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e.Digital Corporation: e.Digital Reports Record Revenues and Profitable Third Quarter Results
SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - February 10, 2009) - e.Digital Corporation (
Revenues for the first nine months of fiscal 2009 were $6.1 million, a 26% increase over $4.8 million for the same period last year. Revenues for the first nine months of fiscal 2009 included $5.25 million in licensing fees from the Company's Flash-R™ patent portfolio. Net income attributable to common stockholders for the nine months ended December 31, 2008 was $0.8 million or $0.00 per diluted share, compared to a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $1.2 million or $(0.00) per diluted share for the same period last year. The $1.9 million improvement was the result of higher margin patent license revenues that offset a decline in eVU product and service revenues.
The net income attributable to common stockholders for the nine months ended December 31, 2008 of $0.8 million was the result of net income before taxes of $1.1 million reduced by $264,000 of foreign taxes paid and $88,000 of non-cash deemed and accrued dividends on preferred stock. Net income also reflected non-cash deductions of $230,000 for warrant revalution expenses, discount amortization and stock-based compensation costs.
"We're pleased with the progress we've made this fiscal year in monetizing our fundamental flash memory-related intellectual property (IP)," remarked Fred Falk, president and CEO of e.Digital. "Per our recently announced shift in strategy, we are aggressively pursuing eVU business opportunities and partnerships beyond in flight entertainment (IFE)."
"We are quoting an increasing number of eVU proposals and have scheduled meetings with current and prospective customers at IFE and non-IFE trade shows later this quarter," continued Falk. "While eVU business has been extremely slow this fiscal year due to airline economics, we expect eVU results to improve in fiscal 2010."
Gross profit for the third fiscal quarter was $2.29 million or 58% of revenues, compared to $396,000 or 33% of revenues for the same period a year ago. The improved gross profit percentage resulted from higher margin patent license revenue. Operating expenses for Q3 of fiscal 2009 were $689,000, a decrease of 5% from $727,000 in Q3 of fiscal 2008. The small decrease resulted from reduced personnel and reassigning certain engineers and technicians to customer support and service roles, offset by increased legal expenses.
Gross profit for the first nine months of fiscal 2009 was $3.6 million or 59% of revenues, compared to $1.2 million or 26% of revenues for the same period the prior year. The improved gross profit percentage resulted from higher margin patent license revenue. Operating expenses for the first nine months of fiscal 2009 were $2.1 million, comparable to $2.2 million for the first nine months of fiscal 2008. The slight decrease resulted from reduced personnel and reassigning certain engineers and technicians to customer support and service roles, offset by increased legal expenses and shareholder meeting costs.
The Company improved its balance sheet as of December 31, 2008, compared to the prior year's end. Working capital of $923,000 at the end of Q3 was an improvement over the working capital deficit of $1.3 million at March 31, 2008. Stockholders equity improved to $919,000 compared to a stockholders' deficit of $1.7 million at the end of fiscal 2008.
"We anticipate additional licensing revenues in Q4 to result in a profitable quarter and fiscal year 2009," said Robert Putnam, e.Digital's senior vice president. "We expect the success of recent Flash-R patent licensing efforts to fuel new legal and licensing activity, contributing to further IP-generated revenues."
About e.Digital Corporation: e.Digital is a leading innovator of dedicated portable in flight entertainment systems. More than 30 airlines have made dedicated portable systems powered by e.Digital technology their in flight entertainment choice. e.Digital also owns and is pursuing the monetization of its Flash-R™ portfolio of flash memory-related patents. e.Digital was the first company to employ and patent important aspects of the use of removable flash memory in portable recording devices. For more information about e.Digital and eVU, please visit: [ www.edigital.com ].
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e.Digital Corporation and subsidiary Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (000's omitted except per share amount) (unaudited) December 31, March 31, 2008 2008 $ $ ASSETS Current Cash 743 122 Accounts receivable 2,138 175 Inventory 516 489 Deposits and prepaid expenses 31 35 ------------ ---------- Total current assets 3,428 821 Property and equipment, net 28 40 ------------ ---------- Total assets 3,456 861 ============ ========== LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT) Current Accounts payable 523 836 Accrued and other 1,129 464 Term and promissory notes 853 813 ------------ ---------- Total current liabilities 2,505 2,113 Long term liabilities 32 453 Stockholders' equity (deficit) 919 (1,705) ------------ ---------- Total liabilities and stockholders' equity (deficit) 3,456 861 ============ ========== e.Digital Corporation and subsidiary Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations (000's omitted except per share amount) (unaudited) For the three months For the nine months ended December 31, ended December 31, 2008 2007 2008 2007 (as restated) (as restated) $ $ $ $ Revenues 3,906 1,191 6,058 4,811 Cost of revenues 1,619 795 2,500 3,571 -------- ---------- -------- ---------- Gross profit 2,287 396 3,558 1,240 Operating expenses: Selling and administrative 577 484 1,743 1,427 Research and development 112 243 388 740 -------- ---------- -------- ---------- Total operating expenses 689 727 2,131 2,167 -------- ---------- -------- ---------- Operating income (loss) 1,598 (331) 1,427 (927) Other income (expenses) (50) (66) (313) (221) -------- ---------- -------- ---------- Income (loss) before income taxes 1,548 (397) 1,114 (1,148) Provision for income taxes - - (264) - -------- ---------- -------- ---------- Income (loss) 1,548 (397) 850 (1,148) Dividends on convertible preferred stock (43) (27) (88) (82) -------- ---------- -------- ---------- Income (loss) attributed to common stockholders 1,505 (424) 762 (1,230) ======== ========== ======== ========== Income (loss) per common share - basic and diluted 0.01 (0.00) 0.00 (0.00) ======== ========== ======== ========== Weighted average common shares outstanding Basic 279,144 249,098 276,917 246,631 ======== ========== ======== ========== Diluted 281,455 249,098 277,912 246,631 ======== ========== ======== ==========