Preliminary Results
Mondas PLC
4 August 2000
MONDAS PLC
PRELIMINARY RESULTS FOR THE YEAR TO 30 APRIL 2000
Mondas PLC, the e-Business software house, specialising in the
securities and banking markets and Internet software, today
announces results for the year ended 30 April 2000.
Financial
* Turnover grew by 42% to £1.36 million (1999: £955,000)
* Loss after taxation of £857,573 after £503,797 of goodwill
amortisation
* Loss per share of 6.8p (1999:5.7p)
Operational
* Focusing on e-Business in the securities and banking markets
* Development and marketing of solutions for Client Fund
Management and Corporate Actions to the securities and
investment sector
* Projects undertaken for Added Value Group, CIA Media Network UK,
Larvik kommune and Ingersoll Rand
* Mondas's e-Business product range including Internet content
management, online trading, intranet portals, business process
management and workflow was presented at Webcom 2000 with
considerable success
* New Products: Radica 4.0 - for complex hierarchical business
processes and workflow control
* IntraLink ST 3.5 - for improved content management of websites,
corporate intranets and extranets
* Management strengthened with Matthew Crook as Sales and
Marketing Director and Graham Ross as Director of Technical
Operations
Tim Simon, Chairman of Mondas commented:
'Last year was one of groundwork so that the very real
opportunities in the securities and banking markets can be
exploited. Web sites, intranets, extranets and e-Processes are
becoming increasingly important for communication within large
organisations and our solutions and relevant industry experience
position us well in this area. We will continue to develop our
routes to market and our technologies, to serve our growing client
base.'
ENQUIRIES:
Mondas Plc
Tim Simon,Chairman Tel: 01932 334 600
College Hill
Matthew Smallwood Tel: 020 7457 2020
Chelsea Allen
MONDAS PLC
Preliminary Results for the year ended 30 April 2000
Chairman's Statement
RESULTS
I am pleased to report the results of the Company for the year
ended 30th April, 2000. Revenues for the year grew by 42% to
£1,358,811 (1999: £955,301), with a loss after taxation of
£857,573 (1999: £520,078) after charging amortisation of goodwill
of £503,797 (1999: £289,687). Sales were constrained marginally
during the third quarter of the period ahead of the Year 2000 date
change and the extended millennium holiday. Nevertheless, we
closed the fiscal year with April being our strongest month to
date, billing nearly £200,000. At 30th April 2000 licence income
of £126,683 (1999: £nil), arising from our Norwegian business, was
deferred.
SALES & MARKETING
During the period under review the Company refocused its sales and
marketing strategy to apply its workflow and Internet technologies
and resources to best effect. Our technologies can deliver a range
of solutions encouraging collaboration within the business and
online trading with customers and suppliers anywhere in the world.
We have decided to focus our attention on the e-Business, and
securities and banking markets, where we believe we have a
competitive edge in skills and experience, speed of deployment and
price. We have recruited specialist sales and consulting
professionals, which led to increased business in these core
markets.
The Company's most significant individual client in the securities
sector, Brewin Dolphin Securities Limited, continued to implement
Mondas' application solutions, to migrate legacy systems and
increase efficiency. Mondas' front office solutions provide
stockbrokers with information which can be viewed by individual
client, portfolio, stock or market segment, giving comprehensive
client holding information, to improve private client services.
More recently, we have added multi-currency client risk management
and integrated analysis of client life assurance investment
positions. We have also developed a system to automate corporate
events and actions, triggering faster response times and managing
compliance issues.
New software licence contracts for our enterprise intranet portal
product, have been won in the UK and Norway. Ingersoll Rand, the
multinational industrial and components manufacturer, is deploying
our document management solution, storing compressor design
specification information to improve field engineering services
worldwide. To improve their global communications and
collaboration, we have deployed an intranet for Added Value Group,
one of Europe's largest marketing agencies, whose customers
include major corporations in transport, retail, communications
and financial services.
MONDAS PLC
Preliminary Results for the year ended 30 April 2000
Chairman's Statement (Cont'd)
More recently, CIA Medianetwork UK, the ninth largest media buyer
globally, launched 'CIA Extra', a series of customer relationship
management extranets based upon our software. These will enable
CIA to provide services which are personalised and add value to
individual relationships with clients such as the new telephone
and internet banking arm from a FTSE 100 company and the UK market
leader for baby milk.
Larvik kommune, a Norwegian local authority, launched the
country's first integrated intranet and Internet 'service
kommune', using our new Internet publishing content management
application. In the future, citizens will be able to submit
service applications online, automatically routed to the relevant
department for processing. This solution is the culmination of
two years' co-operative development between Mondas, Larvik and
Ephorma (our Norwegian channel partner), which is now marketing
this product to kommunes in the region.
The complete Mondas e-Business product range including e-Commerce,
secure credit card payments, intranet portals and workflow was
first presented at the Webcom 2000 Exhibition in London during
April. This exhibition generated over 200 sales leads, some of
which have now progressed to quotation stage. We believe that this
is an encouraging endorsement of our approach.
PRODUCTS
The Company has developed important new enhancements to Radica,
IntraLink ST and our front office stockbroking applications.
We released Radica Version 4.0, providing improved performance and
enhancements to the modeller application, to enable managers in
larger businesses to design very complex hierarchical business
processes in easy to use, flexible graphics. New workflow routing
tools and ease of use features such as tree-views and wizards help
create and maintain advanced workflow systems that are quick to
change.
IntraLink ST Version 3.5, first released in Norway, now includes
workflow technology and advanced publishing applications to
improve content management of web sites, corporate intranets
and/or extranets. Feature enhancements have been made to core
modules and a new 'MyIntraLink' module has been developed, which
provides users with a personalised 'virtual desktop'.
These enhancements strengthen Mondas' proposition to medium and
large organisations.
MANAGEMENT CHANGES
Matthew Crook, our Sales & Marketing Director, joined the Company
in March 1999 and was appointed to the Board on 14th September
1999. He has now successfully established the newly focussed sales
team, the recruitment of which was complete in November 1999.
MONDAS PLC
Preliminary Results for the year ended 30 April 2000
Chairman's Statement (Cont'd)
Graham Ross joined as Director of Technical Operations on 1st
March 2000. He is responsible for the further development and
integration of products, customer support and services and
technical sales support. Further technical personnel have been
recruited to work on customer projects.
Tony Marienthal resigned from the Board and left the Company on
8th November 1999. Stephen Lord resigned from the Board and left
the Company on 17th March 2000.
YEAR 2000 AND EURO INTRODUCTION ISSUES
As expected, the Millennium bug did not strike our products and we
do not expect to be affected by any material issues associated
with the year 2000 in the future. Equally, we envisage that there
will be no impact on the group and the accounts as a result of the
introduction of the Euro.
REALITY ACQUISITION
The London operations of Reality Communications Scandinavia AS
('Reality'), acquired in November 1998, were consolidated into
Mondas Information Technology Limited, its office in Highgate was
closed at the end of May 2000 and its staff relocated to our West
Byfleet office. This created a more streamlined organisation and
reduced costs. The benefits of these changes should be realised
during subsequent reporting periods.
On 4th May 2000 the Company issued a Notice of Claim against
Stephen Lord, Tony Marienthal and Nigel Harte, the principal
vendors of Reality, alleging breach of certain warranties given by
them in the acquisition agreement dated 20th October 1998 as to
the financial position of the Reality group.
DIVIDEND
The Directors are not recommending the payment of a dividend in
respect of the financial year under review (1999: nil).
FUTURE PROSPECTS
The Directors are confident that the 'ground work' carried out
during this reporting period leaves the Company well placed to
take advantage of the many opportunities it faces. We believe that
e-Business is forcing the pace of understanding and acceptance of
workflow. The Directors consider that workflow technology is
experiencing rapid growth. Equally, we believe that intranets and
extranets are becoming increasingly important to organisations to
speed up the process of collaboration and communication.
MONDAS PLC
Preliminary Results for the year ended 30 April 2000
Chairman's Statement (Cont'd)
The Directors' believe that the securities and banking industry
must invest substantial amounts in replacing its legacy systems
and manual processes to remain viable. As a consequence, the
Directors believe this represents a significant opportunity for
Mondas's Client Fund Management, Corporate Events and Internet
Content Management solutions.
We shall continue to develop our routes to market and explore
alliances with application service providers, information
providers and channel partners to extend our coverage.
Geographically our prime focus remains on the UK.
In addition to organic growth, we shall continue to explore the
acquisition of companies with complementary technologies, skills
and clients.
D T A Simon
Chairman
4 August 2000
MONDAS PLC
CONSOLIDATED PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2000
2000 1999
Note £ £ £
Turnover
Continuing operations 1,358,811 730,805
Acquisitions - 224,496
1,358,811 955,301
Cost of sales (499,281) (244,056)
Gross profit 859,530 711,245
Net operating expenses (1,725,309)( 1,242,004)
Operating loss
Continuing operations (865,779) (405,510)
Acquisitions - (125,249)
(865,779) (530,759)
Interest receivable and similar income 8,206 9,989
Loss on ordinary
activities before taxation (857,573) (520,770)
Tax on loss on ordinary activities - 692
Loss for the financial year (857,573) (520,078)
Basic and diluted loss per share 5 (6.8p) (5.7p)
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT £ £
At 1 May 1999 (1,425,592) (905,514)
Loss for the financial year (857,573) (520,078)
At 30 April 2000 (2,283,165)(1,425,592)
Total recognised gains and losses
The group had no recognised gains and losses other than the loss
for the above financial years.
MONDAS PLC
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET AS AT 30 APRIL 2000
2000 1999
Note £ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Intangible assets 1,536,684 2,040,481
Tangible assets 25,741 60,961
1,562,425 2,101,442
Current assets
Stocks 1,810 1,177
Debtors 318,166 242,721
Cash at bank and in hand 8,742 245,286
328,718 489,184
Creditors: Amounts falling
due within one year (382,275) (225,218)
Net current (liabilities)
/assets (53,557) 263,966
Net assets 1,508,868 2,365,408
£ £
Capital and reserves
Equity called up share capital 1,261,185 1,257,740
Share premium account 2,530,848 2,533,260
Profit and loss account (2,283,165) (1,425,592)
Shareholders' funds 1,508,868 2,365,408
MONDAS PLC
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 APRIL 2000
Note 2000 1999
£ £
RECONCILIATION OF OPERATING
LOSS TO NET CASH OUTFLOW
FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Operating loss (865,779) (530,759)
Depreciation 31,799 27,451
Amortisation 503,797 289,687
Increase in stocks ( 633) (1,121)
Increase in debtors (77,591) (150,135)
Decrease in creditors 103,670 (40,319)
Net cash outflow from operating
activities (304,737) (405,196)
CASH FLOW STATEMENT
Net cash outflow from operating
activities (304,737) (405,196)
Returns on investments and servicing
of finance 8,206 9,989
Taxation 2,146 -
Capital expenditure 3,421 (34,651)
Acquisitions and disposals - 13,267
Cash outflow before financing (290,964) (416,51)
Financing 1033 476,653
(Decrease)/increase in cash (289,931) 60,062
NOTES
1.The financial information that is set out above does not
constitute the Company's statutory accounts for the year's ended
30 April 1999 or 2000 but is derived from those accounts.
Statutory account for 1999 have been delivered to the Registrar of
Companies and those for 2000 will be delivered following the
Company's Annual General Meeting. The Auditors have reported on
those accounts: their reports were unqualified and did not contain
statements under section 237 (2) or (3) of the Companies Act 1985.
2.REPORT AND ACCOUNTS
The Report and Accounts will be posted to Shareholders shortly
and will be available from the Company's registered office,
Rosemount House, Rosemount Avenue, West Byfleet, Surrey KT14
6LB.
3.DIVIDEND
The Directors are not declaring a dividend for the year ended 30
April, 2000.
4.RECONCILIATION OF MOVEMENTS IN SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS
2000 1999
£ £
Loss for the financial year (857,573) (520,078)
Issue of ordinary shares at par 3,445 646,565
Premium on new shares issued
(net of expenses and option scheme) (2,412) 1,660,590
Net (reduction)/addition to funds (856,540) 1,787,077
Opening shareholders' funds 2,365,408 578,331
Closing shareholders' funds 1,508,868 2,365,408
5.LOSS PER SHARE
Basic loss per share is based on a weighted average number of
shares outstanding of 12,594,814 (1999 9,088,624), and loss
after taxation of £857,573 (1999 £520,078). No material dilution
of loss per share would arise if all outstanding share options
were exercised.