NovAtel Inc. Reports Record Revenue and Operating Income for the Second Quarter 2005.CALGARY Calgary (kăl`gərē), city (1991 pop. 710,677), S Alta., Canada, at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers. The largest city in Alberta and the fastest-growing major city in Canada, Calgary is a corporate, transportation, and financial , Alberta Alberta (ălbûr`tə), province (2001 pop. 2,974,807), 255,285 sq mi (661,188 sq km), including 6,485 sq mi (16,796 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. -- NovAtel Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :NGPS), a precise positioning Precise Positioning is a term used to describe techniques to obtain the location of an object to better than a few centimeters of accuracy. Historically precise positioning was associated with surveying and geodesy. technology company, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June June: see month. 30, 2005. Revenues in the second quarter 2005 were CDN (Content Delivery Network) A system of distributed content on a large intranet or the public Internet in which copies of content are replicated and cached throughout the network. $17.5 million (US $14.1 million) compared to CDN $13.3 million (US $9.8 million) in the similar period a year ago. The Company is reporting net income for the second quarter 2005 of CDN $4.3 million (US $3.4 million) or CDN $0.49 (US $0.39) per share (diluted di·lute tr.v. di·lut·ed, di·lut·ing, di·lutes 1. To make thinner or less concentrated by adding a liquid such as water. 2. To lessen the force, strength, purity, or brilliance of, especially by admixture. ) compared to a net income of CDN $2.0 million (US $1.5 million) or CDN $0.24 (US $0.18) per share (diluted) in the similar period a year ago. Revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2005 were CDN $32.8 million (US $26.6 million) compared to CDN $25.8 million (US $19.3 million) in the similar period a year ago. The Company is reporting net income for the six months ended June 30, 2005 of CDN $8.0 million (US $6.5 million) or CDN $0.91 (US $0.74) per share (diluted) compared to a net income of CDN $4.2 million (US $3.1 million) or CDN $0.49 (US $0.37) per share (diluted), in the similar period a year ago. "I am very pleased to announce another terrific quarter for NovAtel, with revenue for the second quarter of 2005 of CDN $17.5 million and 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. of CDN $3.9 million," said Jon JON Jonah JON Jesus of Nazareth JON Job Order Number JON Johnston Island, US, Outlying Islands (Airport Code) Ladd, 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. . "Our Special Applications category continued to drive the majority of our revenue growth, and revenue in our Geomatics Geomatics is the discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering of geographic information, or spatially referenced information. Overview The term "Geomatics" refers to:
GAGAN GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation programs." The Company's second quarter 2005 revenue in its Special Applications category grew by 42% over the similar period in 2004. The majority of this year-over-year revenue increase is attributable to higher product shipments into the surveying/mapping market, as well as higher shipments of product into China. "We continue to execute our plan to deploy our technology across a number of vertical markets and geographies," Ladd continued. Revenue in the Company's Geomatics category in the second quarter of 2005 increased by 71% over the similar period a year ago due to higher product sales attributable to the Company's joint venture, Point, Inc. "I am pleased that revenue in this category for the first half of 2005 has grown by 45% compared to the first half of 2004. We view these revenue trends as an indication that our efforts, as well as those of our joint venture partner, Sokkia Sokkia Co., Ltd is a Japanese company that handles grammetrical instruments. See also
As expected, revenue from the Company's Aerospace and Defence category in the second quarter of 2005 decreased by 16% over the similar period a year ago, largely due to the substantial completion during 2004 of certain contracts with Raytheon Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation with core manufacturing concentrations in defense systems and defense and commercial electronics. Company for the next generation Wide Area Augmentation System The Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) is an elevated-accuracy navigation system developed for civil aviation by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), a division of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT). (WAAS) program. "The majority of our second quarter 2005 Aerospace and Defence revenue was derived from deliveries to Raytheon Company for Satellite Based Augmentation System See GPS augmentation system. (SBAS (Satellite-Based Augmentation System) See GPS augmentation system. ) equipment for the US WAAS program and for shipment into India India, officially Republic of India, republic (2005 est pop. 1,080,264,000), 1,261,810 sq mi (3,268,090 sq km), S Asia. The second most populous country in the world, it is also sometimes called Bharat, its ancient name. India's land frontier (c. in support of an initial GAGAN test program," stated Ladd. NovAtel's Executive Vice President and CFO See Chief Financial Officer. , Werner Werner is a name of Germanic origins that could refer to numerous people or entities.
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Ladd continued, "The financial results for the first half of 2005 have been very strong, with revenues benefiting from a number of positive timing factors. This performance was primarily driven by a high volume of shipments to Special Applications customers, in particular into the surveying/mapping and precision agriculture markets, and revenues from certain Aerospace and Defence contracts. Looking forward to the second half of 2005, we expect a more moderate rate of growth. In particular, our third quarter 2005 revenue is currently forecast to be only marginally above the revenue of the third quarter 2004, which benefited from $2.5 million of US WAAS-related program revenues. However, our full year 2005 revenue growth is expected to be within our long-run adj. 1. relating to or extending over a relatively long time; as, the long-run significance of the elections s>. Adj. 1. long-run organic revenue growth target of 15% to 20% per year." Foreign Exchange Although approximately 95% of the Company's revenues are earned in US dollars, the Company's financial results are reported in Canadian dollars Noun 1. Canadian dollar - the basic unit of money in Canada; "the Canadian dollar has the image of loon on one side of the coin" loonie dollar - the basic monetary unit in many countries; equal to 100 cents and in accordance Accordance is Bible Study Software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software, Inc.[] As well as a standalone program, it is the base software packaged by Zondervan in their Bible Study suites for Macintosh. with Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. generally accepted accounting principles The standard accounting rules, regulations, and procedures used by companies in maintaining their financial records. Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) provide companies and accountants with a consistent set of guidelines that cover both broad accounting . The CDN/US dollar exchange rate has declined from an average rate of approximately CDN $1.30 per US dollar in all of 2004 to a rate of CDN $1.226 per US dollar as of June 30, 2005. The US dollar financial information presented above is translated from the Canadian dollar financial information at the average rates in effect during the relevant reporting periods, as follows:
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Canadian dollar per US dollar $ 1.242 $ 1.349 $ 1.235 $ 1.334
During the conference call scheduled for this afternoon, the Company will be providing updates and further information on the following: revenues from the Special Applications, Aerospace & Defence and Geomatics categories; Point, Inc.; 2005 trends; and recognition of future income tax assets. The Company will have a conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET. Participants may access the NovAtel Inc. conference call by dialing 1-888-334-7880 (North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. ) or 416-695-7896 (International). This call is also being web cast and can be accessed at NovAtel's web site www.novatel.com or at www.fulldisclosure.com. A replay of the conference call will be available until August 15, 2005 by dialing 1-888-509-0082 (North America) or 416-695-5275 (International), or until October October: see month. 15, 2005 at the web addresses noted above. The web cast is also being distributed over CCBN's Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call through CCBN's individual investor centre at www.fulldisclosure.com or by visiting any of the investor sites in CCBN's Individual Investor Network such as America Online's Personal Finance Channel, Fidelity Investments Fidelity Investments is a group of privately held companies in the financial services industry. It is made up by two independent but closely cooperating companies, Fidelity Management and Research Corporation (FMR Co. (R) (Fidelity.com) and others. Institutional investors Institutional Investor A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions. can access the call via CCBN's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com). NovAtel designs, markets and sells high-precision GPS and other positioning components and sub-systems used in a wide variety of commercial applications principally in the aviation, geomatics (surveying and mapping), mining, precision agriculture, marine and defence industries. NovAtel's solutions combine hardware, such as receivers and antennas, with software to enable its customers to fully integrate the Company's high-precision GPS technology into their respective products and systems. NovAtel, an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001 certified See certification. company, is focused on supplying core high-precision positioning technology to OEMs and system integrators See systems integrator. who build systems for various end market applications. For more information, visit www.novatel.com. Certain statements in this news release, including those about the Company's future plans and intentions, financial guidance, long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. growth prospects, levels of activity or other future events, are 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. . These forward-looking statements are not based on historical facts but rather on management's current expectations regarding NovAtel's future growth, results of operations, performance, future capital and other expenditures, competitive advantages, business prospects and opportunities. Wherever possible, words such as "anticipate", "believe", "expect", "may", "could", "will", "potential", "intend", "estimate", "should", "plan", "predict", "forecast" or the negative or other variations of these words, or similar words or phrases, have been used to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements involve significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors could cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results discussed or implied in the forward-looking statements, including operating results of Point, impact and timing of large orders, US dollar to Canadian dollar exchange rate fluctuations, establishing and maintaining effective distribution channels, certification and market acceptance of NovAtel's new products, credit risks of customers and Point, pricing pressures in the market and other competitive factors, maintaining technological leadership, timing of revenue recognition in connection with certain contracts, actions by governmental authorities, and other factors described in our Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2004 and other SEC filings, many of which are beyond the control of NovAtel. These factors should be considered carefully and undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this news release, and NovAtel assumes no obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or .
NOVATEL INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in Canadian $ thousands)
(Unaudited)
(PRIVATE) June 30, Dec. 31,
2005 2004
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ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 5,532 $ 8,949
Short-term investments 24,739 14,410
Accounts receivable 10,306 9,413
Related party receivables 1,357 1,591
Related party notes receivable 1,655 1,614
Inventories 4,623 5,191
Prepaid expenses and deposits 922 268
Future income tax asset - current portion 1,739 1,286
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Total current assets 50,873 42,722
Capital assets 3,183 3,447
Intangible assets 2,574 2,515
Deferred development costs 1,874 2,359
Future income tax asset - long term portion 2,360 1,903
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Total assets $ 60,864 $ 52,946
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 9,020 $ 9,148
Related party payables 1 345
Note payable 1,655 1,614
Deferred revenue 753 755
Provision for future warranty costs 637 538
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Total current liabilities 12,066 12,400
Deferred gain on sale/leaseback of
capital assets 397 453
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Total liabilities 12,463 12,853
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Shareholders' equity:
Capital stock 39,000 38,870
Contributed surplus 605 442
Retained earnings 8,796 781
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Total shareholders' equity 48,401 40,093
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Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $ 60,864 $ 52,946
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NOVATEL INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in Canadian $ thousands, except per share data)
(Unaudited)
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Revenues:
Product sales $ 16,908 $ 11,560 $ 31,014 $ 22,451
NRE fees 578 1,722 1,829 3,333
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Total revenues 17,486 13,282 32,843 25,784
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Cost of sales:
Cost of product sales 6,357 4,383 12,054 9,121
Cost of NRE fees 441 947 1,044 1,772
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Total cost of sales 6,798 5,330 13,098 10,893
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Gross profit 10,688 7,952 19,745 14,891
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Operating expenses:
Research and development 2,838 2,398 5,176 4,436
Selling and marketing 2,150 1,594 3,717 3,048
General and administration 1,783 1,304 3,600 2,610
Share offering costs - 722 - 722
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Total operating expenses 6,771 6,018 12,493 10,816
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Operating income 3,917 1,934 7,252 4,075
Interest income, net 170 55 323 108
Other income (expense) (62) 56 (84) 15
Benefit of prior years'
investment tax credits - - 1,036 -
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Income from continuing
operations before income
taxes 4,025 2,045 8,527 4,198
Income taxes
Current provision 109 22 1,422 34
Future income tax expense
(benefit) (355) - (910) -
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Net income $ 4,271 $ 2,023 $ 8,015 $ 4,164
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Net income per share (basic) $ 0.52 $ 0.25 $ 0.97 $ 0.52
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Weighted average shares
outstanding (basic) 8,273 8,038 8,267 8,014
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Net income per share
(diluted) $ 0.49 $ 0.24 $ 0.91 $ 0.49
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Weighted average shares
outstanding (diluted) 8,789 8,583 8,784 8,560
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