25 August 2022

DeepMatter Group Plc

Half Year Results

DeepMatter Group Plc (AIM: DMTR, "DeepMatter", the "Group"), the digital chemistry data and software company, has published its unaudited results for the six months to 30 June 2022.

Highlights

·    Multi-year licencing and collaboration agreement with AI-driven drug discovery company Standigm

·    Multi-year extension of Springer Nature Agreement, licencing proprietary algorithms and supporting the handling of proprietary data

·    Acquisition of ChemIntelligence to enhance IP and expertise

·    Alan Aubrey appointed Chairman and managerial team strengthened

·    H1 2022 revenue increased to £0.68m (H1 2021: £0.65m), operating loss £1.8m (H1 2021: loss £1.4m)

·    R&D higher - reflecting continued investment in SmartChemistry® platform to drive deal-flow in H2 and deliver a stronger H2 than H2 2021

·    Fundraise in January 2022 raising £2.8m net cash for ongoing investment

Mark Warne, DeepMatter CEO, commented:

"We have seen solid revenues during H1 and some notable renewals, which reflects the recurring nature of our business model.

"We have also continued to invest in people and our capabilities, both organic and by acquisition.  Our SmartChemistry® concept of providing our customers with easy access and the ability to exploit data, is gaining international industry recognition.

"A combination of a growing pipeline and our H1 investment programme is expected to drive deal-flow in H2 and deliver a stronger second half than H2 2021."

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About DeepMatter Group Plc 

DeepMatter's SmartChemistry® platform enables scientists across a range of industries, including pharma, biotech, agri-science, scientific publishers and contract research organisations (CROs), to easily capture, access and exploit the vast amounts of data created in chemical reactions.  

DeepMatter integrates its proprietary chemistry data and proprietary software to significantly improve productivity, efficiency, discovery, safety and sustainability of chemical reactions for its customers.

DeepMatter's SmartChemistry® platform capitalises on the combination of its cloud technology, low cost-sensors, connectivity to laboratory hardware and high-performance computing trends such as artificial intelligence (AI).

Strategic overview

DeepMatter is now established as a leader in the exciting digitalisation of chemistry space and driving the market shift.  The Group is building and commercialising its SmartChemistry® platform, which will be the future of chemical reaction data. The Group's vision is to provide the digital data that enables all molecules to be made efficiently and safely as well as sustainably.

DeepMatter has the best available data for creating molecules and is committed to building on this advantage.  Our high quality SPRESI dataset is known for its size, scope and quality. This data is further enhanced by direct integration of laboratory hardware and analytical as well as orthogonal data streams from our proprietary sensor array.

DeepMatter is now seen as a scientific and commercial Key Opinion Leader (KOL) with a strong leadership team drawn from across the sector and a world class Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) from industry and academia. SmartChemistry® is being used at to create IP relevant to making molecules at Russell Group universities.

On 28 June 2022, we announced the acquisition of ChemIntelligence SAS, an AI business with a platform used to develop chemical products and reactions faster.

The Group has continued to invest in enhancing its products and the team to ensure we have the capability to deliver sustainable growth.

Current trading and outlook

In H1 we continued to enhance our products and also strengthen the team in order to deliver on a number of opportunities and better support larger engagements.

DeepMatter will continue resourcing its R&D delivery to strengthen the offering, as well as maintaining tight control on costs.

The Group saw revenue growth in H1 and new deals closed, providing a solid base for H2.  The investment in H1 combined with deals already closed, solid customer pull and a strong renewals base set the expectation that the business will deliver a stronger H2 versus H2 2021.

Operational review

Markets

The Group's customer base encompasses enterprises and research operations from a wide range of industries particularly Pharma as well as Biotech, Agri Science, Fine Chemicals, Scientific Publishers and Contract Research Organisations (CROs). 

SmartChemistry® platform

The SmartChemistry® platform is structured to encompass: a user interface to enable analysis and control; an algorithm layer to enable data cleansing, monitoring, modelling and prediction; and a data layer made up of digitalised proprietary and unique content along with published scientific research.

Our SmartChemistry® platform enables discovery and design with speed and sustainable delivery. By linking the cloud with the laboratory, we bring together all the key components a scientist needs including: protocols and recipes, hardware integration, machine learning and AI insight, data analysis and control and automation.

DeepMatter's customers are increasingly ready for, and embracing, digitisation in chemistry.  Some 35% of industry leaders have migrated to Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) cloud systems, which is resulting in material and time savings, enhanced human-machine interface and 99% reduction in errors from reducing human contact with data processes

The Group's wholistic and unique approach to collecting, structuring, sharing and analysing time course data (measuring the effects of chemical reactions over the course of time), provides faster actionable insights that result in scientific breakthroughs.

DeepMatter's customers' ESG demands and expectations are met by the Group's capabilities.  Digital chemistry provides access to safe and sustainable chemistry.  It increases the focus on placing distance between the chemist and dangerous materials, better productivity reducing energy usage and building a sustainable chemistry database.

Product development

The Group strengthened its Product Management capability and operating structure.  A Chief Product Officer was appointed, fully consolidating the strategic product management across the Group. 

The Group was granted the SmartChemistry® trademark in the period which helps protect our unique platform.  The Group proactively protects its IP and data estate as this is core to its capabilities.

We continue to work on further enhancing our data.  Recently we integrated the Pistachio patent dataset, adding up to another nine million complimentary chemical reactions. Our proprietary algorithms have been used to cleanse and verify this new data source. 

We are also collecting data using Natural Language Processing (NLP) to automatically extract the best ways to make new medicines, from a range of sources including the literature and electronic laboratory notebooks. 

Commercial execution

The Group have initiated a collaboration with Standigm, a disruptive, emerging AI drug discovery company whose backers include leading investor Temasek and global conglomerate SK Corporation. 

Standigm is using SmartChemistry® in a three year deal, to fully digitalise its new synthesis laboratory.  Standigm has stated that SmartChemistry® will dramatically reduce the labour needed to make new compound. We anticipate doing further deals of this type.

Thought Leadership

We continue to benefit from the experience and expertise of our SAB for the external verification of our strategy, priorities and direction of travel.

The Board is led by Dr Richard Bourne, Professor of Digital Chemical Manufacturing at the University of Leeds. Working with Richard are:

·    Dr Nessa Carson, Principal Automation Scientist at Syngenta.

·    Dr Natalie Fey, Associate Professor at the Centre for Computational Chemistry, University of Bristol.

·    Dr David Parry, Head of Research at DeepMatter.

·    Dr Bryn Roberts, SVP and Head of Data Services at Roche Information Solutions and one of DeepMatter's non-executive directors.

Acquisition of ChemIntelligence SAS

On 28 June 2022, DeepMatter announced the acquisition of ChemIntelligence, valuing the business at up to £0.42m. ChemIntelligence (https://chemintelligence.com/) has AI that is used to develop chemical products and reactions faster. 

The acquisition brings intellectual property and expertise that complements the Group's chemical reaction data, data collection platform and AI capabilities.  It will also broaden DeepMatter's technical expertise in chemical formulation, which will enable the Group to expand its offering and address a broader customer base. 

Financial review

Revenue for the first half of 2022 was £0.68 million (H1 2021: £0.65 million).  This includes revenue from licensing, SaaS recurring revenues and related service business.  As we grow, we anticipate the proportion of SaaS revenues will increase.

As planned R&D spend increased to £1.06 million (H1 2021: £0.86 million).  The Group continued to invest in enhancing products and people to support our revenue growth in H2.  We made good progress along development roadmaps, focusing on the commercial appeal of products.

Overhead costs were £1.20 million (H1 2021: £1.03 million) as the team has carried fewer open positions. The team has modestly grown in key areas and travel costs have increased as conferences and sales opportunities return to being face-to-face

The Group incurred an operating loss £1.81 million (H1 2021: loss £1.38 million).

The Group held cash balances at 30 June 2022 of £1.52 million (30 June 2021: £1.84 million).

In January 2022, the Group completed a placing to raise approximately £2.9 million through the issue of a total of 2,887,500,000 shares at 0.1 pence per share.

The proceeds have been used to finance further ongoing investment in SmartChemistry®, including integration of cheminformatics capabilities, user and partner support, marketing, data science initiatives, manufacture of hardware and for working capital requirements.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

1) BASIS OF PREPARATION

The condensed interim financial statements of DeepMatter Group Plc are unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the six months ended 30 June 2022. These include unaudited comparatives for the six months ended 30 June 2021 together with audited comparatives for the year ended 31 December 2021.

The interim financial statements do not include all of the information required for full annual financial statements and do not comply with all the disclosures in IAS 34 'Interim Financial Reporting' and should be read in conjunction with the Group's annual financial statements as at 31 December 2021. Accordingly, whilst the interim statements have been prepared in accordance with IFRS, they cannot be construed as being in full compliance with IFRS.

The financial information for the year ended 31 December 2021 does not constitute statutory financial statements within the meaning of section 435 of the Companies Act 2006. A copy of the audited financial statements for that year has been delivered to the Registrar of Companies. The Auditors' opinion on those financial statements was unqualified but did draw attention to timing and value of revenue and cashflows and the impact on intangibles and goodwill, in an emphasis of matter paragraph. It contained no statement under section 498(2) or section 498(3) of the Companies Act 2006.

The accounting policies adopted are consistent with those followed in the preparation of the Group's annual financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021. The Group has not early adopted any other standard, interpretation or amendment that has been issued but is not yet effective.

Going concern

Information on the business environment, financial position and the factors underpinning the Group's future prospects and portfolio are included in the Strategic Overview, Current Trading and Outlook and Operational Review.

The cash balance at the 30 June 2022 was £1.5m.  Based on scenarios modelled, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to be a going concern in addition to which, the Directors may choose to fundraise or engage in other strategic arrangements.

The Directors consider that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements do not include any adjustments which would be required if the going concern basis of preparation was deemed to be inappropriate.  However, if the Group is unable to deliver upon its proposed revenue projections, or alternatively proposed cost reductions, there is limited headroom in the current forecasts and as such there is considered a material uncertainty which may cast doubt about the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.

2) SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The accounting policies adopted are consistent with those followed in the preparation of the consolidated annual financial statements of DeepMatter Group Plc for the year ended 31 December 2021.

3) SEGMENTAL REPORTING

Operating Segments

The Chief Operating Decision Maker has been identified as the Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of the company. The Group has two operating segments and the CEO reviews the Group's internal reporting which recognises these two segments in order to assess performance and allocate resources. The Group has determined its reportable segments which are also its operating segments based on these reports.

The Group currently has two operating and reportable segments being DeepMatter and InfoChem;

·      DeepMatter - this segment owns, develops and is in the early stage of commercially exploiting intellectual property, software, hardware, data analysis and data collection capabilities (including machine learning).

·      InfoChem - this segment develops and commercialises cheminformatics software to handle, store and retrieve chemical structures and reactions for application in pharma, life sciences and scientific publications. The segment has industry established market leading tools for the production of synthesis planning and reaction prediction solutions and the automatic extraction of scientific information from text and images.

Information regarding the operation of the reportable segments is included below. The CEO assesses the performance of the operating segments based on revenue and a measure of earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) before any allocation of Group overheads, charges for share-based payment and costs associated with acquisitions. This segment EBITDA is used to measure performance as the CEO believes such information is most relevant in evaluating the results of the segment.

The Group's EBITDA for the year has been calculated after deducting the Group overheads from the EBITDA of the two segments as reported internally. Group overheads include the cost of the Board, listing costs, all the costs of running the premises in Glasgow and Munich, Group marketing, finance, and legal and professional fees.

The segment information is prepared using accounting policies consistent with those of the Group as a whole.

The non-current assets are reviewed by the chief operating decision-maker in reviewing the carrying value of goodwill and intangibles for indicators of impairment. Segment non-current assets are measured in the same way as in the financial statements and the assets are allocated based on the operations of the segment and the physical location of the asset.

The current assets and non-current and current liabilities of the Group are not reviewed by the chief operating decisionmaker on a segment basis and therefore none of the Group's current assets and current and non-current liabilities are segmental assets and liabilities and are all unlocated for segmental disclosure purposes. For that reason, the Group has not disclosed details of these segmental assets and liabilities.

In the six-month period ended 30 June 2022, the Group had 2 customers that exceeded 10% of total revenue, being 44%, 16% and 11% (2021: 2 customers being 19% and 13%).

All segments are continuing operations.

Revenue from contracts with customers by geographic location

The revenues reported above are both by destination and origin.

Revenue from contracts with customers by Operating Segment

Loss by Operating Segment

Group overheads, share based payments, acquisition costs, interest and tax are not allocated to segments.

Non-current assets by segment

4) LOSS PER SHARE (BASIC AND DILUTED)

Basic earnings or loss per share is calculated by dividing the gain or loss attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period.

For diluted earnings or loss per share, the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue is adjusted to assume conversion of all dilutive potential ordinary shares.

Basic loss per share is based on the total loss after tax for the period and the weighted average number of ordinary shares of £0.0001 each in issue during the period. Diluted loss per share is calculated by adjusting the average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period to assume conversion of all dilutive potential ordinary shares. The Company had a total of 35,395,800 potentially issuable dilutive ordinary shares in existence at the 30 June 2022 period end; (31 December 2021: 9,748,728; 30 June 2021: 30,703,707), comprised of 35,395,800 share options. The 35,395,800 potentially issuable dilutive shares have not been included in the calculations due to their potential issuance having an effect to reduce loss per share attributable to equity holders.

5) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Group has taken advantage of the exemptions contained within IAS 24 - 'Related Party Disclosures' from the requirement to disclose transactions between Group companies as these have been eliminated on consolidation.

Mirko Walter served on the Board of the Company as Non-Executive Directors from 9 March 2021.  He is Vice President, Sales at Springer Nature and no amounts were paid to Springer Nature for his services.

The Group recognised H1 sales of £22,000 (H1 2020: £26,000) in respect of the 'Services Agreement' between InfoChem and Springer Group companies. There was £nil outstanding at the 30^th June 2022 (30^th June 2021: £nil.)

The Group has paid companies that are part of IP Group, a significant shareholder, £20,000 in respect of the provision of recruitment/ administrative services (H1 2020: £nil). There were no amounts outstanding at the end of the 30^th June 2022 (30^th June 2021: £nil).

 In addition, during the period the Company paid remuneration to the Directors' in accordance with their service contracts and letters of appointment.

6) EVENTS SUBSEQUENT TO PERIOD ENDED 30 JUNE 2022

On the 28th June 2022, Deepmatter announced the acquisition of ChemIntelligence SAS, a business based in Lyon, France which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help customers develop chemical products and reactions faster.  The Initial Consideration Shares were admitted to trading on AIM on the 4^th July 2022 and the acquisition successfully closed on the 11th July 2022.

Further details can be found on the RNS:

https://ir.q4europe.com/solutions/DeepMatterGroupPlc/3968/newsArticle.aspx?storyid=15470650

7) HALF YEAR FINANCIAL REPORT

A copy of this half year report, as well as the prior year annual statutory accounts, is available on the Company's website at  www.deepmatter.io