Evertz Technologies Reports Results for the First Quarter Ended July 31, 2015

BURLINGTON, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Sept. 8, 2015) - Evertz Technologies Limited (TSX:ET), the leader in Software Defined Video Network ("SDVN") technology, today reported its results for the first quarter ended July 31, 2015.

Quarterly Highlights

• Quarterly revenue of $84.9 million, including $50.0 million in the United States/Canada region
• Net earnings of $18.6 million for the quarter
• Fully diluted earnings per share of $0.25 for the quarter

Selected Financial Information
Consolidated Statement of Earnings Data
(in thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)
		Q1 ' 16		Q1 ' 15
Revenue	$	84,869	$	98,014
Gross Margin		47,829		55,821
Earnings from operations		25,376		26,515
Net earnings		18,598		19,706
Fully-diluted earnings per share	$	0.25	$	0.26
Selected Financial Information
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data
(in thousands of dollars)
		Q1 ' 16		YE ' 15
Cash and cash equivalents	$	97,128	$	100,681
Working capital		306,614		294,895
Total assets		429,588		426,162
Shareholders' equity		365,432		353,471

Revenue

For the quarter ended July 31, 2015, revenues were $84.9 million compared to revenues of $98.0 million for the quarter ended July 31, 2014. For the quarter, revenues in the United States/Canada region were $50.0 million compared to $55.5 million in the same quarter last year. The International region had revenues of $34.9 million compared to $42.5 million in the same quarter last year.

Gross Margin

For the quarter ended July 31, 2015 gross margin was $47.8 million compared to $55.8 million in the same quarter last year. Gross margin percentage was approximately 56.4% compared to 57.0% in the quarter ended July 31, 2014.

Earnings

For the quarter ended July 31, 2015 net earnings were $18.6 million, compared to $19.7 million in the corresponding period last year.

For the quarter ended July 31, 2015, earnings per share on a fully-diluted basis were $0.25 compared to $0.26 in the corresponding period last year.

Operating Expenses

For the quarter ended July 31, 2015 selling and administrative expenses were $14.8 million compared to $13.4 million for the quarter ended July 31, 2014.

For the quarter ended July 31, 2015 gross research and development expenses increased by $0.5 million or 3% as compared to the corresponding period in 2014. Gross research and development expenses represented approximately 19.2% of revenue for the quarter ended July 31, 2015.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Company's working capital as at July 31, 2015 was $306.6 million as compared to $294.9 million on April 30, 2015.

Cash and cash equivalents were $97.1 million as at July 31, 2015 as compared to $100.7 million on April 30, 2015.

Cash generated from operations was $7.8 million for the quarter ended July 31, 2015 as compared to cash generated of $15.3 million for the quarter ended July 31, 2014. Before taking into account taxes and the changes in non-cash working capital and current taxes, the Company generated $20.9 million from operations for the quarter ended July 31, 2015 compared to $21.2 million for the same period last year.

For the quarter, the Company used $0.9 million in investing activities largely a result of purchases in capital assets.

For the quarter ended April 30, 2015, the Company used cash in financing activities of $10.3 million which was principally a result of the payment of dividends of $13.4 million, partially offset by the issuance of capital stock pursuant to the Company Stock Option Plan of $4.1 million.

Shipments and Backlog

At the end of August 2015, purchase order backlog was in excess of $70 million and shipments during the month of August 2015 were $29 million.

Dividend Declared

Evertz Board of Directors declared a regular quarterly dividend on September 8, 2015 of $0.18 per share.

The dividend is payable to shareholders of record on September 18, 2015 and will be paid on or about September 25, 2015.

Selected Consolidated Financial Information
(in thousands of dollars, except earnings per share and percentages)
			Three months ended			Three months ended
			July 31, 2015			July 31, 2014
Revenue		$	84,869		$	98,014
Cost of goods sold			37,040			42,193
Gross margin		$	47,829		$	55,821
Expenses
	Selling and administrative		14,802			13,399
	General		1,595			1,810
	Research and development		16,252			15,820
	Investment tax credits		(2,484	)		(2,466	)
	Foreign exchange gain		(7,712	)		743
			22,453			29,306
Earnings before undernoted		$	25,376		$	26,515
Finance income			158			193
Finance costs			(122	)		(67	)
Other income and expenses			(38	)		140
Earnings before income taxes		$	25,374		$	26,781
Provision for (recovery of) income taxes
	Current		7,973			9,311
	Deferred		(1,197	)		(2,236	)
		$	6,776		$	7,075
Net earnings for the period		$	18,598		$	19,706
Net earnings attributable to non-controlling interest			187			295
Net earnings attributable to shareholders			18,411			19,411
Net earnings for the period		$	18,598		$	19,706
Earnings per share:
	Basic	$	0.25		$	0.26
	Diluted	$	0.25		$	0.26
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data			As at			As at
			July 31, 2015			April 30, 2015
Cash and cash equivalents		$	97,128		$	100,681
Inventory		$	158,862		$	154,259
Working capital		$	306,614		$	294,895
Total assets		$	429,588		$	426,162
Shareholders' equity		$	365,432		$	353,471
Number of common shares outstanding:
	Basic		74,726,446			74,459,346
	Fully-diluted		79,405,446			79,195,846
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
	Basic		74,593,296			74,399,096
	Fully-diluted		75,060,553			75,033,398

Forward-Looking Statements

The report contains forward-looking statements reflecting Evertz's objectives, estimates and expectations. Such forward-looking statements use words such as "may", "will", "expect", "believe", "anticipate", "plan", "intend", "project", "continue" and other similar terminology of a forward-looking nature or negatives of those terms.

Although management of the Company believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, all forward-looking statements address matters that involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Accordingly, there are or will be a number of significant factors which could cause the Company's actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results to be materially different from any future results performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.

Conference Call

The Company will hold a conference call with financial analysts to discuss the results on September 8, 2015 at 5:00 p.m. (EDT). Media and other interested parties are invited to join the conference call in listen-only mode. The conference call may be accessed by dialing 416-849- 1967 or toll-free (North America) 1-866-253-4709.

For those unable to listen to the live call, a rebroadcast will also be available until October 8, 2015. The rebroadcast can be accessed at 416-915-1035 or toll-free 1-866-245-6755. The pass code for the rebroadcast is 598944.

About Evertz

Evertz Technologies Limited (TSX:ET) designs, manufactures and markets video and audio infrastructure solutions for the television, telecommunications and new-media industries. The Company's solutions are purchased by content creators, broadcasters, specialty channels and television service providers to support their increasingly complex multi-channel digital and high definition television ("HDTV") and next generation high bandwidth low latency IP network environments and by telecommunications and new-media companies. The Company's products allow its customers to generate additional revenue while reducing costs through the more efficient signal routing, distribution, monitoring and management of content as well as the automation of previously manual processes.