FalconStor Software Announces Third Quarter of 2022 Results

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FalconStor Software, Inc. (FALC) reported its third-quarter 2022 financial results, achieving total revenue of $3.1 million, up from $2.4 million in Q2 2022 but down from $3.3 million in Q3 2021. The company maintained GAAP net income of $0.2 million, a turnaround from a $0.9 million loss in Q2 2022. Annual recurring revenue showed a modest 4.5% year-over-year growth. Despite revenue challenges, FalconStor expanded its partnerships with IBM and managed service providers, bolstering its hybrid cloud focus.

Positive

• Quarter-over-quarter revenue increased to $3.1 million from $2.4 million in Q2 2022.
• GAAP net income turned positive at $0.2 million, improving from a $0.9 million loss in the previous quarter.
• Annual recurring revenue grew by 4.5% year-over-year.
• Expanded partnerships with IBM and secured new managed service provider partners.

Negative

• Total revenue decreased compared to $3.3 million in Q3 2021.
• Ending cash declined to $1.7 million from $3.5 million a year ago.
• Operating expenses were relatively high at $2.3 million.

Delivered Hybrid Cloud Revenue Growth and Positive Net Income

• Added new customers and expanded existing customer usage for our joint IBM/FalconStor data protection solutions, enabling hybrid cloud data migration, backup, and restoration services for IBM Power Virtual Server Cloud (“IBM Power VS Cloud”) customers
• Launched “1-Click” installation for our joint IBM/FalconStor PowerVS Cloud solutions directly from the IBM Cloud Catalog
• Added new MSP partners for the FalconStor StorSafe secure backup-as-a-service solution while existing MSP partners expanded their business to protect new customers and systems, aligning with the FalconStor hybrid cloud focus

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- FalconStor Software, Inc. (OTCQB: FALC), a trusted data protection leader modernizing disaster recovery and backup for the hybrid cloud world, today announced financial results for its third quarter 2022, which ended on September 30, 2022.

“Our focus on recurring revenue growth through hybrid cloud data protection solutions and increased profitability enabled delivery of quarter-over-quarter revenue and net income growth for the second consecutive quarter,” said Todd Brooks, FalconStor CEO. “The hybrid cloud reseller relationship we formed with IBM in the second quarter of 2022 continued to expand during the quarter with new customers taking advantage of our joint offerings and existing customers expanding their monthly usage. IBM’s hybrid cloud focus is a key element of its growth strategy, as detailed in IBM’s first, second, and third quarter 2022 earnings announcements. We are excited to help the tens of thousands of IBM customers around the globe to leverage IBM hybrid cloud solutions.

“Total revenue increased to $3.1 million in the quarter from $2.4 million in the second quarter 2022, and $2.0 million in the first quarter 2022. Our aggressive focus on advancing critical hybrid cloud relationships and our efforts to realign to a subscription- and monthly consumption-based recurring revenue model continue to challenge our year-over-year revenue growth as third quarter revenue was $3.1 million, compared to $3.3 million in the third quarter of 2021." stated Brooks. "Our continued focus on tightly managing operating expenses resulted in delivering $0.2 million in GAAP net income during the quarter, compared to a $0.9 million GAAP net loss in the second quarter 2022. We are excited by the progress we have made and are working hard to continue delivering quarter-over-quarter revenue and profitability growth.

Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results

• Annual Recurring Revenue (Trailing 12-month recurring revenue): 4.5% year-over-year growth
• Ending Cash: $1.7 million, compared to $1.8 million in the previous quarter, and $3.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2021
• Total Revenue: $3.1 million, compared to $2.4 million in the previous quarter, and $3.3 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2021
• Total Cost of Revenue: $0.4 million, compared to $0.4 million in the previous quarter, and $0.4 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2021
• Total Operating Expenses: $2.3 million, compared to $2.5 million in the previous quarter, and $2.4 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2021
• GAAP Net Income (Loss): $0.2 million, compared to $(0.9) million in the previous quarter, and $0.3 million in the third quarter of fiscal year 2021

Guidance

Given Q3 2022 results, we are maintaining our full-year 2022 guidance as follows.

	2022 Guidance
Guidance (in $ millions)	Low	High
Total Revenues	10.0	12.0
Adjusted EBITDA *	-0.5	1.2
%	-5%	10%
Net Income	-1.8	-0.5
%	-18%	-4%

*Adjusted EBITDA adds back Depreciation, Amortization, Restructuring, Severance, Board expenses, Stock Based Compensation as well as Non-Operating Expenses including Income Taxes and Interest & Other Income Expenses

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Conference Call and Webcast Information

WHO: Todd Brooks, Chief Executive Officer, FalconStor and Vincent Sita, Chief Financial Officer, FalconStor
WHEN: Wednesday, November 9, 2022, 4:00 PM Central; 5:00 PM Eastern

To register for our earnings call, please click the following link:
FALCONSTOR THIRD QUARTER 2022 FINANCIAL TELECONFERENCE AND PRESENTATION

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Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release are not prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. The Company’s management refers to these non-GAAP financial measures in making operating decisions because they provide meaningful supplemental information regarding the Company’s operating performance. In addition, these non-GAAP financial measures facilitate management’s internal comparisons to the Company’s historical operating results and comparisons to competitors’ operating results. We include these non-GAAP financial measures (which should be viewed as a supplement to, and not a substitute for, their comparable GAAP measures) in this press release because we believe they are useful to investors in allowing for greater transparency into the supplemental information used by management in its financial and operational decision-making. The non-GAAP financial measures exclude (i) depreciation, (ii) amortization, (iii) restructuring expenses, (iv) severance expenses, (v) board expenses, (vi) stock based compensation, (vii) non-operating expenses (income) including income taxes and interest & other expenses (income). For a reconciliation of our GAAP and non-GAAP financial results, please refer to our Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA presented in this release.

About FalconStor Software

FalconStor is the trusted data protection software leader modernizing disaster recovery and backup operations for the hybrid cloud world. The Company enables enterprise customers and managed service providers to secure, migrate, and protect their data while reducing data storage and long-term retention costs by up to 95%. More than 1,000 organizations and managed service providers worldwide standardize on FalconStor as the foundation for their cloud first data protection future. Our products are offered through and supported by a worldwide network of leading managed service providers, systems integrators, resellers, and original equipment manufacturers.

FalconStor and FalconStor Software are trademarks or registered trademarks of FalconStor Software, Inc., in the U.S. and other countries. All other company and product names contained herein may be trademarks of their respective holders.

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Vincent Sita

Chief Financial Officer FalconStor Software Inc.

investorrelations@falconstor.com

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FAQ

What were FalconStor's third quarter 2022 total revenues?

FalconStor reported total revenues of $3.1 million for Q3 2022.

How did FalconStor's GAAP net income change in Q3 2022?

FalconStor achieved GAAP net income of $0.2 million in Q3 2022, a significant improvement from a loss of $0.9 million in Q2 2022.

What is FalconStor's annual recurring revenue growth?

FalconStor reported a 4.5% year-over-year growth in annual recurring revenue.

How did FalconStor's revenue for Q3 2022 compare to Q3 2021?

FalconStor's revenue for Q3 2022 decreased from $3.3 million in Q3 2021.

What strategic partnerships did FalconStor expand in Q3 2022?

FalconStor expanded its partnerships with IBM and onboarded new managed service provider partners.