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UrtheCast Reports Strong Second Quarter 2016 Financial Results

VANCOUVER, Aug. 9, 2016 — (PRNewswire) —

VANCOUVER, Aug. 9, 2016 /CNW/ - UrtheCast Corp. (TSX: UR) ("UrtheCast" or the "Company") today announces financial results for the three and six months ended on June 30, 2016.

The Company is pleased to report Q2 non-IFRS revenues of $15.9 million (IFRS - $21.0 million), a 218% increase over Q2 2015 non-IFRS revenue of $5.0 million (IFRS $5.0 million). The Company's non-IFRS adjusted EBITDA was positive $5.0 million in the quarter compared to a loss of $1.8 million in 2015. Non-IFRS earth observation imagery revenue increased by approximately 130% from Q1 of fiscal 2016, growing from $1.3 million to $3.1 million. Non-IFRS engineering and value added services revenue also increased at the same rate from Q1 of fiscal 2016, growing from $5.5 million to $12.8 million. At June 30, 2016, the Company had total cash balances of $31.4 million and working capital of $28.4 million.

This continued significant year over year growth allows us to reaffirm our full year 2016 guidance to achieve non-IFRS revenue between $55 million and $60 million (representing an IFRS revenue range of $78 million to $83 million) and non-IFRS adjusted EBITDA guidance between $4.2 million and $6.2 million in fiscal 2016.

"Our financial results are beginning to reflect both the strong revenue momentum and significant operating leverage in our business," explained Wade Larson, CEO and co-founder. "We continue to see a strong expansion of our sales pipeline for our current business as well as significant progress toward realizing our goals for UrtheDaily and OptiSAR."

Business Highlights

UrtheDaily Update

OptiSAR Progress

UrthePlatform Update

SELECTED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

The following table provides selected financial information of the Company, which was derived from, and should be read in conjunction with, the unaudited consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016.



Three Months ended June 30,

Six Months ended June 30,



2016


2015


2016


2015

Revenue    

$

20,973

$

4,975

$

33,125

$

8,233

Other operating income


695


1,385


695


4,065



21,668


6,360


33,820


12,298

Operating costs









Direct costs, selling, general and
administrative expenses


13,915


4,992


29,042


8,116

Research expenditures


1,493


3,172


3,229


5,102

Depreciation and amortization


6,392


102


12,956


165

Share-based payments


565


647


1,123


1,351



22,365


8,913


46,350


14,734

Operating loss


(697)


(2,553)


(12,530)


(2,436)

Acquisition costs


-


(3,030)


-


(3,030)

Net finance costs


(580)


(59)


(1,101)


(129)

Foreign exchange (loss) gain


(210)


(34)


(402)


169

Loss before income taxes


(1,487)


(5,676)


(14,033)


(5,426)

Income tax recovery


1,210


-


2,656


-

Net loss


(277)


(5,676)


(11,377)


(5,426)

Other comprehensive (loss) income


(1,498)


(16)


(3,457)


(2)

Comprehensive loss

$

(1,775)

$

(5,692)

$

(14,834)

$

(5,428)

Net loss per share – basic and diluted

$

(0.00)

$

(0.08)

$

(0.11)

$

(0.08)

 


Three Months ended June 30,

Six Months ended June 30,



2016


2015


2016


2015

NON-IFRS REVENUE:









Revenue per income statement

$

20,973

$

4,975

$

33,125

$

8,233

Non-cash revenue


(5,079)


-


(10,413)


-

NON-IFRS REVENUE


15,894


4,975

$

22,712

$

8,233

ADJUSTED EBITDA:









Net loss

$

(277)

$

(5,676)

$

(11,377)

$

(5,426)

Add back (subtract):









Depreciation and amortization


6,392


102


12,956


165

Net finance costs


580


59


1,101


129

Income tax recovery


(1,210)


-


(2,656)


-

EBITDA


5,485


(5,515)


24


(5,132)

Non-cash revenue


(5,079)


-


(10,413)


-

Non-cash operating costs


3,811


-


7,877


-

Share-based payments expense


565


647


1,123


1,351

Deimos acquisition costs


-


3,030


-


3,030

Foreign exchange losses (gains)


210


34


402


(169)

ADJUSTED EBITDA

$

4,992

$

(1,804)

$

(987)

$

(920)

 

As previously announced, UrtheCast will host a conference call regarding its 2016 first quarter financial results at 5:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. PT) today, August 9, 2016. The live conference call will be available by calling toll-free at +1 866-696-5910, or by toll call at +1 416-340-2217. The participant pass code is 4686716.

An archived version of the conference call will be made available on the Company's investor website ( investors.urthecast.com) following the live conference call.

ABOUT URTHECAST CORP.

UrtheCast Corp. is a Vancouver-based technology company that serves the rapidly evolving geospatial and geoanalytics markets with a wide range of information-rich products and services. The Company currently operates four Earth Observation sensors in space, including two cameras aboard the International Space Station and two satellites, Deimos-1 and Deimos-2. Imagery and video data captured by these sensors is downlinked to ground stations across the planet and displayed on the UrthePlatform, or distributed directly to partners and customers. UrtheCast is also developing and anticipates launching the world's first fully-integrated constellation of multispectral optical and SAR satellites, called OptiSAR™, in addition to its proposed UrtheDaily™ constellation, which the Company believes will together revolutionize monitoring of our planet with high-quality, medium and high-resolution, and high-coverage and high-revisit imagery in all weather conditions, any time of day. Common shares of UrtheCast trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange as ticker 'UR'.

For more information, visit UrtheCast's website at  www.urthecast.com.

Non-IFRS Financial Measures

The Company prepares its financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. This release includes certain non-IFRS financial measures, such as non-IFRS revenues, EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA. The Company uses these non-IFRS financial measures as supplemental indicators of its operating performance and financial position. These measures do not have any standardized meanings prescribed by IFRS and therefore are unlikely to be comparable to the calculation of similar measures used by other companies, and should not be viewed as alternatives to measures of financial performance calculated in accordance with IFRS or considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. These non-IFRS financial measures should be read in conjunction with the Company's financial statements and accompanying MD&A.

Forward Looking Information

This release contains certain information which, as presented, constitutes "forward-looking information" or "forward-oriented financial information" within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking information involves statements that relate to future events and often addresses expected future business and financial performance, containing words such as "anticipate", "believe", "plan", "estimate", "expect" and "guidance", statements that an action or event "may", "might", "could" or "will" be taken or occur, or other similar expressions and includes, but is not limited to, statements relating to: UrtheCast's expectations with respect its current sensors and proposed OptiSAR and UrtheDailyTM constellations; financial guidance for the 2016 financial year; anticipated cash and financing needs; its plans for and timing of expansion of its product offering and value-added services, including providing additional data sources on the UrthePlatform; its future growth and operations plans, including with respect to the RFP; expectations regarding its sales funnel; and anticipated trends and challenges in its business and the markets in which it operates. Such statements reflect UrtheCast's current views with respect to future events. Such statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by UrtheCast, are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies. Many factors could cause UrtheCast's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements that may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including, among others: any delays or failures in the design, development, construction, launch and operational commissioning of the proposed OptiSAR™ or UrtheDailyTM constellations; the Company being unable to convert the Memoranda of Understanding in respect of funding of the OptiSAR constellation into binding, definitive agreements; failures aboard the International Space Station ("ISS") or the Deimos-1 or Deimos-2 satellites; failure to obtain, or loss of, regulatory approvals; uncertainties and assumptions in UrtheCast's revenue forecasts; as well as those factors and assumptions discussed in UrtheCast's annual information form dated March 29, 2016, (the "AIF"), which is available under UrtheCast's SEDAR profile at  www.sedar.com. Forward-looking information is developed based on assumptions about such risks, uncertainties and other factors set out herein, in the AIF, and as disclosed from time to time on UrtheCast's SEDAR profile. UrtheCast undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements except as required by Canadian securities laws. Readers are cautioned against attributing undue certainty to forward-looking statements.

SOURCE UrtheCast Corp.

Contact:
UrtheCast Corp.
Jeff Rath, EVP, Corporate Finance and Strategy
Phone: +1 (604) 669-1788
Web: www.urthecast.com