Press Release
MONTREAL, CANADA--Mamma.com Inc., (the "Company"), (NASDAQ: MAMA), reported its
financial results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2003. Unless
otherwise stated, all figures in this release are in US dollars.
The Company's Q4 2003 earnings from continuing operations were $799,703 ($0.09
per share) compared with a loss from continuing operations of $33,756 ($0.01
per share) for the same period in 2002. For the year ended December 31, 2003,
the earnings from continuing operations were $88,990 ($0.01 per share) compared
with a loss of $782,878 ($0.18 per share) for the same period in 2002.
The recent sale of IBT subsidiaries' assets were reported as discontinued
operations for the year 2003. These discontinued operations had a net loss in
Q4 2003 of $714,338. On a consolidated basis, including these discontinued
operations the Company had Q4 2003 net earnings of $85,635 ($0.01 per share)
compared with a net loss of $75,552 ($0.01 per share) in 2002. On a
consolidated basis, including discontinued operations, in 2003 the Company had
a net loss of $211,063 ($0.03 per share) compared with a net loss of $316,994
($0.07 per share) in 2002.
The Media Solutions segment reported a significant increase in Q4 2003 with
earnings before taxes of $810,918 on revenue of $3,056,359 compared to earnings
before taxes of $213,298 on revenue of $1,346,537 for the same period in 2002.
Revenue increased 127% compared to Q4 of 2002 and earnings before taxes
increased 280%. In 2003, Mamma Media Solutions revenue grew 112% to $8,938,863
with earnings before taxes increasing to $1,466,909 compared to $4,222,352 and
$378,792 respectively in 2002. In addition, in 2003 the Media Solutions segment
recorded a recovery of future income taxes of $538,092, which represents the
total outstanding tax value of prior year losses that the segment expects to
use in the future.
As at December 31, 2003, the Company had no debt other than current trade
payables and cash and cash equivalents were at $4,489,077, an increase of
$899,423 in the quarter. Of this amount, $616,610 was contributed from
continuing operations, exercised options and warrants. At year-end, the Company
had 1,998,939 warrants and 427,895 options outstanding, which are all below
current share prices, representing a potential additional cash infusion of
$3,826,905 if the holders exercise. Upon the exercise of 1,893,939 A warrants,
a further 1,893,939 B warrants will be issued and can be exercised for an
additional of $2,840,909.
As already reported on February 16, 2004, the Company closed the sale of the
assets of its Intasys Billing Technologies (IBT) subsidiaries. As proceeds of
this sale, Mamma.com Inc. received $1.48 million, subject to certain
adjustments, plus contingent considerations up to an additional $250,000. In
addition, the Company retained certain assets and liabilities of the
subsidiaries for a total of $241,457, as well as cash previously transferred to
the parent Company of further approximately $687,000. The proceeds of this
sale are not reflected in the December 31, 2003 results and will be reported in
Q1 2004.
David Goldman, Mamma.com Inc.'s Chairman stated: "These results reinforce the
Board of Directors' decision to reorient the Company's strategic direction to
focus exclusively on the media solutions segment. The encouraging growth in
revenue and earnings from this segment underpins the financial strength of the
Company. These financial resources and anticipated additional capital infusion
from exercise of outstanding warrants will be deployed to foster growth both
organically and via acquisition."
Guy Fauré, Mamma.com's President and CEO stated: "Our fourth quarter results
are evidence of Mamma Media Solutions continued success in achieving organic
growth in both the metasearch and online advertising sectors. The recently
announced restructuring established Mamma Media Solutions as a true one stop
shop provider of on-line marketing solutions to advertisers and a pioneer from
its ability to deliver through an integrated publisher network supporting both
search and graphic ad sponsored products. Recent improvements to the
www.mamma.com metasearch site have had a positive impact on our user traffic.
Our recent sales and marketing initiatives to the on-line advertising industry
have translated into higher and sustained revenue flows from our publisher
network. Financial strength, demonstrated organic growth, and acquisitions
consistent with our core business will support our strategic objective to
enhance shareholder value by providing a preferred source for advertisers and
publishers to address their requirements."
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