EXHIBIT
99.1
ADVANSOURCE
BIOMATERIALS ANNOUNCES THIRD QUARTER RESULTS FOR FISCAL 2010
Wilmington, MA. February 17,
2010…AdvanSource
Biomaterials Corporation (NYSE Amex: ASB), a leading developer of
advanced polymer materials for a broad range of medical devices, today announced
financial results for its fiscal 2010 third quarter ended December 31,
2009.
Total
revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2009 were $668,000 as compared
with $688,000 for the comparable prior year period, a decrease of $20,000, or
2.9%. Total revenues for the nine months ended December 31, 2009 were
$1,636,000 as compared with $2,551,000 for the comparable prior year period, a
decrease of $915,000, or 35.9%.
Product
sales of our biomaterials for the three months ended December 31, 2009 were
$455,000 as compared with $131,000 for the comparable prior year period, an
increase of $324,000, or 247.3%. Product sales of our biomaterials
for the nine months ended December 31, 2009 were $1,010,000 as compared with
$853,000 for the comparable prior year period, an increase of $157,000, or
18.4%. The increase in product sales for the three and nine month
periods ended December 31, 2009 was primarily due to an increase in the demand
for biomaterials from our existing customer base and the addition of new
customers.
License,
royalty and development fees for the three months ended December 31, 2009 were
$213,000 as compared with $557,000 for the comparable prior year period, a
decrease of $344,000 or 61.8%. License, royalty and development fees
for the nine months ended December 31, 2009 were $626,000 as compared with
$1,698,000 for the comparable prior year period, a decrease of $1,072,000 or
63.1%. The decrease in license, royalty and development fees during
the three and nine month periods ended December 31, 2009 is primarily a result
of an amendment to an agreement with a major customer from whom we derive a
majority of our license, royalty and development fee revenue. The
amendment to this agreement resulted in the reduction of royalty fees paid to us
per unit of sale of our customer’s product.
Gross
profit on total revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2009 was
$291,000, or 43.6% of total revenues, compared with $344,000, or 50.0% of total
revenues, for the comparable prior year period. Gross profit on total
revenues for the nine months ended December 31, 2009 was $629,000, or 38.5% of
total revenues, compared with $1,480,000, or 58.0% of total revenues, for the
comparable prior year period. The decrease in gross profit dollars
and gross profit as a percentage of total revenues is primarily due to the
decrease of license, royalty and development fees.
Gross
profit on product sales for the three months ended December 31, 2009 was
$78,000, or 17.1% of product sales, compared with a loss of ($213,000), or
(162.6%) of product sales, for the comparable prior year
period. Gross profit on product sales for the nine months ended
December 31, 2009 was $3,000, or less than 1.0% of product sales, compared with
a loss of $218,000, or 25.6% of product sales, for the comparable prior year
period. The improvement in gross profit dollars on product sales and
gross profit as a percentage of product revenues is attributable to improved
efficiencies in the production process and the increased absorption of fixed
overhead costs by the increased product sales.
The following information was filed by Advansource Biomaterials Corp (ASNB) on Thursday, February 18, 2010 as an 8K 2.02 statement, which is an earnings press release pertaining to results of operations and financial condition. It may be helpful to assess the quality of management by comparing the information in the press release to the information in the accompanying 10-K Annual Report statement of earnings and operation as management may choose to highlight particular information in the press release.