 68 Year-Over-Year Subscription Revenue Growth Driven by Continued Increase in Paid Subscriptions with Net Increase of 24,000 Subscriptions in the Quarter Operating Income Increased 214 Year-Over-Year from Improved Gross Margin and Significantly Reduced Operating ExpensesBURLINGTON, Mass., Aug. 03, 2020 GLOBE NEWSWIRE -- Avid NASDAQ: AVID, a leading technology provider that powers the media and entertainment industry, today announced its second quarter 2020 financial results.During the second quarter, the Recurring Revenue components of the companys business were resilient despite the COVID-19 global pandemic. The Company reported record subscription revenue of 16.4 million, up 68 year-over-year and maintenance revenue was stable, resulting in 8.5 year-over-year growth in Annual Contract Value. Also, in the quarter, Avid significantly improved its profitability as a result of higher gross margin coupled with a more efficient cost structure. The year-over-year improvement in gross margin of 760 basis points was a result of a greater portion of revenue coming from higher-margin software in the quarter and benefits from expense reductions in non-material cost of sales. Profitability was also enhanced by the 11 million year-over-year reduction in operating expenses in the quarter, which the Company will continue to closely manage towards the target of at least a 30 million reduction for fiscal 2020.For the second quarter, total revenue declined year-over-year, as the non-Recurring Revenue portions of the Companys business related to product and professional services continued to be negatively impacted by weaker demand as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, which has caused the postponement or cancellation of many live music and major sporting events, and the temporary suspension of many film and television productions. During the quarter, the Company repaid the remaining 28.9 million of outstanding convertible notes at their maturity using available cash. As of June 30, 2020, the Company had 55.7 million in cash and cash equivalents. The Companys leverage ratio under the financing agreement dropped to 4.3x as of June 30, 2020, as a result of the year-over-year increase in Adjusted EBITDA in the quarter, and the Company remains well below the covenant levels in the financing agreement as amended in May 2020.Second Quarter 2020 Financial and Business Highlights Subscription revenue was 16.4 million, up 68.3 year-over-year. Paid Cloud-enabled software subscriptions increased by approximately 24,000 during the quarter, to approximately 242,000 at June 30, 2020, an increase of 63.9 year-over-year in total paid subscriptions. Subscription and Maintenance revenue was 47.0 million, up 13.5 year-over-year. Total revenue was 79.3 million, down 19.7 year-over-year. Gross margin was 65.0, up 760 basis points year-over-year. Non-GAAP Gross Margin was 65.4, up 600 basis points year-over-year. Operating expenses were 43.5 million, a decrease of 19.6 year-over-year. Non-GAAP Operating Expenses were 40.5 million, a decrease of 21.7 year-over-year. Operating income was 8.1 million, an increase of 214.0 year-over-year. Non-GAAP Operating Income was 11.3 million, an increase of 65.2 year-over-year. Adjusted EBITDA was 13.5 million, an increase of 43.3 year-over-year. Adjusted EBITDA Margin was 17.0, up 750 basis points year-over-year. Net income per common share was 0.04, up from a loss per common share of 0.25 in the second quarter of 2019. Non-GAAP Net Income per Share was 0.12, up from Non-GAAP Net Income per Share of 0.02 in the second quarter of 2019. Net cash used in operating activities was 3.5 million in the quarter, a decrease of 0.8 million compared to Net cash used in operating activities of 2.7 million in the second quarter of 2019. Free Cash Flow was 5.2 million, a decrease of 0.7 million compared to 4.5 million in the second quarter of 2019. LTM Recurring Revenue was 69.8 of the Companys revenue for the 12 months ended June 30, 2020, up from 58.1 for the 12 months ended June 30, 2019. Annual Contract Value was 265.3 million as of June 30, 2020, up 8.5 from 244.6 million as of June 30, 2019.Jeff Rosica, Avids CEO and President stated, While the COVID-19 pandemic continued to negatively impact the Companys business during the second quarter, we are pleased with the strength of our creative subscription business, which continued its strong growth in the quarter, and with the resilience of our recurring revenue business. COVID-19 continues to temporarily reduce customer demand for parts of our non-recurring product business, but we expect demand to gradually improve as we get further into the second half of 2020. Mr. Rosica continued, The COVID-19 pandemic has also created opportunities to grow strategic portions of the business. We are adjusting our strategy and our investments to respond to the changes in the market which are informed by ongoing discussions with customers across the media industry, placing greater focus on the products and solutions that we believe will drive profitable growth as we emerge in the post-COVID environment. We are committed to making the changes we need to make to ensure that Avid exits this pandemic as a stronger and more profitable company.Ken Gayron, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Avid, said, We made substantial progress in driving our higher margin revenue streams and improving our cost structure in the second quarter, resulting in strong growth in profitability. Mr. Gayron continued, We also made significant progress in improving our working capital position in the quarter, including by reducing accounts payable by more than 17 million during the quarter, that we believe should provide a strong foundation for improved Free Cash Flow in the second half of 2020. Finally, we expect to see continued improvement in our balance sheet and leverage position that we believe should enable the Company to improve its cost of capital and profitability over time.Conference Call to Discuss Second Quarter 2020 Results on August 3, 2020Avid will host a conference call to discuss its financial results for the second quarter of 2020 on Monday, August 3, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. ET. Participants may join the webcast in listen-only mode and access the presentation slides using the link on the Avid Investor Relations website, which can be found on the events tab at ir.avid.com. Participants who would like to ask a question, can access the call by dialing 1 323-289-6576 and referencing confirmation code 7030762. Please connect at least 15 minutes in advance to ensure a timely connection to the call. A replay of the call will also be available for a limited time on the Avid Investor Relations website shortly after the completion of the call.Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Operational MetricsAvid includes non-GAAP financial measures in this press release, including Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Free Cash Flow, Non-GAAP Gross Margin, Non-GAAP Operating Expenses, Non-GAAP Operating Income, and Non-GAAP Net Income Loss per Share. The Company also includes the operational metrics of Cloud-enabled software subscriptions, Recurring Revenue, LTM Recurring Revenue and Annual Contract Value in this release. Avid believes the non-GAAP financial measures and operational metrics provided in this release provide helpful information to investors with respect to evaluating the Companys performance. Unless noted, all financial and operating information is reported based on actual exchange rates. Definitions of the non-GAAP financial measures and operational metrics are included in our Form 8-K filed today. Reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures presented in this press release to the Companys comparable GAAP financial measures for the periods presented are set forth below and are also included in the supplemental financial and operational data sheet available on our investor relations webpage at ir.avid.com, which also includes definitions of all operational metrics. 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