AMSTERDAM, Feb. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- AVG Technologies N.V. (NYSE: AVG) today reported results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.

Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2012 was $95.2 million, compared with $74.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, an increase of 28 percent.  Net income for the fourth quarter of 2012 was $4.9 million, or $0.09 per diluted share, based on 54.5 million weighted-average diluted shares outstanding.  This compares with a net loss of $0.03 per diluted ordinary share in the equivalent period last year based on 36 million diluted ordinary shares.  Net cash flow provided by operations was $41.2 million in the fourth quarter, an increase of over 100 percent compared with $20.2 million for the same period last year.

User numbers were 146 million at December 31, 2012, an increase of 38 million or 35 percent compared with the prior year.  Non-GAAP adjusted net income for the fourth quarter was $17.3 million or $0.32 per diluted share.  This compares with non-GAAP adjusted net income of $10.9 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, for the same period of the prior year.1  Unlevered free cash flow was $36.5 million for the quarter, compared with $24.4 million for the prior year.

"Our strong fourth quarter reflects the successful release of AVG's 2013 product editions in September.  The subscription software business delivered 18 percent growth in the fourth quarter and deferred revenues grew $19 million which helps to position us for predictable software growth in 2013," said JR Smith, CEO of AVG Technologies.  "Platform revenue continued to contribute meaningfully and we took significant steps on our strategy to diversify this revenue stream by signing important new search contracts with Google and Yahoo!.  We had 100 percent growth in operating cash flow in the quarter to over $40 million reflecting a 43 percent cash margin - driven by our strong operational efficiency and cost optimization, underpinned by our cost- efficient online business model."

For the fiscal year 2012 revenue was $356.0 million, compared with $272.4 million in 2011, an increase of 31 percent.  Net income for fiscal year 2012 was $45.8 million, or $0.84 per diluted share, based on 54.3 million weighted-average diluted shares outstanding, compared with net income of $100.4 million, or $1.69 per diluted ordinary share based on 39.0 million weighted-average diluted ordinary shares outstanding for fiscal year 2011.  Fiscal year 2011 included a tax benefit of $56.3 million.

Non-GAAP adjusted net income for 2012 was $76.2 million, or $1.40 per diluted share.  This compares to non-GAAP adjusted net income of $56.5 million, or $1.11 per diluted share, for the prior year.  Non-GAAP results for fiscal 2012 exclude $16.2 million in share-based compensation expense, $8.2 million in acquisition amortization, and $7.2 million in rationalization and other charges, offset by a $1.3 million adjustment to normalize to a tax rate of 14 percent.  This compared with $6.4 million in share-based compensation expense, $4.5 million in acquisition amortization, and $3.7 million in acquisition related charges, offset by a $56.5 million adjustment to normalize to a tax rate of 14 percent, in 2011.

Deferred revenue as of December 31, 2012 was $181.2 million, compared with $151.1 million one year previously.  Cash and cash equivalents totaled $51.9 million and net debt was $45.3 million as of December 31, 2012 compared with $60.7 million and $164.7 million respectively at December 31, 2011.2

AVG generated $119.3 million in cash from operating activities in fiscal year 2012, compared with $82.9 million in 2011.  Non-GAAP unlevered free cash flow was $115.8 million, or $2.13 per diluted share, for the fiscal year 2012, representing a 33 percent conversion rate and 29 percent growth over the $89.6 million reported in the previous year.

"The fourth quarter wrapped up a great year for AVG - a year of expansion, diversification and growth.  We made significant progress in mobile, privacy and the cloud, closing the year with a broader product line that positions us well as we move into 2013.  We entered into a non-exclusive search contract with Google and signed additional search contracts including a search and software distribution agreement with Yahoo!.  We diversified beyond security with more than half of our revenue coming from other areas such as search and PC optimization.  Our user base at December 31, 2012 was 146 million, representing a 35 percent year over year increase; including the expansion of our mobile footprint to 26 million users," continued Smith.  "Turning to our financial performance, we grew revenue, cash flow and the bottom line while increasing both operating and net income margins.  In summary, we closed our first year as a public company in a much stronger place than we entered it, and I would like to thank all of our employees, customers, business partners and investors who contributed to this achievement."

Financial Outlook

Based on information available as of February 21, 2013, AVG is providing the following financial outlook for fiscal year 2013:

• Revenue is expected to be in the range of $408 million to $420 million.
• Net income is expected to be in the range of $70 million to $75 million; diluted EPS is expected to be in the range of $1.24 to $1.33.
• Non-GAAP adjusted net income is expected to be in the range of $95 million to $105 million; non-GAAP diluted EPS is expected to be in the range of $1.68 to $1.88.
• Operating cash flow is expected to be in the range of $140 million to $150 million; non-GAAP unlevered free cash flow is expected to be in the range of $130 million to $140 million representing $2.30 to $2.50 of free cash flow per diluted share.

Similarly, AVG is providing the following financial outlook for the first quarter of 2013:

• Revenue is expected to be in the range of $95 million to $98 million.
• Net income is expected to be in the range of $11 million to $14 million; diluted EPS is expected to be in the range of $0.20 to $0.25.
• Non-GAAP adjusted net income is expected to be in the range of $20 million to $22 million; non-GAAP diluted EPS is expected to be in the range of $0.35 to $0.40.

AVG's expectation of non-GAAP adjusted net income for the first quarter of 2013 and fiscal year 2013 excludes share-based compensation expense and acquisition amortization and assumes a tax rate of 14 percent.  For the purpose of calculating diluted EPS and non-GAAP diluted EPS, the company assumes approximately 56.3 million weighted-average shares outstanding. 

Conference Call Information

AVG will hold its quarterly conference call today at 23:00 CET/5:00 p.m. ET/2:00 p.m. PT to discuss its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2012 financial results, business highlights and outlook.  The conference call may be accessed via webcast at http://investors.avg.com or by calling 1 (877) 941-8416 (United States and Canada) or +1 (480) 629-9808 (International).

A replay of the webcast can be accessed via http://investors.avg.com.  Additionally, an audio replay of the conference call will be available through February 28, 2013 by calling 1 (800) 406-7325 (United States and Canada) or +1 (303) 590-3030 (International), (conference passcode required: 4592425#).

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

This press release contains supplemental non-GAAP financial measures including the following: non-GAAP adjusted net income, non-GAAP adjusted net income per diluted share and non-GAAP unlevered free cash flow.  The presentation of this supplemental non-GAAP financial information, which is not prepared under any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles, is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.  In particular, adjusted net income, adjusted net income per diluted share and unlevered free cash flow should not be considered as measurements of the company's financial performance or liquidity under U.S. GAAP, as alternatives to income, operating income, cash flow from operations or any other performance measures derived in accordance with U.S. GAAP or as alternatives to cash flow from operating activities as a measure of the company's liquidity.  Adjusted net income, adjusted net income per diluted share and unlevered free cash flow have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation from, or as substitutes for, analysis of AVG's results of operations, including its cash flows, as reported under U.S. GAAP.  Some of the limitations of adjusted net income, adjusted net income per diluted share and unlevered free cash flow as financial measures are:

• they do not reflect the company's future requirements for capital expenditure or contractual commitments, nor, in the case of the income measures, do they reflect the actual cash contributions received from customers;
• except in the case of free cash flow, they do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, the company's working capital needs;
• they do not reflect the interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on the company's debt;
• although amortization and share-based compensation are non-cash charges, the assets being amortized will often have to be replaced in the future and such measures do not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements; and
• other companies in AVG's industry may calculate these measures differently than AVG does, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures.

Because of these limitations, investors should rely on AVG's consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and treat the company's non-GAAP financial measures as supplemental information only. 

AVG is providing these non-GAAP financial measures because it believes that such measures provide important supplemental information to management and investors about the company's core operating results, primarily because the non-GAAP financial measures exclude certain expenses and other amounts that management does not consider to be indicative of the company's core operating results or business outlook.  AVG management uses these non-GAAP financial measures, in addition to the corresponding U.S. GAAP financial measures, in evaluating the company's operating performance, in planning and forecasting future periods, in making decisions regarding business operations and allocation of resources, and in comparing the company's performance against its historical performance.

For a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, please see "Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP to non-GAAP Financial Measures."  All non-GAAP financial measures should be read in conjunction with the comparable information presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. 

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including those relating to an expected range of revenue, net income, EPS, operating cash flow,  non-GAAP adjusted net income, non-GAAP EPS and non-GAAP unlevered free cash flow for the three-month period ending December 31, 2012 and/or the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012.  Words such as "expects," "expectation," "intends," "assumes," "believes" and "estimates," variations of such words and similar expressions are also intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated herein. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include but are not limited to: changes in the company's growth strategies; changes in the company's future prospects, business development, results of operations and financial condition; changes to the online and computer threat environment and the endpoint security industry; competition from local and international companies, new entrants in the market and changes to the competitive landscape; the adoption of new, or changes to existing, laws and regulations; flaws in the assumptions underlying the calculation of the number of the company's active users; potential effects of changes in the applicable search guidelines of our search partners; the termination of or changes to the company's relationships with its partners, including Google, and other third parties; changes in the company's and its partners' responses to privacy concerns; the ability for the company to successfully diversify its portfolio of search partners; the company's plans to launch new products and online services and monetize its full user base; the company's ability to attract and retain active and subscription users; the company's ability to retain key personnel and attract new talent; the company's ability to adequately protect its intellectual property; flaws in the company's internal controls or IT systems; the company's geographic expansion plans; the anticipated costs and benefits of the company's acquisitions; the outcome of ongoing or any future litigation or arbitration, including litigation or arbitration relating to intellectual property rights; the company's legal and regulatory compliance efforts; and worldwide economic conditions and their impact on demand for the company's products and services.  Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

Further information on these factors and other risks that may affect the company's business is included in filings AVG makes with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from time to time, including its Annual Report on Form 20-F, particularly under the heading "Risk Factors".

The financial information contained in this press release should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto to be included in the company's reports on Form 6-K and Form 20-F.  The company's results of operations for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of the company's operating results for any future periods.

These documents are available online from the SEC or in the Investor Relations section of our website at http://investors.avg.com.  Information on our website is not part of this release.  All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information currently available to us, and we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements in light of new information or future events.

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About AVG

AVG's mission is to simplify, optimize and secure the Internet experience, providing peace of mind to a connected world.  AVG's powerful yet easy-to-use software and online services put users in control of their Internet experience.  By choosing AVG's software and services, users become part of a trusted global community that benefits from inherent network effects, mutual protection and support.  AVG has grown its user base to 146 million active users as of December 31, 2012 and offers a product portfolio that targets the consumer and small business markets and includes Internet security, PC performance optimization, online backup, mobile security, identity protection and family safety software.

¹ Non-GAAP adjusted net income per non-GAAP diluted share is calculated based on adjusted net income including earnings attributable to preferred shares in 2011.  Non GAAP results for the fourth quarter of 2012 exclude $5.4 million in share based compensation expense, $2.3 million in acquisition amortization, $5.1 million in charges associated with the rationalization of the company's global operations and $2.1 million in other charges described in the Notes to Non-GAAP Adjustments following the Reconciliation of GAAP measures to Non-GAAP measures, offset by a $2.5 million adjustment to normalize to a tax rate of 14 percent.  For further details, see the reconciliation note at the end of this press release.

² Net debt represents current and non-current debt less cash and cash equivalents.

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