EX-99.1 2 pressrelease.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release


Exhibit 99.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
550 Meridian Avenue
San Jose, CA 95126
Phone: +1-408-938-5200
Fax: +1-408-790-3800
info@echelon.com www.echelon.com
News Release
Echelon Reports First Quarter 2013 Results
SAN JOSE, Calif., May 2, 2013 – Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013.
 
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Q1 Revenues: $25.2 million
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Q1 GAAP Net Loss: $9.2 million; GAAP Net Loss per Share: $0.22
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Q1 Non-GAAP Net Loss: $1.9 million; Non-GAAP Net Loss per Share: $0.04

“Despite limited visibility in the smart grid market, we made solid progress executing on our strategy and creating a more leveraged financial model,” said Ron Sege, chairman and CEO of Echelon. “Strong pilots in various territories make us optimistic about our prospects as the market returns.”

“During the quarter we also fleshed out plans to reinvest in our foundational technology to broaden the applicability of our control networking platform into new markets created by the Internet of Things. From managing outdoor lighting, to creating integrated building automation systems, to further improving the economics of solid state lighting, our unique platform has the potential to change the way communities of devices communicate and interact.”

Total revenues for the first quarter were $25.2 million, down from $40.3 million in the same period last year. Revenues from Echelon's systems sales, reflecting sales to our utility customers, were $13.3 million for the first quarter, down from $28.7 million in the same period last year. Revenues from Echelon's sub-systems, largely from commercial customers, were $11.9 million in the first quarter, up from $11.6 million a year ago. Included in sub-systems revenues were $1.9 million of sales to Enel in the first quarter compared to $227,000 in the same period last year.

Gross margin in the first quarter of 2013 was 46.8% compared to 42.9% in the first quarter of 2012. Total operating expenses for the quarter were $21.1 million which included two charges of $2.5 million in restructuring charges from last quarter's cost reduction activities and $3.5 million for a legal settlement. While the restructuring charge was anticipated, the legal settlement was attributed to our decision to settle a long-running case with Finmek, an Italian supplier to Enel. Excluding these charges, operating expenses were $15.1 million compared to $19.3 million in the first quarter of 2012.
        
GAAP net loss for the first quarter was $9.2 million, or $0.22 cents per share, compared to a net loss of $2.6 million, or $0.06 cents per share, in the same period last year. Non-GAAP net loss for the first quarter was $1.9 million, or $0.04 cents per share, compared to a non-GAAP net income of $249,000, or $0.01cents per share for the first quarter of 2012.

Business Outlook

Echelon offers the following guidance for the second quarter of 2013:
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Total revenues are expected to be between $22.5 million and $25.5 million, with systems and sub-systems revenues accounting for about 50% each.
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Non-GAAP gross margin is expected to be in a range of 46% to 47%.
•
Stock-based compensation expense is expected to be approximately $1.5 million.
•
Non-GAAP loss per share amounts are expected to range from $0.05 to $0.11, based on a fully diluted weighted average shares outstanding of 43 million.
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GAAP loss per share is expected to be between $0.08 and $0.14.
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$2.5 million to $3.0 million additional cash related payments for the Finmek legal settlement and severance payments from previously announced restructuring activities.





For those interested in further discussion regarding this release, Echelon's management will participate in a conference call today at 2:00 p.m. Pacific/5:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time. To access the call, dial 888-771-4371 or 847-585-4405 outside the U.S and provide the confirmation number 34696269. An archived replay of the webcast will be available approximately two hours following the end of the call.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

Echelon continues to provide all information required in accordance with GAAP, but believes that an investor's evaluation of our ongoing operating results may not be as useful if an investor is limited to reviewing only GAAP financial measures. Accordingly, we provide non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per share data as additional information relating to Echelon's operating results. Echelon presents these non-GAAP financial measures to provide investors with an additional tool for evaluating Echelon's operating results in a manner that focuses on what Echelon believes to be its ongoing business operations. The presentation of this additional information is not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for net income or net income per share prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Echelon's management uses certain non-GAAP financial information, namely operating results excluding restructuring charges, the impact of stock-based compensation charges made in accordance with ASC 718 (formerly SFAS 123R), as well as certain other non-routine charges, to evaluate its ongoing operations and for internal planning and forecasting purposes. Accordingly, we believe it is useful for Echelon's investors to review, as applicable, information that both includes and excludes these charges (and the related tax impact) in order to assess the performance of Echelon's business and for planning and forecasting in future periods. Whenever Echelon reports such non-GAAP financial measures, a complete reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measure to the most closely applicable GAAP financial measure is provided. Investors are encouraged to review these reconciliations to ensure they have a thorough understanding of the reported non-GAAP financial measures and their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
About Echelon Corporation
Echelon Corporation (NASDAQ: ELON) is the world's leading open standard energy control networking company. Echelon technologies connect more than 35 million homes, 300,000 buildings and 100 million devices to the smart grid, and help customers save 20% or more on their energy usage. With more than 20 years of experience in energy control, Echelon delivers a wide range of innovative solutions to commercial and electric utility customers. More information about Echelon can be found at http://www.echelon.com.
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Echelon and the Echelon logo are registered trademarks of Echelon Corporation registered in the United States and other countries. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners.
Risk Factors Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain statements relating to future plans, events or performance, including statements regarding Echelon's potential business in certain geographies; the potential for system and sub-system pilots and deployments to expand; and Echelon's anticipated performance, including revenue and gross margin rates, for the first quarter of 2013. Such statements may involve risks and uncertainties, including risks associated with uncertainties pertaining to the continued development and growth of markets for Echelon's products and services; the risk that failure to achieve revenue growth, maintain expense controls or achieve gross margins targets will delay the timeframe for achieving profitability; the risk that global economic conditions will affect our customers' ability to receive regulatory or other approval or financing for system or sub-system-based deployments; risks relating to the timely development of Echelon's products and services, and the ability of those products and services to perform as designed and meet customer expectations; the risk that Echelon does not meet expected or required shipment, delivery or acceptance schedules for its products and that Echelon may incur penalties or additional expenses or delay revenue recognition as a result; and other risks identified in Echelon's SEC filings. Actual results, events and performance may differ materially. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Echelon undertakes no obligation to release publicly the result of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

The financial statements that follow should be read in conjunction with the notes set forth in Echelon's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q when filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.





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ECHELON CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
March 31,
2013
 
December 31,
2012
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
Current Assets:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
16,090

 
$
18,876

Short-term investments
 
42,979

 
42,979

Accounts receivable, net
 
15,095

 
15,725

Inventories
 
10,549

 
11,729

Deferred cost of goods sold
 
962

 
846

Other current assets
 
3,160

 
2,662

Total current assets
 
88,835

 
92,817

Property and equipment, net
 
20,975

 
21,777

Other long-term assets
 
8,910

 
8,989

 
 
$
118,720

 
$
123,583

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
 
Current Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable
 
$
7,817

 
$
8,551

Accrued liabilities
 
8,244

 
4,637

Current portion of lease financing obligations
 
2,094

 
2,056

Deferred revenues
 
4,680

 
4,912

Total current liabilities
 
22,835

 
20,156

Long-term liabilities
 
20,559

 
19,632

Total stockholders’ equity
 
75,326

 
83,795

 
 
$
118,720

 
$
123,583





ECHELON CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
 
2013
 
2012
Revenues:
 
 
 
Product
$
24,250

 
$
39,486

Service
932

 
847

Total revenues
25,182

 
40,333

Cost of revenues:
 
 
 
 Cost of product (1)
13,078

 
22,450

 Cost of service (1)
328

 
585

Total cost of revenues
13,406

 
23,035

Gross profit
11,776

 
17,298

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 Product development (1)
6,744

 
8,801

 Sales and marketing (1)
4,493

 
6,157

 General and administrative (1)
3,886

 
4,346

Litigation charges
3,452

 
—

Restructuring charges
2,522

 
—

Total operating expenses
21,097

 
19,304

Income (loss) from operations
(9,321
)
 
(2,006
)
Interest and other income (expense), net
284

 
(264
)
Interest expense on lease financing obligations
(321
)
 
(351
)
Income (loss) before provision for income taxes
(9,358
)
 
(2,621
)
Income tax expense
37

 
(53
)
Net income (loss)
$
(9,395
)
 
$
(2,568
)
Net loss attributable to non controlling interest
148

 
—

Net income (loss) attributable to Echelon Corporation stockholders
(9,247
)
 
(2,568
)
Net income (loss) per share:
 
 
 
Basic
$
(0.22
)
 
$
(0.06
)
Diluted
$
(0.22
)
 
$
(0.06
)
Shares used in computing net income (loss) per share:
 
 
 
Basic
42,929

 
42,323

Diluted
42,929

 
42,323

(1)    Amounts include stock-based compensation costs as follows:
 
 
 
Cost of product
143

 
249

Cost of service
15

 
36

Product development
542

 
1,045

Sales and marketing
308

 
661

General and administrative
375

 
826

Total stock-based compensation expenses
1,383

 
2,817







ECHELON CORPORATION
RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP TO GAAP RESULTS
Excluding adjustments itemized below
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
An itemized reconciliation between net earnings on a GAAP basis and non-GAAP basis is as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
 
2013
 
2012
GAAP net income (loss)
(9,247
)
 
(2,568
)
Stock-based compensation
1,383

 
2,817

Litigation charges
3,452

 
—

Restructuring charges
2,522

 
—

Total non-GAAP adjustments to earnings from operations
7,357

 
2,817

Income tax effect of reconciling items
—

 
—

Non-GAAP net income (loss)
(1,890
)
 
249

Non-GAAP net income (loss) per share:
 
 
 
Diluted
(0.04
)
 
0.01

Shares used in computing net income (loss) per share:
 
 
 
Diluted
42,929

 
42,323






ECHELON CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities:
 
 
 
Net loss including non controlling interest
$
(9,395
)
 
$
(2,568
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
1,058

 
1,352

Increase in (reduction of) allowance for doubtful accounts
11

 
(60
)
Loss on disposal of fixed assets
3

 
—

Reduction of (increase in) accrued investment income
(6
)
 
13

Stock-based compensation
1,383

 
2,817

Change in operating assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
609

 
9,570

Inventories
1,172

 
(7,267
)
Deferred cost of goods sold
(117
)
 
5,433

Other current assets
(514
)
 
1,486

Accounts payable
(809
)
 
(1,915
)
Accrued liabilities
5,197

 
(2,567
)
Deferred revenues
(297
)
 
(5,573
)
Deferred rent
(9
)
 
(12
)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities
(1,714
)
 
709

 
 
 
 
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities:
 
 
 
Purchases of available‑for‑sale short‑term investments
(12,984
)
 
(24,986
)
Proceeds from maturities and sales of available‑for‑sale short‑term investments
12,990

 
27,982

Change in other long‑term assets
6

 
(8
)
Capital expenditures
(172
)
 
(360
)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
(160
)
 
2,628

 
 
 
 
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities:
 
 
 
Principal payments of lease financing obligations
(503
)
 
(469
)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
—

 
—

Repurchase of common stock from employees for payment of taxes on vesting of restricted stock units and upon exercise of stock options
(17
)
 
(246
)
Net cash used in financing activities
(520
)
 
(715
)
 
 
 
 
Effect of exchange rates on cash:
(392
)
 
166

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents
(2,786
)
 
2,788

Cash and cash equivalents:
 
 
 
Beginning of period
18,876

 
17,658

End of period
$
16,090

 
$
20,446