For the third quarter of 2009 revenues increased to $3,719,750 compared to $1,667,692 for the same period a year ago, an increase of 123%. Revenues for the first nine months of 2009 totaled $9,597,386 compared to $5,342,556 for the first nine months of 2008, an increase of 80%. Revenue in the period reflects a broader base of customers and growth in the size of enterprise customer initiatives.
Gross profit for the three-month period ended September 30, 2009 was $2,342,169 or 63% of revenue compared to $1,103,203 or 66% of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2008. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 gross profit increased to $6,579,332 or 69% of revenue compared to $3,369,780 or 63% of revenue for the same period in 2008. Gross margin improvements are primarily a result of increased operational efficiencies combined with the greater number of ongoing projects.
Sales and marketing expenses for the third quarter of 2009 totaled $1,259,905 compared to $1,246,975 for the third quarter of 2008, an increase of 1%. For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2009, sales and marketing expenses totaled $3,791,973 compared to $4,199,418 in the same period of 2008, a decrease of 10%.
General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses for the third quarter of 2009 increased by 5% to $724,927 compared to $688,830 in the third quarter of 2008. G&A expenses for the first nine months of 2009 totaled $2,156,242 compared to $2,193,031 in same period of 2008, a decrease of 2%.
Overall, operating expenses increased 2%, from $2,556,489 for the three months ended September 30, 2008 to $2,617,451 for the three months ended September 30, 2009. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the reduction in operating expenses amounted to $36,789 or 2% compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2008. The decrease in expenses is due to ongoing Company-wide efforts to improve efficiency.
In the quarter ended September 30, 2009, the Company generated positive cash-flow from operations of $60,798 (before net change in non cash working capital item of ($25,771). In the year prior period, cash flows used in operating activities totaled ($1,045,869).
Net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2009, was ($613,760) or ($0.0036) per share compared to ($1,403,010) or ($0.0083) per share for the comparable period a year ago. Net loss for the first nine months of 2009 was ($1,528,389.) or ($0.0090) compared to ($4,893,542) or ($0.0225) per share in the same period a year ago. The reduction reflects the successful implementation of a plan to streamline operations and reduce expenses combined with the increase in revenue for both periods.
As at September 30, 2009, the Company’s working capital position includes the short-term portion of a promissory note payable in connection to the previously announced business acquisition. Working capital totaled ($1,638,748) including cash and cash equivalents of $686,227 compared to $2,370,848 in working capital, which included cash and cash equivalents of $1,510,759, at December 31, 2008.
The Company had 203,919,399 common shares outstanding (fully diluted) at November 27, 2009.
AxcelRxSM and ReachNetSM are service marks of Aptilon Corporation.
(1) Non-cash charges consist of amortization, stock based compensation, accreted interest and unrealized foreign exchange loss