NextWave Wireless Files Third Quarter Fiscal 2009 Results

Thu Nov 5, 4:10 PM

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE) today announced that it has filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the third quarter of fiscal 2009, ended September 26, 2009.

The Form 10-Q is available on the Web site maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov and on the NextWave Web site at www.nextwave.com under the heading “Investor Relations – Financial Information – SEC Filings.” The financial information accompanying this press release should be reviewed together with the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and Risk Factors contained in the Form 10-Q.

About NextWave Wireless

NextWave Wireless Inc. is a wireless technology company that develops, produces and markets mobile multimedia and consumer electronic connectivity products including device-embedded software for mobile handsets, client-server media platforms, media sharing software for consumer electronics and pocket-sized mobile broadcast receivers. The company also manages and maintains worldwide wireless spectrum licenses.

   

NEXTWAVE WIRELESS INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except par value data)

(unaudited)

 

September 26,

2009

December 27,

2008

ASSETS
Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

22,234

$

60,848

Restricted cash and marketable securities 28,091 24,870
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $56 and $95 at September 26, 2009 and December 27, 2008, respectively 2,800 4,530
Wireless spectrum licenses held for sale 60,609 112,741
Deferred contract costs, prepaid expenses and other current assets 4,774 5,734
Current assets of discontinued operations   11,887     24,726  
 
Total current assets 130,395 233,449
Wireless spectrum licenses, net 415,959 442,415
Goodwill 39,235 38,662
Other intangible assets, net 15,847 18,933
Property and equipment, net 4,465 4,206
Other assets, including assets measured at fair value of $1,211 and $4,210 at September 26, 2009 and December 27, 2008, respectively   11,382     19,845  
Total assets $ 617,283   $ 757,510  

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 3,397 $ 7,417
Accrued expenses 16,562 24,887
Current portion of long-term obligations 180,493 136,567
Deferred revenue 5,565 17,378
Deferred revenue – related party 8,347
Other current liabilities 910 1,890
Current liabilities of discontinued operations   20,377     24,094  
 
Total current liabilities 235,651 212,233
Deferred income tax liabilities 89,070 89,062
Long-term obligations, net of current portion 507,118 496,297
Other liabilities   20,272     16,034  
 
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ deficit:
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 25,000 shares authorized; 355 shares designated as Series A Senior Convertible Preferred Stock; no other shares issued or outstanding
Common stock, $0.001 par value; 400,000 shares authorized; 106,169 and 103,092 shares issued and outstanding at September 26, 2009 and December 27, 2008, respectively 106 103
Additional paid-in-capital 879,397 838,865
Accumulated other comprehensive income 9,515 5,255
Accumulated deficit   (1,138,645 )   (900,339 )
Stockholders’ deficit attributable to NextWave (249,627 ) (56,116 )
Noncontrolling interest in subsidiary   14,799      
Total stockholders’ deficit   (234,828 )   (56,116 )
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit $ 617,283   $ 757,510  
 
   

NEXTWAVE WIRELESS INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)

 
Three Months Ended Nine Months Ended

September 26,

2009

 

September 27,

2008

September 26,

2009

 

September 27,

2008

Revenues

$

8,113

$

16,876

$

37,063

$

47,989

License fee revenues – related party   3,842         3,842      
Total revenues   11,955     16,876     40,905     47,989  
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues 4,431 4,855 16,151 14,609
Cost of revenues – related party 111 111
Engineering, research and development 5,069 7,524 16,735 20,633
Sales and marketing 1,824 3,099 6,864 10,873
General and administrative 11,080 17,367 38,417 56,297
Asset impairment charges 13,764 2,244 30,050 2,244
Restructuring charges   1,712     3,185     3,760     3,308  
Total operating expenses 37,991 38,274 112,088 107,964
Gain on sale of wireless spectrum licenses   1,597     19,317     2,268     19,317  
 
Loss from operations   (24,439 )   (2,081 )   (68,915 )   (40,658 )
Other income (expense):
Interest income 56 233 363 2,679
Interest expense (44,664 ) (12,018 ) (120,528 ) (45,940 )
Other income (expense), net   (6,500 )   (1,575 )   (8,118 )   (3,363 )
Total other income (expense), net   (51,108 )   (13,360 )   (128,283 )   (46,624 )
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes (75,547 ) (15,441 ) (197,198 ) (87,282 )
Income tax benefit (provision)   986     (137 )   732     (594 )
Net loss from continuing operations (74,561 ) (15,578 ) (196,466 ) (87,876 )
Loss from discontinued operations, net of gains on divestiture of discontinued operations of $3,108, $0, $3,159 and $0 and income tax benefit (provision) of $182, $(804), $174 and $(1,003), respectively   (27,108 )   (217,722 )   (42,869 )   (324,898 )
Net loss (101,669 ) (233,300 ) (239,335 ) (412,774 )
Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest in subsidiary:
Continuing operations 1,029 1,029
Discontinued operations                
 
Net loss attributable to NextWave $ (100,640 ) $ (233,300 ) $ (238,306 ) $ (412,774 )
 
Amounts attributable to NextWave common shares:
Loss from continuing operations, net of tax $ (73,532 ) $ (15,578 ) $ (195,437 ) $ (87,876 )
Less: Preferred stock imputed dividends (7,397 ) (21,782 )
Accretion of issuance costs on preferred stock       (75 )       (220 )
Loss from continuing operations, including preferred stock dividends and costs (73,532 ) (23,050 ) (195,437 ) (109,878 )
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax   (27,108 )   (217,722 )   (42,869 )   (324,898 )
 
Net loss attributable to NextWave common shares $ (100,640 ) $ (240,772 ) $ (238,306 ) $ (434,776 )
 
Net loss per share attributed to NextWave common share – basic and diluted:
Continuing operations, including preferred stock dividends and costs $ (0.45 ) $ (0.23 ) $ (1.26 ) $ (1.10 )
Discontinued operations   (0.17 )   (2.11 )   (0.28 )   (3.25 )
Net loss $ (0.62 ) $ (2.34 ) $ (1.54 ) $ (4.35 )
Weighted average shares used in per share calculation 162,609 103,092 154,551 99,851
 
 

NEXTWAVE WIRELESS INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 
Nine Months Ended

September 26,

2009

 

September 27,

2008

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Net loss

$

(239,335

)

$

(412,774

)

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax   (42,869 )   (324,898 )
Loss from continuing operations (196,466 ) (87,876 )
Adjustments to reconcile loss from continuing operations to net cash used in operating activities of continuing operations:
Amortization of intangible assets 9,938 11,075
Depreciation 1,076 4,057
Non-cash share-based compensation 4,019 4,309
Non-cash interest expense 111,443 16,663
Gain on sale of spectrum licenses (2,268 ) (19,317 )
Asset impairment charges 30,050 4,966
Other non-cash adjustments 1,905 321
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable 1,785 174
Deferred contract costs, prepaid expenses and other current assets 1,019 840
Other assets 877 (1,563 )
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities (11,940 ) (5,449 )
Deferred revenue (3,746 ) (4,806 )
Other current liabilities   3,237     3,403  
Net cash used in operating activities of continuing operations   (49,071 )   (73,203 )
 
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from maturities of marketable securities 106,385
Proceeds from sales of marketable securities 115,671
Purchases of marketable securities (112,167 )
Proceeds from the sale of noncontrolling interest in PacketVideo to a related party 45,500
Proceeds from the sale of wireless spectrum licenses 26,718 35,774
Cash paid for business combinations, net of cash acquired (269 )
Payments for wireless spectrum licenses (44 )
Purchase of property and equipment (1,766 ) (2,717 )
Other, net   238     (518 )
Net cash provided by investing activities of continuing operations   70,690     142,115  
 
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Proceeds from long-term obligations, net of costs to issue 13,496 21,463
Net cash released from restricted cash account securing long-term obligations 17,763
Proceeds from investment by joint venture partner 615
Payments on long-term obligations (62,320 ) (7,338 )
Proceeds from the sale of common shares   409     1,737  
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities of continuing operations   (48,415 )   34,240  
Cash used by discontinued operations:
Net cash used in operating activities of discontinued operations (13,917 ) (129,523 )
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities of discontinued operations 2,991 (14,282 )
Net cash used in financing activities of discontinued operations   (45 )   (730 )
Net cash used by discontinued operations (10,971 ) (144,535 )
Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash   (751 )   (135 )
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents (38,518 ) (41,518 )
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period   61,517     53,050  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period 22,999 11,532
Less cash and cash equivalents of discontinued operations, end of period   (765 )   (6,136 )
Cash and cash equivalents of continuing operations, end of period $ 22,234   $ 5,396  
 
Noncash investing and financing activities:
Fair value of warrants issued in connection with Second Lien Notes $ 5,179 $
Common stock issued for business acquisitions $ $ 36,501
Wireless spectrum licenses acquired with lease obligations $ $ 8,636

NextWave Wireless Investor Relations
Fran Harding, 858-731-5642
fharding@nextwave.com