Vringo Announces Third Quarter Results and Recent Highlights
Investor Conference Call Scheduled for
"I am very pleased with the accomplishments of the third quarter and
what we have achieved so far in fourth quarter. In the less than five
month period since we closed our merger with Innovate/Protect, we have
strengthened
Third Quarter Highlights and Subsequent Events
- Completed merger with Innovate/Protect.
- Acquired over five hundred patents and patent applications relating to telecom infrastructure.
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Acquired a portfolio of intellectual property from quantumStream
Systems Inc. andSprout IP LLC relating to the placement of advertisements on web pages via a bidding process. -
Filed nine provisional patent applications created by
Ken Lang , President and Chief Technology Officer ofVringo , covering a wide range of technologies. - Continued to build on our existing patents by filing twelve continuations and a continuation-in-part application in our telecom infrastructure portfolio.
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Filed a patent infringement lawsuit in the
United Kingdom against a subsidiary ofZTE Corporation on three patents declared essential toEuropean Telecommunications and Standards Institute (ETSI). The complaint accuses certainZTE network products and ZTE GSM/UMTS multi-mode wireless handsets of infringing our patents. -
Concluded a three-week jury trial in litigation against
Google ,AOL and others inU.S. District Court, Eastern District ofVirginia , Norfolk Division, where the jury found that the asserted claims of the patents-in-suit were both valid and infringed, and that reasonable royalty damages should be based on a running royalty. -
Signed final agreement with Neomobile, a major mobile entertainment
service provider in
Italy , for a launch of a jointly developed Android subscription product before the end of 2012. - Released updated versions of the Facetones product to add support for all Android devices running on OS 4.0, known also as "Ice Cream Sandwich".
- Raised significant additional capital and repaid remaining non-operating debt, thereby strengthening the company's balance sheet.
Operating Results
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As of the close of business on
November 14, 2012 , we had over$60 million of cash on hand. We expect these funds will be sufficient to support our current operations and allow timely execution of our current business plans. -
Net loss for the third quarter was
$3.1 million , mainly attributable to a non-operating income of$7.2 million , recorded in connection with the decrease in fair value of warrants, which are classified as a derivative liability, as well as by the impact of non-cash share based compensation expense of$5.4 million . -
In the third quarter of 2012, following the consummation of the
merger, we recorded total revenues of
$266 thousand . The recognized revenue consisted of:Vringo mobile-based product revenue of$76 thousand from the date of the merger, throughSeptember 30, 2012 , and revenue from a development project of$90 thousand and proceeds from partial settlement of a litigation, in the total amount of$100 thousand . -
On a per share basis, our net loss fell by 83% to a net loss of
$0.06 per basic share, compared to a loss of$0.36 per basic share, presented byVringo in the second quarter. The decrease in basic loss per share was mostly due to an increase in the number of shares, and a decrease in the fair value of warrants classified as a long-term derivative liability, partly offset by increased costs reflecting the post-merger operations of the combined company.
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and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially
from the forward-looking statements contained herein. Factors that could
cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited
to: the inability to realize the potential value created by the merger
with Innovate/Protect for our stockholders; our inability to raise
additional capital to fund our combined operations and business plan;
our inability to monetize and recoup our investment with respect to
patent assets that we acquire; our inability to maintain the listing of
our securities on the NYSE MKT; the potential lack of market acceptance
of our products; our inability to protect our intellectual property
rights; potential competition from other providers and products; our
inability to license and monetize the patents owned by Innovate/Protect,
including the outcome of the litigation against online search firms and
other companies; our inability to monetize and recoup our investment
with respect to patent assets that we acquire; and other risks and
uncertainties and other factors discussed from time to time in our
filings with the
Source:
Investors:
Vringo, Inc.
Cliff
Weinstein, 646-532-6777
Executive Vice President
cliff@vringo.com
or
Media:
The
Hodges Partnership
Caroline L. Platt, 804-788-1414
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804-317-9061
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