Axia Reports Q3 2015 Results

Axia Reports Results for the three and nine month period ended September 30, 2015

CALGARY, Nov. 5, 2015 /CNW/ -

Q3 2015 Highlights

• FTTO customer connections of 12,845 increased 18% from 10,846 a year ago.
• Business unit revenue of $36.5 million increased 17% from $31.3 million in Q3 2014. Alberta revenue of $17.0 million grew 15% year-over-year. Reported Covage revenue of $19.5 million grew 18% from Q3 2014. In Euros, Covage revenue increased 10%.
• Business unit EBITDA of $8.7 million was down from $8.9 million in Q3 2014. Growth in Covage EBITDA was offset by a decline in North America. This decline was a result of investment in Alberta to enable the growth of our private sector business and increased costs not directly related to the ongoing operations of the business of $0.7 million.
• IFRS net income of $2.2 million or $0.03 per share compared to $0.9 million or $0.01 per share in Q3 2014. Included in Q3 2015 net income is a non-cash, $2.6 million gain on foreign currency translation related to the liquidation of a subsidiary.
• Total capital expenditure was $14.2 million. Success and maintenance capex, which is primarily associated with connecting new customers to the network, was $7.8 million and growth related investment was $6.5 million.
• Axia had $20.7 million of cash at September 30, 2015 and total loans payable of $18.5 million.
• In Alberta, Axia is building FTTH network segments in under-served communities. Axia is actively selling services in one community and market penetration is ahead of plan. In addition, Axia has commenced network builds in two other communities.
• Subsequent to quarter-end, Covage won a FTTO network in Grand Lyon, France. This network will, once completed, pass 22,340 business and government sites, increasing Covage's addressable FTTO market by almost 50% to 72,000. The FTTO market accounts for the vast majority of Covage's business to date and Covage has been successful in this market with results meeting or exceeding plans.

Summary Metrics

	2015			2014
	Q3	Q2	Q1	Q4	Q3	Q2	Q1
Business Unit Results ($000s) *
Recurring revenue	32,254	30,645	29,723	29,679	28,171	28,451	27,567
Connection revenue	4,257	3,062	3,525	3,907	3,082	3,920	2,740
Total revenue	36,511	33,707	33,248	33,586	31,253	32,371	30,307
EBITDA	8,715	9,679	7,921	8,833	8,851	7,564	7,412
Success & maintenance	7,782	3,495	5,277	5,697	3,671	4,023	5,242
Growth	6,464	7,967	3,898	6,875	2,694	4,006	3,068
Total Capital expenditures	14,246	11,462	9,175	12,572	6,365	8,029	8,310
IFRS ($000s)
Net income (loss)	2,157	1,121	(160)	(444)	930	(296)	(324)
Earnings (loss) per share	0.03	0.02	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	(0.01)
Total cash	20,700	24,074	25,085	29,336	32,652	32,462	36,723
Total assets	154,324	146,063	140,294	137,375	135,172	137,453	139,075
Total loans payable	18,495	13,575	10,813	9,937	4,592	4,425	2,045
Total liabilities	38,431	33,418	28,696	24,737	19,839	20,007	18,055
KPI
FTTO customer connections	12,845	12,034	11,573	11,260	10,846	10,166	9,826
* Axia's business unit summary includes 100% of the financial and operational results of Axia North America and Covage. Please see the condensed consolidated financial statements and related MD&A for more details.

The condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 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 ir.axiafibrenet.com.

Notice of Conference Call

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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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