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Apr 24, 2018

Aware, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2018 Financial Results

BEDFORD, Mass., April 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Aware, Inc. (NASDAQ: AWRE), a leading global provider of biometrics software and solutions, today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2018

Revenue for the first quarter of 2018 was $2.9 million, a decrease of 30% compared to $4.2 million in the same quarter last year. Operating loss in the first quarter of 2018 was $0.7 million compared to operating income of $0.2 million in the first quarter of 2017. The decrease in revenue and resulting operating loss were primarily due to: (i) lower biometrics software license sales; (ii) lower service revenue, and (iii) no income from a patent arrangement that were partially offset by no cost of software licenses and lower cost of services.

Net loss in the first quarter of 2018 was $0.5 million, or $0.02 per diluted share, which compares to net income of $0.3 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, in the same period a year ago. 

Kevin Russell, Aware's chief executive officer and president, said, "Our results for the first quarter were below our expectations.  We have a number of opportunities that we are working on that we were not able to close in the first quarter. Our pipeline for 2018 looks promising, but we are unable to predict when opportunities will result in revenue.  We continue to see interest in our product offerings in the government, commercial and mobile markets."

Aware also announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a program authorizing the Company to purchase up to $10 million of its common stock. The shares may be purchased from time to time in the open market or through privately negotiated transactions at management's discretion, depending upon market conditions and other factors. The authorization to repurchase Company stock expires on December 31, 2019.

About Aware
Aware is a leading provider of biometrics software products and development services to governments, system integrators, and solution providers globally. Our products include SDKs, software components, workstation applications, and a modular, centralized, service-oriented platform. They fulfill a broad range of functions critical to biometric authentication and search, including face, fingerprint, iris, and voice capture, sample quality assurance, data compliance, capture hardware peripheral abstraction, centralized data processing and workflow, subsystem connectivity, and biometric matching algorithms. The products apply biometrics to enable identity-centric security solutions for applications including banking and payments, border management, credentialing and access control, intelligence and defense, and law enforcement. Aware is a publicly held company (Nasdaq: AWRE) based in Bedford, Massachusetts.

See Aware's website for more information about our biometrics software products.

Safe Harbor Warning
Portions of this release contain forward-looking statements regarding future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties, such as estimates or projections of future revenue and earnings, and the growth of the biometrics markets. Aware wishes to caution you that there are factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results indicated by such statements.

Risk factors related to our business include, but are not limited to: i) our operating results may fluctuate significantly and are difficult to predict; ii) we derive a significant portion of our revenue from government customers, and our business may be adversely affected by changes in the contracting or fiscal policies of those governmental entities; iii) a significant commercial market for biometrics technology may not develop, and if it does, we may not be successful in that market; iv) we derive a significant portion of our revenue from third party channel partners; v) hardware revenue is likely to decline in future periods; vi) we face intense competition from other biometrics solution providers; vii) our business is subject to rapid technological change; viii) our software products may have errors, defects or bugs which could harm our business; ix) our business may be adversely affected by our use of open source software; x) we rely on third party software to develop and provide our solutions and significant defects in third party software could harm our business xi) our intellectual property is subject to limited protection; xii) we may be sued by third parties for alleged infringement of their proprietary rights; xiii) we must attract and retain key personnel; xiv) we rely on single sources of supply for certain components used in our hardware products; xv) our business may be affected by government regulations and adverse economic conditions; xvi) we may make acquisitions that could adversely affect our results, and xvii) we may have additional tax liabilities.

We refer you to the documents Aware files from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the section titled Risk Factors in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 and other reports and filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Aware is a registered trademark of Aware, Inc. Any other trademarks appearing herein are the property of their respective owners.

 

AWARE, INC.


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS


AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)


(In thousands, except per share data)


(unaudited)






Three Months Ended
March 31,





2018


2017



Revenue:







    Software licenses


$1,473


$2,486



    Software maintenance


1,294


1,253



    Services


144


374



    Royalties


-


43



           Total revenue


2,911


4,156










Costs and expenses:







    Cost of software licenses


-


247



    Cost of services


50


216



    Research and development


1,875


1,857



    Selling and marketing


924


915



    General and administrative


785


790



       Total costs and expenses


3,634


4,025



 

Patent related income


 

-


 

91










Operating income (loss)


(723)


222



Interest income


162


84



Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes


(561)


306



Provision for (benefit from) income taxes


(66)


5



Net income (loss)


($495)


$301

















Net income (loss) per share - basic


($0.02)


$0.01



Net income (loss) per share - diluted


($0.02)


$0.01

















Weighted-average shares - basic


21,547


22,255



Weighted-average shares - diluted


21,573


22,321



























 


 

AWARE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands)

(unaudited)




March 31,

2018


December 31,

2017

 

ASSETS





     Cash and cash equivalents


$50,648


$51,608

     Accounts receivable, net


3,498


3,818

     Property and equipment, net


4,295


4,304

     Deferred tax assets


5,163


5,071

     All other assets, net


324


234






     Total assets


$63,928


$65,035






 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY





     Accounts payable and accrued expenses


$1,531


$1,569

     Deferred revenue


2,396


2,932

     Total stockholders' equity


60,001


60,534






     Total liabilities and stockholders' equity


$63,928


$65,035

 

 

 

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