LAVAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - April 5, 2012) - Warnex Inc. (TSX:WNX) ("Warnex") announced today financial results for the year ended December 31, 2011.

2011 Highlights

• Sold the assets of its Medical Laboratories division to Gamma-Dynacare Medical Laboratories for gross proceeds of $7.5 million. A portion of these proceeds was used to reduce the Company's debt owing pursuant to its outstanding debentures, reducing their aggregate principal amount from US$4,590,277 and CDN$2,140,815 in December 2011, to approximately CDN$1,576,000.
• Reorganized the operations of its subsidiary Warnex Analytical Services Inc., including the shutdown of its analytical laboratories located in Laval and consolidation all of its analytical services at its Neopharm Laboratories facility located in Blainville.
• Mr. Mark Busgang resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Warnex. The former responsibilities of Mr. Busgang were assumed by the remaining senior officers of Warnex with oversight from the newly created Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of Warnex.
• On December 20, 2011, the Company had announced that it had entered into a binding letter of intent for the sale of its Analytical Services division for a consideration comprising of, among other elements, $400,000 in cash, the refund of working capital in the amount of approximately $700,000 and a 15% passive equity interest in the purchaser. On February 14, 2012, the Company announced that this transaction would not proceed due to the failure of the prospective purchaser to perform its obligations. As a result, the Company has initiated certain legal measures with a view to obtaining appropriate compensation from the prospective purchaser. The prospective purchaser has responded with its own legal proceedings alleging certain defaults on the part of the Company and seeking redress from the court. The Company intends to vigorously defend against such proceedings; however, it is not possible to predict the outcome of these various legal proceedings at this time.
• Subsequent to year end, Mr. François Jetté, Chief Financial Officer, left the Company effective March 23, 2012, in order to pursue other career opportunities. Upon his departure, his responsibilities were assumed on an interim basis by Jean Vézina, who has significant relevant experience, having previously served as the Chief Financial Officer of a publicly listed pharmaceutical company.
• Subsequent to year end, the Company announced on April 4, 2012 that it has reached an agreement with Persistence Capital Partners LP (PCP), the holder of the Debentures, regarding the conversion of a portion of the Debentures and the repayment of the remaining balance. The conversion of CDN$725,000 in principal amount of the Debentures into an aggregate of 46,178,344 Common Shares of Warnex pursuant to a notice of conversion received by Warnex on March 16, 2012, will be effected on or about April 5, 2012. As a result, PCP will own approximately 51.56% of the outstanding Common Shares. Furthermore, PCP has agreed to allow Warnex until April 13, 2012 to repay the remaining balance of approximately $959,420 owing under the Debentures, with the expectation that by such time, Warnex will be able to put into place a one-year operating line of credit with a financial institution of up to CDN$2,000,000 in order to provide Warnex with the funds necessary to repay such outstanding balance and to support future working capital requirements. While Warnex is well advanced towards putting this credit facility into place, no assurances can be given that Warnex will be successful in this regard.
• Subsequent to year end, Mr. Marc Lebel has been appointed as the Interim Chief Executive Officer of the Company. His primary role within Warnex will be to ensure the integrity of the Company's operations as the Board of Directors continues its assessment of the strategic alternatives available for the Company.
• As a result of the Company's continuing developments, the Toronto Stock Exchange has agreed to further extend the deadline for the delisting of the Common Shares of Warnex to April 16, 2012. Warnex continues to explore its various options in light of this scheduled delisting.
• The Company continues to evaluate all of its options for maximizing the value of both its Analytical Services division and its Bioanalytical Services division. In this regard and subsequent to year end, the Company has received a number of non-binding expressions of interest with respect to potential transactions involving each of these divisions. The prospective purchasers are currently in the process of conducting due diligence reviews of their target operations. However, the Company cautions that there can be no assurance that any transaction will occur, or if a transaction is in fact undertaken, as to its terms or timing.

Financial Results

Consolidated revenue for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011, amounted to $21.3 million compared to $22.3 million for the same period of last year, a decrease of 4%. Net earnings for the twelve-month period amounted to $0.5 million or $0.01 per share in 2011 compared to a net loss of $1.7 million or $0.03 per share in 2010.

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011, earnings before interests, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) amounted to $0.2 million compared to $1.0 million for the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2010.

Gross margins for the twelve-month period amounted to $5.3 million, representing 25% of revenue, in 2011 compared to $4.8 million and 22% of revenue in 2010.

For the twelve-month period ended December 31, 2011, selling expenses were $1.3 million compared to $1.4 million in 2010. As a percentage of revenue, selling expenses were similar to last year at 6%.

General and administrative expenses amounted to $5.7 million compared to $5.2 million last year. As a percentage of revenue, general and administrative expenses were higher than last year at 26% (23% in 2010).

Financial expenses increased to $1.2 million in 2011 from $1.1 million in 2010, mainly due to more interest paid on the line of credit.

Research and development tax credits amounted to $0.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2011, compared to $0.9 million in 2010.

Operating Highlights

The Analytical division's revenues decreased by 22% from $10.5 million in 2010 to $8.1 million in 2011. This decrease is mainly due to a decrease in volume from major customers during the year. The Company announced on July 15, 2011, that it would reorganize the operations of the Warnex Analytical Services Inc. subsidiary. As part of the restructuring, Warnex shut down the operations of its analytical laboratories located in Laval, and consolidated all of its analytical services at its Neopharm Laboratories facility located in Blainville. This reorganization reflected the Company's strategy to continually improve efficiency, reduce costs related to operations and provide better service to customers. This reorganization was completed in September 2011.

The Bioanalytical division's revenues increased by 25% from $6.4 million in 2010 to $8.0 million in 2011. This increase is mainly due to the execution of more complex projects with an average price per analysis higher than last year. The business development efforts in this division are ongoing to further increase the Company's business from new and existing customers.

The Medical division's revenue decreased by 5% from $5.2 million in 2010 (12 months) to $4.9 million in 2011 (11 months). This division was sold on December 8, 2011, to Gamma-Dynacare Medical Laboratories.

About Warnex

Warnex ([ www.warnex.ca ]) is a life sciences company devoted to protecting public health by providing laboratory services to the pharmaceutical sector. Warnex Analytical Services provides pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies with a variety of quality control services, including chemistry, chromatography, microbiology, method development and validation, and stability studies. Warnex Bioanalytical Services specializes in bioequivalence and bioavailability studies for clinical trials. Warnex has two facilities located in Laval and Blainville, Quebec.

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