Hotel Outsource Management International, Inc. Presents Full Year 2012 Results
Hotel Outsource Management International, Inc. (“HOMI”) (OTC:
HOUM), a multi-national service provider in the hospitality
industry, supplying computerized minibars that are primarily intended
for in-room refreshments, presented its consolidated financial results
for the year ended December 31, 2012.
Mr. Daniel Cohen, HOMI’s President, stated: "In 2012 we
concentrated mainly on accelerating the development of our new
generation open access minibar, the HOMI® 226, which we believe will
fuel our growth for the coming years. We have successfully completed the
R&D for this new minibar and started production and installations. We
recently announced the execution of 10 new additional operating
contracts with luxury hotels, adding more than 1,500 minibars to our
portfolio. These installations, to be installed during 2013, include
both the HOMI® 226 open access minibar, and the HOMI® 330 sealed
minibar. Installations of the new HOMI® 226 minibar are going smoothly
and we are very satisfied. We also began implementing our Direct Sales
program, mainly for the HOMI® 226. We believe that our Direct Sales
program, in conjunction with our outsource operation, will contribute to
our growth in 2013."
Full Year 2012 results:
Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2012 reached
US$3,315,000, similar to US$3,326,000 in the year ended 2011. Revenues
arise primarily from the sale of products in the minibars. According to
agreements with hotels in which HOMI conducts its outsource programs,
the hotels, which collect the revenues generated from our minibars,
deduct their portion of the revenues before distributing the remainder
to HOMI.
For the year ended December 31, 2012, HOMI's three largest customers
accounted for approximately 26.3% of the total revenues, compared to
27.7% in the same period of 2011.
Gross Profit in the year ended December 31, 2012, after
consideration of depreciation expense, was US$541,000, similar to
US$543,000 in the year ended 2011. Gross profit margin for the year
ended in 2012 was 16.3%, similar to the year ended in 2011.
Operating Loss in the year ended December 31, 2012 was
US$1,148,000, compared to an operating loss of US$1,315,000 in the year
ended in 2011.
The research and development of the HOMI® 330, was completed
in 2009. The research and development of an additional product, the new
generation HOMI® 226, was completed in 2012. In 2012, HOMI incurred
additional expenses to improve the production and functionality of these
minibars. Total research and development expenses in the year of 2012
were $137,000. Selling and Marketing expenses decreased to US$273,000
from US$341,000 in year ended 2011, primarily as a result of our efforts
to reduce expenses. General and administrative expenses decreased from
US$1,408,000 to US$1,279,000.
Net Loss in the year ended December 31, 2012 was US$2,890,000,
compared to a net loss of US$1,745,000 in the year ended in 2011. On
June 29, 2012, a loan in the amount of US$2,000,000 was converted by
Tomwood Ltd., the holder of the loan, into shares of HOMI common stock
at a rate of $.0181 per share for a total of 110,497,238 shares. As a
result of the conversion, Tomwood now holds approximately 55% of HOMI's
issued share capital. The value of the costed benefit component of this
transaction in the amount of approximately US$1,296,000 was charged to
capital and offset against benefit reduction expenses, but did not
affect HOMI's cash and balance sheet.
Cash and Cash Equivalents as of December 31, 2012 were
US$221,000, including deposits, compared to US$345,000 as of December
31, 2011.
Total Shareholders' Equity as of December 31, 2012 was
US$1,359,000, compared to US$1,176,000 as of December 31, 2011.
About HOMI
HOMI is a multi-national service provider in the hospitality industry,
supplying a range of services in relation to computerized minibars that
are primarily intended for in-room refreshments. HOMI was incorporated
under the laws of Delaware in 2000 and is listed on the Over-the-Counter
"OTC" Exchange, under the symbol "HOUM."
HOMI and its subsidiaries are engaged in the distribution, marketing and
operation of computerized minibars in major branded hotel chains,
operating approximately 10,500 computerized minibar systems at 43 hotels
located in the United States, Europe and Israel, and in the development
and manufacture of a new range of computerized minibar systems, designed
to improve the performance of minibar departments, thereby improving the
hotel’s bottom line.
HOMI offers a number of solutions that are designed to meet the hotels’
needs, ranging from consultation, supervision and rental services, to
full outsource installation and operation arrangements.
HOMI's leading products are the HOMI® 330, HOMI®
226 and the External Dry-Section computerized trays.
For more information about HOMI, visit: http://www.my-homi.com/
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