NEW YORK, March 18, 2009 / GLOBAL Newswire / -- Manhattan Bridge Capital, Inc. (NASDAQ: LOAN - news)

Manhattan Bridge Capital, Inc., announced today that total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2008 was $758,000 compared to $221,000 for the year ended December 31, 2007, an increase of $537,000 or 243%. This increase in revenue represents an increase in lending operations. $684,000 of 2008 revenue represents interest income and $74,000 of revenue represents origination fees on loans made. As of December 31, 2008 the aggregate amount of loans made since inception was $10,267,000 of which $4,705,000 has been collected.

General and administrative expenses for the year ended December 31, 2008 were $682,000 (including non-cash compensation expense on grant of options of $141,000) compare to $766,000 for the year ended December 31, 2007, a decrease of $84,000 or 10.9%. This decrease in general and administrative expenses is mainly due to a decrease in professional fees, a decrease in compensation expenses and a decrease in hosting and maintenance expenses of Nextyellow’s website.

For the year ended December 31, 2008 the company reported a positive cash flow from operations of $ 401,000 compared to a negative cash flow from operations of ($487,000) for the year ended December 31, 2007.

Total shareholders equity for the year ended December 31, 2008 was $6,990,000 compared to $6,888,000 for the year ended December 31, 2007, an increase of $102,000.

Due to the market conditions the company wrote-off and marked down an aggregate amount of $720,000 of the value of its marketable securities portfolio.

Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2008 was $520,000 or ($0.16) per basic and diluted share (based on 3.247 million shares). This loss mainly represents the non cash write-off of investments in marketable securities in the amount of $93,000 and other-than-temporary declines in the market value of investments in marketable securities in the amount of $628,000.

Assaf Ran, Chairman of the Board and CEO stated, “I am pleased with the growth and the development of our lending operations, we have succeeded in overcoming challenges and penetrating the financing industry safely and smoothly. We now feel comfortable expanding into the next stage of our plan.”

“Although we have decided to significantly mark down the value of our marketable securities portfolio I found comfort in the fact that we managed to increase the net equity of the company.”  Added Mr. Ran

   
Manhattan Bridge Capital, Inc., provides short term, secured, non–banking, commercial loans to small businesses. In addition we developed innovative software and a related web site that allows retail businesses and other service providers to reach prospective customers and clients for their goods and services in a more effective way than traditional on-line and print yellow pages searches. We operate several web sites including: http://www.manhattanbridgecapital.com. and  http://www.nextyellow.com.

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