Stratus Technologies Bermuda Holdings Ltd. Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter of Fiscal 2012
(firmenpresse) - HAMILTON, BERMUDA -- (Marketwire) -- 04/24/12 -- Stratus Technologies Bermuda Holdings Ltd. (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, "Stratus" or the "Company") a global provider of uptime assurance, today announced the results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended February 26, 2012.
For the fourth quarter ended February 26, 2012, total revenue was $54.3 million, an increase of $2.3 million or 4.5% as compared to the $52.0 million in the fourth quarter ended February 27, 2011. Profit from operations was $8.8 million compared to $7.8 million for the same period last year. Profit from operations for the quarter-to-date period ended February 26, 2012 included a restructuring charge of $2.2 million to further align spending with current business initiatives. Profit from operations for the quarter-to-date period ended February 27, 2011 included a restructuring charge of $1.6 million related to the transition of our logistics operations to Dublin, Ireland in February 2011. The net loss was $1.9 million compared to $4.7 million for the same period last year. Net loss for the quarter-to-date period ended February 26, 2012 includes a net loss on change in fair value of embedded derivatives in the Senior Notes of $6.5 million and a $7.9 million income tax benefit, primarily the result of an $8.8 million net deferred income tax benefit related to our Irish entity. The Company reported Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, of $13.5 million compared to $12.1 million for the same period last year. Please refer to the reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to GAAP financial measures in the attached "Consolidated Statements of Operations."
For the year-to-date period ended February 26, 2012, total revenue was $206.3 million, an increase of $0.1 million or 0.1% as compared to the $206.2 million in the year-to-date period ended February 27, 2011. Profit from operations was $32.8 million compared to $38.8 million for the same period last year. Profit from operations for the year-to-date period ended February 26, 2012 included a restructuring charge of $2.4 million. Profit from operations for the year-to-date period ended February 27, 2011 included a gain on sale of subsidiary of $3.7 million related to the sale of our proprietary Emergent Networks Solutions VOIP Software business and certain net assets related to our telecommunications business ("Emergent Business") in January 2009 and a restructuring charge of $1.7 million. The net loss was $18.8 million compared to $11.9 million for the same period last year. Net loss for the year-to-date period ended February 26, 2012 includes a loss on extinguishment of debt of $1.2 million related to the excess cash flow payment made in fiscal 2012, a loss on net change in fair value of embedded derivatives in the Senior Notes of $8.9 million and a $6.7 million benefit for income taxes primarily related to an $8.8 million net deferred income tax benefit related to our Irish entity. Net loss for the year-to-date period ended February 27, 2011 includes a loss on extinguishment of debt of $3.8 million related to the April 2010 refinancing and a net loss on change in fair value of embedded derivatives in the Senior Notes of $0.3 million. The Company reported Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, of $45.8 million compared to $49.2 million for the same period last year. Please refer to the reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to GAAP financial measures in the attached "Consolidated Statements of Operations."
The Company will file its annual report for the fiscal year ended February 26, 2012 on Form 20-F by the end of May 2012.
A conference call to review fourth quarter financial results will be held today, April 24, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time and may be accessed by calling 1-888-549-7880 (U.S. only) or 1-480-629-9643 with a conference ID of 4532329. A recording of this conference call will be available at 1-800-406-7325 (U.S. only) or 1-303-590-3030 with a conference ID of 4532329 for 30 days.
Stratus delivers uptime assurance for the applications its customers depend on most for their success. With its resilient software and hardware technologies, together with proactive availability monitoring and management, Stratus products help to save lives and to protect the business and reputations of companies, institutions, and governments the world over. To learn more about worry-free computing, visit .
Forward-Looking Statements: This press release may contain forward-looking statements (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). You are cautioned that such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the continued acceptance of the Company's products by the market; the Company's ability to enter into new service agreements and to retain customers under existing service contracts; the Company's ability to source quality components and key technologies without interruption and at acceptable prices; the Company's ability to comply with certain covenants in the governing documents for the Company's credit facilities and other debt instruments; the Company's ability to refinance indebtedness when required; the Company's reliance on sole source manufacturers and suppliers; the presence of existing competitors and the emergence of new competitors; the Company's financial condition and liquidity and the Company's leverage and debt service obligations; economic conditions globally and in the Company's most important markets; developments in the fault-tolerant and high-availability server markets; claims by third parties that the Company infringes upon their intellectual property rights; the Company's success in adequately protecting its intellectual property rights; the Company's success in maintaining efficient manufacturing and logistics operations; the Company's ability to recruit, retain and develop appropriately skilled employees; exposure for systems and service failures; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; fluctuations in interest rates; current risks of terrorist activity and acts of war; the impact of changing tax laws; the impact of changes in policies, laws, regulations or practices of foreign governments on the Company's international operations; and the impact of natural or man-made disasters. Any forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date hereof, and the Company undertakes no duty to further update such forward-looking statements.
Robert C. Laufer
Senior Vice President, CFO
Stratus Technologies
978-461-7343
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1) EBITDA represents income (loss) before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. We present EBITDA because we consider it an important supplemental measure of our performance and believe it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in our industry. In addition to other applications, EBITDA is used by us and others in our industry to evaluate and price potential acquisition candidates.
Adjusted EBITDA represents EBITDA with certain additional adjustments, as calculated pursuant to the requirements of the interest maintenance covenant under our Revolving Credit Facility. We present Adjusted EBITDA because we believe that it allows investors to assess our ability to meet the interest maintenance covenant under our Revolving Credit Facility.
Our management also uses Adjusted EBITDA internally as a basis upon which to assess our operating performance, and Adjusted EBITDA is also a factor in the evaluation of the performance of our management in determining compensation. In evaluating Adjusted EBITDA, you should be aware that in the future we may incur expenses similar to the adjustments in this presentation. Our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items.
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP'). Some of these limitations are:
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect our cash expenditures, or future requirements for capital expenditures, or contractual commitments;
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on our debts;
Although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements;
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect the impact of earnings or charges resulting from matters we consider not to be indicative of our ongoing operations; and
Other companies in our industry may calculate EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure.
Because of these limitations, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as measures of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and using EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA only supplementally, as described above. See the Statements of Cash Flows attached to this report.
(a) In order to better align expenses with anticipated revenues, we implemented restructuring programs in fiscal 2012 and 2011. These programs were designed to further streamline our business model and centralize certain functions to align with current business initiatives.
In the quarter-to-date and year-to-date periods ended February 26, 2012, we recorded a charge of $2.2 million and $2.4 million, respectively. This consisted of $2.0 million and $2.2 million, respectively, for severance and fringe benefits and $0.2 million related to employee relocation for both periods.
In the quarter-to-date and year-to-date periods ended February 27, 2011, we recorded restructuring charges consisting of $1.6 million and $1.7 million, respectively, for severance and fringe benefits.
(b) In the quarter-to-date and year-to-date periods ended February 26, 2012, we recorded non-cash stock-based compensation expense charges of $0.1 million and $0.3 million, respectively, relating to share-based payments to employees.
In the quarter-to-date and year-to-date periods ended February 27, 2011, we recorded non-cash stock-based compensation expense charges of $0.1 million and $0.5 million, respectively, relating to share-based payments to employees.
(c) On April 30, 2010 we entered into a four year advisory and strategic planning agreement with an investment banking firm. The yearly fee is $0.5 million.
On October 1, 2005, we entered into an Agreement for Management, Advisory, Strategic Planning and Consulting Services with Investcorp International, Inc., an affiliate of the Investcorp Group, and MidOcean US Advisor, LP, an affiliate of MidOcean, for an aggregate yearly fee of $0.7 million which renews on an annual basis. The payment of the yearly fee is restricted in the Senior Secured Notes and in the Second Lien Credit Facility until these credit facilities are paid in full.
The long-term accrued liability related to this yearly fee totaled $3.1 million and $2.4 million at February 26, 2012 and February 27, 2011, respectively.
(d) As a result of the sale of our proprietary Emergent Networks Solutions Voice over Internet Protocol ("VOIP") Software business and certain net assets related to our telecommunications business (collectively, the "Emergent Business") in January 2009, we recorded a gain on the sale in fiscal 2011 of $3.7 million.
(e) In the quarter-to-date and year-to-date periods ended February 26, 2012, we incurred $0.2 million and $0.7 million of non-cash inventory write downs, respectively.
In the quarter-to-date and year-to-date periods ended February 27, 2011, we incurred $0.2 million and $1.0 million of non-cash inventory write downs, respectively.
(f) In the year-to-date period ended February 26, 2012, we made an excess cash flow ("ECF") offer to the Senior Secured Note holders to redeem 5,000 units at a redemption price of 120%. We redeemed 4,997 units at 120% resulting in an ECF payment of $5,996 which includes redemption of $5.0 million Senior Secured Notes and related premium of $1.0 million. The redemption of the 4,997 units of Senior Secured Notes resulted in a $1.2 million loss on extinguishment of debt which consisted of a $1.0 million premium, $0.6 million and $0.2 million write off of a pro rata portion of related debt discount and deferred finance fees, respectively, and $0.1 million of related fees offset by a $0.7 million gain on the reduction of the ECF derivative.
In the year-to-date period ended February 27, 2011, we recorded $3.8 million on extinguishment of debt for the First Lien Credit Facility and the Second Lien Credit Facility due to the write off of deferred financing fees and debt discount as a result of the April 2010 Refinancing.
(g) In the quarter-to-date and year-to-date periods ended February 26, 2012, we recorded a $6.5 million and $8.9 million loss, respectively, due to the net change in fair value of the embedded derivatives related to the Senior Secured Notes. In the year-to-date period ended February 27, 2011, we recorded a $0.3 million loss due to the net change in fair value of the embedded derivatives related to the Senior Secured Notes.
(h) In the quarter-to-date period ended February 26, 2012, we recorded other expense, net of $0.7 million, primarily consisting of $0.1 million bank fees, $0.1 million of net foreign currency losses and $0.5 million of net miscellaneous and non-recurring charges. In the quarter-to-date period ended February 27, 2011, we recorded other expense, net of $0.2 million, primarily consisting of $0.2 million bank fees.
In the year-to-date period ended February 26, 2012, we recorded other expense, net of $1.1 million, primarily consisting of $0.5 million bank fees, $0.3 million of one-time public filing registration costs and $0.7 million of net miscellaneous and non-recurring charges offset by $0.4 million net foreign currency gains. In the year-to-date period ended February 27, 2011, we recorded other expense, net of $2.1 million, primarily consisting of $0.6 million bank fees, $0.9 million of net foreign currency losses and $0.6 million of net miscellaneous expenses and non-recurring charges.
Robert C. Laufer
Senior Vice President, CFO
Stratus Technologies
978-461-7343
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