
GuestLogix Achieves Record EBITDA and Net Income in Q3 Fiscal 2009
- Company reports record quarterly revenue, an increase of 100% year-over-year –
- Expanding EBITDA margin reaches 27% for the quarter –
- Company generates profitability for the year-to-date period –
TORONTO, ON – October 15th, 2009 - GuestLogix Inc. (TSX-V: GXI) (“GuestLogix” or the “Company”), the leading provider of onboard retail solutions to the airline industry, announces its financial and operational results for the three- and nine-month periods ended August 31, 2009. All results are reported in Canadian dollars unless otherwise stated.
Q3 F2009 Financial Highlights
| Financial Summary | Q3 F2009 |
Q2 F2009 |
Q3 F2008 |
9 Mos. F2009 |
9 Mos. F2008 |
| Revenue | $4,808,161 |
$4,555,182 |
$2,417,288 |
$13,364,602 |
$5,647,855 |
| EBITDA(1) | $1,302,422 |
$1,049,604 |
$62,157 |
$3,181,024 |
$(266,040) |
| Net Profit (Loss) | $237,880 |
$33,340 |
$(650,484) |
$19,508 |
$(2,309,416) |
| Net Profit (Loss)/Share | $0.00 |
$0.00 |
$(0.01) |
$0.00 |
$(0.04) |
“We completed deployment onboard three airlines in the quarter, driving continued sequential improvement in our top and bottom line,” said Tom Douramakos, President and CEO, GuestLogix. “We also strengthened our cash position, adding $1.2 million to the balance sheet primarily as a result of record cash generated from operations and proceeds from the exercise of options and warrants. Based on our current sales and deployment pipelines, we believe we are positioned to further strengthen our financial results in the coming quarters.”
Q3 F2009 Operational Highlights: new deployments and growing customer footprintQ3 F2009 Operational Highlights: leveraging platform deployments
| Passenger Trip Footprint Metrics (All figures presented on an annualized basis) |
Q3 F2009 | Q2 F2009 | Q3 F2008 |
| Passenger trips under agreement at quarter end | 844 million | 824 million | 617 million |
| Passenger trips deployed at quarter end | 680 million | 563 million | 218 million |
Mr. Douramakos added: “We continued to execute on our merchandising strategy, by launching two of our OnTouch offerings onboard one of our key airline customers in mid-July. While airline adoption of our in-flight merchandising is still in the early stages, passenger response has been positive. We are excited about the long-term growth potential OnTouch creates for GuestLogix. Providing our customers with a suite of offerings that they can sell onboard positions us to accelerate top line growth, specifically by increasing our revenue per passenger trip, with minimal additional investment.”
F2009 Outlook
As GuestLogix gains further traction in new geographic markets, particularly the Asia Pacific region, the Company is working toward a goal of approximately one billion passenger trips under agreement in fiscal 2009. In addition, with a robust deployment pipeline, most of which GuestLogix expects to deploy by fiscal year end, the Company believes it remains on track to achieve a $2.0 million monthly revenue run-rate as at November 2009.
Q3 F2009 Conference Call
GuestLogix will host a conference call Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss its third quarter fiscal 2009 financial and operational results and its outlook for the balance of 2009. To access the conference call by telephone, dial 416-644-3424 or 1-800-594-3790. The conference call will be archived for replay and will be available until Thursday, October 22, 2009. To access the archived conference call, dial 416-640-1917 or 1-877-289-8525 and enter reference number 4167852#. The replay will also be available at www.guestlogix.com.
A complete set of financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis for the third quarter ended August 31, 2009 will be available at www.sedar.com and on the Company’s website at www.guestlogix.com
(1) See GuestLogix’ MD&A and Financial Statement filed on October 15, 2009, for complete definition.
About GuestLogix
GuestLogix is the leading provider of onboard retail technology and solutions to the passenger travel industry. Through its industry standard onboard transaction processing engine, the Company provides carriers the tools to become successful onboard retailers and by way of its OnTouch™ merchandising platform it facilitates innovative products and services to enhance passenger experience and propel ancillary revenue growth. With a customer base comprising nine of the top 11 global airlines, GuestLogix maintains contracts to serve more than 35 per cent of the world airline passenger traffic via its proprietary platform based on the 2008 passenger data compiled by Air Transport Intelligence (ATI). To date in 2009, GuestLogix has been named one of Canada’s Top 100 fastest growing companies by Profit Magazine, one of Canada’s Top 100 technology companies according to Canadian Business Magazine, and the Company ranked as one of Deloitte’s 50 fastest growing Canadian technology companies. Additional information on GuestLogix can be found at guestlogix.com and ontouch.com.
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| Investors: | Kristen Dickson or Dave Mason, The Equicom Group |
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes certain forward-looking statements that are based upon current expectations, which involve risks and uncertainties associated with GuestLogix’ business and the environment in which the business operates. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking, including those identified by the expressions "anticipate", "believe", "plan", "estimate", "expect", "intend", and similar expressions to the extent they relate to the Company or its management. The forward-looking statements are not historical facts, but reflect GuestLogix' current expectations regarding future results or events. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations, including the matters discussed under "Risks and Uncertainties" in the Filing Statement filed on October 15, 2009 with the regulatory authorities. GuestLogix assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those reflected in the forward-looking statements.
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