Ocean Power Technologies Announces Results for the Fiscal Third Quarter Ended January 31, 2017
We also had several notable operational achievements in the quarter:
- Our commercial-ready PB3 PowerBuoy was shipped to
Japan for the previously announced lease withMitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding (“MES”). - We proceeded with the upgrade of our pre-commercial PB3 PowerBuoy, which will make it our second commercial-ready unit. This effort is nearly complete and enables us to aggressively pursue near-term customer application demonstrations.
- In early May, we plan to display a PB3 PowerBuoy at one of the largest global offshore ocean technology events in the world: the
Offshore Technology Conference inHouston, Texas . This conference is well attended by decision-makers across each of our target markets, and we believe will provide a great opportunity to allow direct product access to potential customers. - We have initiated the production of a third commercial-ready PB3 unit, where it is our intent to have this unit deployment-ready by Q2 of fiscal 2018.
- We announced a joint marketing agreement with Sonalysts to pursue mutual opportunities in defense and oil and gas applications where persistent power and real-time data communications are critical.
- We announced a joint application development and marketing agreement with
HAI Technologies Corp. ("HAI") to pursue and develop opportunities in the oil and gas industry with an initial focus on offshore oil and gas subsea chemical injection systems where we believe pairing two distinctive offshore technologies will create new methods to deal with long distance and remote offshore field developments. - We increased our commercial capabilities through new hires in marketing and business development, and engagement of expert market consultants. We continue to acquire new skills to maximize our market outreach and creation of new business opportunities.
- Our accelerated life testing continues to increase our confidence in the readiness of our product. We believe the combination of ocean deployment and factory test data has provided the credibility which allows us to progress to customer application demonstrations, which we believe is a critical step in the PowerBuoy commercialization process.
- We have undertaken steps through product life-cycle management to define and implement a set of cost-takeout initiatives on the PB3 while maintaining a focus on continued reliability. We also continue to advance our PB15 PowerBuoy design given what we believe has been very favorable market feedback.”
Mr. Kirby continued, "We believe that our accomplishments over previous months have been aggressive, and in accordance with our communicated strategy. This strategy focuses on commercializing the PB3 PowerBuoy while pursuing collaborative and strategic partnerships in support of product commercialization and delivery, which we believe will enable us to scale our business in the most cost-effective and expeditious manner."
Results for the Third Fiscal Quarter Ended
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Results for the Nine Months Ended
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Mr. Kirby concluded, "We believe we are well positioned to execute our strategy of commercializing the PB3 PowerBuoy as we continue to receive strong market feedback about the need for persistent offshore power and communications.”
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| Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries | ||||||||||
| Consolidated Balance Sheets | ||||||||||
| (in thousands, except share data) | ||||||||||
| January 31, 2017 | April 30, 2016 | |||||||||
| (Unaudited) | ||||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||||
| Current assets: | ||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 11,110 | $ | 6,730 | ||||||
| Marketable securities | 25 | 75 | ||||||||
| Restricted cash | 299 | 300 | ||||||||
| Unbilled receivables | 324 | 37 | ||||||||
| Litigation receivable | - | 2,500 | ||||||||
| Other current assets | 337 | 117 | ||||||||
| Total current assets | 12,095 | 9,759 | ||||||||
| Property and equipment, net | 195 | 273 | ||||||||
| Other noncurrent assets | 131 | 319 | ||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 12,421 | $ | 10,351 | ||||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||||||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 189 | $ | 373 | ||||||
| Accrued expenses | 3,121 | 2,675 | ||||||||
| Litigation payable | - | 3,000 | ||||||||
| Unearned revenue | - | 39 | ||||||||
| Warrant liabilities | 653 | - | ||||||||
| Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations | 34 | 81 | ||||||||
| Deferred credits payable current | 600 | - | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | 4,597 | 6,168 | ||||||||
| Long-term debt and capital lease obligations | 32 | 55 | ||||||||
| Deferred credits payable non-current | - | 600 | ||||||||
| Total liabilities | 4,629 | 6,823 | ||||||||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||||||||
| Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. stockholders’ equity: | ||||||||||
| Preferred stock | - | - | ||||||||
| Common stock | 6 | 2 | ||||||||
| Treasury stock | (260 | ) | (138 | ) | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 193,000 | 181,670 | ||||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (184,794 | ) | (177,884 | ) | ||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (160 | ) | (122 | ) | ||||||
| Total stockholders' equity | 7,792 | 3,528 | ||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 12,421 | $ | 10,351 | ||||||
| Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries | ||||||||||||||||||
| Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations | ||||||||||||||||||
| (in thousands, except per share data) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Three months ended January 31, | Nine months ended January 31, | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | |||||||||||||||
| Revenues | $ | 221 | $ | 5 | $ | 593 | $ | 605 | ||||||||||
| Cost of revenues | 363 | 5 | 615 | 605 | ||||||||||||||
| Gross profit (loss) | (142 | ) | - | (22 | ) | - | ||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||||
| Product development costs | 950 | 1,752 | 3,894 | 5,412 | ||||||||||||||
| Selling, general and administrative costs | 1,617 | 1,690 | 4,859 | 5,419 | ||||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 2,567 | 3,442 | 8,753 | 10,831 | ||||||||||||||
| Operating loss | (2,709 | ) | (3,442 | ) | (8,775 | ) | (10,831 | ) | ||||||||||
| (Loss) gain on fair value of warrant liabilities | (104 | ) | - | 1,161 | - | |||||||||||||
| Interest income, net | 24 | 1 | 26 | 10 | ||||||||||||||
| Other (expense) income, net | - | (3 | ) | - | 240 | |||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange loss | (26 | ) | (188 | ) | (20 | ) | (194 | ) | ||||||||||
| Loss before income taxes | (2,815 | ) | (3,632 | ) | (7,608 | ) | (10,775 | ) | ||||||||||
| Income tax benefit | 698 | 1,674 | 698 | 1,674 | ||||||||||||||
| Net loss | (2,117 | ) | (1,958 | ) | (6,910 | ) | (9,101 | ) | ||||||||||
| Less: Net profit attributable to the | ||||||||||||||||||
| non-controlling interest in Ocean Power | ||||||||||||||||||
| Technologies (Australasia) Pty Ltd. | - | - | - | (45 | ) | |||||||||||||
| Net loss attributable to Ocean Power | ||||||||||||||||||
| Technologies, Inc. | $ | (2,117 | ) | $ | (1,958 | ) | $ | (6,910 | ) | $ | (9,146 | ) | ||||||
| Basic and diluted net loss per share | $ | (0.37 | ) | $ | (1.05 | ) | $ | (1.84 | ) | $ | (5.07 | ) | ||||||
| Weighted average shares used to compute | ||||||||||||||||||
| basic and diluted net loss per share | 5,783,494 | 1,865,464 | 3,763,564 | 1,803,559 | ||||||||||||||
| Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. and Subsidiaries | ||||||||||||
| Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | ||||||||||||
| (in thousands) | ||||||||||||
| Nine months ended January 31, | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | |||||||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (6,910 | ) | $ | (9,101 | ) | ||||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash | ||||||||||||
| used in operating activities | ||||||||||||
| Foreign exchange gain | 20 | 194 | ||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 104 | 84 | ||||||||||
| Compensation expense related to stock option | ||||||||||||
| grants & restricted stock | 998 | 298 | ||||||||||
| Gain on fair value of warrant liabilities | (1,161 | ) | - | |||||||||
| Payments for litigation settlements | (500 | ) | - | |||||||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | ||||||||||||
| Decrease in accounts receivable | - | 89 | ||||||||||
| (Increase) decrease in unbilled receivables | (286 | ) | 44 | |||||||||
| Increase in other current assets | (222 | ) | (30 | ) | ||||||||
| Decrease in other noncurrent assets | 169 | 27 | ||||||||||
| (Decrease) increase in accounts payable | (186 | ) | 98 | |||||||||
| Increase in accrued expenses | 461 | 221 | ||||||||||
| Decrease in unearned revenues | (39 | ) | - | |||||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | (7,552 | ) | (8,076 | ) | ||||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||||||
| Purchases of marketable securities | (25 | ) | - | |||||||||
| Maturities of marketable securities | 75 | 25 | ||||||||||
| Restricted cash | 1 | 111 | ||||||||||
| Purchases of equipment | (22 | ) | (24 | ) | ||||||||
| Net cash provided by investing activities | 29 | 112 | ||||||||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of common stock, net of issuance costs | - | 205 | ||||||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of common stock | ||||||||||||
| and related warrants, net of costs | 12,150 | - | ||||||||||
| Repayment of debt | (70 | ) | (75 | ) | ||||||||
| Acquisition of treasury stock | (122 | ) | (4 | ) | ||||||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 11,958 | 126 | ||||||||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | (55 | ) | (85 | ) | ||||||||
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 4,380 | (7,923 | ) | |||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 6,730 | 17,336 | ||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | 11,110 | $ | 9,413 | ||||||||
Company Contact:Matthew T. Shafer Chief Financial Officer of OPT Phone: 609-730-0400 Investor Relations Contact:Andrew Barwicki Barwicki Investor Relations Inc. Phone: 516-662-9461