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Comtech Telecommunications Corp. Announces Results for the Third Quarter of Fiscal 2016 and Provides Updated Financial Guidance

June 8, 2016 5:16 PM

MELVILLE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- June 8, 2016-– Comtech Telecommunications Corp. (NASDAQ: CMTL) today reported its operating results for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2016. Net sales for the three months ended April 30, 2016 were $124.2 million compared to $71.6 million for the three months ended April 30, 2015. Net sales for the nine months ended April 30, 2016 were $258.6 million compared to $229.8 million for the nine months ended April 30, 2015. The increase in net sales for both periods reflects incremental sales of approximately $66.0 million as a result of the acquisition of TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. ("TCS,") partially offset by lower sales of legacy Comtech products. As previously announced, the TCS acquisition closed on February 23, 2016. The Company achieved bookings of approximately $139.2 million during the third quarter of fiscal 2016 which translates into a quarterly book-to-bill ratio (a measure of quarterly bookings divided by quarterly net sales) of 1.12 compared with an average book-to-bill ratio of 0.81 for the prior two quarters.

Operating net loss was $13.4 million and $8.0 million for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2016, respectively as compared to operating income of $7.2 million and $26.0 million for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2015, respectively. During the three and nine months ended April 30, 2016, we expensed $17.0 million and $20.7 million, respectively, of pre-tax acquisition plan expenses, almost all of which relates to the Company's acquisition of TCS. Excluding these expenses, we would have reported operating income for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2016 of $3.6 million and $12.7 million, respectively.

GAAP net loss was $14.4 million, or $(0.89) per diluted share, for the three months ended April 30, 2016 as compared to GAAP net income of $5.0 million, or $0.30 per diluted share, for the three months ended April 30, 2015. GAAP net loss was $10.4 million, or $(0.65) per diluted share, for the nine months ended April 30, 2016 as compared to GAAP net income of $17.8 million, or $1.08 per diluted share, for the nine months ended April 30, 2015.

Adjusted EBITDA was $12.5 million and $29.2 million for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2016 as compared to $11.6 million and $39.8 million for the three and nine months ended April 30, 2015. Adjusted EBITDA is a Non-GAAP financial measure that is defined and reconciled to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure in the below table.

The Company also announced that it is updating its fiscal 2016 revenue guidance to a new range of $425.0 million to $435.0 million and that it expects GAAP diluted EPS for fiscal 2016 will range from a loss of $0.90 to a loss of $0.81. The Company is also updating its fiscal 2016 Adjusted EBITDA guidance to a new range of $44.0 million to $46.0 million. The Company’s updated fiscal 2016 financial guidance reflects an updated assessment of the timing of expected orders, anticipated shipment delays related to over-the-horizon microwave equipment orders currently in our backlog, as well as additional legal expenses associated with legacy TCS intellectual property matters which are discussed in more detail in the Company’s Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") earlier today. The Company also expects to record an additional $3.9 million of acquisition plan expenses during the fourth quarter of fiscal 2016. The Company is on track to deliver an annual run-rate of cost synergies of at least $8.0 million. The Company also indicated that it has begun its annual planning process and is targeting fiscal 2017 Adjusted EBITDA to range from $70.0 million to $80.0 million. These Adjusted EBITDA targets include twelve full months of TCS operations, a full year of synergies and earnings growth, partially offset by incremental legal expenses related to the aforementioned intellectual property matters.

In commenting on the Company's performance and fiscal 2016 business outlook, Dr. Stanton Sloane, President and Chief Executive Officer, stated, “Our third quarter of fiscal 2016 reflects only two full months of TCS operations but we are extremely pleased with what we have seen so far. We are seeing signs of end-market stabilization for our legacy Comtech business and bookings for our most recent quarter across most of our product lines were strong. With much of the integration work behind us, I look forward to a solid finish in fiscal 2016 and I am increasingly optimistic that fiscal 2017 will be a strong year for Comtech.”

Selected Fiscal 2016 Third Quarter Financial Metrics and Other Items

Additional information about the Company’s updated fiscal 2016 financial guidance is included in the Company’s third quarter investor presentation which is located on the Company’s website at www.comtechtel.com.

Conference Call

The Company has scheduled an investor conference call for 8:30 AM (ET) on Thursday, June 9th, 2016. Investors and the public are invited to access a live webcast of the conference call from the Investor Relations section of the Comtech web site at www.comtechtel.com. Alternatively, investors can access the conference call by dialing (877) 876-9177 (domestic), or (785) 424-1666 (international) and using the conference I.D. "Comtech." A replay of the conference call will be available for seven days by dialing (800) 723-0520 or (402) 220-2653. In addition, an updated investor presentation, including earnings guidance, is available on the Company's web site.

About Comtech

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. designs, develops, produces and markets innovative products, systems and services for advanced communications solutions. The Company sells products to a diverse customer base in the global commercial and government communications markets.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain information in this press release contains forward-looking statements, including but not limited to, information relating to the Company's future performance and financial condition, plans and objectives of the Company's management and the Company's assumptions regarding such future performance, financial condition, and plans and objectives that involve certain significant known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors not under the Company's control which may cause its actual results, future performance and financial condition, and achievement of plans and objectives of the Company's management to be materially different from the results, performance or other expectations implied by these forward-looking statements. These factors include, among other things: the possibility that the expected synergies from the acquisition of TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. ("TCS") will not be fully realized, or will not be realized within the anticipated time period; the risk that Comtech’s and TCS’s businesses will not be integrated successfully; the possibility of disruption from the acquisition, making it more difficult to maintain business and operational relationships or retain key personnel; the nature and timing of receipt of, and the Company's performance on, new or existing orders that can cause significant fluctuations in net sales and operating results; the timing and funding of government contracts; adjustments to gross profits on long-term contracts; risks associated with international sales; rapid technological change; evolving industry standards; new product announcements and enhancements; changing customer demands; changes in prevailing economic and political conditions; changes in the price of oil in global markets; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; risks associated with the Company's and TCS's legacy legal proceedings, customer claims for indemnification, and other similar matters; risks associated with Comtech’s obligations under its Secured Credit Facility and acquisition debt; risks associated with the Company's large contracts; and other factors described in this and the Company's other filings with the SEC.

COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

Three months ended April 30, Nine months ended April 30,
2016 2015 2016 2015
Net sales $ 124,187,000 71,633,000 258,627,000 229,826,000
Cost of sales 72,796,000 39,325,000 149,596,000 124,318,000
Gross profit 51,391,000 32,308,000 109,031,000 105,508,000
Expenses:
Selling, general and administrative 30,439,000 15,005,000 60,818,000 46,557,000
Research and development 12,613,000 8,582,000 28,216,000 28,267,000
Acquisition plan expenses 16,960,000 20,689,000
Amortization of intangibles 4,776,000 1,561,000 7,348,000 4,682,000
64,788,000 25,148,000 117,071,000 79,506,000
Operating (loss) income (13,397,000 ) 7,160,000 (8,040,000 ) 26,002,000
Other expenses (income):
Interest expense and other 3,473,000 72,000 3,621,000 406,000
Interest income and other (5,000 ) (107,000 ) (227,000 ) (281,000 )
(Loss) income before provision for income taxes (16,865,000 ) 7,195,000 (11,434,000 ) 25,877,000
(Benefit from) provision for income taxes (2,510,000 ) 2,235,000 (994,000 ) 8,107,000
Net (loss) income $ (14,355,000 ) 4,960,000 (10,440,000 ) 17,770,000
Net (loss) income per share:
Basic $ (0.89 ) 0.31 (0.65 ) 1.10
Diluted $ (0.89 ) 0.30 (0.65 ) 1.08
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding – basic 16,195,000 16,202,000 16,184,000 16,220,000
Weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding – diluted 16,195,000 16,382,000 16,184,000 16,468,000
Dividends declared per issued and outstanding common share as of the applicable dividend record date $ 0.30 0.30 0.90 0.90

COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.

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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

April 30, 2016 July 31, 2015
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 69,112,000 150,953,000
Accounts receivable, net 134,054,000 69,255,000
Inventories, net 75,324,000 62,068,000
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 19,753,000 7,396,000
Deferred tax asset, net 11,084,000
Total current assets 298,243,000 300,756,000
Property, plant and equipment, net 39,588,000 15,370,000
Goodwill 264,503,000 137,354,000
Intangibles with finite lives, net 293,561,000 20,009,000
Deferred financing costs, net 3,739,000
Other assets, net 3,694,000 388,000
Total assets $ 903,328,000 473,877,000
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 24,086,000 15,708,000
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 75,137,000 29,470,000
Dividends payable 4,851,000 4,839,000
Customer advances and deposits, current 29,779,000 14,320,000
Current portion of long-term debt 14,062,000
Current portion of capital lease obligations 3,770,000
Interest payable 111,000
Total current liabilities 151,796,000 64,337,000
Non-current portion of long-term debt, net 328,486,000
Non-current portion of capital lease obligations 4,880,000
Income taxes payable 3,262,000 1,573,000
Deferred tax liability, net 24,193,000 2,925,000
Customer advances and deposits, non-current 6,137,000
Other liabilities 4,776,000 3,633,000
Total liabilities 523,530,000 72,468,000
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, par value $.10 per share; shares authorized and unissued 2,000,000
Common stock, par value $.10 per share; authorized 100,000,000 shares; issued 31,204,396 shares and 31,165,401 shares at April 30, 2016 and July 31, 2015, respectively 3,121,000 3,117,000
Additional paid-in capital 430,549,000 427,083,000
Retained earnings 387,977,000 413,058,000
821,647,000 843,258,000
Less:
Treasury stock, at cost (15,033,317 shares at April 30, 2016 and July 31, 2015) (441,849,000 ) (441,849,000 )
Total stockholders’ equity 379,798,000 401,409,000
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 903,328,000 473,877,000

COMTECH TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.AND SUBSIDIARIESReconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures to GAAP Financial Measures(Unaudited)

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In order to provide investors with additional information regarding our financial results, this press release contains "Non-GAAP financial measures" under the rules of the SEC. Our Adjusted EBITDA is a Non-GAAP measure that represents earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization of intangibles, amortization of stock-based compensation, acquisition plan expenses and strategic alternatives analysis expenses. The Company's definition of Adjusted EBITDA may differ from the definition of EBITDA used by other companies and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies, including a similarly titled measure previously utilized by TCS. Adjusted EBITDA is also a measure frequently requested by the Company's investors and analysts. The Company believes that investors and analysts may use Adjusted EBITDA, along with other information contained in its SEC filings, in assessing its ability to generate cash flow and service debt. These Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as an analytical tool as they exclude the financial impact of transactions necessary to conduct Comtech’s business, such as the granting of equity compensation awards, and are not intended to be an alternative to financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. These measures are adjusted as described in the reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP in the below table, but these adjustments should not be construed as an inference that all of these adjustments or costs are unusual, infrequent or non-recurring. Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or superior to, financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. Investors are advised to carefully review the GAAP financial results that are disclosed in Comtech’s SEC filings. We have not quantitatively reconciled our fiscal 2016 Adjusted EBITDA guidance and fiscal 2017 Adjusted EBITDA targets to the most directly comparable GAAP measures because items such as stock-based compensation, adjustments to the provision for income taxes, amortization of intangibles, costs related to our acquisition plan and interest expense are certain items that impact these measures, have not yet occurred, are out of our control, or cannot be predicted. For example, quantification of stock-based compensation expense requires inputs such as the number of shares granted and market price that are not currently ascertainable. Accordingly, reconciliations to the Non-GAAP forward looking metrics are not available without unreasonable effort and such unavailable reconciling items could significantly impact our financial results.

Three months ended April 30, Nine months ended April 30,
2016 2015 2016 2015
Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA:
GAAP net (loss) income $ (14,355,000 ) 4,960,000 (10,440,000 ) 17,770,000
Income taxes (2,510,000 ) 2,235,000 (994,000 ) 8,107,000
Net interest (income) expense and other 3,468,000 (35,000 ) 3,394,000 125,000
Amortization of stock-based compensation 1,041,000 1,244,000 3,166,000 3,642,000
Depreciation and other amortization 7,858,000 3,227,000 13,426,000 9,578,000
Acquisition plan expenses 16,960,000 20,689,000
Strategic alternatives analysis expenses 585,000
Adjusted EBITDA $ 12,462,000 11,631,000 29,241,000 39,807,000

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Source: Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

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