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This announcement contains inside information 30 November 2020

Myanmar Investments International Limited

Audited financial results for the 18-month period to 30 September 2020

Myanmar Investments International Limited [AIM: MIL] ("MIL" or the "Company"), the Myanmar focused investment company, today announces its audited financial results for the 18-month period to 30 September 2020.

Copies of the Company's annual report and accounts will be sent to shareholders and warrant holders shortly and will also be available to download from the Company's website on www.myanmarinvestments.com/financial-reports.

Highlight

During the 18-month financial period our net asset value ("NAV") has increased by 6.0 per cent and was US$35.3 million as at 30 September 2020, equivalent to US$ 0.93 per share.

Future Strategy

In late 2018, the Directors felt that the investment environment in Myanmar is unlikely to generate an appropriate risk adjusted return commensurate with an investment in a frontier economy. Accordingly, the Directors thought that it was appropriate to start planning for an orderly disposal of our three investments with a view to ultimately winding up the Company.

At last year's AGM, held in Yangon on 24 October 2019, the shareholders approved a resolution to amend the Company's Investment Policy such that the Board can:

· undertake an orderly disposal of its investments; and

· return surplus capital to shareholders.

Since then the Directors have taken the following action to implement this new strategy:

· We sold our investment in Medicare International Health & Beauty ("Medicare") for US$1 million to our main joint venture partner in November 2019. The transaction was completed in December 2019.

· We are in the advanced stages of selling our investment in Myanmar Finance International Limited ("MFIL").

· We have continued to streamline our operations and as a result reduced our overheads. As part of the cost reduction process, we closed our office in Yangon and removed staff costs from this operation as of 31 March 2020.

Business review

The Company had invested in three businesses:

AP Towers Holdings Pte. Ltd ("AP Towers") / Apollo Towers

· The Company had invested US$21 million in Apollo Towers.

· Under the share swap (which was completed in January 2020), the Company exchanged its indirect interest of 9.1 per cent of Apollo Towers for an indirect interest of 4.1 per cent of AP Towers.

· The share swap effectively brought Apollo Towers and Pan Asia Towers, another Myanmar independent tower company, under the common ownership of AP Towers.

· Future growth will be driven by an increase in the tower portfolio and also by an increase in tenancies as co-location rates rise.

· As at 30 September 2020, Apollo Towers and Pan Asia Towers together had an aggregated portfolio of 3,245 towers, 6,658 tenants and a co-location ratio ("Lease-up-Rate" or "LUR") of 2.05x. This compares to an LUR of 2.04x at 30 September 2019 and 2.05x at 31 March 2020.

· As of 30 September 2020, AP Towers annualised adjusted "run rate" revenue and EBITDA has increased to US$104.5 million and US$83.4m, respectively. This represents an increase of 2.6 per cent and 6.6 per cent, respectively over the same period last year.

· AP Towers' net debt was US$429.3 million as at the end of September 2020, an increase of US$ 57.7 million since 31 March 2020. The application of IFRS 16 caused an increase of net debt by US$62.0 million. Excluding the effect of IFRS 16, net debt decreased by US$ 4.3 million since 31 March 2020.

· On 7 April 2020 APTH refinanced approximately $140m of mezzanine debt that had originally been raised by Apollo. That has resulted in a significant reduction in the cost of that borrowing that will benefit shareholders going forward.

· Contrary to other industries, the telecommunication sector has not suffered greatly due to the outbreak of Covid-19.

Myanmar Finance International Limited ("MFIL")

· MIL has invested US$2.7 million for a 37.5 per cent shareholding.

· It is one of Myanmar's leading microfinance companies.

· Strong growth in its borrower base and loan book at 30 September 2020 at 48,000 and US$17.5 million, representing compound annual growth rates ("CAGR") of 42 per cent and 115 per cent respectively since investment.

· MFIL focuses on urban and semi-rural lending in Yangon, Bago, Ayewady and Mon State.

· The Company is in the process of selling this investment. On 1 April 2020, the Company announced that it has accepted an offer to sell its shareholding in MFIL subject to the purchaser's AGM approving the purchase, lender's consent, and Myanmar regulatory approval. Subsequent to that announcement, the purchaser's AGM on 23 April 2020 has approved the transaction and the lenders have given their consent.

However, because of Covid-19 which, inter alia, has stopped all commercial air travel between Myanmar and Thailand, little progress has been made in obtaining regulatory approval. Assuming a level of normalcy returns over the next few months we expect completion to take place within the next 4 to 6 months.

However, there is no indicator of impairment on our investment in MFIL, because the minimum consideration for this transaction will be calculated based on a pre-agreed formula of 2 times the audited book value of MFIL at closing once conditions have been satisfied, according to the Binding Offer from the Purchaser.

· Subsequent to our year end in late October 2020 MFIL's regulator, the Financial Regulatory Department ("FRD"), directed that all microfinance companies operating in Yangon, Bago and Rakhine suspend all client repayments for 2 months. To assist the industry all affected microfinance companies including MFIL were provided with interest free loans to cover the uncollected amounts. 92 percent of MFIL's loan book is in Bago and Yangon.

Medicare

· MIL had invested US$2.1 million for a 48.6 per cent shareholding.

· Greenfield joint venture in pharmaceutical, health and beauty franchise retailing.

· A joint venture with Medicare, Vietnam's leading pharmacy, health and beauty retail group.

· Given the Company's strategy of looking to realise its investments, coupled with Medicare's continued operating losses that needed funding as well as the capex needed to get Medicare to achieve critical mass, the Directors concluded that it was preferable to exit from this investment sooner rather than later.

· As a result, the Company agreed with the owners of Medicare Vietnam, its main joint venture partner, to sell this investment for US$1 million in November 2019. This represented a loss of US$1.1 million on the cost of the investment which largely reflects MIL's share of the operating losses to date. The Company had booked US$1.5 million as its share of results of this joint venture (equity method). Therefore, the sales price of US$1 million represents a gain on the disposal of this investment of US$0.4 million.

Financial review

During the past 18-month financial period our net asset value ("NAV") has increased by 6.0 per cent and was US$35.3 million as at 30 September 2020. This was driven mainly by the increase in the assessed value of our investments in AP Towers (up US$4.3 million to US$28.3 million).

During the period we drastically reduced our operating "run-rate" costs from US$1.3 million per annum to the equivalent of US$0.7 million per annum by year-end.

Henrik Bodenstab, Chairman of MIL, "We have implemented the changes to our strategy as mandated by the shareholders last year. We have sold our investment in Medicare and we are in advanced stages to sell our investment in MFIL. In addition, our operating costs have been reduced significantly to maximise the return of surplus capital to our shareholders."

The information contained within this announcement is deemed to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

For further information please contact:

Nick Paris Michael Rudolf

For more information about MIL, please visit www.myanmarinvestments.com

CHAIRMEN'S LETTER

Dear fellow shareholder

MYANMAR: COVID-19 AND NOVEMBER ELECTIONS

Myanmar experienced its first Covid-19 case in late March 2020 and by early April the country went into its first lockdown. When we published of our interim results on 29 June 2020 there were 299 positive cases and 6 deaths. The situation remained under control and by mid-August the number of cases was only 374 with no increase in deaths. Whereas Thailand and Singapore had seen the number of cases increasing to over 3,500 and 55,000, respectively but starting to level off.

However, since then there has been a significant increase. As at 20 November, the number of positive cases is more than 77,750 with over 1,722 deaths. Yangon, accounts for three quarters of this increase.

A second, and more stringent lockdown, has been in effect since September. This has disrupted commerce and investments. International air travel, apart from relief flights, in and out of the country has been significantly reduced and border trade disrupted. This is likely to continue, at least, until the new year.

Against this backdrop, in September 2020, the Asian Development Bank has forecast that GDP growth in 2020 will reduce to 1.8 percent. This compares favourably to Thailand or Singapore which are forecast to shrink by 8.0 and 6.2 percent, respectively.

While the headline figure show a level of resilience, primarily due to Myanmar being an exporter of much needed commodities such as gas, rice, beans and pulses to neighbouring countries, it masks the reality on the ground that many small businesses especially in the hospitality and manufacturing sector have been severely affected with layoffs and closures. In turn significantly impacting consumer spending power.

However, the Directors do not see a significant impact on our two investments. Contrary to other industries, the telecommunication sector has not suffered greatly due to the outbreak of Covid-19. Regarding MFIL there is no indicator of impairment on our investment, because the minimum consideration for selling this investment will be calculated based on a pre-agreed formula of 2 times the audited book value of MFIL at closing once conditions have been satisfied, according to the Binding Offer from the Purchaser.

In the middle of the pandemic, on 8 November 2020, Myanmar held a general election. The mood was subdued with few rallies and limited canvassing because of the lockdown.

The house of Representatives has 440 members of which 110 (25%) is appointed by the military. Out of 330 contested constituencies Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's party, The National League for Democracy ("NLD") won 258 seats giving it an outright majority of 38. This is an increase over the party's 255 seats in the 2015 election. However, with its 25 percent, the military will continue to be able to veto changes that are not to its liking.

With the same popular mandate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is unlikely to make significant changes to her policies.

A new government will be sworn in on 1 April 2021 and we wait to see the composition of the new cabinet. Will there be new faces in the line up? Will she be bolder? At 75 she is less likely to lead the party into the 2025 general election and therefore will she begin to broaden the party's executive committee and bring in younger blood? Without her leadership will NLD hold together as one unified party? All these questions will dictate Myanmar's progress over the next five years.

BOARD CHANGES

William Knight our former Chairman who had held this position since the Company's launch in 2013, retired on 18 August 2020 having reached the Company's compulsory retirement age.

The Board of Directors elected Henrik Bodenstab to become the new Chairman who has been an independent non-executive Director of the Company since 2016.

Also, our former Managing Director, Craig Martin stepped down as both Managing Director and a Director of the Company as of 31 October 2019 and Michael Dean, our former Finance Director, stepped down as both Finance Director and a Director of the Company as of 31 October 2019.

On behalf of the Board, we should like to thank William, Craig and Mike for their considerable contribution to the Company and its shareholders.

Nick Paris, formerly a non-independent non-executive Director, became Managing Director as of 1 November 2019 and Rudolf Gildemeister joined the Board of Directors as an independent non-executive Director as of 1 November 2019.

The Board of Directors would like to welcome Nick and Rudolf to their new roles.

REPORTING PERIOD

As announced on 2 September 2019, to conform with the need to change the Company's year-end to bring it in line with the new Myanmar government mandated year end of 30 September the Company issued 6-month interim accounts for the period to 30 September 2019 (announced on 28 November 2019) and 6-month interim accounts for the period to 31 March 2020 (announced on 29 June 2020). Both sets of interim accounts were reviewed by BDO LLP, the Company's statutory auditors. Therefore, this report with a full audited set of financial statements comprises the 18-month period from 1 April 2019 (the last full audited set of financial statements) to 30 September 2020.

CHANGE IN STRATEGY

At last year's Annual General Meeting ("AGM") shareholders approved a resolution to amend the investment objective and policies of the Company as follows:

"The Company will seek to realise the Company's investments in an orderly manner, such realisations to be effected at such times, on such terms and in such manner as the Directors (in their absolute discretion) may determine.

Following such realisations, the Company will make periodic returns of surplus capital to Shareholders on such terms and in such manner as the Directors (in their absolute discretion) may determine.

The Company shall not make any new investments in projects to which it is not already committed. However, this will not preclude the Directors (in their absolute discretion) from: (a) authorising the expenditure of such capital as is necessary to: (i) complete arrangements pertaining to the Company's existing investments; or (ii) carry out any activities that the Directors (in their absolute discretion) deem appropriate to ensure the sale ability of any existing investment; or (b) entering into any contract or other arrangement with any third party to realise all or any part of the Company's existing investments.

Following the disposal of all of the Company's existing investments, the Directors intend to put a winding up proposal to the Shareholders."

Important steps have been made to implement this new strategy:

· We sold our investment in Medicare International Health & Beauty ("Medicare") for US$1 million to our main joint venture partner in November 2019. The transaction was completed in December 2019. This represented a loss of US$1.1 million on the cost of the investment which largely reflects our share of the operating losses from opening a chain of new stores in Myanmar.

· We are in the advanced stages of selling our investment in Myanmar Finance International Limited ("MFIL"). On 1 April 2020 we announced that we have accepted an offer to sell our shareholding in MFIL to a Thai based company subject to the purchaser's AGM approving the purchase, lender's consent, and Myanmar regulatory approval. The minimum consideration for this transaction will be calculated based on a pre-agreed formula of 2 times the audited book value of MFIL at closing once these conditions have been satisfied. Subsequent to that announcement, the purchaser's AGM on 23 April 2020 approved the transaction and the lenders to MFIL have given their consent. However, because of Covid-19 which, inter alia, has stopped all commercial air travel between Myanmar and Thailand, obtaining regulatory approval for the transaction has been delayed. We have agreed an extension to the transaction closing with the buyer and expect to complete the transaction within the next 4 to 6 months.

· We have continued to streamline our operations and as a result reduced our overheads with most of the reductions coming towards the end of this reporting period. As part of the cost reduction process, we closed our office in Yangon and laid-off our local staff as of 31 March 2020. The annualised core cash-based overheads for the 6-month period from 1 April 2020 to 30 September 2020 are 43 % lower than for the 12-month period from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 and even 55 % lower than for the 12-month period from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019.

We are now holding around US$2.4 million of cash and when the sale of MFIL completes we will seek to return surplus capital to our shareholders. We will also be able to streamline our operations further as by then we will only have one investment left. We will thereby continue to reduce our operating expenses.

Our investment in Apollo Towers was swapped for an interest in AP Towers Holdings Pte Ltd ("AP Towers") in January 2020. Under this share exchange, MIL's 66.6 per cent subsidiary, MIL 4 Limited ("MIL4"), exchanged its existing 13.7 per cent shareholding in Apollo Towers for a shareholding of 6.2 per cent in AP Towers, of which 4.1 per cent is attributable to MIL. The share exchange effectively brought Apollo Towers and Pan Asia Towers, another Myanmar ITC, under the common ownership of AP Towers which now manages one of the largest network of towers in Myanmar. This investment should not require additional funding. We also believe that in due course the resultant investment in AP Towers can be exited by way of a sale to a strategic investor or a listing on one of the region's stock exchanges.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Company seeks to uphold the fundamental principles of good corporate governance and has adopted the Quoted Companies Alliance 2018 Corporate Governance Code. The Chairman's Statement on Corporate Governance provides greater detail on how the Board itself operates as well as the steps taken to ensure that its staff adhere to principles such as compliance with the UK anti-bribery legislation.

On behalf of the Board, we should like to take this opportunity to thank a number of our key stakeholders: our staff for their professionalism and commitment; our business partners for all of their advice and contributions; and our shareholders for their continued support.

HENRIK BODENSTAB AUNG HTUN

Chairman Deputy Chairman

27 November 2020 27 November 2020

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REVIEW

Business Review

During the past 18 months our net asset value ("NAV") has increased by 6.0 per cent and was US$35.3 million as at 30 September 2020. This change is mainly attributable to the increase in the assessed value of the Company's investments in AP Towers (up US$4.3 million to US$28.3 million) which is offset by the loss on disposing of our investment in Medicare (US$215,000) and the operating expenses for the reporting period (US$2.1 million).

During the past 18 months we drastically reduced our operating "run rate" costs from US$1.3 million per annum to the equivalent of US$0.7 million per annum by the period-end.

Overall, our businesses have performed well despite disruption in Myanmar from the impact of the Covid-19 virus during 2020:

· AP Towers: the Company swapped its interest in Apollo Towers for an interest in AP Towers in January 2020. The share exchange effectively brought Apollo Towers and Pan Asia Towers, another ITC under the common ownership of AP Towers which now manages one of the largest network of towers in Myanmar; and

· MFIL: with additional equity investment and additional debt facilities in place the business has grown well in size, product mix and geographic reach. This growth has however been tempered by an increase in non-performing loans which, pre-Covid-19, had risen to around 1.9% due to borrower over-indebtedness and excessive competition. In April 2020, we announced the agreement by ourselves and our partners to sell 100% of this business to a Thai based company but the completion of this transaction has been delayed by the suspension of international flights to and from Myanmar which has prevented the completion of our application for regulatory approval.

Covid-19 has led to two lockdowns but MFIL, having taken quick action, emerged at the end of September with PAR 30+ at 3.1 per cent. However, it is too early to forecast how the industry will emerge in January 2021 from the FRD's collection suspension directive.

In all cases, Myanmar Investment's team have worked closely with these businesses to provide strategic advice as well as hands-on local knowledge.

Financial Review

NET ASSET VALUE

The Directors assess the Group's NAV attributable to the shareholders of the Company as at 30 September 2020 to be US$35.3 million, an increase of 6.0 per cent compared with the Group's NAV as at 31 March 2019. This represents US$0.93 per share, based on the number of shares in issue at the year-end. This change principally reflects the net changes in the Directors' assessment of the values of the Company's investments, described in more detail below, less the Group's running costs for the year.

As at 30 September 2020 the Group's NAV consisted of:

· an investment in AP Towers, the telecommunication tower business, of US$28.3 million, excluding the non-controlling interests, determined using a comparable EBITDA multiple methodology;

· an investment in MFIL, the microfinance business, of US$4.4 million, determined using a price to book value methodology; and

· cash and other net assets/liabilities of US$2.6 million.

AP TOWERS / APOLLO TOWERS

As at 31 March 2019 the Directors had assessed that if the share exchange had been completed by 31 March 2019, the Company's attributable shareholding in AP Towers, excluding the non-controlling interests attributable to the minority shareholders of MIL 4, would have been worth US$30 million as at that date, using a comparable EBITDA multiple methodology.

The share exchange was completed in January 2020.

Using the same methodology as at 30 September 2020, the Directors have assessed the value of this investment to be US$28.3 million. The downward revision in valuation of US$1.7 million compared with the in-principle valuation of the AP Towers investments done in 31 March 2019, is mainly attributable to the increase in EBITDA over the period being offset by a decrease in the valuation multiple.

This value of AP Towers represents an unrealised gain of US$7.5 million over the cost of the investment and an IRR since the initial investment in July 2015 of 6.2 per cent.

MFIL

As at 31 March 2019 the Directors had assessed the value of the Group's investment in MFIL to be US$4.4 million, using the price to book value methodology.

However, unlike in previous reports, given that we have received a firm offer for the company we have applied the offer's multiple but with a discount to reflect trading conditions for the valuation as at 30 September 2020.

Therefore, the Directors have assessed the value of this investment to still be US$4.4 million as at 30 September 2020.

This value of MFIL represents an unrealised gain of US$1.7 million over the cost of the investment. This equates to an IRR since the initial investment in September 2014 of 10.7 per cent.

MEDICARE

Given the Company's strategy of looking to realise its investments, coupled with Medicare's continued operating losses that needed funding as well as the capex needed to get Medicare to achieve critical mass, the Directors concluded that it was preferable to exit from this investment sooner rather than later.

As a result, the Company agreed with the owners of Medicare Vietnam, its main joint venture partner, to sell this investment for US$1 million in November 2019. This represented a loss of US$1.1 million on the cost of the investment which largely reflects MIL's share of the operating losses to date. The Company had booked US$1.5 million as its share of results of this joint venture (equity method). Therefore, the sales price of US$1 million represents a gain on the disposal of this investment of US$0.4 million.

As at 31 March 2019 this investment had been valued by the Directors at US$1.2 million.

SUMMARY OF NAV

In the attached audited financial statements, the NAV attributable to shareholders differs from the above stated value of US$35.3 million due to the following adjustment:

US$ millions

NAV per the audited financial statements 33.4

MFIL (Note 1) 1.9

NAV per the Directors' valuation 35.3

Note 1: In accordance with IFRS 11 Joint Arrangements, the investment in MFIL was accounted for as an investment in a joint venture (as the result of the ongoing transaction to sell the Group's 37.5% equity interest in MFIL, the entire carrying amount of the Group's investment in MFIL has been reclassified as non-current asset held for sale as at 30 September 2020) using the equity method. Whereas in accordance with the Group's Valuation Policy the Directors' valuation for MFIL is determined by reference to the International Private Equity and Venture Capital Guidelines.

FINANCIAL RESULTS

For the 18-month period to 30 September 2020 the Group's audited profit after tax was US$1.6 million. Compared with the 12-month period to 31 March 2019 the Group's audited loss after tax was US$2.4 million.

This is a significant improvement on last year's result. The profit per share is US cents 4.24 compared with a loss per share of US cents 6.42 for the 12-month period to 31 March 2019.

We have continued to streamline our operations and as a result reduced our overheads with most of the reductions coming towards the end of this reporting period. As part of the cost reduction process, we closed our office in Yangon and laid-off our local staff as of 31 March 2020. The annualised core cash-based overheads (including the costs of being a quoted company but excluding discretionary compensation, share option expenses and transaction costs) for the 6-month period from 1 April 2020 to 30 September 2020 (US$0.7 million) are 43 % lower than for the 12-month period from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020 (US$1.3 million) and even 55 % lower than for the 12-month period from 1 April 2018 to 31 March 2019 (US$1.6 million).

Outside of our overheads the most significant items were:

· our share of Medicare's losses up to the date that we sold it which were US$576,000 compared to last year's US$603,000;

· our share of MFIL's losses which were US$350,000 compared to last year's profits of US$112,000;

· costs for sale of our investments and the legal fees for the share swap from Apollo Towers to AP Towers.

CHANGE OF YEAR END

The Myanmar Government had announced that all Myanmar companies must change their financial year end to 30 September of each year, commencing in 2019. As such all of the Company's investee companies changed their year end and therefore the Company did the same.

Therefore, the Company issued interim accounts for the six months to 30 September 2019 (announced on 28 November 2019) and also for the six months to 31 March 2020 (announced on 29 June 2020). The two sets of interim accounts were reviewed by BDO LLP, the Company's statutory auditors.

As a consequence, this report with a full audited set of financial statements comprises the 18-month period from 1 April 2019 (the last full audited set of financial statements) to 30 September 2020.

DIVIDENDS

Based on the above the Directors do not recommend payment of a dividend at this time.

WORKING CAPITAL

Based as of the date of this report the Group has adequate financial resources to cover its working capital needs for the next 12 months.

NICK PARIS

Managing Director

27 November 2020

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements. 

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

The accompanying notes form an integral part of these financial statements.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. General corporate information

Myanmar Investments International Limited ("the Company") is a limited liability company incorporated and domiciled in the British Virgin Islands ("BVI"). The Company's registered office is at Jayla Place, Wickhams Cay I, Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

The Company's ordinary shares and warrants are traded on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols MIL and MILW respectively.

The Company was established for the purpose of identifying and investing in, and disposing of, businesses operating in or with business exposure to Myanmar. The Company's focus was to target businesses operating in sectors that the Directors believed had strong growth potential and thereby could be expected to provide attractive yields, capital gains or both. At the Annual General Meeting held on 24 October 2019, the Company's shareholders approved a resolution to begin an orderly disposal of the Company's investments and in due course look to return surplus capital to shareholders.

The principal activities of the subsidiaries are disclosed in Note 13 to the financial statements.

The Group and the Company changed its reporting period end from 31 March to 30 September during the current financial period.

1.1 Going concern

After due and careful enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate financial resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. This expectation is based on a review of the Group's existing financial resources, its present and expected future commitments in terms of its overheads and running costs; and its commitments to its existing investments. Accordingly, the Directors have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the Group's financial statements.

2. Summary of significant accounting policies

The Company's significant accounting judgements and estimates used in the preparation of these financial statements are available in the full audited financial statements, a copy of which can be found on the Company's website at www.myanmarinvestments.com.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

3. Significant accounting judgements and estimates

The preparation of the Group's financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities and the accompanying disclosures, and the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the reporting date. Uncertainty about these assumptions and estimates could result in outcomes that could require a material adjustment to the carrying amount of the asset or liability affected in the future periods.

3.1 Critical judgements made in applying the entity's accounting policies

In the process of applying the Group's accounting policies, management is of the opinion that there are no critical judgements involved that have a significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements.

3.2 Key sources of estimation uncertainty

The key assumptions concerning the future and other key sources of estimation uncertainty at the reporting date, that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year, are described below. The Group based its assumptions and estimates on parameters available when the financial statements were prepared. Existing circumstances and assumptions about future developments, however, may change due to market changes or circumstances arising beyond the control of the Group. Such changes are reflected in the assumptions when they occur.

(i) Fair value of unquoted equity instrument at fair value through profit or loss

The Group's equity instrument at fair value through profit or loss are measured at fair value for financial reporting purposes. The Board of Directors of the Company has set up an Investment Committee to determine the appropriate valuation techniques and inputs for fair value measurements being the EV/EBITDA multiple.

In estimating the fair value of an asset or a liability, the Group uses market-observable data to the extent it is available. Where Level 1 inputs are not available, the Group engages internal qualified valuers to perform the valuation. The Investment Committee works closely with the qualified internal valuers to establish the appropriate valuation techniques and inputs to the model. The Investment Committee reports its findings to the Board of Directors of the Company on a periodic basis to explain the cause of fluctuations in the fair value of the assets and liabilities.

Information about the valuation techniques and inputs used in determining the fair value of the unquoted equity instrument at fair value through profit or loss are disclosed in Note 11 to the financial statements.

(ii) Impairment of investments in joint ventures

The Group follows the guidance of IAS 36 in determining whether investments in joint ventures are impaired. This determination requires significant judgement. The Group evaluates, among other factors, the duration and extent to which the recoverable amounts of investments in joint ventures are less than their carrying amounts and the financial health of and near-term business outlook for investments in joint ventures, including factors such as industry and sector performance, changes in technology and operational and financing cash flows. The carrying amounts of investments in joint ventures before classification as non-current asset held for sale are disclosed in Note 10 to the financial statements.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

3. Significant accounting judgements and estimates

3.2 Key sources of estimation uncertainty (Continued)

(iii) Employee share option plan

The Group measures the cost of equity-settled transactions with employees by reference to the fair value of the equity instruments at the date at which they are granted. Estimating fair value for share-based payment transactions requires determining the most appropriate valuation model, which is dependent on the terms and conditions of the grant. This estimate also requires determining the most appropriate inputs to the valuation model including expected life of the share option, volatility and dividend yield and making assumptions about them. The carrying amount and assumptions and model for estimating fair value for share-based payment transactions are set out in Note 18 to the financial statements.

4. Finance income

5. Employee benefits expense

The employee benefits expense includes the remuneration of Directors as disclosed in Note 20 to the financial statements.

6. Finance costs

Finance costs represent bank charges for the financial period/year.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

7. Profit/(Loss) before income tax

In addition to the charges and credits disclosed elsewhere in the notes to the financial statements, the above includes the following charges:

8. Income tax expense

A reconciliation of income tax applicable to profit/(loss) before income tax at the statutory income tax rate of 25% (2019: 25%) in Myanmar is as follows:

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

8. Income tax expense (Continued)

A.

9. Earnings/(Loss) per share

Basic earnings or loss per share is calculated by dividing the profit or loss for the financial period/year attributable to owners of the parent by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the financial period/year.

The following reflects the profit or loss and share data used in the basic and diluted earnings or loss per share computation:

Diluted earnings or loss per share is the same as the basic earnings or loss per share because the potential ordinary shares to be converted arising from share options and warrants are anti-dilutive.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

10. Investments in joint ventures

Medicare International Health and Beauty Pte. Ltd. and its subsidiary ("MIHB Group")

On 28 November 2019, the Group disposed its entire investment in MIHB Group for US$1,000,000. For the period from 1 April 2019 to 28 November 2019 (date of disposal), the Group recorded share of losses from its investment in MIHB Group amounting to US$576,305. The carrying amount of the Group's investment in MIHB Group as at the date of disposal was US$638,752. As a result, the Group recognised a gain on disposal of US$361,248.

Myanmar Finance International Ltd.

In the previous financial year, MFIL issued 1,000,000 shares for a consideration of US$1,000,000 for which the Group subscribed for 375,000 shares and MFIL capitalised the previous year's advance of US$375,000.

MFIL is a well-established provider of microfinance loans to small-scale business operators in rural and urban areas of Yangon, Bago and Mon State.

MFIL is deemed to be a joint venture of the Group as the appointment of its directors and the allocation of voting rights for key business decisions require the unanimous approval of all its shareholders.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

10. Investments in joint ventures (Continued)

The details of the joint ventures are as follows:

On 26 February 2020, MIL together with each of the other shareholders of MFIL, have received a Binding Offer ("BO") to sell the entire share capital of MFIL to Thitikorn Plc ("TK") (the "Purchaser"), a consumer finance company incorporated in Thailand and listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.

The original BO was executed on 17 March 2020 with the intention of agreeing and executing the Sale and Purchase Agreement ("SPA") within a month. However, due to the outbreak of Covid-19, the regulatory approval could not be obtained in time. Therefore, the BO has been extended for several times and the latest BO has been extended to 5 December 2020. Management expects it to further extend to early 2021.

In accordance with the BO, the minimum consideration for this transaction will be calculated based on a pre-agreed formula of 2 times the audited book value of MFIL at closing once conditions above have been satisfied.

As the result of the ongoing transaction above, the entire carrying amount of the Group's investment in MFIL has been reclassified as non-current asset held for sale as at 30 September 2020 (Note 16).

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

11. Equity instrument at fair value through profit or loss

The Group, through its 66.67% subsidiary, MIL 4 Limited ("MIL 4") invested in a 6.2% equity interest in unquoted share capital of AP Towers Holdings Pte. Ltd. ("AP Towers") (31 March 2019: 13.7% equity interest in Apollo Towers Holdings Limited ("Apollo Towers")).

On 23 January 2020, MIL 4 exchanged its investment in Apollo Towers for shares in AP Towers which owns Pan Asia Majestic Eagle Limited ("Pan Asia Towers"), another Myanmar independent tower company. Under the share swap, MIL 4 has exchanged its existing 13.7 per cent shareholding in Apollo Towers for a shareholding of 6.2 per cent in AP Towers. The share swap effectively brings Apollo Towers and Pan Asia Towers under common ownership of AP Towers.

Movement in the investment in unquoted equity instrument is as follows:

The Group intends to hold these investments for long-term appreciation in value as well as strategic investment purposes.

Management engaged their internal valuation specialists to perform a valuation on the investment. The valuation of the unquoted investment is categorised into Level 3 (2019: Level 3) of the fair value hierarchy. The information on the significant unobservable inputs and the inter-relationship between key unobservable inputs and fair value are as follows:

30 September 2020

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

11. Equity instrument at fair value through profit or loss (Continued)

31 March 2019

12. Plant and equipment

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

12. Plant and equipment (Continued)

13. Investment in subsidiaries

Details of the subsidiaries are as follows:

(1) Audited by BDO LLP, Singapore.

(2) In the process of striking off.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

13. Investment in subsidiaries (Continued)

Non-controlling interests

The summarised financial information before intra-group elimination of the subsidiary that has material non-controlling interests as at the end of each reporting period is as follows:

14. Other receivables

Other receivables are denominated in United States dollar.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

15. Cash and cash equivalents

The short-term deposit bears interest at an average rate of between 0.95% to 1.40% (31 March 2019: 0.35% to 0.95%) per annum, has a tenure of approximately 12 months (31 March 2019: 12 months) and is pledged to bank to secure credit facilities.

Cash and cash equivalents are denominated in the following currencies:

For the purpose of the statement of cash flows, cash and cash equivalents comprise the following at the end of the financial period/year:

16. Non-current asset classified as held for sale

As the result of the ongoing transaction to sell the Group's 37.5% equity interest in MFIL (Note 10), the entire carrying amount of the Group's investment in MFIL has been reclassified as non-current asset held for sale as at 30 September 2020.

Details of assets in non-current asset classified as held-for-sale are as follows:

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

17. Share capital

The holders of ordinary shares are entitled to receive dividends as declared from time to time and are entitled to one vote per share without restriction at meetings of the Company.

In the previous financial year, 202,905 and 377,486 warrants were exercised at a price of US$0.75 and US$0.90 respectively by the parties that held them for cash consideration of US$152,179 and US$339,737. In addition, 637,729 warrants were exercised on a cashless basis at a ratio of 7.56 warrants for an ordinary share resulting in a new issue of 84,356 ordinary shares.

All the shares have been admitted to trading on AIM under the ticker MIL.

The new ordinary shares issued in the previous financial year ranked pari passu in all respects with the existing ordinary shares of the Company.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

17. Share capital (Continued)

Warrants

No new warrants were issued during the period.

On 16 September 2016, the Company allotted 811,368 warrants pursuant to the Fourth Subscription. The Company had agreed that for every four Ordinary Shares subscribed for by a subscriber they would receive one warrant at nil cost.

The warrants entitle the holder to subscribe for an Ordinary share at an exercise price of US$0.75. The warrants may be exercised during each 15 Business Day period commencing on the first day of each Quarter during the Subscription Period (from 21 June 2015 to 21 June 2018).

On 22 May 2018, the Company amended the existing warrants to extend the exercise period for warrants that remained outstanding at 21 June 2018:

a) the exercise period for the warrants was extended such that the warrants can be exercised until 31 December 2021, but at a higher exercise price of US$0.90; and

b) in the extended period, warrantholders will have the option to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis in certain circumstances.

All warrants have been admitted to trading on AIM under the ticker MILW.

18. Share option reserve

Details of the Share Option Plan (the "Plan")

The Plan has not changed during the year nor have any further grants taken place. Full details can be found on the website at www.myanmarinvestments.com.

19. Other payables

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

19. Other payables (Continued)

Other payables are denominated in the following currencies:

20. Significant related party disclosures

For the purposes of these financial statements, parties are considered to be related to the Group and the Company if the Group and the Company have the ability, directly or indirectly, to control the party or exercise significant influence over the party in making financial and operating decisions, or vice versa, or where the Group and the Company and the party are subject to common control or common significant influence. Related parties may be individuals or other entities. During the current financial period, in addition to the information disclosed elsewhere in these financial statements, there was no other significant transactions with related parties.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

20. Significant related party disclosures (Continued)

Compensation of key management personnel

During the current financial period, no emoluments were paid by the Group to the Directors as an inducement to join or upon joining the Group or as compensation for loss of office.

The remuneration of Directors for the financial period/year were as follows:

21. Dividends

The Directors of the Company do not recommend any dividend in respect of the financial period from 1 April 2019 to 30 September 2020 (31 March 2019: Nil).

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

22. Financial risk management objectives and policies

The Group's Financial risk management objectives and policies have not changed in the past financial reporting period and can be found on the website at www.myanmarinvestments.com.

23. Impact of novel coronavirus ("Covid-19") on the Group's operations

On 31 January 2020, the World Health Organisation ("WHO") announced that the novel coronavirus ("Covid-19") outbreak as a global health emergency.

The outbreak of Covid-19, coupled with the prolonged global trade tension, had led to the deterioration of the global economic conditions. The pandemic had already caused many industries to shut down and trade and travel worldwide were seriously disrupted.

Although the situation continues to evolve with significant level of uncertainty, the Group does not foresee a huge impact on its own operation.

Regarding its investment in MFIL, the Group is of the view that the microfinance industry has been impacted by Covid-19. Depending on the speed of recovery from Covid-19, MFIL's book value at closing of the on-going transaction to sell (Note 10) may decrease. Shareholders of the Purchaser's has approved the transaction during the annual general meeting held on 23 April 2020. However, because of the outbreak of Covid-19 which, inter alia, has stopped all commercial air travel between Myanmar and Thailand, little progress has been made in obtaining regulatory approval. Assuming a level of normalcy returns over the next few months, the completion of the transaction is expected to take place within the next 4 to 6 months. Nonetheless, the Group is of the view that there is no indicator of impairment on its investment in MFIL, because the minimum consideration for this transaction will be calculated based on a pre-agreed formula of 2 times the audited book value of MFIL at closing once conditions above have been satisfied, according to the Binding Offer from the Purchaser.

Regarding the Group's other investment in AP Towers, the Group is of the view that contrary to other industries, the telecommunication sector has not suffered greatly due to the outbreak of Covid-19.

24. Authorisation of financial statements

The financial statements of the Group for the financial period from 1 April 2019 to 30 September 2020 were approved by the Board of Directors on 27 November 2020.

Notes to Editors

Myanmar Investments International Limited (AIM: MIL) was the first Myanmar-focused investment company to be admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange. MIL was established in 2013 with the intention of building long-term shareholder value by proactively investing in a diversified portfolio of Myanmar businesses that will benefit from the country's re-emergence and ongoing economic development. The Company is led by an experienced and entrepreneurial team who between them have considerable industrial, corporate and financial management experience. At the Annual General Meeting on 24 October 2019, the Company's shareholders approved a change in the investment policy of the Company to now seek to harvest the Company's investments over time.

MIL's largest investment to-date at a cost of US$21 million is in AP Towers, one of Myanmar's largest telecommunications towers companies with approximately 3,245 towers. Apollo operates in the high growth telecommunications sector with a strong management that is growing the number of co-locations (i.e. multiple tenancies) on its portfolio of towers. The re-financing Towers which is now completed is expected to produce a more efficient and profitable combined investment with greater prospects for an eventual liquidity event for shareholders.

MIL's first investment in August 2014 was into Myanmar Finance International Limited ("MFIL") which today is one of the leading microfinance companies in Myanmar. Since MIL invested, MFIL's business has expanded rapidly. The business is profitable with a sustainable expansion plan for long-term growth. In November 2015, the Norwegian Government's Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries ("Norfund"), the Norwegian development finance institution, also became a 25 per cent shareholder in MFIL. MIL is in the process of selling this investment. On 1 April 2020 MIL announced that it has accepted an offer to sell its shareholding in MFIL subject to the purchaser's AGM approving the purchase, lender's consent, and Myanmar regulatory approval. Subsequent to that announcement, the purchaser's AGM on 23rd April 2020 has approved the transaction and the lenders have given their consent. However, because of Covid-19 which, inter alia, has stopped all commercial air travel between Myanmar and Thailand, little progress has been made in obtaining regulatory approval. Assuming a level of normalcy returns over the next few months we expect completion to take place within the next 4 to 6 months.

On 28 November 2019, the Company announced that it had agreed to dispose of its entire shareholding in Medicare International Health & Beauty Pte. Ltd for US$1 million and this transaction completed in December 2019.

Myanmar, a country of approximately 54 million people and roughly the size of France, has been isolated for much of the last 50 years. Strategically situated in one of the world's most economically dynamic regions amid the intersection of India, China and South East Asia it is a key component of China's 'One Belt One Road' strategy providing direct access to the Indian Ocean.

Whilst it was once one of the more prosperous countries in Southeast Asia with an abundance of natural resources (oil, natural gas, arable land, tourist attractions and a long coastline), it is now one of the least developed countries in the world. However, it has a number of competitive advantages: a population of 54 million people (it is the 26th most populous country in the world); a large workforce with a high literacy rate of 90 per cent; 68 per cent of the population is of working age (between 15 and 65); and 28 per cent of the population is under 24 which is expected to provide a strengthening consumer demand. According to the IMF, Myanmar's GDP growth rate is expected to be 6.8 per cent through to 2024.