EX-99.1 2 ex99_1.htm PRESS RELEASE, DATED DECEMBER 27, 2007, ISSUED BY HAUPPAUGE DIGITAL, INC. ex99_1.htm

Investor Contacts: Gerald Tucciarone
Chief Financial Officer
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HAUPPAUGE DIGITAL REPORTS FISCAL 2007
FOURTH QUARTER AND YEAR END RESULTS
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 Fourth quarter sales increase of 24% leads to record fiscal year sales of $110.9 million.
Fiscal 2007 income, excluding deferred tax benefit, increases 58% to $3.8 million.
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HAUPPAUGE, NY – December 27, 2007 - Hauppauge Digital, Inc. (NASDAQ: HAUP), a leading developer of digital video TV and data broadcast receiver products for personal computers, today reported financial results for the fourth fiscal quarter and year ended September  30, 2007.
 
FOURTH QUARTER RESULTS
 
Net sales in the quarter increased 24%, from $22.2 million for the previous year’s fourth fiscal quarter to  $27.5 million for the fourth fiscal quarter of 2007.
 
 
Fiscal 2007 fourth quarter net income was $1,644,263, including a tax benefit of $1,490,689 due to a reduction in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance.  Excluding the reduction in the  deferred tax asset valuation allowance, the Company recorded net income of $153,574  for the fourth quarter of fiscal  2007, compared to net income of   $50,920 for the fourth  quarter of fiscal  2006, an increase of  approximately 202%. Net income per share for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007, including the reduction in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance, was $0.17 and $0.16 on a basic and diluted basis. Net income per share, excluding the reduction in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance, was $0.02 on a basic and diluted basis for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007 compared to net income per share of  $0.01 on a basic and diluted basis for the prior year’s fourth fiscal quarter.
 
FISCAL YEAR RESULTS
 
Net sales for the year increased 14%, from $97.7 million for the 2006 fiscal year to $110.9 million for the 2007 fiscal year.

 
Fiscal 2007 net income was $5,305,284, including a tax benefit of $1,490,689 due to a reduction in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance.  Excluding the reduction in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance, the Company recorded net income $3,814,695  for  fiscal  2007, compared to net income of  $2,409,612 for  fiscal  2006, an increase of  approximately 58%. Net income per share for fiscal 2007, including the reduction in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance, was $0.54 and $0.51 on a basic and diluted basis. Net income per share, excluding the reduction in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance, was $0.39 and $0.37 on a basic and diluted basis for  fiscal 2007 compared to net income per share of  $0.25 and $0.24 on a basic and diluted basis for  fiscal 2006.
 
DISCUSSION OF RESULTS
 
Ken Plotkin, Hauppauge’s Chief Executive Officer, stated “In 2007, we saw a rapid switch in market demand from our mainstream WinTV-PVR analog TV receivers to our newer digital WinTV-HVR products. In 2006, the WinTV-PVR product line accounted for over 65% of our sales. But in 2007, the WinTV-PVR products dropped to only 10% of sales. In North America, this change in demand was due primarily to the U.S. F.C.C. imposed discontinuation of analog TV receivers, while in Europe, the rapid switch to digital receivers was a natural result of the fact that, by 2007, most countries had started digital TV broadcasts.
 
 
“Though the speed of this shift to our new WinTV-HVR digital products was unexpected, our sales and production team did an excellent job in making this product transition smooth.
 
 
 “Though the start was slow, over the course of the year, Hauppauge saw a growing acceptance of Microsoft’s new Vista operating system. The Company put more of it’s U.S. and Taiwan engineering resources into developing products which make use of Vista’s TV watching and recording capabilities. During fiscal 2007, we introduced seven new products, the WinTV-HVR-1250, WinTV-HVR1500, WinTV-HVR-1600 and WinTV-HVR1800 for the North American market, and the WinTV-HVR-1200, WinTV-HVR-1400 and WinTV-HVR-1750 for the European market.   All of these products are Microsoft Premium certified to run under the Microsoft Vista operating system”.
 
 
The combination of the sales growth of our WinTV products for Vista, coupled with a modest increase in our expenses, resulted in operating income for the year increasing 58%”.

 
Mr Plotkin also noted that, in the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2007, the Company purchased 142,032 of Company shares on the open market, pursuant to its stock repurchase plan.
 
 
  ABOUT HAUPPAUGE DIGITAL
 
 
Hauppauge Digital, Inc. is a leading developer of analog and digital TV receiver products for the personal computer market. Through its Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. and Hauppauge Digital Europe subsidiaries, the Company designs and develops analog and digital TV receivers that allow PC users to watch television on their PC screen in a resizable window and enable the recording of TV shows to a hard disk, digital video editing, video conferencing, receiving of digital TV transmissions, and the display of digital media stored on a computer to a TV set via a home network. The Company is headquartered in Hauppauge, New York, with administrative offices in Luxembourg, Ireland and Singapore and sales offices in Germany, London, Paris, The Netherlands, Sweden, Italy, Spain, Singapore, Taiwan and California. The Company’s Internet web site can be found at http://www.hauppauge.com.
 
 
This press release contains forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the federal securities laws.  The events described in forward-looking statements contained in this press release may not occur.   Generally these statements relate to business plans or strategies, projected or anticipated benefits or other consequences of our plans or strategies, projected or anticipated benefits from acquisitions to be made by us, or projections involving anticipated revenues, earnings or other aspects of our operating results.  The words "may," "will," "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "project," "plan," "intend," "estimate," and "continue," and their opposites and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  We caution you that these statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and are subject to a number of uncertainties, risks and other influences (including, but not limited to, those set forth in our public reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission including, but not limited to, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2006, our Form 10-Q for the quarters ended December 31, 2006, March 31, 2007, and June 30, 2007, and  our Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2007 to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) many of which are beyond our control, that may influence the accuracy of the statements and the projections upon which the statements are based.  Our actual results, performance and achievements could differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements.  We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether from new information, future events or otherwise.
 
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HAUPPAUGE DIGITAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
 
 

 
Three months ended September 30,
 
 
2007
 
2006
 
         
Net  sales
$ 27,544,887   $ 22,155,951  
Cost  of  sales
  22,369,855     17,356,169  
    Gross profit
  5,175,032     4,799,782  
             
Selling, general and  administrative expenses
  3,799,060     3,843,242  
Research & development Expenses
  1,100,048     882,378  
Income  from operations
  275,924     74,162  
Other  income (expense):
           
  Interest income
  11,147     10,501  
  Foreign currency
  (25,420)     9,987  
Total  other  income (expense)
  (14,273)     20,488  
   Income  before taxes (benefit) on income
  261,651     94,650  
Income tax provision
  108,077     43,730  
Income tax (benefit) (1)
  (1,490,689)     -  
    Net  income
$ 1,644,263   $ 50,920  
             
Net income  per share-basic
$ 0.17   $ 0.01  
Net income  per share-diluted
$ 0.16   $ 0.01  
             
             
             
Weighted average shares-basic
  9,919,292     9,650,784  
Weighted average shares-diluted
  10,232,013     10,092,939  
             
(1) Tax benefit is due to a reduction in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance
 




HAUPPAUGE DIGITAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

 
 
Twelve months ended September 30,
 
 
                     2007
            2006
 
       
Net sales
$110,896,010
$97,662,326
 
Cost  of  sales
88,651,881
77,817,275
 
    Gross  profit
22,244,129
19,845,051
 
       
Selling, general and  administrative expenses
14,667,766
14,115,989
 
Research & development expenses
3,480,017
3,164,924
 
Income  from operations
        4,096,346
        2,564,138
 
Other  income (expense):
     
  Interest income
             43,135
             28,422
 
  Foreign currency
          (31,676)
               7,292
 
Other  income (expense)
11,459
       35,714
 
     Income  before taxes (benefit) on income
4,107,805
2,599,852
 
Income tax provision
                 293,110
               190,240
 
Income tax (benefit) (1)
          (1,490,689)
                           -
 
Net  income
$5,305,384
$2,409,612
 
       
Net income  per share-basic and diluted
$0.54
$0.25
 
Net income  per share-diluted
$0.51
$0.24
 
       
       
       
Weighted average shares-basic
9,862,655
9,593,050
 
Weighted average shares-diluted
10,367,775
10,019,514
 
     
(1) Tax benefit is due to a reduction in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance

 
 
HAUPPAUGE DIGITAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 
 
 
 
 
September 30,
September 30,
 
2007
2006
 Assets:
   
     
 Current Assets:
   
     Cash and cash  equivalents
 $        11,581,657
 $          9,020,941
     Accounts receivables, net of various allowances
           23,667,826
           16,132,928
     Inventories
13,521,864
9,905,746
     Deferred tax asset current
603,078
                    -
     Prepaid expenses and other current assets
802,575
895,223
                Total current assets
50,177,000
35,954,838
     
     Property, plant and equipment, net
745,121
612,311
     Security deposits and other non current assets
110,165
83,239
     Deferred tax asset non current
887,611
                     -
 
 $        51,919,897
$        36,650,388
   
     
 Liabilities and  Stockholders’  Equity :
   
     
 Current Liabilities:
   
    Accounts payable
 $        20,635,137
 $        12,011,232
    Accrued expenses –fees
             5,827,356
             5,481,005
    Accrued expenses
             2,374,410
             1,174,323
    Income taxes payable
                141,913
                204,103
              Total current liabilities
28,978,816
18,870,663
     
 Stockholders' Equity
   
    Common stock $.01 par value; 25,000,000 shares authorized
   
     10,597,002 and 10,260,464  issued, respectively
105,970
102,605
     Additional paid-in capital
15,497,703
14,222,890
     Retained earnings
11,026,884
5,721,500
     Accumulated other comprehensive income
(1,325,971)
(509,319)
    Treasury Stock, at cost, 749,579 and  607,547shares, respectively
(2,363,505)
(1,757,951)
             Total stockholders' equity
22,941,081
17,779,725
 
 $        51,919,897
 $        36,650,388
     
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