ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland, Aug. 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Kraken Robotics Inc. (TSX-V: PNG, OTCQB: KRKNF)
announced it has filed its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2018. Additional information concerning the
Company, including its unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements and related management’s discussion and
analysis (“MD&A”) for the quarter ended June 30, 2018, can be found at www.sedar.com. Unless otherwise stated, all dollar amounts are Canadian dollar
denominated.
Q2 2018 Financial Highlights
- Revenue was $3.7 million for the quarter as compared to $0.2 million in the year ago quarter, driven by delivery of a
KATFISH™ and several AquaPix® sensors to military and commercial customers.
- Operating income was $0.7 million as compared to an operating loss of $1.1 million in the year ago quarter. The improvement
was due to higher revenues, year-over-year.
- Kraken exited the quarter with a cash balance of $2.3 million, as compared to cash indebtedness of $0.3 million at December
31, 2017. The Company’s $0.3 million line of credit is unused.
- At quarter-end, Kraken had $1.1 million of funding awards (i.e. grants) to draw upon from the National Research Council of
Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program and Innovate Newfoundland. These grants will be drawn down over the next four
quarters.
Q2 2018 Notable Operational Highlights
- Completed a strategic financing with Ocean Infinity Ltd. for gross proceeds of $2.3 million.
- Sonar sensors – Completed first two units of a multi-unit AquaPix® contract announced in Q3 2017.
- Sonar sensors - Announced development of next generation of sonar sensor. The AquaPix® Multispectral Synthetic Aperture Sonar
(SAS) will be the world’s first commercial SAS to operate over such a wide spectrum, ranging from low audible frequencies to high
ultrasonic frequencies. This new technology will significantly extend search range at constant high-resolution seabed pixels;
will allow for sub-bottom 3D volumetric imaging (i.e. finding objects buried beneath the seafloor); and will increase the speed
and accuracy for seabed classification and characterization.
- Laser sensors – Received first commercial order of SeaVision® laser imaging system.
- Laser sensors - Pre-qualified for a Build in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP) contract for our SeaVision® laser scanner product.
- Sensors and software – Continued work on a contract for sensors and robotics for ship hull inspections that was announced in
Q4 2017.
- ThunderFish® -
Pre-qualified for a BCIP contract for our ThunderFish® AUV platform.
- KATFISH™ - Successfully completed military standard certification testing of the KATFISH-M, a ruggedized version of Kraken’s
KATFISH™ Towed Synthetic Aperture Sonar Platform. While the commercial version of KATFISH™ is priced
at US$1.5 million, the military certified version, KATFISH-M, is priced at US$2.5 million.
- KATFISH™ – Completed military version of KATFISH™ towed underwater vehicle for European customer.
CEO Comments
“Our second quarter revenues were a record for Kraken,” said Karl Kenny, Kraken’s President and CEO. “Given our
recent strategic partnership with Ocean Infinity and a $9 million contract for deep sea pressure tolerant batteries, we are
starting to reap benefits from strategic decisions on product development, acquisitions, and partnerships made over the last three
years. Our new KATFISH™ and SeaVision® products are seeing strong interest in both the military and commercial markets while
adoption of our traditional AquaPix® sensor products are now growing beyond the military market and into the commercial market. We
continue to round out our sensor and robotics technology portfolio with ongoing development of products such as the ThunderFish®
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle and our next generation Multispectral SAS sensor. Our new Tentacle™ Intelligent Winch product
development is being trialed with our MIL-STD KATFISH™ at the U.S. Advanced Navy Technology Expo trials in Rhode Island this week
after the last two weeks of successful surveys with NUWC and NOAA. We continue to believe we are nicely positioned as the defense
market undergoes an upgrade cycle and commercial markets increasingly adopt underwater robotic technology.”
Subsequent Highlights since June 30 Quarter End
Outlook
With order activity to date including the recent battery contract, we expect strong momentum in the second half
of 2018 and 2019. The strategic financing and recent warrant exercises have strengthened our balance sheet. With a pipeline
of more than $200 million of opportunities, we are excited to have the right technology at the right price as the military goes
through a long-awaited upgrade cycle and the commercial markets accelerate the adoption of underwater robotics.
ABOUT KRAKEN ROBOTICS INC.
Kraken Robotics Inc. (TSX.V:PNG) (OTCQB: KRKNF) is a marine technology company that is dedicated to the
production and sale of software-centric sensors and underwater robotic systems. The company is headquartered in St. John’s,
Newfoundland with offices in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; Toronto, Ontario; Bremen, Germany; and Fairfax, Virginia. Kraken is ranked as
a Top 100 marine technology company by Marine Technology Reporter. For more information, please visit www.krakenrobotics.com,
www.krakenrobotik.de, www.krakenpower.de. Find us on social media on Twitter (@krakenrobotics), Facebook (@krakenroboticsinc) and
LinkedIn.
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For further information, please contact:
Greg Reid, Chief Financial Officer
(416) 818-9822
greid@krakenrobotics.com
Sean Peasgood, Investor Relations
(647) 955-1274
sean@sophiccapital.com
Glenda Leyte, Marketing Manager
(709) 757-5757 extension 288
gleyte@krakenrobotics.com
