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Aqua Bio Technology — Interim / Quarterly Report 2016
Aug 17, 2016
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Interim / Quarterly Report
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Results Presentation Second Quarter and First Half 2016
17 August 2016
Second quarter highlights
• Revenue development in line with expectations and agreements • Record levels in first and second quarter
• Financial results adversely affected by U.S. lawsuit • High non-recurring costs • Lawsuit against ABT stayed by federal court
• New technology development progressing as planned
- Safety tests for three new substances concluded, efficacy tests ongoing
- Market launch of three new products scheduled for Q4
Income statement
| NOK million | Q2 2016 | Q2 2015 | YTD 2016 | YTD 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Income | 12.5 | 9.0 | 25.1 | 18.1 |
| Operating costs | -11.9 | -4.3 | -18.4 | -8.1 |
| EBITDA | 0.6 | 4.7 | 6.7 | 10.0 |
| EBIT | -0.9 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 6.7 |
| EBT | -0.9 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 7.3 |
| Net result | -0.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 7.3 |
| EBITDA margin | 4.6% | 52.2% | 26.7% | 55.0% |
Revenue and profitability development
Revenues EBITDA
Cash development
- NOK 45.1 million cash holding per 30 June 2016
- Cash holding increased by 42 per cent from Q2 2015
- Q2 2016: Dividend payment of NOK 10.3
Balance sheet
| NOK million | 30 June 2016 |
31 Dec 2015 |
30 June 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | 7.2 | 11.1 | 10.3 |
| Current assets | 78.5 | 75.0 | 65.7 |
| - of which is cash |
45.1 | 42.0 | 31.8 |
| Total equity | 69.4 | 76.7 | 66.6 |
| Long term debt | 5.3 | 5.0 | 5.3 |
| Short term debt | 11.1 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
| Total balance | 85.7 | 86.1 | 76.0 |
| Equity ratio | 80.9% | 89.1% | 87.8% |
Cash flow
| NOK million (year to date ) |
2016 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash at beginning of period | 42.0 | 29.2 |
| From operations | 12.2 | 10.0 |
| From investments | 0.0 | -1.1 |
| From financing | -8.9 | -7.0 |
| Currency effects | -0.2 | 0. 7 |
| Cash at end of period | 45.1 | 31.8 |
| Cash change in period | 3.3 | 2.6 |
A strategy for growth
New technologies progressing as planned
| Spirulsat® Green algae technology |
Contracted Q1 |
Safety study completed |
Efficacy study in Q3 |
Market launch in Q4 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red algae technology |
Contracted Q1 |
Safety study completed |
Efficacy study in Q3 |
Market launch in 2017 |
|
| Olive mass technology |
Contracted Q1 |
Safety study completed |
Efficacy study in Q3 |
Market launch in Q4 |
|
- No initial payments, development costs carried by ABT, royalty payments based on sales
- Additional 1-2 technology partners will be added in 2016
- Focus on commercialization and building revenue in 2017
U.S. lawsuit stayed
- Legal complaint by Access Business Group International rejected by federal court
- Case referred to arbitration in London, as stipulated in original contract
- The contract between ABT and Access expired on 1 January, 2016 and has not been renewed
- ABT's and its legal counsel maintains its position that the company has a strong case in these legal proceedings
- ABT and its legal counsel believe there may be reason to believe that there has been a breach of contract by Access during the term of the above mentioned agreement, and options are under consideration.
- The lawsuit caused ABT non-recurring costs of NOK 10 million in first half of 2016
Outlook
- Revenue stream from Aquabeautine XL will remain steady in 2016
- Limited license and royalty payments for Aquabeautine XL in 2017
- Near term opex will return to normal levels
- Full arbitration process will put cost level up also in 3rd quarter
- Testing and documentation of new products expected to be completed in Q3, market launch in Q4
- 1-2 additional in-licensing agreements to be expected in second half of 2016
- Focus on commercialization of new products going forward
- Revenues from new products expected in 2017
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