RNS out18 May 2021 08:46
Cash generated from operating activities increased to $6.4m from $481k in 2019. Cash balances at the end of 2020 were $8.9m, an increase of $2.3m from $6.6m at the end of 2019, even after buying back 43 million of our shares in the year at a cost of $2.8m.
Commenting on Current Trading and Outlook, Tony Farrow said:
"Our results for 2020 continue to demonstrate the quality of our portfolio and the cash generative nature of the Company. Q4 was a transitional period for the Company as in addition to immediate actions such as reducing staffing and terminating non-accretive supplier contracts, we considered structural and operational changes that we believe sustainably improve the business going forward.
"Revenues for the first quarter of 2021 are 4% below those for Q1 2020. While it is early in the AdultBlock Sunrise B renewal period, we are encouraged by Registrar interest and some early sales of this product. We are also seeing an increase in cash generation despite the decrease in revenues as the staffing changes and other cost reduction initiatives put in place at the end of 2020 resulted in EBITDA of $1.6m for the quarter, a 98% increase over the $801k generated in Q1 2020.
"We continue to work closely with GoDaddy Registry to complete the conditions precedent to the completion of the sale transaction whilst continuing to drive the business forward to maximise near term cash flows."
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About MMX
Minds + Machines Group Limited (LSE: MMX) is the owner of a world class portfolio of 32 ICANN approved top-level domains (gTLDs). The Company generates revenues through the registration and annual renewal of names by organisations and individuals within each of its top-level domains, sales being processed through the Group's network of global registrar and distribution partners.
The MMX portfolio is currently focused around generic names (e.g. .work, .vip), consumer interest (e.g. .fashion, .wedding), lifestyle (e.g. .fit, .surf, .yoga), professional occupations (e.g. .law), and geographic domains (e.g. .london, .boston, .miami, .bayern). In 2018, the Company completed its first acquisition, the ICM portfolio, and launched its first innovation based project, .luxe, which combines the strengths of the World Wide Web's naming system with that of blockchain. For more information on MMX please visit www.mmx.co.
Executive Summary
Before reviewing 2020, perhaps the most important matter is the proposed Asset Sale to GoDaddy Registry.
On 7 April 2021, the Company announced that it had conditionally agreed to sell the major