MHMY Announces Third Quarter and Year-To-Date Financial Results
JERSEY CITY, N.J., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- M. H. Meyerson & Co., Inc. (Nasdaq: MHMY) announced today a consolidated unaudited net loss, after full provisions for state and federal taxes, for the third quarter (ended October 31) of the fiscal year ending January 31, 2000 of $(762,577), or $(0.12) per share. The Company reported consolidated third quarter revenue of $7,565,785. This corresponds to a loss of $(2,164,039), or $(0.43) per share and $2,791,988 revenue reported for the same period last year.
Consolidated revenue and earnings for the periods ended October 31, 1999 include the operating results of the Company's approximately 90% owned subsidiary, Emeyerson.com Inc.
Three months ended Nine months ended October 31, October 31, 1999 1998 1999 1998
Revenue $7,565,785 $2,791,988 $37,204,341 $19,707,211
Net Income (Loss) $(762,577) $(2,164,039) $1,339,908 $(1,713,128)
Basic Earnings per Share $(0.12) $(0.43) $0.22 $(0.34)
Basic Average Shares 6,374,402 5,055,335 6,047,186 5,054,648
Diluted Earnings per Share $(0.12) $(0.43) $0.21 $(0.34)
Diluted Shares Outstanding 6,374,402 5,055,335 6,301,717 5,054,648 M. H. Meyerson & Co., Inc. is a full service international financial services firm, with eight separate divisions: Wholesale Trading, Correspondent Services, Fixed Income Services, Institutional Sales, Syndicate, Retail Services, and Investment Banking, and the e-commerce division.
Emeyerson.com Inc. is a subsidiary of M. H. Meyerson & Co., Inc., through which the Company expects to present to investors a convenient, on-line, cost-effective way to execute transactions.
The Company subsidiary is still proceeding to obtain the necessary licenses and regulatory approvals to commence business activities. Emeyerson.com Inc. has recently entered into two significant strategic alliances with firms which have also become 10% equity partners.
First, it has entered into a clearing arrangement with the preeminent firm of Investec Ernst & Company through which its retail transactions will be cleared.
Second, the Company subsidiary entered into a license agreement with TradinGear.com, inc. whereby it has obtained a license for TradinGear's new proprietary electronic order entry software and related program contained in the TradinGear e-Brokerage suite. Emeyerson.com will have rights to both use this for its retail clients and to market this software to third parties.
Both transactions are regarded as significant steps in the projected launch of Emeyerson.com's online retail activities.
Certain statements contained herein, including statements regarding the development of services and markets and future demand for services and other statements regarding matters that are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements (as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Any number of conditions may occur which would materially affect important factors in this analysis and materially change expectations. These factors include, but are not limited to, customer trading activity, loss of one or more significant customers, change in technology, shifts in competitive patterns, ability to manage growth effectively, risks associated with strategic partnerships, substantial competition, general economic conditions, risks associated with intellectual property rights, risks and uncertainties associated with the regulatory process undertaken to obtain licensing approval from the NASD and relevant state agencies for the Emeyerson.com subsidiary, risks associated with internet commerce in the establishment and maintenance of an electronic securities business and other risk factors listed from time to time in the Company's filings and reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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CONTACT: ÿMartin H. Meyerson, Chairman, 201-459-9515, or Michael Silvestri, President, 201-459-9515, or Eric Logan, Senior Vice President, Public Relations, 800-888-8118, all of M. H. Meyerson & Co., Inc. |