Digital Payments Plc: Final results

DIGITAL PAYMENTS PLC RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014 CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT I am pleased to be able to report on this my first year as Chairman of Digital Payments plc and on our first year of trading for the year ended 31 December 2014. In the year just ended, we have listed the Company on the Main Quote of the Danish GXG Market, completed on two acquisitions and had three fund raisings. A very busy start by any standards. I am pleased with the way the acquisitions have integrated into the Group. We have a very good team. On the 29 July 2014 we acquired Baytron Limited. With Baytron came Signia Associates Ltd, a prepaid-based payroll management company and the assets and software of White Eagle Global Payments, a company which since its inception, had developed more than 40 prepaid card programs for clients across different industries and geographies. Signia Associates Limited owns the Globus Card brand, which was specifically developed for European employers of migrant workers in Europe. On the 7 August 2014 we completed our second acquisition which was of the entire issued share capital of Muscato Group Inc. ("MGI") a USA, company, based in Florida. MGI includes M2 Payment Solutions Inc. ("M2") and all of its affiliates. MGI and M2 provide financial institutions, companies, and government agencies in the United States, Latin America and Europe with the technology, transaction processing and infrastructure needed to launch innovative payment products and services. M2 continues to operate under its current brand and business structure; adding more functionality and resources to build on its global market presence. Over the past 12 months M2 has released new products in both multi-currency and loyalty management and expects to continue the path of new market products and services to deliver to its customer base. Within MGI we have a superb team of prepaid and payment industry people and I am proud that we are part of the same team. International acquisitions and operations bring unique difficulties. With daily communication we have been fortunate to have very few integration difficulties. I would personally like to thank Brantley Muscato for taking on the role of Chief Executive of M2 and to thank once again his team for all their hard work and effort this past year. The completion of both acquisitions enables Digital Payments PLC to complete another step in our ambition of being a global vertically-integrated payment company with worldwide processing capability. We have not stood still and have spent time and resources to take the best from both acquisitions and invested into substantial additional development resources to commence work on the next generation multi- currency wallet platform, the formal release of which we are planning in the 4th quarter of 2015. The Group turnover for the 5 months of post-acquisition integration is GBP731,000 of which the loss for the year is GBP8,168,000. Whilst it is always disappointing to report any loss, even in the first year of trading, the figures contain significant expenditure on research and development and one off costs for the acquisitions and admission to the GXG market. The Company however will not be making a dividend payment this year. On 5 January 2015, I was delighted to appoint Michael Muscato to the board of Digital Payments plc. Outlook Our businesses has great opportunities in the forthcoming year together with strong and energetic management in place to drive it forward. M2 has made a very encouraging start to the year and is set for further growth. We have also formed a number of strategic regional marketing partnerships, which will allow DPP to switch from passive to proactive marketing model on a global scale. Furthermore DPP is negotiating a controlling stake in a Maltese company, which will be using DPP's new platform and has already applied for an E-money license in Malta. I am very encouraged both by our business opportunities and the start we have made to the current year. Mikhail Raskin Director 29 May 2015 The Directors of the Issuer accept responsibility for the contents of this announcement. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT: Mikhail Raskin Director Digital Payments Plc Telephone: +44 207 493 0387 Email: press@digitalpaymentsplc.com GXG Corporate Advisor Nick Michaels and Jon Isaacs Alfred Henry Corporate Finance Limited www.alfredhenry.com Tel: +44 207251 3762 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014 Period ended 31 December 2014 GBP'000 Continuing operations Revenue 731 Cost of sales (192) Gross profit 539 Administrative expenses (1,508) Operating loss (969) Impairment of intangibles (9,208) Other income 101 Loss on ordinary activities before taxation (10,076) Income tax credit 1,908 Loss for the period attributable to the owners of the parent (8,168) Loss per share (expressed in pence per share) (2.28)p CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2014 As at 31 December 2014 GBP'000 Assets Non-current assets Intangible assets 11,615 Property, Plant & Equipment 33 Investments 181 11,829 Current assets Trade and other receivables 432 Cash and cash equivalents 63 495 Total assets 12,324 Equity and liabilities Equity attributable to owners of the parent Ordinary shares 5,596 Share premium 11,468 Retained losses (8,168) Total equity 8,896 Liabilities Current liabilities Trade and other payables 1,090 Borrowings 21 Total liabilities 1,111 Non-current liabilities Deferred tax liability 2,317 2,317 Total equity and liabilities 12,324 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014 Period ended 31 December 2014 GBP'000 Net cash generated from operating activities 90 Cash flows from investing activities Acquisition of subsidiaries (4,985) Cash acquired on purchase of subsidiaries 37 Purchases of intangible assets (27) Purchase of investments (181) Net cash flows from investing activities (5,156) Cash flows from financing activities Issue of ordinary share capital 5,129 Net cash flows from financing activities 5,129 Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 63 Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period - Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 63 NOTES TO RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014 1. The financial information set out above does not constitute statutory accounts for the purpose of Section 240 of the Companies Act 1985. The financial information has been extracted from the statutory accounts of Digital Payments Plc and is presented using the same accounting policies, which have not yet been filed with the Registrar of companies, but on which the auditors gave an unqualified report on 29 May 2015. 2. Earnings per share Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing the earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares during the period. The weighted average number of equity shares in issue was 358,882,684 and the loss after tax was GBP 8,168,065. Digital Payments plc

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