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FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Bob Griffin, Griffin Public Relations & Marketing
(212) 481-3456
Bgriffin@griffinpr.com
IMAGINON
REPORTS PRELIMINARY 1999 RESULTS
Net
loss for first year of operations
as
a public company is $7 million
with
revenues of $340,000,
vs.
a loss of $1.7 million and no revenues in 1998.
SAN
CARLOS, CALIFORNIA, February 24, 2000
-- Capping a year of growth and expansion in product development,
management, and financing, ImaginOn, Inc. (NASDAQ: IMON)
(www.imaginon.com) today announced preliminary financial
results for the year ended December 31, 1999. According
to ImaginOn Chief Financial Officer Jim Newcomb, final results
for the year may change prior to the Company's 10-KSB filing
with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
For
the year ended December 31, 1999 ImaginOn achieved net revenue
of $339,790 as compared to net revenue of less than
$1,000 in 1998. Reflecting the Company's fiscal 1999
investment in the sales, marketing, and R&D programs
required to transition the Company from the development
stage to the operating stage, ImaginOn's net loss for the
year was $7,047,082, up from a net loss of $1,740,202 in
1998. Including amortization of the discount and dividends
on the Company's convertible preferred stock, the net loss
for the year applicable to the Company's common stock was
$8,642,269. The loss per share of common stock was
$0.22. Operating results for 1998 reflect the operations
of ImaginOn.com as a private company prior to the merger
with California Pro Sports.
In
discussing the financial results for the year, Newcomb noted
that ImaginOn is in a strong financial position and ready
for the launch of the Company's ImOn.comTV™ product at the
National Association of Broadcasters Convention and Exhibition
in April. "Our financing efforts for the year were
successful. As a result, ImaginOn had current assets
of $7.1 million at year end, including $5.0 million in cash,
and a stock proceeds receivable of $2.0 million. This
compares to where we stood last year when current assets
were only $24,000. ImaginOn is also entirely debt-free,
as compared to the end of 1998, when the Company's indebtedness
was $1.6 million," said Newcomb.
Commenting
on the annual results, ImaginOn Chief Executive Officer
David Schwartz today said that, "ImaginOn is stronger and
healthier than ever before. As the industry we serve
rapidly embraces broadband Internet access in all of its
forms, our mission is clear, our product line is defined,
our market focus is set, and our management team is in place.
We are aggressively marketing ImOn.comTV and intend to make
it the industry standard."
ImaginOn,
Inc. is an information technology company focused on developing
and marketing broadband Internet television products.
ImOn.comTV, ImaginOn's lead product, is a licensed turnkey
package that enables any Website to present an interactive
television console within a standard browser window on any
suitably connected computer. The ImOn.comTV virtual
console offers its users video on demand, viewer directed
branching video, automated Web searching, and many additional
features customized for individual licensees. The
company's objective is to deliver Internet television to
anyone and everyone who wants to communicate, entertain,
inform, educate or market in a new way for the new era of
interactive communications.
ImOn.comTV
is a trademark of ImaginOn
and
is protected under U.S. Patents.
Except
for the historical information presented herein, the matters
set forth in this press release are forward-looking statements
within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provision of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and
uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially.
These risks include acceptance of ImaginOn software by developers
and users, the successful development of competitive software
to ImaginOn's, competitive pricing pressures for ImaginOn
software and services, and the availability of financing
to complete management's plans and objectives. In
addition, other risks are detailed in the Company's periodic
reports and in its Form S-3/A-2 registration statement declared
effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on April
26, 1999. These forward-looking statements speak only
as of the date hereof. The Company disclaims any intent
or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
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