Feb. 9, 2011 (Canada NewsWire Group) --
("Redknee" or "the Company")
TORONTO, Feb. 9 /CNW/ - Redknee (TSX:RKN), a leading provider of business-critical software and services for communications service providers, including end-to-end converged billing, real-time charging, rating and personalization, today announced the results for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 ended December 31, 2010.
Q1 Highlights:
- Revenue increased by 20% to $14.1M (on constant currency basis $15.0M , Q1 2010: $11.8M)
- Gross margin at 63% (Q1 2010: 77%)
- EBITDA(1) of $0.4M (Q1 2010: $1.7M)
- Operating loss of $0.7M (Q1 2010: operating income of $0.8M)
- Order backlog of $37.3M
- One MVNO billing contract in EMEA; data policy win in APAC; large wholesale billing win in APAC, and Tier 1 contracts in Americas
- Patents: 30 issued, 73 pending and 3 in the grant/issuance process
"Redknee continues to deliver good progress on our strategic growth plan. We have increased the proportion of initial deployments thereby compressing our gross margin in the short term, while providing opportunity for future license growth. We see opportunities to continue to win business with both existing and new customers in each of our core markets. We remain focused on our long-term growth in revenues and earnings, with commitment to increasing our recurring revenues, while continuing to take share in the real-time monetization market," noted Lucas Skoczkowski, CEO for Redknee.
Please see section regarding Forward-Looking Statements which form an integral part of this release. These results, along with the unaudited consolidated financial statements and the Company's MD&A, are available on the Company's website at www.redknee.com and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com
OVERVIEW
Redknee remains focused on the three core elements of our long-term corporate growth strategy:
- Continued expansion and evolution of our business-critical solutions to our global customer base;
- Market share growth and leadership in our served addressable market; and
- An increasing proportion of sustainable recurring revenues.
Redknee continues to compete successfully in the markets that we service. Redknee's monetization suite of products and services (real-time Turnkey Converged Billing and Next Generation Rating Charging & Policy solutions) contributed to over 90% of first quarter revenue - in line with our plan.
Redknee's market leading solutions continue to be recognized globally by telecom providers. Redknee has continued to take market share by winning contracts with: additional EMEA MVNO contract, a large APAC wholesale billing and content settlement win, APAC data policy win, as well as real-time subscriber system wins with multiple Tier 1 operators in the Americas region. As strategic transactions, Redknee believes these new contracts will enable us to continue to build significant market share in both Tier 1 and 2 operators over the coming years.
Redknee's recurring revenue streams continue to strengthen, despite the appreciation in the Canadian dollar. In the first quarter, the recurring revenues grew by 15% to 42% of revenues. On a four-quarter trailing basis, recurring revenues were at 41% of overall revenues.
Redknee continues to have a strong employee base, a growing number of customers, and the right products with patents to meet our customers' demands. Market trends further support our approach; mobile data and content services continue to grow, and wireless subscriber numbers continue to expand globally.
Financial Review
For the three-month period ended December 31, 2010, the Company's revenue increased by 20% to $14.1M from $11.8M in the first quarter of fiscal 2010.
The gross margin for the first quarter of fiscal 2011 was 63% as compared to 77% for the first quarter of fiscal 2010. The decrease in gross margin can be attributed to the mix of products sold in Q1 2011, as 13% of the revenue this quarter results from the sale of third party hardware and software components. These components were sold as part of Redknee's initial deployments which will provide opportunities for future license growth.
For the three-month period ended December 31, 2010, operating expenses, excluding amortization and foreign exchange loss, declined to 61% of revenue as compared to 64% of revenue in the same period last year.
The net loss in Q1 fiscal 2011 was $0.9M or $(0.01) per share as compared to a net profit of $0.6M or $0.01 per share in Q1 fiscal 2010.
CONFERENCE CALL
The Company will discuss the results on a conference call and webcast at 8:30 a.m. EDT time on Thursday February 10, 2011.
To participate in the conference call please dial the following numbers five minutes before the start of the call to ensure your participation:
| Local dial-in number | 647-427-7450 |
| Toll-free North America | 1-888-231-8191 |
The webcast can be accessed at:
http://www.newswire.ca/en/webcast/viewEvent.cgi?eventID=3387780
Conference Replay
The conference call will be archived to replay by telephone at: 416-849-0833 or Toll-Free at 1-800-642-1687 (Passcode No. 40420096) from 11:30 a.m.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements in this document may constitute "forward-looking" statements which involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may
cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or industry
results, to be materially different from any future results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. When used in this document, such statements
use such words as "may", "will", "expect", "continue", "believe",
"plan", "intend", "would", "could", "should", "anticipate" and other
similar terminology. These statements reflect current assumptions and
expectations regarding future events and operating performance and
speak only as of the date of this document. Forward-looking statements
involve significant risks and uncertainties, should not be read as
guarantees of future performance or results, and will not necessarily
be accurate indications of whether or not such results will be
achieved. A number of factors could cause actual results to vary
significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking
statements, including, but not limited to, the factors discussed under
the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's the most recently filed AIF
which is available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and on the Company's web-site at www.redknee.com.
Although the forward-looking statements contained in this document are based upon what we believe are reasonable assumptions, we cannot assure investors that our actual results will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. We assume no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect new events or circumstances, except as required by securities law.
About REDKNEE:
Redknee is a leading global provider of innovative communication
software products, solutions and services. Redknee's award-winning
solutions enable operators to monetize the value of each subscriber
transaction while personalizing the subscriber experience to meet
mainstream, niche and individual market segment requirements. Redknee's
revenue generating solutions provide advanced converged billing,
rating, charging and policy for voice, messaging and new generation
data services to over 90 network operators in over 50 countries.
References to Redknee refer to the combined operations of the parent
Redknee Solutions Inc, and all wholly owned subsidiaries.
Redknee®, Redknee Solutions, and the Redknee logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Redknee Solutions Inc. All other company, product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned (if any) are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.
For more information, visit www.redknee.com.
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1 Earnings Before Interest Expense, Income Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) is a non-GAAP measure. While useful in understanding Company operational results, EBITDA is not standardized and may not be comparable to similar results reported by other companies. EBITDA described above is calculated as Income (loss) from operations, net of foreign exchange gain/loss, amortization and stock-based compensation.
| Interim consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) | ||
| For the period ended | December 31, 2010 | September 30, 2010 |
| $ | $ | |
| Assets | ||
| Current assets | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 16,626,228 | 18,738,958 |
| Short-term investments | 0 | 22,186 |
| Trade accounts and other receivables | 14,752,041 | 14,959,777 |
| Unbilled revenue | 6,408,867 | 7,196,714 |
| Prepaid expenses | 1,533,809 | 1,371,960 |
| Goods in transit | 190,920 | 256,709 |
| 39,511,865 | 42,546,304 | |
| Restricted cash | 1,885,865 | 811,979 |
| Property and equipment | 573,219 | 635,526 |
| Intangible assets | 5,447,495 | 5,861,248 |
| Goodwill | 7,854,531 | 7,668,157 |
| Future income taxes and investment tax credits | 1,019,139 | 795,196 |
| Other assets | 498,560 | 518,655 |
| 56,790,674 | 58,837,065 | |
| Liabilities | ||
| Current liabilities | ||
| Accounts payable | 3,141,782 | 2,624,339 |
| Accrued liabilities | 3,819,600 | 3,703,055 |
| Income taxes payable | 2,736,502 | 2,730,670 |
| Deferred revenue | 4,565,910 | 6,031,551 |
| Current portion of long term debt | 2,957,436 | 3,071,885 |
| Current portion of obligations under capital leases | 18,811 | 24,197 |
| 17,240,041 | 18,185,697 | |
| Long term deferred revenue | - | |
| Other long term liabilities | 479,677 | 468,505 |
| Obligations under capital leases | 25,887 | 32,178 |
| Long term portion of loans payable | 6,613,827 | 7,094,087 |
| Future income taxes | 1,185,397 | 1,265,159 |
| Total liabilities | 25,544,829 | 27,045,626 |
| Shareholders' Equity | ||
| Share capital, net of employee share purchase loans | 47,788,794 | 47,662,953 |
| Contributed surplus | 4,484,787 | 4,345,128 |
| Deficit | (20,954,906) | (20,050,301) |
| Accumulated and other comprehensive loss | (72,830) | (166,341) |
| (21,027,736) | (20,216,642) | |
| 31,245,845 | 31,791,439 | |
| 56,790,674 | 58,837,065 | |
| Interim consolidated Statements of Operations | |||
| (unaudited) | |||
| For the three months ended December 31, | 2010 | 2009 | |
| $ | $ | ||
| Revenue | |||
| Software, services and other | 8,558,671 | 7,003,612 | |
| Support | 5,569,273 | 4,776,465 | |
| 14,127,944 | 11,780,077 | ||
| Cost of revenue | 5,198,602 | 2,719,296 | |
| Gross profit | 8,929,342 | 9,060,78 | |
| Operating expenses | |||
| Selling and marketing | 3,519,257 | 3,156,571 | |
| General and administrative | 2,075,999 | 1,660,581 | |
| Research and development | 3,044,295 | 2,743,323 | |
| Amortization | 478,173 | 158,721 | |
| Foreign currency exchange loss | 545,566 | 493,131 | |
| 9,663,290 | 8,212,327 | ||
| (Loss) Income from operations | (733,949) | 848,454 | |
| Interest income | 38,328 | 1,674 | |
| Interest expense | (143,988) | (12,796) | |
| (Loss) Income before income taxes | (839,609) | 837,332 | |
| Income taxes | 64,996 | 273,027 | |
| (Loss) Income for the period | (904,605) | 564,305 | |
| Shares | 63,941,381 | 58,800,461 | |
| EPS | (0.01) | 0.01 | |
Redknee Solutions Inc.
Lucas Skoczkowski, Chief Executive Officer
David Charron, Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +1 905 625 2622
Fax: +1 905 625 2773
