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Financial Performance & Scoring -- © 2006 Gaskins IPO Desktop/IPOdesktop |
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Pre-IPO analysis, grading & scoring -- updated Oct 28 |
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. Business Model Rating Criteria |
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A = high growth market, potential leader; B = more competitive market; C='public venture capital' |
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. Calculations |
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. IPO Price to annualized Sales Ratio -- (Price / Sales) |
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IPO market capitalization… |
Annualized Sales (last six month's revenues times 2) |
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(post-IPO # of shares times mid-point of IPO price range) |
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. IPO Price to annualized Earnings (loss) -- (Price / Earnings) |
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IPO market cap |
Annualized Earnings (loss) from the last quarter |
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Summary ratios for the week of Oct 30 (IPOs not previously analyzed, scored & graded) |
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(P/E ratios based on annualizing recent results, see notes) |
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VALUATION RATIOS |
IPO Mrkt |
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Price / |
% offered |
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Cap (mm) |
Sales |
Earnings |
BookValue |
TangibleBV |
in IPO |
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Globalstar (GSAT) |
$1,180 |
8.5 |
328 |
3.0 |
5.6 |
9% |
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voice/ data communications services: C, 7 |
Post-IPO shrs:69.4mm |
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Innophos Hldngs (IPHS) |
$284 |
0.5 |
46 |
3.7 |
-9.6 |
46% |
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specialty phosphate salts and acids: C, 7 |
Post-IPO shrs:19mm |
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ORBCOMM (ORBC) |
$472 |
18.7 |
-44 |
2.9 |
3.1 |
31% |
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low-Earth orbit satellites for wireless: C, 6 |
Post-IPO shrs:36.3mm |
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RRSat Netwrk (RRST) |
$200 |
5.1 |
28 |
3.9 |
3.9 |
23% |
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distribution services for tv/radio: C+, 7 |
Post-IPO shrs:16.7mm |
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Globalstar |
GSAT, C, 7 |
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voice/ data communications services |
Post-IPO shrs:69.4mm |
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Milpitas, CA |
2004 |
2005 |
June 05* |
June 06* |
IPO Mkt |
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Rev ($mm) |
$84 |
$127 |
$50 |
$69 |
Cap (mm) |
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Direct cost of services ($mm) |
$25 |
$25 |
$14 |
$14 |
$1,180 |
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Direct cost of services % of rev |
29.9% |
20.0% |
27.4% |
20.2% |
@$17 |
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Operating income ($mm) |
-$3.5 |
$21.9 |
$6.4 |
$5.7 |
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Operating income % |
-4.1% |
17.2% |
12.7% |
8.3% |
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Fully-taxed C-conversion proforma |
$14.3 |
$2.0 |
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June 30 six months estimate, down 10% because operating earnings down 10% |
$1.8 |
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*for the six months ended June 30 |
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Operating data -- averages |
2004 |
2005 |
June 05* |
June 06* |
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Monthly revenue |
$67.93 |
$68.10 |
$66.88 |
$57.52 |
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Cost per gross addition |
$230.00 |
$248.00 |
$334.00 |
$248.00 |
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Churn rate |
1.51 |
1.27 |
1.08 |
1.09 |
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Number of subsribers (mm) |
141 |
196 |
158 |
236 |
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*for the six months ended June 30 |
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Observations -- for the six months ended June 30, 2006 vs 2005 six months |
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. Revenue up 38% |
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. Subscribers have increased 50%, but operating income is down 10% |
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. $ direct cost of services stable |
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. Operating income down 10% |
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. Most likley reflects a more price competitve environment |
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VALUATION RATIOS |
IPO Mrkt |
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Price / |
Price / |
Price / |
% offered |
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Cap (mm) |
Sales |
Earnings |
BookValue |
TangibleBV |
in IPO |
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Globalstar (GSAT) |
$1,180 |
8.5 |
328 |
3.0 |
5.6 |
9% |
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SCORECARD |
Mgt |
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Market Do- |
Proprie- |
Total |
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1-5, 5 is high |
Growth |
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20 is perfect |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
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Notes to income statement |
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Average revenue per user |
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. Average retail revenue per user during the six months ended June 30, 2006 decreased by 14.0% to $57.52 |
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from $66.88 for the six months ended June 30, 2005. This decline resulted from the rapid acceptance of |
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GSAT’s Liberty Plans, introduced broadly in April 2005 and which require subscribers to pre-pay for a |
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year of service. |
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. Liberty Plans reduce current period revenue because revenue is not recognized until minutes are used or |
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expire. Unused minutes are recognized as revenue at the expiration of a Plan. Subscribers generally do not |
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use all of the minutes for which they have prepaid. |
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. Accordingly, GSAT expects an increase in average retail revenue per user in later periods as the minutes |
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related to Liberty Plans sold in prior periods are used or expire |
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Gross margins |
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. Added substantially more new subscribers during the six months ended June 30, 2006 than during the first |
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six months of 2005, |
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. Which had the short-term effect of lowering current period margins |
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. Because all subscriber acquisition costs are expensed in the current period. |
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One time tax benefit not recurring |
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and is eliminated from the above results, |
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specifically for the six months ended June 30, 2006 |
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Company history |
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. On February 15, 2002, Old Globalstar and three of its subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions under |
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Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. |
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. New GSAT was formed in Delaware in November 2003 for the purpose of acquiring |
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substantially all the assets of Old Globalstar and its subsidiaries. |
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. With Bankruptcy Court approval, GSAT acquired Old Globalstar's assets and assumed certain of |
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its liabilities in a two-step transaction, with the first step completed on December 5, 2003, and the |
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second step on April 14, 2004. |
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. Management determined that operational control of its business passed to them with the |
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completion of the first step of the acquisition on December 5, 2003. |
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Thermo Funding |
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In 2004, Thermo Capital Partners L.L.P., which owns and operates companies in diverse business sectors, |
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became the principal owner, and GSAT completed the acquisition of the business and assets of Old |
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Globalstar. |
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Funding agreement |
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. GSAT entered into an irrevocable standby stock purchase agreement with Thermo Funding Company |
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pursuant to which it agreed to purchase under certain circumstances up to $200.0 million of Series A |
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common stock at a price of $16.17 without regard to any future increase in the trading price of GSAT’s |
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common stock. |
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Business |
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. Leading provider of mobile voice and data communications services via satellite, with an |
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estimated 10.2% share of global subscribers in the mobile satellite services industry in 2005. |
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. By providing wireless services where terrestrial wireless and wireline networks do not, GSAT |
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seeks to address customers' increasing desire for connectivity and reliable service at all times and |
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locations. |
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Target markets & growth trends |
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> Target markets include government, public safety and disaster relief; recreation and personal; |
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maritime and fishing; business, financial and insurance; natural resources, mining and forestry; oil |
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and gas; construction; utilities; and transportation. |
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> Both the industry and GSAT’s own subscriber base have been growing rapidly as a result of: |
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• favorable market reaction to new pricing plans with lower service charges; |
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• awareness of the need for remote and reliable communication services; |
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• increased demand for reliable communication services by disaster and relief agencies and |
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emergency first responders; |
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• improved voice and data transmission quality; and |
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• a general reduction in prices of user equipment. |
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In addition, GSAT’s industry as a whole has benefited from the improved financial condition of |
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most industry participants following their financial reorganizations or conversions to private |
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ownership. |
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Services |
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• two-way voice communication between mobile or fixed handsets or user terminals sold by us |
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and other mobile and fixed devices; |
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• two-way data transmissions (which we call duplex) between mobile and fixed data modems; |
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• one-way data transmissions (which we call Simplex) between a mobile device that transmits its |
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location or other telemetry information and a central monitoring station. |
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Risk -- competition and pricing pressures |
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. GSAT faces increased competition from both the expansion of terrestrial-based cellular phone |
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systems and from other mobile satellite service providers. |
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. For example, Inmarsat plans to commence offering satellite services to handheld devices in the |
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United States around 2008, and several competitors, such as ICO Communications, have received |
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financing to deploy new satellite constellations. |
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. Increased numbers of competitors, and the introduction of new services and products by |
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competitors, increases competition for subscribers and pressures all providers, including GSAT, to |
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reduce prices. |
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. Accordingly, increased competition may result in loss of subscribers, decreased revenue, |
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decreased gross margins, increased cost per gross addition, higher churn rates, and, ultimately, |
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decreased profitability and cash flows. |
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Licenses |
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. GSAT holds licenses to operate a wireless communications network via satellite over 27.85 |
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MHz, comprised of two blocks of contiguous global radio frequencies |
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. GSAT is also licensed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission, or the FCC, to provide |
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an ancillary terrestrial component, known as ATC services, in combination with GSAT’s existing |
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communication services. |
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Satellites & ground stations |
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. Using 43 in-orbit satellites and 25 ground stations, which GSAT refers to as gateways, voice and |
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data communications services are offered in over 120 countries. Sixteen of these gateways are |
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operated by unaffiliated companies, which purchase communications services from GSAT on a |
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wholesale basis for resale to their customers. |
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Special GSAT equipment required |
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GSAT services are available only with equipment designed to work on GSAT’s network and |
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includes |
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• mobile telephones; |
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• fixed telephones; |
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• telephone accessories, such as car kits and chargers; and |
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• data modems. |
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Subscribers |
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. At June 30, 2006, GSAT served 236,500 subscribers. |
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. Added 54,000 and 41,000 net subscribers in the year ended December 31, 2005 and in the six |
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months ended June 30, 2006, respectively |
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Service history & growth plan |
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. GSAT’s satellite constellation was launched in the late 1990s |
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. GSAT intends to launch eight spare satellites in 2007 to supplement those currently in orbit. |
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. GSAT believes that, as supplemented, its constellation will continue to provide commercially |
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acceptable service at least into 2010. |
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. GSAT is currently in the process of designing and procuring its second-generation satellite |
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constellation, which it expects to deploy beginning in 2009 to extend the life of its network until |
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approximately 2025. |
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Employees |
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As of June 30, 2006, had 316 full-time employees and six part-time employees, none of whom is |
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subject to any collective bargaining agreement. |
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Use of $100mm in IPO proceeds |
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. To fund in part the procurement and launch of GSAT’s second-generation satellite constellation |
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and related upgrades to gateways and other ground facilities. |
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. GSAT estimates that the cost to procure and launch these satellites and upgrade these facilities |
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will be $1.0 billion to $1.2 billion between now and 2014. |
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. GSAT intends to fund the balance of those costs principally from $100 million of proceeds from |
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the delayed draw term loans under the credit agreement, the remaining proceeds of sales of |
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GSAT’s common stock under Thermo Funding Company's $200mm irrevocable standby stock |
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purchase agreement and $600 million to $800 million in cash generated by GSAT’s business. |
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Innophos Holdings |
IPHS, C, 7 |
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specialty phosphate salts and acids |
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Cranbury, NJ |
2005 |
June 05* |
June 06* |
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Rev ($mm) |
$535 |
$272 |
$270 |
Cap (mm) |
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Gross Profit % |
17.2% |
17.8% |
16.7% |
$284 |
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Operating income ($mm) |
$41.3 |
$19.5 |
$23.3 |
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Operating income % |
7.7% |
7.2% |
8.6% |
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Interest ($mm) |
$46.6 |
$21.6 |
$26.3 |
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Interest % |
8.7% |
7.9% |
9.7% |
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Notice interest is greater than operating income |
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Profit (loss) ($mm) |
-$16.7 |
-$4.7 |
-$3.1 |
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Profit (loss) % |
-3.1% |
-1.7% |
-1.1% |
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Adjusted EBITDA ($mm) |
$88.0 |
$43.0 |
$46.0 |
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Adjusted EBITDA % |
16.4% |
15.8% |
17.0% |
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Proforma |
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Profit (loss) ($mm) |
-$2.4 |
$0.9 |
$3.1 |
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Profit (loss) % |
-0.4% |
0.3% |
1.1% |
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*for the six months ended June 30 |
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In financial statement footnote (9) the ‘pro forma’ income calculation does not reflect the |
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$115.6mm dividend paid to shareholders in February 2005. We believe the proforma calculations |
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should reflect the dividend payment |
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"(9) Adjusted to give effect to this offering and application of the proceeds and cash used to pay |
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down indebtedness as described in "Use of Proceeds" as if they had occurred at the beginning of |
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the period. This does not reflect the reverse stock split contemplated by the Company. Nor does |
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this reflect the $115.6 million dividend that was paid to our shareholders in February 2005. " |
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Source: bottom of page 12 in the S-1/A filed October 20, 2006 |
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VALUATION RATIOS |
IPO Mrkt |
Price / |
Price / |
Price / |
Price / |
% offered |
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Cap (mm) |
Sales |
Earnings |
BookValue |
TangibleBV |
in IPO |
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Innophos Holdings IPHS |
$284 |
0.5 |
46 |
3.7 |
-9.6 |
46% |
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SCORECARD |
Mgt |
Market |
Market Do- |
Proprie- |
Total |
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1-5, 5 is high |
Growth |
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20 is perfect |
2 |
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3 |
1 |
7 |
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Dividend policy |
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. Annual rate of $0.675 per share. |
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. 4.5% at $15, price range midpoint |
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. $12.8mm per year, from EBITDA rather than earnings |
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Business |
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. Largest North American (United States, Canada and Mexico) producer of specialty phosphates, |
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based on 2005 sales. Most specialty phosphates are highly customized, application-specific |
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compounds that are engineered to meet customer performance requirements. |
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. Specialty phosphates are critical to the taste, texture and performance of foods, beverages, |
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pharmaceuticals, oral care products and other applications. |
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. For example, specialty phosphates act as flavor enhancers in beverages, electrolytes in sports |
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drinks, texture additives in cheeses, leavening agents in baked goods, calcium and phosphorus |
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sources for nutritional supplements, pharmaceutical excipients and cleaning agents in toothpaste. |
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Industry |
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. According to estimates by British Sulphur Consultants, the North American specialty phosphates |
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market generated $1.4 billion in total sales in 2005. |
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. This specialty niche historically represents approximately 20% of the overall phosphate market, |
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the rest of which is comprised of more commodity-like items such as fertilizers. |
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. Overall, specialty phosphate demand has grown 2% per annum over the last five years, on a |
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volume basis. |
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Improved Industry Trends |
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Note: based on improved industry trends IPHS should have had better financial results |
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. Over the past decade, fundamentals in the North American specialty phosphates market have |
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improved due to producer consolidation and elimination of uneconomic capacity. |
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. Industry utilization rates have increased from below 75% in 2001 to approximately 90% in 2005, |
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across all major product categories. |
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. Recently, imports of specialty phosphates, which historically represent a small portion of the |
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North American market, have been further disadvantaged by increasing costs of transportation and |
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logistics and the depreciation of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies. |
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. In some market segments, IPHS has been subject to increased competition from low cost |
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producers and import competition. |
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Strengths |
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. Leading Market Positions in Specialty Products. |
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. IPHS believes it is the overall lowest-cost producer of specialty phosphate salts and acids in |
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North America as a result of large scale and proprietary manufacturing technology. |
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. In addition, manufacturing and distribution facilities are strategically located close to customers |
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to minimize transportation costs, and the largest manufacturing facility is located in Mexico, a |
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low-cost region within North America. |
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Anticipated cost savings |
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. To realized anticipated annual cost savings of approximately $12.0 to $15.0 million within the |
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next two to three years including the cogeneration project at the Coatzacoalcos plant, expected to |
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significantly reduce our energy costs |
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. IPHS believes that capital and other expenditures of $21.0 to $25.0 million over the next two-to |
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three years will be required to realize these cost savings. |
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Acquisition History |
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. On June 10, 2004, entered into the Rhodia Agreement. Pursuant to the Rhodia Agreement, IPHS |
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agreed to acquire the outstanding capital stock of certain Mexican subsidiaries and acquire certain |
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assets relating to the specialty phosphate operations of Rhodia Inc., Rhodia Canada Inc., and |
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Rhodia de Mexico S.A. de C.V., collectively referred to as the Phosphates Business, for a closing |
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purchase price of $473.4 million, subject to subsequent post-closing working capital adjustments |
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as defined in the Rhodia Agreement. |
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. The combined stock and asset purchase, which was consummated on August 13, 2004 |
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Competition |
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Specialty phosphates customers incur high costs to switch suppliers which creates significant |
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barriers to entry for new suppliers |
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However |
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. In the past IPHS has experienced pricing pressure from customers in the markets. IPHS took |
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steps to reduce costs and resist possible price reductions; however, price reductions have in the |
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past impacted sales and profit margins. |
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. If IPHS is able to offset future price pressure through improved operating efficiencies and |
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reduced expenditures, price reductions may have a material adverse effect on results of operations. |
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. The startup of a fourth production train of purified phosphoric acid by PCS in 2006, and ICL’s |
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ammonium phosphates plant in Israel, may adversely affect IPHS’s ability to raise prices beyond |
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cost increases. |
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Use of $90mm in IPO proceeds from sale of 6.7mm shares of stock |
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(shareholders intend to offer 2mm shares) |
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Intends to use offering proceeds together with $44.2 million of cash on hand to |
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(i) pay down $30.0 million of indebtedness under the senior credit facility |
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(ii) redeem $83.2 million in Senior Notes and pay $4.7 million in prepayment penalties |
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(iii) pay transaction-related expenses of $16.3 million, which includes a management services |
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agreement termination fee of $13.0 million paid to Bain Capital and a management bonus of $3.3 |
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million |
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ORBCOMM (ORBC) |
ORBC, C, 6 |
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low-Earth orbit satellites for wireless |
Post-IPO shrs:36.3mm |
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Fort Lee, NY |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
June 06* |
IPO Mkt |
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Rev ($mm) |
$7 |
$11 |
$16 |
$13 |
Cap (mm) |
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Cost of services & products |
111.3% |
100.0% |
81.3% |
91.3% |
$472 |
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Profit (loss) ($mm) |
-$13.3 |
-$12.4 |
-$9.1 |
-$5.4 |
@$13 |
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Profit (loss) % |
-187.3% |
-113.8% |
-58.7% |
-42.9% |
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VALUATION RATIOS |
IPO Mrkt |
Price / |
Price / |
Price / |
Price / |
% offered |
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Cap (mm) |
Sales |
Earnings |
BookValue |
TangibleBV |
in IPO |
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ORBCOMM (ORBC) |
$472 |
18.7 |
-44 |
2.9 |
3.1 |
31% |
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SCORECARD |
Mgt |
Market |
Market Do- |
Proprie- |
Total |
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1-5, 5 is high |
Growth |
mination |
tary |
rating |
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20 is perfect |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
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Summary -- significant top line revenue growth, cost of services & products currently too high |
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Business |
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. Operates the only global commercial wireless messaging system optimized for narrowband |
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communications. |
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. System consists of a global network of 30 low-Earth orbit, or LEO, satellites and accompanying |
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ground infrastructure. |
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. Two-way communications system enables customers and end-users, which include large and |
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established multinational businesses and government agencies, to track, monitor, control and |
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communicate cost-effectively with fixed and mobile assets located anywhere in the world. |
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. Products and services enable customers and end-users to enhance productivity, reduce costs and |
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improve security through a variety of commercial, government and emerging homeland security |
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applications. |
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Organization |
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. ORBCOMM LLC was organized as a Delaware limited liability company on April 4, 2001 and |
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on April 23, 2001, it acquired substantially all of the non-cash assets and assumed certain |
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liabilities of ORBCOMM Global L.P. and its subsidiaries, which had filed for relief under |
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Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. |
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. The assets acquired from ORBCOMM Global L.P. and its subsidiaries consisted principally of |
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the in-orbit satellites and supporting U.S. ground infrastructure equipment that ORBC owns today. |
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. At the same time, ORBCOMM LLC also acquired the FCC licenses required to own and operate |
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the communications system from a subsidiary of Orbital Sciences Corporation, which was not in |
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bankruptcy, in a related transaction. |
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. Prior to April 23, 2001, ORBCOMM LLC did not have any operating activities. |
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. ORBC was formed as a Delaware corporation in October 2003 and on February 17, 2004, the |
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members of ORBCOMM LLC contributed all of their outstanding membership interests in |
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ORBCOMM LLC to ORBC in exchange for shares of common stock, representing ownership |
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interests in ORBC equal in proportion to their prior ownership interest in ORBCOMM LLC. |
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. As a result of, and immediately following the contribution, ORBCOMM LLC became a wholly |
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owned subsidiary of ORBCs. |
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. ORBC has continued the historical business, operations and management of ORBCOMM LLC |
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. Prior to February 17, 2004, ORBCOMM Inc. did not have any operating activities. |
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Customers |
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. Include value-added resellers, or VARs, original equipment manufacturers, or OEMs, such as |
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Caterpillar Inc., Komatsu Ltd., Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. and the Volvo Group, |
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service providers, such as the Equipment Services business of General Electric Company, and |
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government agencies, such as the U.S. Coast Guard. |
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. Through our M2M data communications system, our customers and end-users can send and |
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receive information to and from any place in the world using low cost subscriber communicators |
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and paying airtime costs that we believe are the lowest in the industry for global connectivity. |
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Service limitations |
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ORBC’s system is optimized for small packet, or narrowband, data transmissions, is subject to |
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certain delays in the relay of messages, referred to as latencies, and may be subject to certain line |
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of-sight limitations. |
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Satellites need to be replaced |
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The majority of ORBC’s current fleet of satellites was put in service in the late 1990s and has an |
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estimated operating life of approximately nine to twelve years. ORBC plans to launch additional |
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satellites to supplement and ultimately replace the current fleet in order to continue to provide |
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ORBC’s communications services in the future. |
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. For 2006 to 2011, ORBC anticipates spending $200 million on its capital plan, which |
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contemplates the launch of at least 25 additional satellites at a cost of $170 million, including the |
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Coast Guard demonstration satellite, and the remaining $30 million for non-satellite capital |
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expenditures which are primarily for additional gateway earth station deployments and additional |
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network support equipment. |
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Employees |
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Expects to increase headcount from 98 employees as of September 30, 2006 to 145 employees by |
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2010 |
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Competition |
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. Currently, ORBC believes it is the only commercial provider of below 1 GHz band, or little |
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LEO, two-way data satellite services optimized for narrowband. |
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. Competing service providers can be divided into three main categories: terrestrial tower-based, |
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low-Earth orbit mobile satellite and geostationary satellite service providers. |
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Terrestrial tower-based networks |
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. While terrestrial tower-based networks are capable of providing services at costs comparable to |
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ORBC, they lack seamless global coverage. Terrestrial coverage is dependent on the location of |
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tower transmitters, |
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. Which are generally located in densely populated areas or heavily traveled routes. Several data |
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and messaging markets, such as long-haul trucking, railroads, oil and gas, agriculture, utility |
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distribution and heavy construction, have significant activity in sparsely populated areas with |
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limited or no terrestrial coverage |
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Low-Earth orbit mobile satellite service providers |
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. Low-Earth orbit mobile satellite service providers operating above the 1 GHz band, or big LEO |
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systems, can provide data connectivity with global coverage that can compete with ORBC’s |
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communications services; however, to date, the focus of big LEO satellite service providers has |
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been primarily on circuit-switched communications tailored for voice traffic, which, by its nature, |
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is less efficient for the transfer of short data messages because they require a dedicated circuit that |
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is time and bandwidth intensive when compared to the amount of information transmitted. . |
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Additionally, a circuit-switched network does not support multicast or broadcast messaging for the |
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transmission of the same data to multiple users. |
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. These systems are still in the early stages with respect to the development of data terminals and |
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integration of applications and they entail significantly higher costs for the satellite fleet operator |
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and the end-users. Our principal big LEO mobile satellite service competitors are Globalstar LLC |
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and Iridium Holdings LLC. |
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Geostationary satellite service providers |
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. Geostationary satellite system operators can offer services that compete with ORBC. Certain |
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pan-regional or global systems (operating in the L or S bands), such as Inmarsat plc, are designed |
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and licensed for mobile high-speed data and voice services. |
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. However, the equipment cost and service fees for narrowband, or small packet, data |
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communications with these systems is significantly more expensive than for ORBC’s system |
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. Some companies, such as the OmniTracs subsidiary of QUALCOMM Incorporated, which uses |
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SES Global S.A.’s satellites (operating in C and Ku bands) have developed technologies to use |
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their bandwidth for mobile applications. |
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. ORBC believes that the equipment cost and service fees for narrowband data communications |
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using these systems is also significantly higher than ORBC’s, and that these geostationary |
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providers cannot offer global service with competitive communications devices and costs. |
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. In addition, these geostationary systems have other limitations to which ORBC is not subject to. |
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For example, they require a clear line of sight between the communicator equipment and the |
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satellite, are affected by adverse weather or atmospheric conditions, and are vulnerable to catastrophic |
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single point failures of their satellites with limited backup options |
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Use of $108mm in IPO proceeds from sale of 9.2mm shares |
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(shareholders intend to sell 1.9mm shares) |
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. $65.0 million to fund capital expenditures (including the deployment of ORBC’s "quick- |
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launch" and next-generation satellites); |
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. $4.4 million to pay accumulated and unpaid dividends as of June 30, 2006 (increasing by |
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$726,000 per month to approximately $6.6 million as of September 30, 2006) on ORBC’s Series |
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B convertible redeemable preferred stock; |
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. $4.6 million to pay the contingent purchase price amount relating to the purchase of an interest in |
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Satcom International Group plc. (assuming a valuation based on a per share price of $13.00, the |
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idpoint of the estimated price range); and |
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. Remainder to provide additional working capital and for other general corporate purposes. |
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RRSat Global Com Net |
RRST, C+, 7 |
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distribution services for tv/radio |
Post-IPO shrs:16.7mm |
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Ormer, Israel |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
June 05* |
June 06* |
IPO Mkt |
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Rev ($mm) |
$14 |
$24 |
$31 |
$14 |
$20 |
Cap (mm) |
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Gross Profit % |
37.1% |
40.4% |
36.7% |
40.1% |
37.1% |
$200 |
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Profit (loss) ($mm) |
$2.2 |
$5.2 |
$4.2 |
$1.7 |
$3.6 |
@$15 |
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Profit (loss) % |
15.7% |
21.7% |
13.4% |
12.0% |
18.3% |
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Adjusted EBITDA ($mm) |
$4.4 |
$7.6 |
$9.2 |
$4.4 |
$5.8 |
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Adjusted EBITDA % |
31% |
32% |
29% |
31% |
29% |
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*for the six months ended June 30 |
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VALUATION RATIOS |
IPO Mrkt |
Price / |
Price / |
Price / |
Price / |
% offered |
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Cap (mm) |
Sales |
Earnings |
BookValue |
TangibleBV |
in IPO |
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RRSat Netwrk (RRST) |
$200 |
5.1 |
28 |
3.9 |
3.9 |
23% |
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SCORECARD |
Mgt |
Market |
Market Do- |
Proprie- |
Total |
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1-5, 5 is high |
Growth |
mination |
tary |
rating |
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20 is perfect |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
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Business |
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Overview |
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. Can transmit news directly to broadcasting organizations, via satellite, worldwide. |
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. Through RRST's world connectivity, provides services to all major international & local news organizations facilities. |
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and offer a wide range of production facilities |
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Service summary |
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. Content management and distribution services to the rapidly expanding television and radio |
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broadcasting industries. |
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. Through the proprietary "RRSat Global Network," composed of satellite and terrestrial fiber |
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optic transmission capacity and the public Internet, offers high-quality and flexible global |
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distribution services for content providers. |
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Services |
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. Include producing and playing out TV content as well as providing satellite newsgathering |
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services (SNG). |
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. Concurrently provide these services to more than 265 television channels and more than 80 radio |
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channels, covering more than 150 countries. |
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. Offers continuous distribution services to channels such as Canal Europe, Fashion TV, GOD TV, |
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I Media, Kurdsat, Russia Today, Thai Global Network, and Turkish Radio and Television, and |
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occasional distribution services to channels such as CBS, Fox News, Israeli Channels (2, 5 and |
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10), Al Jazeera, NBC News, NTV Russia, and RAI Middle East. |
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. During the first half of 2006, we derived 59.5% of our revenues from European and North |
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American customers. |
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Risk |
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RRST’s principal teleport and playout facilities are located in Re'em, Israel. Significant damage to |
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these facilities, for any reason, including acts of terrorism, could require substantial time and |
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expense to repair, and would require reestablishing transmission links with suppliers of capacity. |
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Competition |
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. The content distribution services market consists of four types of service providers: in-house |
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distribution departments of broadcasters, telecommunications companies, satellite fleet operators |
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(hybrids) and independent teleport operators. |
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. Each of these service providers allows for the distribution of content and some also provide |
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certain content management services. |
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. As a provider of global, comprehensive, content management and distribution services, we |
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believe that our most significant and direct competitor is GlobeCast, which is a subsidiary of |
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France Telecom. |
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. Most of our customers are broadcasters. A limited number of broadcasters, such as CNN, Fox |
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and Sky, have internal content management and distribution capabilities, and therefore will not |
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seek RRST’s services except on an occasional basis. |
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. However, RRST believes that most broadcasters who do not currently possess these capabilities |
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will not establish their own content management and distribution systems since dedicated in-house |
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operations represent an expensive solution that is not cost effective and not easily scalable. |
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Use of $39mm in IPO proceeds from sale of 3.625mm shares |
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(selling shareholder expected to sell 175,000 shares) |
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. $20 million and $30 million to make acquisitions of, or establish, additional teleports, initially in |
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the United States and subsequently in Asia. |
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. The cost of acquiring or establishing such operations will include the cost of fixed assets related |
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to transmission equipment and playout equipment and can vary between $5 to $15 million per |
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teleport, depending, among other things, on the location of the teleport and the time it will take to |
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establish the local teleport. |
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. Balance for working capital and general corporate purposes |
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