EX-99.1 3 a03-5582_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

TUCOWS REPORTS CONTINUED STRONG FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FOR THIRD QUARTER FISCAL 2003

 

— Company reports eighth consecutive quarter of positive cash flow from operations and fifth consecutive quarter of profitability —

 

TORONTO, CANADA, November 11, 2003 —

 

Summary Financial Results
Tucows Inc.
(Numbers in Thousands, Except Per Share Data)

 

 

 

Three months
ended September
30, 2003

 

Three months
ended September
30, 2002

 

Nine months ended
September 30,
2003

 

Nine months ended
September 30,
2002

 

Net Revenue

 

$

9,316

 

$

8,879

*

$

27,480

 

$

28,286

**

Income (Loss) from Operations

 

13

 

(150

)

543

 

(1,202

)

Net Income

 

179

 

596

 

1,638

 

481

 

Net Income/Share

 

0.00

 

0.01

 

0.03

 

0.01

 

Cash Flow from Operations

 

576

 

1,190

 

2,086

 

3,028

 

 


*Includes $389,000 in revenue from services that were disposed of during fiscal 2002.

**Includes $2.9 million in revenue from services that were disposed of during fiscal 2002.

 

Tucows Inc. (OTCBB: TCOW), a leading provider of outsourced Internet services to ISPs and web hosting companies worldwide, today reported its results for the third quarter of fiscal 2003 ended September 30, 2003. The quarter was highlighted by:

      Net revenue of $9.3 million;

      Record deferred revenue of $27.5 million;

      Positive cash flow from operations of $576,000; and,

      Net income of $179,000.

 

For the third quarter of 2003, net revenue increased 4.9% to $9.3 million from $8.9 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2002. Excluding $389,000 in revenue from services that were disposed of during the third quarter last year, net revenue increased 9.7% from $8.5 million.

 

Net income for the quarter was $179,000, or $0.00 per share, compared to $596,000, or $0.01 per share, for the third quarter of fiscal 2002. Net income for the current quarter included a loss of $308,000 resulting from the change in fair value of forward contracts and a gain of $128,000 on the disposal of the Company’s registry management services assets in March 2002.  Net income for the same quarter of last year included a loss of $530,000 resulting from the change in fair value of forward contracts and a gain on the disposal of the Electric Library subscription assets of $725,000.

 

Deferred revenue at September 30, 2003, was $27.5 million, an increase of 13.4% from $24.2 million at September 30, 2002, and an increase of 3.2% from $26.6 million at June 30, 2003.

 



 

Cash and restricted cash at September 30, 2003, increased to $12.1 million from $11.5 million at June 30, 2003. The increase is primarily the result of positive cash flow from operations for the current quarter of $576,000.

 

Domain names registered, renewed and transferred-in for the third quarter increased to approximately 785,000 from approximately 690,000 for the same quarter of last year. Total active domain names under management at the end of the third quarter increased to 3.66 million.

 

For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2003, net revenue was $27.5 million compared to $28.3 million for the same period last year.  Excluding $2.9 million in revenue from services that were disposed of during fiscal 2002, net revenue increased 8.3% from $25.4 million.  Income from operations for the first nine months of fiscal 2003 was $543,000 compared to a loss from operations of $1.2 million for the corresponding period last year.  Net income for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2003, increased to $1.6 million, or $0.03 per share, from $481,000, or $0.01 per share, for the same period last year.

 

“In the third quarter, we continued our trend of strong operational performance, highlighted by year-over-year revenue growth, our eighth consecutive quarter of positive cash flow from operations and our fifth consecutive quarter of profitability,” said Elliot Noss, president and chief executive officer, Tucows Inc. “Our domain name registration business continues to generate consistent results in an extremely competitive marketplace. The leverage in our business model has allowed us to invest in new services that we believe will contribute, in the long term, to growth of both revenue and earnings. This leverage and our continued focus on maximizing productivity have combined to allow the introduction of new services while still improving income from operations on a year-to-date basis.”

 

Conference Call

 

Tucows will host a conference call on Tuesday, November 11, 2003, at 5:00 p.m. (ET) to discuss its third quarter fiscal 2003 results. To access the conference call via the Internet go to www.tucows.com, click on “About Tucows” and then on “Investor Relations.”

 

For those unable to join the conference call at the scheduled time, it will be archived for replay both by telephone and via the Internet beginning approximately one hour following completion of the call. To access the archived conference call by telephone, dial  1-800-408-3053 or 416-695-5800 and enter the pass code 1493067. The telephone replay will be available until Tuesday, November 18, 2003, at midnight. To access the archived conference call via the Internet, go to www.tucows.com and click on “About Tucows” and then on “Investor Relations.”

 

About Tucows

 

Tucows Inc. is a leading provider of outsourced Internet services to ISPs and web hosting companies worldwide. An ICANN-accredited registrar, Tucows provides domain name registration services for generic and country code top-level domains (TLDs), plus digital certificates and email services. Tucows also distributes software and other digital content through its integrated network of affiliates and

 



 

offers more than 30,000 software titles in libraries located around the world. For more information, please visit: http://www.tucows.com.

 

Contact:

Joanna Becket

 

Investor Relations

 

Tucows Inc.

 

416-538-5442

ir@tucows.com

 

This news release contains, in addition to historical information, forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include statements regarding the continued growth and success of Tucows’ business, the ability to further develop and achieve commercial success for the company’s business strategy and the deployment of the company’s resources. Such statements are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to a number of uncertainties and risks that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. More information about potential factors that could affect Tucows is included in the Risk Factors sections of Tucows’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements included in this document are based on information available to Tucows as of the date of this document, and Tucows assumes no obligation to update such forward-looking statements.

 

TUCOWS is a registered trademark of Tucows Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners.

 



 

Tucows Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Dollar amounts in U.S. dollars)

 

 

 

September 30, 2003

 

December 31, 2002

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

11,824,783

 

$

8,844,829

 

Restricted cash (note 1)

 

262,612

 

937,500

 

Accounts receivable

 

412,175

 

338,697

 

Prepaid expenses and deposits

 

1,855,956

 

1,951,086

 

Prepaid domain name registry fees, current portion

 

12,478,496

 

11,145,187

 

Total current assets

 

26,834,022

 

23,217,299

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid domain name registry fees, long-term portion

 

4,839,643

 

3,700,340

 

Property and equipment

 

1,195,855

 

1,581,321

 

Investments

 

353,737

 

353,737

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

33,223,257

 

$

28,852,697

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficiency)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

1,304,822

 

$

1,605,630

 

Accrued liabilities

 

2,006,955

 

2,288,412

 

Customer deposits

 

2,034,310

 

1,957,657

 

Deferred revenue, current portion

 

20,006,309

 

18,431,100

 

Total current liabilities

 

25,352,396

 

24,282,799

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue, long-term portion

 

7,471,600

 

5,929,917

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity (deficiency):

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock - no par value, 1,250,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding

 

 

 

Common stock - no par value, 250,000,000 shares authorized; 64,626,429 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2003 and December 31, 2002

 

8,540,687

 

8,540,687

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

49,992,129

 

49,992,129

 

Deferred stock-based compensation

 

(61,605

)

(183,297

)

Deficit

 

(58,071,950

)

(59,709,538

)

Total stockholders’ equity (deficiency)

 

399,261

 

(1,360,019

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity (deficiency)

 

$

33,223,257

 

$

28,852,697

 

 


Note 1:

 

The Company has entered into a series of forward exchange contracts, whereby an amount of U.S.$375,000 is converted into Canadian dollars on a semi-monthly basis from June 2002 until the end of December 2003.  As margin security against these Contracts, the Company placed $1,196,000 into secured term deposits, which mature on a monthly basis in line with the Contracts.  The outstanding margin security in the amount of $262,612 is reflected as restricted cash on the balance sheet.

 



 

Tucows Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Dollar amounts in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three months ended
September 30,

 

Nine months ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2003

 

2002

 

2003

 

2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net revenues

 

$

9,315,760

 

$

8,879,281

 

$

27,479,973

 

$

28,286,001

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenues

 

5,807,808

 

5,413,730

 

17,067,173

 

17,645,243

 

Gross profit

 

3,507,952

 

3,465,551

 

10,412,800

 

10,640,758

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales and marketing (*)

 

922,028

 

926,098

 

2,791,251

 

2,831,851

 

Technical operations and development

 

1,016,404

 

866,061

 

2,867,098

 

2,883,770

 

General and administrative (*)

 

1,266,708

 

1,444,629

 

3,044,907

 

3,631,082

 

Depreciation of property and equipment

 

289,424

 

378,913

 

1,166,340

 

2,273,587

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

 

 

 

222,222

 

Total operating expenses

 

3,494,564

 

3,615,701

 

9,869,596

 

11,842,512

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations

 

13,388

 

(150,150

)

543,204

 

(1,201,754

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expenses):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income, net

 

37,888

 

21,299

 

94,384

 

60,164

 

Write down of investment in bigchalk.com

 

 

 

 

(1,013,335

)

Gain on disposal of Electric Library subscription assets

 

 

725,237

 

 

725,237

 

Gain on disposal of Liberty Registry Management Services Inc.

 

128,110

 

 

1,000,000

 

1,955,443

 

Loss on disposal of Eklektix, Inc.

 

 

 

 

(44,304

)

Total other income (expenses)

 

165,998

 

746,536

 

1,094,384

 

1,683,205

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before provision for income taxes

 

179,386

 

596,386

 

1,637,588

 

481,451

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

Net income for the period

 

$

179,386

 

$

596,386

 

$

1,637,588

 

$

481,451

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted earnings per common share

 

$

0.00

 

$

0.01

 

$

0.03

 

$

0.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares used in computing basic earnings per common share

 

64,626,429

 

64,626,429

 

64,626,429

 

64,626,429

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares used in computing diluted earnings per common share

 

64,726,663

 

64,626,429

 

64,677,776

 

64,626,429

 

 


(*) Stock-based compensation has been included in operating expenses as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales and marketing

 

$

27,707

 

$

27,707

 

$

82,218

 

$

82,218

 

General and administrative

 

$

13,303

 

$

13,302

 

$

39,474

 

$

39,474

 

 



 

Tucows Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Dollar amounts in U.S. dollars)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three months ended
September 30,

 

Nine months ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2003

 

2002

 

2003

 

2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash provided by (used in):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income for the period

 

$

179,386

 

$

596,386

 

1,637,588

 

$

481,451

 

Items not involving cash:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation of property and equipment

 

289,424

 

378,913

 

1,166,340

 

2,273,587

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

 

 

 

222,222

 

(Gain) loss on change in the fair value of forward contracts

 

307,758

 

530,381

 

(576,470

)

400,488

 

Write-down of investment in bigchalk.com

 

 

 

 

1,013,335

 

Stock-based compensation

 

41,010

 

41,009

 

121,692

 

121,692

 

Gain on disposal of Electric Library subscription assets

 

 

(725,237

)

 

(725,237

)

Gain on disposal of Liberty Registry Management Services

 

(128,110

)

 

(1,000,000

)

(1,955,443

)

Loss on write-off of Eklektix Inc.

 

 

 

 

44,304

 

Change in non-cash operating working capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

(107,592

)

(51,270

)

(73,478

)

271,613

 

Prepaid expenses and deposits

 

414,888

 

296,718

 

411,311

 

233,754

 

Prepaid domain name registry fees

 

(803,976

)

(481,381

)

(2,472,612

)

(2,321,352

)

Accounts payable

 

(90,237

)

(192,794

)

(300,808

)

(371,943

)

Accrued liabilities

 

(317,806

)

387,166

 

(21,168

)

(354,102

)

Customer deposits

 

(65,056

)

(224,762

)

76,653

 

84,455

 

Deferred revenue

 

856,702

 

634,973

 

3,116,892

 

3,609,422

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash provided by operating activities

 

576,391

 

1,190,102

 

2,085,940

 

3,028,246

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repayments of obligations under capital leases

 

 

(65,588

)

 

(111,160

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash used in financing activities

 

 

(65,588

)

 

(111,160

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to property and equipment

 

(160,252

)

(160,710

)

(780,874

)

(608,767

)

(Increase)/decrease in restricted cash - being margin security against forward exchange contracts

 

224,888

 

131,250

 

674,888

 

(1,064,750

)

Net proceeds on disposal of Electric Library subscription assets

 

 

455,649

 

 

455,649

 

Proceeds on disposal of Liberty Registry Management Services, net of cash disposed

 

128,110

 

 

1,000,000

 

938,889

 

Proceeds on disposal of Eklektix Inc., net of cash disposed

 

 

 

 

(30,628

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

192,746

 

426,189

 

894,014

 

(309,607

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

769,137

 

1,550,703

 

2,979,954

 

2,607,479

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

11,055,646

 

5,870,965

 

8,844,829

 

4,814,189

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

11,824,783

 

$

7,421,668

 

11,824,783

 

$

7,421,668

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest paid

 

$

39

 

$

12,304

 

355

 

$

23,932

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Promissory note receivable on disposal of Electric Library subscription assets

 

$

 

1,121,480

 

 

1,121,480