Axia Reports Q2 2014 Results

Axia Reports Results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014

CALGARY, Aug. 12, 2014 /CNW/ -

• Business unit revenue of $32.3 million grew 21% from $26.7 million.   This increase is driven primarily by increasing market penetration as customer connections grew to 10,166 at June 30, 2014, up 12% from 9,041 a year ago.
• Business unit EBITDA of $7.6 million increased from $7.5 million for the same quarter last year.  Included in EBITDA was $2.2 million of new business development costs versus $0.1 million a year ago.
• In Covage, revenue of $18.2 million grew 28% over the same period last year.  EBITDA of $5.6 million was up 21% year over year.
• North American revenue of $14.1 million grew 13% and recurring revenue of $12.4 million grew 10% over the same quarter last year.
• Axia's planned $20.0 million investment in Alberta to build 1,526 km of fibre between 25 larger communities in the province is on track and on budget.  As of June 30, 2014, 59% of the fibre required to complete the community interconnect grid has been deployed.
• IFRS net loss of $0.3 million or $0.00 per share compared to a loss of $0.4 million or $(0.01) per share for the same quarter last year.
• The balance sheet remained strong with $32.5 million of cash and $4.4 million of debt which includes $2.7 million drawn on Axia's $20.0 million credit facility.

* Axia's business unit summary includes 100% of the financial and operational results of Axia North America and Covage.  Please see the condensed consolidated interim financial statements and related Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A) for more details.

The condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and related MD&A have been reviewed and approved by Axia's Audit Committee and Board of Directors. Axia recognizes that the majority of its investors are now accessing Axia's corporate and financial information either through pushed news services, directly from ir.axia.com or SEDAR. Thus, Axia has prepared this truncated news release to alert investors to its results and that a more detailed explanation and analysis is readily available in the MD&A. These reports have been filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com and also posted at www.axia.com.

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About Axia
Axia owns, operates and sells services over fibre optic communications infrastructure.  Axia trades on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "AXX".

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SOURCE: Axia NetMedia Corporation

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Glenn Jamieson
Investor Relations
Axia NetMedia Corporation
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