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ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2015

Tissue Regenix Group plc

The Biocentre 
Innovation Way 
Heslington 
York YO10 5NY 
United Kingdom

www.tissueregenix.com

Tissue Regenix Group plcCommercialising academic research in 
regenerative medicine

Tissue Regenix is a pioneering, international medical devices company, leading the development 
of regenerative products to make replacement body parts using biological (human & animal) 
materials.

The Company’s patented decellularisation (‘dCELL®’) technology removes DNA and other cellular 
material from tissue leaving an acellular scaffold which is not rejected by the patient’s body.  
The potential applications of dCELL® are diverse and address critical clinical needs such as 
wound care, vascular disease, heart valve replacement and knee repair.

Contents

Strategic Report

Chairman’s Statement 

Chief Executive’s Review 

Strategic Report 

Directors’ Report and Financials

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Directors’ Report 

Directors’ Remuneration Report 

Corporate Governance Statement 

Statement of directors’ responsibilities 

Independent Auditor’s Report 

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 

Company Statement of Changes in Equity 

Company Statement of Financial Position  

Company Statement of Cash Flows 

Notes to the Company Information 

Notice of Annual General Meeting 

Directors and Officers 

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Highlights

During the year, the Group:
•  Launched DermaPure® (decellularised human 
dermis) in June into the US acute care chronic 
wound market.

•  Outstanding clinical results from DermaPure® 

from initial US clinical use

•  Secured ‘Q’ code as a preliminary to 

obtaining Medicare reimbursement for non-
acute care

•  Deployed direct salesforce to work alongside 

distributor network

•  Peer-reviewed paper published showing 

superior healing compared to competition in 
acute (surgical) wounds

•  Clinical trials for DermaPure® in other 

geographies continue to be encouraging

•  Gained approval to start OrthoPure™ XM (porcine 

meniscus) clinical trial in the EU

•  Board and Company structure reflects growing 

commercial focus

•  Secured grant of several important patents 

including meniscus in the US

•  Maintained a strong cash position with a balance 

of £10.3m at the year-end (2014: £18.5m)

•  Raised £19.0m, net of expenses, post year-end 

via share placing

The year ended 31 January 2015 was a 
year of real progress for Tissue Regenix. 
We are delighted, not only with the 
continued drive towards the 
commercialisation of DermaPure®, but also 
the highly encouraging early-stage results 
from our portfolio of other products.

These developments validate our strong belief 
that our dCELL® technology has the capacity 
and capability to address significant markets 
and improve the treatment and recovery of 
millions of patients per year.

We have continued this strong momentum 
into the new financial year, with approval from 
Novitas for usage and reimbursement of 
DermaPure® for Medicare patients in the 
post-acute and outpatient setting being a 
significant development in the US. Similarly the 
commencement of the UK arm of the EU 
clinical trial for OrthoPure™ XT represents an 
important step in bringing our tendon and 
meniscus products to market.

We look forward to the coming year with real 
confidence. DermaPure® looks set to repay 
the considerable financial & intellectual capital 
investment that has been made in 
its development, and current progress give us 
confidence that our pipeline of other products 
will progress successfully 
through clinical trials.

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Tissue Regenix Group plcChairman’s Statement

Overview

FY15 was an important year for Tissue Regenix, during which the Group launched its first 
product, DermaPure®, into the US market, backed by strong results from the UK clinical trial 
and supported by an experienced team of dedicated sales & marketing personnel across the 
US.

Further products using our proprietary dCELL® technology are in advanced stages of 
development and are proceeding through/towards human clinical trials. Our strategy to 
commercialise our patented technology by finding multiple clinical applications for them is on 
track, and we expect early revenues in calendar 2016.

In short, FY15 has taken us a step closer to reaching our ambition to become a world leader in 
regenerative medicine, with a range of products addressing existing markets that are already of 
very significant scale and which are growing.

More details of our product pipeline, and the markets they address, are included in the Chief 
Executive’s review below.

dCELL® Technology
At the heart of Tissue Regenix lies our patented dCELL® process 
which removes all DNA and cellular material from animal or human 
tissue which is similar or identical to the treatment needed. Once 
the dCELL® process is completed, we are left with a tissue 
‘scaffold’ which can be used in a variety of ways to repair damage 
– sustained through injury or degeneration – to various parts of the 
human body. The scaffold we produce allows the patient’s body to 
heal successfully by attracting the patient’s own stem cells to 
populate it since it’s almost identical to the tissue to be replaced. 
Because of the dCELL® process the elements of the source that 
could cause rejection have been removed before the tissue is 
applied. Our products can be stored at room temperature, have 
good shelf lives and are developed so the clinician can use existing 
methods to apply to their patients.

Board of Directors
Although the composition of the Board of Directors has not 
changed during the year, the focus of those on the Board has 
shifted from Research and Development towards implementing a 
successful commercialisation strategy. Our primary focus is on 
DermaPure® which is now being aggressively marketed across 
the US. A similar strategy for marketing our OrthoPure™ products 
in Europe, once CE marks have been granted, is also in 
development under the stewardship of the Board.

It is intended that the new money we have raised will be used to 
allow the development and launch of our human meniscus and 
ligament products in the US, the further expansion of our 
salesforce for DermaPure® in the US and the continued 
development and commercialisation of the Company’s porcine-
derived products in Europe.

We expect FY16 to be another exciting year for Tissue Regenix in 
which the ground work from our commercialisation strategy for 
DermaPure® begins to be reflected in sales from a diverse range 
of customers. In particular, DermaPure® will benefit from our 
investment in an expanded direct salesforce to work alongside 
third party distributors, and we are anticipating seeing customer 
relationships convert into orders in the near future.

Our drive to commercialise OrthoPure™ based products will 
continue. We anticipate applying for a CE mark for OrthoPure™ 
XM in H1 calendar 2016 to allow the launch in the EU later that 
year.

Similarly, the EU trial for our ligament product will commence 
shortly with a plan to recruit 40 patients in the UK, Spain and 
Germany. The application for a CE mark, which will allow us to 
market this product across Europe, will take place soon after the 
patients have been recruited.  Under this timetable, our plan is to 
roll out both the Porcine Meniscus and Ligament products 
following approval.

In February we announced the resignation from the Board of 
Dr Alison Fielding. I would like to put on record my thanks to Alison 
for her contribution to the development of Tissue Regenix over the 
past decade, including her two years on the Board. She leaves the 
Company with our very best wishes. We are currently actively 
seeking a replacement.

Tissue Regenix benefits from having a range of therapeutic uses for 
its core technology. With encouraging initial responses from 
customers to our first commercial wound care product and further 
strong clinical data coming through for our decellularised human 
heart valves in Cardiac, we look forward to the future with 
confidence.

Outlook
Since the year end, the company raised net proceeds of £19 
million in February 2015 from existing and new investors via a 
share placing, which represents a significant endorsement of our 
products and strategy by our shareholders. 

John Samuel 
Chairman
11 May 2015

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The dCELL® process

Tissue Regenix Group plc

At the heart of Tissue Regenix’s technology is our patented dCELL® process which removes DNA and other 
cellular material from animal and human tissue, leaving an inert, acellular tissue scaffold which can be used to 
repair damaged organs and skin, while dramatically cutting the risk of rejection by the patient’s body. Tissue 
Regenix’s platform technology has been developed to maintain the integrity of the tissue structure, while 
providing a scaffold to attract stem cells and accelerate natural, regenerative healing.

Regenerated 
body tissue 

‘Raw material’
animal/human 

Regeneration 
with patient’s 
own cells

Surgery – 
Existing surgical 
technique used 

dCELL®

dCELL® process –
Simple process 
Laboratory 
Technicians 
easily trained 

Regenerative 
biological 
scaffold

Storage

Store – 
No special storage 
requirements 

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The Human Body

Cosmetics

Wrist

Shoulder

Carotid Artery

Heart Valve

Dialysis Access

Bladder

Cruciate Ligament

Meniscus

Wound Care

Bypass Surgery

Aorta

Spine

Hernia Repair

Pelvic Floor

Peripheral Blood Vessels

Knee

Ankle

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Chief Executive’s Review

Overview

During the year to 31st January 2015 Tissue Regenix made significant strides in bringing a number of products 
towards commercialisation. We are deliberately phasing the trial and commercial launch of these products in order 
to ensure that we can give enough management focus and investment to ensure that they address their markets 
successfully.

Dialysis Access

Our strategic focus is:

US
•  Human tissue products
•  Porcine dermis (general surgery)

dCELL® evidence base
•  Health economics
•  Clinical/mechanism of action

dCELL®

Core focus areas
•  Wound care
•  Orthopaedics

EU
•  CE Mark (pig products)

Financial Review 

We ended the financial year in a strong position, with cash 
balances of £10.3m (2014: £18.5m). Post year-end a further cash 
injection of £19.0m (net of expenses) was received via the placing 
of new shares completed during February 2015. Our cash 
balances give us sufficient headroom to drive the 
commercialisation of our first product, DermaPure®, in the US, 
while investing in additional products across a range of clinical 
applications in the US and Europe. As expected we made a loss 
after tax of £7.6m (2014: £5.6m) for the year as we continued to 
invest heavily in development as well as into building the necessary 
infrastructure to market our products in the US. We continue to 
anticipate losses in the coming year as we invest more in our 
future.

The Group continues to manage its cash resources to maximise 
interest income whilst at the same time minimising any risk to these 
funds. A balance of working capital and short to medium term 
deposits are maintained.

The Group continues to submit enhanced research and 
development tax claims and elects to exchange tax losses for a 
cash refund. The refund expected for the year to 31 January 2015 
is £620k (2014: £710k).

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Tissue Regenix Group plcChief Executive’s Review
continued

Product Development Pipeline 

Product Pipeline – Through Development To 
Commercially Available Products

2015*

2016*

OrthoPure™ XM (US)

SurgiPure™ XD  G. Surgery (US)

OrthoPure™ XT (US)

dCELL® Heart Valve 

OrthoPure™ XT (EU)

SurgiPure™ XD G. Surgery (EU)

DermaPure®(Dental) (US)

OrthoPure™ XM (EU)

DermaPure®(Ortho) (US)

*Calendar years – indicative timings only – dependant on development timings & regulatory considerations

HUMAN

PORCINE

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DermaPure®
Sales Pipeline Progress

As anticipated, we launched our first product of scale – 
DermaPure® - at the end of June 2014. Although we expect a 
6-18 month sales cycle to achieve the hospital approval that will 
allow DermaPure® into clinical supply chains, initial responses from 
hospital groups, driven by the direct sales force in the US, have 
been encouraging

Code + Coverage = Reimbursement

We have also made significant headway with regulatory approvals 
and clinical trials for DermaPure®, which have allowed us to 
commercialise it further. We successfully secured a ‘Q’ code which 
is a step that allows us the potential to offer DermaPure® to 
non-acute wound patients in the US – a far larger pool of potential 

beneficiaries than we are addressing currently. The ‘Q’ code allows 
us to apply for coverage for DermaPure® for Medicare. This is the 
final piece needed for reimbursement, especially in outpatient 
facilities, unlocking the largest potential group of US patients who 
would be unable to access our products without it. 

Excellent US Clinical Outcomes

Clinical results for DermaPure® continue to be extremely 
encouraging, with very strong clinical results from our KOL’s (Key 
Opinion Leaders) and a number of individual case studies. We 
presented initial data from a clinical trial conducted with the 
University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust at 
the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care in Las Vegas. This 
demonstrated improved healing over control patients in a new 
application for acute wounds, which showed DermaPure® 
outperforming the current market leading approaches. We initiated 

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Branding 

Tissue Regenix Brand Architecture and Naming Strategy

DermaPure®

OrthoPure™

CardioPure™

– Distinct Brands

HD
Human 
Dermis
Product

XD
Porcine 
Surgical 
Product

HM
Human 
Meniscus 
Product

XM
Porcine 
Meniscus 
Product

HT
Human 
Tendon 
Product

XT
Porcine 
Tendon 
Product

HV
Human
Heart Valve
Product

– Product Mix

Wound Care/General Surgery 
Position

Orthopaedic Position

Cardiology Position

– Category Position

dCell® Technology

– Endorser Brand

a US randomised clinical trial at the end of the year with a focus on 
patients with diabetic foot ulcers which we expect, once 
completed, to give further evidence of the clinical strength of our 
product.

Other Products
At a time when the commercialisation of DermaPure® has started 
to achieve traction, we have continued to develop other therapeutic 
applications of our core dCELL® technology.

Our OrthoPure™ category, which applies the technology into 
orthopaedic applications, is in advanced development. 
OrthoPure™ XM, our porcine meniscus product, which will be 
used to repair damage from ‘tears’ in the meniscus knee cartilage 
as a result of acute injury or degeneration, has seen further 
progress towards our goal of commercialisation.

The patent portfolio also strengthened over the period with notices 
of allowance for the meniscus patent being received from the 
People’s Republic of China in April 2014 and from the US in 
November 2014. In July 2014 we announced that we had received 
approval from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory 
Agency to start the UK arm of the EU clinical trial of this technology. 
Recruitment for the 60 patients who will make up this study, which 
will take place in the UK and Poland, is well underway. This clinical 
study represents a significant milestone in the process towards 
gaining EU approval (signified by a CE Mark) which will enable full 

commercialisation of the product and allow it to be used by clinics 
and doctors to address a substantial clinical need across the EU.

Orthopure™ XT, our tendon product, is aimed at the significant 
market for anterior cruciate ligament repairs. We have initiated 
applications to conduct a clinical study with patients recruited in the 
UK, Spain and Germany. We hope that this study will lead to a CE 
mark application and commercialisation. Orthopure™ XT and 
Orthopure™ XT are complementary products, which may well 
ultimately be used to treat the same patient who is suffering from 
complex knee injuries. Once CE Marks have been obtained we will 
be able to market them together, providing useful synergies. 

The CardioPure™ HV product has also seen significant progress 
during the year. This product takes donor heart valves and uses the 
dCELL® process to remove the donor’s DNA to produce an inert 
scaffold which can be re-populated by the recipient’s own cells. It 
provides a more durable repair in heart valve replacement surgery 
and brings significantly reduced risk of rejection and infection.

In September 2014 we presented the findings of a study into the 
performance of this product in clinical trials at the 6th Biennial Heart 
Valve and Tissue Engineering Meeting in London. The findings of 
this study showed no reoperations necessary in the study group, 
better valve performance, and no calcification. We presented an 
update on the trial at the 28th Annual Meeting of the European 
Association of Cardio Thoracic Surgery in Milan in October of this 
year. This showed that after 7 years of the trial’s commencement, 
freedom from reoperation in the high risk group that constituted the 

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trial sample was as high as 94% – a dramatic improvement on the 
performance of the artificial valves which are the current preferred 
route to treat patients in this category. Although evaluations, 
conducted with our long-term clinical collaborator Professor 
Francisco da Costa are continuing, we believe these results show 
great promise for the CardioPure™ HV technology.

Overall we have an extensive programme of commercial 
development activities at various stages that will enable the full 
potential of the wound care & sports medicine products to be more 
visible in the coming months. TR’s multiple market approach means 
we are addressing significant opportunities with products that 
redefine the clinical approach and outcomes for patients.

Current trading and outlook
Tissue Regenix has made progress in several respects in the period 
since year-end. In particular we were very pleased to achieve Local 
Coverage Determination from the Medicare Administrative 
Contractor, Novitas, in March. 

The Medicare programme in the United States is administered by 
bodies such as Novitas, each one with their own jurisdiction of 
states. When coverage is approved it allows the product to be 
purchased by medical establishments and to be used to treat 
post-acute and outpatients who are beneficiaries of the Medicare 
initiative. The Novitas jurisdiction covers the states of Colorado, 
New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, 
Washington DC, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and 
Pennsylvania with total health care coverage of 8.9 million people. 
While the approval process takes some time to complete, being 
granted Novitas coverage gives the Board confidence that similar 
outcomes can be achieved across the 7 other jurisdictions, 

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covering the approximately 28 million people across the country 
who are covered by Medicare; a significant potential market. 

Subsequent to the achievement of the Local Coverage 
Determination we signed a new regional distribution agreement for 
DermaPure®. This major new contract has been signed with an 
experienced surgical and wound care distribution network; the 
contract covers two of the twelve states that comprise the region 
covered by the Novitas reimbursement Local Coverage 
Determination notice and represents approximately 11% of the 
Medicare patients addressed by the notice. The contract is 
expected to be worth a minimum of $600k over the next 12 
months and provides for additional areas to be covered by mutual 
agreement.

In addition, we recently announced approval for the first clinical trial 
of our decellularised tendon device, Orthopure™ XT, for surgical 
reconstruction of a torn Anterior Cruciate Ligament in the knee. 
This is an important step in bringing this device to a market that 
affects 900,000 people per year globally and which is growing at a 
CAGR of 7%. We were delighted that this followed so swiftly after 
our March announcement that, for the first time, a patient had 
received a partial knee meniscal replacement using Tissue 
Regenix’s Orthopure™ XM. Both achievements are crucial steps 
towards being granted CE Marks.

This continued progress demonstrates the speed at which our 
portfolio is developing and I look forward to updating the market on 
further achievements in due course.

Antony Odell
Chief Executive Officer
11 May 2015 

Strategic Report

Principal activity
The principal activity of the Group is the exploitation of innovative 
platform technologies in the field of tissue engineering and 
regenerative medicine. The Company is incorporated and domiciled 
in the UK.

Business model
A description of the Group’s activities and how it seeks to add value 
are included in the Chairman’s statement and Chief Executive’s 
report on pages 2 to 8.

Business review and results
A review of the Group’s performance and future prospects is 
included in the Chairman’s statement and Chief Executive’s report 
on pages 2 to 8. The loss for the year attributable to equity holders 
was £7,581k (2014: £5,593k). The directors do not recommend the 
payment of a dividend (2014: nil).

Key performance indicators
Key Group performance indicators are set out below:

•  Monthly review of product development timelines and costs

•  Monthly review of revenue progress and forecasts

•  Monitoring of cash balance and associated working capital 

requirements

•  Monthly review of actual results against budget

Key risks
The Board carefully considers the risks facing the Group and 
endeavours to minimise the impact of those risks. The key risks are 
as follows:

•  Regulatory risk. Regulatory approval timelines can be 

affected by a number of factors such as trial recruitment rates, 
clinical results and changes to regulatory requirements which 
are outside the control of the Group. However, all of the 
Group’s products follow well established regulatory routes and 
the Group employs experienced regulatory personnel to 
navigate the process.

• 

Intellectual property protection. The commercial success 
of the Group may depend on its ability to protect and exercise 
its intellectual property rights. Some of the patents held by the 
Group are process patents which can be difficult to defend. 
However, the Group retains a significant amount of know-how, 
not disclosed in the patents, which offers protection in this 
area. Some of the intellectual property in the Group, including 
know-how is transferred to partners who undertake tissue 
processing on behalf of the Group. These transfers of 
intellectual property are undertaken under strict legal 
agreements but the Group acknowledges that there is a risk 
of IP leakage as a result and hence endeavours to only 
undertake such arrangements with parties and in territories 
where there is appropriate legal protection.

•  Competition. Although the Directors believe that for certain of 
the Group’s products there is limited direct competition, there 
may be products and competitors that they are currently 
unaware of which could have a detrimental effect on the 
Group’s trading performance. Furthermore, certain of the 
Group’s products will be sold in more competitive 
environments. The Group therefore expects a balanced 
exposure to competition with some offerings facing little 
competition, but others facing significantly more.

•  Attraction and retention of key employees. The Group 
depends on the Directors and certain other key employees 
spread across its various subsidiaries. The ability to attract 
and retain key employees cannot be guaranteed. However, 
the Group endeavours to ensure succession planning where 
possible and ensures that remuneration and incentive 
packages are in line industry standards.

•  Development risk. There can be no guarantee that any of 

the products currently in development will be developed into 
commercially viable products, meet regulatory requirements or 
be manufactured in commercial quantities at an acceptable 
expense or marketed successfully and profitably. However, the 
Vascular Patch product, already CE marked, demonstrated 
that the development process works and the same process is 
being utilised for the subsequent products. Additionally the 
Group employs experienced development and commercial 
personnel who have experience of successfully bringing such 
products to the market.

• 

Sourcing risk. For the human tissue derived products, the 
Group relies on third party tissue banks to provide the source 
material for processing with the dCELL® technology. There 
can be no assurance that sufficient source material will be 
available to match demand. 

Future developments
Future developments are described in the Chairman’s statement 
and Chief Executive’s Review on page 1 to 8.

On behalf of the Board

Antony Odell
Chief Executive Officer
11 May 2015 

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Tissue Regenix Group plcDirectors’ Report
For the year ended 31 January 2015

The Directors present their report and consolidated financial 
statements for the year ended 31 January 2015. 

Share capital and funding
Full details of the Group and Company’s share capital movements 
during the year are given in note 13 of the financial statements. 
Post year-end the Company raised £20m (before expenses) by 
way of a share placing.

Directors’ interests in the shares of the Company, including 
family interests are included in the Remuneration Report on 
pages 12 to 15.

Directors’ indemnity insurance
The Group has maintained insurance throughout the year for its 
directors and officers against the consequences of actions brought 
against them in relation to their duties for the Group.

Directors and their interests
The following directors held office in the year. 

John Samuel  

Antony Odell  

Ian Jefferson  

Alan Miller 

Alison Fielding (resigned 26 February 2015)

Randeep Singh Grewal

Steven Couldwell 

Profile of the directors

John Samuel, Chairman

John Samuel joined Tissue Regenix Limited as Chairman in March 2008. John qualified as a Chartered 
Accountant with Price Waterhouse and has held a number of senior finance positions in industry. He was 
formerly the CEO of the Molnlycke Health Care Group, a global provider of single use surgical and wound care 
products to the healthcare sector. Until January 2010 he was a Partner with Apax Partners LLP. Currently he is 
also Chairman of Xeros Group Plc.

Antony Odell, Chief Executive Officer

Antony Odell was appointed CEO of Tissue Regenix in October 2008 and has led its growth from a small 
privately held spin-out to the present time. He has over 30 year’s commercial experience in the medical 
technology sector. Antony has a strong corporate sector background having worked for Johnson & Johnson 
Medical and was European Business Director for its Vascular Access franchise, General Manager (UK & Ireland) 
for Fresenius (Critical Care & Diagnostics) and International Knee Manager for Stryker (Howmedica International). 
Antony was also VP- Medical for BTG when the company was involved in early stage technology 
commercialisation and was CEO for a UK NHS cardiovascular device spin-out, Tayside Flow Technologies Ltd 
(now Vascular Flow Technologies Ltd). 

Ian Jefferson, Chief Financial Officer

Ian Jefferson joined Tissue Regenix Group Plc as Chief Financial Officer in June 2011. Ian was formerly Chief 
Executive Officer of AIM listed, COE Group Plc. Having initially joined COE as CFO in 2007 he became CEO in 
2008, restructured the Group and then successfully planned and executed its sale. Prior to COE, Ian held a 
number of senior finance positions within LSE-quoted companies, most recently as Group Financial Controller of 
The 600 Group Plc. He has a comprehensive financial and operations background and extensive experience of 
organisational transformation and M&A. A qualified chartered accountant Ian holds a BSc in Physics with 
Electronics from Manchester University and an MSc in Applied Radiation Physics from Birmingham University.

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Directors’ Report
continued

Alan Miller, Non-Executive Director

Alan Miller is a founding partner of SCM Private, the wealth management company. He was formerly the Chief 
Investment Officer and founding shareholder of New Star Asset Management from early 2001 until early 2007. 
Prior to that, he was a Director at Jupiter Asset Management in charge of their specialist high performance 
division between 1994 and 2000. He is also a qualified accountant.

Randeep Singh Grewal, Non-Executive Director

Randeep Grewal has 15 years’ experience working in the institutional investment arena and, until December 
2012, was a senior portfolio manager and member of the European equities team at F&C Asset Management. 
Randeep has also held investment analyst and portfolio management roles at ICAP Equities and Tudor Capital, 
where he spent 10 years covering and investing in healthcare companies. Randeep has considerable 
entrepreneurial expertise, having been involved in a number of start-up companies, both personally and as an 
investor, and qualified in Medicine from the University of Cambridge. 

Steven Couldwell, Non-Executive Director

Steven Couldwell has a proven international track record in driving revenues and profit growth in both the medical 
device and CRO industries. With over 14 years of senior management experience, Steven is currently Vice 
President and Head of Global Biosurgery at Sanofi, which has revenues of approximately $750m. Steven was 
also formerly Vice President and General Manager of Covance Laboratories Europe and worked for Smith & 
Nephew for almost 20 years in a number of roles including President Orthopaedics (Europe) and Senior VP Sales 
and Marketing for Smith & Nephew’s Advanced Wound Management business.

Substantial shareholders
As at 30 April 2015, shareholders holding more than 3% of the 
share capital of Tissue Regenix Group plc were:

The Group is committed to keeping employees as fully-informed as 
possible with regard to the Group’s performance and prospects 
and seeks their views, wherever possible, on matters which affect 
them as employees.

Name of 
shareholder 

Number 
of shares 

% of  
voting rights

Invesco Limited 

211,328,351 

Woodford Investment  
Management LLP 

Techtran Group Ltd 

Baillie Gifford & Co Ltd 

Leeds University 

NFU Mutual 

Jupiter 

IP Venture Fund 

John Samuel* 

109,978,587 

103,042,837 

40,832,027 

33,980,127 

32,244,099 

28,000,000 

24,794,730 

24,276,928 

27.82

14.48

13.56

5.38

4.47

4.24

3.69

3.26

3.20

Statement as to disclosure of information to 
the auditor
The Directors who were in office on the date of approval of these 
financial statements have confirmed, that as far as they are aware, 
that there is no relevant audit information of which the auditor is 
unaware. Each of the Directors have 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
In accordance with section 489 of the Companies Act 2006, a 
resolution to appoint KPMG LLP as auditors will be made to 
members at the Annual General Meeting.

*Includes 10,740,000 shares held jointly by the director and the 
Tissue Regenix Employee Share Trust.

On behalf of the Board

Employment policies
The Group supports employment of disabled people where 
possible through recruitment, by retention of those who become 
disabled and generally through training, career development and 
promotion.

Antony Odell
Chief Executive Officer
11 May 2015 

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Directors’ Remuneration Report

It is the Company’s policy that Executive Directors should
have contracts with an indefinite term providing for a
maximum of six months’ notice. In the event of early
termination, the Directors’ contracts provide for
compensation up to a maximum of basic salary for the
notice period.

Non-executive Directors are employed on letters of
appointment which may be terminated on not less than
three months’ notice.

Companies with securities listed on AIM do not need to
comply with the UKLA Listing Rules. The Remuneration
Committee is however committed to maintaining high
standards of corporate governance and disclosure and has
applied the guidelines as far as practical given the current
size and development of the Company.

Remuneration Committee
The Remuneration Committee’s primary responsibilities are
to review the performance of the Executive Directors of the
Company and to determine the broad policy and
framework for their remuneration and the terms and
conditions of their service and that of senior management
(including the remuneration of and grant of options to such
persons under any share scheme adopted by the
Company). The Remuneration Committee comprises
Steven Couldwell, who is chairman of the committee,
Randeep Grewal and Alan Miller. The committee meets no
less than twice in each financial year.

The main elements of the remuneration packages for
Executive Directors and senior management are:

Basic annual salary (including directors’ fees)
The base salary is reviewed annually at the beginning of
each year. The review process is undertaken by the
Remuneration Committee and takes into account several
factors, including the current position and development of
the Group, individual contribution and market salaries for
comparable organisations.

Discretionary annual bonus
All Executive Directors and senior managers are eligible for
a discretionary annual bonus which is paid in accordance
with a bonus scheme developed by the Remuneration
Committee. This takes into account individual contribution,
business performance and commercial progress, along
with financial results.

On 24 April 2014 the Remuneration Committee approved
the implementation of a deferred annual bonus plan to
commence from the financial year ended 31 January 2014
(the “Deferred Annual Bonus Plan”). Under the terms of the
Deferred Annual Bonus Plan directors and senior managers
may waive up to 50% of their annual cash bonus and in

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return receive a share option over ordinary shares in the
Company (the “Deferred Allocation”). The number of
ordinary shares comprising the Deferred Allocation (i.e.
subject to the option) will be calculated by dividing the
amount of the cash bonus waived by the closing market
value of the ordinary shares of the Company on the dealing
day immediately prior to the date of deferral of the bonus.
The Deferred Allocation option is not capable of exercise
until the vesting date has been reached which is three
years from the date of grant of the award. By participating
in the Deferred Annual Bonus Plan directors and senior
managers will be entitled to receive a matching award at no
additional cost (the “Matching Allocation”). The Matching
Award will be an option over ordinary shares in the
Company. The number of ordinary shares comprising the
Matching Allocation will be equivalent to three times the
number of ordinary shares received in the Deferred
Allocation. Participants will not be entitled to receive the
Matching Allocation until the vesting date is reached which
is three years from the date of grant of the award.
Additionally participants will not be entitled to receive the
Matching Award unless shares price growth performance
targets have been achieved and those price targets
sustained for 30 consecutive days.

Share incentive schemes
The Group operates a share option plan, under which
certain directors’ and senior management have been
granted options to subscribe for ordinary shares. All
options are equity settled. The options are subject to
service and performance conditions, have an exercise price
of between 0.5 pence and 22.5 pence and the vesting
period is generally 1-3 years. If the options remain
unexercised after a period of 10 years from the date of
grant, the options expire. The Group has no legal or
constructive obligation to repurchase or settle the options
in cash.

In addition, certain Executive Directors are eligible to
acquire interests in ordinary shares in the Company to be
owned jointly with the trustee of the Tissue Regenix Group
Employee Share Trust (EBT) and under which, subject to
meeting performance criteria conditions, most of any future
increase in the value of the shares will accrue to the
employees.

Remuneration Policy for Non-Executive
Directors
Remuneration for Non-Executive Directors is set by the
Chairman and the Executive Members of the Board. Non-
Executives do not participate in bonus schemes or share
incentive schemes.

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Directors’ remuneration
The remuneration of the main Board Directors’ of Tissue Regenix who served in the year to 31 January 2015 was:

Antony Odell (note 1)
John Samuel (note 1)
Ian Jefferson (note 1)
Randeep Grewal
Steven Couldwell
Alison Fielding (note 2)
Alexander Stevenson (note 3)
Alan Miller

Total

Salary & fees
£000

Bonus
£000

Benefits
£000

Total 2015
£000

Total 2014
£000

158
100
130
20
20
25
–
25

478

90
–
49
–
–
–
–
–

139

1
–
1
–
–
–
–
–

2

249
100
180
20
20
25
–
25

619

225
100
168
12
12
17
3
17

554

Note 1 In addition certain directors hold employee share scheme interests in the Company. Fair value share based payment charges
recognised in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income attributable to these directors are; John Samuel £32,000 (2014:
£4,000), Antony Odell £47,000 (2014: £2,000), Ian Jefferson £51,000 (2014: £14,000).

Note 2 Alison Fielding resigned on 26 February 2015.

Note 3 Alexander Stevenson resigned on 8 March 2013.

Directors’ shareholdings
Directors’ interests in the shares of the Company, including family interests at 31 January 2015 were:

Ordinary shares of 0.5p each
2014
Number

2015
%

2015
Number

John Samuel (note 4)
Antony Odell (note 4)
Ian Jefferson (note 4)
Alison Fielding
Alan Miller

24,276,928
5,572,800
1,009,404
2,279,661
21,486,988

3.71% 24,276,928
0.85% 5,572,800
0.15% 1,009,404
0.35% 2,279,661
3.28% 21,486,988

Note 4 Includes shares held jointly by the director and EBT as set out below.

2014
%

3.71%
0.85%
0.15%
0.35%
3.29%

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Directors’ interests in jointly owned EBT shares and share options
Directors’ interests in shares owned jointly with the Trustees of the Tissue Regenix Group Employee Benefit Trust (EBT) and
in share options to acquire ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each in the Company at 31 January 2015 were:

Approved EMI scheme options
Antony Odell (note 1)
Antony Odell (note 2)
Antony Odell (note 3)
Ian Jefferson (note 4)
Ian Jefferson (note 3)
John Samuel (note 5)
John Samuel (note 3)
Unapproved scheme options
Antony Odell (note 6)
Ian Jefferson (note 6)
Ian Jefferson (note 7)
John Samuel (note 6)
EBT scheme shares (note 8)
Antony Odell
Ian Jefferson
John Samuel

At
1 February
2014

8,307,608
1,187,200
–
872,727
–
2,400,000
–

–
–
–
–

5,372,800
827,586
10,740,000

Exercised
during year

Lapsed
during year

Granted
during year

At
31 January
2015

Exercise
price

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
577,777
–
577,777
–
577,777

422,223
122,779
346,936
88,890

8,307,608
1,187,200
577,777
872,727
577,777
2,400,000
577,777

0.73 pence
5.00 pence
22.50 pence
13.75 pence
22.50 pence
5.00 pence
22.50 pence

422,223
122,779
346,936
88,890

22.50 pence
22.50 pence
0.05 pence
22.50 pence

–
–
–

5,372,800
827,586
10,740,000

5.00 pence
14.50 pence
5.00 pence

Note 1. There were no performance conditions in relation to the 8,307,608 options granted to Antony Odell prior to the reverse acquisition
all of which were eligible to be exercised at 31 January 2015.

Note 2. There were employment period and performance conditions in relation to the 1,187,200 options granted on 29 June 2010 which
allowed for vesting in three equal proportions on or after the three consecutive annual anniversaries from the date of grant, subject to the
Company’s share price reaching 10 pence per share, 15 pence per share and 20 pence per share by the respective three vesting dates.
As at the 31 January 2015 all the performance conditions had been met and the options were eligible for exercise.

Note 3. There were employment period and performance conditions in relation to the 577,777 options granted on 4 February 2014 which
allowed for vesting in three equal proportions on or after the three consecutive annual anniversaries from the date of grant, subject to the
Company’s share price reaching 30 pence per share, 40 pence per share and 50 pence per share by the respective three vesting dates.
As at the 31 January 2015 none of the performance conditions had been met and no options were eligible for exercise.

Note 4. There were employment period and performance conditions in relation to the 872,727 options granted on 6 July 2011 which
allowed for vesting in three equal proportions on or after the three consecutive annual anniversaries from the date of grant, subject to the
Company’s share price reaching 15 pence per share, 20 pence per share and 25 pence per share by the respective three vesting dates.
As at the 31 January 2015 all performance conditions had been met and the options were eligible for exercise.

Note 5. There were employment period and performance conditions in relation to the 2,400,000 options granted on 29 June 2010 which
allowed for vesting in three equal proportions on or after the three consecutive annual anniversaries from the date of grant, subject to the
Company’s share price reaching 10 pence per share, 15 pence per share and 20 pence per share by the respective three vesting dates.
As at the 31 January 2015 all the performance conditions had been met and the options were eligible for exercise.

Note 6. There were employment period and performance conditions in relation to the 422,223, 122,779 and 88,890 options granted on
4 February 2014 which allowed for vesting in three equal proportions on or after the three consecutive annual anniversaries from the date
of grant, subject to the Company’s share price reaching 30 pence per share, 40 pence per share and 50 pence per share by the respective
three vesting dates. As at the 31 January 2015 none of the performance conditions had been met and no options were eligible for
exercise.

Note 7. There were employment period and performance conditions in relation to the 346,936 options granted on 20 May 2014 under the
Company Deferred Annual Bonus plan. 86,734 options vest after three years and correspond to the amount of bonus deferred by the
participant. The remaining 260,202 options which relate to the matching award vest in three equal proportions three years after the date of
grant, subject to the Company’s share price reaching 30 pence per share, 40 pence per share and 50 pence per share by the vesting
dates. As at the 31 January 2015 none of the performance conditions had been met and no options were eligible for exercise.

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Tissue Regenix Group plc

Note 8. The Tissue Regenix Group Employee Benefit Trust (“the EBT”) was established with Osiris Management Services Limited appointed
as trustee (“the Trustee”) to enable the Trust to acquire ordinary shares in the Company and to make interests in those shares available for
the benefit of current and future employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. Antony Odell and John Samuel have interests in ordinary
shares in the Company which were acquired jointly with the Trustee in the market on 29 June 2010 at a price of 5 pence per share. Ian
Jefferson has an interest in ordinary shares in the Company which were acquired jointly with the Trustee in the market on 25 July 2012 at a
price of 14.25 pence. The shares were all acquired pursuant to certain conditions set out in Joint Owned Equity agreement’s (“JOE’s”).
Subject to meeting the performance criteria conditions set out in the JOE’s, most of any future increase in the value of the shares will
accrue to the employees provided that they have not ceased employment with the Group on or before the date that these conditions are
met. The employees are also under certain circumstances able to benefit from an increase in the value of the Shares on a takeover, change
of control, scheme of arrangement or a voluntary winding-up of the Company. Where the performance conditions are not met, the Trustee
has an option to acquire the interests of the employees in the Shares at a price equal to the original purchase cost they paid so that none
of any increase in the value of the Shares will accrue to them. The market price of the shares at 31 January 2015 was 20.25 pence per
share, the highest and lowest prices during the year were 31.25 pence and 19.38 pence respectively. Further details of all share options
and jointly owned shares held by the Trustee are set out in note 16 to the financial statements.

On behalf of the Board

Steve Couldwell
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
11 May 2015

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Corporate Governance Statement

Going Concern
At 31 January 2015, the Group had £10.3m of cash and
cash equivalents available to it. Post year-end the
Company raised an additional £20m, before expenses, by
way of a share placing. The Directors have considered their
obligation, in relation to the assessment of the going
concern of the Group and each statutory entity within it and
have reviewed the current budget cash forecasts and
assumptions as well as the main risk factors facing the
Group.

After due enquiry, the Directors consider that the Group
has adequate resources to continue in operational
existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they
continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the
financial statements.

Corporate governance
The Directors recognise the importance of sound corporate
governance and have observed the principals of the UK
Corporate Governance Code, to the extent that they
consider them appropriate for the Group’s size, throughout
the accounting year.

The Board
The Board currently comprises three Executive Directors
and three Non-Executive Directors.

Audit Committee
The Audit Committee’s primary responsibilities are to
monitor the integrity of the financial affairs and statements
of the Company, to ensure that the financial performance of
the Company and any subsidiary of the Company is
properly measured and reported on, to review reports from
the Companies auditors relating to the accounting and
internal controls and to make recommendations relating to
the appointment of the external auditors.

The Audit Committee comprises Alan Miller, who acts as
chairman of the committee and Steven Couldwell and
Randeep Grewal.

Internal Control
The Board is responsible for maintaining a sound system of
internal control. The Board’s measures are designed to
manage, not eliminate risk, and such a system provides
reasonable but not absolute assurance against material
misstatement or loss. The Board confirms that it has
established the procedures necessary to implement the
guidance “Internal Control Guidance for Directors on the
Combined Code” (The Turnbull Report).

Some key features of the internal control system are:

(i) Management accounts information, budgets, forecasts

and business risk issues are regularly reviewed by the
Board who meet at least ten times per year;

(ii) The Company has operational, accounting and

employment policies in place;

(iii) The Board actively identifies and evaluates the risks

inherent in the business and ensures that appropriate
controls and procedures are in place to manage these
risks;

(iv) There is a clearly defined organisational structure, and

(v) There are well-established financial reporting and

control systems.

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Statement of Directors’ Responsibilities

Tissue Regenix Group plc

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

Company law requires the directors to prepare Group and
parent Company financial statements for each financial
year. As required by the AIM rules of the London Stock
Exchange they are required to prepare Group financial
statements in accordance with International Financial
Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as adopted by the European
Union (“EU”) and applicable law and have elected to
prepare the parent Company financial statements on the
same basis.

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 parent Company and of their profit or loss for that
period. In preparing each of the Group and the parent
Company financial statements, the Directors are required
to:

a. select suitable accounting policies and then apply them

consistently;

b. make judgements and estimates that are reasonable

and prudent;

c. state whether they have been prepared in accordance

with IFRS as adopted by the EU; and

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

The Directors are responsible for keeping adequate
accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain
the parent Company’s transactions and disclose with
reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of
the parent Company and to enable them to ensure that the
financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006.
They have a general responsibility for taking such steps as
are reasonably open to them to safeguard the assets of the
Group and to prevent and detect of fraud and other
irregularities.

The Directors are responsible for the maintenance and
integrity of the corporate and financial information included
on the Tissue Regenix Group website,
www.tissueregenix.com.

Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the
preparation and dissemination of financial statements may
differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

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Independent Auditor’s Report
to the members of Tissue Regenix Group Plc

•

the financial statements have been prepared 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.

Ian Beaumont (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of KPMG LLP, Statutory Auditor
Chartered Accountants
1 The Embankment
Neville Street
Leeds
LS1 4 DW

11 May 2015

We have audited the financial statements of Tissue Regenix
Group Plc for the year ended 31 January 2015 set out on
pages 19 to 42. The financial reporting framework that has
been applied in their preparation is applicable law and
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as
adopted by the EU 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 explained more fully in the Directors’ Responsibilities
Statement set out on page 17, 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 Ethical Standards for Auditors.

Scope of the audit of the financial
statements
A description of the scope of an audit of financial
statements is provided on the Financial Reporting Council’s
website at 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 of the parent company’s affairs
as at 31 January 2015 and of the group’s loss for the
year then ended;

the group financial statements have been properly
prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the
EU;

the parent company financial statements have been
properly prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted
by the EU and as applied in accordance with the
provisions of the Companies Act 2006; and

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Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
For the year ended 31 January 2015

Tissue Regenix Group plc

Operating Income
Administrative expenses

Operating Loss
Finance income

Loss before taxation
Taxation

Loss after tax attributable to equity holders of the parent

Other Comprehensive Income:
Foreign currency translation differences – foreign operations

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE EXPENSE FOR THE YEAR

Notes

4
4

6

7

2015
£000

100
(8,469)

(8,369)
168

(8,201)
620

(7,581)

2014
£000

6
(6,583)

(6,577)
274

(6,303)
710

(5,593)

(4)

3

(7,585)

(5,590)

Loss per share
Basic and diluted on loss from continuing operations

8

(1.19)p

(0.88)p

The loss for the year arises from the Group’s continuing operations.

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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity
For the year ended 31 January 2015

Share

Share
Capital Premium Reserve
£000

£000

£000

Reverse
Merger Acquisition
Reserve
£000

Reserve
For Own Payment
Reserve
£000

Shares
£000

Share
Based Retained
Earnings
Deficit
£000

Total
£000

At 31 January 2013

3,264

31,966

10,884

(7,148)

(831)

536

(14,205)

24,466

Loss for the year
Other comprehensive expense

Loss and total comprehensive

expense for the year
Exercise of share options
Share based payment expense

–
–

–
3
–

–
–

–
5
–

–
–

–
–
–

–
–

–
–
–

–
–

–
–
–

–
–

–
–
94

(5,593)
3

(5,593)
3

(5,590)
–
–

(5,590)
8
94

At 31 January 2014

3,267

31,971

10,884

(7,148)

(831)

630

(19,795)

18,978

Loss for the year
Other comprehensive expense

Loss and total comprehensive

expense for the year
Exercise of share options
Share based payment expense

–
–

–
4
–

–
–

–
1
–

–
–

–
–
–

–
–

–
–
–

–
–

–
–
–

At 31 January 2015

3,271

31,972

10,884

(7,148)

(831)

–
–

(7,581)
(4)

(7,581)
(4)

–
–
180

810

(7,585)
–
–

(7,585)
5
180

(27,380)

11,578

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Consolidated Statement of Financial Position
As at 31 January 2015

Tissue Regenix Group plc

Assets

Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment

Total non-current assets

Current assets
Inventory
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents

Total current assets

Total assets

Liabilities
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables

Total liabilities

Net assets

Equity
Share capital
Share premium
Merger reserve
Reverse acquisition reserve
Reserve for own shares
Share based payment reserve
Retained earnings deficit

Total equity

Approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 11 May 2015.

John Samuel
Chairman

Company number: 5969271

Ian Jefferson
Chief Financial Officer

Notes

9

10
11

12

13
13
13
13

16
14

2015
£000

435

435

34
1,947
10,257

12,238

12,673

2014
£000

472

472

–
1,127
18,483

19,610

20,082

(1,095)

(1,095)

(1,104)

(1,104)

11,578

18,978

3,271
31,972
10,884
(7,148)
(831)
810
(27,380)

3,267
31,971
10,884
(7,148)
(831)
630
(19,795)

11,578

18,978

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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
For the year ended 31 January 2015

Operating activities

Operating loss
Adjustment for non-cash items:
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
Share based payment
R&D tax credit received

Operating cash outflow

Increase in inventory
Increase in trade and other receivables
(Decrease)/increase in trade and other payables

Net cash outflow from operations

Investing activities
Interest received
Purchases of property, plant and equipment

Net cash outflow from investing activities

Financing activities
Proceeds from issue of share capital

Net cash inflow from financing activities

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at start of year

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

Notes

2015
£000

2014
£000

9
16

9

13

(8,369)

(6,577)

151
180
–

124
94
474

(8,038)

(5,885)

(34)
(200)
(13)

–
(184)
422

(8,285)

(5,647)

168
(114)

54

5

5

274
(358)

(84)

8

8

(8,226)
18,483

10,257

(5,723)
24,206

18,483

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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 January 2015

Tissue Regenix Group plc

1 Basis of Preparation
The financial statements of Tissue Regenix Group plc are
audited consolidated financial statements for the year to
31 January 2015. These include audited comparatives for
the year to 31 January 2014.

The Group financial statements consolidate the financial
statements of Tissue Regenix Group plc and the entities it
controls, its subsidiaries.

Going Concern
As at 31 January 2015, the Group had £10.3 million of
cash and cash equivalents available to it. Post year-end the
Company raised £20 million before expenses by the way of
a share placing. The Directors have considered their
obligation, in relation to the assessment of the going
concern of the Group and each statutory entity within it and
have reviewed the current budget cash forecasts and
assumptions as well as the main risk factors facing the
Group as set out on page 9.

After due enquiry, the Directors consider that the Group
has adequate resources to continue in operational
existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they
continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the
financial statements.

2 Significant Accounting Policies
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared
under the historical cost convention in accordance with
International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by
the European Union.

The principal accounting policies applied are set out below.

Revenue
Revenue is measured as the fair value of the consideration
received or receivable in the normal course of business, net
of discounts, VAT and other sales related taxes and is
recognised to the extent that it is probable that the
economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow
in to the Company.

Grant income is recognised as earned based on
contractual conditions, generally as expenses are incurred.

Foreign Currencies
The individual financial statements of each Group entity are
presented in the currency of the primary economic
environment in which the entity operates (its functional
currency). For the purposes of the consolidated financial
statements, the results and the financial position of each
Group entity are expressed in Pounds Sterling, which is the

functional currency of the Company and the presentational
currency for the consolidated financial statements.

In preparing the financial statements of the individual
entities, transactions in currencies other than the entity’s
functional currency (foreign currencies) are recorded at the
rates of exchange prevailing at the dates of the
transactions. At each balance sheet date, monetary items
denominated on foreign currencies are retranslated at the
rates prevailing at the balance sheet date. Non-monetary
items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign
currencies are retranslated at the rates prevailing at the
date when the fair value was determined.

Non-monetary items that are measured in terms of
historical cost in foreign currency are not retranslated.

The assets and liabilities of foreign operations are translated
using exchange rates at the balance sheet date. The
components of shareholders’ equity are started at historical
value. An average exchange rate for the period is used to
translate the results and cash flows of foreign operations.

Exchange differences arising on translating the results and
net assets of foreign operation are taken to the translation
reserve in equity until the disposal of the investment. The
gain or loss in the income statement on the disposal of
foreign operations includes the release of the translation
reserve relating to the operation that is being sold.

Research and Development
Research costs are charged to profit or loss as they are
incurred. An intangible asset arising from development
expenditure on an individual project is recognised only
when all of the following criteria can be demonstrated:

•

it is technically feasible to complete the product and the
Company is satisfied that appropriate regulatory hurdles
have been, or will be achieved;

• management intends to complete the product and use

or sell it;

•

•

•

•

there is an ability to use or sell the product;

it can be demonstrated how the product will generate
probable future economic benefits;

adequate technical, financial and other resources are
available to complete the development, use or sell the
product; and

expenditure attributable to the product can be reliably
measured.

Such intangible assets are amortised on a straight-line
basis from the point at which the assets are ready for use
over the period of the expected benefit, and are reviewed
for an indication of impairment at each reporting date.

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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 January 2015

Other development costs are charged against profit or loss
as incurred since the criteria for their recognition as an
asset are not met.

The costs of an internally generated intangible asset
comprise all directly attributable costs necessary to create,
produce and prepare the asset to be capable of operating
in the manner intended by management. Directly
attributable costs include employee costs incurred on
technical development, testing and certification, materials
consumed and any relevant third party cost. The costs of
internally generated developments are recognised as
intangible assets and are subsequently measured in the
same way as externally acquired intangible assets.
However, until completion of the development project, the
assets are subject to impairment testing only.

No development costs to date have been capitalised as
intangible assets.

Leases
Rentals payable under operating leases, which are leases
where the lessor retains a significant proportion of the risks
and benefits of the asset are charged in the statement of
comprehensive income on a straight line basis over the
expected lease term.

Property, Plant and Equipment
Property, plant and equipment assets are stated at
historical cost.

Depreciation is provided on all property, plant and
equipment assets at rates calculated to write each asset
down to its estimated residual value evenly over its
expected useful life, as follows:

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.

Share Based Payments
Share options
Equity settled share-based payment transactions are
measured with reference to the fair value at the date of
grant, recognised on a straight line basis over the vesting
period, based on the Company’s estimate of shares that
will eventually vest. Fair value is measured using a Binomial
valuation model.

At each reporting date before vesting, the cumulative
expense is calculated, representing the extent to which the
vesting period has expired and management’s best estimate
of the achievement or otherwise of non-market conditions
and the number of equity instruments that will ultimately
vest. The movement in cumulative expense since the
previous reporting date is recognised in the statement of
comprehensive income, with a corresponding entry in equity.

Jointly held shares
Where an employee acquires an interest in shares in the
Company jointly with the Tissue Regenix Employee Share
Trust, the fair value benefit at the purchase date is
recognised as an expense, with a corresponding increase
to equity share based payment reserve on a straight-line
basis, over the vesting period.

The fair value benefit is measured using a Binomial
valuation model, taking into account the terms and
conditions upon which the jointly owned shares were
purchased.

Laboratory equipment
Computer equipment
Office furniture and equipment:

over 5 years
over 3 years
over 5 years

The expected life used in the model has been adjusted,
based on management’s best estimate, for the effect of
non-transferability, sale restrictions, and behavioral
considerations

Impairment of Property, Plant and
Equipment
At each reporting date, the Group reviews the carrying
amounts of its property, plant and equipment and intangible
assets to determine whether there is any indication that
those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such
indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is
estimated in order to determine the extent of the
impairment loss (if any).

Discounted cash flow valuation techniques are generally
applied for assessing recoverable amounts using 3 year
forward looking cash flow projections and terminal value
estimates, together with discount rates appropriate to the
risk of the related cash generating units.

Financial Assets and Liabilities
Trade and other receivables
Trade and other receivables do not carry any interest and
are initially recognised at fair value. They are subsequently
measured at amortised cost using the effective interest rate
method, less any provision for impairment.

Impairment provisions are recognised when there is
objective evidence that the Group will be unable to collect
all of the amounts due under the terms receivable, the
amount of such a provision being the difference between
the net carrying amount and the present value of the future
expected cash flows associated with the impaired
receivable.

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Trade and other payables
Trade and other payables are not interest bearing and are
initially recognised at fair value. They are subsequently
measured at amortised cost using the effective interest
method.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash at hand and
deposits on a term of not greater than 12 months.

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

Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently
payable and deferred tax.

The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the
period. The Group’s liability for current tax is calculated by
using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively
enacted by the reporting date.

Deferred tax is the tax expected to be payable or
recoverable on differences between the carrying amount of
assets and liabilities in the financial information and the
corresponding tax bases used in the computation of
taxable profit, and is accounted for using the balance sheet
liability method. Deferred tax liabilities are recognised for all
taxable temporary differences and deferred tax assets are
recognised to the extent that it is probable that taxable
profits will be available against which deductible temporary
differences can be utilised. Deferred tax is calculated at the
tax rates that are expected to apply to the period when the
asset is realised or the liability is settled using tax rates that
have been enacted or substantively enacted by the
reporting date. Deferred tax is charged or credited to profit
or loss, except when it relates to items credited or charged
directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also
dealt with in equity.

Critical Accounting Estimates and Areas of
Judgement
Estimates and judgements are continually evaluated and
are based on historical experience and other factors,
including expectations of future events that are believed to
be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may
differ from these estimates. The estimates and assumptions
that have the most significant effects on the carrying
amounts of the assets and liabilities in the financial
information are discussed below:

Tissue Regenix Group plc

Equity settled share-based payments
The estimation of share-based payment costs requires the
selection of an appropriate valuation method, consideration
as to the inputs necessary for the valuation model chosen
and the estimation of the number of awards that will
ultimately vest.Inputs subject to judgement relate to the
future volatility of the share price of comparable companies,
the Group’s expected dividend yields, risk free interest rates
and expected lives of the options. The Directors draw on a
variety of sources to aid in the determination of the
appropriate data to use in such calculations. The share
based payment charge for the year was £180,000
(31 January 2014: £94,000)

Research and development costs
Careful judgement by the Directors is applied when
deciding whether the recognition requirements for
capitalising development costs have been met. This is
necessary as the economic success of any product
development is uncertain and may be subject to future
technical problems. Judgements are based on the
information available at each reporting date which includes
the progress with testing and certification and progress on,
for example, establishment of commercial arrangements
with third parties. In addition, all internal activities related to
research and development of new products are
continuously monitored by the Directors. To date, no
development costs have been capitalised.

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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 January 2015

Accounting standards and interpretations not applied
At the date of authorisation of these financial statements, the following standards and interpretations relevant to the Group
that have not been applied in these financial statements were in issue but not yet effective:
Standard

Description

Effective date

IFRS 9
IFRS 11

IFRS 15
IAS 16 and 38

Financial Instruments
Accounting for Acquisitions of Interests in
Joint Operations – Amendments to IFRS 11
Revenue from contracts with customers
Clarification of Acceptable Methods of Depreciation
and Amortisation – Amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 38
Defined Benefit Plans: Employee Contributions – Amendments to IAS 19
Equity Method in Separate Financial Statements – Amendments to IAS 27

IAS 19
IAS 27
Annual Improvements to IFRS – 2010-2012 Cycle
Annual Improvements to IFRS – 2011-2013 Cycle
Annual Improvements to IFRS – 2012-2014 Cycle

1 January 2018

1 January 2016
1 January 2017

1 January 2016
1 July 2014
1 January 2016
1 July 2014
1 July 2014
1 January 2016

The Directors anticipate that the adoption of these Standards and Interpretations in future years will have no material impact
on the financial statements of the Group.

No Standards or Interpretations adopted in the year had any material impact on the financial statements of the Group.

3 Segmental Reporting
At 31 January 2015, the Group operated in one business segment, that of the development and commercialisation of
innovative platform technologies in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

The Group operates in two geographic sectors, the UK and the USA. A split of expenses and assets is included below:

Geographical analysis

UK
£000

(8,369)

UK
£000

(6,577)

UK
£000

12,330

(711)

UK
£000

19,861

(846)

USA
£000

–

USA
£000

–

USA
£000

343

(384)

USA
£000

221

(258)

2015
Total
£000

(8,369)

2014
Total
£000

(6,577)

2015
Total
£000

12,673

(1,095)

2014
Total
£000

20,082

(1,104)

Operating Loss*

*Expenses of £1,725k incurred in USA recharged to UK parent.

Operating Loss**

**Expenses of £952k incurred in USA recharged to UK parent.

Assets

Liabilities

Assets

Liabilities

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Tissue Regenix Group plc

2015
£000

20

151
407
3,612
27
4,049

10
17

22
25

74

2014
£000

–

124
281
2,917
44
3,356

10
10

17
12

49

2015
Number

2014
Number

7
53

60

2015
£000

3,094
180
338

3,612

7
41

48

2014
£000

2,557
94
266

2,917

749

574

4 Loss from Operations

Loss from operations is stated after crediting:
Grant income

Loss from operations is stated after charging to administrative expenses:
Depreciation of plant and equipment (see note 9)
Operating lease rentals – land and buildings
Staff costs
Foreign exchange losses
Research and development (inclusive of research and development personnel)

Auditors remuneration:
– fees payable to Company’s auditor for the audit of the Parent Company and consolidated

financial statements

– auditing the accounts of subsidiaries pursuant to legislation
Other services:
– fees in relation to corporation tax
– fees in relation to other tax advice

Total auditors remuneration

5 Staff Costs

The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by

the Group during the year was:

Directors
Laboratory and administration staff

The aggregate remuneration, including directors, comprised:
Wages and salaries
Share based expense (see note 16)
Social security & healthcare costs

Directors’ remuneration included above comprised:
Emoluments for qualifying services

Directors’ emoluments disclosed above include £249,000 paid to the highest paid director (2014: £225,000) as well as
share based payments benefit of £47,000 (2014: £2,000).

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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 January 2015

6 Finance Income

Bank interest receivable

7 Taxation
Tax on loss on ordinary activities

Current tax:
UK corporation tax credit on losses of period
Tax credits received in respect of prior periods

Deferred tax:
Origination and reversal of temporary timing differences

Tax credit on loss on ordinary activities

2015
£000

168

2015
£000

(620)
–

(620)

–

(620)

2014
£000

274

2014
£000

(710)
–

(710)

–

(710)

The charge for the year can be reconciled to the loss before tax per the Statement of Comprehensive Income as follows:

Factors affecting the current tax charges
The tax assessed for the year varies from the small Company rate of corporation tax as explained below:

The tax assessed for the period varies from the small Company rate of corporation

tax as explained below:

Loss on ordinary activities before tax
Tax at the standard rate of corporation tax 20%
Effects of:
Expenses not deductable for tax purposes
Research and development tax credits received
Surrender of research and development relief for repayable tax credit
Research and development enhancement
Unutilised tax losses

Tax credit for the year

2015
£000

2014
£000

(8,201)
(1,640)

36
(620)
919
(510)
1,195

(620)

(6,303)
(1,261)

19
(710)
1,291
(717)
668

(710)

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Tissue Regenix Group plc

Deferred Tax

Tax losses
Losses available to carry forward against future trading profits
Deferred tax asset – unrecognised*

2015
£000

2014
£000

16,121
3,224

10,226
2,045

*The Company has not recognised a deferred tax asset relating to these losses as their recoverability is uncertain.

8 Loss per Share (Basic and Diluted)
Basic loss per share is calculated by dividing the loss attributable to equity holders of the parent by the weighted average
number of ordinary shares in issue during the year excluding own shares held jointly by the Tissue Regenix Employee Share
Trust and certain employees. Diluted loss per share is calculated by adjusting the weighted average number of ordinary
shares in issue during the year to assume conversion of all dilutive potential ordinary shares.

Total loss attributable to the equity holders of the parent

2015
£000

2014
£000

(7,581)

(5,593)

No.

No.

Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the year

636,890,061 635,574,603

Loss per share
Basic and diluted on loss for the year

(1.19)p

(0.88)p

The Company has issued employee options over 21,956,458 ordinary shares and there are 16,940,386 jointly owned
shares which are potentially dilutive. There is however, no dilutive effect of these issued options as there is a loss for each of
the years concerned.

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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 January 2015

9 Property, Plant and Equipment

Laboratory
Equipment
£000

Fixtures
& Fittings
£000

Computer
Equipment
£000

Cost
At 31 January 2013
Additions

At 31 January 2014
Additions

At 31 January 2015

Depreciation
At 31 January 2013
Charge for the year

At 31 January 2014
Charge for the year

At 31 January 2015

Net book value
At 31 January 2015

At 31 January 2014

At 31 January 2013

10 Trade and Other Receivables

Trade debtors
Other receivables
Prepayments and accrued income

332
321

653
89

742

152
89

241
116

357

385

412

180

36
16

52
1

53

24
9

33
8

41

12

19

12

88
21

109
24

133

42
26

68
27

95

38

41

46

2015
£000

40
1,415
492

1,947

The Directors consider that the carrying amount of trade and other receivables approximates to their fair value.

No provisions are held against receivables and no amounts past due have been impaired.

Total
£000

456
358

814
114

928

218
124

342
151

493

435

472

238

2014
£000

–
807
320

1,127

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Tissue Regenix Group plc

11 Risk Management of Financial Assets and Liabilities
The Company’s activities expose it to a variety of financial risks: market risk, specifically interest rate risk, credit risk and
liquidity risk. The Company’s overall risk management programme focuses on the unpredictability of financial markets and
seeks to minimise potential adverse effects on the Company’s financial performance.

The management of these risks is vested in the Board of Directors. The policies for managing each of these risks are
summarised below:

Management of market risk
i) Interest rate risk
As the Company has no significant borrowings the risk is limited to the potential reduction in interest received on cash
surpluses held. Interest rate risk is managed in accordance with the liquidity requirement of the Group, with a minimal
amount of its cash surpluses held within short term accounts, which have variable interest rates attributable to them, to
ensure that sufficient funds are available to cover the working capital requirements of the Company.

Interest rate sensitivity
The principal impact to the Company is the result of interest-bearing cash and cash equivalent balances held as set out
below:

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents

2015

Fixed rate Floating rate
£000

£000

Total
£000

9,306

951

10,257

2014

Fixed rate
£000

Floating rate
£000

Total
£000

18,402

81

18,483

Due to the high proportion of funds held on a fixed deposit, the impact of a 5 per cent. increase/decrease in interest rates
would have an immaterial impact on the loss in each year.

Management of credit risk
The Company is exposed to credit risk from its operating activities, it principally arises from short term bank deposits. The
Company seeks to minimise this risk by only depositing funds with banks with a high credit rating.

The maximum exposure to credit risk on the Company’s financial assets is represented by their carrying amounts as
outlined in the categorisation of financial instruments table below.

The Company does not consider that any changes in fair value of financial assets or liabilities in the year are attributable to
credit risk.

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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 January 2015

Management of liquidity risk
The Company seeks to manage liquidity risk to ensure that sufficient liquidity is available to meet foreseeable needs and to
invest cash assets safely and profitably.

No maturity analysis for financial liabilities is presented, as the Directors consider that liquidity risk is not material.

The Company had cash and cash equivalents at each reporting date is set out below.

Cash and cash equivalents
AA-
A
BBB+

2015
£000

49
10,208
–

10,257

2014
£000

46
18,399
38

18,483

The above has been split by the Fitch rating system and gives an analysis of the credit rating of the financial institutions
where cash balances are held.

Capital risk management
The Company manages its capital to ensure that the Company will be able to continue as a going concern while
maximising the return to stakeholders. The Company’s overall strategy is to minimise costs and liquidity risk.

The capital structure of the Company consists of equity attributable to the owners of the Company, comprising issued
capital, reserves and retained earnings as disclosed in note 13 and 14 and in the Statement of Changes in Equity.

Categorisation of financial instrument
Financial assets/(liabilities)

Financial
liabilities at
amortised
cost
£000

Loans and
receivables
£000

1,455
10,257
–

11,712

Loans and
receivables
£000

807
18,483
–

19,290

–
–
(385)

(385)

Financial
liabilities at
amortised
cost
£000

–
–
(423)

(423)

Total
£000

1,455
10,257
(385)

11,327

Total
£000

807
18,483
(423)

18,867

At 31 January 2015
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents
Trade and other payables

At 31 January 2014
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents
Trade and other payables

The Company had no financial instruments measured at fair value

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12 Trade and Other Payables

Trade payables
Taxes and social security
Accruals

Tissue Regenix Group plc

2015
£000

312
73
710

2014
£000

368
55
681

1,095

1,104

The Directors consider that the carrying amount of trade and other payables approximates to their fair value.

Trade payables, split by the currency they will be settled are shown below:

Sterling
US Dollars
Euros

Trade payables

13 Share Capital

2015
£000

168
118
26

312

Number

Share
capital
£000

Share
premium
£000

Merger
reserve
£000

Reverse
acquisition
reserve
£000

2014
£000

251
91
26

368

Total
£000

Total Ordinary shares of 0.5p
each as at 31 January 2013

652,825,019

3,264

31,966

10,884

(7,148)

38,966

Share options exercised

662,338

3

5

–

–

8

Total Ordinary shares of 0.5p
each as at 31 January 2014

653,487,357

3,267

31,971

10,884

(7,148)

38,974

Share options exercised

635,674

4

1

–

–

5

Total Ordinary shares of 0.5p
each as at 31 January 2015

654,123,031

3,271

31,972

10,884

(7,148)

38,979

As permitted by the provisions of the Companies Act 2006, the Company does not have an upper limit to its authorised
share capital.

Post year-end the Company raised £20 million before expenses by the way of a share placing.

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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 January 2015

14 Movement in Retained Earnings and Reserve for Own Shares

At 31 January 2013

Loss for the year
Exchange movement

At 31 January 2014

Loss for the year
Exchange movement

At 31 January 2015

Retained Reserve For
Earnings Deficit Own Shares
£000

£000

(14,205)

(831)

(5,593)
3

–
–

(19,795)

(831)

(7,581)
(4)

–
–

(27,380)

(831)

15 Commitments
Operating lease commitments
The Group leases premises under non-cancellable operating lease agreements. The future aggregate minimum lease and
service charge payments under non-cancellable operating leases are as follows:

Land and buildings:
Amounts due within one year

2015
£000

175

2014
£000

57

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Tissue Regenix Group plc

16 Share Based Payments
Share options and shares held in employee benefit trust (“EBT”)
The Company operates a share option plan, under which certain employees have been granted options to subscribe for
ordinary shares. All options are equity settled. The options have an exercise price of between 0.5p to 22.5p and a vesting
period between 1 and 3 years. If the options remain unexercised after a period of 10 years from the date of grant, the
options expire. The Group has no legal or constructive obligation to repurchase or settle the options in cash.

The Group also operates a jointly owned EBT share scheme for senior management under which the trustee of the Group
sponsored EBT has acquired shares in the Group jointly with a number of employees. The shares were acquired pursuant
to certain conditions, set out in Jointly Owned Equity agreements (“JOE’s”). Subject to meeting the performance criteria
conditions set out in the JOE’s, the employees are able to benefit from most of any future increase in the value of the jointly
owned EBT shares. The fair value benefit is measured using the Binomial model, taking into account the terms and
conditions upon which the jointly owned shares were purchased.

The number and weighted average exercise prices of share options and EBT shares are as follows:

At 31 January 2013
Exercised in the year
Lapsed during year
Issued in the year

At 31 January 2014
Exercised in the year
Lapsed during year
Issued in the year

At 31 January 2015

Number of share interests

EMI options

15,664,321
(662,338)
(145,454)
675,675

15,532,204
(635,674)
(319,992)
1,955,553

Unapproved
options

2,436,404
–
–
2,387,625

EBT shares

17,540,386
(250,414)
(349,586)
–

4,824,029
–
(480,480)
1,080,828

16,940,386
–
–
–

Weighted
average
exercise
price
Total per share (£)

35,641,111
(912,752)
(495,040)
3,063,300

37,296,619
(635,674)
(800,472)
3,036,381

0.0464
0.0225
0.0757
0.0952

0.0505
0.0073
0.1033
0.1993

0.0706

16,532,091

5,424,377

16,940,386

38,896,854

There were 16,622,309 share options outstanding at 31 January 2015 which were eligible to be exercised. The remaining
options were not eligible to be exercised as these are subject to employment period and market based vesting conditions,
some of which had not been met at 31 January 2015.

The performance conditions in relation to these options allows for vesting in three equal proportions on or after the three
consecutive annual anniversaries from the date of grant subject to the Company’s share price reaching certain hurdle values
by the respective vesting dates.

There were 16,940,386 of the jointly held EBT shares which were eligible to vest as at 31 January 2015. The remaining
shares were not eligible to vest because the related employment period conditions and some of the performance conditions
under the JOE’s had not been met.

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Notes to the Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 January 2015

The fair value benefit received on share options granted is measured using the Binomial model taking in to account the
effects of the vesting and performance conditions, expected exercise price and the payment of the dividends by the
Company. The fair value benefit received on EBT shares is measured using the Binomial model, taking into account the
terms and conditions upon which the jointly owned shares were purchased. The following table lists the inputs to the
models used:

Dividend yield
Expected volatility
Risk free interest rate (%)
Expected vesting life of EBT shares and options (years)
Weighted average share price (£)

Options
Granted
year to
31 January
2015

Options
Granted
year to
31 January
2014

–
47%
0.9
4
0.1993

–
47%
0.9
4
0.0942

Any share options and employee interests in jointly owned EBT shares which are not exercised within 10 years from the
date of grant will expire.

A charge has been recognised in the statement of comprehensive income for each year as follows:

Share options
Jointly owned shares

2015
£000

178
2

180

2014
£000

82
12

94

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Tissue Regenix Group plc

2015
£000

2014
£000

76

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17 Related Party Transactions
Trading transactions with

Transactions with significant shareholders:
Patent support costs

Transactions with Key Management Personnel
The Company’s key management personnel comprise only the Directors of the Company.

During the year the Company entered into the following transactions in which the Directors had an interest:

Directors’ remuneration:
Remuneration received by the Directors from the Company is set out below:

Short-term employment benefits*

2015
£000

619

2014
£000

554

*In addition, certain directors hold share options and jointly owned shares in the Company for which a fair value share based charge of
£130,000 has been recognised in the consolidated statement of comprehensive income (2014: £20,000).

During the year ended 31 January 2015, the Company entered into numerous transactions with its subsidiary Company
which net off on consolidation – these have not been shown above.

18 Ultimate Controlling Party
The directors believe that there is no ultimate controlling party.

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Company Statement of Changes in Equity
For the year ended 31 January 2015

Attributable to the equity holders of the Company

At 31 January 2013
Total expense and other

comprehensive loss for the year

Share options exercised
Share based payment expense

At 31 January 2014
Total expense and other

comprehensive loss for the year

Share options exercised
Share based payment expense

Share
Capital
£000

3,264

–
3
–

Share
Premium
£000

Merger
Reserve
£000

31,966

10,884

–
5
–

–
–
–

3,267

31,971

10,884

–
4
–

–
1
–

–
–
–

At 31 January 2015

3,271

31,972

10,884

Share
Based
Payment
Reserve
£000

Retained
Earnings
Deficit
£000

Total
£000

463

–
–
94

557

–
–
180

737

(4,542)

42,035

(743)
–
–

(743)
8
94

(5,285)

41,394

(1,039)
–
–

(6,324)

(1,039)
5
180

40,540

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Company Statement of Financial Position
For the year ended 31 January 2015

Assets
Non-current assets
Investments

Total non-current assets

Current assets
Trade and other receivables
Intercompany loan balance
Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Liabilities
Current liabilities
Trade and other payables

Total liabilities

Net assets

Equity
Share capital
Share premium
Merger reserve
Share based payment reserve
Retained earnings deficit

Total equity

Approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 11 May 2015.

John Samuel
Chairman

Company number: 5969271

Ian Jefferson
Chief Financial Officer

Tissue Regenix Group plc

Notes

2015
£000

2014
£000

C3

C4
C5

C6

13
13
13
16

12,922

12,922

40
17,881
9,965

27,886

40,808

12,922

12,922

49
10,232
18,409

28,690

41,612

(268)

(268)

(218)

(218)

40,540

41,394

3,271
31,972
10,884
737
(6,324)

40,540

3,267
31,971
10,884
557
(5,285)

41,394

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Company Statement of Cash Flows
For the year ended 31 January 2014

Operating activities
Loss before interest and tax
Adjustment for non-cash items:
Share based payments

Operating cash outflow
Decrease in trade and other receivables
Increase in trade and other payables

Net cash generated from operations

Investing activities
Interest received
Loan to subsidiary undertaking

Net cash generated from investing activities

Financing activities
Proceeds from issue of share capital

Net cash used in financing activities

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at start of year

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

Notes

2015
£000

2014
£000

(1,207)

(1,017)

16

C5

13

180

(1,027)
9
50

(968)

168
(7,649)

(7,481)

5

5

(8,444)
18,409

9,965

94

(923)
108
34

(781)

274
(5,023)

(4,749)

8

8

(5,522)
23,931

18,409

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Notes to the Company Information
For the year ended 31 January 2015

Tissue Regenix Group plc

C1. Principal accounting policies
The separate financial statements of the Company are presented as required by the Companies Act 2006 and in
accordance with IFRS.

The principal accounting policies adopted are the same as for those set out in the Group’s financial statements.

C2. Company results
The Company has elected to take the exemption under section 408 of the Companies Act 2006 not to present the parent
Company’s statement of comprehensive income. The parent Company’s result for the year ended 31 January 2015 was a
loss of £1,039k (2014: £743k).

The audit fee for the Company is set out in note 4 of the Group’s financial statements.

C3. Investment in subsidiary companies
At 31 January 2015, the Company held the following investments in subsidiaries;

Share of issued capital and voting rights
Undertaking

Sector

Regenerative medicine
Regenerative medicine
Regenerative medicine
Regenerative medicine
Regenerative medicine
Regenerative medicine
Dormant

Tissue Regenix Limited
TRx Wound Care Limited
TRx Orthopaedics Limited
TRx Cardiac Limited
TRx Vascular Limited
Tissue Regenix Wound Care Inc*
Oxray Limited

*Held through TRx Wound Care Limited

Cost

At 1 February
Additions
At 31 January

Impairment
At 1 February
At 31 January

Carrying value at 31 January

2015

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
85%

2015
£000

14,707
–
14,707

2014

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
85%

2014
£000

14,707
–
14,707

(1,785)
(1,785)

(1,785)
(1,785)

12,922

12,922

The Company’s investment in Oxray Limited has been written down to nil and the Company is dormant.

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Notes to the Company Information
For the year ended 31 January 2015

C4. Trade and other receivables

Prepayments & accrued income
Other debtors

C5. Current assets

2015
£000

10
30

40

2015
£000

2014
£000

17
32

49

2014
£000

Intercompany loan

17,881

10,232

A loan of £17,881 was advanced to other subsidiary companies in the year. No interest was payable on the loan.

C6. Trade and other payables

Trade creditors
Taxes and social security
Accruals

2015
£000

40
19
209

268

2014
£000

8
19
191

218

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Notice of Annual General Meeting

Tissue Regenix Group plc

Notice is given that the 2015 annual general meeting of Tissue Regenix Group plc (“Company”) will be held at DLA Piper
UK LLP, Princes Exchange, Princes Square, Leeds LS1 4BY on 12 June 2015 at 10.00 a.m. for the following purposes:

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolutions as ordinary resolutions:

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

To receive the Company’s annual accounts, strategic report and directors’ and auditors’ reports for the year ended
31 January 2015.

To reappoint John Samuel, who retires by rotation, as a director of the Company.

To reappoint Antony Odell, who retires by rotation, as a director of the Company.

To reappoint Alan Miller, who retires by rotation, as a director of the Company. 

To reappoint KPMG LLP as auditors of the Company.

To authorise the directors to determine the remuneration of the auditors.

That, pursuant to section 551 of the Companies Act 2006 (“Act”), the directors be and are generally and
unconditionally authorised to exercise all powers of the Company to allot Relevant Securities:

7.1

comprising equity securities (as defined in section 560(1) of the Act) up to an aggregate nominal amount of
£2,532,176 (such amount to be reduced by the aggregate nominal amount of Relevant Securities allotted
pursuant to paragraph 7.2 of this resolution) in connection with a rights issue:

7.1.1 to holders of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the

respective numbers of ordinary shares held by them; and

7.1.2 to holders of other equity securities in the capital of the Company, as required by the rights of those

securities or, subject to such rights, as the directors otherwise consider necessary,

but subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the directors may deem necessary or expedient in
relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or any legal or practical problems under the
laws of any territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange; and

7.2

otherwise than pursuant to paragraph 7.1 of this resolution, up to an aggregate nominal amount of £1,266,088
(such amount to be reduced by the aggregate nominal amount of Relevant Securities allotted pursuant to
paragraph 7.1 of this resolution in excess of £1,266,088),

provided that (unless previously revoked, varied or renewed) these authorities shall expire at the conclusion of
the next annual general meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution or on 12 September 2016
(whichever is the earlier), save that, in each case, the Company may make an offer or agreement before the
authority expires which would or might require Relevant Securities to be allotted after the authority expires and
the directors may allot Relevant Securities pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if the authority had not
expired.

In this resolution, “Relevant Securities” means shares in the Company or rights to subscribe for or to convert
any security into shares in the Company; a reference to the allotment of Relevant Securities includes the grant
of such a right; and a reference to the nominal amount of a Relevant Security which is a right to subscribe for or
to convert any security into shares in the Company is to the nominal amount of the shares which may be
allotted pursuant to that right.

These authorities are in substitution for all existing authorities under section 551 of the Act (which, to the extent
unused at the date of this resolution, are revoked with immediate effect).

To consider and, if thought fit, to pass the following resolutions as special resolutions:

8.

That, subject to the passing of resolution 7 and pursuant to section 570 of the Act, the directors be and are generally
empowered to allot equity securities (within the meaning of section 560 of the Act) for cash pursuant to the authorities
granted by resolution 7 as if section 561(1) of the Act did not apply to any such allotment, provided that this power
shall be limited to:

8.1

the allotment of equity securities in connection with an offer of equity securities (whether by way of a rights
issue, open offer or otherwise, but, in the case of an allotment pursuant to the authority granted by paragraph

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7.1 of resolution 7, such power shall be limited to the allotment of equity securities in connection with a rights
issue):

8.1.1 to holders of ordinary shares in the capital of the Company in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the

respective numbers of ordinary shares held by them; and

8.1.2 to holders of other equity securities in the capital of the Company, as required by the rights of those

securities or, subject to such rights, as the directors otherwise consider necessary,

but subject to such exclusions or other arrangements as the directors may deem necessary or expedient in
relation to treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates or any legal or practical problems under the
laws of any territory or the requirements of any regulatory body or stock exchange; and

8.2

the allotment of equity securities pursuant to the authority granted by paragraph 7.2 of resolution 7 (otherwise
than pursuant to paragraph 8.1 of this resolution) up to an aggregate nominal amount of £379,826,

and (unless previously revoked, varied or renewed) this power shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual
general meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution or on 12 September 2016 (whichever is the
earlier), save that the Company may make an offer or agreement before this power expires which would or
might require equity securities to be allotted for cash after this power expires and the directors may allot equity
securities for cash pursuant to any such offer or agreement as if this power had not expired.

This power is in substitution for all existing powers under section 570 of the Act (which, to the extent unused at
the date of this resolution, are revoked with immediate effect).

9.

That, pursuant to section 701 of the Act, the Company be and is generally and unconditionally authorised to make
market purchases (within the meaning of section 693(4) of the Act) of ordinary shares of 0.5p each in the capital of
the Company (“Shares”), provided that:

9.1

the maximum aggregate number of Shares which may be purchased is 75,965,309;

9.2

the minimum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for a Share is 0.5p;

9.3

the maximum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for a Share is an amount equal to 105 per cent of
the average of the middle market quotations for a Share as derived from the Daily Official List of the London
Stock Exchange plc for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the purchase is made; 

and (unless previously revoked, varied or renewed) this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next annual
general meeting of the Company after the passing of this resolution or on 12 September 2016 (whichever is the
earlier), save that the Company may enter into a contract to purchase Shares before this authority expires under
which such purchase will or may be completed or executed wholly or partly after this authority expires and may
make a purchase of Shares pursuant to any such contract as if this authority had not expired.

By order of the board

Ian Jefferson
Secretary

11 May 2015

Registered office
The Biocentre
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
YO10 5NY

Registered in England and Wales No. 05969271

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Tissue Regenix Group plc

Notes

Entitlement to attend and vote
1.

The right to vote at the meeting is determined by reference to the register of members. Only those shareholders registered in the
register of members of the Company as at 6.00 p.m. on 10 June 2015 (or, if the meeting is adjourned, 6.00 p.m. on the date which is
two working days before the date of the adjourned meeting) shall be entitled to attend and vote at the meeting in respect of the
number of shares registered in their name at that time. Changes to entries in the register of members after that time shall be
disregarded in determining the rights of any person to attend or vote (and the number of votes they may cast) at the meeting.

Proxies
2.

A shareholder is entitled to appoint another person as his or her proxy to exercise all or any of his or her rights to attend and to speak
and vote at the meeting. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company.

A shareholder may appoint more than one proxy in relation to the meeting, provided that each proxy is appointed to exercise the
rights attached to a different share or shares held by that shareholder. Failure to specify the number of shares each proxy appointment
relates to or specifying a number which when taken together with the numbers of shares set out in the other proxy appointments is in
excess of the number of shares held by the shareholder may result in the proxy appointment being invalid.

A proxy may only be appointed in accordance with the procedures set out in notes 3 and 4 below and the notes to the proxy form.

The appointment of a proxy will not preclude a shareholder from attending and voting in person at the meeting.

3.

A form of proxy is enclosed. When appointing more than one proxy, complete a separate proxy form in relation to each appointment.
Additional proxy forms may be obtained by contacting the Company’s registrar on 0871 664 0300 (calls cost 10p per minute plus
network extras; lines are open 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m., Monday to Friday) or the proxy form may be photocopied. State clearly on
each proxy form the number of shares in relation to which the proxy is appointed.

To be valid, a proxy form must be received by post or (during normal business hours only) by hand at the offices of the Company’s
registrar, Capita Asset Services PXS 1, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham BR3 4TU, no later than 10.00 a.m. on 10 June 2015 (or, if
the meeting is adjourned, no later than 48 hours before the time of any adjourned meeting).

4. CREST members who wish to appoint a proxy or proxies for the meeting (or any adjournment of it) through the CREST electronic

proxy appointment service may do so by using the procedures described in the CREST Manual. CREST personal members or other
CREST sponsored members, and those CREST members who have appointed a voting service provider(s), should refer to their
CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s), who will be able to take the appropriate action on their behalf.

In order for a proxy appointment or instruction made using the CREST service to be valid, the appropriate CREST message (a
“CREST Proxy Instruction”) must be properly authenticated in accordance with Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited’s specifications and
must contain the information required for such instructions, as described in the CREST Manual. The message, regardless of whether it
constitutes the appointment of a proxy or is an amendment to the instruction given to a previously appointed proxy, must, in order to
be valid, be transmitted so as to be received by Capita Asset Services (ID RA10) no later than 10.00 a.m. on 10 June 2015 (or, if the
meeting is adjourned, no later than 48 hours before the time of any adjourned meeting). For this purpose, the time of receipt will be
taken to be the time (as determined by the timestamp applied to the message by the CREST Applications Host) from which Capita
Registrars is able to retrieve the message by enquiry to CREST in the manner prescribed by CREST. After this time, any change of
instructions to proxies appointed through CREST should be communicated to the appointee through other means.

CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service providers should note that Euroclear UK & Ireland
Limited does not make available special procedures in CREST for any particular messages. Normal system timings and limitations will
therefore apply in relation to the input of CREST Proxy Instructions. It is the responsibility of the CREST member concerned to take
(or, if the CREST member is a CREST personal member or sponsored member or has appointed a voting service provider(s), to
procure that his or her CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s) take(s)) such action as shall be necessary to ensure that a
message is transmitted by means of the CREST system by any particular time. In this connection, CREST members and, where
applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service providers are referred, in particular, to those sections of the CREST Manual
concerning practical limitations of the CREST system and timings.

The Company may treat a CREST Proxy Instruction as invalid in the circumstances set out in Regulation 35(5)(a) of the Uncertificated
Securities Regulations 2001.

Corporate representatives
5.

A shareholder which is a corporation may authorise one or more persons to act as its representative(s) at the meeting. Each such
representative may exercise (on behalf of the corporation) the same powers as the corporation could exercise if it were an individual
shareholder, provided that (where there is more than one representative and the vote is otherwise than on a show of hands) they do
not do so in relation to the same shares.

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Notes

Documents available for inspection
6.

The following documents will be available for inspection during normal business hours at the registered office of the Company from
the date of this notice until the time of the meeting. They will also be available for inspection at the place of the meeting from at least
15 minutes before the meeting until it ends.

6.1 Copies of the service contracts of the executive directors.

6.2 Copies of the letters of appointment of the non executive directors.

Biographical details of directors
7. Biographical details of all those directors who are offering themselves for reappointment at the meeting are set out on pages 10 and

11 of the enclosed annual report and accounts.

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Tissue Regenix Group plc

Directors and Officers

Directors
(Chairman)
John Samuel
(Chief Executive Officer)
Antony Odell
(Chief Financial Officer)
Ian Jefferson
Alan Miller
(Non-Executive Director)
Randeep Singh Grewal (Non-Executive Director)
(Non-Executive Director)
Steven Couldwell

Company Secretary
Ian Jefferson

Company Website
www.tissueregenix.com

Company Number
05969271 (England & Wales)

Registered Office
The Biocentre
Innovation Way
Heslington
York
North Yorkshire YO10 5NY

Auditor
KPMG LLP
1 The Embankment
Neville Street
Leeds LS1 4DW

Nominated Adviser and Broker
Jefferies International Ltd
Vintners Place
68 Upper Thames Street
London EC4V 3BJ

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

Legal Adviser
DLA Piper UK LLP
Princes Exchange
Princes Square
Leeds LS1 4BY

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Commercialising academic research in 
regenerative medicine

Tissue Regenix is a pioneering, international medical devices company, leading the development 
of regenerative products to make replacement body parts using biological (human & animal) 
materials.

The Company’s patented decellularisation (‘dCELL®’) technology removes DNA and other cellular 
material from tissue leaving an acellular scaffold which is not rejected by the patient’s body.  
The potential applications of dCELL® are diverse and address critical clinical needs such as 
wound care, vascular disease, heart valve replacement and knee repair.

Contents

Strategic Report

Chairman’s Statement 

Chief Executive’s Review 

Strategic Report 

Directors’ Report and Financials

2

5

9

Directors’ Report 

Directors’ Remuneration Report 

Corporate Governance Statement 

Statement of directors’ responsibilities 

Independent Auditor’s Report 

Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income 

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity 

Consolidated Statement of Financial Position 

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows 

Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 

Company Statement of Changes in Equity 

Company Statement of Financial Position  

Company Statement of Cash Flows 

Notes to the Company Information 

Notice of Annual General Meeting 

10

12

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

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Tissue Regenix Group plc 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2015

Tissue Regenix Group plc

The Biocentre 
Innovation Way 
Heslington 
York YO10 5NY 
United Kingdom

www.tissueregenix.com

Tissue Regenix Group plc