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Exhibit 99

 

 

4832 Grand Avenue

Duluth, MN 55807 USA

Phone: (218) 628-2217

Fax: (218) 628-3245

Email: info@ikonics.com

Website: www.ikonics.com

 

News Contact:

Bill Ulland

 

For Immediate Release

 

Chairman, President & CEO

 

April 28, 2016

 

(218) 628-2217

 

 

 

IKONICS REPORTS STRONG SALES INCREASE AND IMPROVED FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2016.

 

DULUTH, MN - IKONICS Corporation (NASDAQ:IKNX), a Duluth-based imaging technology company, announced results for the first quarter of 2016.  IKONICS CEO, Bill Ulland, said, “Our first quarter is normally our softest of the year due to the seasonal nature of some of our markets and the first quarter of 2016 was no exception. However, we showed substantial improvement over the first quarter of 2015 with a 12% sales increase to $4,013,000 and improved bottom line results.  For the quarter, we realized a net loss of $193,000 or $0.10 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $229,000, or $0.11 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2015”.

 

Highlights for the quarter include a 25% increase in Ikonics Imaging sales over the first quarter of 2015; an 11% increase in Exports sales over the comparable quarter of 2015; and a 97% increase in Advanced Material Solutions (AMS) sales over the 2015 first quarter.

 

In April, AMS announced that it had entered into a Long Term Agreement (LTA) with Encore Composite Structures, a major aerospace company, to provide sound deadening technology for incorporation into a new generation commercial aircraft. Two other LTAs are in the process of being finalized.  Sales under these LTAs are dependent on the number of aircraft produced.

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements regarding sales, gross profits, net earnings (losses), balance sheet position, industry trends, customer agreements, new products, technologies and business initiatives that involve risks and uncertainties. The Company’s actual results could differ materially as a result of downturns in the aerospace industry, unexpected production delays by the Company’s customers, lack of acceptance of new products and technologies, failure of customers to enter into anticipated agreements, introduction of new products or technologies by competitors, domestic and global economic conditions, inherent risk and uncertainty in the protection of intellectual property rights, the ability to control operating costs without impacting growth as well as the factors described in the Company’s Forms 10-K, and 10-Q, and other reports on file with the SEC.

 

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CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 3/31/16

 

 3/31/15

 

Net Sales

 

$

4,013,210

 

$

3,597,889

 

Cost of goods sold

 

2,716,536

 

2,497,214

 

Gross profit

 

1,296,674

 

1,100,675

 

Operating Expenses

 

1,616,980

 

1,571,441

 

Loss from operations

 

(320,306

)

(470,766

)

Other

 

114

 

1,696

 

Loss before income taxes

 

(320,192

)

(469,070

)

Income tax benefit

 

(127,380

)

(240,123

)

Net loss

 

$

(192,812

)

$

(228,947

)

Loss per common share-basic and diluted

 

$

(0.10

)

$

(0.11

)

Average shares outstanding-basic and diluted

 

2,018,335

 

2,018,253

 

 

Condensed Balance Sheets

As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015

 

 

 

3/31/2016

 

12/31/2015

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

$

5,964,907

 

$

6,721,891

 

Property, plant, and equipment, net

 

8,566,262

 

7,957,330

 

Intangible assets, net

 

344,291

 

336,096

 

 

 

$

14,875,460

 

$

15,015,317

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

$

1,178,811

 

$

1,135,102

 

Deferred income taxes

 

385,000

 

385,000

 

Long term debt

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

13,311,649

 

13,495,215

 

 

 

$

14,875,460

 

$

15,015,317

 

 

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 and 2015

 

 

 

3/31/2016

 

3/31/2015

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

$

(155,768

)

$

491,129

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(1,031,099

)

(489,063

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

3,765

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

(1,183,102

)

2,066

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

2,248,466

 

1,936,214

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

1,065,364

 

$

1,938,280