EX-99.1 2 a10-17328_2ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

TUCOWS INC. REPORTS FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR

THIRD QUARTER 2010

 

TORONTO, November 10, 2010 —Tucows Inc. (NYSE AMEX:TCX, TSX:TC), a global provider of domain names, email and other Internet services, today reported its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2010. All figures are in U.S. dollars.

 

Summary Financial Results

(Numbers in Thousands of US Dollars, Except Per Share Data)

 

 

 

3 Months
Ended
Sept 30,
 2010
(unaudited)

 

3 Months
 Ended
Sept 30,
 2009
(unaudited)

 

9 Months
Ended
Sept 30,
2010
(unaudited)

 

9 Months
 Ended
Sept 30,
2009
(unaudited)

 

Net revenue

 

21,209

 

20,496

 

62,501

 

60,610

 

Gain (loss) on change in fair value of forward exchange contracts

 

142

 

1,878

 

(1,669

)

3,902

 

Other income

 

 

1,880

 

 

4,493

 

Net income for the period

 

1,083

 

5,196

 

880

 

10,603

 

Net earnings per common share

 

0.02

 

0.08

 

0.01

 

0.15

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

1,876

 

82

 

4,428

 

3,586

 

 

Summary of Revenue and Cost of Revenue before Network Costs

(Numbers in Thousands of US Dollars)

 

 

 

Revenue

 

Cost of Revenue

 

 

 

3 Months Ended
Sept 30, 2010
(unaudited)

 

3 Months Ended
Sept 30, 2009
(unaudited)

 

3 Months Ended
Sept 30, 2010
(unaudited)

 

3 Months Ended
Sept 30, 2009
(unaudited)

 

OpenSRS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Domain Services

 

16,517

 

15,098

 

13,817

 

12,326

 

Email Services

 

578

 

842

 

97

 

103

 

Other Services

 

1,086

 

1,109

 

417

 

412

 

Total OpenSRS Services

 

18,181

 

17,049

 

14,331

 

12,841

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YummyNames

 

1,249

 

1,782

 

180

 

218

 

Hover

 

1,147

 

1,204

 

381

 

493

 

Butterscotch

 

632

 

461

 

12

 

26

 

Total

 

21,209

 

20,496

 

14,904

 

13,578

 

 



 

“Our third quarter results continued our track record of solid performance throughout 2010,” said Elliot Noss, President and CEO of Tucows. “Revenue reached a record $21.2 million, driven by continued strength in both OpenSRS and YummyNames along with increased contribution from our reinvigorated Hover and Butterscotch services. The consistency and reliability of our business continues to support our objective of returning capital to shareholders, as evidenced by our repurchase of an additional 3.9 million shares in October under our most recent Dutch tender offer.”

 

Net revenue for the third quarter of 2010 increased 3.5% to $21.2 million from $20.5 million for the third quarter of 2009.

 

Net income for the third quarter of 2010 was $1.1 million, or $0.02 per share, compared with net income of $5.2 million, or $0.08 per share, for the third quarter of 2009.  Net income for the third quarter of 2009 included the final payment related to the sale of the Company’s equity stake in Afilias Inc. of $1.9 million and a gain in the fair value of forward exchange contracts of $1.9 million.

 

Deferred revenue at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2010 was $62.3 million, an increase of 10.3% from $56.5 million at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2009 and 3.8% from $60.0 million in the second quarter of 2010.

 

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the third quarter of 2010 were $5.4 million compared with $8.2 million at the end of the third quarter of 2009 and $4.1 million at the end of second quarter of 2010. The increase in cash and cash equivalents from the second quarter of 2010 was primarily the result of cash flow from operating activities of $1.9 million for the third quarter of 2010, which was partially offset by the repayment of $0.5 million of the Company’s bank loan.

 

Subsequent to quarter end, the Company announced the final results of its modified “Dutch auction” tender announced on September 7, 2010. Under the terms of the tender, Tucows purchased 3.9 million of its shares at a purchase price of $0.70 per share, for a total of $2.8 million. Year to date in 2010, the Company has repurchased an aggregate of 13.7 million shares through both its modified Dutch tender offers and normal course issuer bids (“Buyback Programs”), representing 20.4% of the Company’s outstanding shares at the end of 2009.  Since initiating its first share buyback program in February 2007, the Company has repurchased a total of 23.2 million shares through its Buyback Programs representing 30.0% of the Company’s total shares outstanding at the end of January 2007.

 

Conference Call

 

Tucows management will host a conference call today, Wednesday, November 10, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. (ET) to discuss the third quarter fiscal 2010 results. Participants can access the conference call via the Internet at http://tucowsinc.com/investors.

 

For those unable to participate in 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 416-849-0833 or 1-800-642-1687and enter the pass code 20897695 followed by the pound key.  The telephone replay will be available until Wednesday, November 17, 2010 at midnight. To access the archived conference call as an MP3 via the Internet, go to http://tucowsinc.com/investors.

 

About Tucows

 

Tucows is a global Internet services company. OpenSRS manages over ten million domain names and millions of email boxes through a reseller network of over 10,000 web hosts and ISPs. Hover is the easiest way for individuals and small businesses to manage their domain names and email addresses. YummyNames owns premium domain names that generate revenue through advertising or resale. Butterscotch.com is an online video network building on the foundation of Tucows.com. More information can be found at http://tucowsinc.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.

 



 

For further information:

 

Lawrence Chamberlain

The Equicom Group for Tucows Inc.

(416) 815-0700 ext. 257

lchamberlain@equicomgroup.com