 
become payable on gains on share options that are 
exercisable over the next one to ten years and is, therefore, 
classified as a non-current liability.

Dilapidation provision
Under the terms of the operating leases over land and 
buildings, predominantly in the UK, the Group has an 
obligation to return the property in a specified condition 
at the end of the lease. As the unexpired lease term is 
more than one year, the provision has been classified as a 
non-current liability. It is expected that the provision will be 
utilised within the next 10 years.

18. Trade and other payables

18.1. Accounting policy
Trade payables are recognised initially at fair value and 
subsequently measured at amortised cost using the 
effective interest method.

18.2. Note

Current liabilities

Trade payables

Social security and other taxes

Other payables

Deferred income

Accrued expenses

2016 
£’000

2015 
£’000

1,007

1,265

205

46

100

261

74

133

1,056

2,414

1,033

2,766

Trade payables are non-interest bearing and typically have 
settlement terms of between 30 and 60 days. The directors 
consider that the carrying amount of trade payables 
approximates to their fair value.

19 Provision for Liabilities

19.1. Accounting policy
Provisions are recognised when the Group has a present 
legal or constructive obligation in respect of a past event 
and it is probable that settlement will be required of an 
amount that can be reliably estimated. 

Provisions are measured at the present value of the 
expenditures expected to be required to settle the 
obligation using a pre-tax rate that reflects current market 
assessments of the time value of money and the risks 
specific to the obligation. The increase in the provision due 
to passage of time is recognised as an interest expense in 
profit or loss in the consolidated SOCI.

A provision for national insurance that may become payable 
on share option gains is calculated based on the closing 
share price.

19.2. Note

At 1 January 2016

Charged to profit or loss 
in the Consolidated SOCI

Amounts utilised in the year

At 31 December 2016

National 
Insurance 
£’000

Dilapidation 
provision 
£’000

Total 
£’000

17

-

-

17

100

117

2

-

2

-

102

119

Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

20. Retirement benefits

20.1. Accounting policy
The Group provides pension arrangements to the majority 
of full-time UK employees through a money purchase 
(defined contribution) scheme. Contributions and pension 
costs are based on pensionable salary and are charged 
as an expense as they fall due. The Group has no further 
payment obligations once the contributions have been paid.

20.2. Note
The Group operates a defined contribution pension scheme 
for its UK employees. The assets of the scheme are held 
separately from those of the Group in independently 
administered funds. The Group also maintains a defined 
contribution Salary Reduction Simplified Employee Pension 
Plan (‘SARSEP’) for US employees. Under the terms of the 
SARSEP, the Group may make discretionary contributions 
on behalf of the employees. The pension cost represents the 

At 1 January 2015

Shares issued to Non-Executive Directors in lieu of fees
Employee share option Schemes

Enterprise Management Incentive scheme
At 31 December 2015

Shares issued to Non-Executive Directors in lieu of fees

Shares issued to third parties as payment for services rendered
Share issues

- 25 February 2016

- 10 March 2016

- 1 July 2016

Share issue expenses

- 25 February 2016

At 31 December 2016

Net proceeds from share issues, after expenses of £118k, were £2,390,000

22. Share-based payments
22.1. Accounting policy
The Group awards directors, employees and certain of the 
Company’s distributors and advisers equity-settled share-
based payments, from time to time, on a discretionary 
basis. In accordance with IFRS 2 ‘Share-based payments’, 
equity-settled share-based payments are measured at fair 
value at the time of grant. Fair value is measured by use of a 
Black–Scholes model. The fair value determined at the grant 
date of the equity-settled share-based payments is expensed 
on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, based on the 
Group’s estimate of the number of shares that will eventually 
vest. The options are subject to vesting conditions of up to 
six years, and their fair value is recognised as an expense 
with a corresponding  increase in ‘other reserves’ equity over 

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contributions paid and payable by the Group to these schemes 
and in aggregate amounted to £96,000 (2015: £89,000).

21. Share capital and share premium

21.1. Accounting policy
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs 
directly attributable to the issue of new shares or options are 
shown in equity as a deduction, net of tax, from the proceeds.

21.2. Note
At 1 January 2016 and 31 December 2016, the 
authorised share capital of the Company comprised 
6,568,546,210 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 
£0.01 each. The movement in the Company’s issued share 
capital is set out below:

Number of shares 
(thousands)
213,018

Ordinary shares 
£’000
2,130

Share premium 
£’000
30,323

Total 
£’000
32,453

706

5,861
219,585

1,851

1,566

38,568

12,900

10,465

-

284,935

7

71

78

59
2,196

18

16

385

129

105

-

2,849

-
30,394

59
32,590

56

47                

74

63

1,157

1,542

387

345

516

450                                  

(118)

(118)

32,268

35,117

the vesting period. The proceeds received net of any directly 
attributable transaction costs are credited to share capital 
(nominal value) and share premium when the options are 
exercised.At each balance sheet date, the entity revises its 
estimates of the number of options that are expected to vest. 
It recognises the impact of the revision to original estimates, if 
any, in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income, 
with a corresponding adjustment to equity. The fair value of 
the equity-settled share-based payment is recharged by the 
Group company to the subsidiary operating company at fair 
value. The expense is, therefore, recognised in the subsidiary 
operating company, with the equity reserve being recognised 
in the Group company.

Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

22.2. Note
The Group has three share option schemes:
 ■ Deltex Medical Group plc 2001 Executive Share Option 

Scheme (ESOS) (HMRC Approved Scheme);

 ■ Deltex Medical Group 2011 Executive Share Option 

Scheme (HMRC Approved Scheme); and

 ■ Deltex Medical 2003 Enterprise Management 

Incentive plan (‘EMI’).

Options granted under the Approved Share Option 
Schemes are valued at the market price on the date of 
grant. Options are conditional on the employee completing 
three years’ service (the vesting period).  The options are 

exercisable starting three years from the grant date, subject 
to the Group achieving certain performance conditions; the 
options have a contractual term of ten years. The Group has 
no legal or constructive obligation to repurchase or settle 
the options in cash.

Options granted under the EMI scheme are granted at 1p 
per option. Options are granted in lieu of cash for bonuses 
or salary obligations relating to past achievement; therefore, 
there is no vesting period. The options have a contractual 
term of ten years. The Group has no legal or constructive 
obligation to repurchase or settle the options in cash.

Details of share options outstanding during the year for the 
Group’s share option schemes are as follows:

Options outstanding 
at 1 January 2015

Number of 
options No.

4,277,300

Granted during the year

-

Lapsed during the year

(59,000)

Exercised during the year

-

Options outstanding at 
31 December 2015

Granted during the year

Lapsed during the year

Expired during the year

Options outstanding at 
31 December 2016

Options exercisable 
at 1 January 2015

Options exercisable at 31 
December 2015

Options exercisable at 
31 December 2016

2001 ESOS 
Weighted 
average 
exercise 
price £

0.20

-

0.17

-

0.20

-

0.21

0.21

2011 ESOS
Weighted 
average 
exercise 
price £

2003 EMI 
Weighted 
average 
exercise 
price £

Number of 
options No

Total No

0.20

0.11

0.16

3,935,045

0.01 12,762,345

5,268,382

(232,976)

0.01 10,160,882

0.01

(586,726)

Number of 
options No.

4,550,000

4,892,500

(294,750)

-

-

(5,861,053)

0.01 (5,861,053)

9,147,750

-

(135,000)

-

0.15

-

0.21

-

3,109,398

0.01 16,475,448

207,560

(42,064)

(17,222)

0.01

0.01

0.01

207,560

(229,864)

(925,222)

 4,218,300

-

(52,800)

(908,000)

3,257,500

0.20

9,012,750

0.15

3,257,672

0.01 15,527,922

4,277,300

0.20

2,777,000

0.20

3,935,045

0.01 10,989,345

 4,218,300

0.20

4,379,000

0.20

3,109,398

0.01 11,706,698

3,257,500

0.20

4,244,000

0.20

3,257,672

0.01 10,759,172

The weighted average market price of the Group’s shares 
at the date of exercise for options under the 2003 EMI 
scheme was £0.06 in 2015. No share options were 
exercised during 2016. The middle-market closing price of 
the Company’s shares was £0.0388 (2015: £0.0425).

Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

22.3. Information for share options awards granted during the year
No share options were granted under the 2011 ESOS during 
2016. Those granted in 2015 had an estimated fair value 
of £0.0122 per share £59,689 in aggregate.  Share options 
granted under the 2003 EMI had an estimated weighted 
average fair value of £0.035 (2015: £0.0563) and £7,209 in 

aggregate (2015: £275,960). The fair value of share option 
awards made under both schemes is determined using a 
Black-Scholes option pricing model. The key assumptions 
used in determining the fair value of the options granted 
under the 2003 EMI scheme were:

Share price

Exercise price

Expected volatility

Expected option life (expressed as weighted average life used in modelling)

Risk free interest rate

Fair value at measurement date

For both schemes, the expected volatility has been based 
on the historical volatility over a period of the same length as 
the expected option length and ending on the grant date.

December 
2016

September 
2016

3.9p

1.0p

5.1p

1.0p

June 
2015

6.63p

1.0p

60.00%

55.00%

55.00%

1 year

0.55%

2.9p

1 year

0.46%

4.1p

1 year

0.46%

5.63p

December 
2013

November 
2013

14.00p

1.0p

41.30%

1 year

0.39%

13.00p

14.62p

1.0p

38.60%

1 year

0.34%

13.62p

The fair value of the equity-settled share-based payment 
is recharged by the Group Company to the subsidiary 
operating company at fair value. The expense, therefore, 
is recognised in the subsidiary operating company with the 
equity reserve recognised in the parent company.

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Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

22.4. Share options outstanding

Share options outstanding at the end of the year have the following expiry date and exercise prices:

Current and past employees

Contractors

Exercise 
period from

Exercise 
period to

Exercise 
price £

Number of 
Options 2016

01-Mar-11

28-Feb-18

0.1875

252,000**

01-Nov-10

31-Oct-17

16-Apr-10

15-Apr-17

1-May-14

30-Apr-23

0.215

0.235

0.145

250,000*

100,000**

250,000**

852,000

2015

252,000

250,000

100,000

250,000

852,000

*Options are exercisable in whole on any one occasion 
during the exercise period
**Options are exercisable in part or in whole at any time 
during the exercise period

Exercise 
period from

Exercise 
period to

Exercise 
price £

Number  
2016

28-Mar-09

27-Mar-16

0.2075

19-May-06

19-May-16

29-Jun-07

29-Jun-17

0.01

0.01

-

-

34,908

Number 
2015

917,000

17,222

34,908

29-Jun-10

28-Jun-17

0.2950

1,042,000

1,048,000

01-Jul-11

30-Jun-18

0.1850

1,116,000

1,138,000

30-Jun-08

30-Jun-18

0.01

114,128

128,414

12-Jun-12

12-Jun-19

0.1275

1,099,500

1,115,300

12-Jun-09

11-Jun-19

30-Dec-09

30-Dec-19

24-Mar-10

24-Mar-20

25-Jun-10

25-Jun-20

13-Oct-10

13-Oct-20

23-Dec-10

23-Dec-20

15-Apr-11

15-Apr-21

27-Sep-11

27-Sep-21

27-Sep-11

29-Sep-21

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

0.01

531,915

531,915

43,478

31,250

34,884

43,478

31,250

34,884

740,105

767,883

20,270

13,636

538,163

46,154

20,270

13,636

538,163

46,154

27-Sep-14

27-Sep-21

0.1725

2,591,000

2,678,000

10-Oct-12

10-Oct-22

0.01

549,801

549,801

10-Oct-15

10-Oct-22

0.2400

1,653,000

1,701,000

20-Nov-13

20-Nov-23

23-Dec-13

23-Dec-23

23-Jun-15 22-June-25

0.01

0.01

0.01

36,035

115,385

200,000

36,035

115,385

200,000

10-Jun-15

10-Jun-25

0.1100

4,768,750

4,768,750

30-Sep-16

29-Sep-26

30-Dec-16

29-Dec-17

0.01

0.01

97,560

110,000

-

-

15,527,922

16,475,448

 
 
 
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

23. Notes to the Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

Loss before taxation
Adjustments for:
Net finance costs
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
Amortisation of intangible assets
Effect of exchange rate fluctuations
Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
Share-based payment expense
Operating cash flow before movements in working capital balances
Decrease in inventories
Decrease in trade and other receivables
(Decrease)/Increase in trade and other payables
Increase in provisions
Net cash used in operations

24. Commitments – operating lease

The Group leases land and buildings and various items 
of plant and machinery under non-cancellable operating 
lease agreements. The majority of the lease agreements 
are renewable at the end of the lease term at a prevailing 
market rent.

No later than one year
Later than one year and no later than five years
Later than five years

2016 
£’000
(2,518)

2015 
£’000
(3,595)

149
282
143
(30)
23
25
(1,926)
53
447
(455)
1
(1,880)

109
257
147
-
21
343
(2,718)
476
141
392
1
(1,708)

The lease expenditure charged to profit or loss in the 
Consolidated SOCI is disclosed in note 4. The future 
aggregate minimum lease payments under non-cancellable 
leases are as follows:

2016 
£’000
96
304
357
757

2015 
£’000
85
311
431
827

The lease over UK land and buildings has a break clause at four and eight years. The annual rent is subject to upward only 
rent reviews, every four years, based on open market rents at that time.

25. Financial Instruments

25.1. Accounting policy
Compound financial instruments issued by the Group comprise 
convertible notes that can be converted to share capital at 
the option of the holder, or subject to certain conditions at the 
option of the Group and the number of shares to be issued 
does not vary with changes in their fair value.

The liability component of a compound financial instrument is 
recognised initially at the fair value of a similar liability that does 
not have an equity conversion option. The equity component 
is recognised initially as the difference between the fair value of 
the compound financial instrument as a whole and the fair value 
of the liability component. Any directly attributable transaction 
costs are allocated to the liability and equity components in 
proportion to their initial carrying amounts.

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Subsequent to initial recognition, the liability component of a 
compound financial instrument is measured at amortised cost 
using the effective interest method. The equity component of a 
compound financial instrument is not re-measured subsequent 
to initial recognition except on conversion or expiry.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the Group 
has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for 
at least 12 months after the end of the reporting period.

Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

developing their markets, these distributors may be given 
extended trade terms. Extended trade terms, by their nature 
can increase the credit risk to the Group. Such risks are 
carefully managed through direct relationships with the 
distributors and knowledge of their markets.

The maximum credit risk exposure at the balance sheet date 
is represented by the carrying value of financial assets and 
there are no significant concentrations of credit risk. 
See note 13 for further details. For banks and financial 
institutions only independently related parties with a minimum 
rating of ‘A’ are accepted. As at the date of signing the 
financial statements all cash and cash equivalents are held 
with institutions with an ‘A’ rating as per Standard & Poors.

Interest Rate Risk
The Group has both interest-bearing assets and interest-
bearing liabilities. The Group’s policy is to seek the highest 
possible return on interest-bearing assets without bearing 
significant credit risk, and to minimise the rate payable on 
interest-bearing liabilities.

The Group places its cash balances on deposit at floating 
rates of interest. Surplus cash balances are placed on 
short-term deposit (less than three months). No interest 
rate swaps are used.

Interest rate risk comprises both the interest rate 
price risk that results from borrowing at fixed rates 
of interest and also the interest cash flow risk that 
results from borrowing at variable rates. At this 
time, the majority of the Group’s borrowings attract 
floating rates of interest and therefore the Group’s 
principal interest rate risk is a cash flow risk.

Capital risk
The Group’s objectives when managing capital 
(ordinary shares) are to safeguard the Group’s 
ability to continue as a going concern in order 
to provide future returns to shareholders and 
benefits for other stakeholders and to maintain 
optimal capital structure.

25.2. Note
The Group’s financial instruments comprise some cash and 
various items, such as trade receivables and trade payables 
that arise directly from its operations.

It is, and has been throughout the period under review, 
the Group’s policy that no trading in financial instruments 
shall be undertaken.

The Board reviews and agrees policies for managing 
liquidity risk, currency risk, credit risk, interest rate risk 
and capital risk. The policies have remained unchanged 
throughout the year and are summarised below:

Liquidity risk
The Group is managed to ensure that sufficient cash 
reserves and credit facilities are available to meet liquidity 
requirements. The Group has available to it an invoice 
discounting facility with the Group’s bankers to supplement 
working capital needs. From time to time, additional funding 
is raised to allow the Group to invest in its strategic projects 
to develop the business in its chosen markets. 
Management monitors rolling forecasts of the Group’s 
liquidity reserves which comprises undrawn invoice 
discounting facilities and cash and cash equivalents on the 
basis of expected cash flows.

Currency risk
The Group has overseas subsidiaries in the USA, Spain 
and Canada and as a result the Group’s sterling balance 
sheet can be affected by movements in the US Dollar, Euro 
and Canadian dollar exchange rates. The Group also has 
transactional currency exposures. Such exposures arise 
from sales and purchases by operating units in currencies 
other than the unit’s functional currency. In general all 
overseas operating units trade and hold assets and liabilities 
in their functional currency.

The Group does not engage in any hedging in respect of 
currency risks.

Credit risk
The Group is exposed to credit related losses in the event 
of non-performance by counter parties in connection with 
financial instruments. The Group takes actions to mitigate 
this exposure by ensuring adequate background on credit 
risk is known about counterparties prior to contracting with 
them and through selection of counterparties with suitable 
credit ratings and monitors its exposure to credit risk on an 
ongoing basis.

The Group is also exposed to credit related losses and 
territory specific credit risk in the event of non-performance 
by counterparties in connection with financial instruments. 
The Group uses international distributors in a number of 
overseas territories. In order to assist the distributors in 

Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs 
directly attributable to the issue of ordinary shares and 
share options are recognised as a deduction from equity, 
net of any tax effects. The Board’s policy is to maintain a 
strong capital base so as to maintain investor, creditor and 
market confidence and to sustain future development of the 
business. The Board of directors monitors the demographic 
spread of shareholders.

The Board encourages employees to hold shares in 
the Company. This has been carried out through the 
Company’s various executive share option plans. Full 
details of these schemes are given in note 21. The Board 
seeks to maintain a balance between the higher returns 
that might be possible with higher levels of borrowings and 
the advantages and security afforded by a sound capital 
position and discusses these at regular Board meetings. 
There were no changes to the Group’s approach to capital 
management during the year. Neither the Company nor any 

of its subsidiaries are subject to externally imposed capital 
requirements.

Liabilities – by maturity

Financial Instruments principally comprise the Group’s 
borrowings under an invoice discounting facility with the 
Royal Bank of Scotland, trade and other payables, net 
obligations under finance leases and long-term loans.

Interest on the invoice discounting facility is payable at 
floating rate of 2.5% to 3.25% above LIBOR. 

The table below summarises the Group’s financial liabilities 
into the relevant maturity groupings based upon the 
remaining period at the balance sheet to the contractual 
maturity date.  The amounts disclosed are the undiscounted 
cash flows.

2016

2015

Less than 
1 year £’000

Between 1 and 
2 years £’000

Between 2 and 
5 years £’000

Less than 
1 year £’000

Between 1 and 
2 years £’000

Between 2 and 5 
years £’000

Invoice discounting facility

Convertible loan note

Finance lease liabilities

Trade and other payables

739

90

31

2,105

2,965

-

90

5

-

95

-

1,139

-

-

1,139

827

1,016

44

2,372

4,259

-

-

31

-

31

Fair value of financial assets and liabilities
There is a close approximation between book and fair value of all the Group’s financial assets and liabilities. 
All such fair value measures would be categorised as level 3 fair values in the fair value hierarchy.

-

-

5

-

5

The Group’s financial assets and liabilities are categorised as follows:

2016

2015

Loans and 
receivables 
£’000

Financial liabilities 
at amortised cost 
£’000

Total carrying 
amount 
£’000

Loans and 
receivables 
£’000

Financial liabilities 
at amortised cost 
£’000

Total carrying 
amount 
£’000

1,877

352

582

2,811

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2,109

739

1,053

33

3,934

1,877

1,918

352

582

-

575

2,811

2,493

2,109

739

1,053

33

3,934

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2,372

827

1,000

71

4,270

1,918

-

575

2,493

2,372

827

1,000

71

4,270

Financial assets

Trade receivables

Other receivables

Cash and cash equivalents

Financial liabilities

Trade and other payables

Invoice discounting facility

Convertible loan note

Finance lease liabilities

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Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 December 2016 – Continued

Sensitivities
The following table details the Group’s sensitivities 
to changes in sterling against the respective foreign 
currencies. The sensitivities represent management’s 
assessment of the effect on monetary assets of the 
possible changes in foreign exchange rates. 
The sensitivities analysis of the Group’s exposure to foreign 
currency risk at the year-end has been determined based 
upon the assumption that the increase in Euro, US Dollar 
and Canadian Dollar exchange rates is effective throughout 
the financial year and all other variables remain constant.

An increase of 10% has been used as a maximum exposure 
expectation for exchange rate sensitivities.

26.2. Other transactions
Leading on from the strategic review of the UK sales 
operation that was completed in October 2015, Rockridge 
Medical Limited, a company partly owned by CM Jones, 
a non-executive director, was engaged by the Group 
to provide sales and marketing related consultancy 
support to the UK sales team. This work approximated to 
around 2 days per month. The total amount due for these 
consultancy services was £15,343.53 (2015: £16,392.48) 
excluding VAT, of this £8,815.61 was outstanding at the 
year-end (2015: £16,392.48). In addition, an amount of 
£4,300 (2015: £nil) was included within accruals at the 
year-end.

2016

2015

27. Capital and reserves

The Capital reserve represents the nominal value of shares 
that were re-purchased and subsequently cancelled during 
the year ending 31 December 2001.

The other reserve represents the reserve for cumulative 
share-based payment charges since 1 November 2002.

The translation reserve comprises of all foreign exchange 
differences arising since 1 January 2006, from the 
translation of the Group’s net investments in foreign 
subsidiaries into sterling.

The convertible loan note reserve relates to the residual 
value attributed to the equity conversion right at the 
time of issue of the 2019 loan notes.

28. Events after the balance sheet 
date

On 22 March 2017, the company raised £400,000, 
before expenses, through subscriptions for 
11,034,482 new ordinary shares at 3.625p  
per share.

Sensitivity 
%

Profit 
£’000

Equity 
£’000

Profit 
£’000

Equity 
£’000 

Euros

US Dollar

Canadian Dollar

10

10

10

(127)

(127)

78

(9)

78

(9)

(93)

113

(4)

(93)

113

(4)

The following table shows the Group’s sensitivity to a 
reasonably possible change in interest rates throughout the 
year, with all other variables remaining constant.

2016

2015

Sensitivity 
%

Profit 
£’000

Equity 
£’000

Profit 
£’000

Equity 
£’000 

Euros

US Dollar

Canadian Dollar

1

1

1

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(9)

(1)

(1)

(9)

(1)

(1)

26. Related party transactions

26.1. Key management compensation

Short-term employee benefits

Short term benefits paid to third parties

Post-employment benefits

Share-based payments

2016 
£’000

461

51

14

5

531

2015 
£’000

401

44

14

17

476

Independent auditors’ report to the Members of 
Deltex Medical Group plc

Report on the parent company 
financial statements

Our opinion
In our opinion, Deltex Medical Group plc’s parent company 
financial statements (the “financial statements”):

 ■ give a true and fair view of the state of the parent 
company’s affairs as at 31 December 2016;

 ■ 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, included within the 
Report & Accounts (the “Annual Report”), comprise:

 ■ the Parent Company Balance Sheet as at 

31 December 2016;

 ■ the Parent Company Statement of Changes 

in Equity for the year then ended; 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 United 
Kingdom Accounting Standards, comprising FRS 101 
“Reduced Disclosure Framework”, and applicable law 
(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.

Opinions on other matters prescribed 
by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course 
of the audit:

 ■ the information given in the Strategic Report and the 
Directors’ Report for the financial year for which the 
financial statements are prepared is consistent with the 
financial statements; and

 ■ the Strategic Report and the Directors’ Report 

have been prepared in accordance with applicable 
legal requirements.

In addition, in light of the knowledge and understanding 
of the parent company and its environment obtained in 
the course of the audit, we are required to report if we 
have identified any material misstatements in the Strategic 
Report and the Directors’ Report. We have nothing to 
report in this respect.

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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 
parent 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 Statement of directors’ 
responsibilities set out on page 20, 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 parent 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: 

Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Independent auditors’ report to the Members of 
Deltex Medical Group plc – Continued

 ■ whether the accounting policies are appropriate to 

the parent 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. 

In addition, we read all the financial and non-financial 
information in the Annual Report 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. With respect to the Strategic Report and Directors’ 
Report, we consider whether those reports include the 
disclosures required by applicable legal requirements.

Other matter

We have reported separately on the group financial 
statements of Deltex Medical Group plc for the year ended 
31 December 2016.

Matthew Hall (Senior Statutory Auditor) 
for and on behalf of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP 
Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditors Southampton

26 April 2017

Parent Company Balance Sheet
as at 31 December 2016

Fixed assets

Intangible assets – Goodwill

Investments

Trade and other receivables

Current assets

Trade and other receivables

Cash and cash equivalents

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

Equity

Share capital

Share premium account

Capital redemption reserve

Other reserve

Convertible loan note reserve

Accumulated losses

At 1 January

Profit for the year

Accumulated losses

Total shareholders’ funds

Note

2016 
£’000

2015 
£’000

5

6

7

7

8

9

10

66

27,583

6,342

33,991

10

236

246

(303)

(57)

33,934

(963)
32,971

2,849

32,268

17,476

4,685

84

-

25,667

5,505

31,172

27

156

183

(1,285)

(1,102)

30,070

-
30,070

2,196

30,394

17,476

4,661

-

(24,657)

(25,380)

266

723

(24,391)

(24,657)

32,971

30,070

The notes on pages 58 to 61 form an integral part of these financial statements.

The financial statements on pages 56 to 61 were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on  
26 April 2017 and were signed on its behalf by:

Nigel Keen
Chairman

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Jonathan D Shaw
Group Finance Director

Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016Parent Company Statement of Changes in Equity
for the year ended 31 December 2016

Share 
capital  
£’000
2,130

Share 
premium
account 
£’000
30,323

Capital 
redemption
reserve 
£’000
17,476

Other 
reserve 
£’000
4,318

Convertible  
loan note 
reserve
£’000
-

Accumulated 
losses 
£’000
(25,380)

Total 
equity 
£’000
28,867

Group
Balance at 1 January 2015

Comprehensive income

Profit for the year

Total comprehensive income for the year

Shares issued during the year

Premium on shares issued during the year

Credit in respect of service cost settled by 
award of options

-

-

66

-

-

-

-

-

71

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

343

Balance at 31 December 2015

2,196

30,394

17,476

4,661

Comprehensive income

Profit for the year

Total comprehensive income for the year

Shares issued during the year

Premium on shares issued during the year

Issue expenses

Equity element of convertible loan note

Credit in respect of service cost settled 
by award of options

-

-

653

-

-

- 

-

-

-

-

1,992

(118)

-

-

-

-

-

- 

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

24

Balance at 31 December 2016

2,849

32,268

17,476

4,685

The notes on pages 58 to 61 form an integral part of these parent company financial statements.

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

84

- 

84

723

723

-

-

-

723

723

66

71

 343

(24,657)

30,070

266

266

-

-

-

-

-

266

266

653

1,992

(118)

84

 24

(24,391)

32,971

Notes to the Parent Company financial statements

1. Principal accounting policies

1.1. Basis of preparation
These financial statements are the financial statements for 
Deltex Medical Group plc, the parent of the Deltex Medical 
Group, which operates as a group holding company.  It is 
a public company, limited by shares and is incorporated in 
England and Wales. It is listed on the Alternative Investment 
Market. The financial statements have been prepared 
in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 101, 
‘Reduced Disclosure Framework’ (FRS 101). They have been 
prepared on the going concern basis under the historical 
cost convention and in accordance with the Companies 
Act 2006 as applicable to companies using FRS 101. The 
preparation of financial statements in conformity with FRS 
101 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. 
It also requires management to exercise its judgement in the 
process of applying the company’s accounting policies. The 
areas involving a higher degree of judgement or complexity, 
or areas where assumptions and estimates are significant to 
the financial statements are disclosed below.

No income statement is presented by the Company as 
permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006.

The following exemptions from the requirements of IFRS 
have been applied in the preparation of these financial 
statements, in accordance with FRS 101: 

 ■ The requirements of paragraphs 62, B64(d), B64(e), B64(g), 
B64(h), B64(j) to B64(m), B64(n)(ii), B64 (o)(ii), B64(p), B64(q)
(ii), B66 and B67of IFRS 3, ‘Business Combinations’;
 ■ The requirements of IFRS 7 ‘Financial Instruments: 

Disclosures’;

 ■ The requirements of paragraphs 91-99 of IFRS 13, 

‘Fair Value Measurement’;

 ■ The requirement in paragraph 38 of IAS 1, 

‘Presentation of Financial Statements’ to present 
comparative information in respect of:

•  paragraph 79(a)(iv) of IAS 1;
•  paragraph 73(e) of IAS 16, ‘Property, 

Plant and Equipment’;

•  Paragraph 118(e) of IAS 38, ‘Intangible Assets’;
 ■ The requirements of paragraphs 10(d), 10(f), 39(c) 

and 134-136 of IAS 1;

 ■ The requirements of IAS 7, ‘Statement of Cash Flows’;

 ■ The requirements of paragraphs 30 and 31 of IAS 8, 

‘Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates 
and Errors’;

 ■ The requirements of paragraph 17 of IAS 24, 

‘Related Party Disclosures’; and

 ■ The requirements in IAS 24 to disclose related party 
transactions entered into between two or more 
members of a group, provided that any subsidiary 
which is a party to the transaction is wholly owned by 
such a member.

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1.2. Judgements and key sources of 
estimation uncertainty
The company has funded the trading activities of its 
principal subsidiaries by way of inter-company loans. 
The amounts advanced did not have any specific terms 
relating to their repayment, were unsecured and were 
interest free. In the light of the above, management have 
had to determine whether such loan balances should be 
accounted for as loans and receivables in accordance with 
IAS39, ‘Financial Instruments: Measurement’, or whether, in 
fact, it represents an interest in a subsidiary which is outside 
the scope of IAS39 and accounted for in accordance with 
IAS27, ‘Separate Financial Statements’.

Management have concluded that, in substance, the loans 
represent an interest in a subsidiary as the funding provided 
is considered to provide the subsidiary with a long term 
source of capital. Therefore the loans are accounted for in 
accordance with IAS27 and are carried at their historical 
cost less provision for impairment, if any.

The carrying amount of these loans are tested for 
impairment if events occur which may indicate that these 
assets are impaired. The carrying value of these loans are 
compared to the value in use of the relevant subsidiary 
which is also the cash generating unit (CGU). The estimation 
of the value in use of a CGU requires the Group to make an 
estimate of the expected future cash flows from the CGU 
and also the selection of a suitable pre-tax discount rate to 
calculate the present value of those cash flows.

1.3. Significant accounting policies.
The accounting policies set out below have been 
consistently applied in both 2016 and 2015.

Investments
Investments which comprise investments in share capital 
and inter-company loan balances are stated at cost less any 
provisions for impairment in value. At each balance sheet date 
the Company reviews the carrying amount of the investments 
to determine whether there is any indication that those assets 
have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, 
the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated to determine 
the extent of any impairment loss. The recoverable amount 
is the higher of the investments value in use and its fair value 
less costs to sell. Value in use is calculated using cash flow 
projections for the investments discounted at the Company’s 
cost of capital.

If the recoverable amount of the investment is estimated 
to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount 
of the investment is reduced to its recoverable amount. 
An impairment loss is recognised in profit and loss in the 
Statement of Comprehensive Income (SOCI), unless the 
relevant investment is carried at a revalued amount, in which 
case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.

Deltex Medical Group plc Report & Accounts 2016 
Notes to the Parent Company financial statements
Continued

Deferred taxation
Deferred income tax is recognised on all temporary 
differences arising between the tax bases of assets 
and liabilities and their carrying amounts in the financial 
statements, with the following exceptions:

When the deferred tax liability arises from the initial recognition 
of goodwill or an asset or liability in a transaction that is not 
a business combination and, at the time of the transaction, 
affects neither the accounting profit nor taxable profit or loss.

(nominal value) and share premium when the options are 
exercised. Provision for National Insurance payable on such 
gains is recognised in accordance with UITF 25.

The fair value of the equity-settled share-based payment 
is recharged by the Company to the subsidiary operating 
company at fair value. The expense is therefore recognised 
in the subsidiary operating company, with the equity 
reserve being recognised in the Group company.

Deferred income tax assets are recognised only to the 
extent that it is probable that taxable profit will be available 
against which the deductible temporary differences, carried 
forward tax credits or tax losses can be utilised. 

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are measured on 
an undiscounted basis at the tax rates that are expected to 
apply when the related asset is realised or liability is settled, 
based on tax rates and laws enacted or substantively enacted 
at the balance sheet date. The carrying amount of deferred 
income tax assets is reviewed at each balance sheet date. 
Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are offset, only if a 
legally enforcement right exists to set off current tax assets 
against current tax liabilities, the deferred income taxes relate 
to the same taxation authority and that authority permits the 
company to make a single net payment.

Foreign currency translation
Foreign currency monetary assets and liabilities are 
translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the 
balance sheet date. Transactions in overseas currencies are 
translated at the rate of exchange ruling on the date of the 
transaction or at a contracted rate if applicable. Any gains or 
losses arising during the year have been dealt with in profit 
or loss in the SOCI.

Share-based payments
The Company awards directors, employees and certain of 
the Group’s distributors and advisors equity-settled share-
based payments, from time to time, on a discretionary 
basis. In accordance with IFRS 2 ‘Share-based payments’, 
equity-settled share-based payments are measured at fair 
value at the time of grant. Fair value is measured by use of 
a Black-Scholes model. The fair value determined at the 
grant date of the equity-settled share-based payments is 
expensed on a straight-line basis over the vesting period, 
based on the Company’s estimate of the number of 
shares that will eventually vest. The options are subject to 
vesting conditions of up to six years, and their fair value is 
recognised as an expense with a corresponding increase 
in ‘other reserves’ equity over the vesting period. At each 
balance sheet date, the entity revises its estimates of the 
number of options that are expected to vest. It recognises 
the impact of the revision to original estimates, if any, in 
the income statement, with a corresponding adjustment 
to reserves. The proceeds received net of any directly 
attributable transaction costs are credited to share capital 

Related party transactions
The Company is the ultimate parent undertaking of the 
Deltex Medical Group plc and is therefore included in the 
consolidated financial statements of that Group, which are 
on pages 24 to 53 of the Annual Report & Accounts 2016.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents includes cash in hand and 
deposits held with banks.

Share capital
Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Incremental costs 
directly attributable to the issue of new shares or options 
are shown in equity as a deduction, net of tax, from 
the proceeds.

Terms of loans to subsidiaries
The Company uses its cash to fund the operations of its 
subsidiaries until such a time that the subsidiaries are in a 
position to return the monies to Group. These loans are 
interest free and have no fixed repayment date, apart 
from a £3,000,000 10% fixed interest bearing loan.

Compound financial instruments
Compound financial instruments issued by the 
Group comprise convertible notes that can be 
converted to share capital at the option of the 
holder, or subject to certain conditions at the 
option of the Group and the number of shares 
to be issued does not vary with changes in their 
fair value.

The liability component of a compound financial 
instrument is recognised initially at the fair value 
of a similar liability that does not have an equity 
conversion option. The equity component is 
recognised initially as the difference between 
the fair value of the compound financial 
instrument as a whole and the fair value of 
the liability component. 
Any directly attributable transaction costs 
are allocated to the liability and equity 
components in proportion to their initial 
carrying amounts. 

Subsequent to initial recognition, the 
liability component of a compound 
financial instrument is measured 

Notes to the Parent Company financial statements
Continued

at amortised cost using the effective interest method. The 
equity component of a compound financial instrument is 
not re-measured subsequent to initial recognition except on 
conversion or expiry. Borrowings are classified as current 
liabilities unless the Group has an unconditional right to 
defer settlement of the liability for at least 12 months after 
the end of the reporting period.

2. Operating profit
As permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 
the Company has elected not to present its own SOCI 
for the year.  Deltex Medical Group plc reported a profit for 
the financial year ended 31 December 2016 of £266,000 
(2015: £723,000).

3. Auditors remuneration

The audit fee in respect of the Parent Company’s financial 
statements was £31,000 (2015: £30,000)

4. Directors’ remuneration

Aggregate emoluments

Short term benefits paid to third parties

2016 
£’000

72

51

123

2015 
£’000

78

44

122

There are no (2015: Nil) benefits accruing to 
directors under personal pension plans.

Included in the above figure are amounts payable to the 
employing company, Imperialise Limited, of £33,332 
(2015: £33,332), and Rockridge Medical Limited of £18,000 
(2015: £10,500), for the services of those directors.

Remuneration, including Executive directors, is disclosed 
on page 36 of this Reports & Accounts.

All Executive directors in office at the year-end receive their 
emoluments from Deltex Medical Limited, a subsidiary 
undertaking of the Group. Except for financing activities, 
their services to the Company are incidental to their 
services to the Group as a whole. The average number 
of Non-executive directors by function was categorised as 
administrative for both years was 5 (2015: 5). 

5. Intangible fixed assets – Goodwill

This amount represents the goodwill that arose in 2013 on the 
acquisition of the trade and assets of Deltex Medical Canada 
Limited which had been incorrectly accounted for in the 
accounting records of Deltex Medical Limited. This error came 
to light during the preparation of the statutory accounts of 
Deltex Medical Limited for the year ended 31 December 2015 
and was corrected in those accounts. As the amount involved 
is considered by the directors to be immaterial in the context 
of the company’s accounts they have chosen not to restate 
the prior year’s balance sheet.

6. Investments

The directors consider that the carrying value of the 
investments is supported by their future cash flows.

These loans have, therefore, been treated as part of Deltex 
Medical Group plc net investment in these subsidiaries.

Loans to subsidiary undertakings in the amount of 
£27,146,000 relate to long-term balances with 
Deltex Medical Limited and Deltex Medical SC Inc. 
The directors consider that these balances are intended to 
be, for all practical purposes, permanent as equity and do 
not expect them to be repayable in the foreseeable future. 

During the year, additional long-term debtor balances have 
been reclassified as long-term investments as this follows 
the substance of the underlying transactions. 
Details of the Company’s subsidiary undertakings are set 
out on page 41 of this Report & Accounts.

2016

2015

Investments in 
subsidiary undertakings 
£’000
437

Loans to subsidiary 
undertakings 
£’000
25,230

Total 
£’000
25,667

Investments in 
subsidiary undertakings 
£’000
437

Loans to subsidiary 
undertakings 
£’000
23,504

Total 
£’000
23,941

-

437

1,916

1,916

27,146

27,583

-

437

1,726

1,726

25,230

25,667

At 1 January

Additions

At 31 December

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Continued

7. Trade and other receivables

Amounts falling due within one year

2016   
£’000

2015   
£’000

Deferred tax liabilities
At 1 January 2015

Foreign exchange 
£’000
79

Total 
£’000
79

Other receivables

10

27

Charged to profit or loss in the SOCI

Amounts falling due after more than one year

At 31 December 2015

Amounts owed by subsidiary undertaking

6,342

5,505

Charged to profit or loss in the SOCI

6,352

5,532

At 31 December 2016

In 2013, the Group reclassified £3,000,000 of the long-term 
investments by Group in Deltex Medical Limited as a long-
term loans. This loan is being charged interest at a rate of 
10% per annum, is unsecured and falls due for repayment 
on 1 January 2018. The remaining amount relates to group 
recharges and accrued interest which are unsecured and 
non-interest bearing.

8. Creditors: amounts falling due within  
one year

Deferred tax asset
At 1 January 2015

Credited to profit or loss in the SOCI

At 31 December 2015

Credited to profit or loss in the SOCI

At 31 December 2016

(12)

67

(12)

55

(12)

67

(12)

55

Tax losses 
£’000
(79)

Total 
£’000
(79)

12

(67)

12

(55)

12

(67)

12

(55)

12. Ultimate controlling party

There are no shareholders with overall control of the 
Company as at 31 December 2016 or 31 December 2015.

13. Related party transactions

Exemption has been taken under FRS 101 
paragraph 8(k) from disclosing related party 
transactions between the Company and its 
subsidiary undertakings and from paragraph 8(j) 
from disclosing key management compensation.

The Directors of Deltex Medical Group plc had 
no other material transaction with the Company 
during the year, other than as a result of 
service agreements. Details of the directors’ 
remuneration is disclosed in the Directors’ 
Report in the Consolidated Financial 
Statements on page 18.

Trade payables

Accruals

Convertible loan notes

2016   
£’000

117

96

90

303

2015   
£’000

186

99

1,000

1,285

9. Creditors: amounts falling due after more 
than one year

Convertible loan notes

2016   
£’000

963

2015   
£’000

-

Information relating to the convertible loan note is in note 
16.4 of the Consolidated Financial Statements.

10. Share capital

See notes 21 and 22 of the Consolidated Financial Statements 
on pages 46 to 49 for full details of the share capital and share 
option schemes operated by the Company.

11. Deferred tax

The movement in deferred income tax assets and liabilities 
during the year, without taking into consideration the offsetting 
of balances within the same tax jurisdiction, is as follows:

Notice of Annual General Meeting

THIS DOCUMENT IS IMPORTANT AND REQUIRES YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. If you are in any doubt as to the 
action you should take, you are recommended immediately to seek your own personal financial advice from your stockbroker, 
bank manager, solicitor, accountant or other independent financial adviser authorised under the Financial Services and Markets 
Act  2000.  If  you  have  sold  or  otherwise  transferred  all  of  your  shares  in  Deltex  Medical  Group  plc,  you  should  pass  this 
document, the accompanying form of proxy and the annual report and accounts of Deltex Medical Group plc for the financial 
year ended 31 December 2016 without delay to the stockbroker, bank or other person who arranged the sale or transfer so 
they can pass these documents to the person who now holds the shares. This document should be read in conjunction with 
the accompanying Form of Proxy.

DELTEX MEDICAL GROUP plc
(Incorporated in England, registered number 3902895)
NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

Notice of an annual general meeting of Deltex Medical Group plc (the “Company”) to be held at Laytons Solicitors, 2 More 
London Riverside, London SE1 2AP at 11:00am on 9 June 2017 (the “AGM”) is set out on pages 65 and 66 (inclusive) of this 
document. To be valid as a proxy in respect of the AGM, the form of proxy accompanying this document must be completed 
and returned in accordance with the instructions thereon so as to be received by the Company’s registrars, Capita Asset 
Services,  PXS, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4TU not later than 48 hours before the time of the meeting.

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Directors
Nigel Keen (Chairman)
Ewan Phillips
Jonathan D Shaw
Julian Cazalet
Christopher Jones
Sir Duncan Nichol
Mark Wippell

Deltex Medical Group plc 
Terminus Road, Chichester 
West Sussex, PO19 8TX 
United Kingdom

Head Office: +44 (0)1243 774 837 
Facsimile: +44 (0)1243 532 534 
Customer Service: 0845 085 001

26 April 2017
To holders of ordinary shares of 1p each (“Ordinary Shares”) in the capital of Deltex Medical Group plc (the “Company”)

Dear Shareholder,

Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Company and annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2016 

I am pleased to send you details of arrangements for our annual general meeting, together with the annual accounts of the 
Company, which contain the reports of the directors and the auditors, for the year ended 31 December 2016.  

The formal notice of the annual general meeting of the Company, which will take place at Laytons Solicitors, 2 More London 
Riverside, London SE1 2AP at 11:00am on 9 June 2017 (the “AGM”), is set out on pages 65 and 66 (inclusive) of this 
document. The purpose of this letter is to explain certain aspects of the business of the AGM to you.

Resolution 1 - Receipt of audited financial statements 
Resolution 1 deals with the receipt of the directors’ and auditors’ reports and the accounts of the group for the financial year 
ended 31 December 2016.

Resolutions 2, 3 and 4 - Re-election of directors 
Resolution 2 proposes the re-election of Sir Duncan Nichol as a director, Resolution 3 proposes the re-election of 
Mark Wippell and Resolution 4 proposes the re-election of Ewan Phillips as a director. The Company’s articles of association 
require that at each annual general meeting one third of the directors (excluding directors being elected for the first time) must 
retire by rotation; accordingly, Sir Duncan Nichol, Mark Wippell and Ewan Phillips offer themselves for re-election as proposed 
by resolutions 2, 3 and 4.

Biographical details of Sir Duncan Nichol, Mark Wippell and Ewan Phillips are set out on page 16 of the Report and Accounts 
2016. The Board considers that the experience of these directors will continue to be beneficial to the Company.  

Resolution 5 – Re-appointment of auditors 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP have expressed their willingness to continue as the Company’s auditors. Resolution 5 
proposes their Re-appointment and authorises the directors to determine their remuneration.

Resolution 6 – Power to allot and issue shares
The directors are not permitted to allot new shares (or to grant rights over shares) unless authorised to do so by the 
shareholders of the Company. At the annual general meeting of the Company held on 12 May 2016 (the “2015 AGM”), the 
directors were given authority to allot relevant securities up to a maximum nominal amount of £908,732 (being one-third of the 
then issued ordinary share capital of the Company) and to allot a further one-third pursuant to a rights issue. This authority 
expires at the conclusion of the 2016 Annual General Meeting and the directors are seeking a fresh shareholder authority to 
allot relevant securities.

Accordingly, it is proposed that the directors are given general authority to allot relevant securities up to an aggregate nominal 
amount of £989,129 (being one-third of the issued ordinary share capital as at 21 April 2017) and in addition to allot relevant 
securities only in connection with a Rights Issue (as defined in the resolution) up to a further nominal value of £989,129.

Accordingly if this resolution is passed the Directors will have the authority in certain circumstances to allot new shares 
and other relevant securities up to a total nominal value of £1,978,258, representing a total amount equal to two-thirds of 
the Company’s issued share capital as at 21 April 2017. Although the directors have no present intention of exercising this 
authority, the general authority to allot shares will provide flexibility for the Company to allot shares and to grant rights to 
subscribe for or to convert into shares when they consider it to be in the Company’s interests to do so.

The authority will expire on the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2018 or on 
17 August 2018, whichever is earlier, but it is the intention of the directors to seek renewal of this authority annually.

Registered in England & Wales No. 03902895    VAT No. 615400089

www.deltexmedical.com

Resolution 7 – Disapplication of the statutory rights of pre-emption 
Section 561 of the Companies Act 2006 gives holders of equity securities (within the meaning of that Act) certain rights of 
preemption on the issue for cash of new equity securities (other than in connection with an employees’ share scheme). 
The directors believe that it is in the best interests of the shareholders that the directors should have limited authority to allot 
Ordinary Shares (or rights to convert into or subscribe for Ordinary Shares, or sell any Ordinary Shares which the Company 
elects to hold in treasury) for cash without first having to offer such shares to existing shareholders in proportion to their 
existing holdings. 

Resolution 7 proposes, in substitution for the power that was granted to the directors at the 2016 AGM, that power be 
granted to allot securities for cash on a non-pre-emptive basis up to a maximum nominal amount equal to £296,742 
(representing approximately ten per cent. of the nominal issued share capital of the Company as at 21 April 2017). 
The resolution also disapplies the pre-emption rights to the extent necessary to facilitate rights issues, open offers and 
similar transactions without having to follow the specific statutory procedures that would otherwise apply to such issues.  

The authority will expire on the conclusion of the Annual General Meeting of the Company to be held in 2018 or on 
17 August 2018, whichever is earlier, but it is the intention of the directors to seek renewal of this authority annually. 
Resolution 7 will be proposed as a special resolution.  

ACTION TO BE TAKEN
It is important to the Company that shareholders have the opportunity to vote even if they are unable to attend the AGM. 
You will receive, by post, a form of proxy for use at the AGM. Whether or not you propose to attend the AGM in person, 
you are requested to complete the form of proxy and return it to the Company’s registrars, Capita Asset Services, PXS, 34 
Beckenham Road, Beckenham, Kent, BR3 4TU so as to arrive no later than 11.00am on 7 June 2017 or 48 hours before any 
adjournment of the meeting. The completion and return of the form of proxy will not affect your right to attend and vote in 
person at the AGM if you so wish. Your attention is drawn to the notes endorsed on the enclosed form of proxy.

RECOMMENDATION
Your directors believe that all the proposals to be considered at the AGM are in the best interests of the Company and its 
shareholders as a whole and recommend that shareholders vote in favour of the resolutions, as they intend to do in respect 
of their own beneficial shareholdings of 39,662,000 Ordinary Shares in aggregate, representing approximately 13.37 per 
cent of the Ordinary Shares currently in issue.

Yours sincerely

Nigel J Keen   Chairman

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Deltex Medical Group plc
Notice Of Annual General Meeting

NOTICE is hereby given that the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of Deltex Medical Group plc will be 
held at Laytons Solicitors, 2 More London Riverside, London SE1 2AP at 11:00am on 9 June 2017 
to transact the following business:

Ordinary Business
As ordinary business, to consider and if thought fit pass the 
following resolutions, which will be proposed as ordinary 
resolutions:

1.  To receive the Company’s audited financial statements 

for the year ended 31 December 2016, together with the 
reports of the directors and of the auditors thereon.

2.  To re-elect as a director Sir Duncan Nichol
3.  To re-elect as a director Mark Wippell
4.  To re-elect as a director Ewan Phillips
5.  To re-appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as auditors 
of the Company to hold office until the conclusion of the 
next general meeting at which accounts are laid before 
the Company and that their remuneration be fixed by 
the directors.

granted after the authority ends and the Directors 
may allot shares or grant rights to subscribe for 
or convert securities into shares in pursuance of 
such offer or agreement as if the authority had not 
ended.  In this resolution “Rights Issue” means 
an offer of equity securities by way of rights, open 
offer or otherwise to holders of ordinary shares 
in the capital of the Company on the register on 
a record date fixed by the directors in proportion 
as nearly as may be to the respective numbers of 
Ordinary Shares held by them, but subject to such 
exclusions or other arrangements as the directors 
may deem necessary or expedient to deal with any 
treasury shares, fractional entitlements or legal or 
practical issues arising under the laws of, or the 
requirements of any recognised regulatory body or 
any stock exchange in, any territory.

To transact any other ordinary business of the Company.

7.  THAT, subject to the passing of resolution 6 set out 

Special Business
As special business, to consider and if thought fit pass the 
following resolutions, of which resolution 6 will be proposed as 
an ordinary resolution and resolution 7 as a special resolution:

6.  THAT the directors be generally and unconditionally 

authorised pursuant to section 551 of the Companies 
Act 2006 (the “Act”) (in substitution for any existing such 
authority save to the extent of the allotment of shares 
pursuant to an offer or agreement made before expiry 
of such existing authority) to exercise all the powers of 
the Company to allot shares in the Company or to grant 
rights to subscribe for, or convert any security into, 
shares in the Company:

a.   comprising equity securities (as defined by 
section 560 of the Act) up to an aggregate nominal 
amount of £1,978,258 (such amount to be reduced 
by the nominal amount of any relevant securities 
allotted under paragraph (b) below) in connection 
with an offer of such securities by way of a Rights 
Issue (as defined below); and  

b.   in any other case, up to an aggregate nominal 
amount of £989,129 (such amount to be reduced 
by the nominal amount of any equity securities 
allotted under paragraph (a) above in excess 
of £989,129). Provided that, unless previously 
revoked, varied or extended by the Company 
in general meeting, this authority shall expire on 
the earlier of the conclusion of the next annual 
general meeting of the Company and 17 August 
2018 save that the Company may, before such 
expiry, make offers or agreements which would 
or might require shares to be allotted or rights to 
subscribe for or convert securities into shares to be 

in the Notice of the Annual General Meeting dated 26 
April 2017 (“Resolution 6”), the directors be empowered 
pursuant to section 570(1) of the Act to allot equity 
securities (as defined in section 560 of the Act and 
including the sale of treasury shares) for cash pursuant 
to the general authority conferred by Resolution 6 as if 
section 561 of the Act did not apply to such allotment, 
such power to expire on the earlier of the conclusion of 
the next annual general meeting of the Company and 
17 August 2018 unless previously revoked, varied or 
extended by the Company in general meeting, but so 
that the Company may, before such expiry, make offers 
or agreements which would or might require equity 
securities to be allotted or treasury shares to be sold 
after such expiry, and the directors may allot equity 
securities and sell treasury shares in pursuance of any 
such offer or agreement as if the power conferred by 
this resolution had not expired, provided that this power 
shall be limited to:

a.   the allotment of equity securities in connection 
with an offer of, or invitation to apply for, equity 
securities (but in the case of an allotment or sale 
permitted by the authority granted under paragraph 
(a) of Resolution 6, only by way of a Rights Issue as 
defined in Resolution 6); 

b.    in the case of the authority granted under 
paragraph (b) of Resolution 6 and/or in the case 
of any transfer of treasury shares which is treated 
as an allotment of equity securities under section 
560(3) of the Act, the allotment (otherwise than 
under paragraph (a) of this resolution) of equity 
securities up to an aggregate nominal amount of 
£296,742.

Deltex Medical Group plc
Notice Of Annual General Meeting

By order of the Board

Jonathan D Shaw   Company Secretary
26 April 2017

Registered office  
Terminus Road 
Chichester 
West Sussex 
PO19 8TX

Notes:
1.  Any member entitled to attend and vote at the annual 

general meeting is entitled to appoint one or more proxies 
(who need not be a member of the Company) to attend 
and, on a poll, to vote instead of the member. Completion 
and return of a form of proxy will not preclude a member 
from attending and voting at the meeting in person, should 
he subsequently decide to do so.

2.  In order to be valid, any form of proxy and power of 

attorney or other authority under which it is signed, or 
a notarially certified or office copy of such power or 
authority, must reach the Company’s registrars, Capita 
Asset Services, PXS, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, 
Kent, BR3 4TU not less than 48 hours before the time of 
the meeting or of any adjournment of the meeting.

3.  To be entitled to attend and vote at the annual general 

meeting (and for the purpose of the determination by the 
Company of the votes they may cast), shareholders must 
be registered in the register of members of the Company 
at 6pm on 7 June 2017 (or in the case of any adjournment, 
on the date which is forty-eight hours before the time 
of the adjourned meeting). Changes to the register of 
members after the relevant deadline shall be disregarded 
in determining the rights of any person to attend and vote 
at the annual general meeting.

4.  A copy of this notice, within the Annual Report & 
Accounts 2016, can be found on the Company’s 
website www.deltexmedical.com.

5.  Shareholders can, at no cost, obtain copies of the 

audited financial statements of the Company for the 
year ended 31 December 2016 and the directors’ and 
auditors’ reports on those financial statements by 
application to the Company Secretary at the registered 
office of the Company.

6.  Biographical details of each Director who is being 

proposed for re-election or election by shareholders are 
set out in the Company’s annual report and accounts 
for the year ended 31 December 2016.

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7.  To appoint a proxy or to give or amend an instruction to 
a previously appointed proxy via the CREST system, the 
CREST message must be received by the issuer’s agent 
RA10 not later than 11.00am on 7 June 2017 or, in the 
case of any adjournment, on the date which is forty-
eight hours before the time of the adjourned meeting. 
For this purpose, the time of receipt will be taken to be 
the time (as determined by the timestamp applied to the 
message by the CREST Applications Host) from which 
the issuer’s agent is able to retrieve the message.  

After this time any change of instructions to a proxy 
appointed through CREST should be communicated to 
the proxy by other means. CREST Personal Members 
or other CREST sponsored members, and those 
CREST Members who have appointed voting service 
provider(s) should contact their CREST sponsor or 
voting service provider(s) for assistance with appointing 
proxies via CREST. For further information on CREST 
procedures, limitations and system timings please refer 
to the CREST Manual. 

We may treat as invalid a proxy appointment sent by 
CREST in the circumstances set out in Regulation 
35(5) (a) of the Uncertified Securities Regulations 2001. 
In any case your proxy form must be received by the 
Company’s registrars no later than 48 hours before 
the time of the meeting or of any adjourned meeting 
excluding any part of day that is not a working day.

8.  As at 21 April 2017 the Company’s issued share capital 

consists of 296,741,733 ordinary shares of 1 pence each,  
carrying one vote each. No shares are held in treasury.

 
 
Deltex Medical Wins EU Grant to Develop TruVue 

Deltex Medical has won a Horizon2020 grant for the 
development and promotion of TruVue. TruVue is the first 
system to display in real time the relationship of blood flow 
velocity and blood pressure throughout every heartbeat.

In the EU Horizon2020 submittal, Deltex Medical described 
how worldwide 234 million patients undergo major 
surgery and 1 million die within 30 days from perioperative 
complications. A further 42 million simply die up to 13 years 
sooner than they would have done had they not suffered 
complications post operatively. 51% of these deaths turn out 
to be due to suboptimal haemodynamic management.

The TruVue system is a result of research with a network of 
interested clinicians in 19 centres in Europe, the USA and 
the Far East.

The most original piece of work emanating from the group 
was the concept of plotting aortic blood flow velocity directly 
and simultaneously against aortic blood pressure, to create 
a Velocity-Pressure Loop (VP Loop). The methodology was 
invented by clinicians at Lariboisière Hospital in Paris. The system 
we now call TruVue is the first haemodynamic system to show 
simultaneously true flow and true pressure in the patient’s aorta. 
TruVue has significant potential as a simple visual guide to fluid 
and drug management in surgery and intensive care medicine.

The VP Loops work was first presented in 2015 in Brussels 
at the International Society of Intensive Care and Emergency 
Medicine (ISICEM).

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The basic waves are shown to the left in A;

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 ■ Point A is the pressure prior to heart contraction; 
 ■ Point B is the plot of flow and pressure at the point of 

maximum flow velocity; 

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 ■ and Point D is the end of the ejection.

A VP loop can have various visual aspects depending 
on vascular resistance and patient characteristics.

The three loops on the right show visually three blood 
flow and pressure states.

 ■ Loop A is a high blood pressure state here there is risk of 

stroke or heart failure

 ■ Loop B is a more normal state with optimal flow and 

optimal pressure

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Deltex Medical Wins EU Grant to Develop TruVue
Continued

Basic research complete

The basic research is now complete and monitors are in 
use at Lariboisiere Hospital, Paris. Leading customers will 
be engaged in the Horizon 2020 Phase 1 project. 
During Phase 1 we will work with users to define a world-
class user interface, design the study protocol and recruit 
the centres necessary for a large multicentre study. 

This will lay the ground for a Phase 2 submittal in which we 
will request further funding to study the clinical benefits in 
over 20 centres of excellence in Europe and the USA. 
The work will generate publications, finalise a customer 
driven user interface design and build clinical momentum.

Deltex VP Loops display on ODM+ monitor*

Average 
Loop Plot

Flow Results

VP Loops
Results

Pressure
Results

PATIENT DATA
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40yrs
70 kg (154lb)
170 cm (66 in)
ADULT
BMI=24.22 kg/m2
BSA = 1.81 m2

100 cm/s

Scrolling 
Velocity Wave

Scrolling 
Aortic 
Pressure Wave 

A
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SV

2.4

FTc

252

ms

PV

42

71

ml

GALA

cm/s

S2

43

63

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BP

mmHg

139/40
MAP=76

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ESP

mmHg

83

HR 60 bpm

MA 16.9 m/s2

2374/3778

Velocity Pressure Loops Monitoring Mode

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139

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GALA 39

MAP 72

cm/s

Fri Dec 09, 2017
15:49
DP240 probe

6 days

Average 5 cycles
Filter OFF
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Gain

Monitoring 
Mode Title

Trend Charts

Hospital / SN: 9051-31414+

User 3

Freeze

Data input
& recording

Change Mode

Refinements

Trend
display

Select results

* Screens currently at a development stage

How does the TruVue VP Loops system differ from currently available devices? 

The TruVue VP Loops system provides immediate 
visual information on patient haemodynamics as well as 
important numerical values in real time. No other system 
currently available is capable of displaying aortic blood 

flow velocity and aortic blood pressure simultaneously 
throughout every heartbeat. The system is truly novel and 
is protected by an Intellectual Property filing.

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