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8-K - FORM 8-K DATED OCTOBER 31, 2012 - AUTOSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES CORPimage124538_8k.htm

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

 

500 Spruce Tree Centre
1600 University Avenue West
St. Paul, Minnesota 55104-3825 USA
651.603.7700 Fax:  651.603.7795
www.imagesensing.com

 

NEWS RELEASE

 

Contacts: Greg Smith, Chief Financial Officer
Image Sensing Systems, Inc. Phone: 651.603.7700

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Image Sensing Systems Announces Third Quarter Financial Results

 

Saint Paul, Minn., October 31, 2012 — Image Sensing Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISNS), announced today the results for its first nine months of its fiscal year and third quarter ended September 30, 2012.

 

Revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 was $18.1 million compared to $21.7 million for the same period of 2011, while revenue for the third quarter of 2012 was $7.2 million compared to $7.4 million for the same period a year ago. Revenue from royalties was $9.2 million in the first nine months of 2012 compared to $9.1 million in 2011 and $3.8 million in the third quarter of 2012 compared to $3.3 million in the same period of 2011. Product sales were $9.0 million for the first nine months of 2012 compared to $12.6 million in 2011 and were $3.4 million in the third quarter of 2012 compared to $4.1 million in the same period in 2011. World-wide CitySync product sales were $3.7 million in the first nine months of 2012 and $1.1 million in the third quarter and RTMS® product sales and royalties were $1.8 million and $621,000, respectively, in the first nine months of 2012 and $799,000 and $258,000, respectively in the third quarter. Econolite distribution of RTMS in North America began in the first quarter of 2012.

 

Net loss for the first nine months of 2012 was $(3.3) million or $(0.68) per share compared to a net loss of $(9.3) million or $(1.93) per share for the same period in 2011. Net income for our 2012 third quarter was $1.0 million or $0.20 per diluted share compared to net loss of $(8.7) million or $(1.81) per share for the same period in 2011. We recorded non-cash goodwill impairment charges in the second quarter of 2012 and the third quarter of 2011. On a non-GAAP basis, excluding the goodwill impairment charge, restructuring and intangible asset amortization, all net of tax, net income for the first nine months of 2012 was $735,000 or $0.15 per share and net income for the third quarter was $831,000 or $0.17 per share. Gross margins on product sales in the third quarter of 2012 were negatively impacted by a $150,000 lower of cost or market adjustment to inventory procured for a contract that was subsequently cancelled. Our effective income tax rate for 2012 is impacted by a non-deductible portion of the goodwill impairment charge and our tax credit status in multiple jurisdictions.

 

 
 

 

Kris Tufto, CEO, said, “Certain of our assets continued to underperform their potential, but we saw improved results in numerous areas. In combination with reduced operating expenses, and despite a $0.05 per share charge to separate from our prior CEO, we had our most profitable quarter since 2010 and this is encouraging for sustaining profitable growth. Further, we again increased our cash and investments balances at quarter-end to $10.6 million, up from $9.7 million at June 30 and $7.3 million at the start of the year.

 

“We are in a transition period and are reexamining our business model, operational tactics and markets. And while we are optimistic that long-term U.S. Federal funding commitments will help buoy our North American outlook, our business faces continued uncertainty. We likely will determine that operational expense in the near term should be increased to solidify our efforts in various engineering and marketing areas. We believe we can achieve reasonable profit levels and revenue growth through better utilization of our assets.

 

“The rollout of our Autoscope® Duo hybrid product remains a key focus and we have recently made some important enhancements to Duo based on feedback from the field. We are excited to see the demonstration sites achieving detection rates equal to those of in–ground loops. We expect strong pick up for demand after the enhancements are trialed and added to customer specifications, although this is a quarter or two later than our original target,” continued Mr. Tufto.

 

Non-GAAP Information

 

We provide certain non-GAAP financial information as supplemental information to GAAP amounts. This non-GAAP information excludes the impact, net of tax, of amortizing the intangible assets from the 2007 EIS asset acquisition and the 2010 CitySync acquisition and may exclude other non-recurring items. Management believes that this presentation facilitates the comparison of our current operating results to historical operating results. Management uses this non-GAAP information to evaluate short-term and long-term operating trends in our core operations. Non-GAAP information is not prepared in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered a substitute for or an alternative to GAAP financial measures and may not be computed the same as similarly titled measures used by other companies.

 

About Image Sensing

Image Sensing Systems, Inc. is a provider of software-based detection solutions for the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) sector and adjacent markets including security, police and parking. We have sold more than 125,000 units of our industry leading Autoscope® machine-vision, RTMS® radar and CitySync automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) products in over 60 countries worldwide. This depth of our experience coupled with the breadth of our product portfolio uniquely positions us to provide powerful hybrid technology solutions and to exploit the convergence of the traffic, security and environmental management markets. We are headquartered in St. Paul, Minnesota. Visit us on the web at imagesensing.com.

 
 

 

Safe Harbor Statement: Statements made in this release concerning the Company’s or management’s intentions, expectations, or predictions about future results or events are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements reflect management’s current expectations or beliefs, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to vary from stated expectations, which variations could be material and adverse. Factors that could produce such a variation include, but are not limited to, the following: the inherent unreliability of earnings, revenue and cash flow predictions due to numerous factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control; developments in the demand for the Company’s products and services; relationships with the Company’s major customers and suppliers; the mix of and margins on the products we sell; unanticipated delays, costs and expenses inherent in the development and marketing of new products and services, including ANPR products; adverse weather conditions in our markets; the impact of governmental laws and regulations; increased international presence; our success in integrating acquisitions; and competitive factors. Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the time made, and we assume no obligation to publicly update any such statements. Additional information concerning these and other factors that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from the Company’s current expectations are contained in the Company’s reports and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 filed in March 2012.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Image Sensing Systems, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in thousands, except per share information)
(unaudited)

 

    Three-Month Period
Ended September 30,
    Nine-Month Period
Ended September 30,
 
    2012     2011     2012     2011  
Revenue                                
Royalties   $ 3,774     $ 3,337     $ 9,159     $ 9,052  
Product sales     3,403       4,085       8,983       12,617  
      7,177       7,422       18,142       21,669  
Cost of revenue (exclusive of amortization below)     1,861       1,775       4,493       5,598  
Gross profit     5,316       5,647       13,649       16,071  
                                 
Operating expenses                                
Selling, marketing and product support     1,567       2,616       5,237       7,874  
General and administrative     1,532       1,743       4,072       4,749  
Research and development     954       1,091       3,241       3,119  
Restructuring                 430        
Goodwill impairment           11,685       3,175       11,685  
Amortization of intangible assets     409       417       1,227       1,243  
      4,462       17,552       17,382       28,670  
Income (loss) from operations     854       (11,905 )     (3,733 )     (12,599 )
Other income     3       1       27       7  
Income (loss) before income taxes     857       (11,904 )     (3,706 )     (12,592 )
Income tax benefit     (132 )     (3,174 )     (369 )     (3,264 )
Net income (loss)   $ 989     $ (8,730 )   $ (3,337 )   $ (9,328 )
                                 
Basic net income (loss) per share   $ 0.20     $ (1.81 )   $ (0.68 )   $ (1.93 )
Diluted net income (loss) per share   $ 0.20     $ (1.81 )   $ (0.68 )   $ (1.93 )
                                 
Weighted shares – basic     4,904       4,836       4,878       4,826  
Weighted shares – diluted     4,964       4,836       4,878       4,826  
                                 
Reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP basis                                
Non-GAAP operating expenses  (1)   $ 4,053     $ 5,450     $ 12,550     $ 15,742  
Non-GAAP income from operations     1,263       197       1,099       329  
Other income     3       1       27       7  
Non-GAAP income before income taxes     1,266       198       1,126       336  
Non-GAAP income tax expense (benefit)  (2)     435       (384 )     391       (194 )
Non-GAAP net income   $ 831     $ 582     $ 735     $ 530  
                                 
Non-GAAP basic net income per share   $ 0.17     $ 0.12     $ 0.15     $ 0.11  
Non-GAAP diluted net income per share   $ 0.17     $ 0.12     $ 0.15     $ 0.11  
                                 
Notes to non-GAAP adjustments                                
(1)   Amortization of intangible assets, restructuring expenses and goodwill impairment for the applicable period as shown above are removed  
(2)   Income tax expense (benefit) is increased (reduced) by impact of (1) at ISS’ effective rate after adjusting for amortization of intangible assets, restructuring and goodwill impairment  
   
                                   

 

 
 

Image Sensing Systems, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
(in thousands)
(unaudited)

 

    September 30,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 
Assets                
Current assets                
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 7,466     $ 5,224  
Investments     3,155       2,093  
Receivables, net     8,278       10,148  
Inventories     4,950       6,142  
Prepaid expenses and deferred taxes     2,306       2,073  
      26,155       25,680  
Property and equipment, net     1,230       1,435  
Deferred taxes     3,668       3,131  
Goodwill and intangible assets, net     6,909       11,008  
    $ 37,962     $ 41,254  
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity                
Current liabilities                
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   $ 3,071     $ 4,545  
Income taxes payable     621       67  
      3,692       4,612  
Income taxes payable     316       316  
Shareholders’ equity     33,954       36,326  
    $ 37,962     $ 41,254  

 

 

 

 

 
 

Image Sensing Systems, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
(in thousands)
(unaudited)

 

    Nine-Month Period Ended
September 30,
 
    2012     2011  
Operating activities                
Net loss   $ (3,337 )   $ (9,328 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operations                
Goodwill impairment     3,175       11,685  
Depreciation and amortization     1,778       1,620  
Stock option expense     186       308  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities     1,372       (6,546 )
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities     3,174       (2,261 )
                 
Investing activities                
Purchases of property and equipment, net of disposals     (293 )     (566 )
Payments of earn-outs           (2,361 )
Sales (purchases) of investments     (1,062 )     1,274  
Net cash used in investing activities     (1,355 )     (1,653 )
                 
Financing activities                
Proceeds from exercise of stock options     121       70  
Net cash provided by financing activities     121       70  
                 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash     302       (35 )
                 
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents     2,242       (3,879 )
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period     5,224       8,021  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period   $ 7,466     $ 4,142  

 

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