Revenue Increases 90% While Continuing to Focus on Global Market Penetration
ORLANDO, FL / ACCESSWIRE / September 14, 2017 / LightPath Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPTH) ("LightPath," the "Company," or
"we"), a leading vertically integrated global manufacturer, distributor, and integrator of proprietary optical and infrared
components and high-level assemblies, today announced financial results for the fiscal 2017 fourth quarter and twelve months ended
June 30, 2017. The results are in line with the preliminary results issued on August 10, 2017.
Fiscal 2017 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Highlights:
- Revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 increased 90% to $9.0
million, as compared to $4.7 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. Revenue increased to $28.4 million in fiscal 2017
compared to $17.3 million in fiscal 2016, an increase of 64%. - Total costs and expenses as a percentage of revenue continues to
decline, improving to 36% in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, as compared to 41% in the fourth quarter last year. - Operating
income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 was $1.1 million, an increase of 117%, as compared to $522,000 for the fourth quarter
of fiscal 2016. Fiscal 2017 operating income was $4.2 million, compared to $2.0 million in fiscal 2016. - The fourth quarter and
year of fiscal 2017 include a benefit of $5.4 million for an adjustment to the valuation allowance on our deferred tax assets.
Previously, our net operating losses ("NOLs") had a full valuation allowance. Deferred tax impacts from the acquisition of ISP
Optics Corporation ("ISP") resulted in an adjustment to the valuation allowance on our deferred tax assets. - Net income for the
fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 was $6.4 million, as compared to $331,000 for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. Net income for
fiscal 2017 was $7.7 million, as compared to $1.4 million in fiscal 2016. - Adjusted net income* for the fourth quarter of fiscal
2017, which excludes the non-cash income or expense related to the change in fair value of the Company's warrant liability, was
$6.4 million, as compared to $359,000 for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. For fiscal 2017, adjusted net income* was $8.2
million, compared to $1.5 million in the prior fiscal year. - EBITDA* for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 was approximately $2.3
million, as compared to approximately $646,000 in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. EBITDA* for fiscal 2017 was approximately $5.9
million, compared to approximately $2.5 million in fiscal 2016. - Adjusted EBITDA*, which excludes the non-cash income or expense
related to the change in fair value of the Company's warrant liability, was $2.3 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, an
increase of 243%, as compared with $673,000 in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. For fiscal 2017, adjusted EBITDA* was
approximately $6.3 million, compared to approximately $2.6 million for fiscal 2016. - 12-month backlog was approximately $9.3
million at June 30, 2017, as compared to $6.6 million at June 30, 2016.
*This press release includes references to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization ("EBITDA"), adjusted
EBITDA, adjusted net income, and gross margin, all of which are non-GAAP financial measures. A "non-GAAP financial measure" is
generally defined as a numerical measure of a company's historical or future performance that excludes or includes amounts, or is
subject to adjustments, so as to be different from the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with
GAAP. Our management believes that certain non-GAAP financial measures, when considered together with the GAAP financial measures,
provide information that is useful to investors in understanding period-over-period operating results separate and apart from items
that may, or could, have a disproportionately positive or negative impact on results in any particular period. A reconciliation of
GAAP to non-GAAP results is provided in this press release in the accompanying tables. A more complete explanation of these
measures is also included below under the heading "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures."
Management Comments
Jim Gaynor, President and Chief Executive Officer of LightPath, commented, "LightPath completed fiscal 2017 with very strong
fourth quarter financial results. We delivered significant growth in key performance metrics, including revenue, earnings per
share, adjusted EBITDA, and cash flow."
"Management's imperatives to improve profitability and cash flow through top line growth and operating leverage resulted in
meaningful increases in adjusted EBITDA margin. This margin, which excludes the non-cash warrant liability impact, improved to 26%
in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, compared to 14% in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. For the year, our adjusted EBITDA
margin was 22%, a 51% improvement over fiscal 2016. At the end of fiscal 2017, our cash balance was $8.1 million, an increase of
178% from the end of the prior fiscal year. Our goal is to grow responsibly through the diversification of our business lines -
whether through organic growth or acquisitions - and effectively manage our costs to drive long-term value for our stockholders. As
we reflect on the past year, we are encouraged by the outlook for fiscal 2018."
Mr. Gaynor continued, "We experienced strong demand for our industrial tool, telecommunications/data communications, and defense
products in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017. Total bookings were 21% higher in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 compared to the
third quarter of fiscal 2017, and 66% higher than the fourth quarter of last year. Amid this growth, our overall backlog decreased
from the end of the third quarter, as we continued to ship products against some large annual contracts and improved manufacturing
efficiencies and yields. As these annual contracts renew, we expect our backlog will increase commensurately, which will be further
bolstered by new orders generated from our accelerated sales and marketing initiatives."
"Our underlying business remains robust for fiscal 2018 despite some short-term weakness with specific customers in the
telecommunications industry due to inventory builds in China and the United States. Based on our sales pipeline, the drivers of the
secular growth for telecommunications products, which represented 13% of our consolidated revenues in fiscal 2017, remain intact as
we look out through the end of the fiscal year. We are pursuing an increasing number of projects from current and new customers
pertaining to data center expansion, Internet-of-Things applications, emerging world growth, metro core upgrades, and video/data
transmission. We continue to work with OEMs, including many of our largest customers, on next generation products. In other areas
of our operations, the integration of the ISP business continues to proceed as planned. With the completion of the second full
quarter following the acquisition of ISP, we are seeing the benefit of larger scale and improved operating leverage. We have also
increased our product development efforts, both independently and jointly with our customers, in the areas of sensing technology,
spectrographic instruments, and advanced driver assistance systems. While we will have more to say in the months ahead on these
very interesting initiatives, we are working in these high growth areas both independently and jointly with our customers. To this
end, during fiscal 2017, we generated $1.6 million in free cash flow, which is operating cash flow less cash payments for interest,
income taxes, debt payments and capital expenditures, while also investing in our facilities and equipment to ensure we are well
positioned to take full advantage of these growth opportunities."
Financial Results for Three Months Ended June 30, 2017 Compared to the Three Months Ended June 30, 2016
Revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 was approximately $9.0 million, an increase of approximately $4.3 million, or 90%,
as compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year. The increase from the fourth quarter of the prior fiscal year is
attributable to an approximately $3.5 million increase, or 544%, in revenues generated by infrared products, primarily attributable
to (i) ISP, (ii) an approximately $550,000 increase, or 40%, in sales of high volume precision molded optics ("HVPMO") lenses
primarily attributed to the telecommunications and data communications industry, including next generation products and industrial
tools, and (iii) an approximately $318,000 increase, or 17%, in sales of low volume precision molded optics ("LVPMO") lenses
primarily attributed to applications for position sensors, which increases were partially offset by an approximately $84,000
decrease, or 12%, in revenues from specialty products. The decrease in revenues generated by the specialty products group was
primarily due to a slow-down in orders from one of our defense customers who experienced reduced demand for its products.
Gross margin in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 was $4.4 million, an increase of 77% as compared to $2.5 million in the prior
year period. Gross margin as a percentage of revenue was 48% for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, compared to 52% for the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2016. The change in gross margin as a percentage of revenue is primarily attributable to the inclusion of
revenues generated by ISP, and the associated cost of sales. Total cost of sales was approximately $4.6 million for the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2017, an increase of approximately $2.4 million as compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year. This
increase in total cost of sales is entirely due to the increase in volume of sales, primarily as a result of the acquisition of
ISP.
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, total costs and expenses were approximately $3.2 million, an increase of approximately
$1.3 million compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year. The increase was primarily due to: (i) a $1.2 million increase
in expenses related to the acquisition and integration of ISP, including the amortization of intangibles, wages, professional fees,
and travel expenses, and (ii) an approximately $88,000 increase in research and development expenses.
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, the Company recognized non-cash expense of approximately $10,000 related to the change in
the fair value of warrants issued in connection with the June 2012 private placement. In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016, the
Company recognized non-cash expense of approximately $27,000 related to the change in the fair value of these warrants. The
applicable accounting rules for the warrant liability requires the recognition of either non-cash expense or non-cash income, which
has a significant correlation to the change in the market value of the Company's Class A common stock for the period being reported
and the assumptions on when the warrants will be exercised. The likelihood of exercise increases as the expiration date of the
warrant approaches. The warrants have a five-year life and will expire in December 2017. The fair value will be re-measured each
reporting period until the warrants are exercised or expire.
Income tax expense was a benefit of approximately $5.2 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, a decrease of $5.2 million
compared to the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. The Company has NOL carry forward benefits of $86 million against net income as
reported on a consolidated basis in the United States. The NOL does not apply to taxable income from foreign subsidiaries.
Previously these NOLs have had a full valuation allowance which is now being adjusted due to the deferred tax impacts related to
deferred tax liabilities recognized in conjunction with the ISP acquisition. The decrease in income tax expense in the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2017 was primarily attributable to an adjustment in the valuation allowance to the Company's deferred taxes
offset by the income taxes associated with the Company's Chinese subsidiaries and to a lesser extent income taxes attributable to
ISP's wholly-owned subsidiary, ISP Optics Latvia, SIA ("ISP Latvia"), a limited liability company founded under the Laws of the
Republic of Latvia. The Company extinguished all NOL carryforwards in China relating to its Chinese operations during fiscal 2016.
Accordingly, the Company now accrues income taxes in China. Chinese subsidiaries are governed by the Income Tax Law of the People's
Republic of China, which is applicable to privately run and foreign invested enterprises, and which generally subjects such
enterprises to a statutory rate of 25% on income reported in the statutory financial statements after appropriate tax adjustments.
ISP Latvian is governed by the Law of Corporate Income Tax of Latvia, which is applicable to privately run and foreign invested
enterprises, and which generally subjects such enterprises to a statutory rate of 15% on income reported in the statutory financial
statements after appropriate tax adjustments. Excluding the impact of the change in the fair value of the warrant liability, the
impact of foreign translation, and the benefit for the adjustment of the valuation allowance of deferred taxes, all of which are
excluded when computing taxable income, the effective tax rate was 24%.
Net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 was $6.4 million, or $0.27 per basic and $0.24 per diluted common share, which
includes non-cash expense of approximately $10,000, or $0.00 per basic and diluted common share, related to the change in the fair
value of the warrant liability, compared with net income of approximately $331,000, or $0.02 per basic and diluted common share,
which includes non-cash income of approximately $27,000, or $0.00 per basic and diluted common share, related to the change in the
fair value of the warrant liability for the same period in fiscal 2016.
Net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 was affected by increases in the following: (i) the change in the fair value of
the warrant liability, (ii) amortization of intangibles, (iii) selling general and administrative ("SG&A") expenses, (iv)
interest expense, (v) income taxes and (vi) new product development costs as compared to the prior year period. Approximately 66%
of the increase in SG&A expenses during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 was related to the acquisition of ISP.
Adjusted net income, which is adjusted for the effect of the non-cash change in the fair value of the warrant liability,
increased to approximately $6.2 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, as compared to $359,000 in the same period of fiscal
2016. A benefit of $5.4 million in income taxes was due to a decrease in the valuation allowance recorded against our deferred tax
assets, driven by the deferred tax liabilities recognized in conjunction with the acquisition of ISP.
The Company had foreign currency exchange income in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 due to changes in the value of the Chinese
Yuan and Euro in the amount of approximately $333,000, which had a $0.01 impact on basic and diluted earnings per share, compared
to foreign currency exchange expense of $149,000, which had a $0.01 impact on basic and diluted earnings per share, in the same
period of the prior fiscal year.
Weighted-average basic and diluted common shares outstanding increased to 24,156,139 and 26,222,382, respectively, in the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2017 from 15,590,945 and 17,097,076, respectively, in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. The increase was
primarily due to 8 million shares of Class A common stock issued in connection with the acquisition of ISP, shares of Class A
common stock issued under the 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and shares of Class A common stock issued as a result of the
exercises of stock options and warrants.
EBITDA for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017 was approximately $2.3 million compared to approximately $646,000 in the fourth
quarter of fiscal 2016. The difference in EBITDA between periods was principally caused by increased revenues and operating income,
partially offset by increased SG&A expenses, of which approximately $208,000 were associated with the acquisition of ISP in the
prior year period. Adjusted EBITDA, which eliminates the non-cash income or expense related to the change in fair value of the June
2012 warrant liability, was approximately $2.3 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017, an increase of 243%, as compared with
approximately $673,000 for the same period of the prior fiscal year.
Financial Results for Year Ended June 30, 2017 Compared to the Year Ended June 30, 2016
Revenue for fiscal 2017 was approximately $28.4 million, an increase of approximately $11.1 million, or 64%, as compared to the
same period of the prior fiscal year. The increase from the prior fiscal year is attributable to an approximately $7.6 million
increase, or 437%, in revenues generated primarily by sales of ISP's infrared lenses, an approximately $3.7 million increase, or
93%, in revenues generated by sales of HVPMO lenses, and an approximately $1.2 million increase, or 17%, in revenues generated by
sales of LVPMO lenses, partially offset by an approximately $1.3 million decrease, or 35%, in revenues from specialty products and
an approximately $162,000 decrease or 29% decrease in revenues from NRE projects. The decrease in revenues generated by the
specialty products group was due to the absence of approximately $1.0 million of revenues generated in fiscal 2016 due to
completion of the project for custom fiber collimator assemblies. This specific product technology was transferred to the customer
pursuant to a license agreement entered into in fiscal 2015.
Gross margin as a percentage of revenue in fiscal 2017 was 52%, compared to 54% in fiscal 2016. Gross profit in fiscal 2017 was
$14.7 million, compared to $9.3 million in the prior year period, an increase of 58%. Total cost of sales was approximately $13.6
million for fiscal 2017, an increase of approximately $5.7 million compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year. The 71%
increase in cost of sales was entirely due to the increased volume largely due to the acquisition of ISP.
During fiscal 2017, total costs and expenses were approximately $10.6 million, an increase of approximately $3.3 million
compared to the same period of the prior fiscal year. The increase was primarily due to: (i) a $2.9 million increase in expenses
related to the acquisition and integration of ISP, including the amortization of intangibles, wages, professional fees, and travel
expenses, (ii) $104,000 increase in expenses for trade shows, and (iii) a $253,000 increase for other expenses.
In fiscal 2017, the Company recognized non-cash expense of approximately $468,000 related to the change in the fair value of
warrants issued in connection with the June 2012 private placement. In fiscal 2016, the Company recognized non-cash expense of
approximately $52,000 related to the change in the fair value of these warrants. The applicable accounting rules for the warrant
liability requires the recognition of either non-cash expense or non-cash income, which has a significant correlation to the change
in the market value of our Class A common stock for the period being reported and the assumptions on when the warrants will be
exercised. The likelihood of exercise increases as the expiration date of the warrant approaches. The warrants have a five-year
life and will expire in December 2017. The fair value will be re-measured each reporting period until the warrants are exercised or
expire.
Income tax benefit was approximately $4.4 million in fiscal 2017, a decrease of $4.6 million from fiscal 2016. Although the
Company has NOL carry forward benefits of $86 million against net income as reported on a consolidated basis in the United States,
the NOL does not apply to taxable income from foreign subsidiaries. Previously these NOLs have had a full valuation allowance which
is now being adjusted due to the deferred tax impacts related to deferred tax liabilities recognized in conjunction with the ISP
acquisition. The decrease in income tax expense in fiscal 2017 was primarily attributable to a benefit for the adjustment to the
valuation allowance of our deferred tax assets offset by income taxes associated with the Company's Chinese subsidiaries and to a
lesser extent income taxes attributable to ISP Latvia. The Company extinguished all NOL carryforwards in China relating to its
Chinese operations during fiscal 2016. Accordingly, the Company now accrues income taxes in China. Chinese subsidiaries are
governed by the Income Tax Law of the People's Republic of China, which is applicable to privately run and foreign invested
enterprises, and which generally subjects such enterprises to a statutory rate of 25% on income reported in the statutory financial
statements after appropriate tax adjustments. ISP Latvian is governed by the Law of Corporate Income Tax of Latvia, which is
applicable to privately run and foreign invested enterprises, and which generally subjects such enterprises to a statutory rate of
15% on income reported in the statutory financial statements after appropriate tax adjustments. Excluding the impact of the change
in the fair value of the warrant liability, the impact of foreign translation, prior period adjustments and the benefit for the
adjustment of the valuation allowance of our deferred tax assets, which are all excluded when computing taxable income, the
effective tax rate was 30%.
Net income for fiscal 2017 was $7.7 million, or $0.39 per basic and $0.36 per diluted common share, which includes non-cash
expense of approximately $468,000, or $0.02 per basic and diluted common share, for the change in the fair value of the warrant
liability, compared with net income of approximately $1.4 million, or $0.09 per basic and $0.08 diluted common share, which
includes non-cash expense of approximately $52,000, or $0.00 per basic and diluted common share, for the change in the fair value
of the warrant liability for the same period in fiscal 2016.
Net income was affected by the increase in operating expenses in fiscal 2017 as compared to the prior year period, including
higher SG&A expenses, new product development costs, and an approximately $445,000 increase in expenses related to the
acquisition of ISP.
Adjusted net income, which is adjusted for the effect of the non-cash change in the fair value of the warrant liability, was
approximately $8.2 million in fiscal 2017, as compared to $1.5 million in the same period of fiscal 2016.
The Company had foreign currency exchange expense in fiscal 2017 due to changes in the value of the Chinese Yuan and Euro in the
amount of approximately $78,000, or $0.00 impact on basic and diluted earnings per share. This compares to foreign currency
exchange income of $370,000, which had a $0.02 impact on earnings per share in the prior fiscal year.
Weighted-average basic and diluted common shares outstanding increased to 20,001,868 and 21,666,392, respectively, in fiscal
2017 from 15,401,893 and 16,875,383, respectively, in fiscal 2016. The increase was primarily due to 8 million shares of Class A
common stock issued in connection with the acquisition of ISP, shares of Class A common stock issued under the 2014 Employee Stock
Purchase Plan and shares of Class A common stock issued as a result of exercises of stock options and warrants.
EBITDA for fiscal 2017 was approximately $5.9 million, compared to approximately $2.5 million in fiscal 2016. The difference in
EBITDA between periods was principally caused by increased revenues and operating income, partially offset by the increased
SG&A costs of which approximately $445,000 were associated with the acquisition of ISP, and changes relating to non-cash income
in the fair value of the June 2012 warrant liability. Adjusted EBITDA, which eliminates the non-cash income or expense related to
the change in fair value of the June 2012 warrant liability, was approximately $6.3 million in fiscal 2017 as compared with
approximately $2.6 million for the same period of the prior fiscal year.
Cash and cash equivalents totaled approximately $8.1 million as of June 30, 2017, a 178% increase from June 30, 2016. Cash flow
provided by operations was approximately $5.0 million for fiscal 2017, compared with $1.5 million in the prior year period. During
fiscal 2017, the Company expended approximately $2.2 million for capital equipment, as compared to $1.1 million in the same period
last year.
The current ratio as of June 30, 2017 and June 30, 2016 was 3.5 to 1. Total stockholders' equity as of June 30, 2017 was
approximately $29.8 million, a 172% increase compared to approximately $10.9 million as of June 30, 2016. The increase is largely
due to our Class A common stock public offering in December 2016, in which we received net proceeds of approximately $8.7 million,
and accumulated net income.
As of June 30, 2017, the Company's 12-month backlog was $9.3 million, compared to $6.6 million as of June 30, 2016, an increase
of approximately 41%, partially attributable to ISP.
*Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To provide investors with additional information regarding our financial results, this press release includes references to
EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted net income, and gross margin, all of which are non-GAAP financial measures. For a reconciliation
of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, see the
tables provided in this press release.
A "non-GAAP financial measure" is generally defined as a numerical measure of a company's historical or future performance that
excludes or includes amounts, or is subject to adjustments, so as to be different from the most directly comparable measure
calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. The Company's management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures, when
considered together with the GAAP financial measures, provide information that is useful to investors in understanding
period-over-period operating results separate and apart from items that may, or could, have a disproportionately positive or
negative impact on results in any particular period. Management also believes that these non-GAAP financial measures enhance the
ability of investors to analyze underlying business operations and understand performance. In addition, management may utilize
these non-GAAP financial measures as guides in forecasting, budgeting, and planning. Non-GAAP financial measures should be
considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures presented in accordance with GAAP.
The Company calculates EBITDA by adjusting net income to exclude net interest expense, income tax expense or benefit,
depreciation, and amortization. Similarly, the Company calculates adjusted EBITDA by adjusting net income to exclude net interest
expense, income tax expense or benefit, depreciation, amortization, and the change in the fair value of the warrants issued in
connection with the private placement in June 2012, which expire at the end of 2017.
The fair value of the warrants issued in connection with the private placement in 2012 is re-measured each reporting period
until the warrants are exercised or expire. Each reporting period, the change in the fair value of these warrants is either
recognized as non-cash expense or non-cash income. The change in the fair value of the warrants has a significant correlation to
the change in the market value of the Company's Class A common stock for the period being reported and is not impacted by actual
operations during such period. Management believes that by excluding the change in the fair value of these warrants enhances the
ability of investors to analyze and better understand the underlying business operations and performance.
The Company calculates adjusted net income by adjusting net income to exclude the change in the fair value of the warrants
issued in connection with the private placement in June 2012.
The Company calculates gross margin by deducting the cost of sales from operating revenue. Cost of sales includes manufacturing
direct and indirect labor, materials, services, fixed costs for rent, utilities and depreciation, and variable overhead. Gross
margin should not be considered an alternative to operating income or net income, which is determined in accordance with GAAP. The
Company believes that gross margin, although a non-GAAP financial measure, is useful and meaningful to investors as a basis for
making investment decisions. It provides investors with information that demonstrates cost structure and provides funds for total
costs and expenses. The Company uses gross margin in measuring the performance of its business and has historically analyzed and
reported gross margin information publicly. Other companies may calculate gross margin in a different manner.
Investor Conference Call and Webcast Details
LightPath will host an audio conference call and webcast on Thursday, September 14 at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss its financial and
operational performance for the fourth quarter and year ended June 30, 2017.
- Date: Thursday, September 14, 2017 - Time: 4:30
PM (ET) - Dial-in Number: 1-877-317-2514 - International Dial-in Number: 1-412-317-2514 - Webcast:
http://services.choruscall.com/links/lpth170914.html
Participants should dial-in or log-on approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the event. A replay of the call will be
available approximately one hour after completion through October 14, 2017. To listen to the replay, dial 1-877-344-7529 (domestic)
or 1-412-317-0088 (international), and enter conference ID # 10111266.
About LightPath Technologies
LightPath Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPTH) is a leading global, vertically integrated provider of optics, photonics and
infrared solutions for the industrial, defense, telecommunications, testing and measurement, and medical industries. LightPath
designs, manufactures, and distributes proprietary optical and infrared components including molded glass aspheric lenses and
assemblies, infrared lenses and thermal imaging assemblies, fused fiber collimators, and gradient index GRADIUM® lenses. LightPath
also offers custom optical assemblies, including full engineering design support. The Company is headquartered in Orlando, Florida,
with manufacturing and sales offices in New York, Latvia, and China.
LightPath's wholly-owned subsidiary, ISP Optics Corporation, manufactures a full range of infrared products from high
performance MWIR and LWIR lenses and lens assemblies. ISP's infrared lens assembly product line includes athermal lens systems used
in cooled and un-cooled thermal imaging cameras. Manufacturing is performed in-house to provide precision optical components
including spherical, aspherical and diffractive coated infrared lenses. ISP's optics processes allow it to manufacture its products
from all important types of infrared materials and crystals. Manufacturing processes include CNC grinding and CNC polishing,
diamond turning, continuous and conventional polishing, optical contacting and advanced coating technologies.
For more information on LightPath and its businesses, please visit www.lightpath.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes statements that constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding our ability to expand our presence in certain
markets, future sales growth, continued improvements in our financial results, and implementation of new distribution channels.
This information may involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking
statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, factors detailed by
LightPath Technologies, Inc. in its public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Except as required under the
federal securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, we do not have any intention or
obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise.
Contacts:
Jim Gaynor, President & CEO LightPath Technologies, Inc. Tel: 407-382-4003 jgaynor@lightpath.com Web: www.lightpath.com
Dorothy Cipolla, CFO LightPath Technologies, Inc. Tel: 407-382-4003 x305 dcipolla@lightpath.com Web: www.lightpath.com
Jordan Darrow Darrow Associates, Inc. Tel: 512-551-9296 jdarrow@darrowir.com Web: www.darrowir.com
LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES,
INC. Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited) June 30, June 30, Assets 2017 2016 Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $
8,085,015 $ 2,908,024 Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance of $7,356 and $4,598 5,890,113 3,545,871 Inventories, net
5,074,576 3,836,809 Other receivables 29,202 209,172 Prepaid expenses and other assets 641,469 652,308 Total current assets
19,720,375 11,152,184 Property and equipment, net 10,324,558 4,370,045 Intangible assets, net 10,375,053 - Goodwill 5,854,905 -
Deferred tax assets 285,000 - Other assets 112,323 66,964 Total assets $ 46,672,214 $ 15,589,193 Liabilities and Stockholders'
Equity Current liabilities: Accounts payable $ 1,536,121 $ 1,361,914 Accrued liabilities 966,929 328,144 Accrued payroll and
benefits 1,896,530 1,356,255 Loans payable, current portion 1,111,500 - Capital lease obligation, current portion 239,332 166,454
Total current liabilities 5,750,412 3,212,767 Capital lease obligation, less current portion 142,101 178,919 Deferred rent 458,839
548,202 Deferred tax liabilities 182,349 Warrant liability 490,500 717,393 Loans payable, less current portion 9,926,844 - Total
liabilities 16,951,045 4,657,281 Stockholders' equity: Preferred stock: Series D, $.01 par value, voting; 100,000 shares
authorized; none issued and outstanding - - Common stock: Class A, $.01 par value, voting; 34,500,000 shares authorized; 24,215,733
and 15,590,945 shares issued and outstanding 242,157 155,909 Additional paid-in capital 225,492,252 214,661,617 Accumulated other
comprehensive income 295,396 126,108 Accumulated deficit (196,308,636 ) (204,011,722 ) Total stockholders' equity 29,721,169
10,931,912 Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 46,672,214 $ 15,589,193 LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Consolidated
Statements of Comprehensive Income (unaudited) Three months ended Year ended June 30, June 30, 2017 2016 2017 2016 Revenue, net $
9,007,380 $ 4,733,604 $ 28,367,489 $ 17,272,238 Cost of sales 4,640,850 2,265,489 13,648,030 7,967,728 Gross margin 4,366,530
2,468,115 14,719,459 9,304,510 Operating expenses: Selling, general and administrative 2,460,318 1,759,100 8,651,023 6,581,218 New
product development 381,995 187,437 1,235,934 668,840 Amortization of intangibles 389,138 - 693,947 - Loss on disposal of property
and equipment 1,444 (1,028 ) 1,444 45,037 Total costs and expenses 3,232,895 1,945,509 10,582,348 7,295,095 Operating income
1,133,635 522,606 4,137,111 2,009,415 Other income (expense): Interest expense (168,918 ) (7,527 ) (336,750 ) (37,627 ) Interest
expense -debt costs (38,339 ) - (76,677 ) - Change in fair value of warrant liability (9,759 ) (27,243 ) (467,543 ) (52,454 ) Other
income (expense), net 334,580 (88,148 ) 105,645 (305,444 ) Total other income (expense), net 117,564 (122,918 ) (775,325 ) (395,525
) Net income before income taxes (benefit) 1,251,199 399,688 3,361,786 1,613,890 Income taxes (benefit) (5,112,900 ) 68,221
(4,341,300 ) 199,275 Net income $ 6,364,099 $ 331,467 $ 7,703,086 $ 1,414,615 Foreign currency translation adjustment 55,470 28,247
169,288 75,428 Comprehensive income $ 6,419,569 $ 802,016 $ 7,872,374 $ 1,490,043 Earnngs per common share (basic) $ 0.26 $ 0.02 $
0.39 $ 0.09 Number of shares used in per share calculation (basic) 24,156,139 15,590,945 20,001,868 15,401,893 Earnings per common
share (diluted) $ 0.24 $ 0.02 $ 0.36 $ 0.08 Number of shares used in per share calculation (diluted) 26,222,382 17,097,076
21,666,392 16,875,383 LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) June 30, 2017 2016 Cash flows
from operating activities Net income $ 7,703,086 $ 1,414,615 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities: Depreciation and amortization 2,080,439 847,990 Interest from amortization of debt costs 7,721 - Loss on disposal of
property and equipment 1,444 45,037 Stock based compensation 394,875 348,735 Bad debt expense (29,551 ) (289 ) Change in fair value
of warrant liability 467,543 52,454 Change in fair value of seller's note 68,955 - Deferred rent (89,363 ) 35,523 Inventory
write-offs 90,268 - Deferred tax benefit (5,493,704 ) - Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Trade accounts receivables
(1,042,426 ) (650,753 ) Other receivables 160,070 40,597 Inventories (318,645 ) (916,899 ) Prepaid expenses and other assets
151,821 (415,444 ) Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 846,511 724,147 Net cash provided by operating activities 4,999,044
1,525,713 Cash flows from investing activities Purchase of property and equipment (2,223,126 ) (1,131,098 ) Proceeds from sale of
equipment - 5,916 Acquisiton of ISP Optics, net of cash acquired (11,777,336 ) - Net cash used in investing activities (14,000,462
) (1,125,182 ) Cash flows from financing activities Proceeds from exercise of stock options - 6,430 Proceeds from sale of common
stock from employee stock purchase plan 19,632 22,903 Settlement for Class E Shares - (582 ) Loan costs (72,224 ) - Borrowings on
loan payable 5,000,000 - Proceeds from issuance of common stock under public equity placement 8,749,496 - Proceeds from exercise of
warrants, net of costs 705,679 391,083 Net payments on loan payable - (51,585 ) Payments on capital lease obligations (193,940 )
(131,341 ) Net cash provided by financing activities 14,208,643 236,908 Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents
(30,234 ) 626,665 Change in cash and cash equivalents 5,176,991 1,264,104 Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 2,908,024
1,643,920 Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 8,085,015 $ 2,908,024 Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
Interest paid in cash $ 334,589 $ 37,627 Income taxes paid $ 680,055 $ 4,296 Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing &
financing activities: Purchase of equipment through capital lease arrangements $ 230,000 - Reclassification of warrant liability
upon exercise $ 694,436 $ 530,531 Derecognition of liability associated with stock option grants $ 352,765 $ 143,125 Seller note
issued to acquire ISP Optics, at fair value $ 6,327,208 - LIGHTPATH TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Consolidated Statement of Stockholders'
Equity Years ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 (unaudited) Accumulated Class A Additional Other Total Common Stock Paid-in
Comphrehensive Accumulated Stockholders' Shares Amount Capital Income Deficit Equity Balances at June 30, 2015 15,235,073 $ 152,351
$ 213,222,950 $ 50,680 $ (205,426,337 ) 7,999,644 Issuance of common stock for: Exercise of warrants 313,081 3,130 388,221 - -
391,351 Employee Stock Purchase Plan 9,906 99 22,804 - - 22,903 Exercise of options 6,077 61 6,369 - - 6,430 Cashless exercise of
warrants 26,808 268 (536 ) - - (268 ) Settlement for Class E shares - - (582 ) - - (582 ) Reclassification of warrant liability
upon exercise - - 530,531 - - 530,531 Stock based compensation on stock options & RSU - - 491,860 - - 491,860 Foreign currency
translation adjustment - - - 75,428 - 75,428 Net income - - - - 1,414,615 1,414,615 Balances at June 30, 2016 15,590,945 $ 155,909
$ 214,661,617 $ 126,108 $ (204,011,722 ) $ 10,931,912 Issuance of common stock for: Exercise of warrants 578,897 5,789 699,890 - -
705,679 Employee Stock Purchase Plan 12,106 121 19,511 - - 19,632 Exercise of RSU 33,785 338 (338 ) - - - Cashless exercise of
warrants - - - - - - Private placement of common stock - - - - - - Public equity placement, net of costs 8,000,000 80,000 8,669,496
- - 8,749,496 Reclassification of warrant liability upon exercise - - 694,436 - - 694,436 Stock based compensation on stock options
& RSU - - 747,640 - - 747,640 Foreign currency translation adjustment - - - 169,288 - 169,288 Net income - - - - 7,703,086
7,703,086 Balances at June 30, 2017 24,215,733 $ 242,157 $ 225,492,252 $ 295,396 $ (196,308,636 ) $ 29,721,169
To supplement our consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, we provide additional non-GAAP
financial measures. Our management believes these non-GAAP financial measures, when considered together with the GAAP financial
measures, provide information that is useful to investors in understanding period-over-period operating results separate and apart
from items that may or could, have a disproportionally positive or negative impact on results in any particular period. Our
management also believes that these non-GAAP financial measures enhance the ability of investors to analyze our underlying business
operations and understand our performance. In addition, our management may utilize these non-GAAP financial measures as guides in
forecasting, budgeting, and planning. Any analysis on non-GAAP financial measures should be used in conjunction with results
presented in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures with the most directly comparable
financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP is presented in the tables below.
(Unaudited) Three months ended: Year
ended: June 30, 2017 June 30, 2016 June 30, 2017 June 30, 2016 Net income $ 6,364,099 $ 331,467 $ 7,703,086 $ 1,414,615 Change in
fair value of warrant liability 9,759 27,243 467,543 52,454 Adjusted net income $ 6,373,858 $ 358,710 $ 8,170,629 $ 1,467,069 % of
revenue 71 % 8 % 29 % 8 % (Unaudited) Three months ended: Year ended: June 30, 2017 June 30, 2016 June 30, 2017 June 30, 2016 Net
income $ 6,364,099 $ 331,467 $ 7,703,086 $ 1,414,615 Depreciation and amortization 840,207 238,961 2,080,439 847,990 Income tax
expense (benefit) (5,112,900 ) 68,221 (4,341,300 ) 199,274 Interest expense 207,256 7,527 413,426 37,626 EBITDA $ 2,298,662 $
646,176 $ 5,855,651 $ 2,499,505 Change in fair value of warrant liability 9,759 27,243 467,543 52,454 Adjusted EBITDA $ 2,308,421 $
673,419 $ 6,323,194 $ 2,551,959 % of revenue 26 % 14 % 22 % 15 %
SOURCE: LightPath Technologies, Inc.
