EXHIBIT 99.1
Winland Electronics, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter, Full-Year 2010 Results
Mankato, Minn. / March 30, 2011 - Winland Electronics, Inc. (NYSE Amex: WEX) today announced net sales of its Proprietary Environmental Monitoring products for the fourth quarter of 2010 were $868,000, up 6 percent over the comparable period of 2009. The Company reported a net loss of $1.9 million or $0.50 per basic and diluted share for the quarter.
As announced on January 3, 2011, the Company completed the sale of its Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) business unit to Nortech Systems, Incorporated. The EMS business is reported as discontinued operations.
The Company recorded an operating loss for the fourth quarter of 2010 of $858,000 versus an operating loss of $284,000 for the same period in 2009. Gross margins were significantly impacted by under utilization of manufacturing costs dropping from 36.3 percent to 21.0 percent. Operating expenses for the fourth quarter of 2010 were $1.0 million, a 79 percent increase over 2009 fourth quarter. The substantial increase was primarily due to net effect of severance packages paid to the Company’s previous chief executive and chief financial officer and increased professional fees.
“Our investment in sales and marketing continued to increase market awareness of the solutions our products offer in monitoring critical environments,” said Brian Lawrence, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President. “Sales were up 6 percent over 2009 and have returned to levels consistent with 2008, but were not enough to offset one-time charges related to the sale of our EMS business.”
Full Year results
Proprietary Products net sales for the year ended December 31, 2010 were $3.3 million, up $126,000, or 4 percent, versus the year ended December 31, 2009. The increased sales were the result primarily of a 5 percent increase in sales to the Company’s largest distributor. The Company reported a net loss (including discontinued operations) of $3.5 million, or $0.96 per basic and diluted share for the year ended December 31, 2010, compared to the $1.5 million net loss, or $0.42 per basic and diluted share, for the same period of 2009.
On an operating basis, Winland reported a loss of $1.9 million and $1.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The Company’s gross margin was 35.6 percent in 2010, down from the 41.6 percent reported for 2009, the result of capacity utilization-related factors.
General and Administrative expenses were $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2010, an increase of $79,000 compared to the same time period a year ago. The increase was primarily due to increased salary expenses of $162,000 relating to severance packages of $358,000 for the Company’s previous chief executive officer and chief financial officer, offset by other reduced salaries expenses of $196,000 from headcount reductions. In addition, the Company incurred increased professional fees of $56,000 primarily related to engaging financial management consultants throughout the year.
Full-year sales and marketing expenses were $970,000 for 2010, a decrease of $94,000 in 2009. The decrease was due to reduced salaries expenses of $79,000 and reduced advertising expenses of $49,000.
These cost savings were partially offset by increased commissions of $99,000 paid to manufacturer’s representative agencies.
Discontinued Operations
Winland incurred a loss from discontinued operations, net of tax, of $1.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2010 versus a loss of $153,000 for the comparable period a year ago. Net sales from discontinued operations were $14.7 million and $19.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Because the Company’s top three EMS customers’ sales were down $5.1 million year-over-year, Winland experienced under-utilization of fixed overhead expenses and incurred a gross loss from discontinued operations of $530,000 in 2010 versus gross profit of $928,000 in 2009. Operating expenses related to discontinued operations for 2010 totaled $840,000 compared to $1.0 million in 2009. The reduction in operating expenses is primarily related to reduced salaries and related expenses of $236,000, reduced professional fees of $19,000 and reduction in bad debt expense of $11,000, partially offset by transaction costs of $122,000 related to the sale of EMS assets. Interest expense in 2010 for equipment under lease for discontinued operations was $37,000 down $13,000 from 2009. The Company also experienced $116,000 loss on the disposal of equipment in 2010 with no loss on asset disposals in 2009.
As part of the January sale of its EMS business, Nortech Systems agreed to lease for $5.25 per square foot ($304,500 annually), beginning January 1, 2011 (with Nortech receiving free rent for the 1st year), Winland’s 58,000 square foot manufacturing warehouse and office facility in Mankato.
In 2010 Winland engaged another regional manufacturer’s representative firm, achieving its objective for complete coverage of North America for its Proprietary Products business. Winland now has a total of six manufacturing representative firms along with its eastern and western sales teams driving sales activities.
“We believe we have some of the most reliable and cost-effective solutions for monitoring critical environments available in the industry,” Lawrence said. “The completion of the EMS sale will allow our team to focus on getting in front of potential customers to increase market awareness of our propriety products.”
Conference Call Information
Due to the required focus on the sale and transition of the EMS business, the Company has not fully developed its strategic plans for 2011 and thus will not host a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter results. The Company may reinstitute its quarterly conference calls at some point in the future.
About Winland Electronics
Winland Electronics, Inc. (www.winland.com), is an industry leader in the design and manufacture of critical condition monitoring devices. Products including EnviroAlert, WaterBug, TempAlert and Vehicle Alert, and re designed to monitor critical conditions for industries including healthcare and medical, grocery and food service, commercial and industrial, agriculture and residential. Proudly made in the USA, Winland products are compatible with any hardwire or wireless alarm system and are available worldwide. Headquartered in Mankato, MN, Winland trades on the NYSE Amex stock exchange under the symbol WEX.
CONTACT: | Brian Lawrence | Tony Carideo |
| CFO & Senior Vice President | The Carideo Group, Inc. |
| (507) 625-7231 | (612) 317-2881 |
| bdlawrence@winland.com | tony@carideogroup.com |
Cautionary Statements
Certain statements contained in this press release and other written and oral statements made from time to time by the Company do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. As such, they are considered forward-looking statements, which provide current expectations or forecasts of future events. The statements included in this release with respect to the following matters are forward looking statements; (i) that the Company’s investment in sales and marketing continued to increase market awareness of the solutions its products offer in monitoring critical environments and (ii) that the Company has some of the most reliable and cost-effective solutions for monitoring critical environments available in the industry. These statements involve a variety of risks and uncertainties, known and unknown, including among other risks that (i) the Company’s investment in sales and marketing does not in fact increase market awareness of the solutions its products offer in monitoring critical environments and (ii) that the Company does not in fact have some of the most reliable and cost effective solutions for monitoring critical environments available in the industry. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed and actual results may vary materially.
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WINLAND ELECTRONICS, INC.
CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(In Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Amounts)
(Unaudited)
| | For the Three Months Ended
December 31, | | For the Twelve Months Ended
December 31, | |
| | 2010 | | 2009 | | 2010 | | 2009 | |
Net sales | | $ | 868 | | $ | 819 | | $ | 3,317 | | $ | 3,191 | |
Cost of sales | | 686 | | 522 | | 2,135 | | 1,863 | |
Gross profit | | 182 | | 297 | | 1,182 | | 1,328 | |
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Operating expenses | | | | | | | | | |
General and administrative | | 806 | | 427 | | 2,143 | | 2,064 | |
Sales and marketing | | 234 | | 154 | | 970 | | 1,064 | |
Total operating expenses | | 1,040 | | 581 | | 3,113 | | 3,128 | |
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Operating loss | | (858 | ) | (284 | ) | (1,931 | ) | (1,800 | ) |
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Other income (expense) | | | | | | | | | |
Interest expense | | (99 | ) | (13 | ) | (175 | ) | (49 | ) |
Other income (expense), net | | (130 | ) | — | | 8 | | (10 | ) |
Total other expense | | (229 | ) | (13 | ) | (167 | ) | (59 | ) |
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Loss before income taxes | | (1,087 | ) | (297 | ) | (2,098 | ) | (1,859 | ) |
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Income tax benefit (expense) | | 2 | | 632 | | 89 | | 481 | |
Loss from continuing operations | | (1,085 | ) | 335 | | (2,009 | ) | (1,378 | ) |
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax | | (781 | ) | (332 | ) | (1,523 | ) | (153 | ) |
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Net loss | | $ | (1,866 | ) | $ | 3 | | $ | (3,532 | ) | $ | (1,531 | ) |
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Loss per common share data: | | | | | | | | | |
Basic and diluted | | $ | (0.50 | ) | $ | 0.00 | | $ | (0.96 | ) | $ | (0.42 | ) |
Loss from continuing operations per common share data: | | | | | | | | | |
Basic and diluted | | $ | (0.29 | ) | $ | 0.09 | | $ | (0.55 | ) | $ | (0.38 | ) |
Loss from discontinued operations per common share data: | | | | | | | | | |
Basic and diluted | | $ | (0.21 | ) | $ | (0.09 | ) | $ | (0.41 | ) | $ | (0.04 | ) |
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding: | | | | | | | | | |
Basic and diluted | | 3,699,230 | | 3,664,395 | | 3,693,009 | | 3,664,395 | |
Winland Electronics, Inc.
Balance Sheets
December 31, 2010 and 2009
(In Thousands)
| | December 31, | |
| | 2010 | | 2009 | |
Assets | | | | | |
Current Assets | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | $ | 318 | | $ | 55 | |
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $10 and $20 as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively | | 547 | | 533 | |
Refundable income taxes | | 277 | | 1,023 | |
Inventories | | 112 | | 195 | |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | | 87 | | 171 | |
Current assets of discontinued operations | | 4,649 | | 5,219 | |
Total current assets | | 5,990 | | 7,196 | |
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Property and Equipment, at cost | | | | | |
Total property and equipment | | 3,750 | | 4,062 | |
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization | | 1,447 | | 1,631 | |
Net property and equipment | | 2,303 | | 2,431 | |
Property and equipment of discontinued operations, net | | 1,151 | | 1,898 | |
Total assets | | $ | 9,444 | | $ | 11,525 | |
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Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | | | | | |
Current Liabilities | | | | | |
Revolving line-of-credit | | $ | 1,249 | | $ | 367 | |
Current maturities of long-term debt | | 448 | | 104 | |
Accounts payable | | 381 | | 116 | |
Other short-term tax liabilities | | 68 | | — | |
Accrued liabilities: | | | | | |
Compensation | | 410 | | 51 | |
Other | | 35 | | 11 | |
Current liabilities of discontinued operations | | 2,084 | | 1,648 | |
Total current liabilities | | 4,675 | | 2,297 | |
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Long-Term Liabilities | | | | | |
Long-term debt, less current maturities | | — | | 448 | |
Deferred revenue | | 114 | | 122 | |
Other long-term tax liabilities | | — | | 258 | |
Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations | | 29 | | 251 | |
Total long-term liabilities | | 143 | | 1,079 | |
Total liabilities | | 4,818 | | 3,376 | |
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Stockholders’ Equity | | | | | |
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share; authorized 20,000,000 shares; issued and outstanding 3,699,230 shares 2010 and 3,686,435 shares 2009 | | 37 | | 37 | |
Additional paid-in capital | | 5,025 | | 5,016 | |
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit) | | (436 | ) | 3,096 | |
Total stockholders’ equity | | 4,626 | | 8,149 | |
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | | $ | 9,444 | | $ | 11,525 | |
Winland Electronics, Inc.
Statements of Cash Flows
Years Ended December 31, 2010 and 2009
(In Thousands)
| | 2010 | | 2009 | |
Cash Flows From Operating Activities | | | | | |
Net loss | | $ | (3,532 | ) | $ | (1,531 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | | | | | |
Depreciation and amortization | | 775 | | 816 | |
Non-cash stock based compensation | | 2 | | 93 | |
Decrease in allowance for doubtful accounts | | (29 | ) | 78 | |
Loss on disposal of equipment | | 173 | | 22 | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | | | | | |
Accounts receivable | | 550 | | 1,000 | |
Refundable income taxes | | 746 | | (428 | ) |
Inventories | | 97 | | 1,298 | |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | | 105 | | (25 | ) |
Accounts payable | | 1,021 | | (1,325 | ) |
Accrued liabilities, including deferred revenue and other long-term tax liabilities | | (81 | ) | (28 | ) |
Net cash used in operating activities | | (173 | ) | (30 | ) |
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Cash Flows From Investing Activities | | | | | |
Purchases of property and equipment | | (80 | ) | (264 | ) |
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment | | 7 | | 8 | |
Net cash used in investing activities | | (73 | ) | (256 | ) |
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Cash Flows From Financing Activities | | | | | |
Net borrowings on revolving line-of-credit agreement | | 882 | | 367 | |
Principal payments on long-term borrowings, including capital lease obligations | | (380 | ) | (392 | ) |
Proceeds from issuance of common stock | | 7 | | 10 | |
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | | 509 | | (15 | ) |
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Net increase (decrease) in cash | | 263 | | (301 | ) |
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Cash and cash equivalents | | | | | |
Beginning of year | | 55 | | 356 | |
End of year | | $ | 318 | | $ | 55 | |
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Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information | | | | | |
Cash payments for interest | | $ | 181 | | $ | 104 | |
Cash receipts from income taxes | | $ | 645 | | $ | 183 | |
