May | 2015 | Tucows Inc.
TORONTO, May 7, 2015 – Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ:TCX, TSX:TC), a provider of network access, domain names and other Internet services, today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. All figures are in U.S. dollars.
¹ This Non-GAAP financial measure is described below and reconciled to GAAP net income in the accompanying table.
Note: Portfolio revenue for Q1 2015 includes a gain we recognized on the sale of our minority interest in .store as a result of this contested domain being resolved through a confidential private auction in February 2015.
Net revenue for the first quarter of 2015 increased 18% to $40.5 million from $34.4 million for the first quarter of 2014.
Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2015 increased 108% to $6.9 million from $3.3 million for the first quarter of 2014. Net income for the first quarter of 2015 increased to $2.8 million, or $0.25 per share, compared with $0.5 million, or $0.04 per share, for the first quarter of 2014. Both adjusted EBITDA and net income for the first quarter of 2015 benefitted from the sale of our minority interest in .store.
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the first quarter of 2015 were $13.7 million, up from $8.3 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2014 and $13.5 million at the end of the first quarter of 2014. During the first quarter of 2015, Tucows generated cash flow from operating activities of $2.9 million. In addition, the Company generated $6.6 million from its previously announced agreement to amend its .online joint venture relationship to a marketing agreement and received $3.5 million under its Amended Credit Facility to fund the Company’s previously announced acquisition of a controlling interest in Ting Virginia, LLC. The Company also used $7.7 million in cash to repurchase 408,000 shares of its common stock under its ongoing share buyback program and the modified “Dutch auction tender offer” that closed on January 7, 2015.
Adjusted EBITDA is one of the primary measures we use for planning and budgeting purposes, incentive compensation and to monitor and evaluate our financial and operating results. Adjusted EBITDA is not a measurement of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities or as a measure of liquidity or an alternative to net income as indicators of operating performance or any other measures of performance derived in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Because Adjusted EBITDA is calculated before recurring cash charges, including interest expense and taxes, and is not adjusted for capital expenditures or other recurring cash requirements of the business, it should not be considered as a measure of discretionary cash available to invest in the growth of the business. See the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows included in the attached financial statements. Non-GAAP financial measures do not reflect a comprehensive system of accounting, differ from GAAP measures with the same captions and may differ from non-GAAP financial measures with the same or similar captions that are used by other companies. The use of certain non-GAAP financial measures requires management to make estimates and assumptions regarding amounts of assets and liabilities and the amounts of revenue and expense during the reporting periods. We base our estimates on historical experience and assumptions that we believe are reasonable. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Adjusted EBITDA excludes depreciation expense, amortization of intangibles, income tax provision, interest expense, interest income, stock-based compensation, asset impairment, net deferred revenue, which comprises the change in deferred revenue, net of prepaid domain name registry and other Internet services fees, to reflect the material amount of cash we collect and pay for domain registrations and other Internet services at the time of activation, unrealized foreign exchange gain/loss from the translation of monetary accounts denominated in non U.S. dollars to U.S. dollars as well as the revaluation of foreign exchange contracts and our foreign denominated assets and liabilities and other infrequently occurring items listed in the itemized reconciliations between GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures included in this press release.
2. Excludes contribution of the Portfolio group.
Tucows management will host a conference call today, Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. (ET) to discuss the Company’s first quarter 2015 results. Participants can access the conference call by dialing 1-888-231-8191 or 647-427-7450 or via the Internet at https://www.tucows.com/investors.
For those unable to participate in the conference call at the scheduled time, it will be archived for replay both by telephone and via the Internet beginning approximately one hour following completion of the call. To access the archived conference call by telephone, dial 416-849-0833 or 1-855-859-2056 and enter the pass code 32328961 followed by the pound key. The telephone replay will be available until Thursday, May 14, 2015 at midnight. To access the archived conference call as an MP3 via the Internet, go to https://www.tucows.com/investors.
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