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October 18, 2000
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 Company  Prosoft Systems
 Market Price  Not listed
 Lead manager  Fedex Securities
 Listing At  Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad
 Opening/Closing  October 18/October 23
 Promoters  Mohan Kumar K N
 Associate Co.  None
 Managing Director  Mohan Kumar K N
 Post-issue Stake  24.19%
 Issue  
 Size  Rs 61.6 million
 Price  Rs 10
 On Application  Rs 2.5
 On Allotment  Rs 7.5
 Objective  Finance diversification project into medical transcription and an office in the US
 Business  
 Present  Corporate training, placements, software development and education
 Project  Medical transcription centre
 Location  Bangalore, Baroda
 Project cost  Rs 114.1 million
 Funded by  Equity and loan
 Kensource projections  (2001)
 Sales  Rs 18 million
 Profit  Rs 4 million
 Earnings per share  Re 0.35
 Forward P/E  37
 Post-issue equity  Rs 102.6 million
 Return on net worth  7%
 Comment The promoters are inexperienced in IT. Initially a software education company, which started software development recently, wants to get into medical transcription. Highly risky. Small promoter holding.
 Rating *  D

* A=Subscribe & Hold; B = Subscribe & Watch; C=Subscribe & Sell; D = Avoid; E = Buy post-listing

By Kensource Information Services Pvt Ltd.

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