Avacta Group PLC · LSE:AVCT

Avacta — FY2013 Earnings Presentation

19 slides from Avacta's earnings presentation, Nov 16, 2013

  1. Slide 1: Avacta Group plc: Preliminary Results for the Period ending 31st July 2013

    Avacta Group plc ! Innovation for global health! Preliminary Results for the Period ending 31st July 2013! © Avacta Group plc!

  2. Slide 2: Overview

    Overview Avacta is a global provider of proprietary diagnostic tools, consumables and reagents to the drug development, diagnostics, R&D and healthcare sectors.! ! L I F E S C I E N C E S! Analytical technology for Veterinary diagnostics Reagents and tools for life biotech – market leading products

  3. Slide 3: Revenue, Funds Raised, Market Capitalisation, Shareholders

    3! Revenue! Funds Raised! £17.2m! £1.6m! £1.6m! £1.7m! £12.5m! £0.9m! £0.9m! £1m! £7.4m! £0.5m! £0.4m! £6m! H1! H2! H1! H2! H1! H2! H1! H2! 2010 ! 2011! 2012! 2013! 2006-9 ! 2010! 2012! 2013! Market Capitalisation! Shareholders! £33.8m! ! £24m! £26.8m! IP Group " " " " " "30%! £17m! Henderson Global

  4. Slide 4: Results for the Period Ended 31st July 2013

    Results for the Period Ended 31st July 2013

  5. Slide 5: Summary Income Statement

    Summary Income Statement 5! ! 2013! 2012! ! £000! £000! Avacta Animal Health revenue! 1,500! 1,488! Avacta Analytical revenue1! 1,200! 1,642! Total revenue! 2,700! 3,130! Total gross profit2! 1,513! 1,511! 56%! 48%! Administrative costs3! (3,251)! (3,061)! Operating loss before non-trading items! (1

  6. Slide 6: Summary Cash Flow Statement and Balance Sheet

    Summary Cash Flow Statement and Balance Sheet ! 2013! 2012! Cash flow statement! £000! £000! Operating cash flow before changes in working capital! (1,389)! (1,259)! Movement in working capital1! (535)! 509! Operating cash flow from operations! (1,924)! (750)! Interest and income tax received2! 547!

  7. Slide 7: Business Update

    7! Business Update

  8. Slide 8: Analytical Division

    Analytical Division Advanced protein analytics supporting bio-therapeutic developers.! Optim key facts :! • Bench top instrument.! • Single use consumable cartridge.! • Stability and formulation tool.! • 100x less sample than other methods.! • 100x faster than other methods.! • Detection of poor lea

  9. Slide 9: Highlights in the Period: Optim Revenue

    9! Highlights in the Period! Optim Revenue! • Product upgrade and US/Asia distributor training £1.0m! £1.3m! completed.! £0.8m! £0.1m! • Good H2 following slow H1; over 50 units now shipped.! • Rapid growth in sales prospects to over 250 with the majority in US, EU and Japan.! • Gross margin on unit

  10. Slide 10: Animal Health Division

    Animal Health Division Veterinary diagnostics business with good growth potential through launch of Sensipod in-clinic blood analyser and expansion of laboratory services and diagnostic products range.! Established Products and Services! – Laboratory testing for Revenue! environmental and food aller

  11. Slide 11: Highlights in the Period and Strategy and Plans

    11! Highlights in the Period! Strategy and Plans! – £1.5m revenue – remained steady – Grow non-allergy laboratory offering:! despite recessionary pressures on • Canine lymphoma! veterinary market.! • Plus a validated pipeline of further tests.! – Successful Sensipod field trial (and – Expand Sensipo

  12. Slide 12: Sensipod

    Sensipod Sensipod is an in-clinic testing system that has been developed to put gold standard laboratory testing into the hands of the veterinarian.! Sensipod key facts :! • Bench top instrument.! Market Drivers/Key Data! • Single use consumable cartridge.! 25,000 vet practices in EU and USA! • Carr

  13. Slide 13: Sensipod Update

    13! Sensipod Update! - Commercial launch post period end (September 2013).! - Plan for a measured roll-out during Q2/3 which will allow us to stress test manufacturing, supply and customer support processes.! - Accelerated commercial activities thereafter as test menu grows.! - Targeting a menu of s

  14. Slide 14: Life Sciences Division

    Life Sciences Division Affimers an engineered antibody alternative based on a small, robust protein scaffold.! Affimers key facts :! binding surface • Affinity comparable to antibodies.! • High quality and low batch to batch variability.! • Much easier and cheaper to manufacture.! • Stable and robus

  15. Slide 15: Highlights in the Period and Strategy

    15! Highlights in the Period! Strategy! • High throughput protein production facility Avacta Life Sciences is focused on two now producing ~1000 Affimers per week.! commercial applications of Affimers :! • Microarray printing protocols refined and • Reagents! technology transfer to manufacturing par

  16. Slide 16: Affimer Microarrays

    Affimer Microarrays 20k – 100k different Affimers per array Healthy sample applied Diseased sample applied an printed onto a standard glass slide! to an array, incubated, identical array, incubated, then washed off! then washed off! The differences in what sticks to the array are biomarkers of the d

  17. Slide 17: The world's largest protein microarray

    17! The world’s largest protein microarray! • Market drivers! The largest an%body – Huge pressure from regulators to develop companion diagnostics.! microarray, the Panorama Array – Biomarker discovery essential and currently challenging.! from Sigma Aldrich, • Product positioning! has 725 an%bodies

  18. Slide 18: Summary and Outlook

    Summary and Outlook Strong equity growth opportunity underpinned by revenue generating businesses! • In-clinic veterinary Sensipod analyser development completed and launched post-period end.! • Measured rollout of Sensipod planned during FY14 as test menu is expanded with a target of six tests in t

  19. Slide 19: Important Notice

    Important Notice 19! This presentation does not constitute a recommendation regarding the shares of Avacta Group plc (the “Company”) nor a representation that any dealing in those shares is appropriate. The Company accepts no duty of care whatsoever to the reader of this presentation in respect of i

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