Potential19 Jun 2020 00:18
Good evening all.
Just want to repost some details from the companies trading update of 9th June which informs us of a massive change in the companies operations to maximise potential. Why would any company change direction unless they had been guaranteed (imo) a greater return. You decide.
Trading update
Further to the announcement on 2 April 2020, the Company now expects EBITDA for the year ended 31 March 2020 to be in a range of £850k to £900k, which is slightly ahead of market expectations. This figure excludes the exceptional impairment charges referred to below.
Allergy
After additional review and evaluation of the use of development resources to deliver the highest potential financial returns, the Board has made the decision to stop on-going development of the allergy product range. Omega will continue to manufacture the 69 CE-Marked allergens developed to date, to meet the ongoing commercial demand from the Company's partner, Immunodiagnostic Systems ("IDS"). The decision to stop development was taken after a careful and thorough analysis of the best use of the Company's capital, people and assets, in the context of changes in underlying assumptions for the allergy business and has resulted in a decision to focus development activities in other areas.
Due to the changes in underlying assumptions, the Board has concluded that, in accordance with IAS36, it is prudent to impair fully the carrying value of intangible assets for the allergy business. Accordingly, an impairment charge of £8.73 million will be recognised in the financial year ended 31 March 2020, comprised of capitalised development costs of £7.25 million and a licence fee paid to IDS of £1.48 million. The impairment charge of £8.73 million will be offset by a credit to the profit and loss account of £1.02 million, being a proportionate amount of deferred income, previously recognised on the balance sheet relating to the Scottish Enterprise grant.