Speymill PLC Trading Statement (1935C)
April 12 2013 - 2:00AM
UK Regulatory
TIDMSYG
RNS Number : 1935C
Speymill PLC
12 April 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
12 April 2013
Speymill plc ("Speymill" or the "Group")
Trading Update - April 2013
Further to the announcement made on 19 December 2012 regarding
the appointment of an administrator to Speymill Contracts Limited
("Contracts"), the Board of Speymill wishes to provide an update
regarding the performance for the year ended 31 December 2012.
As announced on 28 September 2012, Contracts had recorded a loss
of GBP1.76 million for the six months to 30 June 2012. Based on the
latest available management reports at the time of the appointment
of the administrators, the year to date losses for Contracts had
more than doubled to GBP4.00 million as at 31 October 2012.
The final position regarding the result for Contracts to be
included in the consolidated accounts for the year ending 31
December 2012 remains undetermined due to the fact that the records
of Contracts are no longer under the direct control of
Speymill.
The Board of Speymill would also advise that a formal external
valuation of the Group's German investment properties has been
undertaken by CBRE GmbH in conjunction with DG HYP, the financing
bank, and as a result an impairment of the carrying value of these
assets has been determined. The Directors had previously based the
valuation of the properties on that available at the time of
acquisition taking into account the performance of the portfolio
since acquisition and the trend of property prices across
Germany.
As a consequence, the Directors of Speymill expect to include an
impairment in relation to the German properties for the results for
the year ending 31 December 2012 of GBP3.69 million but would note
that the carrying value of the re-valued properties for the same
period was GBP17.88 million. However, the underlying operational
trading of the investment properties continues to allow the loans
to be fully serviced with all interest and amortisation payments
being made.
GBP5.7 million of the GBP7.0 million shareholder loan provided
by Jim Mellon and his interests had been drawn down by 31 December
2012. Further amounts have been drawn during 2013, and the amount
drawn down by 31 March 2013 totalled GBP6 million.
The Group will announce the consolidated result for the year
ended 31 December 2012 in due course, in accordance with the
requirements of AIM.
Finally, the board is reviewing a number of business
opportunities and will make further announcements as and when
appropriate.
In relation to working capital, the Group continues to utilise
the shareholder loan facility provided by Jim Mellon and Burnbrae
Limited.
For further information:
Speymill PLC
Denham Eke
tel +44 (0) 1624 640860
Beaumont Cornish Limited (Nominated Adviser)
Roland Cornish
Tel +44 (0)207 628 3396
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