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RNS Number : 4089I
  Enfis Group PLC
  11 March 2010
   

Enfis Group plc ("Enfis" or the "Group")

Preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2009

Enfis, a leader in the design, development and manufacture of intelligent high power light emitting diode (LED) arrays and smart light engines, today announces its preliminary results for the year ended 31 December 2009.

Financial Highlights

·      Revenue of £0.7m (2008: £1.6m)

·      Loss after tax of £1.8m (2008: Loss of £1.3m)

·      Year end cash of £1.0m and total borrowings of £58k

·      Incurred reorganisation costs of £0.3m in 2009

·      Corporation tax losses at 31 December 2009 - £3.3m

Operational Highlights

·      Appointment of Ceri Jones as Chief Executive in August 2009

·      Appointment of Drew Nelson as Interim Non Executive Chairman in November 2009

·      Appointment of Head of Engineering & Manufacturing in December 2009

·      Strategic review results announced February 2010 

·      Cash burn was reduced in H2 2009 through a reduction in headcount and overheads, the closure of North American offices and the rationalization of UK and Shanghai premises

·      Business continues to focus on growth markets for its core product range 

·      Highly successful global showcase of Enfis' multicolour light engine technology in illuminating the roof of the Yas Island Marina complex for the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix, the largest LED display in the World

·      Multiple large scale project interest resulting from global TV exposure

·      Order intake growing and ahead of same period in 2009

Enquiries:

 Enfis Group plc (www.enfis.com)      Tel: 01792 485660
 Ceri Jones, Chief Executive

 Execution Noble & Company Limited    Tel: 020 7456 9191
 John Llewellyn-Lloyd / Sam Reynolds

2009 Performance and Board Changes

The Group's performance for 2009 was short of both board and shareholder expectations.

Sales for the year were £0.7m, down from £1.6m in 2008, and gross margin declined from 37% to 30% year on year. The loss after tax was £1.8m compared to a loss in 2008 of £1.3m.

Shaun Oxenham stepped down as Executive Chairman at the end of November 2009, having relinquished his position as CEO in August 2009. I joined the board as CEO in August 2009, and at the end of November, Dr Drew Nelson became Interim Non Executive Chairman.

Strategic Review

In light of disappointing trading, the board instigated at the end of November an immediate strategic review of its business and corporate strategy. The results of this review were published on 17 February 2010 and the key conclusions were as follows:

·      The market opportunity for LED based Solid State Lighting (SSL) continues to grow strongly as a result of powerful energy saving initiatives across the globe and driven by political and economic imperatives;

·      The Group's products and technology directly address the markets for intelligent, high power colour changing applications, such as architectural, entertainment, medical and high end retail lighting;

·      Lower cost product engineering would enable larger sectors of these markets to become immediately accessible to the Group;

·      Sales and marketing resource should be targeted at value added resellers and key direct customer engagement, rather than through non value added distribution channels;

·      The Group's cash balances are sufficient for the Group's working capital requirements as envisaged in the forward business plan; 

·      The Group will seek strong customer and supply partnerships to further build its product portfolio, and thereby gain access to increasingly larger sectors of the SSL marketplace; and

·      The Group will also seek to build sales rapidly by means of other strategic partnerships and corporate developments.

Markets

The Group's resources are now focused on the high power lighting sector incorporating highly intelligent monitoring and sensing solutions, for which the Group's IP and know-how is particularly relevant.

The key markets now being targeted fall within the following sectors:

·      Entertainment lighting (e.g. film and TV production, concert and theatre);

·      Medical lighting;

·      Exterior and interior architectural lighting;

·      High end retail lighting; and

·      Medical and industrial applications (e.g. the use of ultraviolet light for industrial and medical curing processes).

Products

The Group's Uno, Uno Plus and Quattro Mini LED array products are attractive to the above markets where they place a premium on one or more of:

·      Very compact high power light source;

·      Exceptional colour quality;

·      Exceptional colour control; and

·      Built in intelligence for sensing, control and communication.

The Group is concentrated on the light engine part of the value chain. This will allow Enfis to supply a large range of end user applications into the lighting fixture, medical and industrial markets and the development of strategic partnerships with leading original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs").

Product development effort is now focused on materially reducing the cost and enhancing both the functionality and flexibility of current and next-generation products. It is expected that part of these development costs will be funded through access to government and EU grants and other innovation funding.

Prospective Customers and Channels to Market

Targeting high quality OEMs selling branded products in the above identified markets requires working directly with value added re-sellers.

Such customers can require significant up-front product development and integration support. The Group is taking steps to expand its distribution network of value-added re-sellers in North America, Europe and Asia. It is also investing time and resource into improving the Enfis product knowledge of its existing value-added re-sellers. These re-sellers have technically qualified staff capable of providing high quality support to their customers in the use and integration of the Group's products. 

At the same time the Group has expanded its internal technical sales support resource to provide enhanced support to value added re-sellers and certain high volume key direct accounts.

IP

The Group will continue to pursue its strategy of developing a portfolio of strong IP through patents and know how, thus enhancing its competitive position in the marketplace.

Partnerships

In addition to developing powerful partnerships directly with customers and value added re-sellers, the Group will pursue a policy of developing technology partnerships with other companies in the lighting food chain in order to further enhance and diversify the Group's product range and technology base. In addition, the Group will seek to increase sales rapidly by other strategic partnerships and corporate developments.

Financial

The Group's cash balance at the year end was £1m, and total borrowings were £58k.

The Group has reduced its cash burn through closure of its North American office and rationalisation of its UK and Shanghai premises. A Head of Engineering and Manufacturing and additional technical sales support staff has been recruited. The ongoing costs of new staff recruitment in key areas have been more than matched by payroll cost reductions elsewhere in the business. 

The board has reviewed the Group's funding position for the period through to 31 March 2011 and has concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the Group's accounts on the going concern basis. Further details of the key assumptions underlying the Group's projections for the period through to 31 March 2011 are set out later in this announcement. 

2010 Outlook

The Group has recently reviewed product development plans with several of its key customers and prospective customers. Overall there are signs that development activity amongst these businesses is rising with potential benefit for Enfis in 2010.

The Group has substantially completed re-aligning its resources to fully focus on the significant opportunities in its selected markets. New recruits have settled in well and everyone is focused on achieving a material improvement in the Group's performance in 2010.

The highly successful Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix in November, which showcased Enfis' light engine technology to the world by lighting up the roof of the Yas Island Marina Complex, has led to much greater awareness and interest in the power of Enfis' multicolour light engine technology, and multiple projects are now under consideration using Enfis products and technology. Whilst it is early in the year, and significant further improvement is expected, it is encouraging to note that the Group's order intake is growing month on month and for the first 2 months of 2010 is ahead of the same period in 2009.

Ceri Jones

Chief Executive

Enfis Group plc

Consolidated Income Statement

for the year ended 31 December 2009

                                                       2009        2008
                                                      £'000       £'000
                                                               
 Revenue                                                 713      1,628
 Cost of sales                                          (497)    (1,023)
 Gross profit                                            216         605
                                                               
 Administrative expenses                              (2,387)    (2,608)
 Other income                                             80          72
 Operating loss                                      (2,091)     (1,931)
                                                               
 Finance income                                           16          54
 Finance costs                                           (15)       (21)
                                                           1          33
                                                               
 Loss before income tax                               (2,090)    (1,898)
                                                               
 Income tax credit                                       326        556
                                                               
 Loss for the year                                    (1,764)    (1,342)
                                                               
 Total comprehensive loss for the year                (1,764)    (1,342)
                                                               
 Attributable to:                                              
 Equity holders of the company                        (1,764)    (1,342)
                                                               
 Loss per share for loss attributable to                       
 the equity holders of the company during the year    (12.6)p    (14.4)p

Enfis Group plc

Consolidated Balance Sheet 

as at 31 December 2009

                                                              2009        2008
                                                             £'000       £'000
 Assets                                                             
 Non current assets                                                 
 Property, plant & equipment                                  138         218
 Intangible assets                                            380         540
                                                               518        758
 Current assets                                                     
 Inventories                                                  237         351
 Trade and other receivables                                  253         219
 Corporation tax receivable                                   331         271
 Cash and cash equivalents                                 1,029          641
                                                           1,850        1,482
 Total assets                                              2,368        2,240
                                                                    
 Equity                                                             
 Capital and reserves attributable to equity holders of             
 the company                                                        
 Ordinary shares                                           1,498          938
 Share premium                                             5,294        4,067
 Share option reserve                                         226         144
 Reverse acquisition reserve                               2,284        2,284
 Retained losses                                           (7,531)     (5,767)
 Total equity                                              1,771        1,666
                                                                    
 Liabilities                                                        
 Non-current liabilities                                            
 Deferred income                                                5          35
 Borrowings                                                    28          58
                                                                33         93
                                                                    
 Current liabilities                                                
 Trade and other payables                                     356         433
 Borrowings                                                    30          48
 Provisions for other liabilities and charges                 178            -
                                                              564         481
 Total liabilities                                            597         574
                                                                    
 Total equity and liabilities                              2,368        2,240

Enfis Group plc

Consolidated Cash Flow Statement

for the year ended 31 December 2009

                                                            2009        2008
                                                           £'000       £'000
 Cash flows from operating activities                             
 Cash used in operations                                 (1,571)     (1,812)
 Interest paid                                              (15)        (21)
 Tax received                                                266        284
 Net cash used in operating activities                   (1,320)    (1,549)
                                                                  
 Cash flows from investing activities                             
 Purchase of property, plant and equipment                   (3)        (58)
 Purchase of intangible assets                              (94)       (316)
 Receipt of government grants                                 50          42
 Interest received                                            16          54
 Net cash used in investing activities                      (31)       (278)
                                                                  
 Cash flows from financing activities                             
 Proceeds from the issuance of ordinary shares             1,787        527
 Repayment of borrowings                                    (30)        (30)
 Finance lease principal repayments                         (18)        (28)
 Net cash generated from financing activities             1,739         469
                                                                  
 Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents        388     (1,358)
                                                                  
 Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year      641      1,999
                                                                  
 Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year          1,029        641

Enfis Group plc

Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity   

for the year ended 31 December 2009

                                    Ordinary share    Share  Share option reserve             Reverse acquisition  Retained    Total
                                           capital  premium                                               reserve    losses
 £'000                                                                                 Share
                                                                                    warrants
                                                 £        £                     £          £                    £         £        £

 Balance at 1 January 2008                     894    3,585                    62          -                2,284   (4,425)    2,400

 Issue of new shares                            44      482                     -          -                    -         -      526

 Share option charge                             -        -                                -                    -         -       82
                                                                               82

 Loss for year                                   -        -                     -          -                    -   (1,342)  (1,342)

 Balance at 31 December 2008                   938    4,067                   144          -                2,284   (5,767)    1,666

 Issue of new shares                           560    1,227                     -          -                    -         -    1,787

 Share option charge                             -        -                    82          -                    -         -       82

 Loss for year                                   -        -                     -          -                    -   (1,764)  (1,764)

 Balance at 31 December 2009                 1,498    5,294                   226          -                2,284   (7,531)    1,771

Enfis Group PLC

Notes to the summarised consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2009

1.    Summarised Consolidated Financial Statements

The summarised consolidated financial statements are for the twelve months ended 31 December 2009.

They have been prepared under the historical cost convention, except for the revaluation of certain financial instruments. They have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting policies and are based on IFRS in issue as adopted by the European Union and in effect at 31 December 2009.

2.    Report & Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2009

The Report & Accounts will be posted to all shareholders of the company shortly, and will be available to download on the company's website (www.enfis.com ).

The Report & Accounts will also be available for inspection by the public at the registered office of the company during normal business hours on any weekday. Further copies will be available on request from Enfis Group PLC, Technium 2, Kings Road, Swansea Waterfront, Swansea SA1 8PJ.

The financial information set out above does not constitute statutory accounts as defined in Section 434 of the UK Companies Act 2006. The consolidated balance sheet at 31 December 2009, the consolidated income statement, the consolidated statement of recognised income and expense, the consolidated cash flow statement and associated notes for the year then ended have been extracted from the group's statutory accounts for the year to 31 December 2009.

The statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2008 and the year ended 31 December 2009 received audit reports which were unqualified. The statutory accounts for the period ended 31 December 2008 have been delivered to the Registrar of Companies and did not contain a statement under section 237(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 1985. The statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2009 were approved by the Directors on [5] March 2010, but have not yet been delivered to the Registrar of Companies.

3. Going Concern

The directors believe that it is appropriate to adopt the going-concern basis in preparing the group's financial statements for the year to 31 December 2009. In reaching this conclusion, the directors have considered for both the company and the Group, current trading and the current and projected funding position for the period of just over 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements through to 31 March 2011.

Current Trading

The company experienced a difficult trading year to 31 December 2009, with reported annual revenue significantly lower than originally expected at the start of the period. 

Enfis markets are highly dependent on investment in product innovation and capital equipment expenditure by its customers and a number of projects were subject to deferral as a result of cost cutting driven by the prevailing economic climate.

A number of actions have been taken to reduce cash burn and are directly benefiting Enfis in 2010. Specifically, headcount in the business has been reduced, the North American office has been closed and UK and Shanghai office costs have been materially reduced.

Current Funding

Enfis cash balances at 31 December 2009 were slightly in excess of £1m. 

Financial gearing is low and limited to a £58,075 loan as at 31 December 2009. This loan is repaid on a monthly basis and will be fully paid off in November 2011

Projected Funding

The cash flow projections show that the Group can continue to operate utilizing existing cash resources and anticipated grant and other innovation funding for the period of the projections. 

The substantial achievement of these projections is subject to certain uncertainties which are described below.

Funding Innovation 

Enfis continues to pursue its strategy of developing a portfolio of strong IP through patents and know how, and investing in enhancements in its product portfolio. Historically the company has been successful in utilising grant and other innovation funding programs to partially fund this capital and revenue expenditure, and the financial projections assume that this will continue to be the case. 

Working Capital

The Group's balance sheet at 31 December 2009 includes trade debtors of £166,750 due from sales made in June 2009 on extended credit terms. The Group continues to engage with both the customers concerned and receipt of the £166,750 is assumed in the Group's financial projections for the period through to 31 March 2011. 

Future Trading

The projections include assumptions on the amount and timing of revenue and gross margin that Enfis expects to achieve during the period of the projections. The current economic climate has created an environment where accurate forecasting is especially difficult, but to the extent there is a shortfall in revenue and gross margin it is likely to be at least partially offset by a reduction in working capital requirements.

Enfis has to date been a loss making company and as with any business this is a situation that cannot persist indefinitely without additional equity funding. No additional equity funding has been assumed in the cash flow projections, but should it be required there can be no guarantee either as to its availability or the terms on which it would be made available.

Conclusion

The Board has carried out a strategic review of Enfis which was reported to shareholders on 17 February 2010.

The market opportunity for LED based Solid State lighting (SSL) continues to grow and Enfis product and technology offering directly addresses the markets for intelligent high power colour changing applications.

The current product offerings are being strengthened as are the channels to the targeted customer base. The potential is clear. 

The directors have prepared cash flow projections for the period 1 January 2010 to 31 March 2011. These projections show the Group is able to operate within the its current cash resources and continue product investment partially funded by grants and other innovation funding. 

It is acknowledged that the achievement of these projections is subject to market and operational uncertainty as outlined above. Nevertheless, after taking account of the Group's current funding position, its cash flow projections and the risks and uncertainties associated with these, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and company has access to adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For these reasons they continue to prepare the financial statements on a going-concern basis. These financial statements do not include any adjustments that would result from the going-concern basis of preparation being inappropriate.

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RNS Number : 2509H Enfis Group PLC 17 February 2010

Enfis Group Plc

("Enfis" or the "Group")

Trading Update and Strategic Review Results

On 30 November 2009 the Group announced a trading update for the year to 31 December 2009 and a strategic review of its business. The results of the strategic review and a further update on current trading are set out in this announcement.

Trading

The Group confirms that its sales for the year ended 31 December 2009 were in excess of £700,000 and that its year-end cash balance was in excess of £1m. Total borrowings at the year-end were £58,000.

Since the 30 November 2009 update the Group has reduced its cash burn through closure of its North American office and rationalisation of its UK and Shanghai premises. As a result of the strategic review, additional engineering effort and technical sales support have been recruited. The ongoing costs of new staff recruitment in key areas have been more than matched by payroll cost reductions elsewhere in the business. Several new and exciting opportunities have been identified, and the change of sales and marketing focus is already beginning to bear fruit. The Solid State Lighting market continues to grow strongly and with clear focus and an increasingly cost effective product portfolio, the Group is well placed to increase its market penetration strongly.

Strategic Review Outcome

The Board has performed a comprehensive review of the business and corporate strategy, the key conclusions of which can be summarised as follows:

· The market opportunity for LED based Solid State Lighting (SSL) continues to be large and growing strongly as a result of powerful energy saving initiatives across the globe, driven by political and economic imperatives

· The Group's products and technology remain state of the art, and address directly the markets for intelligent, high power colour changing applications, such as architectural, entertainment, medical and high end retail

· Lower cost product engineering would enable larger sectors of these markets to become immediately accessible to the Group

· Sales and marketing resource should be targeted at value add resellers and key direct customer engagement, rather than through non value add distribution channels

· The Group's cash balances are sufficient for the Group's working capital requirements as envisaged in the forward business plan

· The Group will seek strong customer and supply partnerships to further build its product portfolio, and thereby gain access to increasingly larger sectors of the SSL marketplace

Markets

The overall market for Solid Sate Lighting (SSL) continuesto grow, driven by the increasing focus on efficient use of energy as a result of global warming and reduction in carbon emissions, and the rapidly increasing efficiency gains in LED chips. The growing lighting market for architectural, entertainment and medical markets demands powerful and intelligent lighting solutions, which in time will also be demanded by the general lighting market as a result of occupancy and movement sensing for additional energy saving. The Board has decided to concentrate the Group's resources on the high power lighting sector incorporating highly intelligent monitoring and sensing solutions, for which the Group has powerful IP and know how. The Board considers the Group to have a strong position in this area.

The key markets now being targeted fall within the following lighting and application sectors and include:

· Entertainment lighting (e.g. film and TV production, concert and theatre);

· Medical lighting;

· Exterior and interior architectural lighting;

· High end retail lighting; and

· Medical and industrial applications (e.g. using ultraviolet light for industrial and medical curing processes).

Products

The Board has concluded that the Group's Uno, Uno Plus and Quattro Mini products are attractive to the intelligent high power lighting markets, placing a premium on one or more of:

· Very compact high power light source;
· Exceptional colour quality;
· Exceptional colour control; and

· Built in intelligence for sensing, control and communication.

The Board has decided to concentrate its efforts on the light engine part of the value chain, allowing a large range of end user applications to be developed by continuing to strongly engage in partnerships with leading lighting fixture companies.

Following the recent recruitment of an experienced Head of Engineering and Manufacturing, significant development effort is now being focused on materially reducing the cost and enhancing both the functionality and flexibility of current and next-generation products. It is expected that part of these development costs will be funded through access to government and EU grants.

The current strategy of working closely with highly competitive outsource manufacturing partners will continue.

Prospective Customers and Channels to Market

The Board has decided that targeting high quality lighting fixture and original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") selling branded products in the above identified markets to be the most effective sales strategy. This requires working directly with value added re-sellers in conjunction with direct selling to key accounts.

Such customers can require significant up-front product development and integration support. The end market opportunities are large and the time/cost to market sustainable. The Group is taking steps to expand its distribution network of value-added re-sellers in North America, Europe and Asia. It is also investing time and resource into improving the Group's product knowledge of its existing re-sellers. These re-sellers have technically qualified staff capable of providing high quality support to their customers in the use and integration of the Group's products.

At the same time the Group has expanded its internal technical sales support resource to provide enhanced support to value added re-sellers and key direct accounts.

IP

The Group will continue to pursue its strategy of developing a portfolio of strong IP through patents and know how, thus enhancing its competitive position in the marketplace.

Partnerships

In addition to developing powerful partnerships directly with customers and value added re-sellers, the Group will pursue a policy of developing technology partnerships with other companies in the lighting food chain in order to further enhance and diversify the Group's product range and technology base.

Conclusions

The sales cycle for OEM sales is not short but delivers long term value;

Once designed in, the Group has the potential to lock-in substantial sales over extended periods;

The Group is actively re-aligning its resources to fully focus on the significant opportunities in its selected markets.

Following the strategic review, the Board believes that the strategy set out above offers shareholders the best opportunity for significant growth in the value of their existing investment in the Group.

Ends For further information, call: Enquiries
Enfis Group plc(www.enfis.com) Tel: +44 (0) 1792 485660

Ceri Jones, Chief Executive Giles Davies, Chief Financial Officer Drew Nelson, Non Executive Chairman
Execution Noble & Company Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20 7456 9191

John Llewellyn-Lloyd / Sam Reynolds

About Enfis

Enfis Group Plc (AIM: ENF) designs, manufactures and markets intelligent, high-power, 'tunable' LED arrays and light engines with a focus on providing cutting-edge solutions that can be easily integrated into luminaires, fixtures and custom projects. The company's expertise covers semiconductor technology, packaging, thermal management, optics, electronic design, software and volume manufacturing.

Enfis 'smart' LED array technology offers luminaire and fixture manufacturers unsurpassed light output quality. Their ultra-bright, multi-watt, multi-wavelength 'smart' LEDs are designed so that each wavelength can be individually controlled and monitored. Each Enfis 'smart' LED array has active colour temperature and heat-sensing components that control, calibrate and regulate the light output of each wavelength on the array for the lifetime of the component.

More information about the company's LED array and light engine products can be found at www.enfis.com.

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RNS Number : 2058H Enfis Group PLC 16 February 2010

Enfis Group Plc

("Enfis" or the ''Company'')

Exercise of share options

The Company announces that on 28 January 2010, Shaun Oxenham, a former director of the Company, exercised an option over 180,000 new ordinary shares at an exercise price of 0.1 pence per share. The total consideration received by the Company is £180, and the exercise is being satisfied by an equivalent subscription for new ordinary shares by the Enfis Employee Benefit Trust.

The new ordinary shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of the options will rank pari passu with all existing ordinary shares. Application has been made for admission of the new ordinary shares to trading on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange, and dealings are expected to commence on 18 February 2010.

The new ordinary shares referred to are ordinary shares of 10 pence per share and the total number of shares in issue following the issue of the new ordinary shares will be 15,162,863.

The Company also announces that Noble & Company Limited, the Company's nominated adviser and broker, has changed its name to Execution Noble & Company Limited with immediate effect.

Ends For further information, call: Enquiries
Enfis Group Plc(www.enfis.com) Tel: +44 (0) 1792 485660

Ceri Jones, Chief Executive Giles Davies, Chief Financial Officer
Execution Noble & Company Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20 7763 2200

John Llewellyn-Lloyd / Sam Reynolds

About Enfis

The Enfis Group Plc (AIM: ENF) designs, manufactures and markets intelligent, high-power, 'tunable' LED arrays and light engines with a focus on providing cutting-edge solutions that can be easily integrated into luminaires, fixtures and custom projects. The Company's expertise covers semiconductor technology, packaging, thermal management, optics, electronic design, software and volume manufacturing.

Enfis 'smart' LED array technology offers luminaire and fixture manufacturers unsurpassed light output quality. Their ultra-bright, multi-watt, multi-wavelength 'smart' LEDs are designed so that each wavelength can be individually controlled and monitored. Each Enfis 'smart' LED array has active colour temperature and heat-sensing components that control, calibrate and regulate the light output of each wavelength on the array for the lifetime of the component.

More information about the Company's LED array and light engine products can be found at www.enfis.com.

This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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