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BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Satcon Technology Corporation (NASDAQ CM: SATC), a leading provider of utility scale power solutions for the renewable energy market, today announced its results for the third quarter ended October 3, 2009.
(in
millions, Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
except per
share data)
October 3, September October 3, September
2009 27, % Change 2009 27, % Change
2008 2008
Revenue $11.7 $18.5 -37% $35.7 $43.2 -17%
Gross Margin 1% 19% 4% 14%
Operating ($7.3) ($3.3) -120% ($19.5) ($10.9) -78%
loss
Net Loss
Attributable ($8.5) ($3.0) -186% ($27.5) ($16.5) -67%
to Common
Shareholders
Net Loss
Attributable
to Common
Shareholders ($0.12) ($0.06) -100% ($0.47) ($0.33) -42%
per weighted
average
share, basic
and diluted
"During the quarter we saw a peak in costs associated with the transition of our manufacturing to China that led to a significant increase in our manufacturing costs," said Steve Rhoades, Satcon's President and Chief Executive Officer. "These transition costs will continue into the fourth quarter, but will be lower relative to our expected Q4 revenue, and we expect to largely complete the transition by the end of the year."
"While total sales were down year over year due to the global recession, revenue for the third quarter increased 27% over the second quarter of 2009," said Rhoades. "Our top-line growth highlights the successful execution of our corporate strategy to develop and launch the industry's most advanced utility scale solar PV inverter solutions. In addition, we began to see an increase in bookings in North America, Europe and China, resulting in current backlog of over $24 million, positioning us for a solid fourth quarter."
Highlights from the third quarter included a number of landmark customer wins that are significant to the growth of utility scale solar in North America.
-- Completion of the nine (9) megawatt First Light installation in Ontario,
Canada, which leveraged 500 kilowatt PowerGate(TM) Plus inverters, the
largest system currently deployed under Ontario's Renewable Energy
Standard Offer Program.
-- Order for five (5) megawatts of Satcon Prism(TM) which will complete the
nine (9) megawatt solar farm for the nation's largest urban solar PV
power plant in Chicago, Illinois.
-- Shipment of five (5) megawatts of Satcon Prism for CalRENEW, the largest
utility-scale PV solar facility being developed under California's
Renewable Portfolio Standard program.
The company also secured an order for approximately 23 megawatts of the company's PowerGate Plus 500 kilowatt inverters to a large Chinese reseller. This is Satcon's largest single order to date, and will be delivered in the fourth quarter of 2009.
During the quarter Satcon also experienced strong demand for its ARRA and Ontario FIT compliant inverters, including two projects in California totaling 2.4 megawatts of Satcon PowerGate Plus solutions.
Other recently announced highlights include:
-- The general availability of Satcon Solstice(TM), the industry's first
complete power harvesting and management solution for utility-class
solar power plants.
-- The recent competitive grant awarded to Satcon under the Solar Energy
Grid Integration System (SEGIS) by the Department of Energy and contract
manager, Sandia National Laboratories.
-- Two awards from the Department of Energy (DOE) under the high
penetration initiative, one with the Sunshine State Solar Grid
Initiative team (SUNGRIN) to study high penetration solar PV, and one
with the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) and Southern California
Edison on high penetration PV in congested grid environments.
-- Approximately 17 megawatts of orders received for Satcon Prism, North
America's first fully-integrated one megawatt medium voltage solution.
-- The partnership with Suntech Power Holdings as part of its Reliathon
platform, a fully integrated solar plant solution designed to speed the
development of utility-scale solar plants.
-- The partnership with Canadian Solar for complete large scale solar
system solutions designed to meet the domestic content requirements
outlined by the Ontario government in its recently announced
feed-in-tariff program.
"The momentum of our business is steadily improving which is supported by the growing strength of the large scale solar market and the increasing demand for utility grade solar solutions," said Rhoades. "We continue to see the trend of projects growing in both size and sophistication and, most importantly, we have seen the expansion of large scale projects into new emerging markets both domestically and worldwide. We continue to target reaching our first key financial milestone of cash generation on a run-rate basis as we exit 2009."
Conference Call Reminder
The company will hold a conference call to review its financial results and business highlights today, October 27, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. ET. During the conference call, the company may answer questions concerning business and financial developments and trends, and other business and financial matters. The company's responses to these questions, as well as other matters discussed during the conference call, may contain or constitute information that has not been previously disclosed.
The conference call will be webcast live over the Internet and can be accessed on the Investor Relations section of the company's website at http://investor.satcon.com. The conference call also can be accessed by dialing (877) 407-8289 (U.S. and Canada) or (201) 689-8341 (International). Interested parties that are unable to listen to the live call may access an archived version of the webcast on Satcon's website.
About Satcon
Satcon Technology Corporation is a leading provider of utility scale distributed power solutions for the renewable energy market, enabling the industry's most advanced, reliable, and proven clean energy alternatives. For over 24 years, Satcon has designed and delivered the next generation of efficient energy systems for solar photovoltaic, stationary fuel cells, wind-turbines, and energy storage systems. To learn more about Satcon, please visit www.Satcon.com.
Safe Harbor
Statements made in this document that are not historical facts or which apply prospectively are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements are identified by the use of terms and phrases such as "will," "intends," "believes," "expects," "plans," "anticipates" and similar expressions. Investors should not rely on forward looking statements because they are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the company's expectation. Additional information concerning risk factors is contained from time to time in the company's SEC filings, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K and other periodic reports filed with the SEC. Forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date of this release. Subsequent events or circumstances occurring after such date may render these statements incomplete or out of date. The company expressly disclaims any obligation to update the information contained in this release.
SATCON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
October 3, December 31,
ASSETS 2008
2009
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $16,306,546 $9,957,716
Restricted cash and cash equivalents 84,000 84,000
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $191,217
and $168,219 at October 3, 2009 and December 31, 11,666,490 11,471,671
2008, respectively
Unbilled contract costs and fees 189,675 398,707
Inventory 9,608,123 11,457,532
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 1,060,465 1,040,441
Total current assets $38,915,299 $34,410,067
Property and equipment, net 3,049,006 1,964,968
Goodwill, net 123,714 123,714
Intangibles, net 102,810 398,526
Total assets $42,190,829 $36,897,275
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT
Current liabilities:
Line of credit $3,000,000 $3,000,000
Accounts payable 10,190,033 8,588,313
Short-term secured note payable 1,297,200 --
Accrued payroll and payroll related expenses 1,854,718 2,042,786
Other accrued expenses 3,181,529 2,825,255
Accrued contract loss -- 1,131,370
Accrued restructuring costs 216,483 602,782
Deferred revenue 1,658,291 4,214,389
Total current liabilities $21,398,254 $22,404,895
Warrant liabilities $3,154,817 $2,407,438
Deferred revenue, net of current portion 4,041,571 2,512,794
Redeemable convertible Series B preferred stock (75
and 290 shares issued and outstanding at October 3,
2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively; face 375,000 1,450,000
value $5,000 per share; liquidation preference
$375,000 and $1,450,000 at October 3, 2009 and
December 31, 2008, respectively)
Other long-term liabilities 34,879 58,282
Total Liabilities $29,004,521 $28,833,409
Commitments and contingencies (Note H)
Redeemable convertible Series C preferred stock
(25,000 shares issued and outstanding at October 3,
2009 and December 31, 2008; face value $1,000 per $20,946,365 $17,248,593
share; liquidation preference $27,295,206 and
$26,350,000 at October 3, 2009 and December 31,
2008, respectively)
Stockholders' deficit:
Common stock; $0.01 par value, 200,000,000 shares
authorized; 70,278,812 and 51,479,822 shares issued $702,788 $514,798
and outstanding at October 3, 2009 and December 31,
2008, respectively
Additional paid-in capital 218,894,693 182,222,762
Accumulated deficit (225,630,062) (189,962,435)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (1,727,476) (1,959,852)
Total stockholders' deficit $(7,760,057) $(9,184,727)
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit $42,190,829 $36,897,275
SATCON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended
October 3, September 27, October 3, September 27,
2009 2008 2009 2008
Revenue
Product revenue $ 10,040,941 $ 17,215,392 $ 31,048,409 $ 36,947,201
Funded research and
development and other 1,637,668 1,301,362 4,682,466 6,292,490
revenue
Total revenue $ 11,678,609 $ 18,516,754 $ 35,730,875 $ 43,239,691
Cost of revenue:
Cost of product $10,466,120 $ 13,869,078 $ 30,686,604 $ 32,509,593
revenue
Cost of funded
research and 1,150,805 1,145,719 3,519,056 4,828,139
development and other
revenue
Total cost of revenue $11,616,925 $ 15,014,797 $ 34,205,660 $ 37,337,732
Gross margin $ 61,684 $ 3,501,957 $ 1,525,215 $ 5,901,959
Operating expenses:
Research and $2,187,554 $ 1,642,265 $6,302,978 $ 3,619,615
development
Selling, general and 4,884,613 4,585,771 14,228,431 11,830,775
administrative
Restructuring charge 211,267 512,609 211,267 1,119,216
Amortization of 78,572 78,572 235,716 235,716
intangibles
Total operating
expenses from $7,362,006 $6,819,217 $ 20,978,392 $ 16,805,322
continuing operations
Operating loss from $(7,300,322) $(3,317,260) $(19,453,177) $(10,903,363)
continuing operations
Change in fair value (305,289) 2,041,697 (3,899,623) (822,501)
of warrant liabilities
Other (loss) income, 384,261 57,734 (241,329) 62,047
net
Interest income 2,956 56,872 8,523 197,143
Interest expense (38,919) (98,139) (259,103) (241,876)
Net loss from $(7,257,313) $(1,259,096) $(23,844,709) $(11,708,550)
continuing operations
Loss from discontinued -- $(990,434) -- $ (1,957,837)
operations, net
Gain on sale of
discontinued -- 327,798 -- 327,798
operations
Net loss $(7,257,313) $(1,921,732) $(23,844,709) $(13,338,589)
Deemed dividend and
accretion on Series C (961,257) (1,056,093) (2,670,277) $ (2,987,846)
preferred stock and
warrants
Dividend on Series C (320,180) (10,000) (1,028,269) (126,000)
preferred stock
Net loss attributable $(8,538,750) $(2,987,825) $(27,543,255) $(16,452,435)
to common stockholders
Net loss per weighted
average share, basic
and diluted:
From loss on
continuing operations $(0.12) $(0.05) $(0.47) $(0.29)
attributable to common
stockholders
From loss on
discontinued -- $(0.02) -- $(0.04)
operations
From gain on sale of
discontinued -- $0.01 -- $0.01
operations
Net loss attributable
to common stockholders
per weighted average $(0.12) $(0.06) $(0.47) $(0.33)
share, basic and
diluted
Weighted average
number of common 70,239,878 51,013,182 58,831,835 50,454,300
shares, basic and
diluted
Source: Satcon Technology Corporation
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