May 4, 2011 (Canada NewsWire Group) --
("Redknee" or "the Company")
TORONTO, May 4 /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 its results for the second quarter of fiscal 2011, ended March 31, 2011.
Q2 Highlights:
- Second quarter 2011 revenue increased by 24% to $16.6M (on constant currency basis: $17.5M, Q2 2010: $13.5M)
- Gross margin at 68% (Q2 2010: 72%)
- EBITDA of $1.7M (Q2 2010: $1.8M)
- Order backlog of $47.1M (Q4 2010: $36.5M)
- Signed multiple new customers in Europe , Middle East and Africa region; signed a multi-million dollar, multi-year Turnkey Converged Billing (TCB) upgrade and capacity expansion in APAC region
- Redknee's TCB product nominated at the TM Forum Excellence Awards
- Patents: 33 issued, over 77 pending and one in the grant/issuance process
"Redknee continues to deliver good progress on its strategic growth plan. We have grown both our revenues and contracted order backlog, while improving our gross margin quarter over quarter. We see opportunities to continue to win business with both existing and new customers in each of our core markets. We are encouraged with our long-term growth in revenues and earnings, and remain committed 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 its 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.
Sales of Redknee's business-critical solutions have been robust in the context of the market its customers operate in. Redknee's monetization suite of products and services (real-time Turnkey Converged Billing and Next Generation Rating Charging & Policy solutions) contributed to over 85% of second quarter revenue - in line with its plan.
Redknee's market leading solutions continue to be recognized globally by telecom providers. Redknee has expanded its TCB licenses with customers across Americas, APAC and EMEA regions. Redknee signed multiple billing contracts with new customers, expanding our presence across EMEA. As strategic transactions, Redknee believes these new contracts will enable us to expand our footprint into these regions over coming years. Redknee announced a multi-million dollar, multi-year upgrade and capacity expansion of its TCB solution with a leading APAC group operator.
On a trailing four-quarter basis, recurring revenues were at 41% of overall revenues. Redknee continues to focus on multi-year service agreements to support forward visibility and to enhance our recurring revenues.
Redknee wishes to announce that John Phillips has chosen to step down from the Board of Directors after nearly 9 years of service. "During his tenure, John served both as non-executive director and chairman of the board, and supported Redknee's evolution from a private company to a publicly-listed international company," commented Lucas Skoczkowski, "He has contributed in countless ways to Redknee and we will be forever grateful for his contribution in making our organization that much stronger". Following John's departure and with the recent additions of Terry Nickerson and Greg Jacobson, Redknee's Board of Directors will consist of five independent non-executive directors and the CEO of the company.
Financial Review
For the three-month period ended March 31, 2011, the Company's revenue increased by 24% to $16.6M from $13.5M in the second quarter of fiscal 2010.
The gross margin for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 was 68% compared to 72% for the second quarter of fiscal 2010. The decrease in gross margin relates to the product mix in sales for the period to products with lower gross margin.
For the three-month period ended March 31, 2011, operating expenses, excluding amortization and foreign exchange loss (gain), increased to 60% of revenue as compared to 58% of revenue in the same period last year due mainly to the addition of operating costs from Nimbus.
The Company currently has a portfolio of 33 issued patents, 77 outstanding patent applications, and one patent in the grant/issuance process.
Net income in Q2 fiscal 2011 was $0.4 million or $0.01 per share, compared to a net profit of $0.4 million or $0.01 per share in Q2 fiscal 2010.
Cash and investments (including restricted cash) as at March 31, 2011 was $16.9 million versus $18.5 million as at December 31, 2010.
CONFERENCE CALL
The Company will discuss the results on a conference call and webcast at 8:30 a.m. EDT time on Thursday May 5, 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=3482160
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. 59634757) 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
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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 70 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.
| Interimconsolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) | |||
| For the period ended | March 31,2011 | September 30, 2010 | |
| $ | $ | ||
| Assets | |||
| Current assets | |||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 15,245,878 | 18,738,958 | |
| Short-term investments | - | 22,186 | |
| Trade accounts and other receivables |
|
14,744,861 | 14,959,777 |
| Unbilled revenue | 10,340,954 | 7,196,714 | |
| Prepaid expenses | 1,481,051 | 1,371,960 | |
| Goods in transit | 416,060 | 256,709 | |
| 42,228,804 | 42,546,304 | ||
| Restricted cash | 1,606,716 | 811,979 | |
| Property and equipment | 525,201 | 635,526 | |
| Intangible assets | 5,076,854 | 5,861,248 | |
| Goodwill | 7,935,373 | 7,668,157 | |
| Future income taxes and investment tax credits | 1,090,739 | 795,196 | |
| Other assets | 491,954 | 518,655 | |
| 58,955,641 | 58,837,065 | ||
| Liabilities | |||
| Current liabilities | |||
| Accounts payable | 3,312,846 | 2,624,339 | |
| Accrued liabilities | 3,746,462 | 3,703,055 | |
| Income taxes payable | 2,834,333 | 2,730,670 | |
| Deferred revenue | 7,166,977 | 6,031,551 | |
| Current portion of long term debt | 2,520,797 | 3,071,885 | |
| Current portion of obligations under capital leases | 14,690 | 24,197 | |
| 19,596,105 | 18,185,697 | ||
| Long term deferred revenue | - | ||
| Other long term liabilities | 557,856 | 468,505 | |
| Obligations under capital leases | 26,787 | 32,178 | |
| Long termportion of loans payable | 5,764,208 | 7,094,087 | |
| Future income taxes | 1,093,935 | 1,265,159 | |
| Total liabilities | 27,038,891 | 27,045,626 | |
| Shareholders' Equity | |||
| Share capital, net of employee share purchase loans | 47,884,932 | 47,662,953 | |
| Contributed surplus | 4,608,527 | 4,345,128 | |
| Deficit | (20,546,679) | (20,050,301) | |
| Accumulated and other comprehensive loss | (30,030) | (166,341) | |
| (20,576,709) | (20,216,642) | ||
| 31,916,750 | 31,791,439 | ||
| 58,955,641 | 58,837,065 |
| Interim consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited) | ||||
| Three months ended | Six months ended | |||
| March 31, | March 31, | |||
| 2011 | 2010 | 2011 | 2010 | |
| $ | $ | $ | $ | |
| Revenue | ||||
| Software, services and other | 11,466,674 | 9,155,159 | 20,025,345 | 16,158,771 |
| Support | 5,168,386 | 4,311,077 | 10,737,659 | 9,087,542 |
| 16,635,060 | 13,466,236 | 30,763,004 | 25,246,313 | |
| Cost of revenue | 5,333,600 | 3,733,881 | 10,532,202 | 6,453,176 |
| Gross profit | 11,301,460 | 9,732,355 | 20,230,802 | 18,793,137 |
| Operating expenses | ||||
| Sales and marketing | 3,900,302 | 3,522,365 | 7,419,559 | 6,678,936 |
| General and administrative | 2,409,555 | 1,710,959 | 4,485,554 | 3,371,542 |
| Research and development | 3,554,597 | 2,631,224 | 6,598,892 | 5,374,547 |
| Amortization of property and equipment and intangible assets | 456,298 | 162,585 | 934,471 | 321,306 |
| Foreign exchange loss | 360,391 | 1,247,292 | 905,957 | 1,740,423 |
| 10,681,143 | 9,274,425 | 20,344,433 | 17,486,754 | |
| Income (loss) from operations | 620,317 | 457,930 | (113,631) | 1,306,383 |
| Interest income | 45,005 | 5,215 | 83,333 | 6,889 |
| Interest expense | (133,380) | (4,713) | (277,368) | (17,508) |
| Income (loss) before income taxes | 531,942 | 458,432 | (307,666) | 1,295,764 |
| Income taxes | 123,716 | 57,485 | 188,712 | 330,512 |
| Net income (loss) for the period | 408,226 | 400,947 | (496,378) | 965,252 |
| Net income per common share | ||||
| Basic | 0.01 | 0.01 | (0.01) | 0.02 |
| Diluted | 0.01 | 0.01 | (0.01) | 0.02 |
| Weighted average number of common shares | ||||
| Basic | 64,158,363 | 59,603,526 | 64,132,813 | 59,603,526 |
| Diluted | 65,799,580 | 61,738,910 | 64,132,813 | 61,259,237 |
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Earnings Before Interest Expense, Income Taxes, Depreciation, and Amortization (EBITDA) is a non-GAAP measure. EBITDA described above is calculated as Income (loss) from operations, net of foreign exchange gain/loss, amortization and stock-based compensation.
| Redknee Solutions Inc. | |
| Lucas Skoczkowski, Chief Executive Officer | Tel: +1 905 625 2622 |
| David Charron, Chief Financial Officer | Fax: +1 905 625 2773 |
