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HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES
REPORTS 22 PERCENT INCREASE
IN 2006 REVENUE
Company Poised for Growth with
Success Energy Assessments and Increases in
Refrigerant and R-Side®
Services Sales
PEARL RIVER, NY –
March 14, 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 fourth quarter and year ending
December 31, 2006.
Revenues for the fourth quarter of 2006 were $2,771,000, a decrease
of $130,000 from the $2,901,000 reported during the comparable 2005
period. Net loss for the fourth quarter was ($110,000), or ($0.00)
per share. This compares to net loss of ($151,000) for the fourth
quarter of 2005, or ($0.01) per share.
Revenues for the year ending
December 31, 2006
were $23,451,000, an increase of $4,228,000 or 22% from the
$19,223,000 reported during the comparable 2005 period. The Company
also reported net income of $2,108,000, or $0.08 per share for 2006.
This compares to net income of $2,270,000, or $0.09 per share, for
the year ending December 31, 2005. The decrease in net income was
primarily attributable to an increase in selling and administrative
payroll expenses, as well as an increase in compensation expenses of
$289,000 associated with the adoption of SFAS 123 (r) offset by the
recognition of a deferred tax asset of $252,000.
Comments by Kevin J. Zugibe, Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer,
Hudson Technologies:
“We continue to increase our revenues year-over-year, in
line with our growth strategy. We experienced strong growth in our
refrigerant revenues due to the expansion of our customer base and
of our product line. As a result, in 2006, we increased the total
number of refrigerant pounds sold and increased refrigerant revenues
by more than $3 million as compared to 2005. In addition, our
higher-margin RefrigerantSide® Services revenues have increased by
more than $1 million over last year, due to an increase in both the
average size and number of service jobs completed compared to last
year.
“Hudson remains
poised for further expansion of revenues and of our customer base
with significant accomplishments in 2006 that have the potential to
contribute to the long-term growth of the company. For example,
during 2006, we opened our second telesales office to initially
concentrate on sales to the mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of
the U.S. The expansion of our sales network provides new resources
to markets that were previously underserved by Hudson and we believe
represents a significant opportunity for
Hudson
going forward.
“Additionally, in
2006, we completed a total of 11 Steam Energy Savings Assessments at
large industrial plants as part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s
Save Energy Now Campaign. One of those assessments, conducted at an
industrial plant of a Fortune Global 10 company, resulted in Hudson
receiving additional work to create and implement a comprehensive
energy optimization plan for that plant. In 2007, we will continue
to perform Steam Energy Assessments on behalf of the U.S. DOE and
leverage our optimization expertise to make new contacts and create
new business opportunities.
“The management team is aligned and committed to profitably
expanding
Hudson’s services, capabilities and customer base, and to
becoming a leader in moving the industry to predictive and
preventative maintenance. We believe that by becoming branded and
recognized in our industry as a leader in predictive and
preventative maintenance services, we will fuel growth in our
services business.”
Conference Call Information
To listen to today’s conference call, dial
866-296-6505. Callers should please call at least 10 minutes
prior to the scheduled start time (10:00
a.m. EDT) and verbally give the operator the following access code:
7045414.
An audio replay of the call will be available beginning
March 14, 2007 at
1:00 p.m. EDT for
one week through
March 21, 2007, and can be accessed by dialing
1-585-295-5445 and using the following access code: 34337136#.
A web stream replay of the call will be available for 30
days through
April 13, 2007 at
the following link:
http://app.replayrecorder.com/budget?replaycode=34337136.
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
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Company
Contact:
Brian F. Coleman, President & COO
Hudson Technologies, Inc.
(845) 735-6000
bcoleman@hudsontech.com
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Hudson Technologies, Inc. and
subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Amounts in thousands, except
for share and per share amounts)
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Three month period
ended
December 31, |
Twelve-month period
ended December 31, |
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2006 |
2005 |
2006 |
2005 |
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(unaudited) |
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Revenues |
$2,771 |
$2,901 |
$23,451 |
$19,223 |
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Cost of sales |
2,047 |
2,031 |
16,612 |
12,308 |
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Gross Profit |
724 |
870 |
6,839 |
6,915 |
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Operating
expenses: |
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|
|
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Selling and
marketing |
246 |
328 |
1,446 |
1,487 |
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General and
administrative, including $81, $0, |
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$289 and $0 for
share-based payment arrangements |
777 |
617 |
3,211 |
2,840 |
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Total operating
expenses |
1,023 |
945 |
4,657 |
4,327 |
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Operating income |
(299) |
(75) |
2,182 |
2,588 |
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Other income
(expense): |
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Interest expense |
(79) |
(85) |
(345) |
(303) |
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Interest Income |
17 |
9 |
38 |
9 |
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Total other
income (expense) |
(62) |
(79) |
(307) |
(294) |
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Income (loss) before
income taxes |
(361) |
(151) |
1,875 |
2,294 |
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Income taxes
expense (benefit) |
(251) |
-- |
(233) |
24 |
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Net income (loss) |
$ (110) |
$ (151) |
$2,108 |
$2,270 |
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Net income (loss
)per
common share – basic and diluted |
$(0.00) |
$(0.01) |
$0.08 |
$0.09 |
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Weighted average
number of shares |
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outstanding –
Basic |
25,915,464 |
25,748,344 |
25,903,252 |
25,590,698 |
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Weighted average
number of shares |
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outstanding –
Diluted |
25,915,464 |
25,748,344 |
26,263,298 |
25,734,313 |
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