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Exhibit 99.1
Company Contacts:
Michael McConnell
Chief Financial Officer
503-469-4652
mmcconnell@digimarc.com
Scott Liolios or Matt Glover
Liolios Group, Inc.
Investor Relations for Digimarc
949-574-3860
info@liolios.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Digimarc Reports Record Profits;
Declares Cash Dividend
Beaverton, Ore. — April 26, 2012 — Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ: DMRC) reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012.
First Quarter 2012 Results
Revenues for the first quarter 2012 increased 88% to $17.0 million from $9.1 million in the same quarter a year ago. The 2012 quarter reflected an $8.0 million increase in revenues primarily due to royalties paid by Verance to Digimarc in conjunction with resolution of a license dispute.
Operating income for the quarter was $9.2 million, compared to $1.4 million in the first quarter of 2011. The improvement was largely due to the payment from Verance, and a related decrease in legal fees from the associated litigation, which was resolved in January; offset by increased headcount and an additional layer of stock-based awards.
Net income for the quarter was $5.0 million or $0.70 per diluted share, which included Digimarc’s share of the net loss of $1.1 million from its joint ventures with Nielsen. This compares to a net income of $0.9 million or $0.12 per diluted share in the first quarter of 2011, which also included Digimarc’s share of the net loss of $0.5 million from the company’s joint ventures with Nielsen. The increase in the net loss from the joint ventures was primarily due to accrued expenses in connection with suspending operations of the joint ventures.
During the quarter, Digimarc and The Nielsen Company mutually agreed to reduce the investment in their joint ventures to a nominal level for the foreseeable future. Based on its assessment of the market and competition, Digimarc concluded that licensing its patents and technology is a better path to maximum profit than continuing to invest in an operating business to compete in the space.
At March 31, 2012, cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $44.0 million, up from $33.4 million at December 31, 2011. The increase was from improved operating results, driven primarily by increased revenues from Verance.
Given its strong operating performance and healthy cash balances, Digimarc declared a quarterly dividend of $0.11 per share on the outstanding common shares, payable on May 25, 2012, to shareholders of record at the close of business on May 11, 2012. The aggregate amount of the quarterly dividend payment is expected to be approximately $781,000. The dividend is an elaboration of the company’s capital allocation strategy that is intended to provide income to current shareholders and broaden investor interest in Digimarc.
Conference Call
Digimarc will hold a conference call later today (Thursday, April 26, 2012) to discuss first quarter 2012 results. Chairman and CEO Bruce Davis and CFO Mike McConnell will host the call starting at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time (2:00 p.m. Pacific time). A question and answer session will follow management’s presentation.
The call will be broadcast live via webcast at www.digimarc.com/investors and www.earnings.com, and will be available for replay until May 10, 2012. Thereafter, the webcast will be archived and available on Digimarc’s website at www.digimarc.com/investors/investor-events-and-webcasts.
For those who wish to listen to the call via telephone, please dial the listen-only telephone number below at least 5-10 minutes prior to the scheduled start time:
Listen-Only Number: 866-562-9934
Conference ID#: 72969651
If you have any difficulty connecting with the conference call, please contact Liolios Group at 1-949-574-3860.
About Digimarc
Digimarc Corporation (NASDAQ: DMRC), based in Beaverton, Oregon, is a leading innovator and provider of enabling technologies that create digital identities for all forms of media and many everyday objects. The embedded digital IDs are imperceptible to humans, but not to computers, networks and devices like mobile phones, which can now use cameras and microphones as sensory inputs to “see, hear and understand” the world around them within the context of their environment. Digimarc has built an extensive intellectual property portfolio with patents in digital watermarking, content identification and management, media and object discovery to enable ubiquitous computing, and related technologies. Digimarc develops solutions, licenses its intellectual property, and provides development services to business partners across a range of industries. For more information, please visit www.digimarc.com.
Forward-looking Statements
With the exception of historical information contained in this release, the matters described in this release contain various “forward-looking statements.” These forward-looking statements include statements providing inferences about future financial performance and amounts of future dividend payments, any related inferences regarding increases in license and subscription revenues, and other statements identified by terminology such as “will,” “should,” “expects,” “estimates,” “predicts” and “continue” or other derivations of these or other comparable terms. These forward-looking statements are statements of management’s opinion and are subject to various assumptions, risks, uncertainties and changes in circumstances. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied from the statements in this release as a result of changes in economic, business and/or regulatory factors. More detailed information about risk factors that may affect actual results will be set forth in the company’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 and in subsequent periodic reports filed with the SEC. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s opinions only as of the date of this release. Except as required by law, Digimarc undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release.
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Digimarc Corporation
Income Statement Information
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
| Three-Month Information | ||||||||
| March 31, | March 31, | |||||||
| 2012 | 2011 | |||||||
| Revenue: |
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| Service |
$ | 3,048 | $ | 3,069 | ||||
| License & subscription |
13,998 | 6,022 | ||||||
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| Total revenue |
17,046 | 9,091 | ||||||
| Cost of revenue: |
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| Service |
1,697 | 1,584 | ||||||
| License & subscription |
113 | 65 | ||||||
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| Total cost of revenue |
1,810 | 1,649 | ||||||
| Gross profit: |
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| Service |
1,351 | 1,485 | ||||||
| License & subscription |
13,885 | 5,957 | ||||||
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| Total gross profit |
15,236 | 7,442 | ||||||
| Percentage of gross profit to revenues: |
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| Service |
44 | % | 48 | % | ||||
| License & subscription |
99 | % | 99 | % | ||||
| Percentage of gross profit to total revenue |
89 | % | 82 | % | ||||
| Operating expenses: |
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| Sales and marketing |
1,007 | 1,102 | ||||||
| Research, development and engineering |
1,998 | 1,775 | ||||||
| General and administrative |
2,758 | 2,847 | ||||||
| Intellectual property |
319 | 301 | ||||||
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| Total operating expenses |
6,082 | 6,025 | ||||||
| Operating income |
9,154 | 1,417 | ||||||
| Net loss from joint ventures |
(1,107 | ) | (537 | ) | ||||
| Interest income, net |
58 | 58 | ||||||
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| Income before provision for income taxes |
8,105 | 938 | ||||||
| Provision for income taxes |
(3,106 | ) | — | |||||
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| Net income |
$ | 4,999 | $ | 938 | ||||
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| Earnings per share: |
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| Net income per share - basic |
$ | 0.74 | $ | 0.14 | ||||
| Net income per share - diluted |
$ | 0.70 | $ | 0.12 | ||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - basic |
6,738 | 6,864 | ||||||
| Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted |
7,140 | 7,505 | ||||||
Digimarc Corporation
Balance Sheet Information
(in thousands)
(Unaudited)
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
| 2012 | 2011 | |||||||
| Assets |
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| Current assets: |
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| Cash and cash equivalents (1) |
$ | 8,547 | $ | 3,419 | ||||
| Marketable securities (1) |
22,328 | 22,244 | ||||||
| Trade accounts receivable, net |
2,470 | 3,502 | ||||||
| Other current assets |
1,134 | 1,306 | ||||||
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| Total current assets |
34,479 | 30,471 | ||||||
| Marketable securities (1) |
13,130 | 7,715 | ||||||
| Property and equipment, net |
1,400 | 1,395 | ||||||
| Intangibles, net |
3,215 | 2,808 | ||||||
| Investments in joint ventures |
— | 415 | ||||||
| Deferred tax assets |
1,929 | 2,634 | ||||||
| Other assets |
272 | 355 | ||||||
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| Total assets |
$ | 54,425 | $ | 45,793 | ||||
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| Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity |
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| Current liabilities: |
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| Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities |
$ | 1,629 | $ | 952 | ||||
| Income tax payable |
1,018 | — | ||||||
| Deferred revenue |
2,580 | 2,660 | ||||||
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| Total current liabilities |
5,227 | 3,612 | ||||||
| Deferred rent and other long-term liabilities |
441 | 464 | ||||||
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| Total liabilities |
5,668 | 4,076 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies |
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| Shareholders’ equity: |
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| Preferred stock |
50 | 50 | ||||||
| Common stock |
7 | 7 | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital |
36,552 | 34,511 | ||||||
| Retained earnings |
12,148 | 7,149 | ||||||
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| Total shareholders’ equity |
48,757 | 41,717 | ||||||
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| Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity |
$ | 54,425 | $ | 45,793 | ||||
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| (1) | Aggregate cash, cash equivalents, short- and long-term marketable securities was $44,005 and $33,378 at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011. |
Digimarc Corporation
Cash Flow Information
(in thousands)
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| Three-Month Information | ||||||||
| March 31, | March 31, | |||||||
| 2012 | 2011 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: |
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| Net income |
$ | 4,999 | $ | 938 | ||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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| Depreciation and amortization, property and equipment |
143 | 153 | ||||||
| Amortization, intangibles |
66 | 26 | ||||||
| Stock-based compensation |
1,406 | 986 | ||||||
| Net loss from joint ventures |
1,107 | 537 | ||||||
| Deferred income tax expense |
711 | — | ||||||
| Tax benefit from stock-based awards |
1,335 | — | ||||||
| Excess tax benefits from stock-based awards |
(1,335 | ) | — | |||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
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| Trade accounts receivable, net |
1,032 | 756 | ||||||
| Other current assets |
166 | 533 | ||||||
| Other assets, net |
83 | 54 | ||||||
| Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities |
(77 | ) | 119 | |||||
| Income tax payable |
1,060 | — | ||||||
| Deferred revenue |
(83 | ) | (239 | ) | ||||
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| Net cash provided by operating activities |
10,613 | 3,863 | ||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: |
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| Purchase of property and equipment |
(148 | ) | (165 | ) | ||||
| Capitalized patent costs |
(446 | ) | (129 | ) | ||||
| Investments in joint ventures |
— | (700 | ) | |||||
| Sale or maturity of marketable securities |
22,993 | 42,234 | ||||||
| Purchase of marketable securities |
(28,492 | ) | (28,315 | ) | ||||
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| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities |
(6,093 | ) | 12,925 | |||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: |
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| Issuance of common stock |
72 | — | ||||||
| Purchase of common stock |
(799 | ) | (15,705 | ) | ||||
| Excess tax benefit from stock-based awards |
1,335 | — | ||||||
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| Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
608 | (15,705 | ) | |||||
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| Net increase in cash and cash equivalents (2) |
$ | 5,128 | $ | 1,083 | ||||
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| Cash equivalents and marketable securities at beginning of period |
33,378 | 45,944 | ||||||
| Cash equivalents and marketable securities at end of period |
44,005 | 33,108 | ||||||
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| (2) Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities |
$ | 10,627 | $ | (12,836 | ) | |||
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