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| And yeah, it's really, really exciting |
| In fact, we are on track to achieve double digit revenue growth in 2024 as evidenced by our increasing global sales pipeline |
| KORE is well positioned to support retailers transitioning to 5G connectivity by providing critical 5G services and solutions complete with backup options thereby enabling retailers to innovate in areas like inventory control, daily operations and consumer engagement |
| Romil, you continue to say that creating value for shareholders is a top priority, and KORE is well positioned to achieve this goal |
| Further, we are confident that with the transitory effects of the 2G, 3G sunsets and LTE transition project at our largest customer now behind us, we will deliver on our top line growth promise |
| Despite the reduced revenue outlook, we are maintaining our 2023 adjusted EBITDA guidance of $60 million to $62 million due to improved profitability on the acquired Twilio IoT business and reduced operating expenses as we flexed to reflect current IoT solutions revenue levels both of which helped offset the reduced profitability from deferred revenue |
| On the talent retention side, in general, again, very, very pleased |
| This award is a testament to KORE's ability to bring new products to market and remain an IoT innovation leader which in turn drives top line growth |
| As we finish 2020 to 2024, we do so with lower leverage, a strong balance sheet, and greatly improved cash flow |
| Partnerships such as this position KORE with an early presence in long-term secular growth markets enhancing KORE's ability to capture market share |
| You have great products, a great company, a growing market that spells out to me that you should have pricing leverage and you should be able to increase your prices |
| Excluding the forced churn of non-KORE customers due to the 2G, 3G sunsets, IoT connectivity grew in the mid-teens organically showing clearly how IoT connectivity can be a strong top-line growth business at high gross margins |
| We continue to progress towards exceeding the $1 million closed one TCV in 2022 and delivering a fifth consecutive year of TCV growth |
| Gross margin increased 257 basis points year-over-year to 54.8%, a new quarterly record and benefited from continuing carrier cost optimization and a lower mix of IoT solutions revenue |
| Importantly, the preferred stock dividend has a PIK feature which allows for greater cash flexibility |
| These recent contract wins highlight the success of our growth strategy and demonstrate the expansion of new use cases for our products |
| We are very excited to win 100% wallet share with this customer because of its high-growth prospects |
| KORE's ability to act as a one-stop shop to provide a full suite of IoT deployment services for customers continues to be a competitive advantage |
| And I'm very confident in that |
| This payment optionality allows KORE to increase our free cash flow as we accelerate revenue and EBITDA growth over the next few years and further delever our balance sheet |
| On top of this momentum, the company has now delevered, strengthened its balance sheet and increased cash flow flexibility |
| Our third quarter results came in at $68.6 million of revenue increasing year-over-year from the third quarter of 2022 by approximately 4%, driven by strong growth in our high margin IoT connectivity business which increased 27% year-over-year and in the high single digits organically |
| Creating shareholder value remains a top priority and against the backdrop of what we have discussed today, we believe we are in a great position to deliver against this priority |
| All of this is to say that KORE is in a better position today from both a financial and growth perspective than at any time since the company came public |
| Importantly, we have also increased cash flow flexibility as the preferred stock dividend has a payment-in-kind or PIK feature allowing the company the option to defer cash dividend payments |
| KORE's ability to support this breadth of use cases globally is foundational to the unique value we bring to our customers every day |
| Our global sales pipeline has never been more robust and today our funnel represents larger opportunities at significantly higher bandwidth and hence higher ARPU |
| We think we're pretty darn well positioned, and the differentiation, to your point, is starting to become more clear |
| And what's even more exciting is the next gen of the best breed of these, right? Which, let's just say we're launching about a year from now |
| So generally speaking, very good |
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| IoT Solutions revenue declined 41% year-over-year to $13.4 million |
| IoT Connectivity gross margin of 61.7% was down approximately 300 basis points year-over-year |
| This risk has materialized as seen in our lower than anticipated third quarter IoT Solutions revenue |
| Given all of this, our full year 2023 revenue is expected to be lower than our previously guided range of $300 million to $310 million |
| Third quarter 2023 adjusted EBITDA of $14.2 million declined approximately 6% year-over-year due to increased operating expenses including SOX compliance |
| Our adjusted EBITDA margin in the current quarter was 20.6% down approximately 220 basis points compared to the same period in the prior year |
| To be clear, this is not lost revenue but is primarily a function of certain IoT solutions customers managing year-end inventory levels and delays in remote patient monitoring deployments and clinical drug trials that use IoT devices |
| IoT Solutions gross margin declined 174 basis points year-over-year to 26.9% |
| As I mentioned on the previous earnings call, we saw some requests from our largest Connected Health customers to defer orders to the third and fourth quarter which increased the risk that these orders could slip further into 2024 |
| The DBNER calculation continues to be negatively impacted by the significant revenue received in 2022 from our largest customer’s LTE transition project that began in June 2021 and ended in June 2022 |
| We have revised our 2023 revenue guidance downward to $280 million to $290 million versus our previous guidance range of $300 million to $310 million to reflect order deferrals by some of our Connected Health customers in our IoT Solutions business |
| Adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter was $14.2 million a decrease of approximately $1 million or 6% compared to the same period last year |
| It became $140 because of inflation, right, are you just passing that through or not? Because the comment -- the question really came from a place where Paul and I talked about gross margins were down, because we were merely passing that through |
| And I don't think it's any secret because we said this already on the last earnings call but the year or so that passed between when we first saw the management presentations and projections from the Twilio team, and when they started to first hear internally from their management that they were, “not strategic to the future”, has been detrimental, right? It was more than just a distraction to the team |
| We believe this near-term debt overhang has been the single overriding concern of public company investors and we are happy to remove this obstacle to shareholder value creation |
| The IoT solutions order delays we experienced in the third quarter have extended in the fourth quarter pushing additional revenue into 2024 |
| The year-over-year decline in adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin were impacted by increased costs for headcount including the additional headcount associated with Twilio IoT business |
| I remember back, I think it was in the fourth quarter of 2022, when you were talking about increased cost relative to your -- the inability to get products to customers, and other people were raising prices, but you didn't want to do that to your customers |
| This decline was expected due to the inclusion of the lower margin revenue from the Twilio IoT acquisition |
| Secondly, we will have less variable compensation due to the lower revenue number |
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