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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.”

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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

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

             Three month period
            
ended December 31,

          Twelve-month period
 
ended December 31,

 

      2006

2005

      2006

2005

 

         (unaudited)

 

 

Revenues

$2,771

$2,901

$23,451

$19,223

Cost of sales

2,047

2,031

16,612

12,308

Gross Profit

724

870

6,839

6,915

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

Selling and marketing

246

328

1,446

1,487

General and administrative, including $81, $0,

 

 

 

 

$289 and $0 for share-based payment arrangements

   777

   617

3,211

2,840

Total operating expenses

1,023

   945

4,657

4,327

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income

 (299)

(75)

2,182

2,588

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (expense):

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

(79)

(85)

(345)

(303)

Interest Income

     17

     9

     38

     9

Total other income (expense)

  (62)

  (79)

 (307)

  (294)

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

(361)

(151)

1,875

2,294

 

 

 

 

 

Income taxes expense (benefit)

(251)

     --

      (233)

     24

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

outstanding – Basic

25,915,464

25,748,344

25,903,252

25,590,698

 

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Weighted average number of shares

 

 

 

 

 

outstanding – Diluted

25,915,464

25,748,344

26,263,298

25,734,313

 

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