OPT Optiva Inc

All amounts are stated in United States dollars unless otherwise indicated 

• Revenue within expected range at $15.2 million
• Total Contract Value ("TCV")⁽¹⁾ bookings of $24.7 million
• Gross margin at 72%
• Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾ of $3.3 million or 22% of revenue – representing the ninth consecutive quarter of Adjusted EBITDA margin over 20%
• Adjusted EPS⁽¹⁾ loss of $(0.16)
• Settled long-standing contractual dispute with a legacy customer
• Balance sheet remains solid with $18.3 million in cash

TORONTO, Nov. 8, 2022 /CNW/ - Optiva Inc. ("Optiva" or "the Company") (TSX: OPT), a leader in providing communications service providers (CSPs) worldwide with cloud-native revenue management software on the private and public cloud, today released its third quarter financial results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2022.

"I am pleased with our team's focus on and successful execution of our 2022 plan of record. We remain on track to further stabilize revenue and increase market and customer traction with next-generation products and services," said John Giere, President and Chief Executive Officer of Optiva. "Our sales and R&D efforts continue to deliver high-value products and services to satisfy the complex needs of our global customers for their public and private cloud strategies. As we push ahead in Q4, we are quite satisfied and excited with the net impact of our investments which is evidenced in the increasing visibility of our customer successes as we wrap up this year. We are realizing our vision of a bright future and look to accelerate this momentum going into the new year." 

Business Highlights

• TCV in Q3 '22 bookings totaled $24.7 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, TCV bookings totaled $70.0 million to date, a growth of 28% compared to prior year, putting us ahead of our annual target.
  
  
• Optiva announced the launch of the first 5G telecom charging solution to be transacted through Google Cloud Marketplace. Optiva Charging Engine is pre-integrated with Google Cloud, enabling CSPs to rapidly procure the software and subsequently connect to other parts of their architecture within ninety days. Optiva's full SaaS converged charging solution enables CSPs to rapidly procure software, connect to existing architecture and monetize 5G and IoT use cases.
  
  
• The Company announced that Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT), the largest communications solutions provider in its country, selected Optiva for cloud modernization to Optiva BSS Platform next-generation full BSS stack. The partnership includes a five-year subscription services agreement with Optiva. The TSTT and Optiva partnership brings to light cloud technology business benefits to serve customers better, improve flexibility and address the dynamic market in Trinidad and Tobago.
  
  
• The Company and Digitel announced the successful go-live of a new Optiva next-generation BSS platform and migration of 7.2 million subscribers. The solution enables Digitel to offer its customers a converged digital experience, unlocking innovation and new revenue growth opportunities with ease and agility to create new service offerings around VoLTE, 5G and IoT.
  
  
• The Company entered into a settlement agreement with a legacy customer, resolving all outstanding claims arising from the period prior to the current management team being appointed. Under the terms of the settlement agreement, the former customer has received CDN $4.25 million during Q3'22 and will receive an additional CDN $1 million in Q1'23.  Net of a recovery under the Company's insurance policy, the Company recognized a gain upon the release of the provision previously established on its books relating to this claim.

Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results Highlights:

• Revenue for Q3'22 was within management's expectations at $15.2 million. On a year-over-year basis, the change by revenue type for Q3 '22 included a $1.5 million decrease in support and subscription revenue, a $0.1 million increase in software and services revenue and $0.1 million decrease in third-party software and hardware revenue.
  
  
• Gross margin for Q3'22 amounted to 72% compared to 79% during the same period in 2021. The decline in gross margin is attributable primarily due to the impact of higher customizations with lower margins ordered by customers that required fulfillment compared to the previous period and lower percentage of revenue from support and subscription revenue that has a higher margin. Gross margins may fluctuate as the Company proves out its cloud-native model and product capabilities to new and existing customers when they onboard the public or private cloud in future periods.
  
  
• General and administrative expenses decreased to $1.4 million compared to $3.0 million during the same period in 2021. The decrease is mainly due to a $1.6 million gain recognized upon the release of excess provision and lower legal and professional costs.
  
  
• Adjusted Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA")⁽¹⁾ for Q3'22 decreased to $3.3 million as compared to $5.9 million during the same period in 2021, primarily driven by lower gross margin.
  
  
• Net income for Q3'22 was $0.9 million compared to net income of $3.8 million during the same period in 2021. Excluding the impact from change in value of warrants and the gain on a contractual claim settlement, the Company had a net loss of $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, versus a net income of $2.1 million during the corresponding period in 2021.
  
  
• The Company ended the third quarter with a cash balance of $18.3 million.   The cash balance was impacted by the payment on the contractual claim settlement and a delay in some customer payments that were collected shortly after quarter end.  

Optiva Inc. will hold an analyst call on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, to discuss its third quarter 2022 financial results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2022. John Giere, President & CEO, and Dinesh Sharma, V.P. Finance, will host the call starting at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time. A question and answer session will follow management's discussion.

Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2022
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"EBITDA" and "Adjusted EBITDA" are not financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute to net income (loss), operating income or any other financial measures of performance calculated and presented in accordance with IFRS, or as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities as a measure of liquidity. The Company defines EBITDA as net income (loss) excluding amounts for depreciation and amortization, other income, finance costs, finance income, income tax expense (recovery), foreign exchange gain (loss) and share-based compensation. The Company defines "Adjusted EBITDA" as EBITDA (as defined above), excluding restructuring costs, one-time provision amounts, and any one-time transaction costs associated with shareholder conflict. The Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA is a metric that investors may find useful in understanding the Company's financial position. The following table provides a reconciliation of Net Income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA (in thousands of U.S. dollars).

Adjusted EPS is reported diluted EPS excluding the impact of change in the fair value of warrants, one-time costs (recovery) related to shareholder conflict and release of provisions.

TCV is the Total Contract Value of all bookings closed in the period.

Optiva Inc. is a leading provider of mission-critical, cloud-native revenue management software for the telecommunications industry. Its products are delivered globally on the private and public cloud. The Company's solutions help service providers maximize digital, 5G, IoT and emerging market opportunities to achieve business success. Established in 1999, Optiva Inc. is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: OPT). For more information, visit www.optiva.com.

Certain statements in this document may constitute "forward-looking" statements that involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements or industry results to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. When used in this document, such statements use such words as "may," "will," "expect," "continue," "believe," "plan," "intend," "would," "could," "should," "anticipate" and other similar terminology. These statements are forward-looking as they are based on our current expectations, as at August 9, 2022, about our business and the markets we operate in and on various estimates and assumptions. Our actual results could materially differ from our expectations if known or unknown risks affect our business or if our estimates or assumptions turn out to be inaccurate. As a result, there is no assurance that any forward-looking statements will materialize. Risks that could cause our results to differ materially from our current expectations are discussed in the Company's most recent Annual Information Form, available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and Optiva's website at www.optiva.com/investors/. Other unknown or unpredictable factors or underlying assumptions subsequently proving to be incorrect could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Optiva does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect any change in its expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based, except as required by law.

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