VCampus Announces First Quarter Financial Results; Select Partner(R) revenues more than doubled and total revenues grew by 13% over the same quarter in 2005.RESTON Reston, uninc. city (1990 pop. 48,556), Fairfax co., N Va., a planned community established in 1961. A suburb of Washington, D.C., Reston is organized in a series of residential villages and commercial areas. , Va. -- VCampus VCampus Corporation, once known as University Online (UOL), specializes in providing certification offerings for non-profit, government and profit-based certifications. As University Online, the company was involved in the historically significant PLATO project. Corporation (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 :VCMP VCMP Vice City Multi-Player (gaming, Grand Theft Auto Online Mod) VCMP Voice Call Management Protocol ), a provider of comprehensive e-Learning (Electronic-LEARNING) An umbrella term for providing computer instruction (courseware) online over the public Internet, private distance learning networks or inhouse via an intranet. See CBT. publishing and hosting services to corporations, government agencies, professional associations and credentialing Credentialing is the administrative process for validating the qualifications of licensed professionals, organizational members or organizations, and assessing their background and legitimacy. organizations, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2006. Highlights: --Select Partner(R) Program revenues in the first quarter of 2006 more than doubled to $244,783 over the first quarter of 2005 contributing to a 13% growth in the company's total revenues for the same period. --Select Partner Program revenues in the first quarter of 2006 grew by 15% over the fourth quarter of 2005 and total revenues grew by 16% over the same period. --The gross margins improved to 68% of revenues in the first quarter of 2006 from 65% in the fourth quarter of 2005 and 59% in the first quarter of 2005. --The company signed a new Select Partner in the first quarter of 2006, the Emergency Nurses Association with over 28,000 members, which adds to the existing Select Partners such as CFA Institute The CFA Institute is headquartered in the United States Of America at Charlottesville, Virginia with offices in Hong Kong and London. Formerly known as the Association for Investment Management and Research (AIMR), the Institute awards the prestigious Chartered Financial Analyst , (ISC (1) (Internet Systems Consortium, Redwood City, CA www.isc.org) An organization founded by Paul Vixie, Carl Malamud and Rick Adams in 1994 and later sponsored by UUNET and other Internet companies. )2, PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). Global, Inc., the New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Institute of Finance, the Association for Financial Professionals, Sourcefire, Inc., the National Contract Management Association, the American College American College is the name of:
forensic 1) adj. from Latin forensis for "belonging to the forum," ancient Rome's site for public debate, and currently meaning pertaining to the courts. Examiners and the Regulatory Affairs Regulatory Affairs (RA), also called Government Affairs, is a profession within regulated industries, such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, energy, and banking. Regulatory Affairs professionals usually have responsibility for the following general areas: --The company now offers a library of 49 courses and three exams published and/or and/or conj. Used to indicate that either or both of the items connected by it are involved. Usage Note: And/or is widely used in legal and business writing. hosted under the Select Partner Program and the company expects the revenues from this program to grow steadily in 2006 and beyond. The company plans to publish at least six new Select Partner courses and release a major revision to an existing course in 2006. --The Company renewed its flagship contract for hosting the Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs is a term of the business that deals with the relation between a government and its veteran communities, usually administered by the designated government agency. Learning Online campus for the next three years with anticipated base revenues of $1.5 million or more each year. Under the renewal, VCampus can also offer its Select Partner courses not only to the employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs, but also to an additional 225,000 individuals who are actively involved in Department of Veterans Affairs' programs such as the Vocational Rehabilitation program Noun 1. vocational rehabilitation program - a program of rehabilitation through job training with an eye to gainful employment rehabilitation program - a program for restoring someone to good health , as well as to medical students and volunteers. Based on its excellent track record of providing high quality services to the Department, the company expects to expand its business with civilian and military agencies in 2006 and beyond. The company reported total revenues of $1,277,202 in the first quarter of 2006 compared to total revenues of $1,098,180 in the fourth quarter of 2005 and $1,128,582 in the first quarter of 2005. These total revenue amounts include online tuition For tuition fees in the United Kingdom, see . Tuition means instruction, teaching or a fee charged for educational instruction especially at a formal institution of learning or by a private tutor usually in the form of one-to-one tuition. revenue of $1,080,257 in the first quarter of 2006 compared to $959,808 in the fourth quarter of 2005 and $1,023,095 in the first quarter of 2005. 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. for the three months ended March 31, 2006 was $1,712,088 compared to $1,152,843 and $1,422,218 for the three months ended December 31, 2005 and March 31, 2005, respectively. With the adoption of SFAS SFAS Statement of Financial Accounting Standards SFAS Special Forces Assessment and Selection SFAS Student Financial Aid Services SFAS Sport Fishing Association of Singapore SFAS Safety Features Actuation System SFAS Statewide Fixed Assets System 123R effective January 1, 2006, the non-cash charge Non-Cash Charge A charge off, made by a company against earnings, that does not require an initial outlay of cash. Notes: Non-cash charges are typically against the depreciation, amortization, and depletion accounts on a company's balance sheet. for stock-based compensation increased to $229,637 in the first quarter of 2006 from $48,995 in the first quarter of 2005. The company recorded a charge of $400,000 in the first quarter of 2006, for retail sales and use tax Sales and use tax refers to:
The company ended the quarter with approximately $3.2 million in cash compared to approximately $2.5 million in cash on December 31, 2005. "We have made considerable progress in our Select Partner Program with our flagship partners such as CFA Institute and (ISC)2. The Select Partner certification and continuing education-related revenues now account for approximately 20% of our total revenues, based on first quarter financial results, and we expect this percentage to increase over time. When we conclude the planned acquisition of Prosoft Learning, we expect the certification-related revenues to account for over 50% of the total revenues. We will be discussing these issues in more detail in our conference call scheduled for June 2006," said Nat Kannan, 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 VCampus Corporation. "The Prosoft acquisition continues to move along on the accelerated schedule we proposed. At this point, we expect the acquisition could close as early as the middle of June, thereby resulting in a full quarter of combined operations For the department of the British War Office during World War II, see . In the military, combined operations are operations conducted by forces of two or more allied nations acting together for the accomplishment of a single mission. See also
Conference Call and Webcast Mr. Kannan and Mr. Nelson will hold a conference call to discuss the first quarter financial results, business outlook and the Prosoft acquisition. The call is scheduled for 4:30 PM Eastern Time on June 20, 2006. Interested parties may participate by dialing (800) 599-9816. International callers may dial (617) 847-8705. Please enter the passcode 90276140. This call is also being webcast by Thomson/CCBN and can be accessed at the VCampus web site at www.vcampus.com. The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can listen to the call at www.fulldisclosure.com, Thomson/CCBN's individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. 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 Thomson's password-protected event management site, StreetEvents (www.streetevents.com). A replay of the call will be available via telephone from approximately 6:30 PM Eastern Time on June 20, 2006 until 6:30 PM Eastern Time on June 27, 2006. To listen to the replay, participants in the U.S. and Canada should dial (888) 286-8010, and international participants should dial (617) 801-6888. The conference ID for the replay is 66534907. About VCampus(R) VCampus Corporation (NASDAQ:VCMP), a provider of comprehensive e-Learning services, helps organizations that offer professional certifications Professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation, often called simply certification or qualification, is a designation earned by a person to assure that he/she is qualified to perform a job or task. and credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. unlock the value of their traditional branded course content. Through its innovative Select Partner(TM) Program, VCampus repurposes value-added training content for online delivery to enhance and support professional development programs. The Select Partner Program provides custom course development, publishing, hosting, e-commerce e-commerce, commerce conducted over the Internet, most often via the World Wide Web. E-commerce can apply to purchases made through the Web or to business-to-business activities such as inventory transfers. , reporting, account support and marketing services. With over a decade of e-Learning experience, VCampus has delivered more than 3 million courses to more than 1 million desktops/users in professional credentialing and certification organizations, associations, non-profits, corporations, government agencies and higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. institutions. VCampus distributes a courseware Educational software. See CBT and OpenCourseWare. (application) courseware - Programs and data used in Computer-Based Training. library of more than 3,800 web-based courses. VCampus Corporation is headquartered in Reston, VA. For more information, call 800-915-9298, or visit the VCampus Web site at www.vcampus.com. "VCampus" and "Select Partner" are registered trademarks of VCampus Corporation. Forward Looking Statements This press 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. within the meaning of the federal 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. Statements contained herein that are not statements of historical fact are forward-looking. Without limiting the foregoing, references to future growth or expansion or scheduled product launch dates are forward-looking, and words such as "anticipates," "believes," "could," "estimate," "designed to," "expect," "intend," "may," "might," "should," "will," and "would" and other forms of these words or similar words are intended to identify forward-looking information. You should read statements that contain these words carefully because they discuss our future expectations, contain projections of our future results of operations or of our financial position or state other forward-looking information. There might be events in the future that we are not able to predict accurately or control, and any forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially. These risks and uncertainties include: (1) our history of losses, projection of future losses and our need to raise additional capital; (2) market acceptance of our new and future products; (3) uncertainties regarding the successful implementation of our Select Partner Program or the timely release of products; (4) uncertainties regarding our ability to achieve growth organically or otherwise and to consummate To carry into completion; to fulfill; to accomplish. A Common-Law Marriage is consummated when the parties live in a manner intended to bring about public recognition of their relationship as Husband and Wife. and integrate any acquisitions, including Prosoft; and (5) growing competition. For additional information regarding risk factors that could affect our future results, please refer to the discussions of "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended December 31, 2005 and other SEC filings.
VCAMPUS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
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2005 2006
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Revenues:
Online tuition revenues $1,023,095 $1,080,257
Development and other revenues 105,487 196,945
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Net revenues 1,128,582 1,277,202
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues 459,468 413,094
Sales and marketing 518,409 380,879
Product development and operations 712,732 674,696
General and administrative 442,570 484,800
Sales and use tax assessment -- 400,000
Depreciation and amortization 368,626 406,184
Stock-based compensation 48,995 229,637
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Total costs and expenses 2,550,800 2,989,290
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Loss from operations (1,422,218) (1,712,088)
Interest expense, net (480,455) (129,600)
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Net loss $(1,902,673) $(1,841,688)
Dividends to preferred stockholders -- (65,705)
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Net loss attributable to common stockholders $(1,902,673) $(1,907,393)
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Net loss per share, basic $(0.22) $(0.20)
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Net loss per share -- assuming dilution $(0.22) $(0.20)
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VCAMPUS CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
December 31, March 31,
2005 2006
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(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $2,488,159 $3,208,215
Accounts receivable, net 209,338 372,691
Loans receivable from related party 15,453 --
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 325,818 321,646
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Total current assets 3,038,768 3,902,552
Property and equipment, net 313,880 295,209
Capitalized software costs and courseware
development costs, net 1,308,577 1,012,795
Other assets 231,859 215,221
Other intangible assets, net 257,006 229,319
Goodwill 328,317 328,317
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Total assets $5,478,407 $5,983,413
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $1,182,585 $938,323
Accrued expenses 479,316 466,435
Accrued sales and use tax liability -- 400,000
Notes payable 191,796 206,831
Deferred revenues 469,280 226,876
Accrued dividends payable to preferred
stockholders 14,312 65,705
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Total current liabilities 2,337,289 2,304,170
Long-term liabilities:
Notes payable--less discount and current
portion 479,489 465,371
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Total liabilities 2,816,778 2,769,541
Commitments and contingencies: -- --
Stockholders' equity:
Series A-1 convertible Preferred Stock 23 23
Series B-1 convertible Preferred Stock -- 23
Common Stock 95,921 96,464
Additional paid-in capital 105,418,644 107,877,714
Accumulated deficit (102,852,959) (104,760,352)
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Total stockholders' equity 2,661,629 3,213,872
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Total liabilities and stockholders'
equity $5,478,407 $5,983,413
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