DALLAS, Aug. 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Cambium
Learning® Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: ABCD, the "Company"), a
leading educational solutions and services company committed to
helping all students reach their full potential by providing
evidence-based solutions and expert professional services,
announced today its financial results for the second quarter of
2014.
|
|
Three
Months Ended June 30,
|
|
Six Months Ended
June 30,
|
($ in
millions)
|
2014
|
2013
|
$
Change
|
|
2014
|
2013
|
$
Change
|
GAAP net
revenues
|
$36.2
|
$42.8
|
$(6.5)
|
|
$67.3
|
$74.2
|
$(6.9)
|
GAAP net income
(loss)
|
(1.3)
|
0.4
|
(1.7)
|
|
(7.9)
|
(8.6)
|
0.8
|
EBITDA
|
8.6
|
10.7
|
(2.1)
|
|
12.0
|
11.2
|
0.8
|
Adjusted
EBITDA
|
9.1
|
11.2
|
(2.1)
|
|
12.7
|
13.4
|
(0.7)
|
Cash income
(loss)
|
0.5
|
5.4
|
(5.0)
|
|
(9.2)
|
(2.9)
|
(6.3)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Company-wide order volumes for the six months ended June 30, 2014 were down 16% compared with the
same period of 2013. Order volume changes by segment were as
follows:
- Learning A–Z increased 19%
- ExploreLearning® decreased 11%
- Voyager Sopris Learning™ decreased 26%
- Kurzweil Education™ decreased 31%
"Though our first half results were sluggish in three of our
four segments and we were impacted by some instability with respect
to the support of Common Core, we are now seeing many of our sales
opportunities come to fruition," said John
Campbell, chief executive officer of Cambium Learning Group,
Inc. "For the month of July, all four segments had order volumes
ahead of last year as we increased our ability to leverage
technology to help all students reach their potential. We will
continue to make investments in best-of-breed solutions that enable
students to do well in the more rigorous testing environment."
The Company continues to execute its strategy to shift resources
to subscription and technology-enabled products. For the first six
months of 2014, 48% of order volumes were generated by
technology-enabled products versus 34% for the first six months of
2013.
Learning A–Z delivered a historically high second quarter order
volume, continuing its trend of double-digit growth rates due to
quality content, award-winning technology, and ongoing strategic
investments. Although ExploreLearning order volumes for the first
half of the year were impacted by timing of deals, this segment
achieved its highest monthly sales order volume ever in
July 2014, and is expected to see low
double-digit order volume growth for the full year 2014. For the
first half of 2014, Voyager Sopris Learning and Kurzweil Education
continued to show order volume declines as reductions in legacy
products are outpacing gains from newer technology-enabled
solutions. Order volumes for Voyager Sopris Learning and Kurzweil
Education are expected to decline for the full year 2014 versus
2013.
Other highlights include:
- Overall, GAAP net revenues for the six months ended
June 30, 2014 decreased by 9% to
$67.3 million compared with
$74.2 million for the same period in
2013. GAAP net revenues by segment for the six months ended
June 30, 2014, and the change from
the comparable period in 2013, were as follows:
- Learning A–Z—$20.7 million, increased $5.0 million or 32%
- ExploreLearning—$9.0 million, increased $1.2 million or 16%
- Voyager Sopris Learning—$33.7 million, decreased $12.1 million or 27%
- Kurzweil Education—$3.9 million, decreased $1.0 million or 21%
- In April 2014, the Company
completed the sale of its IntelliTools product line for
$0.8 million.
- Adjusted EBITDA was $12.7 million
for the first six months of 2014, down $0.7
million from $13.4 million in
2013. Most of the revenue decline was overcome by increasing
contributions from the Company's higher margin technology products,
as well as lower costs in the Voyager Sopris Learning segment
attributable to last year's efforts to right-size costs in
slower-growing areas of the Company.
- Cash Income (Loss) was $(9.2)
million in the first half of 2014 compared to $(2.9) million in the first half of 2013,
impacted by lower order volumes and increased capital expenditures
as the Company continues to invest in the development of
technology-enabled products that meet the needs of the market.
- The Company has cash and cash equivalents of $29.7 million on the balance sheet as of
June 30, 2014. During the six months
ended June 30, 2014, cash used in
operations was $16.3 million, cash
used in investing activities was $11.2
million, including $3.6
million related to the December
2013 Headsprout® acquisition, and cash used in
financing activities was $10.9
million. During the first half of 2014, the Company
repurchased $10.0 million aggregate
principal amount of its 9.75% senior secured notes due 2017 for
approximately $10.1 million.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Cash Income are not prepared in
accordance with GAAP and may be different from similarly named,
non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. Non-GAAP
financial measures should not be considered a substitute for, or
superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in
accordance with GAAP. The Company believes that these non-GAAP
measures provide useful information to investors because they
reflect the underlying performance of the ongoing operations of the
Company and provide investors with a view of the Company's
operations from management's perspective. Adjusted EBITDA and Cash
Income remove significant purchase accounting, non-operational, or
certain non-cash items from earnings. The Company uses Adjusted
EBITDA and Cash Income to monitor and evaluate the operating
performance of the Company and as the basis to set and measure
progress toward performance targets, which directly affect
compensation for employees and executives. The Company generally
uses these non-GAAP measures as measures of operating performance
and not as measures of the Company's liquidity. The Company's
presentation of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Cash Income should not
be construed as an indication that our future results will be
unaffected by unusual, non-operational, or non-cash items.
About Cambium Learning Group, Inc.
Cambium Learning® Group is a leading educational
solutions and services company that is committed to helping all
students reach their full potential by providing evidence-based
solutions and expert professional services to empower educators and
raise the achievement levels of all students. The company is
composed of four business units: Voyager Sopris
Learning™ (www.voyagersopris.com),
Learning A–Z (www.learninga-z.com),
ExploreLearning®
(www.explorelearning.com), and Kurzweil
Education™
(www.kurzweiledu.com). Together, these business
units provide best-in-class intervention and supplemental
instructional materials; gold-standard professional development and
school-improvement services; breakthrough technology solutions for
online learning and professional support; valid and reliable
assessments; and proven materials to support a positive and safe
school environment. Cambium Learning Group, Inc. (ABCD), is based
in Dallas, Texas. For more
information, please visit www.cambiumlearning.com
Media and Investor Contact:
Barbara Benson
Cambium Learning Group, Inc.
investorrelations@cambiumlearning.com
Forward-Looking Statements
Some of the statements contained herein constitute
forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future
events, including the future financial performance of Cambium
Learning Group, Inc., and involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties, and other factors that may cause the markets, actual
results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements of
Cambium Learning Group, Inc., to be materially different from any
actual future results, levels of activity, performance, or
achievements. These risks and other factors you should consider
include, but are not limited to, the ability to successfully
attract and retain a broad customer base for current and future
products, changes in customer demands or industry standards,
success of ongoing product development, maintaining acceptable
margins, the ability to control costs, K–12 enrollment and
demographic trends, the level of educational and education
technology funding, the impact of federal, state, and local
regulatory requirements on the business of the company, the loss of
key personnel, the impact of competition, the uncertainty of
general economic conditions and financial market performance, and
those other risks and uncertainties listed under the heading "RISK
FACTORS" in Cambium Learning Group, Inc.'s Form 10-K. In some
cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology
such as "may," "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates,"
"believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential," "continue,"
"projects," "intends," "prospects," or "priorities," or the
negative of such terms, or other comparable terminology. These
statements are only predictions. Actual events or results may
differ materially. Cambium Learning Group, Inc., does not assume or
undertake any obligation to update the information contained in
this press release, and expressly disclaims any obligation to do
so, whether as a result of new information, future events, or
otherwise.
|
Cambium Learning
Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands,
except per share data)
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
June 30,
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
June 30,
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
Net
revenues
|
$
|
36,243
|
|
|
$
|
42,786
|
|
|
$
|
67,323
|
|
|
$
|
74,215
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of
revenues:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of
revenues
|
|
9,930
|
|
|
|
12,647
|
|
|
|
18,941
|
|
|
|
24,050
|
|
Amortization
expense
|
|
4,438
|
|
|
|
4,281
|
|
|
|
8,518
|
|
|
|
7,988
|
|
Total cost of
revenues
|
|
14,368
|
|
|
|
16,928
|
|
|
|
27,459
|
|
|
|
32,038
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Research and
development expense
|
|
2,598
|
|
|
|
2,528
|
|
|
|
5,345
|
|
|
|
4,859
|
|
Sales and marketing
expense
|
|
10,083
|
|
|
|
11,715
|
|
|
|
20,665
|
|
|
|
22,048
|
|
General and
administrative expense
|
|
4,457
|
|
|
|
4,880
|
|
|
|
9,637
|
|
|
|
11,673
|
|
Shipping and handling
costs
|
|
404
|
|
|
|
399
|
|
|
|
600
|
|
|
|
698
|
|
Depreciation and
amortization expense
|
|
1,036
|
|
|
|
1,220
|
|
|
|
2,100
|
|
|
|
2,436
|
|
Embezzlement-related
expense
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
115
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
115
|
|
Total costs and
expenses
|
|
32,946
|
|
|
|
37,785
|
|
|
|
65,806
|
|
|
|
73,867
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before
interest, other income (expense)and income taxes
|
|
3,297
|
|
|
|
5,001
|
|
|
|
1,517
|
|
|
|
348
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net interest
expense
|
|
(4,420)
|
|
|
|
(4,679)
|
|
|
|
(9,158)
|
|
|
|
(9,255)
|
|
Loss on
extinguishment of debt
|
|
(357)
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
(570)
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Other income,
net
|
|
215
|
|
|
|
211
|
|
|
|
430
|
|
|
|
430
|
|
Income (loss) before
income taxes
|
|
(1,265)
|
|
|
|
533
|
|
|
|
(7,781)
|
|
|
|
(8,477)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax
expense
|
|
(23)
|
|
|
|
(102)
|
|
|
|
(94)
|
|
|
|
(170)
|
|
Net income
(loss)
|
$
|
(1,288)
|
|
|
$
|
431
|
|
|
$
|
(7,875)
|
|
|
$
|
(8,647)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income (loss) per
common share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
$
|
(0.03)
|
|
|
$
|
0.01
|
|
|
$
|
(0.17)
|
|
|
$
|
(0.18)
|
|
Diluted
|
$
|
(0.03)
|
|
|
$
|
0.01
|
|
|
$
|
(0.17)
|
|
|
$
|
(0.18)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average number of
common shares and equivalents outstanding:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
45,641
|
|
|
|
47,357
|
|
|
|
45,663
|
|
|
|
47,377
|
|
Diluted
|
|
45,641
|
|
|
|
47,637
|
|
|
|
45,663
|
|
|
|
47,377
|
|
|
Cambium Learning
Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands,
except per share data)
|
|
|
As
of
|
|
|
June
30,
2014
|
|
|
December
31,
2013
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents
|
$
|
29,674
|
|
|
$
|
67,993
|
|
Accounts receivable,
net
|
|
16,929
|
|
|
|
15,767
|
|
Inventory
|
|
7,468
|
|
|
|
9,221
|
|
Restricted assets,
current
|
|
1,462
|
|
|
|
1,343
|
|
Other current
assets
|
|
6,545
|
|
|
|
6,873
|
|
Total current
assets
|
|
62,078
|
|
|
|
101,197
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, equipment
and software at cost
|
|
47,307
|
|
|
|
43,224
|
|
Accumulated
depreciation and amortization
|
|
(26,936)
|
|
|
|
(22,909)
|
|
Property, equipment
and software, net
|
|
20,371
|
|
|
|
20,315
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
47,842
|
|
|
|
47,842
|
|
Acquired curriculum
and technology intangibles, net
|
|
6,924
|
|
|
|
8,719
|
|
Acquired publishing
rights, net
|
|
3,734
|
|
|
|
4,705
|
|
Other intangible
assets, net
|
|
5,242
|
|
|
|
6,251
|
|
Pre-publication
costs, net
|
|
14,514
|
|
|
|
13,401
|
|
Restricted assets,
less current portion
|
|
4,749
|
|
|
|
5,492
|
|
Other
assets
|
|
9,746
|
|
|
|
8,288
|
|
Total
assets
|
$
|
175,200
|
|
|
$
|
216,210
|
|
|
Cambium Learning
Group, Inc. and Subsidiaries
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands,
except per share data)
|
|
|
As
of
|
|
|
June
30,
2014
|
|
|
December
31,
2013
|
|
|
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIT)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital lease
obligations, current
|
$
|
1,046
|
|
|
$
|
995
|
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
2,192
|
|
|
|
1,301
|
|
Accrued
expenses
|
|
17,743
|
|
|
|
25,279
|
|
Deferred revenue,
current
|
|
37,791
|
|
|
|
53,532
|
|
Total current
liabilities
|
|
58,772
|
|
|
|
81,107
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term
debt
|
|
164,596
|
|
|
|
174,491
|
|
Capital lease
obligations, less current portion
|
|
1,488
|
|
|
|
2,019
|
|
Deferred revenue,
less current portion
|
|
8,393
|
|
|
|
7,829
|
|
Other
liabilities
|
|
12,982
|
|
|
|
13,954
|
|
Total long-term
liabilities
|
|
187,459
|
|
|
|
198,293
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stockholders' equity
(deficit):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred stock
($.001 par value, 15,000 shares authorized, zero
shares issued and outstanding at June 30,
2014 and December 31,
2013)
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Common stock ($.001
par value, 150,000 shares authorized, 51,244 and 51,208 shares issued, and 44,910 and
45,042 shares outstanding at June
30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively)
|
|
51
|
|
|
|
51
|
|
Capital
surplus
|
|
283,965
|
|
|
|
283,673
|
|
Accumulated
deficit
|
|
(340,570)
|
|
|
|
(332,695)
|
|
Treasury stock at
cost (6,334 and 6,166 shares at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively)
|
|
(12,448)
|
|
|
|
(12,147)
|
|
Accumulated other
comprehensive loss:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pension and
postretirement plans
|
|
(2,029)
|
|
|
|
(2,072)
|
|
Accumulated other
comprehensive loss
|
|
(2,029)
|
|
|
|
(2,072)
|
|
Total stockholders'
equity (deficit)
|
|
(71,031)
|
|
|
|
(63,190)
|
|
Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity (deficit)
|
$
|
175,200
|
|
|
$
|
216,210
|
|
|
Reconciliation
Between Net Income (Loss) and Cash Income for the Three Months
Ended June 30, 2014 and 2013
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
June 30,
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
Net income
(loss)
|
$
|
(1,288)
|
|
|
$
|
431
|
|
Reconciling items
between net income (loss) and EBITDA:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and
amortization expense
|
|
5,474
|
|
|
|
5,501
|
|
Net interest
expense
|
|
4,420
|
|
|
|
4,679
|
|
Income tax
expense
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
102
|
|
Income from
operations before interest, income taxes, and
depreciation and
amortization (EBITDA)
|
|
8,629
|
|
|
|
10,713
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-operational or
non-cash costs included in
EBITDA
but excluded from Adjusted EBITDA:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income,
net
|
|
(215)
|
|
|
|
(211)
|
|
Loss on extinguishment
of debt
|
|
357
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Merger, acquisition
and disposition activities
|
|
193
|
|
|
|
156
|
|
Stock-based
compensation and expense
|
|
136
|
|
|
|
362
|
|
Embezzlement-related
expense
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
115
|
|
Adjustments related to
purchase accounting
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
9
|
|
Adjustments to CVR
liability
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
19
|
|
Adjusted
EBITDA
|
|
9,100
|
|
|
|
11,163
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in deferred
revenues
|
|
(4,712)
|
|
|
|
(1,605)
|
|
Change in deferred
costs
|
|
463
|
|
|
|
67
|
|
Capital
expenditures
|
|
(4,374)
|
|
|
|
(4,182)
|
|
Cash
income
|
$
|
477
|
|
|
$
|
5,443
|
|
|
Reconciliation
Between Net Loss and Cash Income (Loss) for the Six Months
Ended June 30, 2014 and 2013
(Unaudited)
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
June 30,
|
|
(in
thousands)
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
Net loss
|
$
|
(7,875)
|
|
|
$
|
(8,647)
|
|
Reconciling items
between net loss and EBITDA:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and
amortization expense
|
|
10,618
|
|
|
|
10,424
|
|
Net interest
expense
|
|
9,158
|
|
|
|
9,255
|
|
Income tax
expense
|
|
94
|
|
|
|
170
|
|
Income from
operations before interest, income taxes, and
depreciation and
amortization (EBITDA)
|
|
11,995
|
|
|
|
11,202
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-operational or
non-cash costs included in
EBITDA
but excluded from Adjusted EBITDA:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other income,
net
|
|
(430)
|
|
|
|
(430)
|
|
Loss on extinguishment
of debt
|
|
570
|
|
|
|
—
|
|
Merger, acquisition
and disposition activities
|
|
343
|
|
|
|
314
|
|
Stock-based
compensation and expense
|
|
248
|
|
|
|
591
|
|
Embezzlement-related
expense
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
115
|
|
Adjustments related to
purchase accounting
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
38
|
|
Adjustments to CVR
liability
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
74
|
|
Management
transition
|
|
—
|
|
|
|
1,501
|
|
Adjusted
EBITDA
|
|
12,726
|
|
|
|
13,405
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in deferred
revenues
|
|
(15,136)
|
|
|
|
(9,529)
|
|
Change in deferred
costs
|
|
1,563
|
|
|
|
1,204
|
|
Capital
expenditures
|
|
(8,360)
|
|
|
|
(7,974)
|
|
Cash income
(loss)
|
$
|
(9,207)
|
|
|
$
|
(2,894)
|
|
Logo -
http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100129/CLGROUPLOGO
SOURCE Cambium Learning Group, Inc.