Trading Update and Notification of Results
September 22 2009 - 7:30AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 4648Z
Millbrook Scientific InstrumentsPLC
22 September 2009
Millbrook Scientific Instruments plc
('Millbrook' or the 'Group')
Trading Update and Notification of Results
As reported in the Group's trading update announced on 5 June 2009, the order
intake for Millbrook Instruments Limited ("MIL"), the Group's subsidiary which
manufactures the MiniSIMS instrument, decreased in the first quarter of the 2010
financial year.
The Board believed that this would create pressure on the working capital of the
Group if no action was taken and, given the level of fixed costs in the MiniSIMS
business and the lumpy nature of its sales, the Board therefore resolved that it
would implement a programme to cut costs and conserve cash whilst it considered
its strategic options in respect of the MIL business.
In the second quarter of the financial year, the Board has cut costs in the
MiniSIMS business with the active cooperation of its staff but unfortunately,
despite the best efforts of MIL's management, the order intake has not picked up
significantly and MIL has continued to be cash flow negative for the Group. This
has increased pressure on the working capital of the Group as a whole.
In light of the above and following the completion of the strategic review of
the MiniSIMS business which was undertaken in conjunction with Zeus Capital, the
Group's financial adviser, the Board has, with regret, taken the decision to
place MIL into administration.
The Board believes that this action is in the best interests of shareholders
since it will stop the cash burn associated with the MIL business, allow
management to focus on the Group's other subsidiary, Micro Materials Limited and
should enable the financial position of the Group to be stabilised.
The Board is pleased to announce that Micro Materials Limited, the subsidiary
based in Wrexham which manufactures the NanoTest, continues to trade
satisfactorily in a difficult economic environment.
The Board will continue to explore ways in which to develop the NanoTest
business while also seeking to reduce central costs further, in light of the
reduction in size of the Group.
As announced previously, the Group expected to announce the results for the
financial year ended 31 March 2009 in the week commencing 21 September 2009. The
Group now expects to publish its annual audited accounts in the week commencing
5 October 2009.
AIM Rule 19 requires an AIM company to publish annual audited accounts not later
than six months after the end of the financial year. Since Millbrook will be in
breach of AIM Rule 19, trading in Millbrook's shares will be suspended until the
annual audited accounts are published.
The registered office of Millbrook has been changed to Willow House, Yale
Business Village, Ellice Way, Wrexham Technology Park, Wrexham, LL13 7YL.
For more information please contact:-
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| Millbrook | |
| Scientific | |
| Instruments | |
| plc | |
| Stephen | |
| Blank, | |
| Chairman | |
| Paul | |
| Grasske, | |
| Chief | |
| Executive | |
| Officer | |
| | |
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Tel: +44 (0) 1978 261 615
www.millbrook-instruments.com
Zeus Capital Limited
Alex Clarkson /Tom Rowley
Tel: +44 (0)161 831 1512
www.zeuscapital.co.uk
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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