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Diversinet Corp. Announces Fiscal 2003 Annual Results; Mobile Security Company Achieves Record Growth with Acquisitions, Partnerships and New Products.


Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 24, 2004

Diversinet Corp. (OTCBB OTCBB

See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB).
: DVNTF), a leading provider of secured mobile solutions, today announced its fiscal 2003 results.

2003 was a year of growth and change for the Company. In January January: see month.  2003, Diversinet acquired DSS (1) (Digital Signature Standard) A National Security Administration standard for authenticating an electronic message. See RSA and digital signature.

(2) (Digital Satellite S
 Software Technologies, a systems integration provider headquartered in Fremont, California For the unincorporated community in Yolo County, California, see .
Fremont (IPA: /ˈfriːmɒnt/) is a city in California that was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities:
, and in September September: see month.  2003 acquired Caradas, Inc., a digital identity and authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC.

(2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network.
 management technology provider headquartered near Boston, Massachusetts “Boston” redirects here. For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation).
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. In October October: see month. , based on the substantial 'intellectual capital' gained through these acquisitions, the Company was reorganized re·or·gan·ize  
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To organize again or anew.

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To undergo or effect changes in organization.
 into four customer-facing strategic business units, focusing on financial and international, government and enterprise, professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products.  and OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and  channels.

For the fourteen months ended December December: see month.  31, 2003, Diversinet reported revenue of $8,563,000 compared to revenue of $710,000, for the twelve months ended October 31, 2002, representing an 1,100 percent increase. The Company reported a net loss of $5,618,000 or $(0.87) per share, for the fourteen months ended December 31, 2003, compared to a net loss $4,065,000 or $(1.37) per share, for the twelve months ended October 31, 2002. Included in the December 31, 2003 net loss are non-cash items of $825,000 in stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization of $740,000 and $416,000 in unrealized foreign exchange losses, totaling $1,981,000 or 35 percent of the net loss. During the year Diversinet changed reporting currency Reporting Currency

The currency used in published reports and financial documents.

Notes:
All annual and quarterly reports state the currency in which their results are listed.
 from Canadian dollars Noun 1. Canadian dollar - the basic unit of money in Canada; "the Canadian dollar has the image of loon on one side of the coin"
loonie

dollar - the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents
 to United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  dollars and changed its year-end year-end also year·end
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The end of a year.

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 from October 31 to December 31.

The Company recorded revenues of $4,140,000 in the five months ended December 31, 2003, compared to $302,000, in the same period in the prior year. The net loss for the five months ended December 31, 2003 was $2,665,000, compared to a net loss for the same quarter in fiscal 2002 of $827,000. The increase is largely due to the acquisitions and the five months versus three months reporting periods. Included in the five months ended December 31, 2003 net loss are non-cash items of $825,000 in stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization of $666,000 and $416,000 in unrealized foreign exchange losses, totaling $1,907,000 or 72 percent of the net loss.

During fiscal 2003, the Company successfully raised a total of $3,100,000 through a private placement. The Company had $1,967,000 in cash and short-term Short-term

Any investments with a maturity of one year or less.


short-term

1. Of or relating to a gain or loss on the value of an asset that has been held less than a specified period of time.
 investments as of December 31, 2003. Cash resources used in continuing operations continuing operations

Parts of a business that are expected to be maintained as an ongoing segment of an overall business operation. Income and losses from continuing operations are reported separately if any segments have been discontinued during the
 during the fourteen-month period amounted to $1,677,000, down significantly from $4,532,000 for the twelve months ended October 31, 2002. In January 2004, the Company completed a private placement for gross proceeds of $2,000,000.

In 2003, Diversinet further strengthened its market leadership through new projects, partnerships and products. The Company continued its focus on the high-growth Asia-Pacific The term Asia-Pacific generally applies to littoral East Asia, Southeast Asia and Australasia near the Pacific Ocean, plus the states in the ocean itself (Oceania).  region and signed a cooperative agreement in June June: see month.  2003 with Hongkong Post
''For the Japanese-language newspaper, see Hong Kong Post.
Hongkong Post (Chinese: 香港郵政; Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 jau4 zing3; Mandarin Pinyin:
 to develop an off-the-shelf, secure wireless e-mail service See Internet e-mail service. . The service became available in September 2003, and leverages Hongkong Post's Mobile e-Cert digital certificates, also developed by Diversinet, to ensure the secure exchange of corporate email over wireless networks.

The Company broadened its reach through agreements with several application developers, including Consist International, Arcot Systems and Spiral Solutions, as part of a strategy to find leading channel partners to quickly establish a leadership presence in growing markets for wireless security.

The Company furthered its product leadership by launching the Passport passport

Document issued by a national government identifying a traveler as a citizen with a right to protection while abroad and a right to return to the country of citizenship. It is normally a small booklet containing a description and photograph of the bearer.
 SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM.

(2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server.
 Messenger product, a zero-client solution that enables application providers and enterprises to rapidly extend mobile connectivity to key business and consumer applications. Passport SMS Messenger is an ideal solution for enterprises that want to extend corporate applications to mobile devices using commonly available SMS technology, and a key tool organizations can use to unlock the promise of mobility for mobile lotteries United Kingdom
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Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the
.

In August 2003, the Company received a trademark from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for its Diversinet logo, thus securing its brand. In July, the Company was granted a patent for the "System and Method for Reliable Key Transfer," or Root Key Rollover See n-key rollover.  technology. Then in November, the Company received a patent from the State of Israel Patent Office for its "System and Method for Handling Permits." This technology provides for a unique permit separation model that enhances the security and privacy of wired and wireless e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers.  systems by improving the management of personal privileges in advanced PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) A framework for creating a secure method for exchanging information based on public key cryptography. The foundation of a PKI is the certificate authority (CA), which issues digital certificates that authenticate the identity of  security environments.

About Diversinet Corp.

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 marketplaces. With demonstrated expertise in wireless and security, Diversinet delivers secure, reliable and scalable mobile solutions through security products and professional services such as application development and integration, consulting, training and technical support. Diversinet enables customers and their employees to securely access applications and critical corporate information from anywhere, at anytime and via any mobile device.

Diversinet is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with offices in Boston, MA; Fremont, California; and Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , SAR (Segmentation And Reassembly) The protocol that converts data to cells for transmission over an ATM network. It is the lower part of the ATM Adaption Layer (AAL), which is responsible for the entire operation. See AAL.

SAR - segmentation and reassembly
. For more information visit www.diversinet.com.


DIVERSINET CORP.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In United States dollars)

As at

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                                    December     October     October
                                          31          31          31
                                        2003        2003        2002
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Assets

Current assets:
 Cash and cash equivalents         $ 722,569   $ 863,977   $ 608,692
 Short-term investments            1,243,960   1,853,369   1,843,657
 Accounts receivable (including
  $62,293, $62,293,
 $110,148 from joint venture,
  note 8)                          1,081,760   1,422,943     265,672
 Other receivables                    85,748      77,720      15,933
 Prepaid expenses                    375,009     232,812
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 Total current assets              3,509,046   4,450,821   2,810,966

 Capital assets, net (note 4)        986,316   1,053,544   1,198,527
 Purchased technology, net of $62,833,
  $31,416,
  $nil amortization (note 3)         314,167     345,584           -
 Customer assets net of $110,256,
  $55,129,
 $nil amortization (note 3)          882,048     937,175           -
 Goodwill (note 3)                 5,311,932   5,311,932           -
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Total assets                     $11,003,509 $12,099,056  $4,009,493
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Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity

Current liabilities:
 Accounts payable                  $ 899,644   $ 845,757   $ 352,025
 Accrued liabilities (note 5)      1,351,400   1,504,319     698,137
 Notes payable                        28,192      33,178           -
 Current portion of promissory note  300,000     300,000           -
 Deferred revenue                    477,449     653,350       9,228
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 Total current liabilities         3,056,685   3,336,604   1,059,390

 Promissory note                     300,000     300,000           -

Shareholders' equity:
 Share capital (note 6):
  Authorized:
   Unlimited common shares
  Issued and outstanding:
   11,043,027, 11,043,027, 3,222,308
   common shares                  49,191,482  49,201,868  40,677,645
 Contributed surplus                 126,173      72,680      72,680
 Cumulative translation
  Adjustment                     (1,520,721) (1,445,932) (1,936,534)
 Share purchase warrants (note 6)  1,331,652   1,331,652           -
 Deficit                        (41,481,762)(40,697,816)(35,863,688)
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 Total shareholders' equity        7,646,824   8,462,452   2,950,103

Future operations (note 1)
Commitments and contingencies (note 11)

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Total liabilities and shareholders'
 equity                          $11,003,509 $12,099,056  $4,009,493
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DIVERSINET CORP.
Consolidated Statements of Earnings and Deficit
(In United States dollars)

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               Fourteen month               Years ended
                 period ended
                  December 31   October 31   October 31   October 31
                         2003         2003         2002         2001
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Revenue (including
 $nil, $nil, $85,138,
 $127,034,from joint
 venture, note 8) $ 8,562,676  $ 7,108,003    $ 710,250    $ 792,814

Cost of sales       6,622,495    5,491,029            -            -
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Gross margin        1,940,181    1,616,974      710,250      792,814

Expenses:
Research and
 development        1,513,323    1,243,545    1,478,980    4,484,608
Sales and
 marketing          2,656,099    2,270,982    1,103,722    4,711,785
General and
 administrative     2,654,214    2,368,903    1,899,302    2,616,285
Depreciation and
 amortization         740,049      573,672      404,015    1,226,022
Severance costs             -            -            -      474,008
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                    7,563,685    6,457,102    4,886,019   13,512,708
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Loss before the
 following        (5,623,504)  (4,840,128)  (4,175,769) (12,719,894)

Interest income and
 other income        (26,302)     (25,653)    (111,096)    (447,736)
Interest expense       20,872       19,653            -            -
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Loss for the
 period           (5,618,074)  (4,834,128)  (4,064,673) (12,272,158)

Deficit, beginning
 of period       (35,863,688) (35,863,688) (31,799,015) (19,526,857)
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Deficit, end of
 period         $(41,481,762)$(40,697,816)$(35,863,688)$(31,799,015)
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Basic and diluted
 loss per share
 (note 7)            $ (0.87)     $ (0.85)     $ (1.37)     $ (4.65)

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Weighted average
 number Of common
 shares             6,478,296    5,715,423    2,971,692    2,637,648

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DIVERSINET CORP.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In United States dollars)

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               Fourteen month               Years ended
                 period ended
                  December 31   October 31   October 31   October 31
                         2003         2003         2002         2001
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Cash provided by
 (used in):

Operating
 activities:
 Loss from
  continuing
  operations     $(5,618,074) $(4,834,128) $(4,064,673)$(12,272,158)
 Items not involving
  cash:
  Depreciation and
   amortization       740,049      573,672      404,015    1,226,022
  Stock-based
   compensation
   expense            825,010      771,519            -            -
  Unrealized foreign
   exchange loss
    (gain)            415,813      490,602       71,603    (185,117)
 Change in non-cash
  operating working
  capital:
  Accounts
   receivable       2,425,570    2,084,387     (91,726)      908,489
  Other receivables  (69,815)     (61,787)       47,094       37,949
  Prepaid expenses   (98,846)       43,350      300,700      (7,180)
  Accounts payable  (571,786)    (625,673)    (402,707)      480,399
  Accrued liabilities 431,892      584,811    (777,766)    (758,104)
  Deferred revenue  (156,371)       19,530     (18,552)     (26,634)
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Cash used in
 continuing
 operations       (1,676,558)    (953,717)  (4,532,012) (10,596,334)

Financing
 activities:
 Issue of common
 shares, common
 share
  purchase options
   and warrants for
   cash             2,920,646    2,931,032    3,108,317       68,651
 Notes payable      (873,323)    (868,337)            -            -
 Bank indebtedness  (240,979)    (240,979)            -            -
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  Cash provided by
   Financing
    activities      1,806,344    1,821,716    3,108,317       68,651

Investing
 activities:
 Short-term
  investments         599,698      (9,712)      112,799  (1,956,457)
 Acquisitions, net
  of cash received  (541,084)    (541,084)            -            -
 Additions to
  capital assets     (74,523)     (61,918)     (20,525)    (719,453)
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 Cash provided by
  (used in) investing
  activities         (15,909)    (612,714)       92,274  (2,675,910)
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 Increase (decrease)
  in cash and cash
  equivalents         113,877      255,285  (1,331,421) (13,203,593)

 Cash and cash
  equivalents,
  beginning of
  period              608,692      608,692    1,940,113   15,143,706
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Cash and cash
 equivalents, end
 of period          $ 722,569    $ 863,977    $ 608,692  $ 1,940,113
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Supplementary non-cash
 financing and
 investing activities:
  Issue of warrants
   on acquisitions $1,044,640  $ 1,044,640    $       -  $         -
  Issue of common
  shares on
  acquisitions      4,959,875    4,959,875            -            -
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# of shares issued and outstanding: 12,043,277

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