WATERLOO, Ontario, May 29, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), a global on-demand software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics solutions provider, announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 first quarter (Q1FY09) ended April 30, 2008. All financial results referenced are unaudited, in United States currency and, unless otherwise indicated, are determined in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
Q1FY09 Financial Results
As described in more detail below, key financial highlights for Descartes in Q1FY09 included:
* Revenues of $16.3 million, up $3.0 million or 23% from $13.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2008 (Q1FY08) and up 2% from $16.0 million in the previous quarter (Q4FY08); * Gross margin of 65% of revenues, unchanged from 65% in Q1FY08 and increased from 64% in Q4FY08; * Income before income taxes of $1.6 million, up 45% from $1.1 million in Q1FY08 and compared to $2.0 million in Q4FY08; * Net income of $1.1 million, compared to net income of $1.1 million in Q1FY08 and $17.9 million in Q4FY08. Net income in Q4FY08 included a non-cash, deferred income tax recovery of $16.0 million as Descartes recorded a deferred tax asset for prior period tax losses that were anticipated to be applied against taxable income earned in future periods. Descartes recorded a $0.5 million deferred income tax expense in Q1FY09 as such tax losses were applied to taxable income; * Earnings per share on a diluted basis of $0.02, compared to $0.02 in Q1FY08 and $0.33 in Q4FY08. Income before income taxes per share on a diluted basis was $0.03 in Q1FY09, compared to $0.02 in Q1FY08 and $0.04 in Q4FY08; * EBITDA of $3.8 million, up 27% from $3.0 million in Q1FY08 and compared to $3.8 million in Q4FY08. EBITDA as a percentage of revenues was 23% this quarter, compared to 23% in Q1FY08 and 24% in Q4FY08. EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure provided as a complement to financial results presented in accordance with GAAP that we calculate as net income before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (for which we include amortization of intangible assets, contingent acquisition consideration, deferred compensation and stock-based compensation). These items are considered by management to be outside Descartes' ongoing operational results. A reconciliation of EBITDA to net income determined in accordance with GAAP is provided later in this release; * Days sales outstanding (DSOs) of 57 days, compared to 54 days in Q1FY08 and 59 days in Q4FY08; and * Cash provided by operating activities was $3.4 million in Q1FY09, up 162% from $1.3 million in Q1FY08 and up 55% from $2.2 million in Q4FY08.
The following table summarizes Descartes' results in the categories specified below over the past 5 fiscal quarters (unaudited, dollar amounts in millions, except per share amounts):
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Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1
FY09 FY08 FY08 FY08 FY08
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Revenues 16.3 16.0 15.5 14.3 13.3
Services revenues 14.9 14.4 14.5 13.5 12.2
Income before income taxes 1.6 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.1
Net income 1.1* 17.9* 1.7 1.7 1.1
Diluted EPS 0.02* 0.33* 0.03 0.03 0.02
EBITDA 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.0
EBITDA % of revenues 23% 24% 24% 24% 23%
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* Net income and earnings per share on a diluted basis in Q4FY08 were positively impacted by the $16.0 million non-cash, deferred income tax recovery. Net income and earnings per share on a diluted basis in Q1FY09 were impacted by a $0.5 million non-cash deferred income tax expense as such tax losses were applied to taxable income.
Total revenues of $16.3 million in Q1FY09 were comprised of $14.9 million in services revenues and $1.4 million in license revenues. As a percentage of total revenues, services revenues were 91%, compared to 92% in Q1FY08 and 90% in Q4FY08, with the balance of the revenues in each period being license revenues.
Geographically, $9.4 million of revenues (58%) were generated in the Americas, excluding Canada, $4.2 million (26%) in Europe, Middle East and Africa ("EMEA"), $2.3 million (14%) in Canada, and $0.4 million (2%) in the Asia Pacific region.
"Our results this quarter are consistent with how our business is calibrated. With successful execution on revenue growth opportunities and prudent expense management as we integrate acquisitions, we have driven superior operating performance," said Stephanie Ratza, CFO at Descartes. "We believe that we have an excellent platform to continue to execute on our consolidation strategy. We have a solid balance sheet with a healthy cash position, and have consistently generated cash from operations."
"Factors such as increasing fuel prices, increased compliance regulations and global sourcing costs are making efficiency critical for the success of logistics-intensive organizations," said Arthur Mesher, CEO at Descartes. "Our on-demand, software-as-a-service, pay-for-performance business model for logistics technology presents an even more relevant and compelling solution in these market conditions."
Conference Call
Members of Descartes' executive management team will host a conference call to discuss the company's financial results and business outlook at 8:00 a.m. EDT on May 29. Designated numbers are (800) 950-1454 for North America or (212) 231-2900 for International.
The company simultaneously will conduct an audio webcast on the Descartes Web site at www.descartes.com/company/investors. Phone conference dial-in or webcast log-in is required approximately 10 minutes beforehand.
Replays of the conference call will be available in two formats and accessible for 24 hours after the call's completion by dialing (800) 558-5253 or +1 (416) 626-4100 and using passcode number 21382174. An archived replay of the webcast will be available at www.descartes.com/company/investors.
Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Descartes' annual meeting of shareholders will take place on Thursday, May 29, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. EDT at the offices of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP, 199 Bay Street, Suite 2300, Commerce Court West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The agenda for the meeting includes the election of directors. The Company announced that Olivier Sermet, one of its current directors, will not be standing for re-election at the meeting. Mr. Sermet and his family will be re-locating to the Asia Pacific region next month, and accordingly he will not be in a position to continue to perform his duties as a director of the Company following the meeting. Descartes thanks Mr. Sermet for the contributions he has made to Descartes as a director, and wishes him the best in his future endeavours. The Company will now elect six directors at the meeting rather than seven.
In addition to the election of directors, shareholders will be asked to re-appoint auditors and to consider and, if thought advisable, approve the continuance, amendment and restatement of Descartes' shareholder rights plan. Details regarding these matters, as well as information for registered and non-registered shareholders on voting at the meeting, may be found in Descartes' management information circular, which has been mailed to Descartes' shareholders and a copy of which is available at the Canadian Securities Administrators' website at www.sedar.com.
About Descartes
Descartes Systems Group (Nasdaq:DSGX) (TSX:DSG), a leading provider of software-as-a-service (SaaS) logistics solutions, is delivering results across the globe today for organizations that operate logistics-intensive businesses. Descartes' logistics management solutions combine a multi-modal network, the Descartes Global Logistics Network, with component-based 'nano' sized applications to provide messaging services between logistics trading partners, shipment management services to help manage third party carriers and private fleet management services for organizations of all sizes. These solutions and services help Descartes' customers reduce administrative costs, billing cycles, fleet size, contract carrier costs, and mileage driven and improve pick up and delivery reliability. Our hosted, transactional and packaged solutions deliver repeatable, measurable results and fast time-to-value. Descartes customers include an estimated 1,600 ground carriers and more than 90 airlines, 30 ocean carriers, 900 freight forwarders and third-party providers of logistics services, and hundreds of manufacturers, retailers, distributors, private fleet owners and regulatory agencies. The company has more than 300 employees and is based in Waterloo, Ontario, with operations in Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Minneapolis, Ottawa, Washington DC, Derby, London, Stockholm, Shanghai and Melbourne. For more information, visit www.descartes.com.
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Safe Harbour Statement
This release contains forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws ("forward-looking statements") that relate to Descartes' platform to execute on its consolidation strategy and the positioning of Descartes to provide value to customers and shareholders and other matters. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors and assumptions that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of Descartes, or developments in Descartes' business or industry, to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements or developments expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, Descartes' ability to continue to align operating expenses to visible and recurring revenues; the impact of foreign currency exchange rates; the impact of tax expenses on net income; Descartes' ability to successfully execute on acquisitions and to integrate acquired businesses and assets, and to predict expenses associated with and revenues from the acquisitions; the ability to attract and retain key personnel and the ability to manage the departure of key personnel; departures of key customers; disruptions in the movement of freight; and other factors and assumptions discussed in the section entitled, "Certain Factors That May Affect Future Results" in documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Ontario Securities Commission and other securities commissions across Canada, including Descartes' Annual Report on Form 40-F for fiscal 2008. If any such risks actually occur, they could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. In that case, the trading price of our common shares could decline, perhaps materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Forward-looking statements are provided for the purpose of providing information about management's current expectations and plans relating to the future. Readers are cautioned that such information may not be appropriate for other purposes. We do not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in our expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except as required by law.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measure - EBITDA
We prepare and release quarterly unaudited and annual audited financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. We also disclose and discuss certain non-GAAP financial information, used to evaluate our performance, in this and other earnings releases and investor conference calls as a complement to results provided in accordance with GAAP. We believe that current shareholders and potential investors in our company use non-GAAP financial measures, such as EBITDA, in making investment decisions about our company and measuring our operational results. The term "EBITDA" refers to a financial measure that we define as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (for which we include amortization of intangible assets, contingent acquisition consideration, deferred compensation and stock-based compensation). Since EBITDA is not a measure determined under GAAP it may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. EBITDA should not be construed as a substitute for net income determined in accordance with GAAP. We have presented EBITDA to show Descartes' baseline performance before certain non-cash and acquisition-related expenses and other items that are considered by management to be outside Descartes' ongoing operational results. We believe that financial analysts, current investors and potential investors use EBITDA to understand Descartes' financial results and that EBITDA will help investors' overall understanding of our results by providing a higher level of transparency for certain expenses and by providing a level of disclosure that will help investors understand how we plan and measure our business. The table below reconciles EBITDA to net income reported in our unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations for Q1FY09, Q4FY08, Q3FY08, Q2FY08 and Q1FY08, which we believe is the most directly comparable GAAP measure.
(US dollars in millions)
Q1FY09 Q4FY08 Q3FY08 Q2FY08 Q1FY08
Net income, as reported on
Consolidated Statements
of Operations 1.1 17.9 1.7 1.7 1.1
Adjustments to reconcile
to EBITDA:
Investment income (0.3) (0.4) (0.5) (0.5) (0.1)
Income tax expense
(recovery) 0.6 (15.9) 0.1 0.1 --
Depreciation expense 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5
Amortization of intangible
assets and contingent
acquisition consideration 1.8 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.3
Amortization of deferred
compensation and
stock-based compensation
expense 0.1 (0.1) 0.2 0.2 0.2
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EBITDA 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.0
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THE DESCARTES SYSTEMS GROUP INC.
INTERIM CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(US DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS; US GAAP; UNAUDITED)
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April 30, January 31,
2008 2008
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ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents 46,880 44,091
Accounts receivable
Trade 10,314 10,447
Other 1,260 1,288
Prepaid expenses and other 1,920 1,524
Deferred contingent
acquisition consideration 333 833
Deferred income taxes 3,000 3,000
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63,707 61,183
CAPITAL ASSETS 6,419 6,722
GOODWILL 25,562 25,005
INTANGIBLE ASSETS 17,649 18,914
DEFERRED INCOME TAXES 14,277 14,570
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127,614 126,394
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LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Accounts payable 3,116 3,054
Accrued liabilities 4,046 4,514
Income taxes payable 264 783
Deferred revenue 4,163 3,750
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11,589 12,101
INCOME TAX LIABILITY 1,764 1,570
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13,353 13,671
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Common shares - unlimited
shares authorized; Shares
issued and outstanding
totaled 52,940,327 at
April 30, 2008 (January
31, 2008 - 52,929,977) 44,391 44,251
Additional paid-in capital 449,468 449,320
Accumulated other
comprehensive income 2,202 2,006
Accumulated deficit (381,800) (382,854)
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114,261 112,723
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127,614 126,394
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THE DESCARTES SYSTEMS GROUP INC.
INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(US DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS AND SHARE DATA;
US GAAP; UNAUDITED)
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Three Months Ended
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April 30, April 30,
2008 2007
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REVENUES 16,289 13,288
COST OF REVENUES 5,687 4,572
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GROSS MARGIN 10,602 8,716
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EXPENSES
Sales and marketing 2,337 2,472
Research and development 2,883 2,406
General and
administrative 2,229 1,590
Amortization of
intangible assets 1,264 746
Contingent acquisition
consideration 500 500
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9,213 7,714
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INCOME FROM OPERATIONS 1,389 1,002
INVESTMENT INCOME 258 120
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INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES 1,647 1,122
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (RECOVERY)
Current 106 (6)
Deferred 487 --
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593 (6)
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NET INCOME 1,054 1,128
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EARNINGS PER SHARE
Basic and diluted 0.02 0.02
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES
OUTSTANDING (thousands)
Basic 52,933 46,672
Diluted 53,636 48,221
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THE DESCARTES SYSTEMS GROUP INC.
INTERIM CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(US DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS; US GAAP; UNAUDITED)
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Three Months Ended
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April 30, April 30,
2008 2007
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OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net income 1,054 1,128
Adjustments to reconcile net
income to cash provided by
operating activities:
Depreciation 529 530
Amortization of intangible
assets 1,264 746
Amortization of deferred
compensation 2 3
Stock-based compensation
expense 128 193
Deferred income taxes 487 --
Changes in operating
assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable
Trade 342 (885)
Other (107) (144)
Prepaid expenses and other (402) 11
Deferred contingent
acquisition consideration 500 500
Accounts payable 191 (1,050)
Accrued liabilities (387) (121)
Income taxes payable (502) (24)
Deferred revenue 337 375
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Cash provided by operating
activities 3,436 1,262
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INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Maturities of marketable
securities -- (29)
Additions to capital assets (296) (175)
Acquisition of subsidiaries 43 (1,066)
Acquisition-related costs (586) (2)
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Cash used in investing activities (839) (1,272)
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FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Issuance of common shares
for cash, net of issue costs 18 23,473
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Cash provided by financing
activities 18 23,473
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Effect of foreign exchange rate
on cash and cash equivalents 174 702
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Increase in cash and cash
equivalents 2,789 24,165
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of period 44,091 19,370
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Cash and cash equivalents at
end of period 46,880 43,535
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