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Rainmaker Reports Positive EBITDA in Third Quarter 2005
Revenue From Service Sales and Lead Generation Each Grew 7 Percent Sequentially and 30 Percent From Q304
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rainmaker Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMKR), a leading outsource provider of integrated sales and marketing services, reported financial results today for the third quarter of 2005.
Net revenue for the third quarter of 2005 was $8.6 million, up 7 percent from $8.0 million in the second quarter of 2005 and up 132 percent from $3.7 million in the third quarter of 2004. Revenue in the third quarter of 2004 does not include revenue from the acquisition of Sunset Direct, which occurred in February of 2005. In the third quarter of 2005, revenue from the service sales and lead generation product lines each grew more than 30 percent from the same period a year ago.
EBITDA, or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, was a positive $194,000 in the third quarter of 2005. This compares with an EBITDA loss of $546,000 in the second quarter of 2005 and an EBITDA loss of $630,000 in the third quarter of 2004.
Net loss in the third quarter of 2005 was $716,000 or a loss of $0.01 per share. This compares with a net loss of $1.5 million, or a loss of $0.03 per share, reported in the second quarter of 2005, and with a net loss of $1.1 million, or a loss of $0.02 per share, in the same quarter last year.
Total cash and cash equivalents at Sept. 30, 2005 were $9.1 million compared with $10.2 million at June 30, 2005.
Management Changes
Rainmaker also announced today that it has completed the integration of its acquisition of Sunset Direct and made certain management changes. Carmela E. Wong has been promoted to vice president of marketing, effective today. Wong joined Rainmaker in May 2003 and was formerly the director of marketing for the company's service sales and lead generation client programs. Prior to Rainmaker, Wong held marketing leadership positions with Household Credit Services (now HSBC), Intuit, and Borland Software. Wong replaces Edwin Okumura, who became the vice president of marketing following Rainmaker's acquisition of Sunset Direct.
Also effective today, Rainmaker has named C.J. Hauptmeier as vice president of sales, in addition to his current role as general manager, lead generation. Prior to the acquisition by Rainmaker, Hauptmeier served in many capacities during his 10-year tenure at Sunset Direct, including vice president of sales, president and CEO. Hauptmeier takes over for John Houtsma, who joined Rainmaker with the acquisition of Sunset Direct.
"I am pleased to have such proven leaders as Carmela and C.J. heading our marketing and sales teams as we continue to grow our service sales and lead generation revenues, add new clients and become the vendor of choice for integrated sales and marketing services," said Michael Silton, chief executive officer. "Both Carmela and C.J. bring significant expertise and knowledge to their roles given their tenure and past experiences in these functional groups. In addition, we are also increasing focus on new client acquisition in service sales by allocating a dedicated team with significant experience in service sales to focus primarily on this area of our business. Our goal is to continue our strong results in service sales contract expansions and increase our activity in new client acquisitions.
"I would also like to thank both Edwin and John for their contributions following the acquisition of Sunset Direct," said Silton. "Both were instrumental in helping to seamlessly integrate the sales and marketing teams. I wish them the very best in their future endeavors."
New Client Activity
* One of Rainmaker's newer major computer hardware manufacturer clients expanded its agreement to include the sales of software maintenance contracts for mid-series platforms. Under this agreement, Rainmaker is contacting end users who have obtained software support without a service contract and transitioning them onto a paid service contract.
* Rainmaker has begun a three month program with a leading software company to sell service contracts. These contracts cover on-demand subscription services.
* Rainmaker signed a number of new contracts and expanded programs with several top-tier clients in software, network infrastructure and financial services. Top-tier clients are those customers with over $1 billion in annualized revenue. The majority of these contracts included data development, direct marketing, lead nurturing and system integration.
* Rainmaker has made advances with clients that have large channel organizations by providing prepackaged channel enablement programs. These programs drive interested partners to a branded portal where they can purchase lead generation and nurturing programs. Rainmaker is able to drive higher margins resulting from the ability to quickly ramp and manage results in their proprietary LeadWorks application, which was attained through its recently completed asset acquisition of Launch Project.
Company Updates
* Rainmaker achieved positive EBITDA of $194,000.
* The company completed the relocation of its primary customer contact center to Austin, TX.
* Rainmaker is beginning to see the benefits of this lower cost environment in its cost structure. Gross margin improved to 43 percent from 37 percent in the prior quarter.
* The company expanded its national sales organization from four field sales people at the beginning of the year to 10 at the end of the third quarter.
* Rainmaker has begun the rollout of its LeadWorks technology platform that allows client lead generation and nurturing activities to be quickly set-up, ramped and scaled utilizing modules that are virtually plug-and-play. This new technology is expected to improve Rainmaker's integration into its clients' systems and will help lower the costs of setting up new clients and increase Rainmaker's efficiency and profitability.
Management Qualitative Comments
"We are very pleased to report that we achieved a significant milestone of profitability on an EBITDA basis," said Michael Silton, chief executive officer. "Further, we reached this goal a quarter ahead of our expectation through continued focus on revenue growth and efficiency. Revenue from each of our product lines increased by more than 30 percent from the prior year and gross margin improved to 43 percent from 37 percent in the prior quarter. In addition, our transition to Austin has been completed within the timeframe and budget that we outlined.
"As we look ahead to 2006, we are focused on achieving profitability on a GAAP basis. Our long term goal is to be the leader in providing internet-enabled, integrated sales and marketing services for complex selling processes. This is a huge and growing market and we look forward to playing a leading role in providing these services to the marketplace. We have strong relationships with some of the most well-regarded companies in the world and have significant growth opportunities with new and existing clients. We believe that continued revenue growth, coupled with the cost benefits of our transition to Austin and our continued focus on efficiency, will allow us to deliver solid results in the quarters ahead."
Fourth Quarter 2005 Outlook
Rainmaker expects to report continued growth in the fourth quarter with net revenues in the range of $8.8 to $9.0 million. Net loss is expected to be approximately $0.01 per share with continued positive EBITDA.
Conference Call
Rainmaker Systems will discuss its third quarter 2005 results today at 1:30 PST. A webcast of the conference call can be accessed at 1:30 p.m. PST by visiting the Investor page of the company's website at www.rmkr.com. Those wishing to participate in the live call should dial 517-308-9002 using the password "Rainmaker" at approximately 1:20 p.m. PST. A replay of the call will be available for two weeks by dialing 203-369-3182. A webcast replay of the conference call will be available for one year on the Audio Archives page of the Rainmaker website at www.rmkr.com.
About Rainmaker Systems
Rainmaker Systems is a leading outsource provider of integrated sales and marketing services for companies that want to drive more sales. Rainmaker offers a closed-loop sales process and a comprehensive suite of services that ensures companies are both filling their sales pipelines with quality leads and closing them efficiently and cost effectively. Core services include telesales, integrated direct marketing and hosted e-commerce. Additional offerings include a proprietary database, customer database enhancement services, CRM technology integration and order management.
Rainmaker helps approximately 50 companies ranging from Fortune 500 to dynamic technology start-ups, grow their revenues and increase customer loyalty by providing lead generation and contract renewal sales solutions.
For more information, visit www.rmkr.com and www.sunsetdirect.com.
Some of the information in this press release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of the Company and its subsidiaries. We wish to caution you that these statements involve risks and uncertainties and actual events or results may differ materially. Among the important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are general market conditions, unfavorable economic conditions, our ability to execute our business strategy, our ability to integrate acquisitions and expand our contact center without disruption to our business, the effectiveness of our sales team and approach, our ability to target, analyze and forecast the revenue to be derived from a client and the costs associated with providing services to that client, the date during the course of a calendar year that a new client is acquired, the length of the integration cycle for new clients and the timing of revenues and costs associated therewith, our client concentration given that the Company remains dependent on a few large client relationships, potential competition in the marketplace, the ability to retain and attract employees, market acceptance of our service programs and pricing options, our ability to maintain our existing technology platform and to deploy new technology, our ability to sign new clients and control expenses, the possibility of the discontinuation of some client relationships, the financial condition of our clients' business and other factors detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our recent filings on Forms 10-K and 10-Q.
NOTE: Rainmaker Systems, the Rainmaker logo, Sunset Direct and Contract Renewals Plus are registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. All other service marks or trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
RAINMAKER SYSTEMS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
(In thousands except share and per share data)
September 30, December 31,
2005 2004
(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $9,139 $10,104
Restricted cash 602 --
Accounts receivable, net of
allowance for doubtful accounts
of $467 and $208 at September
30, 2005 and December 31,
2004, respectively 11,012 7,895
Prepaid expenses and other
current assets 980 1,117
Total current assets 21,733 19,116
Property and equipment, net 4,324 3,160
Intangible assets 3,897 --
Goodwill 3,481 --
Other noncurrent assets 247 86
Total assets $33,682 $22,362
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $17,212 $15,130
Accrued compensation and benefits 1,499 390
Other accrued liabilities 2,709 747
Deferred revenue 1,935 --
Obligations under financing
arrangements -- 355
Current portion of capital lease
obligations 126 122
Current portion of notes payable 1,500 --
Total current liabilities 24,981 16,744
Capital lease obligations, less
current portion 7 42
Notes payable, less current portion 2,292 --
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par
value; 20,000,000 shares
authorized,
none issued and outstanding -- --
Common stock, $0.001 par value;
80,000,000 shares authorized,
56,478,717 and
44,419,791 outstanding at
September 30, 2005 and
December 31, 2004,
respectively 56 44
Additional paid-in capital 69,019 63,509
Accumulated deficit (62,673) (57,977)
Total stockholders' equity 6,402 5,576
Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity $33,682 $22,362
RAINMAKER SYSTEMS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Nine Months
Ended Ended
September 30, September 30,
2005 2004 2005 2004
Net revenues $8,594 $3,711 $23,051 $11,129
Operating expenses:
Cost of services 4,925 1,869 13,856 4,973
Sales and marketing 741 421 1,955 1,188
Technology 1,035 651 3,044 1,953
General and administrative 1,699 1,400 6,272 4,118
Depreciation and amortization 850 452 2,485 1,262
Total operating expenses 9,250 4,793 27,612 13,494
Operating loss (656) (1,082) (4,561) (2,365)
Interest and other (expense) income,
net (60) 9 (133) 33
Net loss $(716) $(1,073) $(4,694) $(2,332)
Basic and diluted net loss per share $(0.01) $(0.02) $(0.09) $(0.06)
Weighted average common shares
outstanding - basic and diluted 56,391 44,319 50,675 42,325
RAINMAKER SYSTEMS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2005 2004
Operating activities:
Net loss $(4,694) $(2,332)
Adjustment to reconcile net loss
to net cash provided by
operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization of
property and equipment 1,833 1,262
Amortization of intangible
assets 652 --
Provision (credit) for
allowances for doubtful
accounts 259 71
Loss on disposal of fixed assets 62 (2)
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities, net of assets
acquired and liabilities assumed:
Accounts receivable (1,898) (1,820)
Prepaid expenses and other
assets 91 (288)
Accounts payable 1,486 5,214
Accrued compensation and
benefits 371 17
Other accrued liabilities 1,907 414
Deferred revenue 675 --
Net cash provided by operating
activities 744 2,536
Investing activities:
Purchases of property and
equipment (2,776) (1,162)
Restricted cash, net (602) (423)
Acquisition of business, net of
cash acquired (4,510) --
Net cash used in investing
activities (7,888) (1,585)
Financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common
stock from option exercises 315 277
Proceeds from issuance of common
stock from ESPP 22 38
Net proceeds from issuance of
common stock and warrants from
private placement 2,596 6,302
Proceeds from note payable 4,500 --
Repayment of note payable (708) --
Repayment of financing arrangements (355) --
Repayment of capital lease
obligations (192) (566)
Net cash provided by financing
activities 6,178 6,051
Net increase in cash and cash
equivalents (966) 7,002
Cash and cash equivalents at
beginning of period 10,104 4,854
Cash and cash equivalents at end of
period $9,138 $11,856
RAINMAKER SYSTEMS, INC.
RECONCILIATION OF NET LOSS (U.S. GAAP) TO EBITDA
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Quarter Ended
September 30,
2005 2004
Net Loss $(716) $(1,073)
Add:
Non-cash charges for depreciation and
amortization 850 452
Interest and other expense / (income) 60 (9)
910 443
EBITDA $194 $(630)
EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure of the Company's financial performance used
as an indicator to cash flow and calculated as operating earnings before
interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization expenses. The company
utilizes EBITDA, among other measures, to evaluate the performance of its
business. EBITDA should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute
for, the Company's Operating Loss, Net Loss and various cash flow
measures (e.g., Cash Provided or Used by Operations), as well as other
measures of financial performance reported in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States.
EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure of the Company's financial performance used as an indicator to cash flow and calculated as operating earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization expenses. The company utilizes EBITDA, among other measures, to evaluate the performance of its business. EBITDA should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, the Company's Operating Loss, Net Loss and various cash flow measures (e.g., Cash Provided or Used by Operations), as well as other measures of financial performance reported in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.
SOURCE Rainmaker Systems
11/01/2005
CONTACT: Leslie Green of Stapleton Communications Inc., +1-650-470-0200
or
leslie@stapleton.com, for Rainmaker Systems
Web site: http://www.rmkr.com
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