NXS Nexus Man

 
TIDMNXS 
 
19 November 2009 
 
                             Nexus Management plc 
 
                    ("Nexus" the "Group" or the "Company") 
 
                               Trading statement 
 
PD Financial update 
 
Nexus (AIM: NXS), the AIM quoted provider of specialist IT Managed Services, 
announces that it has been notified by PD Financial Corp. ("PD Financial"), a 
company in which it has a 15.5 per cent shareholding, that its facility with 
its principal lender providing credit to PD Financial's customers for private 
label credit card purchases has been terminated with immediate effect. 
Consequently, until PD Financial enters into a new credit agreement with 
another lender on acceptable terms it will be unable to support consumer sales 
through its own credit facility. Sales supported by the credit agreement have 
been PD Financial's principal source of revenue. PD Financial continues to 
accept other forms of payment for consumer purchases and has also secured an 
alternative financing program for its online sales, albeit that sales from this 
source are small in comparison to those made under the previous credit 
facility. 
 
PD Financial is in discussions with various parties to secure credit facilities 
or other forms of funding to allow consumer sales to recommence. However, there 
can be no certainty that PD Financial will be able to obtain a new credit 
facility or complete a fundraising of sufficient size to permit it to return to 
trading at the levels achieved under the previous credit facility. 
 
Nexus currently has a perpetual marketing agreement with PD Financial under 
which PD Financial has agreed to sell to its customers Nexus's products 
including its helpdesk and back-up services. The revenue generated under this 
contract in the year ended 30 September 2009, largely due to the credit 
restrictions placed on its customers, is not material in the context of the 
Group's revenues. 
 
The Company currently holds GBP1.43 million of interest bearing loan notes in PD 
Financial comprising GBP1.42 million of capital and GBP0.01 million of interest. 
For the reasons set out above the ability of PD Financial to repay the loan as 
interest and capital payments fall due remains doubtful. Consequently, in the 
accounts for the year ended 30 September 2009 the Board has decided to provide 
against the loan in full. In addition, the Board has also reviewed the carrying 
value of the investment in PD Financial and have decided to impair the value of 
the investment in full as at 30 September 2009. The result of this will be a 
further charge to the profit and loss account for the year ended 30 September 
2009 of GBP2.12 million. These non-cash based adjustments will have the effect of 
significantly reducing the value of the Group's assets as at 30 September 2009. 
 
September 2009 Financial Year update 
 
Trading conditions since the year end have remained challenging albeit that 
trading in the Company's US core operations has been encouraging. Since the 
year end the Board has undertaken a detailed review of the Nerd Force and 
Resilience operations. The result of this review has been the cancellation by 
the Company, of several Nerd Force franchises and a number of staff changes in 
the Resilience business. 
 
Consequently, the Board proposes to make a number of provisions, principally 
relating to the recoverability of bad debts in Nerd Force and Resilience, in 
the accounts for the year ended 30 September 2009, the result of which will be 
further aggregate charges to the profit and loss account of approximately GBP0.37 
million. 
 
As a result of the adjustments to the profit and loss account highlighted above 
the Company expects to announce turnover of GBP5.6 million and a loss before 
taxation after exceptional items and exchange rate movements of approximately GBP 
4.4 million for the year ended 30 September 2009. 
 
The expected losses of GBP4.4 million are calculated after crediting GBP0.2 million 
of exchange rate gains and charging GBP3.54 million in respect of PD Financial, GBP 
0.37 million relating to bad debt provisions (including GBP0.1 million relating 
to PD Financial), GBP0.11 million for impairment (other than PD Financial) and 
amortisation of goodwill, GBP0.12 million of fee's associated with aborted 
corporate transactions, GBP0.08 million relating to share based payments and GBP 
0.12 million of interest charges. 
 
The loss before taxation for the year ended 30 September 2009 including the 
effect of exchange rate movements and excluding exceptional items, share based 
payments, interest charges and impairment and amortisation of goodwill was GBP 
0.08 million. This figure includes losses of GBP0.5 million relating to 
Resilience and profits of GBP0.42 million from other Group activities. 
 
Current Trading 
 
Following the recent staff changes Resilience has had a good start to the new 
fiscal year. Nerd Force has also been re-focused on maximising revenue from its 
current franchisees and its management team have been working hard to deliver 
growth from this division. Since the year end the rest of the Group has 
performed in-line with management's expectations which is an encouraging start 
to the new fiscal year. The Board is confident that the Company has sufficient 
working capital and the necessary bank facilities available to it to meet its 
obligations for the foreseeable future, being for at least the next 12 months. 
 
The Company's year end audit is currently underway and the above numbers remain 
subject to final audit adjustments. The Company expects to announce its results 
for the year ended 30 September 2009 in January 2010. 
 
Board Changes 
 
The Company announces that Mr. Boris Adlam, executive director of the Company, 
has stepped down from the Board with immediate effect. Mr. Adlam will remain as 
an employee of the Company and will continue to focus his efforts on growing 
the Nerd Force US franchise operations. 
 
Issue of Equity 
 
The Company announces that it has received a notice to convert $50,000 of the 
convertible loan note issued to VPEP Technology Corporation ("VPEP") in 
connection with the acquisition of the business, assets and certain liabilities 
of Scott Technology Corporation (the "STC Business") repayable on or before 31 
October 2010. Accordingly, the Company has issued 4,466,778 new ordinary shares 
at a price of 0.671p per share, in accordance with the terms of the convertible 
loan note. 
 
Application will be made for 4,466,778 new ordinary shares to be admitted to 
trading on AIM. Admission of such shares is expected to become effective and 
dealings are expected to commence on AIM on 26 November 2009. Following the 
issue of such shares, the Company will have 997,201,438 ordinary shares in 
issue. 
 
Following the above conversion the outstanding convertible loan notes in 
respect of the acquisition of the STC Business, including interest, at today's 
date, together with the final repayment date are as follows: 
 
Final payment date                Amount 
 
                                  $ 
 
1 August 2010                     60,771 
 
1 September 2010                  112,545 
 
1 October 2010                    101,350 
 
31 October 2010                   507,391 
 
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Enquires: 
 
Nexus Management plc 
 
Roger Richardson, Chief Executive                            Tel: 01862 812 107 
 
Merchant John East Securities Limited (Nominated Adviser) 
 
Simon Clements/David Worlidge                                Tel: 020 7628 2200 
 
Rivington Street Corporate Finance (Broker) 
 
Dru Edmonstone / Monisha Varadan                             Tel: 020 7562 3351 
 
Bishopsgate Communications Ltd 
 
Robyn Samuelson/Siobhra Murphy                               Tel: 020 7562 3350 
 
nexus@bishopsgatecommunications.com 
 
Notes to Editors: 
 
About Nexus Management plc 
 
Nexus Management is a growing specialist IT Managed Services Provider. Nexus 
has two key markets: the UK and the US, where it can offer its customers 24 
hour support. Nexus specialises in Remote Server Management, Disaster Recovery, 
Data Storage, Help-Desk, Desktop Support and Wide Area Network Management and 
Monitoring - providing Enterprise calibre technical support. 
 
Nexus is quoted on AIM, a market of the London Stock Exchange. For further 
information on the Company, please visit www.nexusmgmt.com 
 
 
 
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