| Business Summary | | MERANT
plc
is
a
provider
of
enterprise
solutions
for
the
changing
technology
and
business
requirements
of
the
e-business
and
application
development
markets.
MERANT's
technology
provides
enterprise-wide
access
to
information,
optimizing
existing
IT
assets,
and
mitigating
application
development
risk.
The
MERANT
Egility
framework
provides
proven
solutions
for
creating
e-business
strategy,
building
e-commerce
sites,
the
extension
of
legacy
applications,
accessing
and
integrating
data
and
applications,
managing
Web
content,
and
developing
Web
applications.
Customers
include
the
entire
FORTUNE
100,
two-thirds
of
the
Global
500
and
more
than
400
dot-coms.
MERANT
has
over
500
technology
partners
that
embed
or
market
its
technology,
with
more
than
five
million
licenses
installed
worldwide. | More
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| Financial Summary | | MERANT
plc
is
a
leading
provider
of
enterprise
solutions
for
the
changing
technology
and
business
requirements
of
the
e-business
and
application
development
markets.
For
the
fiscal
year
ended
4/30/01,
total
revenue
decreased
8%
to
$309.2
million.
Net
income
from
continuing
operations
fell
69%
to
$570
thousand.
Revenues
reflect
lower
demand
for
Cobol
and
mainframe
solutions.
Earnings
also
suffered
from
higher
goodwill
amortization
and
acquired
in-process
R&D
charges. Recent Earnings Announcement For
the
3
months
ended
07/31/2001,
revenues
were
42,098;
after
tax
earnings
were
258. (Preliminary; reported in thousands of dollars.) | More
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Developments |
| Officers | |
| Position | J. Michael Gullard, 55 | Chairman | Gary Greenfield, 45 | Pres,
CEO | Kenneth Sexton | Sr.
VP, CFO | Greg Gehring | Sr.
VP and CIO | Dean Genge | Sr.
VP, Corp. Marketing |
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Compensation,
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