EX-99.1 2 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release

Exhibit 99.1

LightPath Technologies, Inc. Announces

Fiscal 2006 Unaudited Financial Results

For Immediate Release

(August 30, 2006) ORLANDO, FL LightPath Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: LPTH), manufacturer and integrator of families of precision molded aspheric optics, infrared optics, GRADIUM® glass products, and high-performance fiber-optic collimators and isolators, today announced unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ending June 30, 2006.

Summary (see Quick Reference and Financial Tables below)

Fiscal 2006: Our total year financial results compared to fiscal 2005 -

 

  •   Revenues for fiscal year 2006 increased 4%, or $419,000

 

  •   Gross margin decreased by $305,000. Scheduling and planning issues caused increased labor inefficiencies.

 

  •   Gross margin percentage decreased from 20% in 2005 to 17% in 2006

 

  •   Operating and other costs below the gross profit line declined by $260,000 from 2005 to 2006

 

  •   These factors lowered the Company’s net loss per share to $(0.86) vs. $(1.05) in 2005 and resulted in an increase in total cash used in operating activities from $1.1 million in 2005 to $2.0 million in 2006, both excluding the cash received from equity financings.

Fourth Quarter 2006: Our fourth quarter compared to 2005 -

 

  •   Revenues for the fourth quarter increased 11%, or $344,000

 

  •   Gross margin decreased by approximately $348,000. Scheduling and planning issues caused increased labor inefficiencies.

 

  •   Gross margin percentage decreased to 13% of sales from 26% of sales in the prior year’s fourth quarter.

 

  •   Operating and other costs below the gross margin line increased by $227,000 from the prior year fourth quarter to the current year fourth quarter.

 

  •   These factors combined to contribute to a higher net loss of $825,000 or $(0.18) per share vs. $306,000 or $(0.09) per share in the fourth quarter of 2005 and an improvement in cash flow from operations when compared to the same period last year (see below).

Quick Reference (Unaudited, except for year ended June 30, 2005):

 

(In Millions except for per share data)    Quarters Ended
June 30,		    

Years Ended
June 30,

  
     2006     2005     2006     2005  

Total revenues

    $ 3.41     $ 3.07     $ 12.17     $ 11.75  

Net loss

    $ (0.83 )   $ (0.31 )   $ (3.37 )   $ (3.48 )

Net loss per share

    $ (0.18 )   $ (0.09 )   $ (0.86 )   $ (1.05 )

Cash provided by (used by) operations

    $ 0.07     $ —       $ (1.99 )   $ (1.10 )

 

(In Millions)   

June 30,

2006

   

March 31,

2006

   

June 30,

2005

Cash and cash equivalents

    $ 3.76    $ 3.74    $ 2.46

Discussion:

Fiscal Year 2006:

For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, the Company reported total revenues of $12.17 million compared to $11.75 million for the previous fiscal year, an increase of 4%. Net loss for fiscal 2006 was $3.37 million, or $0.86 per share. For fiscal 2005, the Company reported a net loss of $3.48 million, or $1.05 per share.

Our strategy is to continue to reduce dependence on the telecommunications markets and broaden our market appeal. Our markets, which have seen the greatest percentage increase in revenues, include industrial laser and lens markets, medical products and defense.

Gross margin for the full year 2006 was $2.1 million (gross margin percentage of 17%) vs. gross margin line last year of $2.36 million (gross margin percentage of 20%). The decrease in our gross margin percentage is mainly attributable to scheduling and planning issues, which caused increased labor inefficiencies.

Fourth Quarter 2006:

For the quarter ended June 30, 2006, the Company reported total revenues of $3.41 million compared to $3.07 million for the 2005 fourth quarter, an increase of 11%. Net loss for the quarter was $0.83 million, or $0.18 per share, compared to a net loss of $0.31 million, or $0.09 per share.

Gross margin decreased in the fourth quarter vs. the same period last year. Gross margin for the quarter ended June 30, 2006 was approximately $449,000, or 13% vs. $797,000, or 26% as compared to the prior year fourth quarter. The decrease in gross margin in this current fourth quarter was mainly attributable to scheduling and planning issues, which caused increased labor inefficiencies.

General and administrative expenses increased due to our new operations in Shanghai and recruiting costs. This contributed to an increase in our net loss to $0.83 million for the fourth quarter of 2006 compared to a net loss of $0.31 million in the fourth quarter of 2005.

Cash Status:

For the quarter ended June 30, 2006, net cash provided by operations was $0.07 million, compared to flat usage in the fourth quarter of 2005. For the entire fiscal year of 2006, total cash used was $2.3 million, excluding the third quarter cash inflows from a financing ($3.6 million). In contrast, fiscal 2005 total cash used was $1.1 million, excluding the fourth quarter cash inflows from a financing ($1.0 million). Our cash usage reflects changes in product mix with higher volumes of lower margin products.

President’s Comments:

Ken Brizel, President and CEO of LightPath, stated, “During fiscal 2006 our business continues to gain momentum in revenue growth, but has had set backs in the cost of manufacturing. Each quarter during this last fiscal year we have had sales growth over the preceding quarter, this in turn produced year over year growth. During this fiscal year the cost of manufacturing increased mainly due to scheduling and planning issues requiring increased labor in our products. We continued to work through these issues in the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2006. In each quarter while we have had issues in scheduling and planning our product mix, we have immediately been able to deal with these changes. Our challenge remains to continue to make the necessary investments to increase our production in Shanghai and to improve overall capacity planning in both manufacturing locations. Into fiscal 2007 we have increased our capacity to deliver and better utilize our new manufacturing operation in Shanghai, which we expect to show improvement in labor during fiscal 2007.

We have seen some growth in both defense and communications markets. Our defense projects have taken more in engineering and development over this past year and we hope to see increased revenue in the future. The communications market has shown some improvement. We still don’t have enough information to say that the communications business has legs, but it appears to be moving in the right direction.

As previously announced, Jim Gaynor joined our team as the Corporate Vice President of Operations, with both manufacturing and engineering responsibilities. Jim is a strong leader and has a mechanical engineering degree with 25 years business and manufacturing experience in volume component manufacturing in electronics and optics industries.

The additional resources resulting from the recent $3.6 million private placement of common stock puts us in a strong cash position to pursue our growth objectives and manufacturing expansion. We anticipate additional investments in sales and new product development to sustain a higher rate of sales growth than the 4% achieved in fiscal 2006.

We continue to set some aggressive goals for fiscal 2007 to continue to extend our recent gains. We have a supportive Board, a great management group, and many dedicated and hard-working employees. We have more work to do and we face more challenges ahead particularly during the 1st half of fiscal 2007 and must execute well to take full advantage of our opportunities. I believe we’re poised for still better performance in this coming year.”

Additional information concerning the Company and its products can be found at the Company’s website at www.lightpath.com.

Webcast Details:

LightPath will hold an audio webcast at 2:00 p.m. EDT today with Ken Brizel to discuss details regarding the company’s performance for the quarter and fiscal year 2006. The session may be accessed at http://www.lightpath.com. The archive of the webcast will be available for replay on our website.

About LightPath:

LightPath manufactures optical products including precision molded aspheric optics, GRADIUM® glass products, proprietary collimator assemblies, laser components utilizing proprietary automation technology. LightPath has a strong patent portfolio that has been granted or licensed to us in these fields. LightPath common stock trades on the Nasdaq SmallCap Market under the symbol LPTH.

 

Contacts:

   

Ken Brizel, President & CEO, or

  

Dorothy Cipolla, CFO

  

LightPath Technologies, Inc. (407) 382-4003

  

Internet: www.lightpath.com

This news release includes statements that constitute forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This information may involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, factors detailed by LightPath Technologies, Inc. in its public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

LightPath Technologies, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Income Statements

 

     (unaudited)     (unaudited)     (audited)  
     Three months ended     Twelve months ended  
     June 30,     June 30,  
     2006     2005     2006     2005  

Product sales, net

    $ 3,409,631     $ 3,065,310     $ 12,172,587     $ 11,753,968  

Cost of sales

      2,960,632       2,268,520       10,119,458       9,395,935  
                                

Gross margin

      449,000       796,790       2,053,130       2,358,033  

Operating expenses:

         

Selling, general and administrative

      1,048,631       830,275       4,434,704       4,228,342  

New product development

      276,709       224,633       1,038,390       985,357  

Amortization of intangibles

      8,217       38,217       59,535       580,889  

(Gain) loss on sales of assets

      —         13,042       (9,134 )     (11,334 )
                                

Total costs and expenses

      1,333,557       1,106,167       5,523,495       5,783,254  
                                

Operating loss

      (884,557 )     (309,377 )     (3,470,365 )     (3,425,221 )

Other income (expense)

         

Warrant, Interest and other expenses

      —         —         —         (99,489 )

Investment and other income (expense), net

      59,188       3,394       101,485       44,905  
                                

Net loss

    $ (825,370 )   $ (305,983 )   $ (3,368,881 )   $ (3,479,805 )
                                

Loss per share (basic and diluted)

    $ (0.18 )   $ (0.09 )   $ (0.86 )   $ (1.05 )
                                

Number of shares used in per share calculation

      4,463,542       3,311,984       3,929,132       3,316,560  
                                

LightPath Technologies, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

    

(unaudited)

June 30

2006

    

(audited)

June 30

2005

  

Cash and cash equivalents

    $ 3,763,013     2,462,540  

Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance of $85,800 and $26,500 respectively

      1,891,024     1,456,612  

Inventories

      1,876,793     1,741,494  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

      145,349     222,430  
              

Total current assets

      7,676,179     5,883,076  

Property and equipment - net

      1,172,651     1,335,612  

Intangible assets - net

      265,473     325,008  

Other assets

      59,731     65,214  
              

Total assets

    $ 9,174,034     7,608,910  
              

Accounts payable

    $ 1,668,683     865,960  

Accrued liabilities

      236,501     387,618  

Accrued payroll and benefits

      514,424     358,606  

Accrued severance and exit costs

     

Notes Payable

      270,710     —    

Capital lease obligations, current portion

      14,255     12,479  
              

Total current liabilities

      2,704,573     1,624,663  
              

Capital lease obligation, excluding current portion

      39,937     54,193  

Common stock: Class A, $.01 par value, voting; 34,500,000 shares authorized; 4,468,588 and 3,695,644 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively

      44,686     36,956  

Additional paid-in capital

      196,064,721     192,204,100  

Accumulated deficit

      (189,679,883 )   (186,311,002 )
              

Total stockholders’ equity

      6,429,524     5,930,054  
              

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

    $ 9,174,034     7,608,910