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Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leading global service provider for accelerating content and business processes online, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2005. Revenue for the fourth quarter 2005 was $82.7 million, a 9 percent increase over the previous quarter's revenue of $75.7 million, and a 44 percent increase over fourth quarter 2004 revenue of $57.6 million. Total revenue for 2005 was $283.1 million, a 35 percent increase over 2004 revenue of $210.0 million.
Net income in accordance with United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or GAAP, for the fourth quarter of 2005 was $25.8 million, or $0.16 per diluted share. Full-year net income for 2005 was $328.0 million, or $2.11 per diluted share, including a $258.8 million benefit from the release of a tax valuation allowance.
"2005 was the best year in the history of Akamai as we demonstrated the power of the Akamai business model by delivering strong revenue growth, high profit margins, sustained cash flow, and increasing profitability," said Paul Sagan, president and CEO of Akamai. "We benefited from broad customer adoption of our global platform and services, and we believe our demonstrated ability to innovate will continue to drive our success in the future."
The Company generated normalized net income* of $26.2 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of 2005, a 19 percent increase over the prior quarter normalized net income of $22.0 million, or $0.14 per diluted share. Full-year normalized net income for 2005 was $79.5 million, or $0.52 per diluted share, an improvement of $37.0 million over 2004. (*See Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures below for definitions.)
Adjusted EBITDA* for the fourth quarter of 2005 was $30.6 million, up from $27.7 million in the prior quarter, and $18.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2004. Adjusted EBITDA was $101.4 million for the full year, up from $69.1 million in 2004. Adjusted EBITDA margins improved to 36 percent in 2005, up from 33 percent in 2004. (*See Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures below for definitions.)
Cash from operations for the fourth quarter of 2005 was $27.7 million, a 42 percent increase over the prior quarter's cash from operations of $19.5 million, and a 78 percent increase over the fourth quarter of 2004. Full-year 2005 cash from operations was $82.8 million, up 62 percent over the prior year.
At December 31, 2005, the Company had approximately 152.9 million shares of common stock outstanding, including shares from the Company's most recent equity offering. At year-end, the Company had approximately $314 million of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.
The number of customers under long-term services contracts at the end of the fourth quarter increased by 80 to a record 1,910, a 4 percent increase over third quarter 2005.
"We have grown our recurring customer base by 46 percent year-over-year," Sagan said. "This is the result of momentum in important industries that increasingly rely on the Internet, including media and entertainment, online commerce, and software distribution, as well as adoption by major enterprises of our new application acceleration technology."
Sales through resellers and sales outside the United States accounted for 24 percent and 21 percent, respectively, of revenue for the fourth quarter and full-year 2005.
Akamai will host a conference call today at 4:30 p.m. ET that can be accessed through 1-888-689-4521 (or 1-706-645-9202 for international calls). A live Webcast of the call may be accessed at www.akamai.com in the Investor section. In addition, a replay of the call will be available for one week following the conference through the Akamai Website or by calling 1-800-642-1687 (or 1-706-645-9291 for international calls) and using conference ID No. 4080712.
Akamai® is the leading global service provider for accelerating content and business processes online. More than 1,900 organizations have formed trusted relationships with Akamai, improving their revenue and reducing costs by maximizing the performance of their online businesses. Leveraging the Akamai EdgePlatform, these organizations gain business advantage today, and have the foundation for the emerging Web solutions of tomorrow. Akamai is "The Trusted Choice for Online Business." For more information, visit www.akamai.com.
Financial Statements
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(dollar amounts in thousands)
(unaudited)
December 31, December 31,
2005 2004
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Assets
Cash and cash equivalents $91,792 $35,318
Marketable securities 199,886 34,380
Restricted marketable securities 730 932
Accounts receivable, net 52,162 30,333
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 10,428 7,706
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Current assets 354,998 108,669
Marketable securities 17,896 34,065
Restricted marketable securities 3,825 3,722
Property and equipment, net 44,885 25,242
Goodwill and other intangible assets, net 136,786 5,128
Other assets 4,801 5,917
Deferred tax assets, net 328,308 -
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Total assets $891,499 $182,743
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Liabilities and stockholders' equity
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $54,471 $42,446
Other current liabilities 7,405 4,320
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Current liabilities 61,876 46,766
Other liabilities 5,409 5,294
Convertible notes 200,000 256,614
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Total liabilities 267,285 308,674
Stockholders' equity (deficit) 624,214 (125,931)
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Total liabilities and stockholders'
equity $891,499 $182,743
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
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Dec. Sept. Dec. Sept. Dec. Dec.
31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31,
2005 2005 2004 2004 2005 2004
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Revenues $82,657 $75,713 $57,576 $53,286 $283,115 $210,015
Costs and
operating
expenses:
Cost of
revenues
(b) 16,084 15,295 11,173 11,748 55,655 46,150
Research
and
develop-
ment 4,982 4,953 3,344 3,222 18,071 12,132
Sales and
marketing 22,965 19,803 15,017 12,965 77,876 55,663
General
and
admin-
istrative
(b) 15,266 14,568 13,463 11,874 53,014 47,055
Amortization
of other
intangible
assets 2,296 2,296 12 12 5,124 48
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Total
costs
and
oper-
ating
ex-
penses 61,593 56,915 43,009 39,821 209,740 161,048
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Operating
income 21,064 18,798 14,567 13,465 73,375 48,967
Interest
(income)
expense,
net (1,283) 567 1,319 1,533 1,067 8,055
Loss on early
exting-
uishment of
debt - 1,370 852 634 1,370 6,768
Loss on
investments,
net - 27 1 79 27 69
Other
(income)
expense, net (205) 63 (1,183) (101) 507 (1,061)
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Income before
(benefit)
provision
for income
taxes 22,552 16,771 13,578 11,320 70,404 35,136
(Benefit)
provision
for income
taxes (3,207) (255,489) 187 71 (257,594) 772
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Net income $25,759 $272,260 $13,391 $11,249 $327,998 $34,364
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Net income
per share:
Basic $0.17 $1.96 $0.11 $0.09 $2.41 $0.28
Diluted $0.16 $1.71 $0.10 $0.08 $2.11 $0.25
Shares used
in per share
calc-
ulations:
Basic 148,293 139,204 126,261 125,618 136,167 124,407
Diluted 170,305 160,362 147,306 147,294 156,944 146,595
(b) Includes depreciation (see supplemental tables for figures)
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
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Dec. Sept. Dec. Sept. Dec. Dec.
31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31,
2005 2005 2004 2004 2005 2004
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Supp-
lemental
financial
data (in
thousands):
Network-
related
depre-
ciation $4,766 $4,361 $2,731 $3,124 $15,514 $14,030
Other depre-
ciation $892 $881 $1,007 $1,024 $3,572 $4,731
Capital
expen-
ditures $8,105 $8,531 $7,138 $5,346 $36,160 $20,101
Net
increase
(decrease)
in cash,
cash equiv-
alents,
and
marketable
securities $227,626 $(44,213) $(11,379) $(2,329) $205,712 $(99,937)
End of
period
statistics:
Number of
customers
under
recurring
contract 1,910 1,830 1,310 1,258
Number of
employees 784 766 605 598
Number of
deployed
servers 18,599 18,092 15,075 15,064
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(amounts in thousands)
(unaudited)
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
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Dec. Sept. Dec. Sept. Dec. Dec.
31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31,
2005 2005 2004 2004 2005 2004
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Cash flows
from
operating
activities:
Net income $25,759 $272,260 $13,391 $11,249 $327,998 $34,364
Adjustments
to
reconcile
net income
to net cash
provided by
operating
activities:
Depre-
ciation
and
amort-
ization
of
deferred
financing
costs 8,164 7,792 4,051 4,469 25,170 20,206
Equity-
related
compen-
sation 1,582 1,383 236 249 3,849 1,292
Change in
deferred
tax
assets,
net,
including
release of
deferred
tax asset
valuation
allowance (3,482) (255,345) 408 - (258,669) 408
Non-cash
portion of
loss on
early
exting-
uishment
of
debt - 481 292 178 481 2,453
Loss on
invest-
ments,
property
and
equipment
and
foreign
currency,
net 143 161 (437) (72) 850 (319)
Provision
for
doubtful
accounts 127 566 191 (186) 1,147 (231)
Changes in
operating
assets and
liab-
ilities:
Accounts
re-
ceivable,
net (8,663) (4,194) (1,411) (2,076) (19,455) (8,516)
Prepaid
expenses
and other
current
assets 65 2,567 (1,441) 2,057 1,483 3,053
Accounts
payable,
accrued
expenses
and other
current
liab-
ilities 2,754 (6,818) 38 281 (1,032) (130)
Accrued
restr-
ucturing (415) (710) (352) (354) (1,816) (1,630)
Deferred
revenue 1,567 1,374 907 (2,016) 3,267 (329)
Other non-
current
assets and
liab-
ilities 72 (18) (298) 769 (475) 616
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Net cash
provided by
operating
activities: 27,673 19,499 15,575 14,548 82,798 51,237
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Cash flows
from
investing
activities:
Cash
acquired
through
business
com-
bination - - - - 1,717 -
Purchases
of
property
and
equipment
and
capital-
ization of
internal-
use
software (8,105) (8,531) (7,138) (5,346) (36,160) (20,101)
Purchase of
invest-
ments (183,014) (6,534) (14,814) (12,325) (215,633)(187,674)
Proceeds
from sale
of
property
and
equipment - - - - - 9
Proceeds
from sales
and matur-
ities of
invest-
ments 13,134 33,531 15,040 15,588 66,099 211,753
Decrease in
restricted
cash held
for note
re-
purchases - - - - - 5,000
Decrease in
restricted
investments
held for
security
deposits - 202 - 96 202 96
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Net cash
(used in)
provided by
investing
activities (177,985) 18,668 (6,912) (1,987) (183,775) 9,083
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Cash flows
from
financing
activities:
Payments on
capital
leases (420) (171) (141) (137) (818) (543)
Proceeds
from the
issuance
of 1% con-
vertible
senior
notes, net
of
financing
costs - - - - - 24,313
Repurchase
and
retirement
of 5 1/2%
covertible
sub-
ordinated
notes - (56,614) (24,875) (13,115) (56,614)(169,386)
Proceeds
from
equity
offering,
net of
financing
costs 202,068 - - - 202,068 -
Proceeds
from the
issuance
of common
stock
under
stock
option and
employee
stock
purchase
plans 6,741 1,933 3,863 1,095 14,462 13,754
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Net cash
provided by
(used in)
financing
activities 208,389 (54,852) (21,153) (12,157) 159,098 (131,862)
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Effects of
exchange
rate
translation
on cash and
cash
equivalents (369) (259) 1,587 357 (1,647) 1,208
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Net increase
(decrease)
in cash and
cash
equivalents 57,708 (16,944) (10,903) 761 56,474 (70,334)
Cash and
cash
equivalents,
beginning of
period 34,084 51,028 46,221 45,460 35,318 105,652
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Cash and
cash
equivalents,
end
of period $91,792 $34,084 $35,318 $46,221 $91,792 $35,318
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In addition to providing financial measurements based on generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (GAAP), Akamai has historically provided additional financial metrics that are not prepared in accordance with GAAP (non-GAAP). Recent legislative and regulatory changes discourage the use of and emphasis on non-GAAP financial metrics and require companies to explain why non-GAAP financial metrics are relevant to management and investors. We believe that the inclusion of these non-GAAP financial measures in this press release helps investors to gain a meaningful understanding of our future prospects, consistent with how management measures and forecasts our performance, especially when comparing such results to previous periods or forecasts. Our management uses these non-GAAP measures, in addition to GAAP financial measures, as the basis for measuring our core operating performance and comparing such performance to that of prior periods and to the performance of our competitors. This measure is also used by management in their financial and operating decision-making.
Akamai defines "Adjusted EBITDA" as net income, before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, equity-related compensation, restructuring charges and benefits, certain gains and losses on equity investments, foreign exchange gains and losses, release of the deferred tax asset valuation allowance and loss on early extinguishment of debt. Akamai considers Adjusted EBITDA to be an important indicator of the company's operational strength and performance of its business and a good measure of the company's historical operating trend.
Adjusted EBITDA eliminates items that are either not part of the company's core operations, such as investment gains and losses, foreign exchange gains and losses, early debt extinguishment and net interest expense, or do not require a cash outlay, such as equity-related compensation and impairment of intangible assets. Adjusted EBITDA also excludes depreciation and amortization expense, which is based on the Company's estimate of the useful life of tangible and intangible assets. These estimates could vary from actual performance of the asset, are based on historic cost incurred to build out the company's deployed network, and may not be indicative of current or future capital expenditures.
Akamai defines "Adjusted EBITDA margin" as a percentage of adjusted EBITDA over revenue. Akamai considers Adjusted EBITDA margin to be an indicator of the company's operating trend and performance of its business in relation to its revenue growth.
Akamai defines "capital expenditures" or "capex" as purchases of property and equipment and capitalization of internal-use software development costs. Capital expenditures or capex are disclosed in Akamai's condensed consolidated statement of cash flows in the company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Akamai defines "normalized net income" as net income before amortization of intangible assets, equity-related compensation, certain gains and losses on equity investments, release of the deferred tax asset valuation allowance and loss on early extinguishment of debt. Akamai considers normalized net income to be another important indicator of the overall performance of the company because it eliminates the effects of events that are either not part of the company's core operations or are non-cash.
Adjusted EBITDA and normalized net income should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, the company's operating income and net income, as well as other measures of financial performance reported in accordance with GAAP.
In accordance with the requirements of Regulation G issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company is presenting the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure and reconciling the non-GAAP financial metrics to the comparable GAAP measures.
Reconciliation of GAAP net income to normalized net income
and Adjusted EBITDA
(amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
------------------------------------ -------------------
Dec. Sept. Dec. Sept. Dec. Dec.
31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31,
2005 2005 2004 2004 2005 2004
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Net income $25,759 $272,260 $13,391 $11,249 $327,998 $34,364
Amortization
of intangible
assets 2,296 2,296 12 12 5,124 48
Equity-related
compensation 1,582 1,383 236 249 3,849 1,292
Loss on
investments,
net - 27 1 79 27 69
Release of the
deferred tax
asset
valuation
allowance (3,482) (255,345) - - (258,827) -
Loss on early
exting-
uishment of
debt - 1,370 852 634 1,370 6,768
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Total
normalized
net income: 26,155 21,991 14,492 12,223 79,541 42,541
Interest
(income)
expense, net (1,283) 567 1,319 1,533 1,067 8,055
Provision
(benefit) for
income taxes 275 (144) 187 71 1,233 772
Depreciation
and
amortization 5,658 5,242 3,738 4,148 19,086 18,761
Other (income)
expense, net (205) 63 (1,183) (101) 507 (1,061)
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Total Adjusted
EBITDA: $30,600 $27,719 $18,553 $17,874 $101,434 $69,068
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Normalized net
income per
share:
Basic $0.18 $0.16 $0.11 $0.10 $0.58 $0.34
Diluted $0.16 $0.14 $0.10 $0.09 $0.52 $0.31
Shares used in
normalized
per share
calculations:
Basic 148,293 139,204 126,261 125,618 136,167 124,407
Diluted 170,305 159,994 147,306 147,294 156,944 146,595
The release contains information about future expectations, plans and prospects of Akamai's management that constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements concerning the expected growth and development of our business. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by these forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors including, but not limited to, unexpected increases in Akamai's use of funds, loss of significant customers, failure to increase our revenue and keep our expenses consistent with revenues, the effects of any attempts to intentionally disrupt our services or network by unauthorized users or others, failure to have available sufficient transmission capacity, a failure of Akamai's services or network infrastructure, failure to maintain the prices we charge for our services, inability to realize the benefits of our net operating loss carryforward, delay in developing or failure to develop new service offerings or functionalities, and if developed, lack of market acceptance of such service offerings and functionalities, and other factors that are discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other documents periodically filed with the SEC.
In addition, the statements in this press release represent Akamai's expectations and beliefs as of the date of this press release. Akamai anticipates that subsequent events and developments may cause these expectations and beliefs to change. However, while Akamai may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, it specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Akamai's expectations or beliefs as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.