Espial Reports 2016 Second Quarter Results
Transforming the viewing experience worldwide, Espial® Group Inc. ("Espial" or the "Company"), (TSX:ESP), today announced its
second quarter financial results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2016.
Espial Q2 Highlights
- Second quarter revenue of $4.5 million and adjusted EBITDA loss of $2.1 million, $45.7 million in
cash.
- NOS, Portugal’s primary cable operator, launched a next-generation IP video service based on Espial's
G4 Client, with system integration by Espial EliteTM professional services. It represents Europe’s first deployment of
the RDK 2.1 environment and features market leading capabilities including 4K resolution, advanced voice control, and viewer
personalization.
- Entered into an agreement with ARRIS to acquire their Whole Home Solution (WHS) platform, closing
expected in the third quarter.
“In the second quarter, we accomplished significant milestones for our business. The first being that NOS, Portugal’s primary
cable operator, commercially launched a next-generation video service using Espial’s RDK based G4 Client solution. NOS has
delivered a highly competitive advanced TV service, which should build confidence for service providers worldwide looking to adopt
Espial and RDK to deliver next generation Pay TV services. Tele Columbus, a large German cable operator, has also announced that
they plan to commercially launch their advanced TV service with Espial at the end of this year. The progress we have made in
helping our customers launch new TV services demonstrates Espial’s leadership in this market.” said Jaison Dolvane, CEO, Espial.
“In addition, we entered into an agreement with ARRIS to acquire their Whole Home Solution (WHS) platform, which will increase our
revenues, customer relationships, and expand our software development and integration capabilities. The WHS acquisition will also
enable us to offer video service providers a cloud-hosted Video as a Service platform that we expect will accelerate time to market
and deployment of new services.”
Financial Summary
For the three-month period ended June 30, 2016, the Company is reporting revenue of $4.5 million compared with revenue of $5.5
million for the three months ended June 30, 2015. Adjusted EBITDA loss for the second quarter of fiscal 2016 was $2.1 million
compared to income of $0.4 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2015. Cash on June 30, 2016, was $45.7 million.
Q2 Financial Results
- Second quarter revenues were $4,548,770 compared with revenues of $5,500,255 in the same period a
year ago. Second quarter software license and royalty revenues were $2,499,924 compared to $1,709,951 in the second quarter of
fiscal 2015. Professional services for the second quarters of 2016 and 2015 were $776,708 and $2,700,101 respectively.
Maintenance and support revenues for the second quarter were $1,272,138 compared to $1,090,203 last year.
- European revenues were $3,006,557 in the second quarter of 2016 compared to $3,393,826 in 2015. Asia
revenues were $854,997 in the second quarter of 2016 compared to $528,631 in 2015. North American revenues were $687,216 in the
second quarter of 2016 compared to $1,577,798 in 2015.
- Gross margin for the second quarters of both fiscal 2016 and 2015 was 73%.
- Earnings before interest, foreign exchange, taxes, stock compensation, depreciation and amortization
(adjusted EBITDA) for the second quarter of fiscal 2016 was a loss of $2,092,712 compared to income of $370,506 in fiscal
2015.
- Net loss, which includes non-cash items like depreciation, goodwill and intangibles, in the second
quarter was $2,945,976 compared to net loss of $277,835 last year.
Cash and cash equivalents on June 30, 2016, was $45,734,745
A complete set of financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis for the quarter ended June 30, 2016 will be
available at http://www.sedar.com.
Conference Call
The Company will be hosting a conference call to discuss the Q2 2016 financial results on August 3, 2016 at 5:00PM EDT and the
phone number to join the results discussion is:
- Toll Free line (Canada/US) 877-201-0168
- Toll line (International/Local) 647-788-4901
The playback for the call will be available two hours after the call’s completion and will be available until 11:59PM ET on
September 3, 2016, at the following numbers and passcode:
- Toll-free line: +1-855-859-2056 or +1-404-537-3406, Passcode: 58777601.
About Espial (www.espial.com)
With Espial, video service providers create responsive and engaging subscriber viewing experiences incorporating powerful
content discovery and intuitive navigation. Service providers achieve ‘Web-speed’ innovation with Espial’s flexible, open software
leveraging RDK and HTML5 technologies. This provides competitive advantage through an immersive and personalized user experience,
seamlessly blending advanced TV services with OTT content. With customers spanning six continents, Espial is headquartered in
Ottawa, Canada, has R&D centers in Montreal, Silicon Valley and the UK, and sales/support offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
For more information, visit www.espial.com.
Forward Looking Statement
This press release contains information that is forward looking information with respect to Espial within the meaning of Section
138.4(9) of the Ontario Securities Act (forward looking statements) and other applicable securities laws. In some cases,
forward-looking information can be identified by the use of terms such as "may", "will", "should", "expect", "plan", "anticipate",
"believe", "intend", "estimate", "predict", "potential", "continue" or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions
concerning matters that are not historical facts. In particular, statements or assumptions about, economic conditions, ongoing or
future benefits of existing and new customer and partner relationships, including partner product launch plans and associated
rollout timing, the expected completion of our acquisition of the WHS platform from ARRIS and the timing and perceived benefits of
such acquisition, our position or ability to capitalize on the move to more open systems by service providers, existing or future
opportunities for the company and products (including our ability to successfully execute on market opportunities and secure new
customer wins) and any other statements regarding Espial's objectives (and strategies to achieve such objectives), future
expectations, beliefs, goals or prospects are or involve forward-looking information.
Forward-looking information is based on certain factors and assumptions. While the company considers these assumptions to be
reasonable based on information currently available to it, they may prove to be incorrect. Forward-looking information, by its
nature necessarily involves known and unknown risks and uncertainties. A number of factors could cause actual results to differ
materially from those in the forward-looking statements or could cause our current objectives and strategies to change, including
but not limited to partner product launch plans and associated rollout timing, the expected completion of our transaction with
ARRIS and associated timing, the perceived benefits of our acquisition of the WHS platform from ARRIS and our ability to effect a
smooth transition of the customer opportunities and ongoing product development activities associated with such acquisition,
changing conditions and other risks associated with the on-demand TV software industry and the market segments in which Espial
operates, competition, Espial’s ability to continue to supply existing customers and partners with its products and services and
avoid being displaced by competitive offerings, effectively grow its integration and support capabilities, execute on market
opportunities, develop its distribution channels and generate increased demand for its products, economic conditions, technological
change, unanticipated changes in our costs, regulatory changes, litigation, the emergence of new opportunities, many of which are
beyond our control and current expectation or knowledge.
Additional risks and uncertainties affecting Espial can be found in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of
Operations and Financial Condition and its Annual Information Form for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and 2015 on SEDAR
at www.sedar.com. If any of these risks or uncertainties were to materialize, or if the factors and assumptions
underlying the forward-looking information were to prove incorrect, actual results could vary materially from those that are
expressed or implied by the forward-looking information contained herein and our current objectives or strategies may change.
Espial assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise, except as required by law. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements that speak only as of the date hereof.
Non-IFRS Financial Measures
We use adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share, which remove the impact of our amortization of
intangible assets and stock based compensation expense, to measure our performance as these measures align our results and improve
comparability against our peers. We use adjusted EBITDA to provide investors with a supplemental measure of our operating
performance and thus highlight trends in our core business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying solely on IFRS financial
measures. We believe that securities analysts, investors and other interested parties frequently use non-IFRS measures in the
evaluation of issuers. Management also uses non-IFRS measures in order to facilitate operating performance comparisons from period
to period, prepare annual operating budgets and assess our ability to meet our capital expenditure and working capital
requirements.
Adjusted net income (loss), adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share and adjusted EBITDA income (loss) are not recognized,
defined or standardized measures under IFRS. Our definition of adjusted net income (loss), adjusted EBITDA income (loss) and
adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share will likely differ from that used by other companies and therefore comparability may be
limited. Adjusted net income (loss), adjusted EBITDA income (loss) and adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share should not be
considered a substitute for or in isolation from measures prepared in accordance with IFRS. Investors are encouraged to review our
financial statements and disclosures in their entirety and are cautioned not to put undue reliance on non-IFRS measures and view
them in conjunction with the most comparable IFRS financial measures. We have reconciled adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted
EBITDA income (loss) to the most comparable IFRS financial measure as follows:
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Three months ended
June 30, 2016
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Three months ended
June 30, 2015
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Six months ended
June 30, 2016
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Six months ended
June 30, 2015
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(unaudited) |
|
(unaudited) |
|
(unaudited) |
|
(unaudited) |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) |
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$ (2,945,976) |
|
$ |
(277,835) |
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$ |
(4,913,508) |
|
$ 81,390 |
Add
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock based compensation |
|
385,463 |
|
|
425,417 |
|
|
774,919 |
|
746,280 |
Amortization of intangibles |
|
174,683 |
|
|
168,442 |
|
|
349,366 |
|
329,662 |
Adjusted net income (loss) |
|
(2,385,830) |
|
|
316,024 |
|
|
(3,789,223) |
|
1,157,332 |
Add(less) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation |
|
80,162 |
|
|
51,370 |
|
|
148,613 |
|
99,413 |
Interest income |
|
(85,216) |
|
|
(88,586) |
|
|
(171,948) |
|
(124,976) |
Foreign exchange gain / loss |
|
212,132 |
|
|
(1,750) |
|
|
435,682 |
|
(105,506) |
Income tax |
|
86,040 |
|
|
93,448 |
|
|
117,663 |
|
130,241 |
Adjusted EBITDA |
|
$ (2,092,712) |
|
$ |
370,506 |
|
$ |
(3,259,213) |
|
$1,156,504 |
Consolidated Statements of Income and Loss
Comprehensive Income and Loss
(In Canadian dollars, except share amounts)
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|
Three Months Ended |
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Six Months Ended
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|
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June 30, 2016 |
|
June 30, 2015 |
|
June 30, 2016 |
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June 30, 2015 |
Revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Software |
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$ |
2,499,924 |
|
$ |
1,709,951 |
|
$ |
4,940,663 |
|
$ |
4,122,978 |
Professional services |
|
|
776,708 |
|
|
2,700,101 |
|
|
2,448,733 |
|
|
4,572,807 |
Support and maintenance |
|
|
1,272,138 |
|
|
1,090,203 |
|
|
2,483,356 |
|
|
2,220,347 |
Total revenue |
|
|
4,548,770 |
|
|
5,500,255 |
|
|
9,872,752 |
|
|
10,916,132 |
Cost of revenue |
|
|
1,242,571 |
|
|
1,472,712 |
|
|
3,171,554 |
|
|
2,642,099 |
Gross margin |
|
|
3,306,199 |
|
|
4,027,543 |
|
|
6,701,198 |
|
|
8,274,033 |
Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales and marketing |
|
|
1,417,853 |
|
|
1,202,748 |
|
|
2,682,296 |
|
|
2,348,834 |
General and administrative |
|
|
1,005,962 |
|
|
902,947 |
|
|
1,870,710 |
|
|
1,692,988 |
Research and development |
|
|
3,440,721 |
|
|
2,028,129 |
|
|
6,330,937 |
|
|
3,921,400 |
Amortization of intangible assets |
|
|
174,683 |
|
|
168,442 |
|
|
349,366 |
|
|
329,662 |
|
|
|
6,039,219 |
|
|
4,302,266 |
|
|
11,233,309 |
|
|
8,292,884 |
Loss before other income (expense) |
|
|
(2,733,020) |
|
|
(274,723) |
|
|
(4,532,111) |
|
|
(18,851) |
Interest income
|
|
|
85,216
|
|
|
88,586
|
|
|
171,948
|
|
|
124,976
|
Foreign exchange gain (loss)
|
|
|
(212,132)
|
|
|
1,750
|
|
|
(435,682)
|
|
|
105,506
|
Income (loss) before taxes |
|
|
(2,859,936) |
|
|
(184,387) |
|
|
(4,795,845) |
|
|
211,631 |
Income tax expense |
|
|
(86,040) |
|
|
(93,448) |
|
|
(117,663)
|
|
|
(130,241) |
Net income (loss) and
comprehensive income (loss)
|
|
$ |
(2,945,976) |
|
$ |
(277,835) |
|
$ |
(4,913,508) |
|
$ |
81,390 |
Consolidated Balance Sheets
|
|
June 30, 2016 |
|
December 31, 2015 |
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
45,734,745 |
|
$ |
49,947,096 |
Accounts receivable |
|
|
7,120,369 |
|
|
8,397,948 |
Investment tax credits receivable |
|
|
573,396 |
|
|
413,920 |
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
|
|
652,973 |
|
|
734,906 |
|
|
|
54,081,483 |
|
|
59,493,870 |
|
|
|
|
|
Equipment |
|
|
1,186,548 |
|
|
1,062,544 |
Intangible assets |
|
|
1,434,373 |
|
|
1,658,610 |
Goodwill |
|
|
3,632,604 |
|
|
3,632,604 |
|
|
$ |
60,335,008 |
|
$ |
65,847,628 |
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
$ |
2,765,718 |
|
$ |
3,165,144 |
Deferred revenue |
|
|
2,700,827 |
|
|
3,690,638 |
Total Liabilities |
|
|
5,466,545 |
|
|
6,855,782 |
|
|
|
|
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COMMITMENTS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
Share capital |
|
|
126,611,309 |
|
|
126,583,844 |
Share based payments reserve |
|
|
14,822,466 |
|
|
14,059,806 |
Deficit |
|
|
(86,565,312) |
|
|
(81,651,804) |
|
|
|
54,868,463 |
|
|
58,991,846 |
|
|
$ |
60,335,008 |
|
$ |
65,847,628 |
Statements of Cash Flows
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|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, 2016
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|
|
June 30, 2015
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CASH (USED IN) PROVIDED BY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss) income |
|
|
|
$ (4,913,508) |
|
|
$ 81,390 |
Items not affecting cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation of property and equipment |
|
|
|
148,613 |
|
|
99,413 |
Amortization of intangible assets |
|
|
|
349,366 |
|
|
329,662 |
Share-based compensation expense |
|
|
|
774,919 |
|
|
746,280 |
Provisions |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
(83,913) |
|
|
|
|
(3,640,610) |
|
|
1,172,832 |
Changes in non-cash operating
working capital items
|
|
|
|
(189,201) |
|
|
(2,559,744) |
|
|
|
|
(3,829,811) |
|
|
(1,386,912) |
INVESTING |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase of equipment |
|
|
|
(272,617) |
|
|
(77,848) |
Purchase of intangibles |
|
|
|
(125,129) |
|
|
(42,629) |
Purchase of business, net of cash acquired |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
(1,806,453) |
|
|
|
|
(397,746) |
|
|
(1,926,930) |
FINANCING |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from options exercised |
|
|
|
15,206 |
|
|
365,845 |
Proceeds from warrants exercised |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
350,988 |
Proceeds from equity financing |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
35,000,000 |
Costs of share issuance |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
(2,383,312) |
|
|
|
|
15,206 |
|
|
33,333,521 |
Cash and cash equivalents (outflow) inflow |
|
|
|
(4,212,351) |
|
|
30,019,679 |
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period |
|
|
|
49,947,096 |
|
|
18,111,324 |
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period |
|
|
|
$ 45,734,745 |
|
|
$ 48,131,003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Supplementary information: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest received |
|
|
$ 171,948
|
|
|
|
$ |
136,251 |
Taxes paid |
|
|
$ (117,663)
|
|
|
|
$ |
(130,241) |
For inquiries from the financial press or analysts, contact:
Espial Group Inc.
Carl Smith, +1 613-230-4770
Chief Financial Officer
csmith@espial.com
or
Kirk Edwardson, +1-613-230-4770 x1145
Director, Marketing
kedwardson@espial.com
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