EX-99.42 43 d929223dex9942.htm EX-99.42 EX-99.42

 

Exhibit 99.42

(LOGO) 

 

Akumin Inc. Announces Third Quarter 2019 Financial Results

November 14, 2019 – Toronto, ON – Akumin Inc. (TSX: AKU, AKU.U) (“Akumin” or the “Corporation”) announced today its financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 (“Q3 Fiscal 2019”).

Summary Consolidated Financial Results (in thousands, except for per share amounts)

                         
    3-month
period ended
Sep. 30, 2019
    3-month
period ended
Sep. 30, 2018
    9-month
period ended
Sep. 30, 2019
    9-month
period ended
Sep. 30, 2018
 
RVUs     1,435       850       3,664       2,271  
Revenue     68,874       39,131       170,410       109,331  
EBITDA (1)     19,323       4,278       42,612       14,168  
Adjusted EBITDA (1)     18,039       8,285       39,581       23,353  
EPS – Diluted     0.03       0.00       0.05       0.05  
Adjusted EPS - Diluted (1)     0.06       0.05       0.17       0.16  
                                 

(1) See “Non-IFRS Measures” below. 

Commenting on the Q3 Fiscal 2019 financial results, Riadh Zine, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation, said, “The quarter ending September 30, 2019 represents another fiscal quarter of growth and financial performance in-line with management’s expectation, including revenue of $68.9 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $18.0 million.

“Akumin’s volume in Q3 Fiscal 2019 was approximately 1,435,000 RVUs, compared to approximately 850,000 RVUs in Q3 Fiscal 2018, an increase of 69%. On an organic volume basis, RVUs increased by 10% compared to Q3 Fiscal 2018. The Corporation reports the volume of procedures performed in its diagnostic imaging centers based on relative-value units, or RVUs, instead of the number of procedures. RVUs are a standardized measure of value used in the U.S. Medicare reimbursement formula for physician services which provides weighting to distinguish the complexity of different procedures.

“Q3 Fiscal 2019 includes partial contribution of the recently announced acquisition in El Paso, Texas, completed on August 16, 2019. In early October 2019, the Corporation also completed a tuck-in acquisition in West Palm Beach, Florida, which is not reflected in the quarter.”

Akumin would like to remind interested parties of the Corporation’s Third Quarter Fiscal 2019 Financial Results Call, to be held today from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time. To access the conference call, dial toll-free in Canada or the U.S. 888-231-8191 or, for international callers, 647-427-7450. A related presentation will be available for download on Akumin’s website at https://akum.in/Q3-presentation. Participants are asked to connect at least 10 minutes prior to the beginning of the call to ensure participation.

 
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The Corporation has retained the services of Hinge Markets Inc., led by Jeffrey White, to provide investor relations services and to increase awareness of the Corporation and its activities with its existing and potential shareholders. Mr. White, founder of Hinge Markets Inc., and a lawyer by training, has spent more than 20 years in the capital markets as a professional and a senior executive in both corporate finance and institutional equity sales.

Unless otherwise indicated, all amounts are expressed in U.S. dollars. Certain metrics, including those expressed on an adjusted or comparable basis, are non-IFRS measures. See “Non-IFRS Measures” and “Selected Consolidated Financial Information” of this press release for further details. The Corporation’s consolidated financial statements for Fiscal 2018 and related management’s discussion and analysis are available under Akumin’s profile on SEDAR (www.sedar.com).

About Akumin

Akumin is a leading provider of freestanding, fixed-site outpatient diagnostic imaging services in the United States with a network of owned and/or operated imaging centers located in Florida, Texas, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Illinois, Kansas and Georgia. By combining our clinical expertise with the latest advances in technology and information systems, our centers provide physicians with imaging capabilities to facilitate the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and disorders and may reduce unnecessary invasive procedures, minimizing the cost and amount of care for patients. Our imaging procedures include MRI, CT, positron emission tomography (PET), ultrasound, diagnostic radiology (X-ray), mammography, and other interventional procedures.

Non-IFRS Measures

This press release makes reference to certain non-IFRS measures. These non-IFRS measures are not recognized measures under the International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) and do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. Rather, these non-IFRS measures are provided as additional information to complement those IFRS measures by providing further understanding of our results of operations from management’s perspective. Accordingly, these non-IFRS measures should not be considered in isolation nor as a substitute for analysis of our financial information reported under IFRS. We use non-IFRS financial measures, including “EBITDA”, “Adjusted EBITDA”, “Adjusted EBITDA Margin” , “Adjusted net income (loss) attributable to shareholders of Akumin” and “Adjusted EPS – Diluted”. These non-IFRS measures are used to provide investors with supplemental measures of our operating performance and thus highlight trends in our core business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying solely on IFRS measures. We also believe that securities analysts, investors and other interested parties frequently use non-IFRS measures in the evaluation of issuers. Our management uses non-IFRS measures in order to facilitate operating performance comparisons from period to period, to prepare annual operating budgets and forecasts, and to determine components of management compensation. Definitions and reconciliations of non-IFRS measures to the relevant reported measures can be found in our Management’s Discussion and Analysis dated November 13, 2019 available at www.sedar.com.

We define such non-IFRS measures as follows:

EBITDA” means net income (loss) attributable to shareholders of the Corporation before interest expense (net), income tax expense (recovery) and depreciation and amortization.

Adjusted EBITDA” means EBITDA, as further adjusted for stock-based compensation, impairment of property and equipment, provisions for certain credit losses, settlement costs, provisions, acquisition-related and public offering costs, gains (losses) in the period, one-time adjustments and IFRS 16 impact on leases.

 
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Adjusted EBITDA Margin” means Adjusted EBITDA divided by the revenue in the period.

“Adjusted net income (loss) attributable to shareholders of Akumin” means Adjusted EBITDA less depreciation and amortization and interest expense (excluding IFRS 16 impact on depreciation and interest expense), taxed at Akumin’s estimated effective tax rate, which is a blend of U.S. federal and state statutory tax rates for Akumin for the period.

Forward-Looking Information

Certain information in this press release constitutes forward-looking information. In some cases, but not necessarily in all cases, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “plans”, “targets”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “an opportunity exists”, “is positioned”, “estimates”, “intends”, “assumes”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate” or “believes”, or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might”, “will” or “will be taken”, “occur” or “be achieved”. In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances contain forward-looking information. Statements containing forward-looking information are not historical facts but instead represent management’s expectations, estimates and projections regarding future events.

Forward-looking information is necessarily based on a number of opinions, assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by Akumin as of the date of this press release, are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to the factors described in greater detail in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Information Form dated March 28, 2019, which is available at www.sedar.com. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the factors that could affect Akumin; however, these factors should be considered carefully. There can be no assurance that such estimates and assumptions will prove to be correct. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are made as of the date of this press release, and Akumin expressly disclaims any obligation to update or alter statements containing any forward-looking information, or the factors or assumptions underlying them, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

For further information:

R. Jeffrey White
Investor Relations
1-866-640-5222
jeffrey.white@akumin.com

 

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Selected Consolidated Financial Information

             
(in thousands)   Three-month period
ended
Sep 30, 2019
         Three-month period
ended
Sep 30, 2018
 
Service fees - net of allowances and discounts     68,223       38,317  
Other revenue     651       814  
Revenue     68,874       39,131  
                 
Employee compensation     23,794       14,734  
Reading fees     9,476       5,143  
Rent and utilities     2,736       4,292  
Third party services and professional fees     5,122       3,004  
Administrative     3,253       1,779  
Medical supplies and other expenses     1,797       1,383  
Depreciation and amortization     8,142       2,577  
Stock-based compensation     853       1,424  
Interest expense     9,591       1,482  
Settlement costs (recoveries)     (208 )     (99 )
Acquisition related costs     444       256  
Financial instruments revaluation and other (gains) losses     1,693       2,426  
Income before income taxes     2,181       730  
Income tax provision (recovery)     (398 )     24  
Non-controlling interests     591       511  
Net income attributable to shareholders of Akumin     1,988       195  
             
Adjusted EBITDA
(in thousands)
  Three-month period
ended
Sep 30, 2019
         Three-month period
ended
Sep 30, 2018
 
Revenue     68,874       39,131  
Less:                
Employee compensation     23,794       14,734  
Reading fees     9,476       5,143  
Rent and utilities     2,736       4,292  
Third party services and professional fees     5,122       3,004  
Administrative     3,253       1,779  
Medical supplies and other expenses     1,797       1,383  
IFRS 16 impact on leases     4,066        
Sub-total     50,244       30,335  
Non-controlling interests     591       511  
Adjusted EBITDA     18,039       8,285  
Adjusted EBITDA Margin     26 %     21 %
 
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(in thousands)   Nine-month period
ended
Sep 30, 2019
    Nine-month period
ended
Sep 30, 2018
 
Service fees - net of allowances and discounts     168,588       107,244  
Other revenue     1,822            2,087  
Revenue     170,410       109,331  
                 
Employee compensation     60,458       38,387  
Reading fees     24,242       14,796  
Rent and utilities     6,935       11,461  
Third party services and professional fees     12,637       8,706  
Administrative     8,898       6,361  
Medical supplies and other expenses     4,939       4,105  
Depreciation and amortization     20,907       6,849  
Stock-based compensation     2,805       4,465  
Interest expense     18,361       4,201  
Impairment of property and equipment           638  
Settlement costs (recoveries)     (1,439 )     29  
Acquisition related costs     2,994       920  
Public offering costs           814  
Financial instruments revaluation and other (gains) losses     3,745       2,319  
Income before income taxes     4,928       5,280  
Income tax provision     148       327  
Non-controlling interests     1,584       2,162  
Net income attributable to shareholders of Akumin     3,196       2,791  
             

Adjusted EBITDA
(in thousands) 

  Nine-month period
ended
Sep 30, 2019
    Nine-month period
ended
Sep 30, 2018
 
Revenue\     170,410           109,331  
Less:                
Employee compensation     60,458       38,387  
Reading fees     24,242       14,796  
Rent and utilities     6,935       11,461  
Third party services and professional fees     12,637       8,706  
Administrative     8,898       6,361  
Medical supplies and other expenses     4,939       4,105  
IFRS 16 impact on leases     11,136        
Sub-total     129,245       83,816  
Non-controlling interests     1,584       2,162  
Adjusted EBITDA     39,581       23,353  
Adjusted EBITDA Margin     23 %     21 %
 
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Reconciliation of Non-IFRS Measures

                         
(in thousands)   Three-month
period
ended
Sep 30, 2019
    Three-month
period
ended
Sep 30, 2018
    Nine-month
period
ended
Sep 30, 2019
    Nine-month
period
ended
Sep 30, 2018
 
Net income attributable to shareholders of Akumin     1,988       195       3,196       2,791  
Income tax provision (recovery)     (398 )     24       148       327  
Depreciation and amortization     8,142       2,577       20,907       6,849  
Interest expense     9,591       1,482       18,361       4,201  
EBITDA     19,323       4,278       42,612       14,168  
Adjustments:                                
Stock-based compensation     853       1,424       2,805       4,465  
Impairment of property and equipment                       638  
Settlement costs (recoveries)     (208 )     (99 )     (1,439 )     29  
Acquisition-related costs     444       256       2,994       920  
Public offering costs                       814  
Financial instruments revaluation and other (gains) losses     1,693       2,426       3,745       2,319  
Sub-total     22,105       8,285       50,717       23,353  
IFRS 16 impact on leases     (4,066 )           (11,136 )      
Adjusted EBITDA     18,039       8,285       39,581       23,353  
Revenue     68,874       39,131       170,410       109,331  
Adjusted EBITDA Margin     26 %     21 %     23 %     21 %
Adjusted EBITDA     18,039       8,285       39,581       23,353  
Less:                                
Depreciation and amortization     8,142       2,577       20,907       6,849  
Interest expense     9,591       1,482       18,361       4,201  
Add:                                
IFRS 16 impact on depreciation and interest expense     5,370             14,753        
Sub-total     5,676       4,226       15,066       12,303  
Effective tax rate (1)     24.3 %     24.7 %     24.3 %     24.7 %
Tax effect     1,376       1,043       3,654       3,038  
Adjusted net income attributable to shareholders of Akumin     4,300       3,183       11,412       9,265  
                                 

(1) Effective tax rate is the U.S. federal and state blended statutory tax rate estimated for Akumin for the period.