Axcess International Reports Third Quarter 2007 Results.DALLAS -- Axcess International Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : AXSI), a leading provider of wireless business activity monitoring See BAM. solutions, today reported financial results for the third quarter ending September 30, 2007. Highlights for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2007 * Third Quarter 2007 Revenue of $281,656 Stayed Flat Compared to Second Quarter 2007 Excluding Large Single Order Recognized in the Second Quarter 2007 * Third Quarter 2007 Revenue Decreased 24% from Third Quarter 2006 * 2007 Revenue Year To Date Exceeds Total Year 2006; to be a Record for Third Consecutive Year * Year to Date Gross Margins are Up to 57% * Earnings Per Share Loss of $0.11 for the Third Quarter within Guidance Excluding Non-Recurring Dividends for Financing * Follow-on Orders Received for Asset Management and Workforce Emergency Evacuation For other uses, see Evacuation. Emergency evacuation is the movement of persons from a dangerous place due to the threat or occurrence of a disastrous event. Examples are the evacuation of a building due to a bomb threat or fire and the evacuation of a district because of a Applications in Industry and Government * Intellectual Property Portfolio Growing - Received Two New Patent Awards * New Revolutionary Micro-wireless Technology, The Dot(TM) Introduced "We continue to extend our record revenue for all of 2007," said Allan Griebenow, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Axcess. Mr. Griebenow further stated, "Axcess continued to make progress in the quarter by further building on successful applications in advanced workforce management Workforce Management (WFM) encompasses all the responsibilities for maintaining a productive and happy workforce. Sometimes referred to as HRMS systems, or even the larger ERP systems (Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP). There are many software vendors within this space. and automatic asset management. While we did not see the level of new deal awards we were anticipating, growth did continue in these strategic applications and in key accounts. The market continues to mature and evolve toward our robust, low cost micro-wireless system architecture and application solutions. We continue to be best-of-breed in deriving wireless intelligence through automating the sensing, identification and assessment of materials, assets, vehicles, and personnel in and around the enterprise. "During the quarter, we delivered our first solution where our micro-wireless tags are embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. into computer equipment for automatic asset management and protection. We expanded our asset management solution for a current customer in the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. industry where customer information and personal privacy information is protected. We delivered our third emergency evacuation system solution, consistent with the installations for Occidental Petroleum Occidental Petroleum Corporation ("Oxy") NYSE: OXY is an international oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, Middle East/North Africa and Latin America regions. and the U.S. Navy. In the oil and gas industry, we delivered our first application for automatic work-in-process tracking as our solutions were found to be an ideal fit. "Our new technology platform called Dot has just been announced following over three years in development. Dot is the world's smallest, lowest cost and most powerful wireless, battery powered computer. The first end-user product to utilize Dot technology ships in December in a card-based form. As a personnel credential credential verb To determine or verify titles, qualifications, documents, completion of required training, and continuing education, in those persons who function in a professional or official capacity–eg, ER physician, neurosurgeon, etc. Cf Credentials. or ultra-thin tag, it wirelessly enables assets, vehicles and workers, immediately providing their wireless visibility. It remains clear that in the coming years our systems will deliver dramatic business efficiencies, improved decision making, automation, and new revenue streams. We feel the introduction of Dot is a major step forward for Axcess." Corporate and Industry Developments Axcess provides complete wireless system solutions in the area of real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. business activity monitoring to improve productivity, security and revenue growth. The systems derive wireless intelligence from automatic advanced workforce management, workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. management, asset monitoring, and distributed sensing, thereby improving productivity and security in industry and government. Axcess' solutions are exemplified in what industry analyst firm Forrester Research Forrester Research is an independent technology and market research company that provides its clients with advice about technology's impact on business and consumers. Corporate facts
Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the " market, forecasted to grow to $11.6 billion by 2012. The Company's solutions are based on a micro-wireless system implementation that fits seamlessly into, yet operates separately underneath the corporate network to operate efficiently and non-disruptively. These systems are based on low cost "tags" which transmit signals from a few feet to hundreds of feet in order to automatically identify, track, monitor, and protect material, assets, vehicles, and people. Micro-wireless tagging in the enterprise encompasses the complete life cycle of business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets , including raw materials delivery reconciliation, fleet vehicle management, warehousing inventory counts and sensing, production automation, work-in-process tagging, and finished goods locating. The wireless intelligence comes from wirelessly enabling virtually any and all things in the enterprise in application areas including: advanced workforce management where emergency evacuation information is automatic; improved workflow management where the bill of materials The list of components that make up a system. For example, a bill of materials for a house would include the cement block, lumber, shingles, doors, windows, plumbing, electric, heating and so on. list is automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. ; the reliable accounting of materials and supplies; asset monitoring where critical assets are automatically inventoried and protected; and low cost, pervasive pervasive, adj indicates that a condition permeates the entire development of the individual. sensing to improve efficiency and safety. Overall, the awareness of micro-wireless systems globally continues to grow with the continued adoption of all types of radio frequency identification See RFID. (RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A data collection technology that uses electronic tags for storing data. The tag, also known as an "electronic label," "transponder" or "code plate," is made up of an RFID chip attached to an antenna. ), real time location system (RTLS RTLS Real-Time Location System RTLS Return To Launch Site RTLS Run Time Library Services ), and wireless sensing technologies across multiple industry segments. Wal-Mart continues to mandate that more of its suppliers use tags for identifying cases and pallets. Global awareness continues to translate into increased user demand for applications supported by the more robust and more flexible solutions provided by Axcess. Axcess remains focused on the enterprise market and believes it is developing its business into a distinct, exciting, and large niche within the total worldwide market basket market basket n. 1. A grocery cart. 2. A group of products or services in a specific market, especially when considered in terms of its fluctuating cost in determining a consumer price index: of wireless solutions. During the quarter, the Company delivered its first solution where tags are embedded into computer equipment for automatic asset management and protection. In this application, the critical information stored on the computer including intellectual property and customer privacy information is protected by monitoring the assets' whereabouts where·a·bouts adv. About where; in, at, or near what location: Whereabouts do you live? n. (used with a sing. or pl. in the facility and controlling their authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: movement. The system automatically determines if an asset is authorized for removal from a facility and if so with whom. This solution is superior to encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. , data mirroring and software-based asset recovery approaches as the asset is in control all of the time and its unauthorized departure is prevented. Axcess delivered its third emergency evacuation system solution where personnel and contractors are automatically monitored as to their whereabouts so they can be accounted for in the case of an emergency. In the oil and gas industry, Axcess delivered its first application for automatic work-in-process (WIP WIP Work In Progress WIP Work in Process WIP World Internet Project WIP Women in Prison (movie genre) WIP World Institute of Pain WIP Wash-In-Place WIP Women in Publishing WIP Work In Place WIP Wireless Internet Protocol ) tracking. In WIP tracking, the location, status and composition of goods in the production process are automated. While important for operational efficiencies, we are enabling enhanced financial controls and reporting. The Company continues to work on its next generation products based on a philosophy of offering the smallest, lowest cost and most reliable tags and infrastructure with multiple features and flexible operating options. Recently, the Company announced its next generation product called Dot[TM], the world's smallest, most powerful, lowest cost battery-powered wireless computer. Because of its low cost and multiple features, it provides a dynamic view into the status of every "thing" operating in the enterprise and how each thing contributes to the goals of the enterprise. By enabling automatic sensing, identification and assessment of business activity in real time, the Dot provides wireless intelligence which was previously unavailable for improved productivity, security and revenue growth. Axcess' invention combines a processor, memory and wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. into one chip about the size of a single grain of rice. It is as powerful as the first personal digital assistants (PDAs). It runs for years on a watch battery, stores at least three pages of information in memory and communicates to the world at high speed, all at a cost of only a few dollars each. Dot technology incorporates a battery powered, software definable wireless transceiver (TRANSmitter reCEIVER) An electronic device or circuit that transmits and receives analog or digital signals. It comes in many forms; for example, a transponder on a satellite, a network adapter in the computer or the circuits in a cellphone. which is compatible with multiple global regulations, including the Electronic Product Code (EPC (1) (Entertainment PC) See HTPC. (2) (Electronic Product Code) A standard code for RFID tags administered by EPCglobal Inc. (www.epcglobalinc.org). ) Class I and Gen II (passive Radio Frequency Identification [RFID]) standard, and is expected to make supply chain tagging more reliable while opening new applications in sensing and security. Dot combines the necessary elements of today's monolithic Single object. Self contained. One unit. technologies such as RFID, RTLS and wireless sensing into a single, low cost chip. Dot is a one-of-a-kind hybrid, a single wireless source, common to multiple industry standards and supporting virtually all industries including manufacturing, the enterprise, oil and gas, utilities, education, government and the military. Dot is a better solution for access control badges, passive RFID product tags, active RFID asset tags, Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) and distributed sensor A device that measures or detects a real-world condition, such as motion, heat or light and converts the condition into an analog or digital representation. An optical sensor detects the intensity or brightness of light, or the intensity of red, green and blue for color systems. transmitters. Memory and sensor inputs enable the Dot to be tailored to each specific data capture need. In support of Dot and its best-of-breed tagging architecture, during the quarter the Company received a patent which adds to the intellectual property protection of Dot. Overall, Axcess' patent protection is very strong and increasing in size, with a total of six issued to date and more patents pending. We believe our investment in this intellectual property is a key to our future success and attainment of substantial market share. These innovation and growth efforts continue to be supported by our shareholder and key financial advisor Amphion Innovations plc. Bringing together the new functions of the Dot and building on the current AXCESS micro-wireless infrastructure for enterprise management creates an open architecture for multiple sources of data to be acquired to deliver previously inaccessible inaccessible Surgery adjective Unreachable; referring to a lesion that unmanageable by standard surgical techniques–eg, lesions deep in the brain or adjacent to vital structures–ie, not accessible. See Accessible. wireless intelligence. AXCESS sees this as an opportunity to use its time-to-market and technical advantages to serve an ever-expanding market based on its core technology which has been optimized for the exact needs of the enterprise. Third Quarter and Nine Months of 2007 Financial Results Revenue was $281,656 for the three months ended September 30, 2007, a decrease of 24% from the same quarter in 2006. Revenue for the nine months of 2007 was $2,963,437, an increase of 152% from the same period in 2006. The increase in sales is a result of the Barbados Contract, a large single order, awarded in January 2007. Add-on A purchase of additional goods before payment is made for goods already purchased. An add-on may be covered by a clause in an installment payment contract that allows the seller to hold a security interest in the earlier goods until full payment is made on the later goods. sales that are considered by the Company to represent a form of recurring re·cur intr.v. re·curred, re·cur·ring, re·curs 1. To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly. 2. To return to one's attention or memory. 3. To return in thought or discourse. revenue was 29% of total sales in the third quarter 2007 and 28% for the nine months of 2007. Gross margin was 51%, or $144,785, in the third quarter 2007 as compared to 47%, or $172,242, in the 2006 period, and 57%, or $1,682,460, in the nine months of 2007 as compared to 44%, or $516,435, in the nine months of 2006. The increase in gross margin was largely due to a change in product mix as a result of the Barbados Contract awarded in January 2007. Research & Development (R&D) expenses for the third quarter totaled $397,074, compared to $245,888 in the prior year period, and $2,691,499 for the nine months of 2007, compared to $1,109,476 for the nine months of 2006. The increase in R&D is due to the timing of the development of the next generation RFID product, The Enterprise Dot, which will continue to be expensed over the remainder of this year. Selling, Marketing, General & Administrative (S, M, G & A) expenses for the third quarter totaled $739,067, as compared to $735,848 in the prior year period, and $2,509,028 for the nine months of 2007, as compared to $2,265,310 for the nine months of 2006. The majority of the increase relates to higher salary and related expenses as a result of changing the skill set of our sales team and increased selling expense relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the Barbados contract, offset in part by a decrease in outside services, stock compensation expense and recruiting. Other income (expense) for the third quarter of 2007 totaled ($81,545), as compared to ($59,651) for the prior year period in 2006 and ($220,192) for the nine months of 2007 compared to $400,398 for the nine months of 2006. The majority of balance recorded in 2006 relates to the gain on the sale recorded of $600,000 for the video patents during 2006. Excluding this, the increase in expense relates to a reduction of the gain on vendor settlements recorded, offset by the lower interest expense resulting from lower debt balances and the completion of the amortization of our debt service costs. Net loss for the third quarter of 2007 was $1,076,389, as compared to $873,608 in the prior year period, and $3,750,275 for the nine months of 2007, as compared to $2,471,533 in the nine months of 2006. The increase in the net loss is mainly related to the gross margin contribution of the Barbados contract offset by an increase in expenses as we develop the Enterprise Dot, our next generation RFID product. Recurring preferred stock Stock shares that have preferential rights to dividends or to amounts distributable on liquidation, or to both, ahead of common shareholders. Preferred stock is given preference over common stock. Holders of preferred stock receive dividends at a fixed annual rate. dividend requirements for the third quarter of 2007 was $79,728, as compared to $81,735 for 2006, and $239,163 for the nine months of 2007 versus $243,428 for the nine months of 2006. Axcess also recorded a one-time dividend of $2,050,000 for the 2007 preferred equity issued during the third quarter of 2007, $2,000,000 for preferred stock issued in the first quarter 2007, $645,020 for preferred stock issued in the second quarter 2006, and $1,489,245 for preferred stock issued in the first quarter of 2006. Net loss applicable to common stock for the third quarter of 2007 was $3,206,117, or $0.11 per share, compared to a loss of $955,343, or $0.03 per share, for the third quarter of 2006, and $8,039,438, or $0.28 per share, for the nine months of 2007 compared to $4,849,226, or $0.17 per share, for the same period in 2006. The difference in loss in the current year period from the prior year is primarily attributable to the preferred stock dividend requirements and an increase in research and development relating to the Enterprise Dot. Conference Call In conjunction with the third quarter earnings release, Axcess invites you to listen to its conference call today, November 7, 2007, at 1:00 PM Eastern Time. To participate in the call, domestic callers can dial (866) 271-5140 and international callers can dial (617) 213-8893 and enter the reservation code "68131627." Participants should dial into the call about 10 minutes prior to the start time. For those unable to attend the live conference call, a replay will be available by dialing (888) 286-8010 for domestic callers and (617) 801-6888 for international callers and entering the replay code "44393844." The replay will be available from approximately two hours after the end of the call until 11:59 (ET) on December 7, 2007. There is no charge for participants to access the live event or replay. About Axcess International Inc. Axcess International Inc. (OTCBB: AXSI) delivers wireless intelligence through real-time business activity monitoring solutions that improve productivity, security and revenue growth. The systems derive wireless intelligence from automatic advanced workforce management, workflow management, asset monitoring and distributed sensing. Its revolutionary and patented Dot micro-wireless technology platform combines RFID, RTLS and wireless sensing for better decision-making and control throughout the enterprise. Axcess is a portfolio company of Amphion Innovations plc (AIM: AMP). Additional information on Axcess is available on the Company's Web site at www.axcessinc.com. This release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. as defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, including statements about future business operations, financial performance and market conditions. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties inherent in business forecasts. (tables to follow) [TABLE OMITTED] [TABLE OMITTED] |
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