Exhibit 99.1

 

TUCOWS REPORTS TWELFTH CONSECUTIVE QUARTER OF PROFITABILITY AND FIFTEENTH CONSECUTIVE QUARTER OF POSITIVE CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS

 

– Financial performance in the second quarter underscores momentum in business –

 

TORONTO – August 3, 2005 – Tucows Inc. (OTCBB: TCOW) today reported continued strong results for the second quarter of fiscal 2005, ended June 30, 2005.

 

Highlights for the second quarter included:

                  A 13% year-over-year increase in net revenue to $12.0 million, the Company’s second highest quarterly revenue;

                  Income from operations of $0.4 million;

                  Cash flow from operations of $1.5 million;

                  Net income of $0.5 million, the Company’s twelfth consecutive quarter of profitability; and

                  An 11% year-over-year increase in deferred revenue to a record $36.6 million.

 

“We continue to be successful in the execution of our strategy to build upon our dominant position in the wholesale domain market by adding higher margin services that address high growth segments of the Internet such as blogging,” said Elliot Noss, President and Chief Executive Officer, Tucows Inc. “Moving forward, in addition to pursuing continued growth in our domain business, we are focused on generating sales from our new ancillary services, to grow their contribution to both revenue and gross margin.”

 

Summary Financial Results
(Numbers in Thousands, Except Per Share Data)

 

 

 

Three Months
Ended
June 30, 2005

 

Three Months
Ended
June 30, 2004

 

Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2005

 

Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2004

 

Net Revenue

 

12,002

 

10,639

 

23,804

 

20,814

 

Income from Operations

 

411

 

623

 

624

 

735

 

Net Income

 

507

 

666

 

950

 

815

 

Net Income/Share

 

0.01

 

0.01

 

0.01

 

0.01

 

Cash Flow from Operations

 

1,475

 

1,396

 

2,130

 

1,963

 

 

Net revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 increased 13% to $12.0 million from $10.6 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2004. This increase was the result of both a higher number of domain name registrations and a higher contribution from ancillary services.

 

Income from operations for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 was $0.4 million compared to $0.6 million for the corresponding quarter last year.  Income from operations for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 included a decrease in the gain on foreign exchange of $102,000 compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2004.  In addition, net income from operations for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 included expenses of $100,000 related to a severance payment and $64,000 related to incremental professional fees and outside contractors.

 

Net income for the second quarter of fiscal 2005 was $0.5 million, or $0.01 per share, compared with $0.7 million, or $0.01 per share, for the second quarter of fiscal 2004.

 

Deferred revenue at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2005 was $36.6 million, an increase of

 



 

11% from $33.0 million at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2004 and an increase of 10% from $33.3 million at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2005.

 

Cash, short-term investments and restricted cash at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2005 was $15.8 million compared to $12.3 million at the end of the second quarter of fiscal 2004 and $15.0 million at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2005. The increase over the first quarter of fiscal 2005 is primarily the result of positive cash flow from operations for the second quarter of this year of $1.5 million.

 

Conference Call

 

Tucows will host a conference call today, Wednesday, August 3, 2005, at 5:00 p.m. (ET) to discuss the company’s second quarter fiscal 2005 results. To access the conference call via the Internet go to www.tucowsinc.com, and click on “Investor Relations.”

 

For those unable to join the conference call at the scheduled time, it will be archived for replay both by telephone and via the Internet beginning approximately one hour following completion of the call. To access the archived conference call by telephone, dial 1-800-408-3053 or 416-695-5800 and enter the pass code 3159569. The telephone replay will be available until Wednesday, August 10, 2005, at midnight. To access the archived conference call via the Internet, go to www.tucowsinc.com and click on “Investor Relations.”

 

About Tucows

 

Tucows Inc. is a provider of Internet services and downloadable software through a global distribution network of more than 6,000 service providers.  These service providers primarily consist of web hosting companies, Internet service providers and providers of other services over the Internet. Tucows’ services include domain registration services, digital certificates, billing, provisioning and customer care software solutions, email and anti-spam services, blogware and website building tools.  Tucows is an accredited registrar with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, and generates revenue primarily through the provision of domain registration and other Internet services to service providers who offer such services to their own customers in a process known as wholesale distribution.  For more information, please visit: www.tucowsinc.com

 

Contact:
Hilda Kelly

Investor Relations Resource

Tucows Inc.

416-538-5493
ir@tucows.com

 

TUCOWS is a registered trademark of Tucows Inc. or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks and service marks are the properties of their respective owners.

 



 

Tucows Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Dollar amounts in U.S. dollars)

 

 

 

June 30,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

8,037,839

 

$

13,914,988

 

Short-term investments

 

7,771,453

 

 

Restricted cash (note 1)

 

 

460,398

 

Accounts receivable

 

1,271,059

 

1,111,082

 

Prepaid expenses and deposits

 

1,638,271

 

2,156,702

 

Prepaid domain name registry and ancillary services fees, current portion

 

17,674,869

 

15,601,786

 

Deferred tax asset, current portion

 

1,000,000

 

1,000,000

 

Total current assets

 

37,393,491

 

34,244,956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid domain name registry and ancillary services fees, long-term portion

 

7,236,442

 

6,471,916

 

Deferred charges

 

449,350

 

 

Property and equipment

 

1,324,571

 

1,017,237

 

Deferred tax asset, long-term portion

 

2,000,000

 

2,000,000

 

Intangible assets

 

1,124,160

 

1,242,240

 

Goodwill

 

1,665,829

 

964,467

 

Investment

 

353,737

 

353,737

 

Cash held in escrow

 

616,762

 

1,009,650

 

Total assets

 

$

52,164,342

 

$

47,304,203

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

1,422,830

 

$

1,483,543

 

Accrued liabilities

 

2,013,399

 

2,688,738

 

Customer deposits

 

2,138,393

 

2,247,262

 

Deferred revenue, current portion

 

26,104,725

 

23,648,381

 

Accreditation fees payable, current portion

 

589,056

 

144,483

 

Total current liabilities

 

32,268,403

 

30,212,407

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue, long-term portion

 

10,540,720

 

9,602,599

 

Accreditation fees payable, long-term portion

 

59,595

 

31,816

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock - no par value, 1,250,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding

 

 

 

Common stock - no par value, 250,000,000 shares authorized; 68,092,665 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2005 and 66,817,250 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2004

 

10,429,078

 

9,541,277

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

50,061,866

 

50,061,866

 

Deficit

 

(51,195,320

)

(52,145,762

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

9,295,624

 

7,457,381

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

52,164,342

 

$

47,304,203

 

 

Note 1:

Of the restricted cash, $310,000 represents margin security against a series of forward exchange contracts, and $150,398

represents security against 2 letters of credit.

 



 

Tucows Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Dollar amounts in U.S. dollars)

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net revenues

 

$

12,002,138

 

$

10,638,965

 

$

23,803,844

 

$

20,813,874

 

Cost of revenues

 

7,586,612

 

6,558,400

 

14,807,817

 

13,003,815

 

Gross profit

 

4,415,526

 

4,080,565

 

8,996,027

 

7,810,059

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales and marketing (*)

 

1,166,057

 

1,124,726

 

2,518,511

 

2,345,260

 

Technical operations and development

 

1,356,058

 

1,140,870

 

2,678,843

 

2,152,292

 

General and administrative (*)

 

1,146,725

 

834,503

 

2,537,487

 

1,907,575

 

Depreciation of property and equipment

 

276,870

 

317,331

 

518,743

 

630,317

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

59,040

 

39,680

 

118,080

 

39,680

 

Total operating expenses

 

4,004,750

 

3,457,110

 

8,371,664

 

7,075,124

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from operations

 

410,776

 

623,455

 

624,363

 

734,935

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income, net

 

96,856

 

42,103

 

174,104

 

79,736

 

Total other income

 

96,856

 

42,103

 

174,104

 

79,736

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income before provision for income taxes

 

507,632

 

665,558

 

798,467

 

814,671

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for (recovery of) income taxes

 

 

 

(151,975

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income for the period

 

$

507,632

 

$

665,558

 

$

950,442

 

$

814,671

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted earnings per common share

 

$

0.01

 

$

0.01

 

$

0.01

 

$

0.01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares used in computing basic earnings per common share

 

67,863,978

 

65,991,867

 

67,376,440

 

65,341,377

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares used in computing diluted earnings per common share

 

71,664,882

 

68,744,679

 

71,763,526

 

67,917,001

 

 


(*) Stock-based compensation has been included in operating expenses as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Sales and marketing

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

16,834

 

General and administrative

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

3,759

 

 



 

Tucows Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Dollar amounts in U.S. dollars)

 

 

 

Three months ended June 30,

 

Six months ended June 30,

 

 

 

2005

 

2004

 

2005

 

2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash provided by (used in):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income for the period

 

$

507,632

 

$

665,558

 

$

950,442

 

$

814,671

 

Items not involving cash:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation of property and equipment

 

276,870

 

317,331

 

518,743

 

630,317

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

59,040

 

39,680

 

118,080

 

39,680

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized change in the fair value of forward contracts

 

 

(110,148

)

107,628

 

(91,263

)

Stock-based compensation

 

 

 

 

20,593

 

Change in non-cash operating working capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

(8,380

)

(11,616

)

(159,977

)

(74,284

)

Prepaid expenses and deposits

 

83,467

 

75,495

 

410,803

 

110,615

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prepaid domain name registry and ancillary services fees

 

(835,394

)

(1,259,188

)

(2,837,609

)

(3,296,200

)

Accounts payable

 

(103,675

)

26,192

 

(60,713

)

(349,257

)

Accrued liabilities

 

335,452

 

32,939

 

(675,339

)

(222,482

)

Customer deposits

 

(30,742

)

50,481

 

(108,869

)

3,600

 

Deferred revenue

 

888,976

 

1,569,497

 

3,394,465

 

4,376,960

 

Accreditation fees payable

 

301,495

 

 

472,352

 

 

Cash provided by operating activities

 

1,474,741

 

1,396,221

 

2,130,006

 

1,962,950

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds received on exercise of stock options

 

5,416

 

491,407

 

186,439

 

644,469

 

Deferred charges

 

(449,350

)

 

(449,350

)

 

Cash (used in) provided by financing activities

 

(443,934

)

491,407

 

(262,911

)

644,469

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions to property and equipment

 

(625,169

)

(245,106

)

(826,077

)

(353,250

)

Investment in short-term investments

 

(7,771,453

)

 

(7,771,453

)

 

Decrease (increase) in restricted cash - being margin security against forward exchange contracts

 

 

(361,250

)

460,398

 

(228,750

)

Acquisition of Boardtown Corporation, net of cash acquired

 

 

(2,019,510

)

 

(2,019,510

)

Decrease (increase) in cash held in escrow

 

396,604

 

(1,000,000

)

392,888

 

(1,000,000

)

Cash used in investing activities

 

(8,000,018

)

(3,625,866

)

(7,744,244

)

(3,601,510

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

(6,969,211

)

(1,738,238

)

(5,877,149

)

(994,091

)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

15,007,050

 

13,656,958

 

13,914,988

 

12,912,811

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

8,037,839

 

$

11,918,720

 

$

8,037,839

 

$

11,918,720

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest paid

 

$

 

$

53

 

$

300

 

$

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock issued on the acquisition of Boardtown Corporation

 

$

701,363

 

$

274,540

 

$

701,363

 

$

274,540