EX-99.1 3 dex991.htm AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS Audited financial statements of Performance Products

Exhibit 99.1

Performance Products Limited

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

for the years ended

31 March 2006 and 2005

 


Independent Auditors Report

To the board of directors and shareholders of Performance Products Limited

We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of Performance Products Limited (the “Company”), as of March 31, 2005 and 2006 and the related notes, profit and loss account and cash flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s Management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of March 31, 2005 and 2006 and the results of its operations and cash flow for the two years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United Kingdom (“UK GAAP”).

UK GAAP varies in certain significant respects from the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Information relating to the nature and effect of such differences is presented in note 28 to the financial statements.

Baker Tilly

Liverpool

December 29, 2006


Performance Products Limited

Pofit and loss account

for the years ended 31 March 2006 and 2005

 

     Notes   

2006

£

   

2005

£

 

TURNOVER

   2    7,951,315     8,433,459  

Cost of Sales

      (3,982,556 )   (4,003,621 )
               

Gross Profit

      3,968,759     4,429,838  

Administrative expense

      (3,241,472 )   (3,607,125 )

Exceptional Items

   6    (89,018 )   —    

Other operating income

      699     2,139  
               

OPERATING PROFIT

   3    638,968     824,852  

Interest receivable

      1,815     582  
               
      640,783     825,434  

Interest payable and similar charges

   7    (183,264 )   (197,963 )
               

PROFIT ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES BEFORE TAXATION

   457,519     627,471  

Taxation

   8    (123,046 )   (203,679 )
               

PROFIT ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES AFTER TAXATION

   334,473     423,792  
               

* The notes form an integral part of the financial statements.


Performance Products Limited

Balance Sheet

for the years ended 31 March 2006 and 2005

 

     Notes   

2006

£

   £    

2005

£

   £  

FIXED ASSETS

             

Tangible assets

   10       1,263,539        1,447,706  

Investments

   11       1,588        200  
                     
         1,265,127        1,447,906  

CURRENT ASSETS

             

Stocks

   12    1,112,441      1,700,624   

Debtors

   13    965,797      958,291   

Cash at bank

      344,297      452,295   
                 
      2,422,535      3,111,210   

CREDITORS

             

Amounts falling due within one year

   14    3,110,837      3,608,054   
                 

NET CURRENT LIABILITIES

         (688,302 )      (496,844 )
                     
         576,825        951,062  

CREDITORS

             

Amounts falling due after more than one year

   15       327,110        897,820  
                     
         249,715        53,242  

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES AND CHARGES

             

Deferred taxation

   18       —          11,750  
                     
         249,715        41,492  
                     

CAPITAL AND RESERVES

             

Called up equity share capital

   21       25,000        25,000  

Profit and loss account

   22       224,715        16,492  
                     

SHAREHOLDERS’ FUNDS

   23       249,715        41,492  
                     

* The notes form an integral part of the financial statements.


Performance Products Limited

Cash Flow Statement

for the years ended 31 March 2006 and 2005

 

     Notes   

2006

£

    £    

2005

£

    £  

Net cash flow from operating activities

   24      1,205,174       2,205,812  

RETURNS ON INVESTMENTS AND

           

SERVICING OF FINANCE

           

Interest received

      1,815       582    

Interest paid

      (170,104 )     (184,158 )  

Interest element of hire purchase

      (13,160 )     (13,805 )  
                   

NET CASH OUTFLOW FROM RETURNS

           

ON INVESTMENTS AND SERVICING OF

           

FINANCE

        (181,449 )     (197,381 )

Taxation

        (747,299 )     (445,773 )

CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

           

Payments to acquire tangible fixed assets

      (113,285 )     (74,151 )  

Receipts from sale of fixed assets

      32,550       64,280    
                   

NET CASH OUTFLOW FROM CAPITAL

        (80,735 )     (9,871 )

EXPENDITURE

           

ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSALS

           

Acquire investments in participating interests

      (1,388 )     —      
                   

NET CASH OUTFLOW FROM

           

ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSALS

        (1,388 )     —    

Equity dividends paid

        (126,250 )     (1,357,000 )
                   

CASH INFLOW BEFORE FINANCING

        68,053       195,787  

FINANCING

           

Repayment of bank loans

      (51,437 )     (47,264 )  

Capital element of hire purchase

      (115,782 )     (208,101 )  
                   

NET CASH OUTFLOW FROM FINANCING

     (167,219 )     (255,365 )
                   

DECREASE IN CASH IN THE PERIOD

   24      (99,166 )     (59,578 )
                   

* The notes form an integral part of the financial statements.


Performance Products Limited

Notes to the financial statements

for the years ended 31 March 2006 and 2005

1 ACCOUNTING POLICIES

BASIS OF ACCOUNTING

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

TURNOVER

Turnover represents the amount derived from the provision of goods and services which fall within the company’s ordinary activities, entirely within the UK, stated net of trade discounts and value added tax.

FIXED ASSETS

All fixed assets are initially recorded at cost.

DEPRECIATION

Depreciation is calculated so as to write off the cost of an asset, less its estimated residual value, over the useful economic life of that asset as follows:

 

Freehold buildings    -      2% straight line
Fixtures, fittings and machinery    -      25% straight line
Motor vehicles    -      25% straight line
Computer equipment    -      25% straight line

STOCKS

Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and realizable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items. Cost is computed on a first in first out basis. Net realizable value is based on estimated selling price less the estimated cost of disposal.

HIRE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS

Assets held under hire purchase agreements are capitalized and disclosed under tangible fixed assets at their fair value. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability and the interest is charged to the profit and loss account on a straight line basis.

OPERATING LEASE AGREEMENTS

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to income as incurred.

PENSION COSTS

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company. The annual contributions payable are charged to the profit and lossaccount.


Performance Products Limited

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

for the years ended 31 March 2006 and 2005

DEFERRED TAXATION

Deferred tax is recognized in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date where transactions or events that result in an obligation to pay more tax in the future or a right to pay less tax in the future have occurred at the balance sheet date. Timing differences are differences between the company’s taxable profits and its results as stated in the financial statements that arise from the inclusion of gains and losses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognized in the financial statements.

Deferred tax is measured at the average tax rates that are expected to apply in the periods in which timing differences are expected to reverse, based on tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantially enacted by the balance sheet date. Deferred tax is measured on a non-discounted basis.

FOREIGN CURRENCIES

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date. Transactions in foreign currencies are translated into sterling at the rate of exchange ruling at the date of the transaction. Exchange differences are taken into account in arriving at the operating profit.

EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST

In accordance with requirements of UTIF Abstract 32, assets held in the employee benefit trust are recognized as assets of the company until they vest unconditionally in identified beneficiaries. The subsidiary accounts are not material to the company and as such consolidated accounts have not been prepared.

DEFERRED INCOME

Where download fees relate to future accounting periods, the income is deferred until those periods.

JOINT VENTURES

Undertakings in which the company has a long term interest and shares control under a contractual arrangement are defined as joint ventures. The joint venture accounts are not material to the company and as such have not been accounted for in the accounts of Performance Products Limited.

 

2 TURNOVER

The turnover and profit before tax are attributable to the one principal activity of the company.

An analysis of turnover is given below:

 

    

2006

£

  

2005

£

United Kingdom

   7,951,315       8,433,459
            


Performance Products Limited

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

for the years ended 31 March 2006 and 2005

 

3 OPERATING PROFIT

Operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting):

 

    

2006

£

   

2005

£

 

Depreciation of owned fixed assets

   165,324     158,846  

Depreciation of assets held under hire purchase agreements

   95,837     84,921  

Loss/(profit) on disposal of fixed assets

   3,741     (2,525 )

Auditors’ remuneration - as auditors

   11,500     10,250  

Operating lease costs:

    

Land and buildings

   34,530     34,750  

Net (profit)/loss on foreign currency translation

   (238,195 )   225,123  
            

 

4 PARTICULARS OF EMPLOYEES

The average number of staff employed by the company during the financial year amounted to:

 

    

2006

No

  

2005

No

Number of sales staff

   16    17

Number of technical staff

   8    10

Number of administrative staff

   14    17
         
   38    44
         

 

The aggregate payroll costs of the above were:

 

     
    

2006

£

  

2005

£

Wages and salaries

   968,177    1,089,843

Social security costs

   335,104    139,673

Staff pension contributions

   19,369    19,559

Directors’ pension costs

   7,200    7,200
         
   1,329,850    1,256,275
         

 

5 DIRECTORS’ EMOLUMENTS

The directors’ aggregate emoluments in respect of qualifying services were:

 

    

2006

£

  

2005

£

Aggregate emoluments

   351,041    350,552

Value of company pension contributions to money purchase schemes

   7,200    7,200
         
   358,241    357,752
         


Performance Products Limited

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

for the years ended 31 March 2006 and 2005

Emoluments of highest paid director:

 

    

2006

£

  

2005

£

Total emoluments (excluding pension contributions)

   106,081    110,864
         

 

The number of directors who accrued benefits under company pension schemes was as follows:

     
    

2006

No

  

2005

No

Money purchase schemes

   3    3
         

 

6 EXCEPTIONAL ITEMS

Exceptional items totaling £89,015 represent the following:

£125,000 was receivable in the year for reimbursed legal costs.

A settlement amount was agreed in relation to The Employee Benefit Trust at £214,018 for national insurance (included in note 4) (Interest on the national insurance of £31,685 is included in note 7 as other interest).

 

7 INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR CHARGES

 

    

2006

£

  

2005

£

Interest payable on bank borrowing

   57,741    65,668

Mortgage interest payable

   23,521    30,535

Finance charges

   13,160    13,805

Other interest

   88,842    87,955
         
   183,264    197,963
         

 

8 TAXATION ON ORDINARY ACTIVITIES

(a) Analysis of charge in the year

 

    

2006

£

   

2005

£

 

Current tax:

    

In respect of the year:

    

UK Corporation tax based on the results for the year at 30% (2005 - 30%)

   157,094     217,934  

Adjustment in respect of previous periods

   (22,298 )   3,995  
            

Total current tax

   134,796     221,929  

Deferred tax:

    

Origination and reversal of timing differences

   (11,750 )   (18,250 )
            

Tax on profit on ordinary activities

   123,046     203,679  
            


Performance Products Limited

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

for the years ended 31 March 2006 and 2005

(b) Factors affecting current tax charge

The tax assessed on the profit on ordinary activities for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 30% (2005 - 30%).

 

    

2006

£

   

2005

£

 

Profit on ordinary activities before taxation

   457,519     627,471  
            

Profit on ordinary activities multiplied by the standard rate of tax in the UK of 30% (2005 - 30%)

   137,256     188,241  

Expenses not deductible for tax purposes

   12,707     24,633  

Loss/(profit) on disposal of fixed assets

   1,122     (758 )

Differences between capital allowances and depreciation

   30,604     25,304  

Adjustment in respect of previous periods

   (22,298 )   3,995  

Marginal relief

   (24,595 )   (19,486 )
            

Total current tax (note 8(a))

   134,796     221,929  
            

 

9 DIVIDENDS

The following dividends have been paid in respect of the year:

 

    

2006

£

  

2005

£

Dividend paid on A ordinary shares

   126,250    1,357,000
         

 

10 TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

 

    

Freehold land

& buildings

£

  

Fixtures,

fittings and

machinery

£

  

Motor vehicles

£

   

Computer

equipment

£

  

Total

£

 

Cost

             

At 1 April 2005

   872,184    322,806    431,909     292,261    1,919,160  

Additions

   —      95,821    —       17,464    113,285  

Disposals

   —      —      (68,047 )   —      (68,047 )
                           

At 31 March 2006

   872,184    418,627    363,862     309,725    1,964,398  
                           

Depreciation

             

At 1 April 2005

   39,804    176,841    128,910     125,899    471,454  

Charge for the year

   17,443    76,926    96,052     70,740    261,161  

On disposals

   —      —      (31,756 )   —      (31,756 )
                           

At 31 March 2006

   57,247    253,767    193,206     196,639    700,859  
                           

Net book value

             

At 31 March 2006

   814,937    164,860    170,656     113,086    1,263,539  
                           

At 31 March 2005

   832,380    145,965    302,999     166,362    1,447,706  
                           


Performance Products Limited

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

for the years ended 31 March 2006 and 2005

Included in freehold land and buildings is land amounting to £86,000 which is not depreciated.

Included within the net book value of £1,263,539 is £157,635 (2005 - £281,804) relating to assets held under hire purchase agreements. The depreciation charged to the financial statements in the year in respect of such assets amounted to £95,837 (2005 - £84,921).

 

11 INVESTMENTS

 

    

Investment

in joint

venture

£

  

Other

investments

£

  

Total

£

Cost

        

At 1 April 2005

   —      1,830,200    1,830,200

Additions

   1,388    —      1,388
              

At 31 March 2006

   1,388    1,830,200    1,831,588
              

Amounts written off

        

At 1 April 2005 and 31 March 2006

   —      1,830,000    1,830,000
              

Net book value

        

At 31 March 2006

   1,388    200    1,588
              

At 31 March 2005

   —      200    200
              

Other investments represents a holding by the employee benefit trust of 200 “A” ordinary shares in Thornybolt (No. 61) (an unlimited company), being 100% of the issued “A” ordinary share capital.

Performance Products (Nordic) Oy is a joint venture with Mr. D R Pearson, and trades from Finland. Performance Products (Nordic) Oy is a limited liability company incorporated in Finland. Performance Products Limited has 25% of the shares in the venture. The company is managed by Mr D R Pearson and the year end is 31 December. The company acts as distributor for Performance Products Limited’s products.

 

12 STOCKS

 

    

2006

£

  

2005

£

Goods for resale

   1,112,441    1,700,624
         


Performance Products Limited

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

for the years ended 31 March 2006 and 2005

 

13 DEBTORS

 

    

2006

£

  

2005

£

Trade debtors

   775,037    806,178

Amounts owed by undertakings in which the company has a participating interest

   13,542    —  

Other debtors

   7,755    13,902

Directors loan account - S Tolley

   5,164    —  

Directors loan account - J Ballard

   10,000    —  

Directors loan account - C Ballard

   524    —  

Prepayments and accrued income

   153,775    138,211
         
   965,797    958,291
         

Trade debtors are subject to debt factors as set out in note 14.

The directors’ loans above represent the maximum balance outstanding during the year.

 

14 CREDITORS: Amounts falling due within one year

 

    

2006

£

  

2005

£

Amount due to debt factor

   57,142    232,209

Bank loans and overdrafts

   1,259,289    886,921

Trade creditors

   91,916    534,508

Corporation tax

   354,753    967,256

Other taxation and social security

   322,927    88,119

Hire purchase agreements

   40,144    110,560

Other creditors

   25,272    22,791

Accruals and deferred income

   959,394    765,690
         
   3,110,837    3,608,054
         

The bank loan was repaid on 5 April 2006, and was subject to interest at 1.5% above the bank’s base rate.

The bank loan and overdraft is secured by a legal charge over the company’s assets.

The amount due to debt factor is secured by a legal charge over the company’s assets.

Hire purchase agreements are secured on related assets.

 

15 CREDITORS: Amounts falling due after more than one year

 

    

2006

£

  

2005

£

Bank loans and overdrafts

   —      432,637

Hire purchase agreements

   5,072    50,438

Deferred income

   322,038    414,745
         
   327,110    897,820
         


Performance Products Limited

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

for the years ended 31 March 2006 and 2005

 

16 BANK LOAN

Creditors include finance capital which is due for repayment as follows:

 

    

2006

£

  

2005

£

Amounts repayable:

     

In one year or less or on demand

   430,648    49,448

In more than one year but not more than two years

   —      54,505

In more than two years but not more than five years

   —      184,819

In more than five years

   —      193,313
         
   430,648    482,085
         

 

17 COMMITMENTS UNDER HIRE PURCHASE AGREEMENTS

Future commitments under hire purchase agreements are as follows:

 

    

2006

£

  

2005

£

Amounts payable within 1 year

   40,144    110,560

Amounts payable between 2 to 5 years

   5,072    50,438
         
   45,216    160,998
         

 

18 DEFERRED TAXATION

The movement in the deferred taxation provision during the year was:

 

    

2006

£

   

2005

£

 

Provision brought forward

   11,750     30,000  

Profit and loss account movement arising during the year

   (11,750 )   (18,250 )
            

Provision carried forward

   —       11,750  
            

The provision for deferred taxation consists of the tax effect of timing differences in respect of:

 

    

2006

£

  

2005

£

Excess of taxation allowances over depreciation on fixed assets

   —      11,750
         
   —      11,750
         


Performance Products Limited

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

for the years ended 31 March 2006 and 2005

 

19 COMMITMENTS UNDER OPERATING LEASES

At 31 March 2006 the company had annual commitments under non-cancellable operating leases as set out below.

 

     Land and buildings
    

2006

£

  

2005

£

Operating leases which expire:

     

Within 1 year

   —      33,500
         

 

20 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Joint venture company

During the year sales of £2,333 were made to Performance Products (Nordic) Oy. Included in debtors at the year end are amounts totaling £13,542 relating to a loan to the company.

Transactions with directors

During the year consultancy services totaling £216,475 (2005 - £313,741) were provided by Monza Marketing a business in which C Ballard has an interest.

Directors loan accounts

Three directors had overdrawn loan accounts during the year. See note 13 for details.

 

21 SHARE CAPITAL

 

    

2006

£

  

2005

£

Authorized:

     

25,000 A Ordinary shares of £1 each

   25,000    25,000

25,000 B Ordinary shares of £1 each

   25,000    25,000

25,000 C Ordinary shares of £1 each

   25,000    25,000

25,000 D Ordinary shares of £1 each

   25,000    25,000
         
   100,000    100,000
         

 

    

2006

£

  

2005

£

Allotted, called up and fully paid:

     

21,250 (2005 - 12,250) A Ordinary shares of £1 each

   21,250    12,250

2,499 (2005 - 1,249) B Ordinary shares of £1 each

   2,499    1,249

1,249 (2005 - 11,499) C Ordinary shares of £1 each

   1,249    11,499

2 D Ordinary shares of £1 each

   2    2
         
   25,000    25,000
         

All classes of shares rank pari passu in all respects except that the directors may declare dividends independently on each class.


Performance Products Limited

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

for the years ended 31 March 2006 and 2005

 

22 PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT

 

    

2006

£

   

2005

£

 

At 1 April 2005

   16,492     949,700  

Profit for the financial year

   334,473     423,792  

Dividends

   (126,250 )   (1,357,000 )
            

At 31 March 2006

   224,715     16,492  
            

 

23 RECONCILIATION OF MOVEMENTS IN SHAREHOLDERS’ FUNDS

 

    

2006

£

   

2005

£

 

Profit for the financial year

   334,473     423,792  

Dividends

   (126,250 )   (1,357,000 )
            
   208,223     (933,208 )

Opening shareholders’ equity funds

   41,492     974,700  
            

Closing shareholders’ equity funds

   249,715     41,492  
            


Performance Products Limited

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

for the years ended 31 March 2006 and 2005

 

24 CASH FLOWS

RECONCILIATION OF OPERATING PROFIT TO NET CASH INFLOW FROM

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

    

2006

£

   

2005

£

 

Operating profit

   638,968     824,852  

Depreciation

   261,161     243,767  

Loss/(profit) on disposal of fixed assets

   3,741     (2,525 )

Decrease in stocks

   588,183     611,568  

(Increase)/decrease in debtors

   (7,506 )   306,700  

(Decrease)/increase in creditors

   (279,373 )   221,450  
            

Net cash inflow from operating activities

   1,205,174     2,205,812  
            

RECONCILIATION OF NET CASH FLOW TO MOVEMENT IN NET DEBT

 

     £    

2006

£

    £    

2005

£

 

Decrease in cash in the period

   (99,166 )     (59,578 )  

Net cash outflow from bank loans

   51,437       47,264    

Cash outflow in respect of hire purchase

   115,782       208,101    
                

CHANGE IN NET DEBT RESULTING FROM CASH FLOWS

     68,053       195,787  

New finance leases

     —         (227,048 )
                

MOVEMENT IN NET DEBT IN THE PERIOD

     68,053       (31,261 )

NET DEBT AT 1 APRIL 2005

     (1,028,261 )     (997,000 )
                

NET DEBT AT 31 MARCH 2006

     (960,208 )     (1,028,261 )
                

ANALYSIS OF NET DEBT

 

    

At

1 Apr 2005

£

   

Cash Flows

£

   

Other changes

£

   

At

31 Mar 2006

£

 

Cash in hand and at bank

   452,295     (107,998 )   —       344,297  

Overdrafts

   (837,473 )   8,832     —       (828,641 )
                        
   (385,178 )   (99,166 )   —       (484,344 )
                        

Debt due within 1 year

   (49,448 )   51,437     (432,637 )   (430,648 )

Debt due after 1 year

   (432,637 )   —       432,637     —    

Hire purchase agreements

   (160,998 )   115,782     —       (45,216 )
                        
   (643,083 )   167,219     —       (475,864 )
                        

Total

   (1,028,261 )   68,053     —       (960,208 )
                        

 

25 POST BALANCE SHEET EVENTS

On 5 April 2006, the Company sold its freehold interest in its principal operating property to the Performance Products Self Administered Pension Scheme, for a consideration of £895,000 and entered into a nine year lease at an initial annual rental of £76,100. The directors consider that the annual rental and the price paid by the Performance Products Self Administered Pension Scheme represent open market values as an independent valuation was performed by Bolton Birch Chartered Surveyors on the 17 February 2006.


Performance Products Limited

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

for the years ended 31 March 2006 and 2005

 

26 CAPITAL COMMITMENTS

Amounts contracted for but not provided in the financial statements amounted to £114,412 (2005 - £Nil).

 

27 EMPLOYEE BENEFIT TRUST ASSETS

The following trust assets are included in these financial statements:

 

    

2006

£

Fixed asset investments

   200

Cash at bank

   1,827
    
   2,027
    

These assets are for the benefit of qualifying employees only.

28 SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THOSE GENERALLY ACCEPTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

The financial statements of the Company have been prepared and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United Kingdom (“UK GAAP”). UK GAAP as applied by the Company differs in certain significant respects from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”). The following reconciliation of net income and equity shareholders’ funds between UK GAAP and US GAAP shows the adjustments of differences, however, this is not an exhaustive list of possible adjustments. Management, however, believes that it forms the basis for a fair presentation.

a) Reconciliation between net income and equity shareholders’ funds determined under UK GAAP and US GAAP

Net income is adjusted as follows:

 

(in pounds sterling — £)

 

  

Year Ended

31 March 2006

   

Year Ended

31 March 2005

 

Profit on ordinary activities after taxation as determined in accordance with UK GAAP

   £ 334,473     £ 423,792  

Inventory valuation

     88,664       (44,496 )

Sales with right of return

     (58,634 )     —    

Financial instruments

     86,703       96,676  

Taxation

     (35,020 )     (15,654 )
                

Net income as determined in accordance with US GAAP

   £ 416,186     £ 460,318  
                

 

Equity shareholders’ funds are adjusted as follows:

    

(in pounds sterling — £)

 

  

As at

31 March 2006

   

As at

31 March 2005

 

Equity shareholders’ funds as determined in accordance with UK GAAP

   £ 249,715     £ 41,492  

Inventory valuation

     31,153       (57,511 )

Sales with right of return

     (58,634 )     —    

Financial instruments

     1,937       (84,766 )

Taxation

     7,663       42,683  
                

Equity shareholders’ funds as determined in accordance with US GAAP

   £ 231,834     £ (58,102 )
                

 


Performance Products Limited

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

for the years ended 31 March 2006 and 2005

b) Description of the differences between UK GAAP and US GAAP

Inventory valuation

Under UK GAAP inventory is valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Under US GAAP inventory is valued at the lower of cost and market. The use of standard costs is permissible under both UK GAAP and US GAAP. UK GAAP (Statement of Standard Accounting Practice 9 “Stock and Long Term Contracts”) requires that standard costs are reviewed frequently to ensure that they bear a reasonable relationship to actual costs obtaining during the period. Under US GAAP standard costs are acceptable if adjusted to reflect current conditions so that at the balance sheet date standard costs reasonably approximate to costs computed under one of the recognized bases. This adjustment reflects the impact of revaluing inventory from standard costs under UK GAAP to standard costs approximating to first-in first-out cost under US GAAP.

Sales with right of return

Under UK GAAP the inclusion of rights of return in a contractual arrangement may affect both the quantification of the seller’s right to consideration, compared to an otherwise identical arrangement which does not have these rights, and the point at which the seller should recognize that right. This is because rights of return give rise to a contractual obligation on the part of the seller to transfer economic benefits to its customer and, in some cases, oblige the seller to defer recognition of the sales transaction so long as substantially all of the risks associated with the goods are retained.

The seller’s recognition of its right to consideration and contractual obligation to transfer economic benefits to its customer in respect of rights of return are linked transactions. In consequence, changes in the seller’s assets or liabilities should reflect the loss expected to arise from the rights of return. Turnover should exclude the sales value of estimated returns.

Under US GAAP Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 48 “Revenue Recognition When Right of Return Exists” (“SFAS 48”) if a right of return exists then revenue should be recognized at the time of sale (net of expected returns and associated costs) only if all of the following conditions are met:

 

  The seller’s price to the buyer is substantially fixed or determinable at the date of sale.

 

  The buyer has paid the seller, or the buyer is obligated to pay the seller and the obligation is not contingent on resale of the product.

 

  The buyer’s obligation to the seller would not be changed in the event of theft or physical destruction or damage of the product.

 

  The buyer acquiring the product for resale has economic substance apart from that provided by the seller.

 

  The seller does not have significant obligations for future performance to directly bring about resale of the product by the buyer.

 

  The amount of future returns can be reasonably estimated.

This adjustment reflects the impact of restating transactions where a right of return exists.

Financial instruments

Under US GAAP an entity recognizes all of its derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities depending on the rights or obligations under the contracts. All derivative instruments are measured at fair value in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133 “ Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Contracts”. The equivalent UK GAAP is not required to be applied by the Company for the periods under review. This adjustment reflects the impact of revaluing all the Company derivative financial instruments.

Taxation

This adjustment reflects the impact on the taxation charge for the periods under review of the above adjustments in respect of inventory valuation, sales with right of return and financial instruments.


Performance Products Limited

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

for the years ended 31 March 2006 and 2005

c) Statement of cash flows

The cash flow statements presented under UK GAAP have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 1 (revised), “Cash Flow Statements” (“FRS 1”). There are certain differences from UK GAAP to US GAAP with regard to the classification of items within the cash flow statements and with regard to the definition of cash and cash equivalents. In accordance with FRS 1 (revised), cash flows are prepared separately for operating activities, returns on investments and servicing of finance, taxation, capital expenditure and financial investment, acquisitions and disposals, equity dividends paid, management of liquid resources and financing. US GAAP, however, requires only three categories of cash flow activity to be reported. Under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 95, “Statement of Cash Flows,” (“SFAS 95”) cash flows are classified under operating activities (including cash flows from taxation and returns on investments and servicing of finance), investing activities and financing activities.

Cash flow from operating activities, returns on investments and servicing of finance and taxation are included in net cash provided by operating activities. Capital expenditure and financial investment and acquisitions and disposals are included in net cash used in investing activities. Equity dividends paid and management of liquid resources and financing are included in net cash used in financing activities.

Under FRS 1 (revised), cash is defined as cash on hand and deposits repayable on demand, less overdrafts repayable on demand. Under SFAS 95, cash and cash equivalents are defined as cash and investments with original maturities of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents do not include bank overdrafts.

A summary of the Company’s operating, investing and financing activities classified in accordance with US GAAP is presented below:

 

(in pounds sterling — £)

 

  

Year Ended

31 March 2006

   

Year Ended

31 March 2005

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

   £ 671,180     £ 1,564,508  

Net cash used in investing activities

     (80,735 )     (9,871 )

Net cash used in financing activities

     (698,443 )     (1,792,130 )
                

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

     (107,998 )     (237,493 )

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     452,295       689,788  
                

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   £ 344,297     £ 452,295  
                

d) New accounting pronouncements

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation 48 “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes” (“FIN 48”) on July 13, 2006. FIN 48 clarifies Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 109, “Accounting for Income Taxes” by providing the criteria a tax position must satisfy for some or all of the tax benefit to be recognized in the financial statements. FIN 48 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The Company is reviewing the requirements and impact of FIN 48 prior to implementation on January 1, 2007.

The SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin 108 “Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements When Quantifying Misstatements in Current Financial Statements” (“SAB 108”). Pursuant to SAB 108, a company will be required to quantify errors using both a balance sheet and income statement approach and restate prior period financial statements when either approach (as opposed to only one approach) results in a material misstatement. Adoption of SAB 108 is not expected to impact the Company.


Performance Products Limited

Notes to the financial statements (continued)

for the years ended 31 March 2006 and 2005

29 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

On 14 October 2006, the shareholders of Performance Products entered into an agreement to sell their ownership shares in the Company for approximately £11.5 million plus additional cash consideration of up to £3.5 million which will be payable upon achievement of certain performance targets by the Company for the year ended 31 March 2007 and additional cash consideration of up to £5.0 million which will be payable upon achievement of certain performance targets by Performance Products for the fourteen month period ended 31 May 2008. Cobra UK will also pay additional cash consideration beyond these amounts if the Company exceeds certain performance targets. The sale closed on 20 October 2006, and thereafter the Company became a fully consolidated subsidiary of Cobra Electronics Corporation, a public company with common stock traded on the NASDAQ stock market. As part of this transaction, directors’ loans, including the amounts set out in note 13, were repaid.