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e.Digital Reports Fiscal Year 2010 Results

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  Published in House and Home on Thursday, June 10th 2010 at 13:40 GMT by Market Wire
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SAN DIEGO, CA--(Marketwire - June 10, 2010) - e.Digital Corporation (OTCBB: [ EDIG ]), a leading innovator of dedicated portable entertainment systems and patented flash memory-related technology, today announced revenues of $2.6 million for its fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. Revenues for fiscal year 2010 included $1.6 million in licensing fees from the Company's Flash-R™ patent portfolio and $954,000 in eVU™ portable in flight entertainment (IFE) sales and services. Due to the late calendar year 2009 conclusion of the Company's first round of intellectual property (IP) filings and the subsequent initiation of a second round of filings against 19 companies, licensing fees received in fiscal 2010 were substantially less than the $10.1 million recorded for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009.

"In fiscal 2010, we made solid business progress by successfully concluding our first round of flash memory-related IP cases and filing a second round against nineteen companies in Colorado, with two companies from the second round settling and agreeing to pay ongoing royalties," commented Fred Falk, president and CEO of e.Digital. "We also prevailed in the digEcor litigation and paid off all corporate debt."

Gross profit for fiscal year 2010 was $1.3 million or 51% of revenues, compared to $6.5 million or 59% of revenues for the same period a year ago. The decrease in gross profit resulted primarily from the reduction in higher margin patent license revenue.

Operating expenses for fiscal year 2010 were $2.2 million, compared to $2.8 million in fiscal year 2009. The decrease resulted primarily from a $533,000 reduction in legal fees largely related to the favorable resolution of the digEcor litigation in November 2009.

Loss attributable to common stockholders for fiscal year 2010 was $985,000 or $(0.00) per diluted share, compared to net income attributable to common stockholders of $2.8 million or $0.01 per diluted share for fiscal year 2009.

"While airline economic headwinds continued in fiscal 2010, we grew our eVU services business by 30% over fiscal 2009," added Falk. "We've received new and follow-on eVU orders from airline customers and we're seeing increased portable IFE interest from long haul carriers. We are making progress on the next generation of our proprietary eVU platform and plan to introduce new eVU systems later this year primarily through partnering relationships."

"The accelerated court schedule of our second round of Flash-R cases positions the Company for a dynamic fiscal 2011," Falk concluded. "We look forward to significant legal activity and growing our IP-related licensing revenues this fiscal year."

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 monetizing its Flash-R™ portfolio of flash memory-related patents. e.Digital was the first company to develop, patent, and productize fundamental techniques that opened the door to the widespread use of flash memory in many of today's popular electronic products. For more information about e.Digital , please visit: [ www.edigital.com ].

Safe Harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform of 1995: All statements made in this document, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act. You should not place undue reliance on these statements. We base these statements on particular assumptions that we have made in light of our industry experience, the stage of product and market development, expected future developments and other factors that we believe are appropriate under the circumstances. These forward-looking statements are based on the then-current expectations, beliefs, assumptions, estimates and forecasts about the businesses of the Company and the industries and markets in which the Company operates. Actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. More information about potential factors that could affect the Company can be found in its most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and other reports and statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). e.Digital Corporation disclaims any intent or obligation to update these or any forward-looking statements, except as otherwise specifically stated by it.

 e.Digital Corporation and subsidiary Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (000's omitted except per share amount) (unaudited) March 31, 2010 2009 $ $ ASSETS Current Cash 2,819 3,814 Accounts receivable 109 94 Inventory 347 517 Deposits and prepaid expenses 59 26 ------------ ------------ Total current assets 3,334 4,451 Property and equipment, net 11 27 ------------ ------------ Total assets 3,345 4,478 ============ ============ LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Current Accounts payable 52 203 Accrued and other 316 590 Convertible term debt - 381 ------------ ------------ Total current liabilities 368 1,174 Long term liabilities - 24 Stockholders' equity 2,977 3,280 ------------ ------------ Total liabilities and stockholders' equity 3,345 4,478 ============ ============ e.Digital Corporation and subsidiary Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations (000's omitted except per share amount) (unaudited) For the year ended March 31, 2010 2009 $ $ Revenues 2,554 11,056 Cost of revenues 1,242 4,512 ----------- ----------- Gross profit 1,312 6,544 Operating expenses: Selling and administrative 1,708 2,325 Research and development 483 519 ----------- ----------- Total operating expenses 2,191 2,844 ----------- ----------- Operating income (loss) (879) 3,700 Other income (expenses) 14 (344) ----------- ----------- Income (loss) before income taxes (865) 3,356 Income tax (provision) benefit 55 (422) ----------- ----------- Income (loss) (810) 2,934 Dividends on convertible preferred stock (175) (130) ----------- ----------- Income (loss) attributed to common stockholders (985) 2,804 =========== =========== Income (loss) per common share - basic and diluted (0.00) 0.01 =========== =========== Weighted average common shares outstanding Basic 285,120 277,997 =========== =========== Diluted 285,120 279,144 =========== ===========