Instem plc
Annual Report 2014

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Instem plc Annual Report 2014 Instem is a leading supplier of IT applications to the early development healthcare market delivering compelling solutions for data collection, management and analysis across the R&D continuum. Instem applications are used by customers worldwide, meeting the rapidly expanding needs of life science and healthcare organisations for data-driven decision making leading to safer, more effective products. Instem’s established portfolio of software solutions increases client productivity by automating study-related processes while offering the unique ability to generate new knowledge through the extraction and harmonisation of actionable scientific information. Instem supports over 400 clients through full service offices in the United States, United Kingdom and China with an additional location in India and a full service distributor based in Japan. Our clients include these fine organisations... Contents HIGHLIGHTS CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT STRATEGIC REPORT FINANCIAL REVIEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT DIRECTORS’ REPORT DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION REPORT DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF INSTEM PLC CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION COMPANY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS COMPANY STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS CONSOLIDATED AND COMPANY STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY ACCOUNTING POLICIES NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DIRECTORS AND ADVISORS 3 5 7 11 13 15 18 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 36 69 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 1 s t h g i l h g h i 2 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 Highlights Financial Highlights Operational Highlights • Revenues increased 18% to £13.4m (2013: £11.4m) • • • Recurring revenues increased to £9.2m (2013: £8.2m), representing 69% of total revenues Software as a Service (SaaS) revenues increased 20% to £1.8m (2013: £1.5m) Adjusted EBITDA* for the year amounted to £1.9m (2013: £1.8m) Cash balance as at 31 December 2014 of £1.7m (2013: £2.1m) • After £0.3m of deferred acquisition consideration paid in 2014 Adjusted earnings per share** of 8.4p (2013: 8.6p) • • • In contrast to 2013, when the preclinical and early clinical market was generally reluctant to commit to any significant investment decisions, 2014 was a period when many of our customers revisited their near-term ambitions and began to evaluate their ongoing information management requirements. This resulted in a very strong second half performance. As we enter the current financial year, our order backlog is at record levels, underpinning our 2015 expectations. In addition, December’s decision by the FDA to mandate the future use of SEND was a key event for which Instem has been planning and we have already begun to see increasing interest and orders for the Group’s SEND compliant products across a range of customers. Total research and development pipelines within the pharma sector have increased by almost 9% to approximately 12,300 drug candidates during 2014, which makes us particularly positive about our outlook for the future as we can now see sustainable growth across our target markets. P J Reason, Chief Executive Significant WIL Research contracts won in H1 2014 and H2 2014, with the latter valued at over $7m over four years • Multi-year National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (“NIEHS”) contract extended with additional sites and users • • Further client wins extended our market leading position in China US Food & Drug Administration mandating drug submissions using SEND (Standard for the Exchange of Nonclinical Data) • Multiple orders for submit™, Instem’s solution for implementing SEND • Both 2013 acquisitions successfully integrated * Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation, share based payment charges and non-recurring costs. **After adjusting for the effect of foreign currency exchange on the revaluation of inter-company balances included in finance income/ (costs), non-recurring items and amortisation of intangibles on acquisitions. Profit is adjusted in this way to provide a clearer measure of underlying operating performance. Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 3 market leadership “Instem continues to be the leading supplier of information solutions to the preclinical and early clinical market place.” 4 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 t n e m e t a t s Chairman’s Statement During the period, the Company was pleased to confirm that the initial earn out criteria for the Instem Clinical acquisition were successfully achieved, triggering the first two payments to the vendors. Furthermore, the recently integrated Perceptive Instruments acquisition performed well during the period, making a solid contribution to revenue and profits. We have successfully diversified our revenue base, further reducing the Group’s dependence on particular products, market sectors or geographies whilst continuing to invest in the capabilities of our product portfolio and staff. Contract renewal rates remained high through the year and we ended 2014 with a record backlog of orders. Furthermore, in December 2014 SEND received final mandatory guidance from the FDA, setting the dates by which all regulatory submissions must comply with the standard; this is a key development in our market that should provide significant impetus for our products. We therefore look forward to the future with confidence and believe Instem will become an increasingly valuable player in the field of supporting drug development through the application of leading information technology solutions. Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all our staff, customers and partners for their ongoing support. D Gare Chairman As previously stated, our near term ambitions for the period were to consolidate our market position and fully integrate the recent acquisitions. I am pleased to report both of these ambitions were completed successfully during the year. From a market perspective, Instem continues to be the leading supplier of information solutions to the preclinical and early clinical market place. Furthermore, this market is experiencing a strong recovery as global pharmaceutical organisations invest significant financial and human resources to accelerate their own drug development and acquire third party candidates for high value and high growth markets. We believe that Instem continues to be well placed to benefit from increased focus on the tools and skills required to increase the capital efficiency of these global pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and their partners. During the year, we achieved strong organic growth through expansion contracts with existing customers, winning contracts with new customers and successfully integrating the acquisitions of Instem Clinical Holdings Limited and Perceptive Instruments Limited, which both contributed a full-year of trading, to record a period of strong revenue growth of 18%. From an organic growth point of view, we were particularly pleased to extend the contract with WIL Research for our Provantis and Submit solutions for their toxicology systems and processes worldwide. We also extended our Provantis contract with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (“NIEHS”), which is part of the US National Institute of Health. With regard to new clients, we won eight new contracts for our Submit suite during the period, expanded our international revenues across Asia-Pacific with two new contracts with the National Shanghai Centre for Drug Safety Evaluation and Research, a leading Chinese Contract Research Organisation (“CRO”) and a multi- year contract with a leading multi-national organisation to support its standards for the exchange of non-clinical data. Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 5 continued growth “We achieved strong organic growth through expansion contracts with existing customers, winning contracts with new customers and successfully integrating the acquisitions of Instem Clinical Holdings Limited and Perceptive Instruments Limited” t r o p e r 6 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 Strategic Report The year in review represents a period of significant progress for the Group in terms of expanding the product portfolio and diversifying the revenue base by product and territory. Instem continues to be a leading supplier to the world’s largest life science organisations and laboratories, delivering solutions to streamline R&D processes, resulting in increased client efficiency and shorter product development timelines. Following a subdued first half of the year, the global pharmaceutical industry in general, and the Contract Research Organisations that service it in particular, witnessed a strong recovery in the second half of the year. Total Group revenue for 2014 increased approximately 18% over the previous year as a combination of 11% organic growth and 7% contribution from the Perceptive Instruments acquisition, which only contributed one month of revenue in 2013. As a result of the improving market and our increasing industry presence, new business opportunities improved significantly in both size and quality during the year and we converted the majority of our new business using our SaaS or Hosted delivery models, helping reduce the medium-term cost of ownership for clients and the cost of client support for Instem. The SaaS model also improves revenue visibility and quality of earnings for the Group. SaaS revenue for the year increased 20%. Profitability of the Group also increased during the year, with Adjusted Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation increasing 5% despite significant investment in our products and people during the period. Operational Review To capitalise on our increased product portfolio and market presence we added to our Sales, Marketing and Implementation Services teams during the year and made significant progress in scaling up our Pune, India operation, from where we can flexibly and cost effectively provide a range of software development, testing, client support and back-office implementation services. To support our growth in India and elsewhere in the Asia-Pacific we extended our ISO9001:2008 accreditation to cover both our Pune and Shanghai offices. Product Portfolio With major version upgrades for all current Provantis and ALPHADAS clients, the increased deployment of our Submit suite and the general migration to our Software-as-a-Service and Hosted deployment models, we also invested further in the Company’s data centre infrastructure across both the US and China. Preclinical – Provantis® and Perceptive Instruments The Group’s preclinical software suite, Provantis, advanced its market leading position in the year with significant contracts with the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (“NIEHS”) and WIL Research, a leading CRO, in both the first and second half of the year. The addition of 100 additional Provantis users and two additional sites for NIEHS illustrated the compelling value proposition of the Group’s SaaS delivery model and confirms it remains the leading solution in the marketplace today. Importantly, this provides further confidence that this particular customer will generate revenue at the upper end of the forecast US$6.2m to US$7.6m range over the ten-year period envisaged when the contract was initially signed in 2013. The contracts signed with WIL Research were also representative of our leading position in the CRO sector. In particular, the contract signed in the second half of the year was worth US$7.0m over four years, which is significantly larger than the average contract size for the Group. Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 7 STRATEGIC REPORT Perceptive Instruments, acquired in November 2013 to enhance the Group’s study workflow and automation solutions, won over 30 new clients in the first full year post acquisition, recorded its first sale of its new Cyto Study Manager Solution, which was also launched in the year, and achieved its first sale into Japan of its AMES Study Manager product. Electronic Regulatory Submissions – submit™ Importantly, the Group extended its market leading position in the SEND market with its proprietary Submit solution suite. During the year, the Group hired experienced staff members from Roche, AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly to accelerate product development and penetration in this exciting space, resulting in the release of important updates and additional software modules in the Submit suite for managing and viewing SEND data sets. The Group won eight new Submit clients during the year, including some of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies and CROs and now has the majority of those enterprises instrumental in the development of the SEND protocol over the past 10 years, representing a significant endorsement of the Group’s solution. This important market is set to receive a significant boost following the issue of definitive guidance by the FDA in December 2014 as to the deadline when all regulatory submissions must be made using SEND. Early Clinical – ALPHADAS™ Following strong order intake in 2013, Instem Clinical focused considerable attention on a series of related updates to our ALPHADAS product suite and the corresponding client implementations. With a growing client list and many more parallel implementation projects, we took the opportunity to strengthen the implementation and support team. The Group implemented several important ALPHADAS projects during the year and continues to cycle clients onto the latest version of the product suite. New business across Europe was particularly strong for ALPHADAS, whilst several opportunities in North America were delayed as early phase clinical CROs continued to restructure and realign their resource requirements. Instem Scientific Instem Scientific has always had a blend of product sales for big data informatics and related consulting services in the information sciences. While recurring product support revenue from existing clients has been robust, the ongoing restructuring in big pharma has steadily reduced their internal capabilities in this area, reducing demand for additional product licences. However, consistent with their strategic move to an outsourcing model, there was growing client interest in our consulting expertise and particularly our capability to leverage our sophisticated technology suite. Consequently, we have repositioned our approach to address this emerging opportunity. We expect to see the benefits of this change in the coming years, as demand for consulting expertise is usually a lead indicator for increasing demand for other products and services across this market sector. Market Overview Citeline®, which claims to have the world’s most comprehensive source of real-time R&D intelligence for the pharmaceutical industry, recently reported that the global drug pipeline had increased by 8.8% in the past year, alongside a 27% increase in market launches of new active substances. Supported by high capital inflows, the biggest growth segment was small to mid-tier pharma, with a year-on-year increase of more than 10% in the number of companies with an active drug development portfolio. Following the strong growth recorded in 2013, the growth in 2014 represents the largest annual drug pipeline rise on record, in absolute terms, and there is further evidence that the global pharmaceutical market is now moving resources from late stage clinical development into early compound development work in order to refill the pipeline of preclinical candidates. These drug development activities require specialist services and technologies with a particular focus on IT solutions which enable organisations to improve cost efficiencies and ensure they are able to meet the ever increasing regulatory demands of the industry. The regulatory bodies’ preference for the electronic capture, storage and transfer of data for new drug submissions continues to grow and pharmaceutical organisations are seeking tools that can help them to identify suitable drug candidates from vast volumes of historic data, in addition to managing their compliance risk with the authorities. Preclinical Market A sustained recovery in study volumes is currently being reported by Preclinical CROs as pharmaceutical organisations are currently seeking to replenish early stage pipelines after five years focused predominately on late stage clinical candidates. This is supported by the recent Citeline® report, which shows the Preclinical drug pipeline increased by 10.5% in the last year, with CROs accounting for the majority of the increase. With increased preclinical study volume helping to create opportunities with the pharma sponsors, Preclinical CROs continue to report strong demand 8 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 STRATEGIC REPORT in North America, but a continuation in suppressed demand from Europe and Japan. Numerous CROs have been adding or looking to add additional capacity. Early Stage Clinical Market Total research and development pipelines within the pharma sector have increased by almost 9% to approximately 12,300 drug candidates during 2014, which makes us particularly positive about our outlook for the future as we can now see sustainable growth across our target markets. P J Reason Chief Executive The recent market study from Citeline® reported a 4.9% increase in the Early Stage Clinical pipeline, less than in 2013, and this supports anecdotal evidence that the Early Stage Clinical market is growing less consistently, with some CROs reporting marked increases in study volume and others still with capacity to spare. The early stage clinical market is immediately downstream of preclinical and there may therefore be a delay before the increased preclinical investment delivers an improved flow of drug candidates to the clinic. The restructuring of the early phase clinical CRO market, as experienced in recent years, is expected to continue with CRO performance quite variable. Nevertheless opportunities exist within the early stage clinical market for the deployment of Instem’s software solutions. These opportunities are resulting from an increasing recognition of the need to control data quality and integrity and because levels of automation within the early stage environment remain low. Government and Academic Research Funding for Government/Academic institutions undertaking later stages of life sciences research in North America, China and Europe continues to grow to cover gaps that are not sufficiently attractive to commercial enterprises. This enables them to invest in both study automation solutions and in innovative approaches to the process of R&D using novel scientific, informatics and big data approaches. Outlook In contrast to 2013, when the preclinical and early clinical market was generally reluctant to commit to any significant investment decisions, 2014 was a period when many of our customers revisited their near- term ambitions and began to evaluate their ongoing information management requirements. This resulted in a very strong second half performance. As we enter the current financial year, our order backlog is at record levels, underpinning our 2015 expectations. In addition, December’s decision by the FDA to mandate the future use of SEND was a key event for which Instem has been planning and we have already begun to see increasing interest and orders for the Group’s SEND compliant products across a range of customers. Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 9 outlook “As we enter the current financial year, our order backlog is at record levels. “ i w e v e r 10 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 Financial Review Instem’s revenue model consists of perpetual licence income with annual support contracts, professional services fees and SaaS subscriptions. Total revenue for the twelve months to 31 December 2014 increased 18% to £13.4m compared to the same period last year. From a territory perspective, demand for our products and services from customers in North America continued to increase whilst new business in Europe was more muted, reflecting the lower levels of pharmaceutical R&D activity in the region. During the period, organic revenue increased 11% with the remaining 7% revenue growth from a full-year contribution of the Perceptive Instruments acquisition. The organic revenue growth was driven primarily from the increased sales of our Submit suite with total revenue benefiting from a full year contribution from the Perceptive Instruments acquisition, which made negligible revenue contribution in 2013. Total recurring revenue, from support contracts and SaaS based subscriptions, increased 12% during the year to £9.2m, now representing 69% total revenue and 79% of total operating expenses of the Group. SaaS based revenue, which provides enhanced total returns and increased revenue visibility, increased 20% to £1.8m. Adjusted Earnings before Interest, Tax, Depreciation, Amortisation and share based payments, increased 5% to £1.9m. Development costs incurred during the period were £1.3m of which £0.3m was capitalised. The non-recurring costs included a charge of £0.06m relating to a trade dispute, net of insurance proceeds, and £0.07m of professional fees associated with the Perceptive Instruments acquisition in 2013. Profit before tax decreased by £0.5m to £0.2m due to increased amortisation of intangibles, increased FRS17 pension charge and net foreign exchange losses. In 2013 the acquired subsidiaries contributed £0.6m. After consolidation and IFRS adjustments, the core business before acquisitions reported a post-tax loss in 2013 of £0.05m due primarily to a delay in one particularly significant perpetual licence and non-recurring costs of £0.2m. The Group claimed and received research and development tax credits during the year of £0.1m (2013: £0.05m). Cash generated from operation activities was £0.5m (2013: £2.0m) impacted by the late WIL contract win in December 2014, the cash receipt from which is due in 2015, and late receipt of three annual fee renewals. The Group had cash reserves of £1.7m as at 31 December 2014, compared with £2.1m as at 31 December 2013, after making two deferred consideration cash payments for the Instem Clinical acquisition during the year amounting to £0.3m. In addition, cash consideration amounting to £0.3m was taken in the form of a Loan Note included within current financial liabilities at the year-end, which was paid in January 2015. There was an increase in the funding deficit on the Group’s defined benefit pension scheme during the period calculated in accordance with the provisions of IAS19 that amounted to £0.5m, net of deferred tax (2013: £0.6m), which has been recognised in Other Comprehensive Expense. This was a non-cash charge in the period and arose primarily as a result of forecast lower gilt yields, partially offset by higher expected returns on assets. As part of the scheme’s triennial actuarial valuation as at 5 April 2011, the Group agreed a schedule of payments to the scheme with the trustees and the Pensions Regulator that is designed to eliminate the funding deficit over an eight year period. The scheme’s actuarial valuation as at 5 April 2014 is currently in process and will be reported in the six month results to 30 June 2015. The defined benefit pension scheme has remained closed to new members since 2000 and to future accrual since 2008. Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 11 FINANCIAL REVIEW The increase in the merger reserve of £0.6m was due to the premium arising from the issue of shares as part of the deferred consideration payment relating to the Instem Clinical acquisition. In line with previous periods, and our current policy of retaining cash within the business to capitalise on the available growth opportunities, the Board has not recommended the payment of a dividend. Principal Risks and Uncertainties The directors consider that the global pharmaceutical market is likely to continue to provide growth opportunities for the business. The combination of the high level of annual support renewals and low levels of customer attrition provides revenue visibility to underpin the Group strategy on product and market development. The Group seeks to mitigate exposure to all forms of risk through a combination of regular performance review and a comprehensive insurance programme. The global nature of the market means that the Group is exposed to currency risk as a consequence of a significant proportion of its revenue being earned in US Dollars, some of which is mitigated by operating costs incurred by its US operation. The Group continually assesses the most appropriate approach to managing its currency exposure in line with the overall goal of achieving predictable earnings growth. N J Goldsmith Chief Financial Officer 12 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS David Gare Non-executive Chairman David was a founder member of the Company’s former parent, Instem Limited, and led the resulting businesses through most of their history. David successfully achieved a succession of strategic developments for Instem Limited, including its sale to Kratos Inc. in 1976, its MBO in 1983, its flotation on the USM in 1984, its flotation on the Official List in 1996, its public to private and demerger in 1998 and the buyout of Instem LSS Limited from Alchemy Partners in 2002. Throughout, David has concentrated on value creation through achievement of a strong market position. Phil Reason Chief Executive Officer Phil is an experienced chief executive who has developed a number of IT businesses in the life sciences and nuclear industries, both organically and through acquisition. Phil joined the former parent Company, Instem Limited, in 1982 and was appointed Managing Director of the Life Sciences division in 1995 and Chief Executive Officer of Instem LSS Limited on the demerger from Instem Limited. Given the importance of the North American market to Instem’s organic and acquisitive growth, Phil relocated from the UK to the US in 2003 and established a new headquarters in the Philadelphia area. Phil previously ran Instem Limited’s Nuclear and Laboratory Information Management Systems integration businesses. Nigel Goldsmith Chief Financial Officer Nigel, who joined Instem in November 2011, has a wealth of experience in senior financial roles, at both public and private companies within the pharmaceutical industry. After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, Nigel spent over nine years at KPMG prior to moving into industry. Nigel was Finance Director for three years at AIM listed, pharmaceutical and medical company, IS Pharma plc. He also spent a seven- year tenure as CFO at Almedica International Inc, a privately held supplier of clinical trial materials to the pharmaceutical and biotech industry in Europe and the US and two years as European Controller for the sales and marketing division of laboratory equipment manufacturer, Life Sciences International plc. Mike McGoun Non-executive Director Mike has a wealth of management experience within the IT industry. He spent 10 years at IBM prior to co-founding a successful ComputerLand franchise in 1984. In 1994, Mike moved to SkillsGroup plc as a main board director, with responsibility for corporate development and later as a non-executive director. Mike was founder and non-executive Chairman of Tikit Group plc prior to its disposal to BT plc in 2012. David Sherwin Non-executive Director David is a qualified Management Accountant and holds an MBA from Staffordshire University. He joined Instem Limited as a trainee accountant in 1973 and was appointed Chief Financial Officer in 1979. He has worked closely with David Gare on all of the subsequent transactions involving Instem Limited and Instem LSS Limited including participating in the management buyout of Instem Limited in 1983, the flotation on the USM in 1984, the flotation on the Official List in 1996 and the demerger of the business in 1998. Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 13 s t r o p e r 14 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT Given the size of the Group, the Board has decided to apply the Corporate Governance Code for Small and Mid-Size Quoted Companies as it seeks to maintain a strong governance ethos throughout the Group. The Board recognises its overall responsibility for the Group’s systems of internal control and for monitoring their effectiveness. The main features of the Group’s corporate governance procedures are as follows; a. b. c. d. the Board has one independent non-executive director who takes an active role in Board matters; the Group has an Audit Committee, a Remuneration Committee and a Nomination Committee, each of which consists of the non-executive directors, and meets regularly with executive directors in attendance by invitation. The Audit Committee has unrestricted access to the Group’s auditor and ensures that auditor independence has not been compromised; all business activity is organised within a defined structure with formal lines of responsibility and delegation of authority, including a schedule of “matters referred to the Board”; and regular monitoring of key performance indicators and financial results together with comparison of these against expectations. Attendance at Board and Committee Meetings Attendances of directors at Board and Committee meetings convened in the period, along with the number of meetings they were invited to attend, are set out below: Audit Committee The Audit Committee comprises M F McGoun (Chairman), D Gare and D M Sherwin, all of whom are non-executive directors of the Company. The Board is satisfied that the Audit Committee has all the recent and relevant financial experience required to fulfil the role. Appointments to the Audit Committee are made by the Board in consultation with the Nomination Committee and the chairman of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee meets at least twice a year and any other time as required by either the chairman of the Audit Committee, the Chief Financial Officer of the Group or the external auditors of the Group. In addition, the Audit Committee shall meet with the external auditor of the Group (without any of the executives attending) at any time during the year as it deems fit. c. The Audit Committee: a. monitors the financial reporting and internal financial control principles of the Group; b. maintains appropriate relationships with the external auditor including considering the appointment and remuneration of the external auditor and reviews and monitors the external auditor’s independence and objectivity and the effectiveness of the audit process; reviews all financial results of the Group and financial statements, including all announcements in respect thereof before submission of the relevant documents to the Board; reviews and discusses (where necessary) any issues and recommendations of the external auditor including reviewing the external auditor’s management letter and management’s response; considers all major findings of internal operational audit reviews and management’s response to ensure co-ordination between internal and external auditor; reviews the Board’s statement on internal reporting systems and keeps the effectiveness of such systems under review; and considers all other relevant findings and audit programmes of the Group. d. e. g. f. No. of meetings in the period / No. invited to attend Board meetings Audit Committee Remuneration Committee Nomination Committee Executive directors P J Reason N J Goldsmith Non-Executive directors D Gare D M Sherwin M F McGoun 8/8 8/8 8/8 8/8 8/8 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 2/2 3/3 0/0 4/4 4/4 4/4 0/0 0/0 1/1 1/1 1/1 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 15 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT Audit Committee (continued) The Audit Committee is authorised to: a. b. c. investigate any activity within its terms of reference; seek any information it requires from any employee of the Group; and obtain, at the Group’s expense, outside legal or other independent professional advice and to secure the attendance of such persons to meetings as it considers necessary and appropriate. Remuneration Committee The Remuneration Committee comprises M F McGoun (Chairman), D Gare and D M Sherwin, all of whom are non-executive directors of the Company. The members of the Remuneration Committee are appointed by the Board on recommendation from the Nomination Committee, in consultation with the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. The Chief Executive Officer of the Group is normally invited to meetings of the Remuneration Committee to discuss the performance of other executive directors but is not involved in any of the decisions. The Remuneration Committee invites any person it thinks appropriate to join the members of the Remuneration Committee at its meetings. The Remuneration Committee meets at least once a year and any other time as required by either the Chairman of the Remuneration Committee or the Chief Financial Officer of the Group. The Remuneration Committee: a. b. c. ensures that the executive directors are fairly rewarded for their individual contributions to the overall performance of the Group but also ensures that the Group avoids paying more than is necessary for this purpose; considers the remuneration packages of the executive directors and any recommendations made by the Chief Executive Officer for changes to their remuneration packages including in respect of bonuses (including associated performance criteria), other benefits, pension arrangements and other terms of their service contracts and any other matters relating to the remuneration of or terms of employment applicable to the executive directors that may be referred to the Remuneration Committee by the Board; oversees and reviews all aspects of the Group’s share option schemes including the selection of eligible directors and other employees and the terms of any options granted; e. d. demonstrates to the Group’s shareholders that the remuneration of the executive directors is set by an independent committee of the Board; and considers and makes recommendations to the Board about the public disclosure of information about the executive directors’ remuneration packages and structures in addition to those required by law or by the London Stock Exchange. The Chairman of the Remuneration Committee reports formally to the Board on its proceedings after each meeting on all matters within its duties and responsibilities. The Remuneration Committee produces an annual report which is included in the Group’s annual report and accounts. The Remuneration Committee is authorised to: a. b. c. investigate any activity within its terms of reference; seek any information it requires from any employee of the Group; assess the remuneration paid by other UK listed companies of a similar size in any comparable industry sector and to assess whether changes to the executive directors’ remuneration is appropriate for the purpose of making their remuneration competitive or otherwise comparable with the remuneration paid by such companies; and d. obtain, at the Group’s expense, outside legal or other independent professional advice, including independent remuneration consultants, when the Remuneration Committee reasonably believes it is necessary to do so and to secure the attendance of such persons to meetings as it considers necessary and appropriate. Nomination Committee The Nomination Committee comprises D Gare (Chairman), M F McGoun and D M Sherwin, all of whom are non-executive directors of the Company. Appointments to the Nomination Committee are made by the Board, in consultation with the Chairman of the Nomination Committee. The Nomination Committee may invite any person it thinks appropriate to join the members of the Nomination Committee at its meetings. The Nomination Committee: a. regularly reviews the structure, size and composition (including skills, knowledge and experience required) of the Board compared to its current position and makes recommendations to the Board with regard to any changes; 16 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT Nomination Committee (continued) b. gives full consideration to succession planning for directors and other senior executives in the course of its work, taking into account the challenges and opportunities facing the Group, and what skills and expertise are needed on the Board in the future; is responsible for identifying and nominating for the approval of the Board, candidates to fill Board vacancies as and when they arise; and c. d. evaluates the balance of skills, knowledge and experience on the Board before an appointment is made and, in light of this evaluation, prepares a description of the role and capabilities required for a particular appointment. The Chairman of the Nomination Committee reports formally to the Board on its proceedings after each meeting on all matters within its duties and responsibilities. The Nomination Committee also makes recommendations to the Board concerning: a. formulating plans for succession for both executive and non-executive directors and in particular the key roles of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer; b. membership of the Audit and Remuneration c. d. Committees, in consultation with the chairmen of those committees; the re-appointment of any non-executive director at the conclusion of their specified term of office having given due regard to their performance and ability to continue to contribute to the Board in the light of the knowledge, skills and experience required; the re-election by shareholders of any director under the “retirement by rotation” provisions in the Company’s articles of association having due regard to their performance and ability to continue to contribute to the Board in the light of the knowledge, skills and experience required; e. matters relating to the continuation in office of any director at any time including the suspension or termination of service of an executive director as an employee of the Group subject to the provisions of the law and his/her service contract; and the appointment of any director to executive or other office other than to the positions of Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, the recommendation for which would be considered at a meeting of the full Board. f. The Nomination Committee is authorised to: a. investigate any activity within its terms of reference; b. c. d. seek any information it requires from any employee; obtain outside legal or other independent professional advice at the Group’s expense when the Nomination Committee reasonably believes it is necessary to do so; and instruct external professional advisers to attend any meeting at the Group’s expense if the Nomination Committee considers this reasonably necessary and appropriate. Internal Controls The directors are responsible for establishing and maintaining the Group’s system of internal control and reviewing its effectiveness. The system of internal control is designed to manage rather than eliminate the risk of failure to achieve business objectives and can only provide reasonable but not absolute assurance against material misstatement or loss. The Board and senior executives meet to review both the risks facing the business and the controls established to minimise those risks and their effectiveness in operation on an ongoing basis. The aim of these reviews is to provide reasonable assurance that material risks and problems are identified and appropriate action taken at an early stage. Going Concern The directors have prepared and reviewed financial forecasts for the following two years. After due consideration of these forecasts and current cash resources, the directors consider that the Company and the Group have adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future (being a period of at least twelve months from the date of this report), and for this reason the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. On behalf of the Board N J Goldsmith Director and Company Secretary 21 April 2015 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 17 DIRECTORS’ REPORT DIRECTORS’ REPORT Directors The directors submit their report and the Group and Company financial statements of Instem plc for the year ended 31 December 2014. Instem plc is a public limited company, incorporated and domiciled in England, and quoted on AIM. Review of the Business In measuring the successful development of the business, the directors focus on two important performance indicators which strongly underwrite the future performance of the Group: 1. Total number of customers In 2014 the Group had in excess of 400 customers (2013: in excess of 400 customers) for continuing products. 2. Recurring revenue The Group generates a substantial proportion of revenue from fees in respect of annual support, hosting and routine upgrade services. The value of these recurring fees in 2014 was £9.2m (2013: £8.2m) A more detailed review of the development and performance of the Group’s business during the year and its position at the end of the year is set out in the Chairman’s Statement, the Strategic Report and Financial Review on pages 5 to 12. The following directors held office during the year: D Gare M F McGoun D M Sherwin P J Reason N J Goldsmith Details of the directors’ service contracts and their respective notice terms are detailed in the Remuneration Committee report on page 20. Directors and Their Interests The interests of the directors who held office at 31 December 2014 and up to the date of this report were as follows: 2014 2013 No. of Shares No. of Shares D Gare 2,278,427 2,278,427 D M Sherwin 1,580,066 1,580,066 P J Reason 665,287 665,287 M F McGoun 14,286 14,286 N J Goldsmith - - Future Developments Directors’ interests in share options are detailed in the Remuneration Committee report on page 20. The directors consider that the continued investment in product and market development will allow the business to grow organically in its core markets. Investment in business growth initiatives will also allow the business to move into new product and market areas. The combination of organic growth along with strategic acquisitions will support the expected growth as outlined in the Chairman’s Statement and the Strategic Report. Employee Involvement The general policy of the Group is to welcome employee involvement as far as it is reasonably practicable. Employees are kept informed of progress by regular company meetings and monthly management reports. Political Donations Research and Development Activities The Group continues its development programme of software for the global pharmaceutical market including the research and development of new products and enhancement to existing products. The directors consider the investment in research and development to be fundamental to the success of the business in the future. The Group made no political donations in 2014 or 2013. Financial Instruments The Group’s objectives and policies on financial instruments are set out in note 18 to the financial statements. Dividends The directors do not recommend the payment of a dividend. 18 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 DIRECTORS’ REPORT Indemnity of Officers and Directors Under the Company’s Articles of Association and subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, the Group may and has indemnified all directors and other officers against liability incurred in the execution or discharge of their duties or the exercise of their powers, including but not limited to any liability for the costs of any legal proceedings. The Group has purchased and maintains appropriate insurance cover against legal action brought against directors or officers. Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held on 19 May 2015 at the offices of Baker Tilly, Manchester. The resolutions to be proposed at the Annual General Meeting, together with explanatory notes, appear in a separate notice of Annual General Meeting which is sent to all shareholders. A proxy card for registered shareholders is distributed along with the notice. Statement as to Disclosure of Information to Auditor The directors who were in office on the date of approval of these financial statements have confirmed, as far as they are aware, that there is no relevant audit information of which the auditor is unaware. Each of the directors has confirmed that they have taken all the steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that it has been communicated to the auditor. Auditor Pursuant to s489 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution to appoint Baker Tilly UK Audit LLP as auditor will be put to the members at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting. On behalf of the Board P J Reason Director 21 April 2015 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 19 DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION REPORT DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION REPORT Performance Related Annual Bonus Instem plc is a company listed on AIM and it is not required to comply with Schedule 8 of the Large and Medium Sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 relating to directors’ remuneration reports or the Listing Rules. The disclosures contained within this report are, therefore, made on a voluntary basis and in keeping with the Board’s commitment to best practice. Remuneration Committee The Remuneration Committee (‘the Committee’) is composed entirely of non-executive directors. The Committee was formed upon the public listing of the Company on 13 October 2010. The Chairman of the Committee is M F McGoun. The terms of reference for the Committee are to determine the Company’s policy on executive remuneration and to consider and approve the remuneration packages for directors and key executives of the Company, subject to ratification by the Board. During the year, the Committee met on four occasions. Full details of the elements of each director’s remuneration are set out on page 21. Details of share- based payments are shown in note 6 to the financial statements. Executive directors are eligible for a performance related bonus based on Company performance, in particular, the achievement of profit and cash targets. The performance related annual bonus forms a significant part of the level of remuneration considered appropriate by the Committee. In addition to the formal bonus scheme, the Committee has the discretion to recommend the payment of ad hoc awards to reflect exceptional performance. No bonuses were paid or payable in respect of the year ended 31 December 2014 (2013: £nil). Pensions Company contributions are made to the executive directors’ personal pension schemes up to a maximum of 16.5% of basic salary. Benefits Benefits comprise car and fuel allowance and private healthcare and critical illness cover. No executive director receives additional remuneration or benefits in relation to being a director of the Board of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company. Policy on Executive Director Remuneration Service Contracts The Executive directors have contracts with notice periods between six and twelve months. The Board determines the Company’s policy on non-executive directors’ remuneration. D Gare, D M Sherwin and M F McGoun each have a contract that had an initial three year term commencing October 2010. These contracts were renewed in December 2013, each with a notice period of three months. Since October 2013 Mr McGoun has been remunerated through a service company, Noble Adamson Limited. The Company’s current and ongoing policy aims to ensure that executive directors are rewarded fairly for their individual contributions to the Company’s overall performance and is designed to attract, retain and motivate executives of the right calibre. The Committee is responsible for recommendations on all elements of executive remuneration including, in particular, basic salary, annual bonus, share options and any other incentive awards. In implementing the remuneration policy, the Committee has regard to factors specific to the Company, such as salary and other benefit arrangements within the Company and the achievement of the Company’s strategic objectives. The Committee determines the Company’s Policy on executive remuneration with reference to comparable companies of similar market capitalisation, location and business sector. Basic Salary The basic salaries of executive directors are reviewed annually having regard to individual performance and position within the Company and are intended to be competitive but fair using information provided from both internal and external sources. 20 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 DIRECTORS’ REMUNERATION REPORT The emoluments paid to directors in the year ended 31 December 2014 were as follows: Salary £000 Benefits £000 Pension £000 2014 Total £000 2013 Total £000 Executives P J Reason N J Goldsmith Non-executives D Gare D M Sherwin M F McGoun 144 100 44 24 24 Total 336 14 11 - - - 25 24 11 - - - 35 182 122 44 24 24 396 185 119 44 24 24 396 Directors’ and Employees’ Share Options Exercise price(£) Issue date Held at 31 Dec 2013 Granted During Year Exercised during Year Lapsed during Year Held at 31 Dec 2014 P J Reason Ordinary shares 1.750 13/10/2010 187,427 0.900 14/01/2013 23,429 N J Goldsmith Ordinary shares 2.215 29/11/2011 40,000 1.760 07/02/2012 20,000 0.900 14/01/2013 15,000 Employees Ordinary shares 1.750 13/10/2010 304,568 2.220 03/03/2011 101,351 2.220 17/10/2011 14,667 1.115 23/10/2012 40,000 0.900 14/01/2013 61,397 Total 807,839 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 187,427 23,429 40,000 20,000 15,000 304,568 (7,507) 93,844 - - - 14,667 40,000 61,397 (7,507) 800,332 Subsequent to the year end, on 11 February 2015 81,168 share options were granted to employees with an exercise price of £0.10 each. Approved by the Board and signed on its behalf by: M F McGoun Independent Non-Executive Chairman Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 21 DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The directors are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the Instem plc website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions. DIRECTORS’ RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE PREPARATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report and the Directors’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations. Company law requires the directors to prepare Group and Company financial statements for each financial year. The directors are required by the AIM Rules of the London Stock Exchange to prepare Group financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as adopted by the European Union (“EU”) and have elected under Company law to prepare the Company financial statements in accordance with IFRS as adopted by the EU. The financial statements are required by law and IFRS adopted by the EU to present fairly the financial position of the Group and the Company and the financial performance of the Group. The Companies Act 2006 provides in relation to such financial statements that references in the relevant part of that Act to financial statements giving a true and fair view are references to their achieving a fair presentation. Under Company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the Group and the Company and of the profit or loss of the Group for that period. In preparing the Group and Company financial statements, the directors are required to: a. select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; b. make judgements and accounting estimates that c. are reasonable and prudent; state whether they have been prepared in accordance with IFRSs adopted by the EU; d. prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Group and the Company will continue in business. The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the Group’s and the Company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the Group and the Company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Group and the Company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 22 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT to the members Of instem plc INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT TO THE MEMBERS OF INSTEM PLC We have audited the group and parent company financial statements (“the financial statements”) on pages 24 to 65. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as adopted by the European Union and, as regards the parent company financial statements, as applied in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act 2006. This report is made solely to the company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed. Respective responsibilities of directors and auditor As more fully explained in the Directors’ Responsibilities Statement set out on page 22, 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). Those standards require us to comply with the Auditing Practices Board’s (APB’s) Ethical Standards for Auditors. in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006. Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006 In our opinion 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. Matters on which we are required to report by exception We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion: • 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 parent company financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or certain disclosures of directors’ remuneration specified by law are not made; or we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit. • • • Graham Bond FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of BAKER TILLY UK AUDIT LLP, Statutory Auditor Chartered Accountants 3 Hardman Street Manchester M3 3HF Scope of the audit of the financial statements 23 April 2015 A description of the scope of an audit of financial statements is provided on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at http://www.frc.org.uk/ auditscopeukprivate Opinion on financial statements In our opinion: • the financial statements give a true and fair view of the state of the group’s and the parent’s affairs as at 31 December 2014 and of the group’s profit for the year then ended; the group financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union; the parent financial statements have been properly prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union and as applied in accordance with the Companies Act 2006; and the financial statements have been prepared • • • Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 23 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME for the year ended 31 December 2014 CONTINUING OPERATIONS Note 2014 £000 2013 £000 REVENUE 1 13,429 11,361 Operating expenses (11,699) (9,685) Amortisation of internally generated intangibles (297) (226) PROFIT FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE AMORTISATION OF ACQUIRED INTANGIBLES, SHARE BASED PAYMENT AND NON-RECURRING COSTS 1,433 1,450 Amortisation of intangibles arising on acquisition Share-based payment PROFIT BEFORE NON-RECURRING COSTS Non-recurring costs PROFIT FROM OPERATIONS Finance income Finance costs PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION Taxation PROFIT FOR THE YEAR 2 2 3 4 8 OTHER COMPREHENSIVE EXPENSE Items that will not be reclassified to profit and loss account Actuarial loss on retirement benefit obligations Deferred tax on actuarial loss Items that may be reclassified to profit and loss account Exchange differences on translating foreign operations OTHER COMPREHENSIVE EXPENSE FOR THE YEAR TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE EXPENSE FOR THE YEAR PROFIT ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE PARENT COMPANY TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE EXPENSE ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE PARENT COMPANY Earnings per share from continuing operations Basic Diluted 22 22 (640) (108) 685 (123) 562 9 (359) 212 (62) 150 (621) 124 (497) 34 (463) (313) 150 (313) 1.2p 1.2p (394) (96) 960 (200) 760 145 (207) 698 (169) 529 (587) 30 (557) (90) (647) (118) 529 (118) 4.5p 4.5p 24 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AT 31 DECEMBER 2014 Note £000 £000 £000 £000 2014 2013 ASSETS NON-CURRENT ASSETS Intangible assets Property, plant and equipment Deferred tax assets TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS CURRENT ASSETS Inventories Trade and other receivables Cash and cash equivalents TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS TOTAL ASSETS LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES Trade and other payables Current tax payable Financial liabilities TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES Financial liabilities Retirement benefit obligations TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES TOTAL LIABILITIES EQUITY Share capital Share premium Merger reserve Shares to be issued Translation reserve Retained deficit 9 11 19 12 13 14 15 16 17 17 20 21 23 23 23 23 23 12,439 263 574 506 4,432 1,676 8,175 231 1,903 281 3,881 1,221 7,892 (326) 378 228 (3,974) 12,887 265 388 13,276 13,540 5,268 18,808 8,493 5,342 13,835 6,614 19,890 10,309 4,162 14,471 307 2,908 2,053 7,236 7 1,250 1,836 3,506 1,176 7,892 (932) 270 194 (3,627) TOTAL EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE PARENT 5,419 4,973 TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 19,890 18,808 The financial statements on pages 24 to 65 were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 21 April 2015 and are signed on its behalf by: P J Reason Director N J Goldsmith Director Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 25 COMPANY STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AT 31 DECEMBER 2014 Note 2014 2013 ASSETS £000 £000 £000 £000 NON-CURRENT ASSETS Investments 10 23,132 23,024 TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS 23,132 23,024 CURRENT ASSETS Trade and other receivables Cash and cash equivalents TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS TOTAL ASSETS LIABILITIES CURRENT LIABILITIES Trade and other payables Current tax payable Financial liabilities TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 13 14 15 16 17 2,231 97 2,322 - 1,903 2,328 25,460 1,243 277 1,264 120 1,250 1,520 24,544 4,225 2,634 Financial liabilities 17 281 1,836 TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES TOTAL LIABILITIES EQUITY Share capital Share premium Merger reserve Shares to be issued Retained profit 21 23 23 23 23 1,221 7,892 11,308 378 155 281 4,506 1,836 4,470 1,176 7,892 10,702 270 34 TOTAL EQUITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO OWNERS OF THE PARENT TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 20,954 25,460 20,074 24,544 The financial statements on pages 24 to 65 were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 21 April 2015 and are signed on its behalf by: P J Reason Director N J Goldsmith Director 26 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS for the year ended 31 December 2014 2014 2013 Note £000 £000 £000 £000 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Profit before taxation Adjustments for: Depreciation Amortisation of intangibles Share-based payments and shares to be issued Retirement benefit obligations Net foreign exchange gains Finance income Finance costs CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE MOVEMENTS IN WORKING CAPITAL Movements in working capital: Increase in inventories (Increase)/Decrease in trade and other receivables Increase in trade and other payables CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATIONS Finance costs Income taxes NET CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Finance income received Purchase of intangible assets Purchase of property, plant and equipment Payment of deferred consideration Acquisition of subsidiaries Cash acquired with subsidiaries NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Loan notes repaid 212 127 937 108 (398) - (9) 359 (196) (1,436) 743 (65) 100 9 (369) (124) (302) - - - 698 96 620 96 (412) 84 (145) 207 1,336 1,244 644 1,888 65 1,953 (889) 447 35 482 (210) 823 31 (9) 74 61 (407) (171) - (2,710) 1,134 (786) (2,093) (250) NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS Cash and cash equivalents at start of year Effects of exchange rate changes on the balance of cash held in foreign currencies CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR 14 - (304) 2,053 (73) 1,676 (250) (390) 2,450 (7) 2,053 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 27 COMPANY STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS for the year ended 31 December 2014 Note £000 £000 £000 £000 2014 2013 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATIONS Profit before taxation Adjustments for: Finance income Finance cost CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE MOVEMENTS IN WORKING CAPITAL Movements in working capital: (Increase)/Decrease in trade and other receivables Increase in trade and other payables NET CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Finance income received Payment of deferred consideration Acquisition of subsidiaries NET CASH USED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Loan notes repaid NET CASH USED IN FINANCING ACTIVITIES NET DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS Cash and cash equivalents at start of year CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF YEAR 14 1 (6) 50 6 (302) - - 65 (3) 63 3 - (2,710) (250) 125 789 955 1,869 (2,707) (250) (1,088) 1,365 277 45 (988) 1,059 116 (296) - (180) 277 97 28 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY Called up share capital £000 Balance as at 1 January 2013 1,176 Share Premium Merger Reserve Shares to Translation be issued Reserve Retained Earnings £000 £000 Profit for the year Other comprehensive expense for the year Total comprehensive expense Share-based payment Balance as at 31 December 2013 Profit for the year Other comprehensive expense for the year Total comprehensive income Shares issued Share-based payment £000 7,892 £000 (932) - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,176 7,892 (932) - - - 45 - - - - - - - - - 606 - £000 174 - - - 96 270 - - - - 108 378 Total Equity £000 4,995 529 (647) (118) 96 (3,599) 529 (557) (28) - (3,627) 4,973 150 (497) (347) - - 150 (463) (313) 651 108 Balance as at 31 December 2014 1,221 7,892 (326) 228 (3,974) 5,419 COMPANY STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY Called up share capital £000 Balance as at 1 January 2013 1,176 Loss for the year Share-based payment - - Share Premium £000 7,892 - - Merger Reserve £000 10,702 - - Balance as at 31 December 2013 1,176 7,892 10,702 Profit for the year Shares issued Share-based payment - 45 - - - - - 606 - Balance as at 31 December 2014 1,221 7,892 11,308 284 - (90) (90) - 194 - 34 34 - - 174 - 96 270 - - 108 378 Shares to be issued Retained Earnings £000 £000 Total Equity £000 20,033 (55) 96 20,074 121 651 108 89 (55) - 34 121 - - 155 20,954 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 29 accounting policies GENERAL INFORMATION The principal activity of the Group is the provision of world class IT solutions to the early development healthcare market. Instem’s solutions for data collection, management and analysis are used by customers worldwide, to meet the needs of life science and healthcare organisations for data-driven decision making leading to safer, more effective products. Instem plc is a Company incorporated in England and Wales under the Companies Act 2006 and domiciled in England and Wales. The registered office is Diamond Way, Stone Business Park, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 0SD. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and IFRS Interpretation Committee (IFRIC) interpretations as adopted by the EU and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 applicable to companies reporting under IFRS. BASIS OF PREPARATION The Group’s accounting reference date is 31 December. The acquisition of the Instem LSS Group in 2010 did not qualify as a business combination under IFRS 3 ‘Business Combinations’ as Instem plc did not meet the definition of a business within that standard. As a consequence, the transaction was treated as a pooling of interests to reflect the substance of the transaction which was that of the continuation of the existing Instem LSS Group. The financial statements have been prepared on the historical cost basis. The Company has taken advantage of the audit exemption for three of its non-trading subsidiaries Instem Life Science Systems Limited, Instem Scientific Solutions Limited and Logos Technologies Limited, by virtue of s479A of Companies Act 2006. The Company has provided parent guarantees to these three subsidiaries. In accordance with Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 the company has elected not to present its own income statement. The profit for the year of the parent company is £121,000 (2013: loss of £55,000). The accounting policies set out below have, unless otherwise stated, been applied consistently to all years presented in these consolidated financial statements. BASIS OF CONSOLIDATION The consolidated financial statements incorporate those of the parent company, Instem plc, and its subsidiary undertakings made up to 31 December 2014 and 31 December 2013. Group up until the date that control ceases. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS Acquisitions of businesses are accounted for using the acquisition method. The consideration transferred in a business combination is measured at fair value, which is calculated as the sum of the acquisition date fair values of the assets transferred by the Group, liabilities incurred by the Group to the former owners of the acquiree and the equity interests issued by the Group in exchange for control of the acquiree. Acquisition related costs are recognised in profit or loss as incurred. At the acquisition date, the identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities assumed are recognised at their fair value, except that deferred tax assets or liabilities are recognised and measured in accordance with IAS 12 ‘Income taxes’. Contingent consideration is measured at its acquisition-date fair value and is included as part of the consideration transferred. Changes in the fair value of the contingent consideration that qualify as measurement period adjustments are adjusted retrospectively, with corresponding adjustments against goodwill. The subsequent accounting for changes in the fair value of the contingent consideration that do not qualify as measurement period adjustments depends on how the contingent consideration is classified. Contingent consideration that is classified as an asset or a liability is re-measured at subsequent reporting dates with the corresponding gain or loss being recognised in profit or loss. Contingent consideration is recognised initially at fair value and subsequently carried at amortised cost; the difference between the gross amount and the fair value is recognised in the income statement over the period in which the liability is settled using the effective interest method. GOING CONCERN Having made appropriate enquiries, the directors consider that the Group has adequate resources to enable it to continue in operation for the foreseeable future. The Group has a significant proportion of recurring revenue from a well-established global customer base, supported by a largely fixed cost base. A committed working capital facility is in place to support the Group’s working capital needs. The Group has net current liabilities of £3.7m at 31 December 2014, including deferred income of £6.8m (2013: £5.8m). The deferred income recurs each year on renewal of contracts, and in general the Group has either received the cash or has raised invoices for the services. As a result, this amount reverses during the financial year in the normal course of business. The Group has strong positive cash reserves, as well as the committed working capital facility of £2m referred to above which, at 31 December 2014, was drawn down by £0.4m. The Group has, therefore, sufficient liquid assets to cover its day-to-day needs, in addition to its strong trading cash flow generation. In preparing the consolidated financial statements, any intra- Group balances, unrealised gains and losses or income and expenses arising from intra-Group trading are eliminated. Where accounting policies used in individual financial statements of a subsidiary company differ from Group policies, adjustments are made to bring these policies in line with Group policies. Subsidiaries Subsidiaries are entities over which the Group has the power to govern the financial and operating policies so as to obtain economic benefits from their activities. Subsidiaries are consolidated from the date on which control is transferred to the The financial position of the Group, its cash flows and liquidity position are set out in the primary statements within these financial statements. Detailed projections have been made for the 12 months following the approval of the financial statements and sensitivity analysis undertaken. This work gives the directors confidence as to the future trading performance of the Group. Accordingly the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis for the preparation of the financial statements. REVENUE RECOGNITION The Group follows the principles of IAS 18 ‘Revenue Recognition’, in determining appropriate revenue recognition 30 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 exchange rate ruling at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies at the reporting date are translated at the foreign exchange rate ruling at that date. Foreign exchange differences arising on translation are recognised in profit or loss. Non-monetary assets and liabilities that are measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are translated using the exchange rate at the date of the transaction. Non-monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies that are stated at fair value are translated at foreign exchange rates ruling at the date the fair value was determined. The assets and liabilities of foreign operations, including goodwill and fair value adjustments arising on consolidation, are translated at foreign exchange rates ruling at the reporting date. The revenue and expenses of foreign operations are translated at an average rate for the year where this rate approximates to the foreign exchange rates ruling at the dates of the transactions, or otherwise at the exchange rate ruling at the date of each transaction. Exchange differences arising from the translation of foreign operations are taken directly to the translation reserve. They are released into profit or loss upon disposal of the foreign operation. The presentational currency adopted by the Group is Sterling (GBP). The functional currencies of the principal companies in the Group are as follows: Instem plc Sterling (GBP) Instem Life Science Systems Limited Sterling (GBP) Instem LSS Limited Sterling (GBP) Instem LSS (North America) Limited US Dollars (USD) Instem LSS Asia Limited Hong Kong Dollars (HKD) Instem Information Systems (Shanghai) Limited Renminbi (RMB) Instem Scientific Limited Sterling (GBP) Instem Scientific Solutions Limited Sterling (GBP) Instem Scientific Inc US Dollars (USD) Instem India Pvt Limited Indian Rupees (INR) Instem Clinical Holdings Limited Sterling (GBP) Instem Clinical Limited Sterling (GBP) Instem Clinical Inc US Dollars (USD) Logos Technologies Limited Sterling (GBP) Perceptive Instruments Limited Sterling (GBP) accounting policies principles. In general, revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the Group. Revenue comprises the value of software licence sales, SaaS subscription, installation, training, and maintenance and support services. Revenue is recognised when (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (ii) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered; (iii) the sales price is fixed and determinable and (iv) collectability is reasonably assured. For software arrangements with multiple elements revenue is recognised dependent on whether vendor-specific objective evidence (‘VSOE’) of fair value exists for each of the elements. VSOE is determined by reference to sales made to customers on a stand-alone basis. Where there is no VSOE revenue is recognised over the full term of each contract. Revenue from licence based products is recognised when the risks and rewards of ownership of the product are transferred to the customer i.e. when licence keys are delivered to the customer, the sales price is fixed and determinable and collectability is reasonably assured. Revenue from software maintenance, SaaS and other time based contracts are recognised over the invoiced contract period. Revenue from installation and training is recognised on a percentage completion basis on fixed price contracts or as services are provided in respect of time and materials contracts. The excess of amounts invoiced over revenue is included in accruals and deferred income. If the amount of revenue recognised exceeds the amounts invoiced the excess amount is included within amounts recoverable on contracts. PROFIT FROM OPERATIONS BEFORE AMORTISATION OF INTANGIBLES ARISING ON ACQUISITION, SHARE-BASED PAYMENT AND NON-RECURRING COSTS Profit from operations before amortisation of intangibles arising on acquisition, share based payment and non-recurring costs is profit arising from the Group’s normal trading activities stated before amortisation of intangibles arising on acquisition, share based payment charges, non-recurring costs, finance income, finance costs and taxation. Profit is adjusted in this way to provide a clearer measure of underlying operating performance. PROFIT FROM OPERATIONS Profit from operations is profit from the Group’s ordinary activities stated before finance income and costs, and income tax expense. SEGMENTAL REPORTING IFRS 8 ‘Operating Segments’ requires segmental information for the Group on the basis of information reported internally to the chief operating decision-maker for decision-making purposes. The Group considers that the role of chief operating decision- maker is performed by the Group’s Board of directors. Since the Group is primarily providing goods and services to the global life sciences market there is only one operating segment which is monitored by the business. FOREIGN CURRENCIES Transactions in foreign currencies are translated at the foreign Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 31 accounting policies The exchange rates used to translate the financial statements into Sterling (GBP) are as follows: US Dollar (USD) Hong Kong Dollar (HKD) Chinese Renminbi (RMB) Indian Rupee (INR) Average rate for year ended 31 December 2013 Closing rate at 31 December 2013 Average rate for year ended 31 December 2014 Closing rate at 31 December 2014 1.5707 1.6494 1.6470 1.5562 12.1832 12.7915 12.7733 12.0780 9.6579 10.0096 10.1437 9.6686 91.7069 102.1390 100.5207 99.0440 FINANCE INCOME Interest income is accrued on a time basis, by reference to the principal outstanding and at the effective interest rate applicable, which is the rate that exactly discounts estimated future cash receipts through the expected life of the financial asset to that asset’s net carrying amount. Finance income includes exchange gains on the translation of intra-group funding balances. FINANCE COSTS Net finance costs include interest payable, exchange losses on the translation of inter-company funding balances, unwinding discount from future deferred consideration payments, finance charges on finance leases and net interest on pension scheme liabilities. Interest payable is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income as it accrues, using the effective interest method. LEASING Where assets are financed by leasing agreements that give rights approximating to ownership (“finance leases”), the assets are treated as if they had been purchased outright. The amount capitalised is the fair value or, if lower, the present value of the minimum lease payments payable during the lease term. The corresponding leasing commitments are shown as finance lease obligations to the lessor. Lease payments are apportioned between finance charges and reduction of lease obligations so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance charges are charged to finance costs in the statement of comprehensive income. All other leases are “operating leases” and the annual rentals are charged to the statement of comprehensive income on a straight line basis over the lease term. SHARE-BASED PAYMENT TRANSACTIONS The Group has applied the requirements of IFRS 2 Share-based Payment. In accordance with the transitional provisions, IFRS 2 has been applied to all grants of equity instruments after 7 November 2002 that were unvested as of 1 January 2007. The Group issues equity-settled share-based payments to certain employees. Equity-settled share-based payments are measured at fair value at the date of grant by reference to the fair value of the equity instruments granted. The fair value determined at the grant date of 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 instruments that will eventually vest with a corresponding adjustment to equity. Fair values are measured by use of the Black-Scholes model and for options with a performance condition, Binomial or Monte Carlo models are used. The expected life used in the model has been adjusted, based on management’s best estimate, for the effect of non-transferability, exercise restrictions, and behavioural considerations. Non-vesting and market vesting conditions are taken into account when estimating the fair value of the option at grant date. Service and non-market vesting conditions are taken into account by adjusting the number of options expected to vest at each reporting date. Market vesting conditions are linked to the Group’s share price performance relative to the performance of the AIM All share index. Non-market vesting conditions are linked to trading performance and service over defined time periods. Cancelled or settled options are accounted for as an acceleration of vesting. The unrecognised grant date fair value is recognised in profit or loss in the year that the options are cancelled or settled. Where the terms of the options are modified and the modification increases the fair value or number of equity instruments granted, measured immediately before and after the modification, the incremental fair value is spread over the remaining vesting period. Options over the Company’s shares granted to employees of subsidiaries are recognised as a capital contribution by the Company to the subsidiaries. TAXATION Taxation expense includes the amount of current income tax payable and the charge for the year in respect of deferred taxation. The income tax payable is based on an estimation of the amount due on the taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit is different from profit before tax as reported in the statement of comprehensive income because it excludes items of income or expenditure which are not taxable or deductible in the year as a result of either the nature of the item or the fact that it is taxable or deductible in another year. The Group’s liability for current tax is calculated by using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date. Income tax credits for research and development activities are recognised on a cash basis or when their receipt is reasonably certain. Deferred tax is accounted for on the basis of temporary differences arising from the differences between the tax base and accounting base of assets and liabilities. Deferred tax is recognised for all taxable temporary differences, except to the extent where it arises from the initial recognition of an asset or liability in a transaction that is not a business 32 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 accounting policies combination. Deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that future taxable profits will be available against which temporary differences can be utilised. Deferred tax is charged or credited to the statement of comprehensive income, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case it is dealt with within equity. It is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the asset is realised or the liability is settled. INTANGIBLE ASSETS Intangible assets purchased separately from a business are capitalised at their cost. Intellectual Property, Customer Relationships and Patents The Group makes an assessment of the fair value of intangible assets arising on acquisitions. These include Intellectual Property, Customer Relationships and Patents. An intangible asset will be recognised as long as the asset is identifiable and its fair value can be measured reliably. An intangible asset is identifiable if it is separable or if it was obtained through contractual or legal rights. Amortisation is provided on the fair value of the asset and is calculated on a straight line basis over its useful life. The useful life for Intellectual Property, Customer Relationships and Patents is five years. Amortisation is recognised within the statement of comprehensive income. All intangible assets except Goodwill are amortised. Goodwill Goodwill on acquisitions, being the excess of the fair value of the cost of acquisition over the Group’s interest in the fair value of the identifiable assets and liabilities acquired, is capitalised and tested for impairment on an annual basis. Any impairment is recognised immediately in profit or loss and is not subsequently reversed. For the purpose of impairment testing goodwill is allocated to cash generating units of Instem plc, which represent the smallest identifiable group of assets that generates cash inflows that are largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets. Computer Software Computer software is carried at cost less accumulated amortisation and any impairment loss. Externally acquired computer software and software licences are capitalised and amortised on a straight line basis over their useful economic lives of 3 years. Costs relating to development of computer software for internal use are capitalised once the recognition criteria of IAS 38 “Intangible Assets” are met. When the software is available for its use, these costs are amortised over the estimated useful life of the software. Internally generated intangible assets Expenditure on research activities is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income as incurred. Expenditure arising from the Group’s development of software for sale to third parties is recognised only if all of the following conditions are met: • • • the Group has the intention to complete the asset and the ability and intention to use or sell it; the product or process is technically and commercially feasible; and sufficient resources are available to complete the development and to either sell or use the asset. Where these criteria have not been achieved, development expenditure is recognised in profit or loss in the period in which it is incurred. Internally-generated intangible assets are amortised, once the product is available for use, on a straight-line basis over their useful lives (five to eight years). PROPERTY, PLANT & EQUIPMENT Property, plant and equipment are stated in the statement of financial position at cost less accumulated depreciation and provision for impairments. Depreciation is provided on all assets so as to write off the cost less estimated residual value on a straight line basis as follows: Short leasehold property IT Hardware and Software - Over term of lease - 12½% - 33% per annum Depreciation is recognised within operating expenses. The expected useful lives and residual values of property, plant and equipment are reviewed on an annual basis and, if necessary, changes in useful lives are accounted for prospectively. The gain or loss arising on the disposal or retirement of an asset is determined as the difference between the sales proceeds and the carrying amount of the asset and is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income. IMPAIRMENT OF ASSETS EXCLUDING GOODWILL The carrying value of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets (excluding goodwill) is reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. At each reporting date the Group reviews the carrying value 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 in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss. Where the asset does not generate cash flows that are independent from other assets the Group estimates the recoverable amount of the cash generating unit to which the asset belongs. A cash generating unit is the smallest identifiable group of assets that generates cash inflows that are largely independent of the cash inflows from other assets or groups of assets. • • • an asset is created that can be identified; it is probable that the asset created will generate future economic benefits; the development cost of the asset can be measured reliably; Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset, for which Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 33 accounting policies the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted. income. If the recoverable amount of an asset is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised as an expense immediately. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the assets is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss immediately. INVENTORY Inventory is stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Inventory includes billable employee expenses. These are stated at the lower of amortised cost and net realisable value. Financial liabilities and equity Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the Group after deducting all of its liabilities. Bank borrowings and loan notes Interest-bearing loan notes and bank overdrafts are recorded initially at their fair value, net of direct transaction costs. Such instruments are subsequently carried at their amortised cost and finance charges are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income over the term of the instrument using an effective rate of interest. Finance charges are accounted for on an accruals basis to the statement of comprehensive income. Overdrafts are offset against cash and cash equivalents when the Group has a legal right of off-set. Provision is made where necessary for obsolete and slow moving inventory. Trade and other payables Trade and other payables are not interest bearing and are initially recognised at fair value and subsequently at amortised cost. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS Classification of financial instruments Financial instruments are classified as financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. Ordinary share capital For ordinary share capital, the par value is recognised in share capital and the premium in the share premium reserve. Recognition and valuation of financial assets Financial assets are initially recorded at their fair value net of transaction costs. At each reporting date, the Group reviews the carrying value of its financial assets to determine whether there is objective evidence of an indication of impairment. If any such indication exists the recoverable amount is estimated and any identified impairment loss is recognised in the statement of comprehensive income. Investments Investments in subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures are recorded at cost in the statement of financial position. They are tested for impairment when there is objective evidence of impairment. Any impairment losses are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income in the period they occur. Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash in hand and cash deposits which are readily convertible to a known amount of cash. For the purposes of the cash flow statement, cash and cash equivalents include bank overdrafts which are repayable on demand as these form an integral part of Group cash management. Trade receivables Trade receivables are classified as loans and receivables and are initially recognised at fair value. They are subsequently measured at their amortised cost using the effective interest method less any provision for impairment. A provision for impairment is made where there is objective evidence that amounts will not be recovered in accordance with original terms of the agreement. A provision for impairment is established when the carrying value of the receivable exceeds the present value of the future cash flows discounted using the original effective interest rate. The carrying value of the receivable is reduced through the use of an impairment provision account and any impairment loss is recognised in the statement of comprehensive Derivative financial instruments The Group’s activities expose it primarily to foreign currency risk. The Group uses forward contracts to hedge this exposure. The Group does not use derivative financial instruments for speculative purposes. The Group does not adopt the hedge accounting provisions and as such, these derivatives are classified as financial instruments held for trading in accordance with IAS 39. They are initially and subsequently measured at fair value with gains and losses recognised in the statement of comprehensive income. RETIREMENT BENEFITS Defined contribution schemes A defined contribution scheme is a pension plan under which the Group pays a fixed contribution to a scheme with an external provider. The amount charged to the statement of comprehensive income in respect of pension costs and other post-retirement benefits is the total of contributions payable in the year. Differences between contributions payable in the year and contributions actually paid are shown as either other payables or other receivables in the statement of financial position. The Group has no further payment obligations once the contributions have been paid. Defined benefit schemes A defined benefit scheme is a pension plan under which the Group pays contributions in order to fund a defined amount of pension that the employees under the scheme will receive on retirement. The cost of providing the benefits is determined using the projected unit credit method with actuarial valuations being carried out regularly. An asset or liability is recognised equal to the present value of the defined benefit obligation, adjusted for unrecognised past service costs and reduced by the fair value of plan assets. 34 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 accounting policies Actuarial gains and losses are recognised in the statement of other comprehensive income in the year in which they occur, whilst expected returns on plan assets, servicing costs and financing costs are recognised in the statement of comprehensive income. The rate used to discount the benefit obligations is based on market yields for high quality corporate bonds with terms and currencies consistent with those of the benefit obligations. IFRSs ADOPTED IN THE YEAR The following IFRSs, IASs and IFRICs have been adopted for the first time in the year. As expected their adoption has not had a material impact on these financial statements. IFRS 9 ‘Financial Instruments’ - effective 1 January 2014 IFRS 10 ‘Consolidated financial statements’ - effective 1 January 2014 Changes made to IAS19 that came into force for accounting periods on or after 1 January 2013 are as follows: IFRS 11 ‘Joint Arrangements’ - effective 1 January 2014 • The “finance cost” which was previously the difference between the interest on liabilities and expected return on assets is replaced by a “net interest cost”. This means that the expected return on assets is effectively based on the discount rate with no allowance made for any outperformance expected from the Scheme’s asset holding. • Actual administration expenses are required to be included in the Statement of Financial Position. PROVISIONS Provisions are recognised when the Group has a present obligation as a result of a past event which it is probable will result in an outflow of economic benefits that can be reliably estimated. IFRS 12 ‘Disclosure of interests in other entities’ - effective 1 January 2014 IFRS 14 ‘Regulatory deferral accounts’ - effective 1 January 2014 IAS 27 ‘Separate financial statements’ (Amended) - effective 1 January 2014 IAS 28 ‘Interests in Associates and Joint Ventures’ (Amended) - effective 1 January 2014 IAS 32 ‘Financial Instruments: Presentation’ - effective 1 January 2014 IAS 36 ‘Impairment of Assets’ - effective 1 January 2014 The time value of money is not expected to be material and therefore future outflows have not been discounted. IAS 39 ‘Financial Instruments: Recognition and measurement’ - effective 1 January 2014 IFRIC 21 ‘Levies’ - effective 1 January 2014 IFRIC 14 - IAS 19 The Limit on a Defined Benefit Asset, Minimum Funding Requirements and their Interaction was effective for accounting periods beginning after 1 January 2008. The directors have considered issues arising from this amendment to IAS 19 and feel that it is unlikely that the schedule of contributions agreed with the trustees of the LSS pension scheme will result in an IAS19 surplus in the scheme. ADOPTION OF IFRS The Group and Company financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IFRS, IAS and International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRICs) effective as at 31 December 2014. The Group and Company have not chosen to adopt any amendments or revised standards early. IFRSs ISSUED BUT NOT YET EFFECTIVE The following IFRSs, IASs and IFRICs have been issued, are not yet effective, and have not been adopted by the Group or the Company in these financial statements. The directors do not believe the adoption will have a material impact on the business. IAS 1 ‘Presentation of financial statements’ - effective 1 January 2016 IFRS10 ‘Consolidated financial statements’ - effective 1 January 2016 IFRS 12 ‘Disclosure of Interests in Other Entities’ - effective 1 January 2016 IAS 28 ‘Investments in associates’ - effective 1 January 2016 IFRS 15 ‘Revenue from contracts with customers’ - effective 1 January 2017 IFRS9 ‘Financial Instruments’ - effective 1 January 2018 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 35 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 1. Segmental Reporting For management purposes, the Group is currently organised into one operating segment – Global Life Sciences. Segment results, assets and liabilities include items directly attributable to a segment as well as those that can be allocated on a reasonable basis. REVENUE 2013 £000 2,282 6,307 1,543 1,175 54 2014 £000 2,734 6,984 1,822 1,763 126 13,429 11,361 REVENUE 2014 £000 2,141 2,699 7,583 1,006 2013 £000 2,496 1,991 5,871 1,003 13,429 11,361 NON-CURRENT ASSETS EXCLUDING DEFERRED TAXATION 2014 £000 12,664 16 22 12,702 2013 £000 13,120 14 18 13,152 INFORMATION BY PRODUCT TYPE Licence fees Annual support fees SaaS subscription fees Professional services Funded development initiatives INFORMATION BY GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION United Kingdom Rest of Europe USA and Canada Rest of World INFORMATION BY GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION United Kingdom USA and Canada Rest of World Major Customers No customer represents more than 10% of Group revenue (2013: nil). 36 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 2. Profit from Operations Profit from operations includes the following significant items: Depreciation and amounts written off property, plant and equipment: Charge for the year: Owned assets Amortisation of intangible assets Research and development costs Operating lease rentals: Plant and machinery Land and buildings Amounts payable to Baker Tilly UK Audit LLP and their associates in respect of both audit and non-audit services: Statutory audit of parent and consolidated financial information Audit services: Other services: Audit of subsidiaries where such services are provided by Baker Tilly UK Audit LLP or its associates Audit related assurance services Taxation services - Compliance Taxation services - Advisory Corporate finance services 2014 £000 127 937 1,026 4 252 16 43 21 15 31 - 2013 £000 96 620 1,379 4 376 15 38 15 11 8 25 126 112 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 37 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 2. Profit from Operations (continued) The following table analyses the nature of expenses: Staff costs (see note 5) Depreciation (see note 11) Operating lease rentals Software maintenance charges Licence costs 2014 £000 7,536 127 256 374 188 Total cost of sales, distribution costs, administrative expenses and other operating expenses 11,699 Other expenses 3,218 2013 £000 6,235 96 380 333 110 2,531 9,685 Non-Recurring Costs The non-recurring costs included a net charge of £0.06m relating to a trade dispute, net of insurance proceeds of £0.09m, and £0.07m of professional fees associated with the Perceptive Instruments acquisition in 2013. 38 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 3. Finance Income Bank interest Foreign exchange gains Bank loans and overdrafts Unwinding discount Net interest charge on pension scheme Foreign exchange losses 2014 £000 9 - 9 2014 £000 65 46 152 96 359 2013 £000 61 84 145 2013 £000 9 63 135 - 207 4. Finance Costs 5. Employees Average monthly number (including non-executive directors) By role: Directors, administration and supervision Software design, sales and customer service Employment costs: Wages and salaries Social security costs Other pension costs A charge of £0.1m (2013: £0.1m) arose in respect of share-based payment. 2014 Number 2013 Number 42 98 140 2014 £000 6,382 590 564 7,536 39 84 123 2013 £000 5,207 514 514 6,235 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 39 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 6. Share-Based Payment Equity-Settled Share Option Plan Under the approved and unapproved option schemes, the Remuneration Committee can grant options to employees of the Group. Options are granted with a fixed exercise price at the date of grant. The contractual life is generally ten years from the date of grant. Options generally become exercisable after three years. Certain options issued to directors and senior employees carry market based performance conditions. Outstanding at the beginning of the year Number 807,839 Granted - Lapsed (7,507) Outstanding at end of the year Exercisable at 31 December 800,332 640,507 2014 2013 Weighted average exercise price (£) 1.71 - 2.22 1.71 1.86 Number 708,013 99,826 - 807,839 491,996 Weighted average exercise price (£) 1.82 0.90 - 1.71 1.75 The options outstanding at 31 December 2014 and 31 December 2013 had exercise prices of £0.900, £1.115, £1.750, £1.760, £2.215 and £2.220 and a weighted average remaining contractual life of 6 years 4 months (2013: 7 years 4 months). New options are valued using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model and for performance conditions, the Binomial or Monte Carlo models. The fair market value of option awards granted during the year has been estimated using the following key assumptions – note there were no options granted during 2014: Average exercise price Average market price Average vesting period (years) Expected volatility Option life (years) Expected life Risk free rate Expected dividend yield Expected lapse rate Fair value of options 2014 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2013 £0.90 £1.35 3 17.7% 10 6 1.14% 0% 0% £0.25 Expected volatility was determined by calculating the historical volatility of a comparable business, prior to the period when the Company’s shares were listed on the AIM market. Volatility since listing has been calculated using the daily mid-market share price. The expected life used in the model has been adjusted, based upon the management’s best estimate for the effects of non-transferability, exercise restrictions, and behavioural considerations. Options over 556,599 shares (2013: 564,106 shares) incorporate a market performance condition based on the Company’s share price. The fair value of options granted in the year is £nil (2013: £0.02m). Subsequent to the year end, on 11 February 2015 81,168 share options were granted to employees with an exercise price of £0.10 each. 40 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 7. Directors’ Emoluments Amounts payable by Instem plc: Emoluments Amounts payable by subsidiary companies: Emoluments Money purchase pension contributions Total emoluments 2014 £000 92 269 35 396 2013 £000 92 267 37 396 2014 Number 2013 Number Number of directors to whom retirement benefits are accruing under: Defined contribution schemes 2 2 The highest paid director is shown in the Directors’ Remuneration Report. Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 41 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 8. Taxation Income taxes recognised in profit or loss Current tax: UK corporation tax on profits of the year Foreign tax Foreign tax in respect of previous years Adjustments in respect of previous years Adjustments in respect of R&D tax credit Total current tax Deferred tax: Current year charge Adjustments in respect of previous years Retirement benefit obligation Total deferred tax Total income tax expense recognised in the current year The income tax expense can be reconciled to the accounting profit as follows: Profit before tax Profit before tax multiplied by standard rate of corporation tax in the UK 21.5% (2013: 23.25%) Effects of: Expenses not deductible for tax purposes Fixed asset timing differences Differences in overseas tax rates Adjustments in respect of prior years Tax losses utilised in respect of subsidiaries Tax losses utilised/carried forward Total income tax expense recognised in profit or loss 2014 £000 - 272 239 (171) (92) 248 (30) (103) (53) (186) 62 2014 £000 212 46 33 (9) 109 (35) - (82) 62 2013 £000 42 147 (227) 121 - 83 11 11 64 86 169 2013 £000 698 162 50 1 63 (95) (15) 3 169 42 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 9. Intangible Assets Goodwill Software property Relationships Patents Group £000 £000 £000 £000 £000 Intellectual Customer Cost At 1 January 2013 6,356 1,486 Additions from continuing operations Additions from acquisitions in the period - 3,031 407 - At 31 December 2013 9,387 1,893 Additions from continuing operations Additions from acquisitions in prior period - 120 369 - 819 - 1,403 2,222 - - At 31 December 2014 9,507 2,262 2,222 Amounts written off At 1 January 2013 Amortisation expense At 31 December 2013 Amortisation expense At 31 December 2014 Net book value - - - - - 546 226 772 297 301 303 604 445 1,069 1,049 At 31 December 2013 9,387 At 31 December 2014 9,507 1,121 1,193 1,618 1,173 325 - 632 957 - - 957 119 87 206 191 397 751 560 21 - - 21 - - 21 7 4 11 4 15 10 6 Total £000 9,007 407 5,066 14,480 369 120 14,969 973 620 1,593 937 2,530 12,887 12,439 The gross carrying amount and accumulated amortisation within Software includes internally generated and externally acquired elements. The cost of internally generated software amounts to £2.3m (2013: £1.9m) with accumulated amortisation of £1.1m (2013: £0.8m). Software additions for the year include £312,000 relating to internal development (2013: £316,000). The additions from acquisitions in prior period of £120,000 arose from deferred income in Perceptive Instruments Limited not previously recognised on initial acquisition. Impairment of goodwill Goodwill amounting to £5.858m (2013: £5.858m) relates to a cash generating unit (CGU), being the Instem business acquired on the management buyout of Instem LSS Limited on 27 March 2002. Goodwill amounting to £0.498m (2013: £0.498m), relates to a CGU, being the BioWisdom Limited (now Instem Scientific Limited) business acquired on 3 March 2011. Goodwill amounting to £2.482m (2013: £2.482m), relates to a CGU, being the Logos Holdings Limited (now Instem Clinical Holding Limited) business acquired on 10 May 2013. Goodwill amounting to £0.669m (2013: £0.549m) relates to a CGU, being the Perceptive Instruments Limited business acquired on 21 November 2013. During the period, goodwill was tested for impairment in accordance with IAS 36 “Impairment of Assets”. The recoverable amount of the CGU exceeded the carrying amounts of goodwill. The recoverable amount for each of the CGU has been measured using a value- in-use calculation and as such no impairment was deemed necessary. The key assumptions used, which are based on management’s past experience, for the value-in-use calculations are those regarding the discount rates, growth rates and direct costs during the period. The value–in-use calculations are based on the future cash flows from approved forecasts for two years which have been extrapolated to cover a period of five years, and then a terminal value calculated using the Gordon Growth Model, to take account of the software development cycle and the high percentage of recurring revenues from the customer base. At 31 December 2014 a pre-tax discount rate of 11.1% (2013: 13.0%) was used in the value-in-use calculation based on the Group’s cost of capital. Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 43 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 9. Intangible Assets (continued) Projected cash flows were based on detailed profit and cashflow projections through to 2015 with a 2.5% assumption of growth beyond 2015. The projections were based on reasonable assumptions in respect of business growth rates, payroll and other cost increases and related cashflow impacts. No indication of impairment was found when assumptions of growth of 2.5% beyond 2015 were used. The recoverable amount of the Instem CGU exceeds the carrying amount of this CGU by 168%, for the Instem Scientific CGU by 580%, for Instem Clinical CGU by 117% and, Perceptive Instruments CGU by 152%. The directors consider the discount rate and revenues to be the most sensitive assumptions used in the impairment reviews. An increase in the discount rate of 36%, or a reduction in certain revenues of in excess of 5%, would result in the recoverable amount of the Instem CGU being equal to its carrying amount. An increase of 68% in the Instem Scientific discount rate, or a reduction in revenues of 20% would result in the recoverable amount of the CGU being equal to its carrying amount. An increase of 36% in the Instem Clinical discount rate, or a reduction in revenues of 16% would result in the recoverable amount of the CGU being equal to its carrying amount. An increase of 28% in the Perceptive Instruments discount rate, or a reduction in revenues of 25% would result in the recoverable amount of the CGU being equal to its carrying amount. Amortisation expenses are disclosed in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income. 10. Investments Company Cost at beginning of year Additions At end of year £000 23,024 108 23,132 The company has four wholly-owned subsidiaries and ten wholly-owned sub-subsidiaries, details of which are as follows: Company Activity Ownership Instem Life Science Systems Limited (company number 04339129) Holding Company 100% by Instem plc England and Wales Instem LSS Limited (company number 03548215) England and Wales Instem LSS (North America) Limited Software development, sales, sales support and administrative support (company number 02126697) Sales, sales support and administrative support England and Wales Instem LSS (Asia) Limited (company number 1371107) Hong Kong Holding Company Instem Information Systems (Shanghai) Limited (company number 310115400257075) Sales, sales support and service 100% by Instem Life Science Systems Limited 100% by Instem LSS Limited 100% by Instem LSS Limited 100% by Instem LSS (Asia) Limited Leading provider of software solutions for extracting intelligence from R&D related 100% by Instem plc healthcare data Dormant Leading provider of software solutions for extracting intelligence from R&D related healthcare data 100% by Instem Scientific Limited 100% by Instem Scientific Limited Shanghai, PRC Instem Scientific Limited (company number 03861669) England and Wales Instem Scientific Solutions Limited (company number 03598020) England and Wales Instem Scientific Inc. USA 44 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 10. Investments (continued) Company Activity Instem India Pvt Limited (company number U73100MH2012FTC231951) Software development India Instem Clinical Holdings Limited (company number 05840032) England and Wales Instem Clinical Limited (company number 06959053) England and Wales Instem Clinical Inc. USA Logos Technologies Limited (company number 05836842) England and Wales Perceptive Instruments Limited (company number 02498351) England and Wales Ownership 99.9% by Instem LSS Limited 0.1% by Instem LSS (NA) Limited 100% by Instem plc Holding of intellectual property rights and investment in group companies Provision of electronic data capture and clinical 100% by Instem management solutions to the pharmaceutical Clinical Holdings industry Limited Provision of electronic data capture and clinical 100% by Instem management solutions to the pharmaceutical Clinical Holdings industry Dormant Limited 100% by Instem Clinical Holdings Limited Development, manufacture and supply of software and hardware products for in vitro study data collection and study management 100% by Instem plc in the genetic toxicology, microbiology and immunology markets Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 45 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 11. Property, Plant and Equipment Short leasehold IT Hardware & property £000 Software £000 Group Cost At 1 January 2013 14 Additions Disposals Acquisitions through business combinations Exchange adjustment At 31 December 2013 Additions Exchange adjustment At 31 December 2014 Depreciation At 1 January 2013 Reclassification Depreciation expense Disposal Exchange adjustment At 31 December 2013 Depreciation expense Exchange adjustment At 31 December 2014 Net book value At 31 December 2013 At 31 December 2014 - - - - 14 60 - 74 (8) 12 4 - - 8 17 1 26 6 48 1,650 171 (1) 5 (4) 1,821 64 4 1,889 1,485 (12) 92 (1) (2) 1,562 110 2 1,674 259 215 Total £000 1,664 171 (1) 5 (4) 1,835 124 4 1,963 1,477 - 96 (1) (2) 1,570 127 3 1,700 265 263 46 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 12. Inventories Group Raw materials Work in progress Total gross inventories 13. Trade and Other Receivables Group Trade receivables Amounts recoverable on contracts Prepayments and accrued income Company Amounts owed by group companies Other receivables 2014 £000 21 485 506 2014 £000 506 2014 £000 2,705 1,257 470 4,432 2,214 17 2,231 2013 £000 17 290 307 2013 £000 307 2013 £000 1,990 425 493 2,908 1,225 18 1,243 A provision for impairment is made where there is objective evidence of impairment which is usually indicated by a delay in the expected cash flows or non-payment from customers. An analysis of the provision for impairment of receivables is as follows: Group At beginning of year Charge/(credit) for the year At end of year 2014 £000 - 23 23 2013 £000 4 (4) - The average credit period taken on sale is 38 days (2013: 31 days). No interest is charged on overdue receivables. Before accepting any new significant customer, the Group obtains relevant credit references to assess the potential customer’s credit quality. Credit limits are defined by customer. The directors consider that the carrying amount of trade and other receivables approximates to their fair value. Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 47 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 13. Trade and Other Receivables (continued) The age profile of the net trade receivables for the Group at the year-end was as follows: Group 2013 Current 0-30 days 31-60 days Over 60 days Total Debt age Trade receivables/Amounts recoverable on contracts Value (£000) % 1,619 67 488 20 94 4 214 9 2,415 100 Group 2014 Current 0-30 days 31-60 days Over 60 days Total Debt age Trade receivables/Amounts recoverable on contracts Value (£000) % 3,359 85 470 12 45 1 88 2 3,962 100 The maximum exposure to credit risk at the reporting date is the carrying value of each class of receivables mentioned above. The Group does not hold any collateral as security. An analysis of trade and other receivables by currency is as follows: Group Sterling Euro US Dollar Renminbi Other 2014 £000 1,713 341 2,162 202 14 4,432 2013 £000 1,083 67 1,598 156 4 2,908 48 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 14. Cash and Cash Equivalents Group Cash at bank Bank overdraft Company Cash at bank 2014 £000 10,674 (8,998) 1,676 97 2013 £000 11,051 (8,998) 2,053 277 The Group’s committed overdraft facility has a net limit of £2,000,000 and a gross limit of £9,000,000. Interest is charged on the bank overdraft at 2.75% above base rate. The bank overdraft is secured by fixed and floating charges over certain of the Group’s assets. The bank facility is reviewed in April each year. There is a debenture in favour of National Westminster Bank Plc, dated 13 April 2011, secured over the assets of the group by way of fixed and floating charges, in respect of the Group’s overdraft facility. An analysis of cash and cash equivalents by currency is as follows: Group Sterling Euro US Dollar Renminbi Other Company Sterling The carrying amount of these assets approximates to their fair value. 15. Trade and Other Payables Group - Current Trade payables Other taxation and social security costs Accruals Deferred income Company - Current Trade payables Amounts owed to group companies Accruals 2014 £000 (367) 153 1,035 842 13 1,676 97 2014 £000 416 203 745 6,811 8,175 16 2,270 36 2,322 2013 £000 601 82 733 619 18 2,053 277 2013 £000 525 192 743 5,776 7,236 80 1,080 104 1,264 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 49 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 15. Trade and Other Payables (continued) An analysis of trade and other payables by currency is as follows: Group Sterling US Dollar Renminbi Other Company Sterling 2014 £000 3,762 4,099 314 - 8,175 2,322 2013 £000 3,500 3,531 202 3 7,236 1,264 The directors consider that the carrying amount of trade and other payables approximates to fair value due to their short maturities. 16. Current Taxation The Group current tax payable of £231,000 (2013: £7,000) represents the amount of income taxes payable in respect of current and prior years. The Company current tax payable of £nil (2013: £120,000) represents the amount of income taxes payable in respect of current and prior years. 17. Financial Liabilities Group and Company 2013 Total £000 Less than One to More than one year two years two years £000 £000 £000 Deferred consideration 3,086 1,250 980 856 2014 Total £000 Deferred consideration 1,881 Loan note 303 2,184 Less than One to More than one year two years two years £000 1,600 303 1,903 £000 £000 281 - 281 - - - Deferred Consideration The deferred consideration relates to the acquisitions of Instem Clinical Holdings Limited and Perceptive Instruments Limited. The directors believe that the carrying value of the deferred consideration for Perceptive Instruments approximates to the fair value and that the carrying value of the deferred consideration for Instem Clinical Holdings Limited has been discounted by an appropriate rate to take account of the time to maturity. The range of the possible amount of deferred consideration payable is between nil and £3.5m with the amount provided as £1,881,000 as shown above. 50 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 17. Financial Liabilities (continued) Loan Note A Loan Note amounting to £298,000 was issued during the year as part of the deferred consideration payable. The 6-month Note accrued interest at 4% and the total due of £303,000, including interest, was paid in full in January 2015. 18. Financial Instruments All financial instruments held by the Group, as detailed in this note, are classified as “Loans and Receivables” (trade and other receivables, excluding prepayments, and cash and cash equivalents), “Financial Liabilities Measured at Amortised Cost” (trade and other payables, excluding statutory liabilities, and financial liabilities) and “Fair value through profit and loss” (other financial liabilities which reflect derivative contracts) under IAS 39 ‘Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement’. FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT The Group’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks including market risk, credit risk and liquidity risk. Market risk includes interest rate risk, foreign exchange rate risk and price risk. The main financial risks managed by the Group, under policies approved by the Board, are interest rate risk, foreign currency risk, liquidity risk and credit risk. The Group has in place risk management policies that seek to limit the adverse effects on the financial performance of the Group by using various instruments and techniques. Derivative financial instruments are only used to hedge exposures arising in respect of underlying business requirements and not for any speculative purpose. Foreign exchange risk The Group operates internationally and is exposed to foreign currency risk on transactions denominated in a currency other than the functional currency and on the translation of the statement of financial position and statement of comprehensive income of foreign operations into sterling. The currencies giving rise to this risk are primarily US dollars. The Group has both cash inflows and outflows in this currency that create a natural hedge. In managing currency risks the Group aims to reduce the impact of short-term fluctuations on the Group’s cash inflows and outflows in a foreign currency. The Group also hedges any material foreign currency transaction exposure. During the year the Group entered into a US dollar hedging arrangement with a fixed forward contract which expired prior to the reporting date. Over the longer term, changes in foreign exchange could have an impact on consolidation of foreign subsidiaries earnings. The assumption in 2014 was based on a forecast that the US dollar to sterling rate would be 1.60. A 10% decrease in the value of Sterling against the US dollar would result in an increase in the Group’s profit before tax by approximately £0.1m. Interest rate risk The Group operates an interest rate policy designed to minimise interest costs and reduce volatility in reported earnings. The Group’s bank facility does not allow the US Dollar cash balances to generate interest therefore the Group transfers funds from the US dollar account into the sterling account. Currency swaps have been utilised to maximise the interest gains whilst minimising foreign exchange risks. As at 31 December 2014 indications are that the UK bank base interest rate will not materially differ from 0.5% over the next 12 months. On the basis of the floating net cash position at 31 December 2014 and assuming no other changes occur (such as changes in currency exchange rates) and that no further interest rate management action is taken, the stable interest rates will not have an impact on net interest income/(expense). Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 51 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 18. Financial Instruments (continued) 2013 Group Trade and other receivables Cash and cash equivalents Trade and other payables Deferred consideration 2014 Group Trade and other receivables Cash and cash equivalents Trade and other payables Deferred consideration Loan note 2013 Company Trade and other receivables Cash and cash equivalents Trade and other payables Deferred consideration Fixed rate £000 - - - - - Fixed rate £000 - - - - (303) (303) Fixed rate £000 - - - - - Floating Non-interest rate £000 - 2,053 - - 2,053 bearing £000 2,415 - (1,268) (3,086) (1,939) Floating Non-interest rate £000 - 1,676 - - - 1,676 bearing £000 3,962 - (1,161) (1,881) - 920 Floating Non-interest rate £000 - 277 - - 277 bearing £000 1,243 - (1,264) (3,086) (3,107) Total £000 2,415 2,053 (1,268) (3,086) 114 Total £000 3,962 1,676 (1,161) (1,881) (303) (2,293) Total £000 1,243 277 (1,264) (3,086) (2,830) 52 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 18. Financial Instruments (continued) 2014 Company Trade and other receivables Cash and cash equivalents Trade and other payables Deferred consideration Loan note Fixed rate £000 - - - - (303) (303) Floating Non-interest rate £000 bearing £000 - 97 - - - 97 2,231 - (2,322) (1,881) - (1,972) Total £000 2,231 97 (2,322) (1,881) (303) (2,178) Credit risk Management aims to minimise the risk of credit losses. The Group’s financial assets are bank balances and cash and trade and other receivables, which represent the Group’s maximum exposure to credit risk in relation to financial assets. The Group’s credit risk is primarily attributable to its trade receivables and the Group has policies in place to ensure that sales of products and services are made to customers with appropriate creditworthiness. The amounts presented in the statement of financial position are net of impairment provisions, estimated by the Group’s management based on prior experience and their assessment of the present value of estimated future cash flows. An allowance for impairment is made where there is an identified loss event which, based on previous experience, is evidence of a reduction in the recoverability of the cash flows. The Group generates external revenue from no customers which individually amount to more than 10% of the Group revenue (2013: nil). The Group’s exposure to losses from defaults on trade receivables is reduced due to contractual terms which require installation, training, annual licensing and support fees to be invoiced and paid annually in advance. Note 13 sets out the impairment provision for credit losses on trade receivables and the ageing analysis of overdue trade receivables. There were no impairment losses recognised on other financial assets. Liquidity risk Liquidity risk is the risk that the Group will not be able to meet its financial commitments as they fall due. The Group’s objective is to ensure that adequate facilities are available through use of bank overdrafts and finance leases. The Group manages liquidity risk through regular cash flow forecasting and monitoring of cash flows, management review and regular review of working capital and costs. The Group regularly monitors its available headroom under its borrowing facilities. At 31 December 2014, its £2.0m committed bank facility was drawn down by £0.4m, with £1.6m available (2013: £2.0m available). In respect of the Group’s interest-bearing financial liabilities, the table in note 18 includes details at the reporting date of the periods in which they mature. Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 53 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 19. Deferred Tax Group Deferred tax assets Amounts due to be recovered within 12 months Amounts due to be recovered after 12 months Total deferred tax 2014 £000 - 574 574 The movement in the period in the Group’s net deferred tax position was as follows: 2014 2013 £000 124 (124) - At beginning of the year Charge to income for the year Actuarial losses Tax losses Accelerated tax depreciation Net credit/(charge) to equity Adjustments in respect of prior years At end of the year £000 388 83 - 103 574 £000 30 158 (446) 2013 £000 - 388 388 £000 732 (75) (258) (11) 388 The movements on deferred taxation for the year ended 31 December 2013 includes balances which arose from acquisitions made in that period. The following are the major deferred tax assets and liabilities recognised by the Group and the movements thereon during the year: Accelerated tax Retirement benefit Other timing depreciation Tax losses obligations differences Deferred tax asset/(liability) At 1 January 2013 Credit/(charge) to profit or loss for the year (Charge)/credit to equity for the year Adjustments in respect of prior years At 31 December 2013 Credit/(charge) to profit or loss for the year (Charge)/credit to equity for the year Adjustments in respect of prior years £000 (358) 127 (446) (9) (686) 58 - (73) At 31 December 2014 (701) £000 345 (143) 158 - 360 76 (124) 172 484 £000 £000 735 (64) 30 - 701 (53) 124 4 776 10 5 - (2) 13 2 - - 15 Total £000 732 (75) (258) (11) 388 83 - 103 574 Management have recognised deferred tax assets in relation to tax losses based on forecast profitability of the Group companies concerned. Unrecognised tax losses not included at 31 December 2014 were £4,808,000 (2013: £4,883,000) due to uncertainty over the timing of the recoverability of these losses. 54 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 20. Retirement Benefit Obligations The Group has four active defined contribution schemes and a closed defined benefit scheme: Defined contribution pension schemes Group Personal Pension Plan - the scheme was created on 31 December 2008. The Scheme is a contributory money purchase scheme with the employer matching employee contributions to a maximum of 5%. The employer also contributes to the Scheme for former members of Instem LSS Pension Scheme at rates varying from 5% to 18%. Employer contributions for the year ended 31 December 2014 were £0.47m (2013: £0.40m). Contracted In Money Purchase Scheme (CIMP) - the scheme was created on 31 December 2008. The Scheme is a non-contributory scheme created for former members of the Instem LSS Pension Scheme who are US residents. Employer contributions for the year ended 31 December 2014 were £0.03m (2013: £0.03m). Instem LSS (North America) Limited 401k Plan - the scheme was created for the benefit of employees of Instem LSS (North America) Limited in the USA. The Scheme is a contributory money purchase scheme with the employer matching contributions to the scheme to a maximum of 4.8%. Employer contributions for the year ended 31 December 2014 were £0.07m (2013: £0.09m). BioWisdom GPP Scheme - the scheme is a Group Personal Pension arrangement with Winterthur Life (now part of Friends Life) and was set up in 2001. Employee members must contribute at least 3% of basic salary and the employer contributes up to a maximum of 6%. Employer contributions for the year ended 31 December 2014 were £0.02m (2013: £0.03m). Perceptive Instruments Limited - the Group makes contributions to personal pension arrangements of certain employees. During the year ended 31 December 2014, employer contributions to these arrangements totalled £0.02m (2013: nil). Defined benefit pension scheme The Group also operates a pension scheme providing benefits based on final pensionable pay. This scheme was closed to new members with effect from 8 October 2001 and the rate of future benefit accrual reduced from 1/60th of final pensionable pay per year of service to 1/80th with effect from 6 April 2003. The scheme closed to future accrual on 31 December 2008. The Scheme is subject to the Statutory Funding Objective under the Pensions Act 2004. A valuation of the Scheme is carried out at least once every three years to determine whether the Statutory Funding Objective is met. As part of the process, the Group must agree with the Trustees of the Scheme the contributions to be paid to address any shortfall against the Statutory Funding. The Statutory Funding Objective does not currently impact on the recognition of the Scheme in the accounts. The scheme is in deficit and no contributions payable under a minimum funding requirement are considered potentially refundable or utilisable as a reduction of future contributions. IFRIC interpretation 14 is deemed to be not applicable to the Group. The Scheme is managed by a Board of Trustees appointed in part by the Group and part from elections by members of the Scheme. The Trustees have responsibility for obtaining valuations of the Scheme, administering benefit payments and investing the Scheme assets. The Trustees delegate some of these functions to their professional advisers where appropriate. The Scheme exposes the Group to a number of risks: • • • Investment risk. The Scheme holds investments in asset classes, such as equities, which have volatile market values and while these assets are expected to provide the real returns over the long-term the short-term volatility can cause additional funding to be required if deficit emerges. Interest rate risk. The Scheme’s liabilities are assessed using market yields on high quality corporate bands to discount the liabilities. As the Scheme holds assets such as equities the value of the assets and liabilities may not move in the same way. Inflation risk. A significant proportion of the benefits under the Scheme are linked to inflation. Although the Scheme’s assets are expected to provide a good hedge against inflation over the long-term, movements over the short-term could lead to deficits emerging. • Mortality risk. In the event that members live longer than assumed a deficit will emerge in the Scheme. There were no plan amendments, curtailments or settlements during the period. The latest full actuarial valuation was carried out at 5 April 2011 and was updated to 31 December 2014 by a qualified independent actuary. Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 55 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 20. Retirement Benefit Obligations (continued) The following schedule of contributions was prepared by the Trustees of the Instem LSS Pension Scheme (‘the Scheme’) after obtaining the advice of the Scheme Actuary appointed by the Trustees and was intended to clear the deficit in the Scheme at the time it was agreed in July 2012: Period ended 31 March 2015 31 March 2016 31 March 2017 31 March 2018 31 March 2019 31 March 2020 15 October 2020 Monthly payment (payable in each month Balancing payment due before period end except the final month in each period) £’000 £’000 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 247 262 277 292 308 325 206 The employer pays the Pension Protection Fund levy each year in respect of the scheme. It is intended that all other expenses associated with the running of the Scheme will be met from the Scheme’s assets. Changes made to IAS19 that came into force for accounting periods on or after 1 January 2013 were as follows: • The “finance cost” which was previously the difference between the interest on liabilities and expected return on assets is replaced by a “net interest cost”. This means that the expected return on assets is effectively based on the discount rate with no allowance made for any outperformance expected from the Scheme’s asset holding. • Actual administration expenses are required to be included in the Statement of Financial Position. The expected return on plan assets was determined by considering the expected returns available on the assets underlying the current investment portfolio. Expected yields on bonds are based on gross redemption yields at the reporting date whilst the expected returns on the equity and property investments reflect the long-term real rates of return experienced in the respective markets. 56 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 20. Retirement Benefit Obligations (continued) Discount rate Inflation Rate of increase in salaries Rate of increase in pensions in payment Rate of increase in pensions in deferment 2014 % 3.8 3.1 N/A 2.8 3.1 Life Expectancy assumption (number of years from the age of 65) Years Male currently aged 45 Female currently aged 45 Male currently aged 65 Female currently aged 65 ANALYSIS OF AMOUNT CHARGED TO OPERATING EXPENSES Current service cost Past service cost Total operating charge ANALYSIS OF AMOUNT CHARGED TO FINANCE COSTS Interest on pension scheme assets Interest on pension scheme liabilities Net finance charge ANALYSIS OF AMOUNT RECOGNISED IN OTHER COMPREHENSIVE EXPENSE Losses/(Gains) on pension scheme assets in excess of interest Experience losses arising on scheme liabilities (Gains)/losses from changes to demographic assumptions Losses from changes to financial assumptions Actuarial loss recognised in other comprehensive expense 24.7 25.8 23.4 24.3 2014 £000 - - - 2014 £000 327 (479) (152) 2014 £000 7 138 (163) 639 621 2013 % 4.6 3.5 N/A 3.5 3.5 Years 25.0 26.3 23.7 24.8 2013 £000 - - - 2013 £000 273 (408) (135) 2013 £000 (612) - 279 920 587 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 57 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 20. Retirement Benefit Obligations (continued) CHANGES IN THE PRESENT VALUE OF THE DEFINED BENEFIT OBLIGATION Opening defined benefit obligation Interest cost Benefits paid Experience loss on defined benefit obligation Changes to demographic assumptions Changes to financial assumptions 2014 £000 10,529 479 (217) 138 (163) 639 2013 £000 9,200 408 (278) - 279 920 Closing defined benefit obligation 11,405 10,529 CHANGES IN THE FAIR VALUE OF PLAN ASSETS Opening plan assets Expected return Return on plan assets less interest Contributions by employer Benefits paid Closing plan assets The actual return on plan assets was a positive return of £320,000 (2013: £885,000) AMOUNT RECOGNISED IN THE CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 2014 £000 7,023 327 (7) 398 (217) 7,524 2014 £000 2013 £000 6,004 273 612 412 (278) 7,023 2013 £000 Present value of funded obligations (11,405) (10,529) Fair value of plan assets Deficit Related deferred tax asset Net pension liability RECONCILIATION OF NET DEFINED BENEFIT LIABILITY Opening net defined benefit liability Net interest expense Remeasurements Contributions by employer Closing net defined benefit liability 58 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 7,524 (3,881) 776 (3,105) 2014 £000 3,506 152 621 (398) 3,881 7,023 (3,506) 701 (2,805) 2013 £000 3,196 135 587 (412) 3,506 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 20. Retirement Benefit Obligations (continued) ANALYSIS OF CUMULATIVE AMOUNT RECOGNISED IN OTHER COMPREHENSIVE EXPENSE Actual return less expected return on pension scheme assets Experience gains and losses arising on scheme liabilities Changes in assumptions underlying the present value of the scheme liabilities Cumulative Cumulative 2014 £000 246 (1,811) (2,239) 2013 £000 253 (1,673) (1,763) Cumulative actuarial loss recognised in other comprehensive expense (3,804) (3,183) MAJOR CATEGORIES OF PLAN ASSETS AS A PERCENTAGE OF FAIR VALUE OF TOTAL PLAN ASSETS 2014 2013 Equities Property Bonds Corporate Bonds Cash Other £000 5,376 185 680 682 516 85 % 72 2 9 9 7 1 £000 4,986 211 632 632 492 70 % 71 3 9 9 7 1 7,524 100 7,023 100 The five year history of experience adjustments is as follows: 2014 £000 2013 £000 2012 £000 2011 £000 2010 £000 Present value of defined benefit obligation (11,405) (10,529) (9,200) (6,946) (6,956) Fair value of plan assets 7,524 7,023 6,004 5,330 5,479 Deficit (3,881) (3,506) (3,196) (1,616) (1,477) Experience adjustments on plan liabilities Experience adjustments on plan assets (138) (7) - 612 (763) - 172 (480) (77) 235 The Group expects to contribute £0.4m to its defined benefit plans in the next financial year (2013: £0.4m). Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 59 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 20. Retirement Benefit Obligations (continued) The following sensitivities apply to the value placed on the liabilities: Adjustments to assumptions Approximate effect on Liabilities £000 DISCOUNT RATE Plus 0.50% pa Minus 0.50% INFLATION Plus 0.50% Minus 0.50% LIFE EXPECTANCY Plus 1 year Minus 1 year PENSION INCREASES Plus 0.50% pa Minus 0.50% (1,039) 1,192 416 (380) 315 (321) 580 (321) 21. Share Capital Allotted, called up and fully paid At 1 January 11,764,658 ordinary shares of 10p each (2013: 11,764,658) 447,602 (2013:Nil) ordinary shares of 10p each, issued during the year At 31 December 2014 £000 1,176 45 1,221 2013 £000 1,176 - 1,176 447,602 shares were issued in 2014 as part settlement of the deferred consideration payable relating to the acquisition of Instem Clinical Holdings Limited. 60 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 22. Earnings Per Share Basic and Fully Diluted Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing the profit attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the year. Diluted earnings per share is calculated by adjusting the weighted number of ordinary shares outstanding to assume conversion of all dilutive potential shares arising from the share option scheme. The dilutive impact of the share options is calculated by determining the number of shares that could have been acquired at fair value (determined as the average market share price of the Company’s shares) based on the monetary value of the subscription rights attached to the outstanding share options. Profit after tax (£000) 2014 Weighted average Earnings per Profit after tax 2013 Weighted average Earnings per number of share (pence) (£000) number of share (pence) shares (000’s) shares (000’s) Earnings per share-basic Potentially dilutive shares Earnings per share-diluted 150 - 150 12,063 155 12,218 1.2 - 1.2 529 - 529 11,765 15 11,780 4.5 - 4.5 Adjusted Adjusted earnings per share is calculated after adjusting for the effect of foreign currency exchange on the revaluation of inter-company balances included in finance income/(costs), non-recurring items and amortisation of intangibles on acquisitions. Diluted adjusted earnings per share is calculated by adjusting the weighted number of ordinary shares outstanding to assume conversion of all dilutive potential shares arising from the share option scheme. The dilutive impact of the share options is calculated by determining the number of shares that could have been acquired at fair value (determined as the average market share price of the Company’s shares) based on the monetary value of the subscription rights attached to the outstanding share options. Adjusted profit after tax (£000) 2014 Weighted average Earnings per number of share (pence) shares (000’s) Adjusted profit after tax (£000) 2013 Weighted average Earnings per number of share (pence) shares (000’s) Earnings per share-basic 1,009 Potentially dilutive shares - Earnings per share-diluted 1,009 12,063 155 12,218 8.4 (0.1) 8.3 1,017 - 1,017 11,765 15 11,780 Reconciliation of adjusted profit after tax: Reported profit after tax Non-recurring costs/(income) Amortisation of acquired intangibles Foreign exchange differences on revaluation of inter-company balances Sundry income 2014 £000 150 123 640 96 - 8.6 - 8.6 2013 £000 529 200 394 (84) (22) 1,009 1,017 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 61 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 23. Capital and Reserves Called up share capital The share capital account includes the par value for all shares issued and outstanding. Share premium account The share premium account is used to record amounts received in excess of the nominal value of shares on issue of new shares less the costs of new share issues. Translation reserve The translation reserve incorporates the cumulative net exchange gains and losses recognised on the translation of subsidiary company financial information to the presentational currency of Sterling (£). Retained earnings The retained earnings reserve includes the accumulated profits and losses arising from the consolidated ‘Statement of Comprehensive Income’ and certain items from ‘Other Comprehensive Income’ attributable to equity shareholders net of distributions to shareholders. Merger reserve The merger reserve represents the difference between the consideration payable at the date of acquisition, net of merger relief, and the share capital and share premium of Instem Life Science Systems Limited. Shares to be issued The shares to be issued reserve represents the shares to be issued under the share option scheme and shares contingently issuable on acquisitions. CAPITAL MANAGEMENT The Group’s main objective when managing capital is to protect returns to shareholders by ensuring the Group will continue to trade profitably in the foreseeable future. The Group also aims to maximise the capital structure of debt and equity so as to minimise its cost of capital. The Group manages its capital with regard to the risks inherent in the business and the sector within which it operates by monitoring its gearing ratio on a regular basis. The Group considers its capital to include share capital, share premium, translation reserve, retained earnings and net debt as noted below. Net debt includes short and long-term borrowings (including overdrafts, redeemable preference shares and lease obligations) net of cash and cash equivalents. The Group has not made any changes to its capital management during the year. 24. Capital Commitments There were no capital commitments at the end of the financial year (2013: £nil). 62 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 25. Operating Leases Payable Minimum lease payments under operating leases recognised as an expense in the year At the reporting date, the Group has outstanding commitments under operating leases, which fall due as follows: Land and buildings Within one year In the second to fifth year inclusive After five years Plant and machinery Within one year In the second to fifth year inclusive 2014 £000 256 2014 £000 394 1,000 498 3 5 2013 £000 380 2013 £000 295 868 604 4 8 1,900 1,779 Operating lease payments represent rentals payable by the Group for property leases and certain equipment. Leases have varying terms and renewal rights. The above leasing arrangements do not contain any restrictive covenants, contingent rents or purchase options. The operating lease in relation to the head office buildings contains a dilapidation clause whereby Instem plc must make good any damage to the demised premises on expiration of the lease in November 2023. The Directors estimate that the current liability is not material to warrant provision at the period end. No operating leases are held by the Company. Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 63 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 26. Related Party Transactions Transactions between Group companies have not been disclosed as these have all been eliminated in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements. During the year the Company traded with subsidiary companies in its normal course of business. These transactions related to recharges and totalled in aggregate £0.51m (2013: £0.73m). The net intercompany balances due from the Company at the year-end totalled £0.01m (2013: £0.02m). During the year the Company traded in its normal course of business with shareholders and consultancy businesses in which Directors have a material interest as follows: Key management compensation: 2014 £000 2013 £000 Fees for services provided as Non-Executive Directors Salaries and short term benefits Post employment retirement benefits Employers’ national insurance & social security costs Share-based payment charge 68 - 7 - 75 Executive Directors Salaries and short term benefits 269 Post employment retirement benefits Employers’ national insurance & social security costs Share-based payment charge 35 20 12 336 Other key management Salaries and short term employee benefits 461 Post employment retirement benefits Employers’ national insurance & social security costs Share-based payment charge 26 44 8 539 86 - 9 - 95 267 37 20 38 362 414 25 38 36 513 The Company paid £0.05m (2013: £0.05m) to Instem Ventures Limited, a company owned by A Gare, a shareholder. The balance outstanding at the end of the year was £nil (2013: £nil). In addition the Company paid £0.02m (2013: £0.01m) to Noble Adamson Limited, a company owned by M McGoun, the independent non-executive director and a shareholder. The balance outstanding at the end of the year was £0.002m (2013: £nil). Key management are considered to be the Directors together with the Senior Managers of the business. 27. Critical Accounting Estimates and Judgements Some asset and liability amounts reported in the financial information are based on management estimates and assumptions. There is therefore a risk of significant changes to the carrying amounts for these assets and liabilities within the next financial year. The estimates and assumptions are made on the basis of information and conditions that exist at the time of the valuation. Fair value of assets acquired and calculation of contingent consideration The amounts presented in the statement of financial position in respect of the fair values of assets acquired are estimated by the Group’s management based on prior experience and their assessment of the present value of estimated future cash flows. The key assumptions made in assessing fair values are in relation to intangible assets acquired, and these relate principally to the royalty rate applied to intellectual property rights (IPR), and the assessment of future revenues. 64 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS for the year ended 31 December 2014 27. Critical Accounting Estimates and Judgments (continued) The contingent consideration provided in the financial statements is measured initially at its acquisition-date fair value and subsequently carried at its amortised cost. Impairment At each reporting date, the Group reviews the carrying amounts of goodwill and investments. The recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where the asset does not generate cash flows that are independent from other assets, the Group estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs. A key factor which could result in an impairment of goodwill or investments is lower than predicted revenue. Sensitivities around this factor and the discount rate are set out in note 9. Other intangible assets – useful lives Other intangible assets are amortised over their useful life, which has been estimated by management to be up to 8 years. 28. Contingent Liabilities Instem plc has provided a guarantee to its subsidiaries which have taken advantage of the exemption from audit. Under this guarantee, the company has a contingent liability of £9.0m (2013:£9.0m). Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 65 NOTES 66 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 NOTES Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 67 NOTES 68 Instem plc Annual Report, 2014 Directors and Advisors DIRECTORS D Gare (Non-Executive Chairman) M F McGoun (Independent Non-Executive) D M Sherwin (Non- Executive) P J Reason N J Goldsmith AUDITOR Baker Tilly UK Audit LLP Chartered Accountants 3 Hardman Street Manchester M3 3HF SECRETARY N J Goldsmith REGISTERED OFFICE Diamond Way Stone Business Park Stone Staffordshire ST15 0SD Tel: +44 1785 825600 Fax: +44 1785 825633 www.instem.com Company No: 07148099 BANKER National Westminster Bank plc 1 Spinningfields Square Manchester M2 3AP NOMINATED ADVISOR AND BROKER Nplus1 Singer Advisory LLP One Bartholomew Lane London EC2N 2AX REGISTRARS Computershare Investor Services plc The Pavilions Bridgwater Road Bristol BS13 8AE SOLICITORS Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP Trinity Court 16 John Dalton Street Manchester M60 8HS Our clients include these fine organisations... UK Global Headquarters - UK & European Operations Diamond Way Stone Business Park Stone Staffordshire, ST15 0SD United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0) 1785 825600 USA North American Headquarters Eight Tower Bridge 161 Washington Street Suite 1550, 15th Floor Conshohocken, PA 19428 United States Tel: +1 (610) 941 0990 China Asia-Pacific Headquarters Room 205, Building 16 88 Darwin Road Zhangjiang High-Tech Park, Pudong District Shanghai China, 201203 Tel: +86 (0) 21 5131 2080 The Group employs over 130 people in eight offices in the US, UK, China and India; with a full service distributor in Japan. e-mail investors@instem.com instem.com 

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