Business Transformation Exceeds Expectations MONTREAL, June 12, 2024 /CNW/ - Haivision Systems Inc. ("Haivision" or the "Company") (TSX: HAI), a leading global provider of mission critical, real-time video networking and visual collaboration solutions, today announced its results for the second quarter ended April 30, 2024. "I am excited that our overall transformation of the business is exceeding our expectations," said Mirko Wicha, Chairman and CEO of Haivision.  Our drive towards a partner friendly channel strategy in the control room market is moving ahead faster than anticipated and will enable us to scale that business globally." Q2 2024 Financial Results Revenue of $34.2 largely consistent with prior year when normalized for the exit from the managed services business, and reflects our transformation away from offering bespoke "integrator" solutions that include lower margin, third-party components. Gross Margins* were 71.7%, a notable improvement from 68.9% for the same prior year period. Total expenses were $22.7 million, a decrease of $2.4 million, from the same prior year period. Operating profit was $1.8 million, a $2.8 million or 302% improvement from the same prior year period. Adjusted EBITDA* was $5.1 million, a $2.4 million or 92% improvement from the same prior year period. Adjusted EBITDA Margins* was 14.8%, a notable improvement when compared to 7.5% for the same prior year period. Net income was $0.9 million, a $2.4 million or 162% improvement from the same prior year period. Financial Results for the six months ended April 30, 2024 Revenue of $68.7 million, an increase of 3.7% when normalized for the exit from the managed services business. Gross Margins* were 72.3%, a notable improvement from 67.8% for the same prior year period. Total expenses were $45.6 million, a decrease of $3.2 million from the same prior year period. Operating profit was $4.1 million, a $6.1 million or 307% improvement from the same prior year period. Adjusted EBITDA* was $10.2 million, a $5.5 million or 116% improvement from the same prior year period. Adjusted EBITDA Margins* was 14.9%, a notable improvement when compared to 6.9% for the same prior year period. Net income was $2.2 million, a $5.1 million or 175% improvement from the same prior year period. Key Company Highlights Celebrated its 20-years anniversary as a leader and innovator in mission critical live video. Unveiled Hub 360, a cloud-based master control solution that streamlines live production workflows. Published its fifth annual Broadcast Transformation Report, highlighting the state of technology adoption in the broadcast industry. Awarded "Single/Dual-Stream Encoding Hardware" and "Best On-Prem Encoding/ Transcoding Solution" for the Makito X4 by Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards. Joined the Panasonic Partner Alliance for live video production workflows with Kairos; joined the Sony Cloud Production Platform for low latency live video in the cloud; and partnered with Grabyo, a London-based live cloud production platform, enabling integrated solution for live multi-camera productions. Announced strategic partnerships with CP Communications, Flypack, RF Wireless Systems, and Vidovation to extend mobile video transmitters rental services into North America. Awarded the prestigious IBC Innovation Award 2023 in the Content Creation Category for its role as technical partner in the BBC's coverage of the Coronation of King Charles III. Welcomed NVIDIA to the SRT Alliance, with SRT Alliance membership at over 600 members. Awarded TV Tech's Product Innovation Award for Haivision's Pro 460 transmitters for technical excellence in M&E solutions. Awarded Four-Star Best in Show award for Haivision's Command 360 for Real-time Data Sharing at the DSEI 2023 show in London, England.  "Our continuing transition away from an integrator model in the control room space, which offered lower-margined, third-party components, has resulted in more stable and robust gross margins. However, that transition will be at the expense of top line revenue as we continue the transition to a manufacturer of proprietary products.  said Dan Rabinowitz, Chief Financial Officer and EVP, Operations. In addition, our Adjusted EBITDA margins have been in the mid-teens for three consecutive quarters, and our trailing twelve-month Adjusted EBITDA is now $20.3 million. The value of what we are building should be more apparent to the investment community." Financial Results Revenue for the three months and six months ended April 30, 2024 was $34.2 million and $68.7 million, respectively modest decrease when compared to the prior year comparative period.  However, in the three month and six-month periods, cloud solutions revenues declined by $1.0 million and $2.8 million, respectively attributed to our decision to exit the managed services business.  Further, revenue was impacted from our transition in the control room space away from the integrator model which resulted in fewer sales of lower-margined, third-party components. Gross Margin* for the three months and six months ended April 30, 2024 was 71.7% and 72.3%, respectively compared to 68.9% and 67.8% for the prior year comparable periods. Gross Margin* were positively impacted by our decision to exit the managed services business; transitioning away from th integrator model in the control room market, decreases in the incremental costs of components procured during the worldwide component shortage, and supply chain improvements.    Total expenses for the three months and six months ended April 30, 2024 were $22.6 million and $45.6 million, respectively representing decrease of $2.4 million and $3.2 million when compared to from the prior year comparative periods, largely the result of recently completed restructuring efforts.  The result of these Gross Margin* improvements and lower total expenses was operating profits for the three months and six months ended April 30t, 2024 of $1.8 million and $4.1 million, respectively representing improvements of $2.8 million and $6.1 million when compared to the prior year comparable periods. Adjusted EBITDA* for the three months and six months ended April 30, 2024 was $5.1 million and $10.2 million, respectively representing increases of $2.4 million (or 92%) and $5.5 million (or 116%) from the prior year comparative period. Adjusted EBITDA Margins* for the three months ended April 30, 2024, was 14.8% compared to 7.5% in the prior year comparative period.  Adjusted EBITDA Margins* for the six months ended April 30, 2024, was 14.9% compared to 6.9% in the prior year comparative period. Net income for the three months ended April 30, 2024, was $0.9 million representing an increase of $2.6 million from the prior year net loss of $1.5 million, and net income for the six months ended April 30, 2024 was $2.2 million and increase of $5.1 million from the prior year loss of $2.9 million.  *Measures followed by the suffix "*" in this press release are non-IFRS measures. For the relevant definition, see "Non-IFRS Measures" below. As applicable, a reconciliation of this non-IFRS measure to the most directly comparable IFRS financial measure is included in the tables at the end of this press release and in the Company's management's discussion and analysis for the three months and six months ended April 30, 2024. Conference Call Notification Haivision will hold a conference call to discuss its second quarter financial results on Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 5:15 pm (ET). To register for the call, please use this link https://registrations.events/direct/Q4I334140.  After registering, a confirmation will be sent through email, including dial in details and unique conference call codes for entry. Financial Statements, Management's Discussion and Analysis and Additional Information  Haivision's unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for the second quarter ended April 30, 2024 (the "Q2 Financial Statements"), the management's discussion and analysis thereon and additional information relating to Haivision and its business can be found under Haivision's profile on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca. The financial information presented in this release was derived from the Q2 Financial Statements. Forward-Looking Statements This release includes "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively, "forward-looking statements") within the meaning of applicable securities laws, including, without limitation, statements regarding the Company's growth opportunities and its ability to execute on its growth strategy. In some cases, but not necessarily in all cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "targets", "expects" or "does not expect", "is expected", "an opportunity exists", "is positioned", "estimates", "intends", "assumes", "anticipates" or "does not anticipate" or "believes", or variations of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results "may", "could", "would", "might", "will" or "will be taken", "occur" or "be achieved". In addition, any statements that refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts, nor guarantees or assurances of future performance but instead represent management's current beliefs, expectations, estimates and projections regarding future events and operating performance. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based on opinions, assumptions and estimates that, while considered reasonable by Haivision as of the date of this release, are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ, possibly materially, from those indicated by the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the risk factors identified under "Risk Factors" in the Company's latest annual information form, and in other periodic filings that the Company has made and may make in the future with the securities commissions or similar regulatory authorities in Canada, all of which are available under the Company's SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the factors that could affect Haivision. However, such risk factors should be considered carefully. There can be no assurance that such estimates and assumptions will prove to be correct. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this release. Haivision undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, except as required by applicable securities laws. Non-IFRS Measures Haivision's consolidated financial statements for the second quarter ended April 30, 2024 are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS").  As a compliment to results provided in accordance with IFRS, this press release makes reference to certain (i) non-IFRS financial measures, including "EBITDA", and "Adjusted EBITDA", (ii) non-IFRS ratios including "Adjusted EBITDA Margin", and (iii) supplementary financial measures including "Gross Margins" (collectively "non-IFRS measures"). These non-IFRS measures are not recognized measures under IFRS and do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. Accordingly, these measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our financial information reported under IFRS. Rather, these non-IFRS measures are used to provide investors with supplemental measures of our operating performance and thus highlight trends in our core business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying solely on IFRS measures. We also believe that securities analysts, investors, and other interested parties frequently use non-IFRS measures in the evaluation of issuers. Our management also uses non-IFRS measures to facilitate operating performance comparisons from period to period, to prepare annual operating budgets and forecasts and to determine components of management compensation. For information on the most directly comparable financial measure disclosed in the primary financial statements of Haivision, composition of the non-IFRS measures, a description of how Haivision uses these measures and an explanation of how these measures provide useful information to investors, refer to the "Non-IFRS Measures" section of the Company's management's discussion and analysis for the three months and six months ended April 30, 2024, dated June 12, 2024, available on the Company's SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca, which is incorporated by reference into this press release. As applicable, the reconciliations for each non-IFRS measure are outlined below. Non-IFRS measures should not be considered as alternatives to net income or comparable metrics determined in accordance with IFRS as indicators of the Company's performance, liquidity, cash flow and profitability. About Haivision Haivision is a leading global provider of mission-critical, real-time video streaming and visual collaboration solutions. Our connected cloud and intelligent edge technologies enable organizations globally to engage audiences, enhance collaboration, and support decision making. We provide high quality, low latency, secure, and reliable live video at a global scale. Haivision open sourced its award-winning SRT low latency video streaming protocol and founded the SRT Alliance to support its adoption. Awarded four Emmys® for Technology and Engineering from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Haivision continues to fuel the future of IP video transformation. Founded in 2004, Haivision is headquartered in Montreal and Chicago with offices, sales, and support located throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. 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