Selectica Announces Earnings for Third Quarter Fiscal 2013

Achieves 36% Total, 35% Recurring Revenue Growth Year-Over-Year


SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - Jan 31, 2013) -  Selectica, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLTC), provider of software that accelerates sales cycles and streamlines contract processes, today announced financial results for its third quarter of fiscal 2013, ended December 31, 2012.

"We are very pleased with our top line results for the third quarter of fiscal 2013," said Jason Stern, President and CEO of Selectica. "Both total and recurring revenue continued to climb, up 36% and 35% respectively over the third quarter of fiscal 2012. We've also completed more transactions -- and generated nearly as much revenue -- in the first three quarters of this year than we did in all four quarters of last year."

Financial highlights

Selectica delivered the following financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2013:

  • Recurring revenue: Selectica grew recurring revenue from $2.3 million in Q3 FY 2012 to $3.1 million in Q3 FY2013, a year-over-year increase of 35%. Recurring revenue in Q2 FY2013 was $3.0 million.

  • Billings: Billings for Q3 FY2013 were $4.2 million, compared to $4.5 million in Q3 FY2012, a 7% decrease year-over-year. Billings were $3.8 million in Q2 FY2013. The company defines billings, a non-GAAP financial measure, as revenue recognized during the period plus the change in deferred revenue from the beginning to the end of the period. Please refer to the financial tables below for a reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure to GAAP.

  • Deferred revenue: In Q3 FY2013, the company had deferred revenue of $5.5 million, a 22% year-over-year increase from Q3 FY2012, when deferred revenue was $4.5 million. In Q2 FY2013, deferred revenue was $5.8 million.

Business highlights

Business highlights from Q3 FY2013 include:

  • New investment in headcount and partnerships: To meet the continued growth in demand for its contract management and guided selling solutions, Selectica further expanded its team in Q3 FY2013. By the end of the quarter, its U.S. workforce had increased by over 20% compared to the previous year, and its overseas team had doubled. In Q3 FY2013, the company also cemented new partnerships with several systems integrators and other solutions providers that further increase its capacity to get customers up and running on Selectica solutions quickly and successfully.
  • Key new executive team hires: In the third quarter of fiscal 2013, Selectica announced the addition of Mike Mothersbaugh as its Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales and David Humphrey as its Vice President of Professional Services. With their previous experience, Mothersbaugh most recently at salesforce.com and Humphrey at Accruent, these new members of the executive team bring additional expertise in sales, delivery, and customer adoption, which are critical to the company's ongoing success as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution provider.
  • Golden Bridge Award honor: Selectica Guided Selling won Silver in the "Best New Product Or Service -- SaaS or Cloud Computing" category at the 4th annual Golden Bridge Awards held in October, reflecting a continuing trend of interest in configure-price-quote (CPQ) solutions in the market. The Golden Bridge Awards are an industry and peer recognition program honoring the best companies worldwide.

Additional results

Total revenues for Q3 FY2013 were $4.5 million, compared to $3.3 million for Q3 FY2012, a year-over-year increase of 36%. Total revenues were $4.7 million in Q2 FY2013.

Net loss for Q3 FY2013 was $1.1 million, or $(0.37) per share, compared to a net loss of $1.4 million, or $(0.52) per share in Q3 FY2012, and a net loss of $0.9 million, or $(0.32) per share, in Q2 FY2013.

The company's cash balance at the end of Q3 FY2013 was $9.8 million, while its accounts receivable balance was $4.6 million. Since the close of the quarter, several large payments totaling approximately $2.3 million have been collected.

Complete financial results for Q3 FY2013 can be found in the attached financial tables.

About Selectica, Inc.
Selectica, Inc. (NASDAQ: SLTC) develops innovative software that the world's most successful companies rely on to improve the effectiveness of their sales and contracting processes. Our guided selling, sales configuration, and contract lifecycle management solutions support the Global 2000 and growing mid-size firms in closing billions of dollars' worth of business each year. Our patented technology, delivered through the cloud, makes it easy for customers in industries like high-tech, telecommunications, manufacturing, healthcare, financial services, and government contracting to overcome product and channel complexity, increase deal value, and accelerate time to revenue.

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Non-GAAP financial measures
Selectica provides quarterly and annual financial statements that are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). To help understand the company's past financial performance and future results, the company is providing non-GAAP financial measures to supplement the financial results that it provides in accordance with GAAP. The method the company uses to produce non-GAAP financial results is not computed according to GAAP and may differ from the methods used by other companies.

Forward-looking statements
Certain statements in this release and elsewhere by Selectica are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements may include, without limitation, statements regarding business outlook, assessment of market conditions, anticipated financial and operating results, strategies, future plans, contingencies and contemplated transactions of the company. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause or contribute to actual results of company operations, or the performance or achievements of the company or industry results, to differ materially from those expressed, or implied by the forward-looking statements. In addition to any such risks, uncertainties and other factors discussed elsewhere herein, risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause or contribute to actual results differing materially from those expressed or implied for the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to the on-going global recession; fluctuations in demand for Selectica's products and services; government policies and regulations, including, but not limited to those affecting the company's industry; and risks related to the company's past stock granting policies and related restatement of financial statements. Selectica undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Additional risk factors concerning the company can be found in the company's most recent Form 10-K, filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

   
   
SELECTICA, INC.  
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations  
(In thousands, except per share amounts)  
(Unaudited)  
                         
    Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
    December     December     December     December  
    31, 2012     31, 2011     31, 2012     31, 2011  
                                 
Revenues:                                
  Recurring revenues   $ 3,054     $ 2,258     $ 8,650     $ 6,593  
  Non-recurring revenues     1,442       1,001       4,677       3,952  
    Total revenues     4,496       3,259       13,327       10,545  
                                 
Cost of revenues:                                
  Cost of recurring revenues     489       248       1,227       760  
  Cost of non-recurring revenues     1,485       1,042       4,059       3,358  
    Total cost of revenues     1,974       1,290       5,286       4,118  
                                 
Gross profit:                                
  Recurring gross profit     2,565       2,010       7,423       5,833  
  Non-recurring gross profit     (43 )     (41 )     618       594  
    Total gross profit     2,522       1,969       8,041       6,427  
                                 
Operating expenses:                                
  Research and development     950       801       2,742       2,507  
  Sales and marketing     1,642       1,518       4,887       4,112  
  General and administrative     985       1,065       2,554       2,840  
  Fees related to comprehensive settlement agreement     -       -       500       500  
    Total operating expenses     3,577       3,384       10,683       9,959  
                                 
Loss from operations     (1,055 )     (1,415 )     (2,642 )     (3,532 )
                                 
Loss on early extinguishment of note payable     -       -       -       470  
Interest and other income (expense), net     (3 )     (18 )     (14 )     (106 )
                                 
Net loss   $ (1,058 )   $ (1,433 )   $ (2,656 )   $ (4,108 )
                                 
Basic and diluted net loss per share   $ (0.37 )   $ (0.52 )   $ (0.94 )   $ (1.47 )
                                 
Reconciliation to non-GAAP net loss:                                
Net loss   $ (1,058 )   $ (1,433 )   $ (2,656 )   $ (4,108 )
Stock-based compensation expense   $ 338     $ 144     $ 699     $ 432  
Loss on early extinguishment of note payable     -       -       -       470  
Fees related to comprehensive settlement agreement     -       -       500       500  
Non-GAAP net loss   $ (720 )   $ (1,289 )   $ (1,457 )   $ (2,706 )
                                 
Non-GAAP basic and diluted net loss per share   $ (0.25 )   $ (0.47 )   $ (0.52 )   $ (0.97 )
                                 
                                 
Weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted net loss per share     2,830       2,737       2,818       2,796  
                                 
                                 
                                 
SELECTICA, INC.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
         
    December 31,   March 31,
    2012   2012
             
ASSETS            
Current assets            
  Cash and cash equivalents   $ 9,806   $ 15,877
  Short-term investments     -     199
  Accounts receivable     4,591     2,446
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets     622     531
    Total current assets     15,019     19,053
             
Property and equipment, net     399     362
Other assets     39     39
    Total assets   $ 15,457   $ 19,454
             
             
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY            
Current liabilities            
  Credit facility   $ 5,894   $ 6,000
  Accounts payable     751     395
  Accrued payroll and related liabilities     819     1,771
  Other accrued liabilities     90     88
  Deferred revenue     4,636     5,394
    Total current liabilities     12,190     13,648
  Long-term deferred revenue     868     1,327
  Other long-term liabilities     27     41
    Total liabilities     13,085     15,016
             
Stockholders' equity     2,372     4,438
    Total liabilities and stockholders' equity   $ 15,457   $ 19,454
             
             
             
SELECTICA, INC.  
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows  
(In thousands)  
(Unaudited)  
             
    Nine Months Ended  
    December 31,     December 31,  
    2012     2011  
                 
Operating activities                
Net loss   $ (2,656 )   $ (4,108 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:                
Depreciation     156       201  
Loss on disposition of property and equipment     -       13  
Stock-based compensation expense     699       432  
Changes in assets and liabilities:                
  Accounts receivable (net)     (2,145 )     51  
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets     (91 )     79  
  Other assets     -       (39 )
  Accounts payable     356       (262 )
  Accrued payroll and related liabilities     (951 )     528  
  Other accrued liabilities and long term liabilities     (12 )     337  
  Deferred revenue     (1,216 )     (122 )
Net cash used in operating activities   $ (5,860 )   $ (2,890 )
                 
Investing activities                
  Purchase of capital assets     (193 )     (172 )
  Purchase of short-term investments     -       (1,398 )
  Proceeds from maturities of short-term investments     199       1,398  
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities   $ 6     $ (172 )
                 
Financing activities                
  Payments on note payable to Versata     -       (4,268 )
  Purchase of treasury shares     -       (472 )
  Borrowings under credit facility     (106 )     6,000  
  Repurchases of common stock, net of issuance     (111 )     (7 )
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities   $ (217 )   $ 1,253  
                 
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents     (6,071 )     (1,809 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period     15,877       16,822  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period   $ 9,806     $ 15,013  
                 
                 
                 
SELECTICA, INC.
Billings Reconciliation
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
                     
    Three Months Ended   Nine Months Ended
    December     December   December     December
    31, 2012     31, 2011   31, 2012     31, 2011
                             
Total revenues   $ 4,496     $ 3,259   $ 13,327     $ 10,545
Deferred revenue:                            
End of period     5,504       4,544     5,504       4,544
Beginning of period     5,775       3,337     6,721       4,320
Change in deferred revenue     (271 )     1,207     (1,217 )     224
Total billings (total revenues plus the change in deferred revenue)   $ 4,225     $ 4,466   $ 12,110     $ 10,769