2ergo Group plc
("2ergo" or "the Group")
Preliminary Results for the Year Ended 31 August 2009
2ergo is a leading provider of mobile enabling technologies in
four key areas: business, entertainment, media and marketing. The
Group's technological expertise and innovative approach has led it
to partner with some of the world's most respected brands, across a
broad range of sectors.
The 2ergo Multiserve Platform continues to benefit from many
years' research and development. Its unique set of technologies
form the intelligence and billing layer between mobile network
operators, the internet and customer facing applications. It
integrates voice, data, text, email, video and mobile internet
channels, flexibly and seamlessly, to form a powerful yet agile
nucleus from which new and innovative mobile solutions can be
developed.
The Group is pleased to announce its preliminary results for the
year ended 31 August 2009.
2009
£000 |
2008
£000 |
% change
|
Revenue
|
22,693 |
32,565
|
-30%
|
Gross profit
|
10,887
|
9,769
|
+11%
|
Pre-tax profit
(1)
|
3,813
|
3,446
|
+11%
|
EBITDA (1)
|
4,968
|
4,104
|
+21%
|
Basic earnings per share
(1)
|
9.87p
|
8.54p |
+16%
|
(1) figures stated before £3.2 million impairment charge in
respect of initial investment in Broca plc
Highlights
• Gross profit from direct sales and enhanced Business
Partner Programme up 26% to £10.1 million, increasing overall gross
margin from 30% to 48%, ahead of expectations.
• Strategy to reduce exposure to high-volume low-margin
wholesale distribution business seeing continuing success.
• EBITDA, before impairment of initial investment in Broca
plc, up 21% from £4.1 million to £5.0 million.
• Americas region reports first profits.
• Expansion into Asia and Australia and broadening of
product set through acquisitions.
• Growing number of global clients.
• Market leading product set starting to be rolled out
across all regions.
• Completed buy-back of 1 million 2ergo shares into
treasury, at a cost of £1.4 million.
• Cash reserves of £6.4 million at the year end and debt
free.
• Ideally positioned to reap significant benefits from
investment in additional sales, marketing and support resources in
order to drive turnover growth across all geographies.
Neale Graham, Joint Chief Executive of 2ergo,
commented:
"It is pleasing to deliver yet another set of strong results,
particularly over a period of global economic uncertainty. In
addition to achieving organic growth, the management team has made
great strides globalising and scaling the business by developing
2ergo's services in targeted geographies, together with the
completion of three strategic acquisitions.
"It is also exciting that this year, more than any other, has
seen technology start to revolutionise the use of mobile
communications; commercial awareness of this has never been higher.
With mobile hardware penetration reaching record levels of over 4
billion subscribers worldwide, it is clear that the demand for
mobile services over the next few years will undoubtedly follow,
and with the broadening of those services and applications the
mobile handset is destined to become the "Life-Style and Business
Remote Control".
"The evolution of mobile technology mirrors our original
strategy and it is rewarding to see the 2ergo technology, which has
been 10 years in the making, really come alive. Now is the time to
build on our success, invest in the future, and maximise these
global opportunities. There has never been a more exciting time to
be in mobile".
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