Creative Vistas Inc. Announces Record Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year Results for 2006.Company Reports $30.5 Million in Full-Year Revenues, Topping Guidance, With EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) A metric used to show a company's profitability, but not its cash flow. EBITDA became popular in the 1980s to show the potential profitability of leveraged buyouts, but has become , Excluding Non-Cash Compensation, of $3.1 Million WHITBY, Ontario Whitby (2006 population 111 184) is a town located east of Toronto on the north shore of Lake Ontario, and is the seat of Durham Region, Ontario, Canada. History -- Creative Vistas, Inc., (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :CVAS CVAS Controlled Vehicle Access System CVAS Configuration Verification Accounting System (NASA) ), a leading provider of advanced video security and surveillance products as well as broadband-related services, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. For the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2006, revenues totaled $7.7 million, up 353% from $1.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2005. The increase was primarily due to revenues from the CVAS subsidiary Cancable Inc., acquired in January 2006. For the full fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, revenues totaled $30.5 million, up 250% from $8.7 million in 2005. As with quarterly revenues, the increase was due primarily to the Cancable acquisition. Revenues for both the fourth quarter and full year 2006 were above the company's most recent guidance of $7.5 million and $30 million, respectively. That guidance, given in January 2007, was an increase from an original forecast of $26 million in 2006 revenues. Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2006 was ($1.2M), or ($0.03) per fully diluted share, compared to net income of $212,000, or ($0.07) per fully diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2005. For the full year 2006, net loss was ($5.5M), or ($0.17) per fully diluted share, compared to income of $827,000 and an adjusted loss, on a fully-diluted share basis, of ($0.06) in 2005. For fiscal 2006, there was non-cash stock compensation of $682,000, amortization and depreciation in the amount of $2,369,000, derivative instrument Noun 1. derivative instrument - a financial instrument whose value is based on another security derivative legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right expenses of $1,106,000 and non-cash payment interest of $1,913,000. In 2005, there was non-cash stock compensation in the amount of $351,000, amortization and depreciation in the amount of $494,700, derivative instrument income of $3,734,900, written off goodwill in the amount of $503,900 and non-cash payment for liquidated damages Monetary compensation for a loss, detriment, or injury to a person or a person's rights or property, awarded by a court judgment or by a contract stipulation regarding breach of contract. of $137,700. EBITDA(1) Trend Points to Profit Growth Quarterly and annual net income figures for both 2006 and 2005 were affected by substantial swings in the valuation of derivative liabilities and other non-operating factors. The Company believes that EBITDA is an important measure of operating performance. It eliminates items that have less bearing on the Company's operating performance and thus highlights trends in our core business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying solely on GAAP GAAP See: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP See generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). financial measures. For the fourth quarter of 2006, the operating loss operating loss The excess of operating expenses over revenue. As with operating income, operating losses exclude revenues and expenses from operations that are not considered a regular part of the business. Also called deficit. Compare operating income. was ($580,900) with the addition of the depreciation of the capital assets capital assets n. equipment, property, and funds owned by a business. (See: capital, capital account) in the amount of $190,900 and amortization of intangible assets Intangible Asset An asset that is not physical in nature. Notes: Examples are things like copyrights, patents, intellectual property, and goodwill. These are the opposite of tangible assets. in the amount of $600,000, the EBITDA was $210,000. For the fourth quarter of 2005, the operating loss was ($87,000) with the addition of depreciation of the capital assets in the amount of $6,600, the negative EBITDA was ($80,400). EBITDA was $0.3 million up from the loss of ($80,000) in the fourth quarter of 2005. For all of 2006, the operating income Operating Income The profit realized from a business' own operations. Notes: This would not include income from things such as investments in other firms. Also referred to as operating profit or recurring profit. was $802,300 with the addition of the depreciation of the capital assets in the amount of $986,000 and amortization of intangible assets in the amount of $600,000, the EBITDA was $2.4M. For all of 2005, the operating loss was ($1,146,300) with the addition of the depreciation of the capital assets in the amount of $44,000, the negative EBITDA was ($1.1M). Included in the EBITDA for 2006 was non-cash stock compensation in the amount of $682,000 compared to $351,000 for fiscal 2005. The EBITDA excluding non-cash compensation amounted to $3.1 million for 2006. On the Company's balance sheet, cash and equivalents totaled $3,560,181 on December 31, 2006, up from $532,694 a year earlier. Sayan Navaratnam, Chairman 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 Creative Vistas, said, "The year 2006 was a very successful year and notable as a time of transition and integration as well as growth. We successfully incorporated Cancable into our corporate family, and as the year went on we increasingly saw the positive impact of this acquisition. Cancable's revenue and gross margins have had a positive impact on our results over the past year; we expect additional value from this division over the next three to five years as we plan to leverage the Cancable platform of broadband-related services to expand our market for networked video surveillance services and related networked products. 2006 was a year in which we experienced successful growth in revenue and EBITDA while continuing to invest in R&D to further develop video based surveillance technologies to aid our growth strategy in the long run. Finally, the latest quarter shows us to be consistently profitable on an EBITDA basis - a fact that will enable us to shift over time to internal cash flow as our primary source of growth capital. Already we can see that shift occurring, as witnessed by the strengthening of our cash position during 2006." 14% Revenue Rise Seen in First-Quarter Guidance For the first quarter ending March 31, 2007, the Company said it expects revenues of approximately $7.4 million, or 14% above the $6.5 million reported in the first quarter of 2006. EBITDA, excluding non-cash expenses Noun 1. non-cash expense - an expense (such as depreciation) that is not paid for in cash disbursal, disbursement, expense - amounts paid for goods and services that may be currently tax deductible (as opposed to capital expenditures) , is expected to be positive for a sixth consecutive quarter. For further information on Creative Vistas please visit www.creativevistasinc.com . If you would like to be added to Creative Vistas' investor email lists or have additional questions, please contact Haris Tajyar with Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. International at htajyar@irintl.com or info@creativevistasinc.com. About Creative Vistas Creative Vistas, Inc. is a leading provider of security-related technologies and systems, it also provisions the deployment of broadband services See broadband and broadband service provider. . Operating through its wholly-owned subsidiaries AC Technical Systems Ltd and Iview Digital Video Solutions Inc., it offers integrated electronic security and surveillance solutions. Its systems are used by numerous high-profile clients including government, school boards, retail outlets retail outlet n → punto de venta retail outlet n → point m de vente retail outlet retail n → , banks and hospitals. Through its subsidiary Cancable Inc., the company also provisions the deployment and servicing of broadband technologies to the commercial and residential market. Creative Vistas is based in Ontario, Canada. 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. : Statements about the Company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, and all other statements in this press release other than historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as the term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. The Company's actual results could differ materially from expected results for reasons described from time to time in the Company's public filings. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequently occurring events. 1 EBITDA represents, for any relevant period, income (loss) before income taxes, depreciation of property, plant and equipment, interest expense (including amortization of debt issuance costs) and amortization of intangible assets. [TABLE OMITTED] |
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