Phunware Announces First Quarter 2020 Financial Results

AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–$PHUN #PHUN—Phunware, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHUN) (the “Company”), a fully-integrated enterprise cloud platform for mobile that provides products, solutions, data and services for brands worldwide, today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2020, and provided an update on recent business developments.

“During extremely challenging times, we are successfully executing our operational model and business strategy to become the premier digital transformation source for mobile initiatives worldwide,” said Alan S. Knitowski, President, CEO and Co-Founder of Phunware. ”The latest quarter closed with nearly $11 million in Backlog and accelerated our Net Revenues composition specific to the use of our Multiscreen-as-a-Service (MaaS) platform for mobile to more than 90% of Net Revenues.”

The Company expects to see a flat to slightly down Net Revenues total for the coming quarter, which it believes to represent a bottom for the year and a Net Revenues base from which it will re-accelerate its growth sequentially during both the third quarter and fourth quarter thereafter.

First Quarter 2020 Summary Financial Highlights

– Net Revenues for the quarter totaled $2.6 million

– Platform Subscriptions and Services Revenues were $2.4 million

– Gross Margin was 58.7%

– Net Loss was ($4.0) million

– Net Loss per Share was ($0.10)

– Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA Loss was ($3.2) million

“We are pleased to have achieved year-over-year margin improvements of nearly 800 basis points and a 54% reduction in cash used in operations during the comparable period inclusive of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Matt Aune, CFO of Phunware. “We have strengthened our balance sheet and provided increased operational flexibility and runway, all while laser focused on executing against our existing customer contracts, aggressively pursuing new business opportunities and partnerships and successfully launching new MaaS platform products and solutions within our Healthcare, Smart Cities, Corporate Campus and Political Advocacy verticals.”

Recent Business Highlights and Announcements

● Notable Strategic Announcements:

• Received United States Small Business Administration Loan Under CARES Act
• Offered Free Mobile Engagement Software Development Kit to Small and Midsize Businesses to Address COVID-19 Challenges
• Retained BUYINS.NET to Surveil Short Sellers and Market Makers

● Notable Customer and Partner Wins:

• Added Global Multinational Customer for Mobile Corporate Campus Solution
• Launched Mobile Healthcare Solution for Integrated Health System in New York to Address COVID-19 Challenges
• Partnered with Red River to Distribute its Multiscreen-as-a-Service Platform to SLED Market
• Partnered with Diversified to Bring Mobile Digital Transformation to Businesses Globally
• Partnered with Noviant to Bring Pandemic Response Solutions to Cities, Health Systems and Small Businesses Impacted by Coronavirus Pandemic

● Notable Product Updates:

• Launched Pandemic Response Solution on Mobile to Address COVID-19 Challenges
• Launched Smart City Solution on Mobile to Help City Officials Address COVID-19 Challenges
• Received Notice of Allowance for United States Patent Covering Enterprise Branded Application Frameworks for Mobile and Other Environments
• Launched Mobile Telemedicine Solution for New and Existing Healthcare Customers
• Launched “Gather Safe” to Help Existing Customers and Their Employees Return to Work

Transcript Information

A transcript will be made available today at 1:30pm Pacific / 3:30pm Central / 4:30pm Eastern discussing the Company’s financial results, product announcements and business highlights. The transcript will be accessible on the Phunware Investor Relations website at investors.phunware.com.

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About Phunware, Inc.

Everything You Need to Succeed on Mobile — Transforming Digital Human Experience

Phunware, Inc. (NASDAQ: PHUN), is the pioneer of Multiscreen-as-a-Service (MaaS), an award-winning, fully integrated enterprise cloud platform for mobile that provides companies the products, solutions, data and services necessary to engage, manage and monetize their mobile application portfolios and audiences globally at scale. Phunware’s Software Development Kits (SDKs) include location-based services, mobile engagement, content management, messaging, advertising, loyalty (PhunCoin & Phun) and analytics, as well as a mobile application framework of pre-integrated iOS and Android software modules for building in-house or channel-based mobile application and vertical solutions. Phunware helps the world’s most respected brands create category-defining mobile experiences, with more than one billion active devices touching its platform each month. For more information about how Phunware is transforming the way consumers and brands interact with mobile in the virtual and physical worlds, visit www.phunware.com, www.phuncoin.com, www.phuntoken.com, and follow @phunware, @phuncoin and @phuntoken on all social media platforms.

Financial Results

Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Reconciliation

Adjusted EBITDA should be considered in addition to, not as a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States (“GAAP”). It is not a measurement of our financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss), as applicable, or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other businesses. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our operating results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations include: (i) Non-cash compensation is and will remain a key element of our overall long-term incentive compensation package, although we exclude it as an expense when evaluating its ongoing operating performance for a particular period, (ii) Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the impact of certain cash charges resulting from matters we consider not to be indicative of ongoing operations, and (iii) other companies in our industry may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures.

We compensate for these limitations to Adjusted EBITDA by relying primarily on its GAAP results and using Adjusted EBITDA only for supplemental purposes. Adjusted EBITDA includes adjustments for items that may not occur in future periods. However, we believe these adjustments are appropriate because the amounts recognized can vary significantly from period to period, do not directly relate to the ongoing operations of our business and complicate comparisons of our internal operating results and operating results of other peer companies over time. Each of the normal recurring adjustments and other adjustments described in this paragraph help management with a measure of our operating performance over time by removing items that are not related to day-to-day operations or are non-cash expenses.

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