Timothy Huffmyer
Analyst · Roth Capital. Please go ahead
Thanks Bill. Let me start with a summary of certain activity completed since our last earnings conference call. First, we completed a private placement of common stock and warrants with funding finalized on November 7th, which provided $6.8 million of net cash to support the business as we evaluate our product roadmaps, M&A opportunities, debt repayment and subscriber growth continues on the Sprint SafePath platform. The newly issued common stock was priced above market at $2.32, and included the issuance of a warrant for each share purchased for total proceeds of $7.5 million. In addition to the securities purchase agreement, the Company also entered into a registration rights agreement. These actions were fully completed during Q4 2018. In conjunction with this transaction and these agreements, the Company amended the previously issued March and May private placement warrant agreements. These amendments allow the Company to modify the warrant accounting from liability to equity treatment, resulting in the elimination of the warrant liability and an increase to stockholders equity of $7.6 million during Q4 of 2018. On December 11th, we announced the use of net proceeds from the November private placement to repay certain short and long-term debt obligations of $3.2 million. A combination of both the private placement and debt repayment significantly strengthens the Company's balance sheet as we enter 2019. As previously announced on January 9th, we completed the acquisition of the ISM Connect smart retail product suite. Pursuant to the terms of the transaction, the Company paid an aggregate purchase price of approximately $9.1 million, consisting of $4 million in cash and $5.1 million through the issuance of Company common stock. The Company has committed to certain registration rights of which these actions are in process and expect to be completed in the coming weeks. We are extremely pleased with the execution of the strategic transactions, as each contributes to the strengthening of the Company's business and provide shareholder value, all as the Company continues its journey to consistent revenue and profit growth. Now, let's review the numbers for the fourth quarter and fiscal 2018. For the fourth quarter, we posted revenue of $7.4 million, compared to $5.7 million for the same quarter last year an increase of 28%. The wireless segment reported quarterly revenue of $6.9 million, compared to $4.7 million last year an increase of 47%. Our graphics segment reported quarterly revenue of $482,000, compared to $1.1 million last year. For the year, revenue was $26.3 million, compared to $23 million last year an increase of 14%. This growth was mostly related to the wireless segment reporting annual revenue of $24.5 million compared to $18.3 million last year an increase of 33%, offset by the graphics segment reporting annual revenue of $1.8 million compared to $4.6 million last year. The increase in the wireless revenue was a result of revenue growth in both the CommSuite voice messaging and SafePath connected life platforms, as customer adoption rates increase for both product families. During the fourth quarter of 2017, we had rolled our CommSuite product enhancements, which has now resulted in five consecutive quarters of revenue growth, and the highest number of premium subscribers. Although, we expect modest growth in CommSuite premium subscribers during 2019, we do expect these revenues to level out. This is specifically due to the uncertainty around advertising revenue generated on the CommSuite platform and Sprint’s recent divestiture of Penn size media. During the fourth quarter of 2018, revenue from Sprint SafePath Family grew by 30%. We expect revenue growth to continue based on recent and expected Sprint actions, which include continued retail store promotions. These actions are completely dependent on Sprint execution, we continue to support efforts as required. As a reminder, the Sprint launch is unique and that Sprint had an existing base of subscribers using a legacy product. The legacy product was originally due to sunset in the first quarter of 2018, but was delayed. This change was based on a Sprint operational decision. We continue to support Sprint on a new sunset date. The decrease in the Graphics revenue was in-line with our expectations, attributed mostly to the CLIP STUDIO distribution agreement termination and lower unit sales of legacy products. For the fourth quarter, gross profit was $6.4 million compared to $4.4 million during the same period last year. Gross margin was 87% for the fourth quarter compared to 76% last year. The increase in gross margin is directly related to the higher Wireless revenue and a mix of both Wireless and Graphics revenues. For the year, gross profit was $22 million compared to $17.9 million last year. Gross margin was 84% for the year compared to 78% last year. Operating expense for the fourth quarter was $5.7 million, an increase of $833,000 or 17% compared to last year. This increase is mostly related to the previously announced Q4 2017 reversal of real-estate restructuring reserves combined with 200,000 of acquisition related expenses incurred in Q4 2018. Operating expenses for the year was $23.2 million, a decrease of $400,000 or 2% compared to last year. During Q2 2018, we announced a cost reduction program, resulting in modest restructuring expenses at that time. This cost reduction program included a reduction of staff and other cost management activities within expected annual savings of $1 million. We are pleased with the operating expense savings achieved from this program. The non-GAAP pre-tax income for the fourth quarter was $1.2 million, compared to a loss of $1.1 million last year. The non-GAAP pre-tax loss for the year was $88,000, compared to a loss of $5.6 million last year. The non-GAAP net income for the fourth quarter was $939,000 or $0.03 earnings per share compared to a non-GAAP net loss of $693,000 or $0.05 loss per share last year. The non-GAAP net loss for the year was $67,000 or breakeven loss per share compared to a non-GAAP net loss of $3.5 million or $0.26 loss per share last year. Within the recently issued a press release, we have provided a reconciliation of our non-GAAP metrics to the most comparable GAAP metrics. For the fourth quarter, the reconciliation includes the following adjustments, stock compensation expense of $261,000, intangible amortization of $60,000, amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs and $42,000, fair value adjustments of $2.3 million, loss on debt extinguishment of $203,000, acquisition cost of $201,000 and preferred stock dividends of $34,000, some of which are non-cash adjustments. For the year, the reconciliation includes the following adjustments. Stock compensation expense of $935,000, intangible amortization of $249,000, amortization of debt discounts and issuance costs of $239,000, fair value adjustments of $812,000, loss on debt extinguishment of $203,000, acquisition cost of $201,000 and preferred stock dividends of $404,000, some of which are non-cash adjustments. Due to our cumulative net losses over the past few years, our gap tax expense is primarily due to foreign income taxes. For non-GAAP purposes, we utilize a 24% tax rate for 2018, the resulting fourth quarter non-GAAP tax expense was $297,000, and a non-GAAP tax benefit for the year was $21,000. This concludes my financial review. Back to you, Bill.