Obducat

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Five year review

Operations in the Obducat Group focus entirely on the areas of nanoimprint lithography, NIL, electron beam recording, EBR, and scanning electron microscopy, SEM. Obducat’s source of income is derived from sales of equipment, stamps in NIL and EBR, and sales of SEM in the English subsidiary Obducat CamScan Ltd.

Income statement, summary (SEK 000)

Income and margins

Sales amounted to SEK 51.603 thousand, corresponding to a decrease of 28 per cent compared with 2008. The reason for the decrease is primarily the outcome of customers having delayed their purchase decisions as a direct result of the global financial crisis. The Obducat Group’s gross margin for 2009 was 51 per cent compared with 58 per cent the previous year. The change in gross margin is primarily due to the product mix, with a comparatively larger share of SEM system sales.

Operating profit/loss

The 2009 operating loss amounted to SEK -45,596 thousand compared with SEK -24 565 thousand in 2008. In 2009 the operating income fell by SEK 21,031 thousand compared with 2008. In 2009 operating costs increased compared with 2008, largely attributable to the development of Sindre® 400, the HVM machine. As mentioned above, the reason for the weaker result is the result of customers postponing their purchase decisions as a direct consequence of the global financial crisis.

Total research and development costs

Total investments in tangible and intangible assets

Balance sheet, summary (SEK 000)

Fixed assets

To a large extent fixed assets consist of intangible fixed assets. On 31 December 2009 the book value of total intangible fixed assets of capitalised development expenditure amounted to SEK 33.5 ( 20.6) million, patents to SEK 19.9 (18.8) million, and goodwill unchanged to SEK 2.5 million. The scope of intangible assets is of decisive importance for the continued existence of the Company. On 31 December 2009 the book value of tangible fixed assets amounted to SEK 18.2 (21.9) million.

Summary of cash flow analysis

Comments on the consolidated cash flow

Current liquidity, including current investments of surplus liquidity in an interest based money market instrument, amounted at the close of the year to SEK 51.8 million, compared with SEK 47.9 million at the start of the year. Aside from the Group’s operating loss, liquidity was in 2009 charged with investments in the development portfolio. Surplus liquidity from financing activities in 2009 amounted to SEK 63.3 (53.2) million. The capital raised through the preferential rights issue implemented in 2009 provided the Group with SEK 63.0 million after issue expenses.

© Obducat 2009