Bridgewater Systems Reports Q3 2009 Results and Updates Financial Outlook for
2009
- Q3 Revenue: $15.8 million, an increase of 53% over prior year
- Q3 Net Earnings: $1.7 million, or $0.07 per share fully diluted,
compared with net earnings of $0.5 million, or $0.02 per share fully
diluted, in Q3 2008
- Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments increased to
$61.5 million
"The Company delivered strong financial performance in the third quarter, highlighted by significant revenue and earnings growth over the prior year," said Ed Ogonek, CEO of Bridgewater Systems. "In addition to continued success in our core markets, we made important progress in the third quarter with our strategy to expand into the 4G market. We introduced a comprehensive product suite for the LTE market and built on our early leadership with WiMAX operators.
"Supported by a strong financial position, high revenue visibility, and our new business pipeline, we are increasing investments in growth initiatives in the coming quarters," added
Financial Highlights
- Q3 2009 revenue increased 53% to $15.8 million, compared with
$10.3 million for the same period last year. The year-over-year
increase mainly reflects license revenue from a significant project,
as well as revenue from the delivery of the WideSpan systems to
Verizon Wireless and Cricket Communications.
- Revenue for the first nine months of 2009 was $45.9 million, 50%
higher than revenue in the first nine months of fiscal 2008.
- Q3 2009 gross margin was $10.1 million (64% of revenue) versus
$7.7 million (75% of revenue) in Q3 2008, reflecting increases in
direct product costs and anticipated investments in operations
support infrastructure, as well as internal and subcontracting costs
incurred to support the increase in professional services
engagements.
- Total operating expenses in Q3 2009 were $8.5 million (54% of
revenue), compared with $7.5 million (73% of revenue) in the same
period last year.
- Net earnings for Q3 2009 were $1.7 million, or $0.07 per share fully
diluted, compared to $0.5 million, or $0.02 per share fully diluted,
in the prior year period.
- Net earnings for the year-to-date period increased to $8.7 million,
or $0.35 per share fully diluted, compared with $1.1 million, or
$0.04 per share fully diluted, for the same period in 2008.
- Increased cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments to
$61.5 million, compared with $50.4 million at December 31, 2008.
Business Highlights
- Unveiled Bridgewater's LTE product suite for the Evolved Packet Core,
including the Bridgewater(R) Home Subscriber Server and Policy
Controller. These solutions help service providers rapidly trial and
launch LTE services and manage mobile data traffic, subscribers,
applications, and devices. Several global trials with major service
providers are in the planning and implementation stages.
- Expanded the Company's 4G partner and interoperability ecosystem for
LTE and WiMAX, Some of the companies in our ecosystem include:
Starent Networks, Alvarion, Motorola, NEC, Hitachi, Samsung,
WiChorus, and Verint.
- Extended global market leadership in WiMAX with five new wins in the
quarter, bringing the total number of WiMAX customers to 38.
Bridgewater announced selection by Global Mobile, one of Taiwan's
leading 4G operators. The Company also announced selection by 4
US-based WiMAX service providers to accelerate the launch of 4G
broadband services to rural communities as part of broadband stimulus
initiatives. In addition, Bridgewater received United States
Department of Agriculture Rural Utility Service acceptance for its
WiMAX solutions.
- Awarded approximately US$18.8 million in additional orders by Verizon
Wireless for its WideSpan(R) integrated system, including subscriber
data management and service control, to manage the rapid growth in
the company's popular mobile data services.
- Won xchange magazine's Best of 4G award in the Best Mobile Internet
Application category for Bridgewater's myPolicy(TM) solution for the
Apple(R) iPhone and Research in Motion's BlackBerry(R).
Outlook
Based on its year-to-date performance, Bridgewater increased its annual guidance to:
- Revenues of $62 to $64 million
- Net earnings of $9.5 to $10.0 million.
Factors supporting Bridgewater's annual outlook include: high revenue visibility due to significant multi-year contracts with Tier 1 customers; a large installed customer base in existing and emerging markets; long-term industry trends, particularly the growth in mobile data services and applications.
The complete financial statements and management's discussion and analysis for the three and nine months ended
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About Bridgewater Systems
Bridgewater Systems, the mobile personalization company, enables service providers to efficiently manage and profit from mobile data services, content and commerce. The company's market leading mobile personalization portfolio provides a real-time, unified view of subscribers including entitlements, devices, networks, billing profiles, preferences and context. Anchored by Bridgewater's Subscriber Data Broker(TM), the portfolio of carrier-grade and standards-based products includes the Bridgewater(R) Service Controller (AAA), the Bridgewater(R) Policy Controller (PCRF) and the Bridgewater(R) Home Subscriber Server (HSS). More than 140 leading service providers including America Movil,
Bridgewater, Bridgewater Systems, the Bridgewater Systems logo, WideSpan, Smart Caps, myPolicy, and Subscriber Data Broker are trademarks or registered trademarks of Bridgewater Systems Corporation. All other company, product names and any registered and unregistered trademarks mentioned are used for identification purposes only and remain the exclusive property of their respective owners.
Certain statements in this release, including the guidance provided above, constitute forward-looking statements or forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws and are made pursuant to the "safe harbour" provisions of such laws. These statements are subject to certain assumptions, risks and uncertainties. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. Risk factors that may cause the actual results, performance, achievements or developments of the Company to differ materially from the results, performance, achievements or developments expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements can be found in the public documents filed by the Company with Canadian securities regulatory authorities. In particular, actual results could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. For a list of risk factors, please refer to Bridgewater's Annual Information Form dated
BRIDGEWATER SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Consolidated Statements of Earnings and
Comprehensive Earnings
(expressed in Canadian dollars)
(unaudited)
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September 30, September 30, September 30, September 30,
2009 2008 2009 2008
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Revenue
Product $ 11,550,556 $ 5,963,509 $ 33,967,118 $ 19,667,267
Service and
support 4,218,772 4,330,185 11,979,795 10,987,453
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15,769,328 10,293,694 45,946,913 30,654,720
Cost of sales 5,636,789 2,555,297 13,043,502 6,609,576
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Gross margin 10,132,539 7,738,397 32,903,411 24,045,144
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Expenses
Sales and
marketing 3,408,637 3,329,261 9,623,026 9,825,762
Research and
development 3,863,831 3,215,931 11,045,295 11,599,745
General and
administration 1,100,750 920,117 4,204,437 2,867,302
Bad debt
(recovery) expense - (9,854) (263,897) 57,612
Stock-based
compensation 100,598 72,050 271,086 168,818
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8,473,816 7,527,505 24,879,947 24,519,239
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Earnings (loss)
before undernoted
items 1,658,723 210,892 8,023,464 (474,095)
Foreign exchange
(loss) gain (225,009) 76,922 (130,401) 627,553
Interest and
other income 74,095 275,595 472,989 987,097
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Earnings before
income taxes 1,507,809 563,409 8,366,052 1,140,555
Future income tax
recovery (expense) 143,000 (80,000) 313,000 (80,000)
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NET EARNINGS AND
COMPREHENSIVE
EARNINGS $ 1,650,809 $ 483,409 $ 8,679,052 $ 1,060,555
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Net earnings
per share -
basic $ 0.07 $ 0.02 $ 0.36 $ 0.05
Net earnings
per share -
diluted 0.07 0.02 0.35 0.04
Weighted average
number of shares
outstanding -
basic 24,359,491 22,758,098 23,940,792 22,546,214
Weighted average
number of shares
outstanding -
diluted 25,237,721 24,208,862 24,909,273 24,216,263
BRIDGEWATER SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(expressed in Canadian dollars)
(unaudited)
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September 30, December 31,
2009 2008
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CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 43,326,794 $ 50,363,771
Short-term investments 18,166,784 -
Accounts receivable 16,552,336 13,423,994
Unbilled receivables 8,336,658 968,363
Deferred cost of sales 8,334,939 3,518,085
Prepaid expenses and other assets 5,864,554 1,735,267
Future income tax asset 2,567,000 2,557,000
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103,149,065 72,566,480
DEFERRED COST OF SALES - 5,525,354
FUTURE INCOME TAX ASSET 6,066,000 5,763,000
CAPITAL ASSETS 4,124,488 3,351,911
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$ 113,339,553 $ 87,206,745
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CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable and
accrued liabilities $ 6,493,218 $ 7,305,923
Deferred revenue 42,120,710 24,013,113
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48,613,928 31,319,036
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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Share capital 69,596,430 68,444,332
Contributed surplus 838,006 834,041
Deficit (5,708,811) (13,390,664)
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64,725,625 55,887,709
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$ 113,339,553 $ 87,206,745
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BRIDGEWATER SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(expressed in Canadian dollars)
(unaudited)
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2009 2008 2009 2008
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NET (OUTFLOW)
INFLOW OF CASH
RELATED TO THE
FOLLOWING
ACTIVITIES:
OPERATING
Net earnings $ 1,650,809 $ 483,409 $ 8,679,052 $ 1,060,555
Items not
affecting
cash
Bad debt
expense - - 223,838 67,466
Stock-based
compensation 100,598 72,050 271,086 168,818
Foreign
exchange loss
(gain) on
cash held in
foreign
currency 1,541,372 (311,360) 3,192,622 (322,264)
Future income
tax (recovery)
expense (143,000) 80,000 (313,000) 80,000
Amortization of
capital assets 419,057 385,226 1,012,178 997,811
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3,568,836 709,325 13,065,776 2,052,386
Changes in
non-cash
operating
working
capital items 2,833,209 (1,654,967) 2,802,205 (1,905,827)
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6,402,045 (945,642) 15,867,981 146,559
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INVESTING
Repayment of
note receivable - - - 10,000,000
Purchase of
short-term
investments (18,166,784) - (18,166,784) -
Purchases of
capital assets (474,191) (90,516) (1,433,330) (995,842)
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(18,640,975) (90,516) (19,600,114) 9,004,158
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FINANCING
Proceeds from
issuance of
common shares 204,124 363,179 2,374,927 932,534
Repurchase of
shares under
normal course
issuer bid (698,807) - (2,487,149) -
Share issuance
costs - - - (66,558)
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(494,683) 363,179 (112,222) 865,976
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Foreign exchange
(loss) gain on
cash held in
foreign currency (1,541,372) 311,360 (3,192,622) 322,264
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NET CASH (OUTFLOW)
INFLOW (14,274,985) (361,619) (7,036,977) 10,338,957
CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS,
BEGINNING
OF PERIOD 57,601,779 39,271,815 50,363,771 28,571,239
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CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS,
END OF PERIOD $ 43,326,794 $ 38,910,196 $ 43,326,794 $ 38,910,196
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Supplementary
information:
Cash on hand and
bank balances $ 12,514,071 $ 11,485,740 $ 12,514,071 $ 11,485,740
Cash equivalents 30,812,723 27,424,456 30,812,723 27,424,456
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Total cash
and cash
equivalents $ 43,326,794 $ 38,910,196 $ 43,326,794 $ 38,910,196
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Interest
received $ 74,095 $ 275,595 $ 469,596 $ 987,097
BRIDGEWATER SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity
(expressed in Canadian dollars)
(unaudited)
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Common Shares Contributed
Number Amount Surplus
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Balance at June 30, 2009 24,361,445 $ 69,732,077 $ 762,411
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Stock-based compensation - - 100,598
Repurchase of shares under
normal course issuer bid (128,345) (364,774)
Exercise of stock options 96,895 229,127 (25,003)
Net earnings - - -
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Balance at September 30, 2009 24,329,995 $ 69,596,430 $ 838,006
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September 30, 2009
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Balance at December 31, 2008 22,969,701 $ 68,444,332 $ 834,041
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Stock-based compensation - - 271,086
Repurchase of shares under
normal course issuer bid (528,485) (1,489,950) -
Exercise of stock options 1,888,779 2,642,048 (267,121)
Net earnings - - -
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Balance at September 30, 2009 24,329,995 $ 69,596,430 $ 838,006
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Shareholders'
Deficit Equity
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Balance at June 30, 2009 $ (7,025,587) $ 63,468,901
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Stock-based compensation - 100,598
Repurchase of shares under
normal course issuer bid (334,033) (698,807)
Exercise of stock options - 204,124
Net earnings 1,650,809 1,650,809
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Balance at September 30, 2009 $ (5,708,811) $ 64,725,625
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September 30, 2009
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Balance at December 31, 2008 $(13,390,664) $ 55,887,709
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Stock-based compensation - 271,086
Repurchase of shares under
normal course issuer bid (997,199) (2,487,149)
Exercise of stock options - 2,374,927
Net earnings 8,679,052 8,679,052
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Balance at September 30, 2009 $ (5,708,811) $ 64,725,625
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For further information: Investor Relations, Kim Butler, Chief Financial Officer, Bridgewater Systems, [email protected], (613) 591-9104 extension 6023; Craig Armitage, The Equicom Group Inc., [email protected], (416) 815-0700 extension 278; Media Relations, Joanne Steinberg, Marketing Director, Bridgewater Systems, [email protected], (613) 591-9104 extension 2032
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