Angeion Corporation Reports Record 2006 Fiscal Year
and Final
Fourth Quarter Results
SAINT PAUL, Minn. (January 29, 2007) — Angeion Corporation (NASDAQ:
ANGN)
today reported final results for its fourth quarter and full-year ended
October 31, 2006. “Angeion Corporation made significant progress in fiscal year
2006,” Rodney A. Young,
President and Chief Executive Officer, commented. “The Company
exceeded by a wide
margin the majority of the business goals we established at the beginning
of the year,
including profitability and revenue growth.”
Growth and Progress in 2006
Notable accomplishments in 2006 included the following:
- First profitable year since 1999
- Five consecutive quarters of profitability
- Four consecutive years of double-digit revenue growth
- $2.4 million improvement in net income compared to fiscal 2005
Angeion reported revenue of $10.7 million in the fourth
quarter of 2006, up 60.9 percent
from revenue of $6.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2005. Net income
in the fourth
quarter of 2006 was $755,000 or $0.20 per diluted share, compared
with net income of
$298,000, or $0.08 per diluted share last year. Results for the fourth
quarter of 2005
included a $38,000 loss from discontinued operations.
For the full year ended October 31, 2006, total revenue increased
41.5 percent to $33.7
million from $23.8 million in fiscal 2005. Net income for fiscal 2006
was $1.4 million, or
$0.38 per diluted share, compared with a net loss of $919,000, or $0.25
per diluted
share, for fiscal 2005. Net income for fiscal 2006 included a $171,000
gain from
discontinued operations, while the net loss for fiscal 2005 included
a $229,000 loss from
discontinued operations.
“We increased our MedGraphics cardiorespiratory diagnostic products
footprint in the
hospital, clinic and physician office markets worldwide. We strategically
dedicated
marketing, sales and customer service resources to the rapidly-growing
clinical
research market, which has the potential to utilize our MedGraphics
brand products to
validate the safety and efficacy of pharmaceutical and medical device
therapies. Our
clinical research efforts resulted in significant business from pharmaceutical
partnerships that appreciably contributed to our overall revenue growth
and profitability
for 2006,” said Young.
“Additionally, in fiscal 2006, we expanded our New Leaf brand’s
presence in the health
and fitness market in the U.S. and select countries abroad. We also
extended our
reach into new markets such as university sports, schools, and firefighter
organizations.
We grew participation in New Leaf’s Active Metabolic Training™ by
over sixty percent.
In fiscal 2006, we made significant progress in advancing the core
technology of our
MedGraphics and New Leaf brand products and added new products to our
R&D
pipeline for 2007 and beyond. Lastly, this past year we successfully
settled the litigation
involving the former product liability insurer for Angeion’s
legacy implantable
cardioverter defibrillator business, ending a distraction and resource
drain that began in
2002,” continued Young.
Restated Results for First Three Quarters
On January 8, 2007, Angeion announced that it would restate
its previously reported
results for the first three quarters of fiscal 2006 to comply with
Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles, specifically AICPA SOP 90-7, relating to accounting
for income
taxes and the utilization of pre-emergence bankruptcy net operating
losses. The
Company filed these restated results with the Securities and Exchange
Commission on
January 29, 2007.
Outlook for 2007
”In 2007, we are continuing to aggressively cultivate new customers
in all our markets
with a focus on continued revenue growth and profitability. While there
may be
variations in quarter-to-quarter performance, we remain keenly focused
on the same
business fundamentals that have driven our success for the past ten
quarters. Based
on the opportunities we have identified in 2007, our business plans,
partnership
discussions and our scheduled product introductions, we have reason
to be optimistic
about another successful year,” commented Young.
“Over the past 12-24 months, we have been developing an organizational
culture that
listens to the marketplace, develops products and programs based on
market needs, is
responsive to customer requirements, and is driven each day toward
delivering
shareholder value. We truly look forward to continuing our success
in the coming year,”
concluded Young.
About Angeion Corporation
Founded in 1986, Angeion Corporation
acquired Medical Graphics Corporation in
December 1999. Medical Graphics develops, manufactures and markets
non-invasive
cardiorespiratory diagnostic systems that are sold under the MedGraphics
(www.medgraphics.com) and New Leaf (www.newleaffitness.com) brand and
trade
names. These cardiorespiratory diagnostic systems have a wide range
of applications
in healthcare as well as health and fitness. The Company’s products
are sold
internationally through distributors and in the United States through
a direct sales force
that targets heart and lung specialists located in hospitals, university-based
medical
centers, medical clinics and physicians’ offices, pharmaceutical
companies, medical
device manufacturers, clinical research organizations, health and fitness
clubs, personal
training studios, and other exercise facilities. For more information
about Angeion, visit
www.angeion.com.
The discussion above contains forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements
by their nature
involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Our results may differ
materially depending
on a variety of factors, including:
- Our ability to successfully operate our business
including our ability to develop,
improve, and update our cardiorespiratory diagnostic products,
- Our ability to effectively manufacture and
ship our products in anticipated
required quantities to meet customer demands,
- Our ability to successfully defend the Company
from product liability claims
related to our cardiorespiratory diagnostic products and claims associated
with
our prior cardiac stimulation products,
- Our ability to protect our intellectual property,
- Our ability to develop and maintain an effective
system of internal controls and
procedures and disclosure controls and procedures, and
- Our dependence on third-party vendors.
Additional information with respect to
the risks and uncertainties faced by the Company
may be found in, and any prior discussion is qualified in its entirety
by, the other risk
factors that are described from time to time in Angeion's Securities
and Exchange
Commission reports, including but not limited to the Annual Report
on Form 10-KSB for
the year ended October 31, 2006, and subsequently filed reports.
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