Annual Results 2010 Qurius NV - in line with earlier announcement
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Qurius now in the midst of 3-year restructuring-plan
Loss making 2010 due to severe restructuring and challenging market conditions
ZALTBOMMEL, 17 March 2011 - IT solutions provider Qurius NV reports a net
result of EUR -7.9 million. This is the result of structural changes in
portfolio and management in 2010 and challenging market conditions in most of
the operating countries. The company is now in the midst of a fundamental 3-year
restructuring plan that was initiated by CEO Leen Zevenbergen who arrived new to
the company in January 2010. This plan accounts for the substantial
restructuring costs of almost EUR 4,0 million that were made in 2010. During
this year Qurius restructured its business in all of its operating countries
thus considerably downsizing its cost base. Also part of this restructuring is
the appointment of new managing directors in UK and Belgium and the recent
announcement of the arrival of a new MD for Qurius' German subsidiary per April
1st, 2011. The company also streamlined its business portfolio by selling its
Infor business in Germany, Spain and Italy back to Infor.
The sell off of the Infor-practice was based on Qurius' strategic decision to
build its integrated solutions with Microsoft technology platforms at the core.
Qurius is differentiating itself by making successful integrations between hard
core ERP-systems and the world of CRM, BI, cloud based solutions, web portals
and social media. In line with this strategic choices Qurius starts taking in
new specialized staff in CRM, BI and AX.
In Q1 2011 the company has won substantial contracts (ERP, CRM, BI and
integrated solutions) in all of its geographies. And on February 8th, 2011
Qurius announced the commencement of exclusive talks about a strategic
cooperation with Prodware from France, whereby both companies announced that the
outcome of these discussions will be presented to the shareholders before
beginning of September 2011. Immediately after the announcement a synergy
project was started. The first effects of this project are expected in Q2 2011.
Leen Zevenbergen, CEO, on developments in 2010 and 2011:
"In the course of 2010 we have clearly assessed the situation of Qurius and
midyear 2010 we were able to define a clear path towards the future. For the
short term this implied further strong adjustments of the cost base and hiring
experienced and more entrepreneurial management. New management is now in place
in UK, Belgium and as of 1 April 2011 also in Germany.
In the Netherlands we are making clear market focus decisions, while simplifying
the organization. For the longer term we have developed a two-stream strategy.
This strategy consists of reshaping our ERP-portfolio with state-of-the-art
solutions (on premise, hosted and cloud based) while building a strong portfolio
with IT-disciplines like CRM, BI, portals and infrastructures.
All together this will make an offering to our customers of a complete
interactive environment around solid and integrated ERP-solutions based on
Microsoft Dynamics technology platforms (NAV and AX). We will invest in people
and quality for 2011 and 2012. In The Netherlands we are actually initiating a
recruitment campaign to hire new professionals in CRM, BI, AX and several other
technical disciplines. This is necessary to create our future growth.
During the whole year 2010 Qurius felt the effects from the economic crisis
which had a strong negative impact on the investments of medium sized businesses
in Western-Europe. Investments in new ERP-sites came almost to a standstill. We
delivered growth in some prestigious projects and applications such as BI and
CRM. These market developments urged Qurius to further restructure its cost base
in all countries, invest in BI (acquisition of Evidanza consultancy in Germany),
CRM and cloud services and desinvest its non-strategic Infor business line.
Besides this we made changes in senior management in almost all countries.
Qurius has also started to coordinate and invest in its own Product Development,
because it has substantial Intellectual Property (IP). For 2011 the company
plans to invest at least EUR 2 million in further development of this IP, to
strengthen its position in the European mid-market. These steps all fit in the
bigger plan towards a healthy and profitable company that was initiated mid
2010. We are now in the midst of the change process that I announced during the
annual shareholders meeting in May 2010. This process sets our agenda for the
whole of 2011 while we are building up strong local business successes and start
picking fruits from our strategic cooperation with Prodware.
The cooperation with Prodware fits our strategy of creating larger international
customer bases for Qurius owned Intellectual Property, combined with a
substantial group of specialists and a smooth support organization. It is our
vision that in the market for medium to larger businesses, implementation and
support power will make the difference. Size of scale, a broad technology and
competences portfolio combined with vertical market knowledge are the answer to
actual market demands. Prodware shares this vision with us as well as our vision
to become 100% sustainable in 2014. Cooperation with Prodware furthermore
complements our geographical presence, product portfolio and business
competences. This certainly leads to a further intensifying our cooperation.
I see 2011 as a year of further investments and preparing Qurius for a healthy
and profitable growth. The year 2011 started with substantial ERP- and non-ERP-
contracts in Q1 well spread over our geographies."
2010 Financial Developments
- Net sales decreased with EUR 18.7 million mainly caused by decreased
license revenues (2010: EUR 10.9 million; 2009: EUR 13.1 million), decreased
maintenance revenues (2010: EUR 16.1 million; 2009: EUR 19.1 million ) and
decreased services revenues (2010: EUR 60.0 million; 2009: EUR 75.0 million)
- Operating expenses decreased with EUR 6.2 million to EUR 67.0 million
- EBIT excluding restructuring costs amounted to EUR - 3.1 million
- EBIT including restructuring costs amounted to EUR - 6.9 million
- The Infor business was sold and the transaction result was EUR 3.0 million
- Net result for the period amounted to EUR - 7.9 million
Fourth Quarter 2010 Financial Developments
- Revenue decreased with 23% to EUR 22.8 million (Q4 2009: EUR 29.7 million)
- License revenue amounted to EUR 3.4 million (Q4 2009: EUR 3.5 million)
- Services revenue amounted to EUR 13.2 million (Q4 2009: EUR 18.9 million)
Looking ahead to 2011
- We can carefully say that the mid market in most of our geographies is
slowly picking up and expect first solid results to be shown not before Q3
- New management in Germany starts on April 1, 2011. Effects are expected
not before the second half of 2011
- Qurius will invest in its CRM and Business Intelligence practices
- Qurius will broadly market its unique offering of the complete stack of
Microsoft products
- The cooperation between Qurius and Microsoft will be intensified through
cooperative technology and marketing programs
- Qurius expects to see improved results in its Belgian and UK operations
- The Spanish operation of Qurius will be keeping its head up in a weak and
difficult market
- Cost reductions in Q3 and Q4 2010 will have a positive impact in 2011.
- Qurius expects positive synergy effects from the strategic cooperation
with Prodware in 2011.
- Together with Prodware Qurius will be quickly broadening and improving its
products and services offering to the market
- Continuous shaping of the organization towards a new, agile and market
driven company with own IP and efficient operations
For the complete press release including financials and tables, please download
the attached pdf.
Contacts
Suzanne Schaapman, Investor Relations Manager: tel. +31 (0)418 683 500
ors.schaapman(at)qurius.com.
Geerd Schlangen, Chief Brand Officer: tel + 31 (0)418 683 500 or
g.schlangen(at)qurius.com
Qurius Annual Results 2010:
http://hugin.info/132802/R/1497569/433282.pdf
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