TIDMNBNK

RNS Number : 5920G

NBNK Investments PLC

08 May 2014

NBNK Investments plc

("NBNK" or "the Company")

Audited results for the period ending 31 December 2013

NBNK Investments plc (AIM: NBNK) announces its audited results for the period ending 31 December 2013.

The following is an extract from the Company's financial statements which will be posted to shareholders on or around 16 May 2014.

Chairman's review

As you will recall, in the second half of 2012, funds within the WL Ross & Co Group made an offer to inject new capital into the Company by taking a sizeable stake, with a view to maintaining NBNK as an AIM listed company so that it could continue its search for suitable potential acquisition targets. Accordingly, on 13 December 2012, a proposed share subscription and tender offer was circulated. The tender offer was structured to enable those shareholders that wished to exit the Company to do so on broadly the same financial terms as would have applied had the Company been wound up.

At a meeting of ordinary shareholders on 8 January 2013, the Company resolved to allot shares to certain funds in the WL Ross & Co Group and to accept tender offers from those shareholders who wished to sell shares at that time.

Our policy is to maintain the Company at minimal cost while we seek appropriate opportunities to make an acquisition in the financial services sector. We have not identified any opportunities at this time that we felt would represent good value for shareholders, but the search continues. Shareholders will be kept advised as and when there are developments to report.

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.

Chairman

Business review

The Company was incorporated on 2 July 2010 as De Facto 9999 Plc. On 2 August 2010, it changed its name to NBNK Investments plc. The directors of the Company are:

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr.

Lord Brennan of Bibury QC;

The Company was established to try and launch a new UK retail and SME banking and savings operation.

The board has maintained the Company at the lowest possible cost base during the year while other potential acquisition targets are sought. All commitments (including the lease at One Angel Court, which expired in June 2013) have been disposed of and the directors retain only those advisory services necessary to maintain the Company's legal and regulatory status during this time that appropriate acquisition targets are sought. Shareholders will be kept informed of any progress on potential acquisitions through the usual channels. If no successful acquisition has been achieved by 11 January 2016, the directors will review the position at that time and consider if it is appropriate to return unused funds to shareholders and/or to wind up the Company.

Financial results

Income statement

for the year ended 31 December 2013

 
                                              Year ended      Year ended 
                                             31 December     31 December 
                                                    2013            2012 
 
                                                  GBP000          GBP000 
----------------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Interest income                                     77             166 
  Administrative expenses                             78         (3,773) 
  Loss on disposal of property, plant 
   and equipment                                       -           (155) 
  Loss on disposal of intangible assets                -             (5) 
----------------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Operating gain / (loss)                            155         (3,767) 
  (Increase) / decrease in fair value 
   of derivative financial liabilities              (19)              82 
  Gain / (loss) before taxation                      136         (3,685) 
  Taxation                                             -               - 
----------------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Gain / (loss) for the year                         136         (3,685) 
----------------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Gain / (loss) per share (pence) 
   basic                                           0.003         (7.361) 
----------------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Gain / (loss) per share (pence)                  0.003               - 
   diluted 
----------------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
 

Statement of financial position

as at 31 December 2013

 
                                         Year ended      Year ended 
                                        31 December     31 December 
                                               2013            2012 
 
                                             GBP000          GBP000 
-----------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Current assets 
  Other accrued income and prepaid 
   expenses                                      11             150 
  Cash and cash equivalents                  20,207          19,511 
-----------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Total current assets                       20,218          19,661 
-----------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Total assets                               20,218          19,661 
-----------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Current liabilities 
  Trade and other payables                       42             272 
  Other taxation including social                 -               - 
   security 
  Derivative financial liabilities               19               - 
  Total current liabilities                      61             272 
-----------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Total net assets                           20,157          19,389 
-----------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Equity 
  Called up share capital                     5,377           5,005 
  Share premium                              43,129          42,595 
  Capital redemption                             45              45 
  Retained losses                          (28,394)        (28,256) 
-----------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Total equity                               20,157          19,389 
-----------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
 

Statement of cash flows

for the year ended 31 December 2013

 
                                             Year ended      Year ended 
                                            31 December     31 December 
                                                   2013            2012 
 
                                                 GBP000          GBP000 
---------------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Operating activities 
  Operating profit / (loss) before 
   taxation                                         136         (3,685) 
  Depreciation of property, plant 
   and equipment                                      -              59 
  Amortisation of intangible assets                   -               2 
  Loss on disposal of property, plant 
   and equipment                                      -             155 
  Loss on disposal of intangible 
   assets                                             -               5 
  Share based payments                            (274)           (608) 
  Increase / (decrease) in fair value 
   of derivative financial instruments               19            (82) 
  Decrease in receivables                           139              25 
  Decrease in payables                            (230)         (2,781) 
  Cash flow from operating activities             (210)         (6,910) 
---------------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
 
  Investing activities 
  Proceeds on disposal of fixed assets                -               9 
  Cash flow from investing activities                 -               9 
---------------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
 
  Financing activities 
  Net proceeds of increase in share                 906               - 
   capital 
---------------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Cash flow from financing activities               906               - 
 
    Net increase / (decrease) in cash 
    and cash equivalents                            696         (6,901) 
---------------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
 
  Cash and cash equivalents at 1 
   January                                       19,511          26,412 
---------------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
  Cash and cash equivalents at 31 
   December                                      20,207          19,511 
---------------------------------------  --------------  -------------- 
 

Statement of changes in equity

for the year ended 31 December 2013

 
                              Share       Share        Capital    Retained 
                            capital     premium     redemption      losses       Total 
 
                             GBP000      GBP000         GBP000      GBP000      GBP000 
-----------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
  Total equity as at 
   1 January 2013             5,005      42,595             45    (28,256)      19,389 
  Net profit and total 
   comprehensive gain 
   for the year                   -           -              -         136         136 
  Share based payments            -           -              -       (274)       (274) 
  Issue of shares (net 
   proceeds)                    372         534              -           -         906 
  Total equity as at 
   31 December 2013           5,377      43,129             45    (28,394)      20,157 
-----------------------  ----------  ----------  -------------  ----------  ---------- 
 

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Company will be held on Monday 23 June 2014 at 2.00 p.m. at Fifth Floor, 100 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7EX.

Status of the information contained in this announcement

The financial information set out above does not constitute the Company's statutory accounts for 2013. Statutory accounts for the period ended 31 December 2013 have been reported on by the Independent Auditors. The Independent Auditors' Report on the Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2013 was unqualified, did not draw attention to any matters by way of emphasis, and did not contain a statement under 498(2) or 498(3) of the Companies Act 2006.

The statutory accounts for the period ended 31 December 2013 will be circulated to shareholders on or around 16 May 2014 and will be published on the Company's website. They will be delivered to the Registrar in due course.

The financial information in this announcement has been prepared using the recognition and measurement principles of International Accounting Standards, International Financial Reporting Standards and Interpretations adopted for use in the European Union (collectively Adopted IFRSs). The accounting policies adopted in this announcement have been consistently applied and are consistent with the policies used in the preparation of the statutory accounts for the period ended 31 December 2013.

- Ends -

For further information contact:

 
  Cenkos Securities plc 
   (Nominated adviser and broker) 
   Ian Soanes 
   Ivonne Cantu                                +44 207 397 8900 
  Law Debenture Corporate Services Limited 
   (Company Secretary) 
   Ian Bowden                                  +22 207 696 5285 
 

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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