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Espial Reports Fourth Quarter 2018 ResultsEspial (News - Alert)® Group Inc. ("Espial" or the "Company"), (TSX: ESP), today announced its fourth quarter financial results for the three-month period ended December 31, 2018. Recent Highlights
"I'm pleased with the progress we made in 2018, growing our annualized SaaS revenues 81% from 2017 and delivering positive adjusted EBITDA in the fourth quarter. In 2018, we continued to innovate on our cable and IPTV cloud software products by introducing advanced user experiences, integrating OTT content from Netflix and YouTube, expanding support for a wide range of consumer-owned devices, enhancing intelligent voice navigation, and the use of analytics - all of which help Pay TV operators optimize their video business," said Jaison Dolvane, CEO of Espial". "As we enter 2019, we have a broad base of deployed customers, growing SaaS revenue and a strong balance sheet. Our opportunities in 2019 will focus on helping operators bring to market new IP-based video services with low-cost set-top boxes and App-based TV offerings for consumer-owned devices." Financial Summary For the three-month period ended December 31, 2018, revenue was $6.7 million compared with revenue of $10.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2017. Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2018 was $0.2 million compared to $0.9 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017. Net income for the quarter was $0.3 million, increasing from $0.2 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2017. Q4 Financial Results
Fiscal 2018 Financial Results
Cash and cash equivalents on December 31, 2018 was $33,405,255. A complete set of financial statements and management's discussion and analysis for the period ended December 31, 2018 will be available at http://www.sedar.com. Conference Call The Company will be hosting a conference call to discuss the Q4 2018 financial results on February 28, 2019 at 5:00PM EDT and the phone number to join the results discussion is:
The playback for the call will be available two hours after the call's completion and will be available until 11:59PM ET on March 29, 2019, at the following numbers and passcode: Toll-free line: +1-800-585-8367 or +1-416-621-4642, Passcode: 1138149 About Espial (www.espial.com) Espial is transforming viewing experiences worldwide by enabling video services at web speed and web scale. From immersive user experience and discovery solutions to advanced cloud-based platforms, Espial solutions help service providers manage, deliver and monetize video and entertainment services. Espial's customers span six continents, have deployed tens of million devices, and are serviced through Espial's global sales, support, and innovation centers across North America, Europe, and Asia. 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 or new board nominees, 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 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, 2017 and, when filed, 2018 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 Adjusted EBITDA represents net income (loss) adjusted to exclude shared-based compensation, amortization, depreciation, business restructuring expenses, interest income, other expense (income), and income tax expense. 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 EBITDA is not a recognized, defined or standardized measure under IFRS. Our definition of Adjusted EBITDA will likely differ from that used by other companies and therefore comparability may be limited. Adjusted EBITDA 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 EBITDA to the most comparable IFRS financial measure as follows:
Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) and Comprehensive Income (Loss) (In Canadian dollars)
Consolidated Balance Sheets (In Canadian Dollars)
Statements of Cash Flows (In Canadian Dollars)
1 Adjusted EBITDA is a non-IFRS measure. This measure is defined in the "Non-IFRS Financial Measures" of this news release. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190228005970/en/ |