22.03.2016
WILEX AG DE000A11QVV0
DGAP-News: WILEX AG: WILEX announces financial figures for the 2015 financial year and reports on course of business
DGAP-News: WILEX AG / Key word(s): Final Results
WILEX AG: WILEX announces financial figures for the 2015 financial year and
reports on course of business
22.03.2016 / 07:05
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PRESS RELEASE
WILEX announces financial figures for the 2015 financial year and reports
on course of business
- Sales revenue within adjusted guidance, earnings forecast missed due to
extraordinary effects despite reduced operating expenses
- Capital increases and financing strategy ensure liquidity into the
second quarter of 2017
- Further advancement of proprietary Antibody-Targeted Amanitin Conjugate
(ATAC) technology; research collaborations and grants for Heidelberg
Pharma support strategy
- Outlook on 2016: Planned investments in ATAC technology and own
portfolio will again result in an operating loss
- Public conference call to be held on 22 March 2016 at 3:00 p.m. CET
Munich, 22 March 2016 - WILEX AG (ISIN DE000A11QVV0 / WL6 / FSE) today
published its financial results and annual report for the 2015 financial
year (1 December 2014 - 30 November 2015).
"In 2015, we put great effort into realigning our company. We managed to
reach important goals in operations and today look back on the positive
aspects of financial year 2015 - and into the future with optimism. While
the termination of the collaboration with Roche was a setback for us, we
are working hard on achieving our objective of getting the highly effective
Amanitin toxin ready for the development of innovative cancer therapies in
combination with our proprietary ADC technology," commented Dr Jan
Schmidt-Brand, Spokesman of the Executive Management Board and CFO of WILEX
AG. "In addition to ongoing research collaborations with industry partners,
we are focusing on further developing our own ATAC candidates. Financing
these activities will remain a challenge in 2016, but we are receiving
significant support from our main shareholder dievini Hopp BioTech."
Key events in the 2015 financial year
- Focus on financing the ATAC technology: In April 2015, WILEX AG
successfully implemented a rights issue from authorised capital,
generating gross issue proceeds of EUR 4.16 million. In November 2015,
a comprehensive, multi-stage financing strategy was adopted. Supported
by the company's main shareholder dievini, this strategy is to secure
WILEX's financing into the second quarter of 2017. In this context,
dievini has made a commitment of up to EUR 10 million whereby the
commitment is based on a subscription price of EUR 1.84. A private
placement and a rights issue have already been completed in December,
raising cash of EUR 2.5 million. Further corporate actions are expected
to be initiated in the first half of 2016 to drive the planned
establishment of the company's own ATAC pipeline and the GMP
manufacturing of ATACs.
- Grant for Heidelberg Pharma: Heidelberg Pharma received a research
grant commitment of EUR 0.9 million from the Federal Ministry of
Education and Research (BMBF) for the further development of
proprietary PSMA Antibody-Targeted Amanitin Conjugates for the
treatment of prostate cancer in early 2015. In addition, Heidelberg
Pharma receives EU funding as part of the European Training Network
(ETN) MAGICBULLET for research on peptide Amanitin conjugates.
- Termination of the collaboration with Roche: In August 2015, Heidelberg
Pharma was informed that Roche is discontinuing the ATAC cooperation
for strategic reasons. All work on Roche projects was halted by the end
of November 2015, and the licensing rights were returned to Heidelberg
Pharma in full.
Key events after the reporting period
- Clinical development of MESUPRON(R): In January 2016, WILEX's Chinese
partner Link Health submitted an investigational new drug (IND)
application to the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) for
conducting a Phase I dose-escalation study with the product candidate
MESUPRON(R) in China.
Key financial figures of the WILEX Group for financial year 2015
The 2015 financial year concerns the period from 1 December 2014 to 30
November 2015. The WILEX Group comprises two entities, WILEX AG and
Heidelberg Pharma GmbH.
WILEX generated sales revenue and other income totalling EUR 3.9 million in
financial year 2015 (previous year: EUR 5.0 million). Despite a slight
decrease in other operating expenses, the net loss for the year was EUR 6.6
million (previous year: EUR 5.7 million).
Sales revenue amounted to EUR 2.3 million (previous year: EUR 3.6 million),
of which the majority - at EUR 1.9 million - was generated by Heidelberg
Pharma. This figure includes EUR 1.0 million from the preclinical service
business (previous year: EUR 0.7 million) and EUR 0.9 million (previous
year: EUR 1.0 million) from the ADC technology. The parent company posted a
milestone payment of EUR 0.4 million from licensing partner Link Health as
sales revenue in 2015. In the previous year, this item had amounted to EUR
1.2 million. The Roche termination triggered a sales revenue reduction of
approximately EUR 1.0 million, as a result of which the financial guidance
had to be adjusted in October 2015.
At EUR 1.6 million, other income was up compared to the previous year (EUR
1.4 million). This figure mainly includes income from liabilities and
provisions not used (EUR 0.9 million; previous year: EUR 0.5 million) and a
government grant from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
for the PSMA-ATAC project in the amount of EUR 0.3 million (previous year:
EUR 0.3 million).
Operating expenses including depreciation and amortisation fell to EUR 10.4
million in 2015 (previous year: EUR 10.6 million). Although operating costs
were reduced substantially, an impairment loss and a provision had to be
recognized in the financial year ended, which increased expenses
significantly. Both measures were taken in connection with the sale of
WILEX Inc. in 2013.
Research and development costs, which were EUR 5.6 million the previous
year, fell by 20% to EUR 4.5 million, accounting for 43% of expenses. Cost
of sales decreased by 15% to EUR 1.1 million (previous year: EUR 1.3
million) and accounts for 11% of total costs. Administrative costs were EUR
4.5 million, up 41% on the prior-year level (EUR 3.2 million); they account
for 43% of operating expenses. These include the full write-off of a
receivable (EUR 2.0 million) from Nuclea Biotechnologies Inc., USA, as the
result of prolonged payment difficulties and the recognition of a provision
of EUR 0.4 million set up in the event the company is held liable under a
rent guarantee provided to the former WILEX Inc. in respect of the lessor.
Other expenses amounted to EUR 0.3 million (previous year: EUR 0.5
million), 40% lower than the prior-year figure and accounting for 3% of
total costs.
The WILEX Group showed an operating result of EUR -6.5 million (previous
year: EUR -5.6 million) in the 2015 financial year. The net loss for the
year increased to EUR 6.6 million (previous year: EUR 5.7 million) as a
result of lower sales revenue and extraordinary accounting items. Earnings
per share fell to EUR -0.75 (previous year: EUR -0.73).
At the end of the financial year on 30 November 2015, total assets were EUR
12.1 million, down EUR 2.9 million from the previous year's amount of EUR
15.0 million, which had been given a boost by a higher figure for net cash
and financial assets. WILEX had cash and cash equivalents of EUR 1.3
million (previous year: EUR 2.2 million) at the end of the reporting
period. The monthly cash use decreased to EUR 0.4 million (previous year:
EUR 0.6 million). The Group's equity amounted to EUR 9.5 million (previous
year: EUR 11.9 million). This corresponds to an equity ratio of 78.3%
(previous year: 79.0%).
Financial outlook on 2016 and strategy of the WILEX Group
The WILEX Group expects to generate between EUR 2.0 million and EUR 3.0
million in sales revenue and other income (2015: EUR 3.9 million) in the
2016 financial year. This figure does not include income from additional
potential licensing agreements. According to current planning, operating
expenses will be in the range of EUR 7.0 million to EUR 10.0 million (2015:
EUR 10.4 million). Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) in the 2016
financial year are projected to be between EUR -4.0 million and EUR -8.0
million (2015: EUR -6.5 million).
WILEX expects to require funds of EUR 4.0 million to EUR 8.0 million in
2016. The monthly cash use is expected to amount to between EUR 0.4 million
and EUR 0.6 million (2015: EUR 0.4 million).
WILEX's goals in the 2016 financial year are to further refine the ATAC
technology, expand its customer-specific research business and build its
own product pipeline. Existing research agreements on this technology
should ideally culminate in licence agreements for specific
Antibody-Targeted Amanitin Conjugates, and the aim is to find a partner for
at least one further clinical project.
Invitation to the conference call
On 22 March 2016, WILEX will hold a public conference call for media,
analysts and investors in English at 3:00 p.m. CET. Please dial in ten
minutes before the conference call using the following dial-in numbers:
1. Germany: +49 69 71044 5598
2. UK: +44 20 3003 2666
3. USA: +1 212 999 6659
4. USA Freephone: +1 866 966 5335
You will be welcomed by an operator who will ask for the password (WILEX)
and take your name and company. The presentation for the conference (in
English) will be available for download from www.wilex.com at 2:30 p.m.
CET.
Key figures for the WILEX Group
2015 1 2014 1 In EUR million EUR million EUR million Earnings Sales revenue 2.3 3.6 Other income 1.6 1.4 Operating expenses (10.4) (10.6) of which research and development costs (4.5) (5.6) Operating result (6.5) (5.6) Earnings before taxes (6.5) (5.6) Net loss for the year (6.6) (5.7) Earnings per share in EUR (0.75) (0.73) Balance sheet as of the end of the period Total assets 12.1 15.0 Cash and cash equivalents 1.3 2.2 Equity 9.5 11.9 Equity ratio2 in % 78.3 79.0 Cash flow Cash flow from operating activities (4.8) (6.6) Cash flow from investing activities (0.2) (0.2) Cash flow from financing activities 4.1 (0.0) Employees (number) Employees at year-end3 55 52 Employees at year-end3 (full-time equivalents) 49 461) The reporting period begins on 1 December and ends on 30 November. 2) Equity / total assets 3) Including members of the Executive Management Board Rounding of exact figures may result in differences. The annual report including the consolidated financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) was published at http://www.wilex.de/press-investors/financial-reports/. Contact IR/PRsupport WILEX AG MC Services AG Corporate Communications Katja Arnold (CIRO) Sylvia Wimmer Executive Director & Partner Tel.: +49 (0)89-41 31 38-29 Tel.: +49 (0)89-210 228-40 Email: investors[at]wilex.com Mobile: +49 (0)160 9360 3022 Grillparzerstr. 18, 81675 Munich, Email: katja.arnold[at]mc- Germany services.euAbout WILEX and Heidelberg Pharma WILEX AG is a biopharmaceutical company which discontinued all clinical development activities at its Munich site and now exercises a holding function as the Group parent. Research and development focus on the operations of its subsidiary Heidelberg Pharma GmbH in Ladenburg, which primarily advances the development of the innovative ADC platform technology for Antibody-Targeted Amanitin Conjugates (ATAC technology) and provides preclinical drug research and development services. WILEX has the diagnostic and therapeutic drug candidates REDECTANE(R) and RENCAREX(R), which are available for out-licensing and further development in Phase III for external partners. WILEX is listed at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange: ISIN DE000A11QVV0 / WKN A11QVV / Symbol WL6. More information is available at http://www.wilex.com/. This communication contains certain forward-looking statements relating to the Company's business, which can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "estimates", "believes", "expects", "may", "will", "should", "future", "potential" or similar expressions or by a general discussion of the Company's strategy, plans or intentions. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause our actual results of operations, financial position, earnings, achievements, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, earnings or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Given these uncertainties, prospective investors and partners are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. We disclaim any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements to reflect future events or developments. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 22.03.2016 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: WILEX AG Grillparzerstr. 18 81675 München Germany Phone: +49 (0)89 41 31 38 - 0 Fax: +49 (0)89 41 31 38 - 99 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.wilex.com ISIN: DE000A11QVV0 WKN: A11QVV Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munich, Stuttgart End of News DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 447475 22.03.2016
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