iBasis Reports Results for Third Quarter 2005; Company Eliminates Bond Debt, Achieves Third Consecutive Quarter of Positive Cash Flow, Announces Stock Repurchase Program.BURLINGTON Burlington, town, Canada Burlington, town (1991 pop. 129,575), SE Ont., Canada, on Lake Ontario. First settled (1798) by Mohawk Loyalist Joseph Brandt, Burlington's economy was built on the shipment of wheat, lumber, and quarried rock by waterway. , Mass. -- iBasis, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : IBAS), a leader in international long distance, VoIP, and prepaid pre·pay tr.v. pre·paid, pre·pay·ing, pre·pays To pay or pay for beforehand. pre·pay  ment n. calling cards, today
announced results for the third quarter ended September September: see month. 30, 2005.Revenue for the third quarter of 2005 was $94.6 million, compared to $70.4 million for the third quarter of 2004. Net loss for the third quarter of 2005 was $1.7 million, or $(0.02) per share, compared to net loss for the third quarter of 2004 of $1.0 million, or $(0.02) per share. Net loss for Q3 2005 included a $1.3 million charge for debt conversion premiums and transaction costs Transaction Costs Costs incurred when buying or selling securities. These include brokers' commissions and spreads (the difference between the price the dealer paid for a security and the price they can sell it). . Net loss for Q3 2004 included a $1.9 million gain from discontinued operations Discontinued operations Divisions of a business that have been sold or written off and that no longer are maintained by the business. . The Company also announced a stock buy-back program to repurchase re·pur·chase tr.v. re·pur·chased, re·pur·chas·ing, re·pur·chas·es To buy (something) again. n. The act of buying something that one previously sold or owned. Noun 1. up to $5 million of iBasis common stock over the next year. iBasis will fund the repurchase out of working capital. Highlights of the third quarter include: --Became bond-debt free with positive stockholders' equity Stockholders' Equity The portion of the balance sheet that includes capital received from investors in exchange for stock (paid-in capital), donated capital, and retained earnings. This is equal to total assets minus liabilities, preferred stock and intangible assets. after converting remaining bonds to equity; --Achieved third consecutive quarter of positive cash flow; and --Carried 2.0 billion minutes of traffic, a 10% increase over Q2 2005. "We made important progress during the third quarter, despite flat sequential revenue and a decline in margin. In particular, we accomplished a major milestone in eliminating our debt and generated significant stockholders' equity in the process," said Ofer Ofer (Hebrew: עופר) is a moshav located south of Haifa, Israel in the Carmel Mountains and is a part of the Hof HaCarmel Regional Council. Gneezy, 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 iBasis. "We also achieved positive cash flow for the third consecutive quarter. In the first nine months of 2005, we surpassed the revenue and minutes of use for the full year 2004, which is evidence of the growing demand for our services. We also swung a $7.7 million loss from operations in the first nine months of last year to a $2.4 million profit in the same period this year, which is a sign of our ongoing efficiency improvements. "In our Trading business we experienced substantial growth in our traffic from companies that provide retail VoIP services during the quarter. However, this was offset by the continued decline in revenue from China traffic, which had surged in Q1 of this year. We believe our China traffic has stabilized sta·bi·lize v. sta·bi·lized, sta·bi·liz·ing, sta·bi·liz·es v.tr. 1. To make stable or steadfast. 2. as a smaller portion of our business, and additional downside Downside The dollar amount by which the market or a stock has the potential to fall. Notes: You might hear someone say that the downside on stock XYZ is $10. What that means is that the stock could fall by this amount if things got bad. is limited. "The growth in our traffic from retail VoIP companies is especially encouraging as it is occurring within a rapidly-growing market segment, and we believe it will help to drive a resumption RESUMPTION. To reassume; to promise again; as, the resumption of payment of specie by the banks is general. It also signifies to take things back; as the government has resumed the possession of all the lands which have not been paid for according to the requisitions of the law, and the of margin growth. During the quarter, we added a number of new customers from this segment, including SOFTBANK's Yahoo BB unit, the largest retail VoIP company in Japan. We now have more than 20 retail VoIP companies as customers, representing more than six million VoIP users VoIP User is a community driven and financed SIP based VoIP network. The projects aim is to introduce people to the concept of VoIP by allowing members to experiment with SIP and IAX2 devices. worldwide. We are in testing with additional significant companies in this space and look forward to bringing them online soon. We believe we have established iBasis as the leading provider of call termination Call Termination, also known as voice termination, refers to the handing off or routing of calls from one telephone company, also known as a carrier or provider, to another telephone company. The terminating point is end point. services for retail VoIP companies. "In our Retail business, we are encouraged by the growth in both realized and deferred revenue during the quarter. However, aggressively-priced new cards did not gain traction Traction Definition Traction is the use of a pulling force to treat muscle and skeleton disorders. Purpose Traction is usually applied to the arms and legs, the neck, the backbone, or the pelvis. early enough to have the desired impact on the results for the quarter. "We exited the quarter with momentum in both our Retail and Trading businesses, and in October October: see month. we achieved a single-day traffic record of more than 30 million minutes. We have established iBasis as the preferred provider in the explosive retail VoIP space. We are bond-debt free, and we continue to be in the sweet spot of the global communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. . "The stock repurchase Stock repurchase A firm's repurchase of outstanding shares of its common stock. program reflects our continued confidence in our business and in our ability to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the significant opportunities before us." ($ in millions) Trading Retail Total ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Revenue $77.0 $17.6 $94.6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Gross Margin(a) $8.8 $2.7 $11.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Gross Margin % 11.4% 15.4% 12.2% (a) Net Revenue less Data Communications and Telecommunications costs Key Indicators Minutes of use on The iBasis Network(TM) in the third quarter 2005 rose to 2.0 billion, a 53% increase over the 1.3 billion minutes carried in the third quarter 2004, and a 10% increase over the 1.8 billion minutes in the second quarter 2005. Average revenue per minute (ARPM ARPM Average Revenue Per Minute (public utilities) ARPM ATM (Asynchronous Transmission Mode) Rate Pacing Module ARPM Average Revenue Per Message ARPM Alcatraz-Red Power Movement ARPM Age Replacement Preventive Maintenance ) was 4.8 cents in the third quarter 2005 compared to 5.3 cents in the second quarter 2005. This change was largely due to an increase in traffic to lower ARPM countries, such as Mexico Mexico, city, Mexico Mexico or Mexico City, Span. Ciudad de México (Méjico), city (1990 pop. 8,236,960; 1991 met. area est. 20,899,000), central Mexico, capital and largest city of Mexico. and Brazil Brazil (brəzĭl`), Port. Brasil, officially Federative Republic of Brazil, republic (2005 est. pop. 186,113,000), 3,286,470 sq mi (8,511,965 sq km), E South America. . ARPM is based on our reported net revenue divided by minutes of traffic. Operational Milestones Overseas-originated calls accounted for 45% of revenue in the third quarter of 2005, compared to 48% of revenue in the second quarter 2005. iBasis ended the third quarter with 371 customers, compared to 348 at the end of the second quarter. New customers announced during the quarter included SOFTBANK (Softbank Corporation, Tokyo, www.softbank.com) A computer conglomerate founded in 1981 by Masayoshi Son. The company has backed Yahoo! and more than 50 hardware, software, communications and Internet companies both in the U.S. and Japan. , and its Yahoo BB retail VoIP company; Telefonica Deutschland; Voiceserve, a UK-based VoIP provider to retail consumers and corporations; and Telemar, a strong local carrier in Brazil that is expanding into international services. Guidance The following statements are forward-looking for·ward-look·ing adj. Concerned with or making provision for the future: forward-looking educators; a forward-looking corporate plan. Adj. 1. and actual results may differ materially due to factors noted below, among others. The information provided in this financial outlook is as of October 27, 2005, and supersedes all previous guidance. The Company believes that in 2005 it will: --achieve 40 to 50% year-over-year revenue growth; --achieve positive net income for the year, excluding debt conversion costs; and --be cash flow positive for 2005. Planned cash expenditures for 2005 include $7 to $8 million in capital asset investments. About iBasis Founded in 1996, iBasis (OTCBB: IBAS) is a leading wholesale carrier of international long distance telephone calls and a provider of retail prepaid calling services, including the Pingo(TM) web-based offering (www.pingo.com) and disposable disposable Nursing adjective Referring to that which is discarded or disposed of noun An item used in health care-related Pt contact which is discarded after use–eg masks, gloves, gowns, needles, paper products, syringes, wipes. See Biohazardous waste. calling cards, which are sold through major distributors and available at retail stores throughout the U.S. iBasis customers include many of the largest telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. carriers in the world, including AT&T, Cable & Wireless, China Mobile, China Unicom China Unicom, full name China United Telecommunications Corporation, 中国联通, HKSE: 0762 NYSE: CHU, is a telecommunication operator in the People's Republic of China. 52. , MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. , Sprint, Skype, and Telefonica. iBasis carried approximately 5 billion minutes of international voice over IP (VoIP) traffic in 2004, and is one of the ten largest carriers of international voice traffic in the world(1). For four consecutive years service providers named iBasis the best international wholesale carrier in ATLANTIC-ACM's annual International Wholesale Carrier Report Card(2). iBasis was also ranked among the fastest-growing technology companies in New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. in the 2002, 2003, and 2004 Technology Fast 50 programs sponsored by Deloitte & Touche. The Company can be reached at its worldwide headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts Burlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 22,876 at the 2000 census. History Burlington was first settled in 1641 and was officially incorporated on February 28, 1799. , USA at 781-505-7500 or on the Internet Internet 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 at www.ibasis.com. iBasis and Pingo are registered marks, and The iBasis Network is a trademark of iBasis, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Except for historical information, all of the expectations, projections and assumptions contained in the foregoing press release, including those relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the company's current expectations regarding revenue growth, sources of revenue, margin improvement, future capital expenditures, and cash flows constitute 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. under 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 and involve risks and uncertainties. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, (i) the extent of adoption of the company's services and the timing and amount of revenue and margin generated by these services; (ii) fluctuations in the market for and pricing of these services; and (iii) the other considerations described as "Risk Factors" in iBasis' most recent Forms 10-K and 10-Q, and the company's other SEC filings. We have no current intention to update any forward-looking statements. Use of Non-GAAP Financial Data The Company provides certain financial data in addition to providing financial results 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 GAAP GAAP See: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP See generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). . This data is not in accordance with, or an alternative to GAAP, and may be different from Non-GAAP financial data used by other companies. This Non-GAAP financial data includes average revenue per minute, which the Company believes provides useful information, to both its management and investors about the Company's current performance. (1)Telegeography 2005 data compared with iBasis 2004 traffic volume. (2)ATLANTIC-ACM International Wholesale Carrier Report Card - 2002, 2003, 2004, & 2005.
iBasis, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands)
September 30, December 31,
2005 2004
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(Unaudited)
Assets
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term
investments $ 43,310 $ 38,825
Accounts receivable, net 43,723 34,133
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 3,179 2,420
Property and equipment, net 12,021 11,861
Deferred debt financing costs, net --- 177
Other assets 365 360
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Total assets $ 102,598 $ 87,776
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Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Accounts payable $ 27,545 $ 24,340
Accrued expenses 20,731 12,186
Deferred revenue 8,442 6,303
Current portion of long term debt 1,370 1,775
Long term debt, net of current portion 1,997 65,933
Other long term liabilities 1,016 1,132
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Total liabilities 61,101 111,669
Stockholders' equity (deficit) 41,497 ( 23,893)
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Total liabilities and stockholders'
equity $ 102,598 $ 87,776
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iBasis, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended
September 30,
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2005 2004
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(Unaudited)
Net revenue $94,644 $70,359
Cost and operating expenses:
Data communications and telecommunications
(excluding depreciation and amortization) 83,143 60,037
Research and development 3,076 3,585
Selling and marketing 2,999 2,308
General and administrative 4,102 3,702
Depreciation and amortization 1,682 2,141
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Total costs and operating expenses 95,002 71,773
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Loss from operations ( 358) ( 1,414)
Interest income (expense), net 166 ( 1,428)
Other expenses, net ( 40) ( 71)
Foreign exchange (loss) gain, net ( 174) 222
Debt conversion premium and transaction costs (1,314) ---
Debt refinancing transaction costs --- ( 205)
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Loss from continuing operations ( 1,720) ( 2,896)
Income from discontinued operations --- 1,861
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Net loss $ (1,720) $ (1,035)
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Net income (loss) per share:
Continuing operations $( 0.02) $( 0.06)
Discontinued operations --- 0.04
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Total net loss per share $ ( 0.02) $ ( 0.02)
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Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic 88,924 47,884
Diluted 88,924 47,884
iBasis, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share data)
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
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2005 2004
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(Unaudited)
Net revenue $277,897 $188,542
Cost and operating expenses:
Data communications and telecommunications
(excluding depreciation and amortization) 241,318 160,693
Research and development 9,334 10,665
Selling and marketing 8,592 6,440
General and administrative 11,161 10,001
Depreciation and amortization 5,128 8,452
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Total costs and operating expenses 275,533 196,251
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Income (loss) from operations 2,364 ( 7,709)
Interest expense, net ( 1,732) ( 2,948)
Other expenses, net ( 200) ( 156)
Foreign exchange (loss) gain, net ( 754) 302
Loss on non-marketable long-term security --- ( 5,000)
Debt conversion premium and transaction
costs ( 1,975) ---
Debt Refinancing-related charges:
Transaction costs --- ( 2,159)
Additional interest, net --- ( 481)
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Loss from continuing operations ( 2,297) ( 18,151)
Income from discontinued operations --- 1,861
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Net loss $( 2,297) $ (16,290)
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Net (loss) income per share:
Continuing operations $ ( 0.03) $ ( 0.39)
Discontinued operations --- 0.04
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Total net loss per share $ ( 0.03) $ (0.35)
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Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic 73,300 46,411
Diluted 73,300 46,411
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