EX-99.1 2 a05-3491_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

TUCOWS REPORTS CONTINUED STRONG RESULTS FOR FOURTH QUARTER AND FISCAL 2004 YEAR

 

– Company Achieves Tenth Consecutive Quarter of Profitability and Thirteenth Consecutive Quarter of Positive Cash Flow from Operations  –

 

TORONTO – February 10, 2005 – Tucows Inc. (OTCBB: TCOW) today reported strong results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2004.

Highlights for the fourth quarter included:

                  A 19% year-over-year increase in net revenue to $11.5 million;

                  Income from operations of $801,000;

                  Cash flow from operations of $1.6 million;

                  Net income of $3.9 million, inclusive of deferred tax recovery of $3.0 million; and

                  The Company’s tenth consecutive quarter of profitability and thirteenth consecutive quarter of positive cash flow from operations.

 

Highlights for fiscal 2004 included:

                  A 20% year-over-year increase in net revenue to a record $44.7 million;

                  Income from operations of $2.1 million;

                  A 45% increase in cash flow from operations to $4.7 million;

                  A 16% year-over-year increase in deferred revenue to a record $33.3 million; and

                  Net income of $5.5 million, inclusive of deferred tax recovery of $3.0 million.

 

“The fourth quarter marked a strong finish to 2004 as continued growth in our non-domain Internet services supplemented the strength of our domain name registration business,” said Elliot Noss, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tucows Inc.   “Our tenth consecutive quarter of profitability and thirteenth consecutive quarter of positive cash flow from operations are demonstrative of the strong momentum in our business, which has been supported both by our success in diversifying our revenue streams, as well as by our dominant position in the wholesale domain market.”

 

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

 

 

 

3 Months Ended
December 31,
2004

 

3 Months Ended
December 31,
2003

 

12 Months Ended
December 31,
2004

 

12 Months Ended
December 31,
2003

 

Net Revenue

 

11,522

 

9,715

 

44,717

 

37,195

 

Income from Operations

 

801

 

389

 

2,149

 

932

 

Net Income

 

3,865

(2)

426

 

5,500

(2)

2,063

(1)

Net Income/Share

 

0.06

(2)

0.01

 

0.08

(2)

0.03

 

Cash Flow from Operations

 

1,578

 

1,134

 

4,668

 

3,220

 

 


(1) Includes a $1.0 million gain on disposal of Liberty Registry Management Services Inc.

(2) Includes a non-cash income tax benefit of $3.0 million or $0.04 per share, resulting from the reduction in our deferred tax asset valuation allowance.

 

Net revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004 increased 19% to $11.5 million from $9.7 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003. Income from operations for the fourth quarter of 2004 was $0.8 million (which included a net loss from foreign exchange forward contracts of $0.1 million) compared to $0.4 million (which included a net loss from foreign exchange forward contracts of $0.3 million) for the corresponding quarter last year. Net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004 increased to $3.9 million, or $0.06 per share, (including a non-cash income tax benefit of $3.0 million, or $0.04 per share, resulting from the reduction of the Company’s deferred tax asset valuation allowance) from $0.4 million, or $0.01 per share, for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2003. The income tax benefit resulted from the release of a portion of the deferred tax asset valuation allowance previously established as a

 



 

result of the Company’s prior years’ net operating losses and other temporary differences related to fixed assets, goodwill and deferred revenue in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109.

 

Deferred revenue at the end of fiscal 2004 was $33.3 million, an increase of 16% from $28.6 million at the end of fiscal 2003 and up marginally from $32.5 million at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2004.

 

Cash and restricted cash at the end of fiscal 2004 was $14.4 million compared to $13.0 million at the end of fiscal 2003 and $13.3 million at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2004. The increase compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2004 is primarily the result of positive cash flow from operations for the fourth quarter of this year of $1.6 million.

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, net revenue increased 20% to $44.7 million from $37.2 million for fiscal 2003.  Income from operations for fiscal 2004 more than doubled to $2.1 million from $0.9 million for fiscal 2003.  Net income for fiscal 2004 (including the aforementioned non-cash income tax benefit of $3.0 million, or $0.04 per share) increased to $5.5 million, or $0.08 per share, from $2.0 million, or $0.03 per share, for fiscal 2003. Net income for fiscal 2003 included a $1.0 million gain on disposal of Liberty Registry Management Services Inc.

 

Conference Call

 

Tucows will host a conference call on Thursday, February 10, 2005, at 5:00 p.m. (ET) to discuss the company’s fourth quarter and year end fiscal 2004 results. To access the conference call via the Internet go to www.tucowsinc.com, and click 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 3138425. The telephone replay will be available until Thursday, February 17, 2005, at midnight. To access the archived conference call via the Internet, go to www.tucowsinc.com and click on “Investor Relations.”

 

About Tucows

 

Tucows Inc. is a leading provider of wholesale Internet services and back office solutions to a global network of more than 6,000 web hosting companies, ISPs and other service providers. As the largest ICANN-accredited wholesale domain name registrar, Tucows offers a suite of complementary Internet services including domain name registration and management, digital certificates, email services and web publishing services. Tucows’ back office products, including billing, provisioning and customer care solutions, enable service providers to automate and enhance their service offerings. Tucows also distributes software and other digital content through its global network of affiliates offering more than 40,000 software titles. For more information, please visit: www.tucowsinc.com

 

Contact:
Hilda Kelly

Investor Relations Resource

Tucows Inc.

416-538-5493
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)

 

 

 

December 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2004

 

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

13,914,988

 

$

12,912,811

 

Restricted cash (note 1)

 

460,398

 

132,500

 

Accounts receivable

 

1,111,082

 

486,289

 

Prepaid expenses and deposits

 

2,156,702

 

2,061,948

 

Prepaid domain name registry fees, current portion

 

15,601,786

 

13,204,566

 

Deferred tax asset, current portion

 

1,000,000

 

 

Total current assets

 

34,244,956

 

28,798,114

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid domain name registry fees, long-term portion

 

6,471,916

 

5,136,194

 

Property and equipment

 

1,017,237

 

1,048,400

 

Deferred tax asset, long-term portion

 

2,000,000

 

 

Intangible assets

 

1,242,240

 

 

Goodwill

 

964,467

 

 

Investments

 

353,737

 

353,737

 

Cash held in escrow

 

1,009,650

 

 

Total assets

 

$

47,304,203

 

$

35,336,445

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

1,483,543

 

$

1,632,294

 

Accrued liabilities

 

2,688,738

 

2,088,235

 

Customer deposits

 

2,247,262

 

2,160,601

 

Deferred revenue, current portion

 

23,648,381

 

20,715,191

 

Accreditation fees payable, current portion

 

144,483

 

 

Total current liabilities

 

30,212,407

 

26,596,321

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue, long-term portion

 

9,602,599

 

7,874,001

 

Accreditation fees payable, long-term portion

 

31,816

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

Common stock - no par value, 250,000,000 shares authorized; 66,817,250 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2004 and 64,626,429 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2003

 

9,541,277

 

8,540,687

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

50,061,866

 

49,992,129

 

Deferred stock-based compensation

 

 

(20,593

)

Deficit

 

(52,145,762

)

(57,646,100

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

7,457,381

 

866,123

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

47,304,203

 

$

35,336,445

 

 


Note 1:

Of the restricted cash, $310,000 represents margin security against a series of forward exchange contracts, and $150,398 represents security against 2 letters of credit.

 



 

Tucows       Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Dollar amounts in U.S. dollars)

 

 

 

Three months ended December 31,

 

Year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2004

 

2003

 

2004

 

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net revenues

 

$

11,521,955

 

$

9,714,774

 

$

44,717,155

 

$

37,194,747

 

Cost of revenues

 

6,907,776

 

5,923,054

 

27,566,066

 

22,990,227

 

Gross profit

 

4,614,179

 

3,791,720

 

17,151,089

 

14,204,520

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales and marketing (*)

 

1,351,649

 

1,058,830

 

5,067,841

 

3,850,081

 

Technical operations and development (*)

 

1,289,486

 

1,067,963

 

4,549,368

 

3,935,061

 

General and administrative (*)

 

811,985

 

953,166

 

4,107,981

 

3,998,073

 

Depreciation of property and equipment

 

301,259

 

323,230

 

1,118,734

 

1,489,570

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

59,040

 

 

157,760

 

 

Total operating expenses

 

3,813,419

 

3,403,189

 

15,001,684

 

13,272,785

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from operations

 

800,760

 

388,531

 

2,149,405

 

931,735

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income, net

 

64,216

 

37,319

 

200,501

 

131,703

 

Gain on disposal of Liberty Registry Management Services Inc

 

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Total other income

 

64,216

 

37,319

 

200,501

 

1,131,703

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before provision for income taxes

 

864,976

 

425,850

 

2,349,906

 

2,063,438

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for (recovery of) income taxes

 

(3,000,000

)

 

(3,150,432

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income for the year

 

$

3,864,976

 

$

425,850

 

$

5,500,338

 

$

2,063,438

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted income per share

 

$

0.06

 

$

0.01

 

$

0.08

 

$

0.03

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares used in computing basic income per common share

 

66,817,250

 

64,626,429

 

66,079,104

 

64,626,429

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares used in computing diluted income per common share

 

68,893,918

 

70,858,586

 

68,051,579

 

64,725,929

 

 


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

Sales and marketing

 

$

 

$

27,708

 

$

16,835

 

$

109,926

 

Technical operations and development

 

$

69,737

 

$

 

$

69,737

 

$

 

General and administrative

 

$

 

$

13,304

 

$

3,759

 

$

52,778

 

 



 

Tucows       Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Dollar amounts in U.S. dollars)

 

 

 

Three months ended December 31,

 

Year ended December 31,

 

 

 

2004

 

2003

 

2004

 

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash provided by (used in):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income for the year

 

$

3,864,976

 

$

425,850

 

$

5,500,338

 

$

2,063,438

 

Items not involving cash:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation of property and equipment

 

301,259

 

323,230

 

1,118,734

 

1,489,570

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

59,040

 

 

157,760

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized change in the fair value of forward contracts

 

100,032

 

297,296

 

(88,743

)

(279,174

)

Stock-based compensation

 

69,737

 

 

69,737

 

 

Amortization of stock-based compensation

 

 

41,012

 

20,593

 

162,704

 

Deferred taxes

 

(3,000,000

)

 

(3,000,000

)

 

Gain on disposal of Liberty Registry Management Services Inc.

 

 

 

 

(1,000,000

)

Change in non-cash operating working capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

(89,847

)

(74,114

)

(546,762

)

(147,592

)

Prepaid expenses and deposits

 

(180,526

)

(503,288

)

(1,333

)

(91,977

)

Prepaid domain name registry fees

 

(806,264

)

(1,022,621

)

(3,732,942

)

(3,495,233

)

Accounts payable

 

139,182

 

327,472

 

(148,751

)

26,664

 

Accrued liabilities

 

(42,295

)

81,280

 

403,404

 

60,112

 

Customer deposits

 

241,361

 

126,291

 

77,772

 

202,944

 

Deferred revenue

 

745,203

 

1,111,283

 

4,661,788

 

4,228,175

 

Accreditation fees payable

 

176,299

 

 

176,299

 

 

Cash provided by operating activities

 

1,578,157

 

1,133,691

 

4,667,894

 

3,219,631

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds received on exercise of stock options

 

 

 

726,050

 

 

Cash provided by financing activities

 

 

 

726,050

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to property and equipment

 

(538,220

)

(175,775

)

(1,034,709

)

(956,649

)

Decrease (increase) in restricted cash - being margin security against forward exchange contracts

 

(247,898

)

130,112

 

(327,898

)

805,000

 

Acquisition of Boardtown Corporation, net of cash acquired

 

 

 

(2,019,510

)

 

Increase in cash held in escrow

 

(9,650

)

 

(1,009,650

)

 

Proceeds on disposal of Liberty Registry Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Services Inc., net of cash disposed

 

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

Cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

(795,768

)

(45,663

)

(4,391,767

)

848,351

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

782,389

 

1,088,028

 

1,002,177

 

4,067,982

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year

 

13,132,599

 

11,824,783

 

12,912,811

 

8,844,829

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of year

 

$

13,914,988

 

$

12,912,811

 

$

13,914,988

 

$

12,912,811

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest paid

 

$

 

$

113

 

$

166

 

$

383

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock issued on the acquisition of Boardtown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporation

 

$

 

$

 

$

274,540

 

$