LML Reports Profitable Results for Both Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2012

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VANCOUVER, B.C., June 18, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LML PAYMENT SYSTEMS INC. LMLP, a leading payments technology provider of financial payment solutions for e-commerce and traditional businesses, reports results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2012.

Q4

Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2012 was $10.7 million. Gross profit was $5.4 million or 50%. Income before taxes was $3.5 million. Net income was $2.3 million or $0.09 per share, and net cash flow from operating activities for the three months was approximately $2.75 million.

Fiscal Year

Revenue for the year ended March 31, 2012 was $34.9 million. Gross profit was $17.6 million or 50%.  Income before taxes was $11 million and net income was $6.7 million or $0.24 per share.

Fiscal Year Highlights

  • Transaction Payment Processing business segment revenue increases over 28%
  • Added 3,000 customers; Total customer base increases to over 13,000
  • New products developed for transaction security, multi-currency processing and mobile payment services initiatives
  • All three business segments (Transaction Payment Processing, Check Processing and Intellectual Property Licensing) made profitable contributions
  • Settled litigation with all remaining defendants in both Eastern District of Texas cases, generating non-recurring Intellectual Property Licensing revenue of $14.4 million

"An ever expanding market opportunity and quickly developing technologies are allowing for, and in fact driving, unprecedented innovation and change in the payments industry. Our Transaction Payment Processing segment continued its impressive growth march, once again expanding revenue by close to 30%, while increasing our customer base by over 3,000 merchants. Innovation was no stranger to us – we developed new products in transaction security with our tokenization product and with multi-currency tools created our global transaction service and, finally, we developed what we believe is the most comprehensive mobile payment service in the country. Transaction volumes increased across the board as we processed over $8 billion in transaction volume. Our check operations carried out their own innovation and continued to make a profitable contribution and we completed the monetization of our intellectual property positioning ourselves to create and support even more innovation and growth in the future," said Patrick H. Gaines, Chief Executive Officer of LML.

Conference Call

Management will host a conference call tomorrow at 1:30pm Pacific Time (4:30pm Eastern Time) to discuss these results. To participate in the conference call, please dial in 5-10 minutes before the start of the call and follow the operator's instruction. If you are calling from the United States or Canada, please dial 1-800-269-0310.   International callers please dial 303-223-2680. 

If you are unable to join the call, an audio recording of the call will be available on our website at www.lmlpayment.com.

About LML Payment Systems Inc. (www.lmlpayment.com)

LML Payment Systems Inc., through its subsidiaries Beanstream Internet Commerce Inc. in Canada and LML Payment Systems Corp. in the U.S., is a leading provider of financial payment processing solutions for e-commerce and traditional businesses. We provide credit card processing, online debit, electronic funds transfer, automated clearinghouse payment processing and authentication services, along with routing of selected transactions to third party processors and banks for authorization and settlement. Our intellectual property estate, owned by subsidiary LML Patent Corp., includes U.S. Patent No. RE40220, No. 6,354,491, No. 6,283,366, No. 6,164,528, and No. 5,484,988 all of which relate to electronic check processing methods and systems.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include all passages containing verbs such as "aims," "anticipates," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "predicts," "projects" or "targets" or nouns corresponding to such verbs. Forward-looking statements also include any other passages that are primarily relevant to expected future events or that can only be evaluated by events that will occur in the future. Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of the management at the time the statements are made and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could affect LML's actual results include, among others, the impact, if any, of share-based payment charges, the potential failure to establish and maintain strategic relationships, inability to integrate recent and future acquisitions, inability to develop new products or product enhancements on a timely basis, inability to protect our proprietary rights or to operate without infringing the patents and proprietary rights of others, and quarterly and seasonal fluctuations in operating results. More information about factors that potentially could affect LML's financial results is included in LML's quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and our most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon these forward-looking statements that speak only as to the date of this release. Except as required by law, LML undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking or other statements in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

LML PAYMENT SYSTEMS INC. 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME 
(In U.S. Dollars, except share data)
(Unaudited)
     
     
     
     
  Years ended March 31,
  2012 2011
     
REVENUE  $34,916,802 $47,160,490
COSTS OF REVENUE   17,268,762  22,781,971
GROSS PROFIT   17,648,040  24,378,519
     
OPERATING EXPENSES    
General and administrative   4,546,970  4,632,066
Sales and marketing  1,079,567  1,161,156
Product development and enhancement  1,168,973  723,030
INCOME BEFORE OTHER INCOME (EXPENSES) AND INCOME TAXES  10,852,530  17,862,267
     
Foreign exchange gain (loss)  56,892  (205,472)
Other expense  --   (5,549)
Interest income  128,863  48,330
INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES  11,038,285  17,699,576
     
Income tax expense     
Current  4,023,193  5,203,025
Deferred  287,377  2,497,586
   4,310,570  7,700,611
     
NET INCOME  $6,727,715 $9,998,965
     
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME     
Unrealized foreign exchange (loss) gain on translation of foreign operations  (120,946)  244,469
     
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME  $6,606,769 $10,243,434
     
EARNINGS PER SHARE, basic $0.24 $0.37
EARNINGS PER SHARE, diluted $0.23 $0.36
     
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES OUTSTANDING,    
Basic 28,213,961 27,342,799
Diluted 29,123,877 27,844,113
 
LML PAYMENT SYSTEMS INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
(In U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited)
       
       
       
       
  March 31, 2012 March 31, 2011 April 1, 2010
ASSETS      
CURRENT ASSETS      
Cash and cash equivalents $26,783,754 $26,917,491 $5,804,752
Funds held for merchants   9,485,182  7,164,420  5,084,752
Short-term investments  3,290,393  --   -- 
Restricted cash   175,000  175,000  175,000
Accounts receivable, less allowance of $27,397 (2011: $28,152; April 1, 2010: $31,463)   1,602,485  1,103,529  799,584
Corporate taxes receivable  373,939  101,162  1,072,930
Prepaid expenses   331,361  266,066  416,507
Total current assets  42,042,114  35,727,668  13,338,536
       
Property and equipment, net   121,496  163,222  219,580
Patents   120,457  287,877  455,304
Restricted cash   258,095  262,644  255,247
Deferred tax assets   810  1,189,747  3,687,333
Goodwill   17,874,202  17,874,202  17,874,202
Other intangible assets   3,720,037  4,215,187  4,710,337
Other assets   20,796  21,041  20,641
       
Total assets $64,967,148 $59,741,588 $40,561,180
       
LIABILITIES      
CURRENT LIABILITIES      
Accounts payable  $720,666 $702,820 $836,274
Accrued liabilities  1,445,490  1,390,847  1,040,443
Corporate taxes payable  465,044  4,796,157  -- 
Funds due to merchants   9,485,182  7,164,420  5,804,752
Current portion of obligations under finance lease   2,460  2,460  11,195
Current portion of deferred revenue   1,371,096  1,420,228  1,325,983
Total current liabilities  13,489,938  15,476,932  9,018,647
       
Obligations under finance lease   4,920  7,380  9,840
       
Deferred revenue  --   935,979  2,155,162
       
Total liabilities  13,494,858  16,420,291  11,183,649
       
       
EQUITY      
       
Capital stock      
Class A, preferred stock, $1.00 CDN par value, 150,000,000 shares authorized, issuable in series, none issued or outstanding -- -- --
Class B, preferred stock, $1.00 CDN par value, 150,000,000 shares authorized, issuable in series, none issued or outstanding -- -- --
Common shares, no par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 28,246,684 issued and outstanding (2011: 28,127,184; April 1, 2010: 27,241,408)  53,918,912 53,557,276 50,152,385
       
Contributed surplus   10,001,594  8,819,006  7,987,727
Warrants   113,662  113,662  649,500
Deficit  (12,835,486)  (19,563,201)  (29,562,166)
Accumulated other comprehensive income   273,608  394,554  150,085
Total equity  51,472,290  43,321,297  29,377,531
       
Total liabilities and equity $64,967,148 $59,741,588 $40,561,180
 
 
LML PAYMENT SYSTEMS INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In U.S. Dollars)
(Unaudited)
     
  Years ended March 31,
  2012 2011
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:    
Net income  $6,727,715 $9,998,965
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities    
Depreciation of property and equipment  104,750  124,070
Amortization of intangible assets  662,570  662,576
Share-based payments  1,317,384  1,451,685
Deferred taxes  287,377  2,497,586
Foreign exchange loss (gain)  889  (3,592)
     
Changes in non-cash operating working capital     
Accounts receivable  (526,469)  (262,848)
Corporate taxes receivable  (275,606)  1,002,041
Prepaid expenses  (68,083)  154,307
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities  107,042  170,393
Corporate taxes payable  (4,236,314)  4,796,157
Deferred revenue  (978,571)  (1,133,735)
Net cash provided by operating activities  3,122,684  19,457,605
     
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:    
Acquisition of short-term investments  (3,294,525)  -- 
Acquisition of property and equipment  (65,002)  (63,473)
Net cash used in investing activities  (3,359,527)  (63,473)
     
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:    
Principal payments on finance leases   (2,460)  (11,047)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options  226,840  1,126,648
Proceeds from exercise of warrants  --   1,122,000
Net cash provided by financing activities  224,380  2,237,601
     
Effects of foreign exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents  (121,274)  215,995
     
(DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS  (133,737)  21,847,728
     
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year  26,917,491  5,069,763
     
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year $26,783,754 $26,917,491
     
Cash and cash equivalents consist of:    
Cash $24,908,396 $22,091,702
Money market fund 109,988 109,905
Commercial paper 1,765,370 4,715,884
  $26,783,754 $26,917,491
CONTACT: Patrick H. Gaines - CEO (640) 689-4440 Investor Relations (800) 888-2260

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