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§revenue of $9.3 million, a decrease of 34% due to an expected decline in Technology Solutions.
§Gross margin of 11%, a decrease due to the absence of high margin licensing revenue as well as higher unabsorbed overhead and related costs from significantly lower Telecom Backup Power shipments.
§Cash operating costs2 of $7.9 million, an increase driven by higher net research and product development costs, which more than offset minor reductions in general and administrative costs and sales and marketing costs.
§Adjusted EBITDA2 of ($5.1) million, a decline driven by lower gross margin resulting from an overall decrease in revenue, including the absence of high margin licensing revenue as a result of the termination of contracts with Azure in China in late-2014.
§Net income of $7.0 million or $0.05 per share, improvements of 283% and 269% respectively, reflecting the $14.2 million gain on the sale of certain intellectual property assets to Volkswagen Group.
§Cash used by operating activities of ($5.4) million, an improvement of 19%. This reflects cash operating loss of ($5.8) million, partially offset by an improvement in working capital of $0.4 million as a result of the timing of revenues and related customer collections.
§Cash reserves of $47.6 million at March 31. Cash reserves were fortified in the quarter by approximately $29 million as a result of the transaction with Volkswagen Group.
Power Products:
The Power Products platform - consisting of fuel cell products for the Telecom Backup Power market, the Material Handling market and Development Stage Markets - generated revenue of $4.9 million in the quarter, approximately flat year-over-year but reflecting a shift in product mix as detailed below.
Telecom Backup Power
§Revenue of $0.6 million, an expected decline resulting from fewer product shipments, largely the result of continued delays in the receipt of orders from several telecom service providers.
§Successfully met stipulations specified by the New York City Fire Department for approval of ElectraGena cents-ME methanol-fueled system for rooftop deployments.
Material Handling
§Revenue of $2.6 million, representing growth of 29%, driven by an increase in fuel cell stack shipments.
§Plug Power, Ballard's premier customer in this market, has stated an expectation for 2015 shipment growth of its GenDriveTM systems.
Development Stage Markets
§Revenue of $1.7 million, representing growth from $0.1 million in Q1 last year (adjusted for a reclassification of licensing revenue to Technology Solutions), as a result of increased power module shipments for use in buses.
§Delivered 3 next-generation FCvelocityTM-HD7 power modules to a bus partner in China, as part of a purchase order for 8 power modules under a supply agreement signed earlier in the quarter, all of which are expected to be shipped this year.
§Shipped 1 FCvelocitya cents-HD6 power module to BAE Systems for integration into a bus to be deployed in Ohio.
Technology Solutions:
The Technology Solutions platform - consisting of engineering services and intellectual property licensing - generated revenue of $4.4 million in the quarter, a year-over-year decline of 51%, since revenue in Q1 2014 had included licensing contracts in China that Ballard subsequently terminated and also reflected a cadence in engineering services contract work for Volkswagen AG that was weighted toward the early portion of last year.
§In Q1 2015 Ballard announced a landmark transaction with Volkswagen Group:
Contract value of approximately $80 million for the transfer of certain automotive-related fuel cell intellectual property and a 2-year extension to the existing engineering services contract;
As a result of the transaction, the Company booked $14.2 million as a gain on the sale of intellectual property in Q1 2015.
§Signed a contract with a global automotive OEM to advance the customer's fuel cell program through development stages.
§Signed a contract with Ardica Technologies for the next phase of work toward development of a wearable fuel cell power system for use by soldiers.
VW Deal ist teilweise eingepreist, alles andere ist Mist.
Well, gut, dass ich nicht nachgekauft habe.
Well, aber im Laufe des Jahres soll alles besser werden.