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HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES REPORTS INCREASED REVENUES
AND NET INCOME IN FIRST QUARTER 2007

 

PEARL RIVER, N.Y. – May 9, 2007 Hudson Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: HDSN), a leading refrigerant services company specializing in proprietary on-site decontamination services for large comfort and process cooling systems, today announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2007.  

Revenues for the first quarter of 2007 were $8,117,000, an increase of $1,211,000 or 18% from the $6,906,000 reported during the comparable 2006 period. Net income for the first quarter was $283,000, an increase of $36,000 from the $247,000 net income reported during the first quarter 2006.  

Comments by Kevin J. Zugibe, chairman and chief executive officer, Hudson Technologies: 

“Hudson continues to improve with each passing quarter and year. We are pleased to report an 18% increase in revenues and a 15% increase in net income as compared to the first quarter of 2006. Our improved results were driven by strong refrigerant sales, which increased by more than $1.4 million over last year. Although total revenues from our RefrigerantSide® Services did decrease due to the size of the projects performed, the actual number of projects performed remained high, confirming that the demand and need for our services remains strong. Overall, our first quarter results demonstrate that we continue to grow and improve our financial standing.  

“With the milestones we have achieved and new services we continue to offer, we believe that Hudson is poised for future growth. Earlier this year we introduced Fluid Chemistry™, a simplified predictive and preventative maintenance service offering that gives an immediate look at the current condition of the refrigerant and oil in a system and can identify the existence of problems in advance of a more in-depth system analysis. With the information obtained from our Fluid Chemistry™ report, our customers can then make an informed decision as to whether or not to move forward with a more thorough examination in order to develop a detailed performance optimization plan and/or to remediate existing problems. We believe that Fluid Chemistry™ should appeal to a broader base of service contractors and system operators, and may result in greater sales of the more comprehensive analysis and remediation services offered by our ChillSmart™ service. 

“We continue to work with the U.S. Department of Energy and will perform more steam energy assessments this year. Additionally, we believe that the establishment of our second telesales office, that was announced last November, and which expanded our sales and marketing network into a several regions in the country, will provide real benefits to the Company through the coming summer months.”  

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About Hudson Technologies
Hudson Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of innovative solutions to recurring problems within the refrigeration industry.  Hudson’s proprietary RefrigerantSide® Services increase operating efficiency and energy savings, and remove moisture, oils and other contaminants frequently found in the refrigeration circuits of large comfort cooling and process refrigeration systems.  Performed at a customer’s site as an integral part of an effective scheduled maintenance program or in response to emergencies, RefrigerantSide® Services offer significant savings to customers due to their ability to be completed rapidly and at higher purity levels, and can be utilized while the customer’s system continues to operate.  In addition, the Company sells refrigerants and provides traditional reclamation services to the commercial and industrial air conditioning and refrigeration markets.  For further information on Hudson, please visit the Company’s web site at www.hudsontech.com

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995
Statements contained herein, which are not historical facts constitute forward-looking statements involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  Such factors include, but are not limited to, changes in the markets for refrigerants (including unfavorable market conditions adversely affecting the demand for, and the price of refrigerants), the Company’s ability to source refrigerants, regulatory and economic factors, seasonality, competition, litigation, the nature of supplier or customer arrangements which become available to the Company in the future, adverse weather conditions, possible technological obsolescence of existing products and services, possible reduction in the carrying value of long-lived assets, estimates of the useful life of its assets, potential environmental liability, customer concentration, the ability to obtain financing and other risks detailed in the Company’s periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The words “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “may”, “plan”, “should” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.  Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date the statement was made.

 

Investor Relations Contact:
Eric Anderson/David Olsen
Coltrin & Associates
(212) 221-1616
hudsontech@coltrin.com
 
Company Contact:
Brian F. Coleman, President & COO
Hudson Technologies, Inc.
(845) 735-6000
bcoleman@hudsontech.com
 

  

Hudson Technologies, Inc. and subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Unaudited)

(Amounts in thousands, except for share and per share amounts) 

                                        Three month period ended March 31,

      2007

2006

 

 

 

Revenues

$8,117

$6,906

Cost of sales

6,559

5,180

Gross Profit

1,558

1,726

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

Selling and marketing

408

447

General and administrative

737

926

Total operating expenses

1,145

1,373

 

 

 

Operating income

413

353

 

 

 

Other income (expense):

 

 

Interest expense

(139)

(103)

Interest Income

     9

     2

Total other income (expense)

  (130)

  (101)

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

283

252

 

 

 

Income taxes

      --

     5

 

 

 

Net income

$  283

$  247

 

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Net income per common share – basic

$0.01

$0.01

 

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Net income per common share – basic and diluted

$0.01

$0.01

 

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Weighted average number of shares

 

 

 

outstanding – Basic

25,915,464

25,892,974

 

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Weighted average number of shares

 

 

 

outstanding – Diluted

26,071,659

26,452,910

 

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