Trovo Taps Allied Esports to Produce $250,000 Community Tournament Series

Trovo Taps Allied Esports to Produce $250,000 Community Tournament Series

2021 Trovo Titans Program to Feature More Than 100 Events and 280 Days of Competition Across a Variety of Game Titles in North America, Latin America and Europe

Schedule Kicks Off in May with Weekly Tournaments and Trovo Titans Birthday Bash Anniversary Celebration

LAS VEGAS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
Allied Esports, a global esports entertainment company and a subsidiary of Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AESE), has been selected by interactive live streaming platform Trovo to create and produce a new community esports tournament series for gamers in North America, Latin America and Europe that will run throughout 2021. The Trovo Titans program, featuring over 100 events and 280 days of competition through weekly matches and monthly tournaments, will distribute $250,000 in prize pools for participants, plus additional incentives and rewards for viewers.

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Trovo Titans will feature more than 100 community esports events starting in May. (Graphic: Business Wire)

Trovo Titans will feature more than 100 community esports events starting in May. (Graphic: Business Wire)

Trovo Titans kicks off in May with the Trovo Titans Birthday Bash, a month-long series of multiplayer competitions in celebration of Trovo’s one-year anniversary. Gamers in all three regions can sign up for Trovo Titans Birthday Bash community tournaments, as well as additional weekly events, featuring game genres such as MOBA, FPS, Battle Royale and more.

“We are delighted to help Trovo build on a successful first year with a unique program designed to engage their community week-in and week-out for the rest of 2021,” said Jud Hannigan, CEO of Allied Esports. “Gamers, streamers and viewers have thrived in creating a fun, inclusive community within the Trovo platform, and we believe the Trovo Titans program will help amplify this wave of excitement and growth.”

“The best way to celebrate our first anniversary is to provide more opportunities to play, compete, win and share that experience with our community across the globe,” said Allen Chan, Senior Operations Manager at Trovo. “With a variety of games to play and an engaging esports format, Trovo Titans provides something for everyone in the gaming community, and I look forward to watching this amazing entertainment platform grow all year long.”

Trovo Titans will include community tournaments across a wide variety of game genres and titles customized for each region. In addition to prize pools for each event, players will have the chance to win cash and prizes by accumulating Titan Points, which can be earned through event participation, tournament placement, and engagement on the Trovo platform and Trovo Titans Discord. The series will also open doors for aspiring casters, with hundreds of opportunities to join a tournament as a community caster.

Observed game feeds of weekly competitions and the qualifying rounds of multi-day tournaments will be provided to community casters to be livestreamed on Trovo. The Finals of multi-day tournaments – a total of 70 live broadcasts – will be produced and streamed on the Trovo Titans channel, where viewers will also be rewarded with surprises throughout the year.

For more information about Trovo Titans, including updated schedules, tournament registration, Titan Points and community casting opportunities, please visit TrovoTitans.live and follow @TrovoTitans.

Trovo Titans is the second collaboration between Allied Esports and Trovo following a successful December 2020 program – Trovo Holiday Royale – that featured three $10,000 Battle Royale tournaments across nine days with an additional $20,000 cash reward system for players who advanced throughout the tournament. In addition, viewers were rewarded with “sub” prizes while tuning in to watch the action. The Battle Royale festival of tournaments was produced from HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas and attracted over 1,000 players from North America and Latin America.

About Allied Esports

Named one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company, Allied Esports International, Inc. is at the forefront of esports entertainment with a global network of properties designed to serve as competition battlegrounds, content production centers and community experience hubs.

Through direct operation or membership in the Allied Esports Property Network, the world’s first esports affiliate program, Allied Esports’ facilities span North America, Europe, China and Australia, and include the world-renowned HyperX Esports Arena Las Vegas, a fleet of mobile arenas, the Allied Esports Trucks, and AE Studios in Hamburg, Germany.

Allied Esports’ properties serve as the home to a number of online and offline proprietary productions and events, including Frags and Saturday Night Speedway, as well as original partner programs like the Simon Cup and Trovo Holiday Royale.

For more information about Allied Esports, visit AlliedEsports.gg and follow @AlliedEsports. Allied Esports International, Inc. is a subsidiary of Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc.

About Allied Esports Entertainment

Allied Esports Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AESE) is a global leader in esports entertainment, providing innovative infrastructure, transformative live experiences, multiplatform content and interactive services to audiences worldwide through its strategic fusion of two powerful brands: Allied Esports and the World Poker Tour (WPT). For more information, visit AlliedEsportsEnt.com.

About Trovo

Trovo is an interactive live streaming platform for gamers and the things we love. It is a unique platform to watch and chat with other fans from all over the world. You can see the hottest games in action, share your own gaming experience, and join in an entertaining community created especially for gamers, creators and do-ers. Trovo is where players, gamers, viewers and streamers get to know each other in new ways. With Trovo, you can: Watch streams of your favorite games and content creators with a smooth experience on both computers and mobile devices; Browse and explore streams of the most popular games and get recommendations on content customized for you; Interact with streamers and other viewers by chatting, casting spells and sending emotes in the chatroom; Support your favorite streamers by following and subscribing them and receive their real time updates; and Customize your profile and personal page so that other users can get to know you.

For more information about Trovo, visit trovo.live and download the app in the App Store and Google Play Store. Follow @trovolive on all social platforms to stay up to date on all the latest news.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release includes “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words “estimates,” “projected,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “future,” “propose” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside the control of us, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include: our ability to execute on our business plan; our ability to retain key personnel; general economic and market conditions impacting demand for our products and services; adequacy of our funds for future operations; our future expenses, revenue and profitability; our ability to develop new products; our dependence on key suppliers, manufacturers and strategic partners; and industry trends and the competitive environment in which we operate. These and other risk factors are discussed in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

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Brian Fisher

Allied Esports

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Trovo Live

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Trovo Titans will feature more than 100 community esports events starting in May. (Graphic: Business Wire)

FLIR Wins Additional $15.4M Contract for Black Hornet Nano-UAV Systems for U.S. Army Soldier Borne Sensor Program

FLIR Wins Additional $15.4M Contract for Black Hornet Nano-UAV Systems for U.S. Army Soldier Borne Sensor Program

Total Value of Army SBS Orders for Black Hornets Now Tops $85 Million

ARLINGTON, Va.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced it has won an additional $15.4 million contract to deliver its FLIR Black Hornet® 3 Personal Reconnaissance Systems (PRS) to the U.S. Army. The advanced nano-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are being used to augment squad and small unit-level surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities as part of the Army’s Soldier Borne Sensor (SBS) program.

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Extremely light and well suited for operations in contested environments, nearly silent, and with a flight time up to 25 minutes, the combat-proven, pocket-sized FLIR Black Hornet® 3 Personal Reconnaissance System transmits live video and HD still images back to its operator. Its information feed gives troops immediate covert situational awareness to help them perform missions more effectively. FLIR has delivered more than 12,000 Black Hornet nano-UAVs to defense and security forces worldwide. (Photo: Business Wire)

Extremely light and well suited for operations in contested environments, nearly silent, and with a flight time up to 25 minutes, the combat-proven, pocket-sized FLIR Black Hornet® 3 Personal Reconnaissance System transmits live video and HD still images back to its operator. Its information feed gives troops immediate covert situational awareness to help them perform missions more effectively. FLIR has delivered more than 12,000 Black Hornet nano-UAVs to defense and security forces worldwide. (Photo: Business Wire)

In late 2018, the U.S. Army began acquiring Black Hornet 3’s to support the SBS effort. Since then, it has placed orders totaling more than $85 million for the FLIR nano-UAV.

Extremely light and well suited for operations in contested environments, nearly silent, and with a flight time up to 25 minutes, the combat-proven, pocket-sized Black Hornet PRS transmits live video and HD still images back to the operator. Its information feed provides soldiers with immediate covert situational awareness to help them perform missions more effectively. FLIR has delivered more than 12,000 Black Hornet nano-UAVs to defense and security forces worldwide.

“Unmanned systems like our Black Hornet provide enhanced standoff and safety to troops in harm’s way, which is critical as militaries intensify their plans for multi-domain operations,” said Roger Wells, VP and general manager of Unmanned Systems & Integrated Solutions at FLIR. “We’re honored the Black Hornet plays an integral part in the Army’s Soldier Borne Sensor program. Every new order is a testament to the difference this technology can make on the battlefield and renews our commitment to advancing the science.”

The award-winning Black Hornet is designed and built by FLIR in Norway. Deliveries will begin midyear 2021. To learn more about the FLIR Black Hornet PRS, visit flir.com/products/black-hornet-prs/

About FLIR Systems, Inc.

Founded in 1978, FLIR Systems is a world-leading technology company focused on intelligent sensing solutions for defense and industrial applications. Our vision is to be “The World’s Sixth Sense,” creating and advancing technologies to help professionals make better, faster decisions that save lives and livelihoods. For more information, please visit www.flir.com and follow @flir.

Forward Looking Statements

The statements in this release by Roger Wells and the other statements in this release about the contract and order described above are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on current expectations, estimates, and projections about FLIR’s business based, in part, on assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in such forward-looking statements due to numerous factors, including the following: the ability to manufacture and deliver the systems referenced in this release, changes in pricing of FLIR’s products, changing demand for FLIR’s products, product mix, the impact of competitive products and pricing, constraints on supplies of critical components, excess or shortage of production capacity, the ability of FLIR to manufacture and ship products in a timely manner, FLIR’s continuing compliance with U.S. export control laws and regulations, and other risks discussed from time to time in FLIR’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports. In addition, such statements could be affected by general industry and market conditions and growth rates, and general domestic and international economic conditions. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and FLIR does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release, or for changes made to this document by wire services or Internet service providers.

Media Contact:

Joe Ailinger

Phone: +1 781-801-6161

Email: [email protected]

Investor Relations:

Sarah Key

Phone: +1 571-309-8318

Email: [email protected]

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urban-gro, Inc. to Report First Quarter 2021 Financial Results and Host Conference Call

Company to host conference call and audio webcast on Tuesday, May 11th at 5:00 PM ET

LAFAYETTE, Colo., May 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — urban-gro, Inc. (NASDAQ: UGRO) (“urban-gro” or the “Company”), a leading global horticulture company that engineers and designs commercial Controlled Environment Agriculture (“CEA”) facilities and integrates complex environmental equipment systems, today announced it will report its first quarter 2021 financial results on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The urban-gro management will host a conference call and live audio webcast to discuss the operational and financial results at 5:00 PM ET that same day.

The call will be led by Bradley Nattrass, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of urban-gro, who will be joined by Dick Akright, Chief Financial Officer of urban-gro. Interested participants and investors may access the conference call by dialing (877) 524-8416 (domestic) or (412) 902-1028 (international). The live webcast will be accessible on the Events page of the Investors section of the urban-gro website, urban-gro.com, and will be archived for 90 days following the event.

About urban-gro, Inc.

urban-gro, Inc. (NASDAQ: UGRO) is a leading engineering design and services company focused on the commercial horticulture market. We engineer and design commercial Controlled Environment Agriculture (“CEA”) facilities and then integrate complex environmental equipment systems into these high-performance facilities. Operating in the global market, our custom-tailored approach to design, procurement, and equipment integration provides a single point of accountability across all aspects of growing operations. Visit urban-gro.com to learn more.

urban-gro Investor Relations Contact:

Jenene Thomas
Chief Executive Officer
JTC Team, LLC
T: 833.475.8247
[email protected]



Influencing Future of Cloud Security with MITRE ATT&CK® for Containers

Trend Micro contributes to new framework, helping businesses build and deploy secure container environments

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DALLAS, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), the global leader in cloud security, is proud to have contributed research and resources to support MITRE’s development of the new Container Framework.

Trend Micro threat intelligence heavily contributed to the development of ATT&CK for Containers. Trend Micro collaborated with MITRE, providing several years of dedicated research as evidence-based input that was used for the framework.

To learn more about Trend Micro’s container security expertise, please visit: https://www.trendmicro.com/en_us/business/products/hybrid-cloud/cloud-one-container-image-security.html.

“Trend Micro was one of the companies that answered our call to the community when we began developing ATT&CK for Containers through the Center for Threat-Informed Defense,” said Jen Burns, a lead cybersecurity engineer at MITRE. “We are all working to help companies stay protected against attacks using knowledge bases like ATT&CK as a common language. Contributors like Trend Micro, with expertise and experience with real-world attacks, help us support the security community in reaching that goal.”

Trend Micro provided evidence from real-world attacks to support seven MITRE Techniques. Two of these techniques are new and unique to ATT&CK for Containers. Businesses can use these techniques to better understand how attackers are targeting container environments and how to protect from these threats.

“It has been a privilege to support MITRE through the development of their new container framework,” said Wendy Moore, vice president of product marketing for Trend Micro. “The extensive research community within Trend Micro is always focused on helping protect our customers and the broader digital world from the threats of today and tomorrow. We saw containers as a growing opportunity for attackers several years ago and have worked hard to get ahead of these threats. Partnerships like this with MITRE give our work a broader influence and we are happy to support their efforts.”

Trend Micro Cloud One – Container Security leverages the company’s deep research expertise to protect customers. The tool is designed to ease the security of container builds, deployments and runtime workflows while helping developers accelerate innovation and minimize application downtime across their container environments.

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out Trend Micro

Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity leader, helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Fueled by decades of security expertise, global threat research, and continuous innovation, Trend Micro’s cybersecurity platform protects hundreds of thousands of organizations and millions of individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints. As a leader in cloud and enterprise cybersecurity, the platform delivers a powerful range of advanced threat defense techniques optimized for environments like AWS, Microsoft, and Google, and central visibility for better, faster detection and response. With 7,000 employees across 65 countries, Trend Micro enables organizations to simplify and secure their connected world. www.trendmicro.com.

 

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Sapiens Reports First Quarter 2021 Financial Results

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HOLON, Israel, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Sapiens International Corporation, (NASDAQ: SPNS) (TASE: SPNS), a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021.

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Summary
 Results for First
Quarter 2021 (USD in millions, except per share data)


GAAP


Non-GAAP


Q1 2021


Q1 20
20


% Change


Q1 2021


Q1 20
20


% Change

Revenue

$109.6

$90.5

21.1%

$110.2

$90.5

21.7%

Gross Profit

$44.3

$36.3

22.0%

$49.2

$39.8

23.7%

Gross Margin

40.4%

40.1%

 30
 bps

44.7%

44.0%

 70 bps

Operating Income

$12.4

$10.3

20.3%

$19.0

$14.6

30.0 %

Operating Margin

11.3%

11.4%

 (10) bps

17.2%

16.1%

 110 bps

Net Income (*)

$9.8

$6.8

44.2%

$14.9

$10.4

43.2%

Diluted EPS

$0.18

$0.13

38.5%

$0.27

$0.20

35.0%

(*) Attributable to Sapiens’ shareholders.

“Our revenue growth in the first quarter validates our strategy of building global diversity with a broad business portfolio, which provides the foundation for Sapiens’ performance and growth. Solid execution in the first quarter delivered 22% non-GAAP revenue growth, with non-GAAP revenues reaching a record $110 million and non-GAAP operating margin increasing to 17.2% from 16.1%. Our growth in the first quarter originated primarily from Europe and Rest-of-the-World. Operating a global company across multiple insurance markets and deploying a diversified product offering allows us to balance our growth, resources, investments, and risks across regions and markets. With a strategic focus and the increasing global market demand for digital insurance solutions and transformations, Sapiens is well positioned for continued financial performance,” said Roni Al-Dor, Sapiens president and CEO.

“We are increasing our 2021 revenue guidance to a range of $459 to $464 million from our prior range of $457 to $463 million. We are also updating our operating profit margin guidance, due to our plan initiated this quarter to manage our growth and investment in delivery capabilities in the North American P&C CoreSuite business, and following the recent spike in COVID-19 in India, which will increase our labor costs in the short term. As a result of these two factors, operating margin in 2021 is expected to be in the range of 17.0% to 17.4%, compared to the previous range of 17.7% to 18.0%. I would like to highlight that Sapiens remains committed to increasing its profitability and margins, as we have done year after year.”

 Quarterly Results Conference Call
Management will host a conference call and webcast today, May 4, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time (4:30 p.m. in Israel) to review and discuss Sapiens’ results.

Please call the following numbers (at least 10 minutes before the scheduled time) to participate:

North America (toll-free): + 1-888- 642-5032; International: +972-3-918-0609; UK: 0-800-917-5108.

The live webcast of the call can be accessed on Sapiens’ website at https://www.sapiens.com/investor-relations/ir-events-presentations/. A replay of the call will be available one business day following the completion of the event at the same location for 90 days.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release contains the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP revenue, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income attributed to Sapiens shareholders, non-GAAP basic and diluted earnings per share, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Free Cash-Flow.

Sapiens believes that these non-GAAP measures of financial results provide useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to Sapiens’ financial condition and results of operations. The Company’s management uses these non-GAAP measures to compare the Company’s performance to that of prior periods for trend analyses, for purposes of determining executive and senior management incentive compensation and for budgeting and planning purposes. These measures are used in financial reports prepared for management and in quarterly financial reports presented to the Company’s board of directors. The Company believes that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends, and in comparing the Company’s financial measures with other software companies, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors.

Non-GAAP financial measures consist of GAAP financial measures adjusted to exclude: Valuation adjustment on acquired deferred revenue, amortization of capitalized software development and other intangible assets, capitalization of software development, stock-based compensation, compensation related to acquisition and acquisition-related costs, restructuring and cost reduction costs, and tax adjustments related to non-GAAP adjustments.

Management of the Company does not consider these non-GAAP measures in isolation, or as an alternative to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. The principal limitation of these non-GAAP financial measures is that they exclude significant expenses and income that are required by GAAP to be recorded in the Company’s financial statements. In addition, they are subject to inherent limitations, as they reflect the exercise of judgment by management about which expenses and income are excluded or included in determining these non-GAAP financial measures.

To compensate for these limitations, management presents non-GAAP financial measures in connection with GAAP results. Sapiens urges investors to review the reconciliation of its non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures, which it includes in press releases announcing quarterly financial results, including this press release, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate the Company’s business.

Reconciliation tables of the most comparable GAAP financial measures to the non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release are included with the financial tables of this release.

The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as net profit, adjusted for valuation adjustment on acquired deferred revenue, stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization, capitalized of software development costs, compensation expenses related to acquisition and acquisition-related costs, restructuring and cost reduction costs, financial expense (income), provision for income taxes and other income (expenses). These amounts are often excluded by other companies to help investors understand the operational performance of their business.

The Company uses Adjusted EBITDA as a measurement of its operating performance, because it assists in comparing the operating performance on a consistent basis by removing the impact of certain non-cash and non-operating items. Adjusted EBITDA reflects an additional way of viewing aspects of the operations that the Company believes, when viewed with the GAAP results and the accompanying reconciliations to corresponding GAAP financial measures, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting its business. The Company uses Adjusted Free Cash-Flow as a measurement of its operating performance, and reconciles cash-flow from operating activities to Adjusted Free Cash-Flow, while reducing the amounts for capitalization of software development costs and capital expenditures. The Company adds back cash payments made for former acquisitions in respect of future performance targets and retention criteria as determined upon acquisition date of the respective acquired company, which were included in the cash-flow from operating activities. We believe that Adjusted Free Cash-Flow is useful in evaluating our business, because Adjusted Free Cash-Flow reflects the cash surplus available to fund the expansion of our business.

About Sapiens

Sapiens International Corporation empowers insurers to succeed in an evolving industry. The company offers digital software platforms, solutions and services for the property and casualty, life, pension and annuity, reinsurance, financial and compliance, workers’ compensation and financial markets. With more than 35 years of experience delivering to more than 600 organizations globally, Sapiens has a proven ability to satisfy customers’ core, data and digital requirements. For more information: www.sapiens.com.

Forward Looking Statements

Certain matters discussed in this press release that are incorporated herein and therein by reference are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act, Section 21E of the Exchange Act and the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations, as well as information currently available to us. Such forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of the words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “plan” and similar expressions. Such statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. There are important factors that could cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to: the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, which may last longer than expected and materially adversely affect our results of operations; the degree of our success in our plans to leverage our global footprint to grow our sales; the degree of our success in integrating the companies that we have acquired through the implementation of our M&A growth strategy; the lengthy development cycles for our solutions, which may frustrate our ability to realize revenues and/or profits from our potential new solutions; our lengthy and complex sales cycles, which do not always result in the realization of revenues; the degree of our success in retaining our existing customers or competing effectively for greater market share; difficulties in successfully planning and managing changes in the size of our operations; the frequency of the long-term, large, complex projects that we perform that involve complex estimates of project costs and profit margins, which sometimes change mid-stream; the challenges and potential liability that heightened privacy laws and regulations pose to our business; occasional disputes with clients, which may adversely impact our results of operations and our reputation; various intellectual property issues related to our business; potential unanticipated product vulnerabilities or cybersecurity breaches of our or our customers’ systems; risks related to the insurance industry in which our clients operate; risks associated with our global sales and operations, such as changes in regulatory requirements, wide-spread viruses and epidemics like the recent novel coronavirus outbreak, or fluctuations in currency exchange rates; and risks related to our principal location in Israel and our status as a Cayman Islands company.

While we believe such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, should one or more of the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, or these risks or uncertainties materialize, our actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Please read the risks discussed under the heading “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 20-F, in order to review conditions that we believe could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that future results, levels of activity, performance and events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason, to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations.

Investors and Media Contact
Sapiens
Daphna Golden
Vice President, Head of Investor Relations
Email: [email protected] 


SAPIENS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION N.V. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES                   


CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME                 

U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share amounts)


  Three months ended


 March 31,


2021


2020


(unaudited)


 (unaudited)

 Revenue

109,592

90,534

 Cost of revenue

65,336

54,270

 Gross profit

44,256

36,264

 Operating expenses:

 Research and development, net

13,088

10,526

 Selling, marketing, general and administrative

18,803

15,460

 Total operating expenses

31,891

25,986

 Operating income

12,365

10,278

 Financial and other expenses, net

515

1,487

 Taxes on income

1,948

1,901

 Net income

9,902

6,890

 Attributed to non-controlling interest

67

70

 Net income attributable to Sapiens’ shareholders

9,835

6,820

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share

0.18

0.14

 Diluted earnings per share

0.18

0.13

 Weighted average number of shares outstanding used

  to compute basic earnings per share (in thousands)

54,689

50,175

 Weighted average number of shares outstanding used

 to compute diluted earnings per share (in thousands)

55,567

51,083

 


SAPIENS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION N.V. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES


CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED NON-GAAP STATEMENTS OF INCOME

U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share amounts)


  Three months ended


March 31,


2021


2020


(unaudited)


 (unaudited)

 Revenue

110,222

90,534

 Cost of revenue

60,993

50,743

 Gross profit

49,229

39,791

 Operating expenses:

 Research and development, net

14,720

11,963

 Selling, marketing, general and administrative

15,509

13,214

 Total operating expenses

30,229

25,177

 Operating income

19,000

14,614

 Financial and other expenses, net

515

1,487

 Taxes on income

3,510

2,645

 Net income

14,975

10,482

 Attributable to non-controlling interest

67

70

 Net income attributable to Sapiens’ shareholders

14,908

10,412

 Basic earnings per share

0.27

0.21

 Diluted earnings per share

0.27

0.20

Weighted average number of shares outstanding used
to compute basic earnings per share (in thousands)

54,689

50,175

Weighted average number of shares outstanding used
to compute diluted earnings per share (in thousands)

55,567

51,083

 


SAPIENS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION N.V. AND SUBSIDIARIES 


RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP RESULTS

U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share amounts)


Three months ended


March 31,


2021


2020


(unaudited)


(unaudited)

GAAP revenue

109,592

90,534

Valuation adjustment on acquired deferred revenue

630

Non-GAAP revenue

110,222

90,534

GAAP gross profit

44,256

36,264

Revenue adjustment

630

Amortization of capitalized software

1,784

1,496

Amortization of other intangible assets

2,559

2,031

Non-GAAP gross profit

49,229

39,791

GAAP operating income

12,365

10,278

Gross profit adjustments

4,973

3,527

Capitalization of software development

(1,632)

(1,437)

Amortization of other intangible assets

1,366

589

Stock-based compensation

1,399

622

Acquisition-related costs *)

529

1,035

Non-GAAP operating income

19,000

14,614

  GAAP net income attributable to Sapiens’ shareholders

9,835

6,820

  Operating income adjustments

6,635

4,336

  Taxes on income

(1,562)

(744)

  Non-GAAP net income attributable to Sapiens’   shareholders

14,908

10,412

(*) Acquisition-related costs pertain to charges on behalf of M&A agreements related to future performance targets and retention criteria, as well as third-party services, such as, tax, accounting and legal rendered until the acquisition date.


Summary of
NON-GAAP
Financial Information 

U.S. dollars in thousands (except per share amounts)


Q1 2021


Q4 2020


Q3 2020


Q2 2020


Q1 2020

Revenues

110,222

102,936

97,968

93,063

90,534

Gross profit

49,229

47,044

44,206

41,900

39,791

Operating income

19,000

18,666

17,859

16,783

14,614

Net income to Sapiens’ shareholders

14,908

14,461

13,746

13,340

10,412

Adjusted EBITDA

20,120

20,032

19,010

17,854

15,724

Basic earnings per share

0.27

0.27

0.27

0.27

0.21

Diluted earnings per share

0.27

0.27

0.27

0.26

0.20


Non-GAAP Revenues by Geographic Breakdown

U.S. dollars in thousands


Q1 2021


Q4 2020


Q3 2020


Q2 2020


Q1 2020

North America

44,754

47,303

49,979

46,610

44,567

Europe

57,642

49,225

42,394

41,030

40,232

Rest of the world

7,826

6,408

5,595

5,423

5,735


Total


110,222


102,936


97,968


93,063


90,534


Adjusted Free Cash-Flow

U.S. dollars in thousands


Q1 2021


Q4 2020


Q3 2020


Q2 2020


Q1 2020

Cash-flow from operating activities

11,755

21,030

16,705

14,761

5,759

Increase in capitalized software development costs

(1,632)

(1,604)

(1,506)

(1,251)

(1,437)

Capital expenditures

(821)

(725)

(963)

(393)

(552)


Free cash-flow

9,302

18,701

14,236

13,117

3,770

Cash payments attributed to acquisition-related costs(*)
(**)

1,280

2,363

242

1,562

737


Adjusted free cash-flow


10,582


21,064


14,478


14,679


4,507

(*) Included in cash-flow from operating activities

(**) Acquisition-related payments pertain to payments on behalf of M&A agreements related to future performance targets and retention criteria, as well as third-party services, such as, tax, accounting and legal rendered until the acquisition date.


Adjusted EBITDA Calculation 

U.S. dollars in thousands


Three months ended


 
March
31,


2021


2020


(unaudited)


(unaudited)


GAAP operating income


12,365


10,278


Non-GAAP adjustments:

Valuation adjustment on acquired deferred revenue

630

Amortization of capitalized software

1,784

1,496

Amortization of other intangible assets

3,925

2,620

Capitalization of software development

(1,632)

(1,437)

Stock-based compensation

1,399

622

Compensation related to acquisition and acquisition-related costs

529

1,035


Non-GAAP operating income


19,000


14,614

Depreciation

1,120

1,110


Adjusted EBITDA


20,120


15,724

 


SAPIENS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION N.V. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES


CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

U.S. dollars in thousands


March 31,


December 31,


2021


2020


 (unaudited)


 (unaudited)


 ASSETS


 CURRENT ASSETS

Cash and cash equivalents

142,184

152,561

Short-term bank deposit

30,000

30,000

Trade receivables, net and unbilled receivables

74,762

65,409

Other receivables and prepaid expenses

16,494

19,388

Total current assets

263,440

267,358


 LONG-TERM ASSETS

Property and equipment, net

16,585

16,970

Severance pay fund

6,604

6,582

Goodwill and intangible assets, net

352,130

363,597

Operating lease right-of-use assets

51,716

54,390

Other long-term assets

6,078

5,264

Total long-term assets

433,113

446,803


 TOTAL ASSETS


696,553


714,161


LIABILITIES AND EQUITY


 CURRENT LIABILITIES

Trade payables

6,057

5,389

Current maturities of Series B Debentures

19,796

19,796

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

68,750

75,119

Current maturities of operating lease liabilities

10,719

9,924

Deferred revenue

41,470

34,548

Total current liabilities

146,792

144,776


 LONG-TERM LIABILITIES

Series B Debentures, net of current maturities

78,906

98,676

Deferred tax liabilities

14,704

16,010

Other long-term liabilities

13,037

12,129

Long-term operating lease liabilities

46,531

48,773

Redeemable non-controlling interest

562

517

Accrued severance pay

9,530

9,586

Total long-term liabilities

163,270

185,691


EQUITY

386,491

383,694


TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY


696,553


714,161

 


SAPIENS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION N.V. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOW

U.S. dollars in thousands


For the three months ended
March 31,


2021


2020


(unaudited)


(unaudited)

 


Cash flows from operating activities:

Net income

9,902

6,890

Reconciliation of net income to net cash provided by operating

activities:

Depreciation and amortization

6,829

5,226

Accretion of discount on Series B Debentures

26

33

Stock-based compensation related to options issued to employees

1,399

622

Capital loss from sale of property and equipment

5

Net changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of amount acquired:

Trade receivables, net and unbilled receivables

(10,541)

(9,009)

Deferred tax assets, net

(1,913)

(1,257)

Other operating assets

6,116

2,260

Trade payables

609

(52)

Other operating liabilities

(7,774)

(759)

Deferred revenues

6,995

1,655

Accrued severance pay, net

102

150

Net cash provided by operating activities

11,755

5,759


Cash flows from investing activities:

Purchase of property and equipment

(821)

(552)

Investment in deposit

(665)

Proceeds from restricted deposit used for completed acquisition

22,890

Payments for business acquisitions, net of cash acquired

(22,061)

Proceeds from sale of property and equipment

154

Capitalized software development costs

(1,632)

(1,437)

Net cash used in investing activities

(2,299)

(1,825)


Cash flows from financing activities:

Proceeds from employee stock options exercised

413

600

Repayment of Series B Debenture

(19,796)

(9,898)

Receipt of short-term loan

20,000

Payment of contingent considerations

(537)

(538)

Dividend to non-controlling interest

(31)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

(19,951)

10,164

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

118

(836)

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

(10,377)

13,262

Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of period

152,561

66,295


Cash and cash equivalents at the end of period


142,184


79,557

Debentures Covenants

As of March 31, 2021, Sapiens was in compliance with all of its financial covenants under the indenture for the Series B Debentures, based on having achieved the following in its consolidated financial results:

Covenant 1

  • Target shareholders’ equity (excluding minority interest): above $120 million.
  • Actual shareholders’ equity (excluding minority interest) equal to $384 million.

Covenant 2

  • Target ratio of net financial indebtedness to net capitalization (in each case, as defined under the indenture for the Company’s Series B Debentures) below 65%.
  • Actual ratio of net financial indebtedness to net capitalization equal to (22.55)%.

Covenant 3

  • Target ratio of net financial indebtedness to EBITDA (accumulated calculation for the four last quarters) is below 5.5.
  • Actual ratio of net financial indebtedness to EBITDA (accumulated calculation for the four last quarters) is equal to (0.92).

 

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Kyligence Honored as Bronze Stevie® Award Winner in 2021 American Business Awards®

Kyligence Cloud Analytics Platform Recognized in Big Data Solutions Category

SAN JOSE, Calif., May 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kyligence was named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Award in the Big Data Solution category in The 19th Annual American Business Awards®.

The American Business Awards are the U.S.A.’s premier business awards program. All organizations operating in the U.S.A. are eligible to submit nominations – public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small.

More than 3,800 nominations – a record number – from organizations of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted this year for consideration in a wide range of categories, including Startup of the Year, Executive of the Year, Best New Product or Service of the Year, Marketing Campaign of the Year, Virtual Event of the Year, and App of the Year, among others. Kyligence was nominated in the Business Technology Solution – Big Data Solution category.

Kyligence was recognized by judges for its intuitive product advancement in a big data solution platform. The judges specifically praised Kyligence for providing an edge on concurrency by optimizing queries to a sub-second. They specifically noted that Kyligence Cloud has demonstrated excellence in solving the challenge of data storage and data retrieval complexities with a faster and reliable platform.

Kyligence Cloud 4 is a cloud-native distributed big data analytics platform that separates scaling of compute and storage to deliver sub-second query response times against datasets of hundreds of terabytes to petabytes. It combines high performance and high concurrency OLAP, with machine learning algorithms to simplify and automate cloud analytics.

“We are proud to be acknowledged by such a highly respected organization and believe it underscores Kyligence’s commitment to consistently push the boundaries of innovation and achieve exceptional business results for our customers,” said Li Kang, VP of North America, Kyligence.

Details about The American Business Awards and the list of 2021 Stevie winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/ABA.

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About Kyligence

Founded by the creators of Apache Kylin, Kyligence Cloud provides an intelligent analytics performance layer that sits between data sources and BI tools. Kyligence features an AI-Augmented learning engine to ensure peak performance and vastly simplified data modeling. The result is sub-second query response time for BI, SQL, OLAP, and Excel users even against petabytes of data.

Kyligence is headquartered in San Jose, CA and Shanghai, China. Ventured-backed by Redpoint Ventures, Cisco, China Broadband Capital, Shunwei Capital, and Eight Roads Ventures (the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International Limited) and Coatue Management, Kyligence serves a global customer base that includes UBS, AppZen, Xactly, SPD Bank, Pingan Bank, Bank of Ningbo, China Pacific Insurance (Group) Co Ltd, China Continent Insurance, China UnionPay, VIVO, SAIC Motor, China FAW Group Corporation, and ANTA.

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About the Stevie Awards

Stevie Awards are conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. The Stevies also produce the annual Women|Future Conference. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 entries each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at http://www.StevieAwards.com.

Sponsors of The 2021 American Business Awards include John Hancock Financial Services, Melissa Sones Consulting, and SoftPro.

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Vireo Health to Report First Quarter 2021 Results on May 14, 2021

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MINNEAPOLIS, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Vireo Health International, Inc. (“Vireo” or the “Company”) (CSE: VREO, OTCQX: VREOF), the leading physician-founded, science-focused multi-state cannabis company, today announced that it will report financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2021 on Friday, May 14, 2021 before the market opens.  

The Company will hold a conference call and webcast to discuss its business and financial results that same day at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time (7:30 a.m. Central Time). Interested parties may register to attend the call via this link: http://www.directeventreg.com/registration/event/2254847.

Upon registration, each participant will be provided with call details and a registrant ID for Vireo’s conference ID number 2254847. A live audio webcast of the call will also be available in the Events & Presentations section of Vireo’s website at https://investors.vireohealth.com/events-and-presentations/default.aspx. A webcast replay will be made available for one year on Vireo’s website.

About Vireo Health International, Inc.

Vireo Health International, Inc. is a physician-led cannabis company focused on bringing the best of technology, science, and engineering to the cannabis industry. Vireo manufactures proprietary, branded cannabis products in environmentally friendly facilities, state-of-the-art cultivation sites and distributes its products through its growing network of Green Goods™ and other retail locations and third-party dispensaries. Vireo’s team of more than 400 employees, led by scientists, engineers, and cultivation experts, is focused on efficiency and the creation of best-in-class products, while driving scientific innovation within the cannabis industry and developing meaningful intellectual property. Today, Vireo is licensed to grow and/or process cannabis in eight markets and operates 16 dispensaries nationwide. For more information about Vireo Health, please visit www.vireohealth.com.

Contact Information            


Investor Inquiries
 
Sam Gibbons
Vice President, Investor Relations
[email protected] 
(612) 314-8995


Media Inquiries
 
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Vice President, Corporate Communications  
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Dream Job Alert: Days Inn by Wyndham Seeks Suntern Looking to Make Up for Year of Missed Travel

Summer’s hottest travel gig is back with a $10,000 payday to seize the days

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PARSIPPANY, N.J., May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Calling all wanderlust seekers! Days Inn® by Wyndham is back offering summer’s hottest gig: the coveted Sunternship. The iconic economy hotel brand is looking to hire one adventure-seeker eager to make up for a year of lost travels by taking on the role of Suntern and helping uncovering America’s sunniest attractions.  

With travel being one of the main sources of motivation this year, it’s no surprise that America’s youth are choosing to take a step back and reclaim summer ’21 with sun-soaked experiences outside of the living room. A recent survey found that as many as 22% of college students recently took a full or partial gap year1. With travel restrictions easing, many are now looking to summer as their chance to come out of a year-long travel hibernation. Luckily, Days Inn wants everyone to Seize the Days®, and this year’s “Suntern” will be tasked with packing their bags for a two-week, cross-country summer jaunt, inspiring other sun chasers with the ultimate gap year bucket list.

“For over 50 years we’ve made it our mission to help guests make the most out of their travels, and after more than a year of being confined to the four corners of our homes, that mission feels even more important than ever” said John Henderson, brand leader and president of operations, Days Inn by Wyndham. “Whether it’s skydiving in Seattle, hiking through Yellowstone, or parasailing in Daytona Beach, we want our Suntern to have a summer they’ll remember forever.”

Days Inn by Wyndham is accepting applications for its Suntern program from now through June 1, 2021. Thrill-seekers with a passion for travel and an eye for photography can submit their application at www.daysinn.com/suntern. In addition to hotel and ground transportation to travel anywhere in the continental U.S., the Suntern will receive a $250 daily travel stipend, Wyndham Rewards® Diamond level membership, and a $10,000 paycheck.

About the Role:
This customizable, two week-long dream job entails safely exploring some of America’s most desirable destinations and creating lasting memories through captured moments. The Suntern’s creative content and “Hot List” of experiences will be featured on the brand’s website and social media channels.

Responsibilities:

  • Travel to domestic destination(s) for two weeks this summer.
  • Document your adventures with unique photo and video content.
  • Develop a “Hot List” of 10 Ways to Seize the Days.
  • Inspire others by sharing your travels on social media.

Qualifications:

  • A bright, social-media savvy travel enthusiast and aspiring photographer.
  • At least 21 years old.
  • U.S. resident with a valid federal or state-issued ID.
  • Hungry for new experiences with a passion for travel.
  • The ability to travel nationally for two consecutive weeks in August 2021.

The Perks:

  • $10,000 payday.
  • Paid hotel accommodations for two weeks at Days Inn locations in the U.S. plus ground transportation.
  • A $250 daily travel stipend, allowing you to explore your sunny destination(s) to the fullest.
  • Major street cred: Content and Hot List featured on Days Inn website and social media channels.
  • Wyndham Rewards® Diamond level membership.
  • A glowing recommendation from a Days Inn by Wyndham executive upon successful completion of the Sunternship.

How to Apply:
Visit www.daysinn.com/suntern by June 1, 2021 to submit an original sun-filled photo, as well as a 300-word entry describing your dream domestic itinerary and why we should send you on it this summer. Days Inn will assess applicants’ photography and storytelling skills before selecting the person for the job. For more information visit www.daysinn.com/suntern.

About Days Inn by Wyndham
With 1,600 locations in over 20 countries, Days Inn by Wyndham is one of the largest, most well-recognized hotel brands in the world. Welcoming guests with a warm smile and a clean, inviting room, most locations offer fast, free Wi-Fi; breakfast; swimming pool or fitness center; and more. Whether it’s small town or downtown, a trip with family or a getaway with friends, count on Days Inn by Wyndham for a great stay paired with a little extra sunshine along the way. Seize The Days and book your next stay at www.daysinn.com. You can also like and follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and YouTube. For development opportunities, visit www.wyndhamdevelopment.com.

About Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH) is the world’s largest hotel franchising company by the number of properties, with over 8,900 hotels across nearly 95 countries on six continents. Through its network of approximately 797,000 rooms appealing to the everyday traveler, Wyndham commands a leading presence in the economy and midscale segments of the lodging industry. The Company operates a portfolio of 20 hotel brands, including Super 8®, Days Inn®, Ramada®, Microtel®, La Quinta®, Baymont®, Wingate®, AmericInn®, Hawthorn Suites®, Trademark Collection® and Wyndham®, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts is also a leading provider of hotel management services. The Company’s award-winning Wyndham Rewards loyalty program offers 87 million enrolled members the opportunity to redeem points at thousands of hotels, vacation club resorts and vacation rentals globally. For more information, visit www.wyndhamhotels.com.


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Semtech and EchoStar Mobile to Test Satellite IoT Connectivity Service Integrated With LoRaWAN®

Semtech and EchoStar Mobile to Test Satellite IoT Connectivity Service Integrated With LoRaWAN®

The collaboration is aimed at creating the first low cost, satellite-based, real-time, bidirectional, massive IoT connectivity service

CAMARILLO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a leading supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, and EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) subsidiary EchoStar Mobile, a mobile satellite services provider offering connectivity across Europe through a converged satellite and terrestrial network, announced the launch of an initiative to test satellite connectivity services enabled by the LoRaWAN® protocol.

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Collaboration between Semtech and EchoStar Mobile is aimed at creating the first low cost, satellite-based, real-time, bidirectional, massive IoT connectivity service. (Graphic: Business Wire)

Collaboration between Semtech and EchoStar Mobile is aimed at creating the first low cost, satellite-based, real-time, bidirectional, massive IoT connectivity service. (Graphic: Business Wire)

“With our technology collaborator, Semtech, and as a new member of the LoRa Alliance®, we are excited to explore the use of next-generation LoRaWAN network technology to bring new satellite-based connectivity services to the Internet of Things (IoT) market,” said Telemaco Melia, Senior Director of Commercial Operations at EchoStar Mobile. “New LoRa satellite services are expected to bring lower price points to the market, opening up a larger addressable opportunity across key industries including logistics, asset tracking, transportation, utilities, agriculture, and maritime.”

The LoRa Alliance, an open, non-profit global association that develops, maintains and promotes the LoRaWAN protocol for low power wide area networks (LPWANs), recently expanded the LoRaWAN protocol to include Long Range – Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (LR-FHSS) data rates. LR-FHSS extends the LoRaWAN protocol’s support to enable direct data links from end nodes to satellites by leveraging either the Industrial, Scientific and Medical (ISM) unlicensed band, or, in the case of EchoStar Mobile, through licensed spectrum, which provides a differentiated service versus the ISM band. LR-FHSS can support millions of end nodes and delivers a new level of robustness for IoT services.

“It’s estimated that only 10% of the world’s surface has terrestrial connectivity. Semtech’s LoRa® devices integrated with LR-FHSS allow satellites to connect IoT devices in the vast remote areas around the globe to enable IoT solutions with an unmatched continuum of coverage and performance,” said Marc Pegulu, vice president of IoT product marketing and strategy for Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Products Group. “Our work with EchoStar Mobile and LoRa Alliance members is expected to achieve complementary satellite and terrestrial LoRaWAN network connectivity services for customers who require global coverage from land to sea to air.”

About Semtech’s LoRa® Platform

Semtech’s LoRa device-to-Cloud platform is a globally adopted long range, low power solution for IoT applications, enabling the rapid development and deployment of ultra-low power, cost efficient and long range IoT networks, gateways, sensors, module products, and IoT services worldwide. Semtech’s LoRa devices provide the communication layer for the LoRaWAN® protocol, which is maintained by the LoRa Alliance®, an open IoT alliance for Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) applications that has been used to deploy IoT networks in over 100 countries. Semtech is a founding member of the LoRa Alliance. To learn more about how LoRa enables IoT, visit Semtech’s LoRa site.

About EchoStar Mobile

EchoStar Mobile, an Irish company with commercial operations headquartered in the United Kingdom and a data center based in Griesheim, Germany, is a mobile satellite services provider offering connectivity across Europe through a converged satellite and terrestrial network. EchoStar Mobile is a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation. For more information, visit www.echostarmobile.com.

About EchoStar Corporation

EchoStar Corporation (Nasdaq: SATS) is a premier global provider of satellite communication solutions. Headquartered in Englewood, Colo., and conducting business around the globe, EchoStar is a pioneer in secure communications technologies through its Hughes Network Systems and EchoStar Satellite Services business segments. For more information, visit www.EchoStar.com. Follow @EchoStar on Twitter.

About Semtech

Semtech Corporation is a leading supplier of high performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms for infrastructure, high-end consumer and industrial equipment. Products are designed to benefit the engineering community as well as the global community. The Company is dedicated to reducing the impact it, and its products, have on the environment. Internal green programs seek to reduce waste through material and manufacturing control, use of green technology and designing for resource reduction. Publicly traded since 1967, Semtech is listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol SMTC. For more information, visit www.semtech.com.

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Clearlake Capital-Backed Provation Acquires iProcedures

Acquisition further expands Provation’s industry-leading anesthesia expertise and its portfolio of end-to-end clinical productivity and documentation software and SaaS solutions.

Minneapolis, MN, Santa Monica, CA, and Tampa, FL, May 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Provation, the premier software and SaaS provider of procedure documentation and clinical decision support solutions, backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (together with its affiliates, “Clearlake”), today announced its acquisition of iProcedures, LLC, a top-rated provider of cloud-based anesthesia documentation and perioperative data management software solutions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

For more than 25 years, Provation has been a market leader in procedure documentation software serving nearly 4,000 hospitals and health systems, ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), medical offices, and anesthesia groups worldwide. By acquiring iProcedures, Provation is doubling down on its commitment to becoming the premier vendor for anesthesia providers, following its 2020 procurement of ePreop, a leading provider of anesthesia quality reporting and surgical care coordination solutions.

Consistently named a Black Book Leader and “Best in KLAS” #1 Anesthesia Vendor, iProcedures is known for its clinician-driven software solutions and high user satisfaction, serving 70 customers including nearly 740 hospitals, ASCs, and anesthesia groups globally. With iProcedures, Provation will further expand its portfolio of comprehensive solutions to include iPro Anesthesia, a cloud-based Anesthesia Information Management System (AIMS) designed by practicing anesthesiologists to automate and simplify anesthesia documentation, standardize the collection of quality measures, improve operational efficiencies, and optimize charge capture.

“We are very excited to welcome the iProcedures team to our Provation family. We know what it takes to build a trusted brand and industry-leading software solutions that improve patient care and outcomes,” said Daniel Hamburger, CEO of Provation. “We are very impressed with what iProcedures has accomplished over its decade-long tenure and I am confident that together we can further advance our collective vision of empowering healthcare providers with innovative clinical productivity solutions.”

“Today, we start an exciting new chapter for iProcedures and we are thrilled to be a part of the Provation team,” added Raj Popuri, CEO of iProcedures. “Our organizations’ values and passion for serving our healthcare community align seamlessly. This partnership will allow us to accelerate the development and refinement of our cutting-edge technologies and get them into the hands of even more clinicians worldwide.”

In addition to iPro Anesthesia AIMS, iProcedures brings a full suite of software solutions to improve clinical documentation and efficiency (iPro PACU, iPro PAT, iPro Perfusion), quality and charge capture (iPro Lite), and patient safety (iPro Med Management). iProcedures also brings onboard its industry partner relationships with Allscripts and MEDITECH, enabling strong interoperability and functionality advantages.

“We support Provation’s vision of an integrated software platform of clinical productivity solutions that capture data across the entire perioperative continuum and across all specialties. We look forward to continuing to utilize Clearlake’s O.P.S.® framework in partnership with the Provation management team as they execute on their buy-and-build strategy, leveraging specialty-specific technology and innovation to shape the future of clinical productivity,” said Paul Huber, Principal, and Sean Courtney, Vice President, of Clearlake.

Raymond James served as exclusive investment banking advisor and Trenam Law served as legal advisor to iProcedures in the transaction. District Capital Partners served as financial advisor and Sidley Austin LLP served as legal advisor to Provation.

About Provation

Provation is a leading provider of healthcare software and SaaS solutions for clinical productivity, care coordination, quality reporting, and billing. Our purpose is to empower providers to deliver quality healthcare for all. Our comprehensive portfolio spans the entire patient encounter, from pre-procedure through post-procedure, with solutions for physician and nursing documentation (Provation® MD, Provation® Apex, MD-Reports and Provation® MultiCaregiver), patient engagement, surgical care coordination, quality reporting, and billing capture (Provation® SurgicalValet™), order set and care plan management (Provation® Order Set Advisor and Provation® Care Plans), and EHR embedded clinical documentation (Provation® Clinic Note). Provation is headquartered in Minneapolis, MN and backed by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. For more information about our solutions, visit provationmedical.com and follow us on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. 

About iProcedures

iProcedures delivers innovative solutions to fill critical gaps in electronic perioperative documentation, which enables users to collect, share and analyze the critical data necessary to improve overall performance. iProcedures’ award-winning Anesthesia Information Management System (AIMS) is a cloud-based, mobile solution that was designed from the ground up by practicing anesthesiologists to improve documentation, OR efficiency, patient safety, and medication management. To learn more, visit iprocedures.com.

About Clearlake

Founded in 2006, Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. is an investment firm operating integrated businesses across private equity, credit and other related strategies.  With a sector-focused approach, the firm seeks to partner with experienced management teams by providing patient, long term capital to dynamic businesses that can benefit from Clearlake’s operational improvement approach, O.P.S.® The firm’s core target sectors are technology, industrials, and consumer. Clearlake currently has approximately $35 billion of assets under management, and its senior investment principals have led or co-led over 300 investments. The firm has offices in Santa Monica and Dallas. More information is available at www.clearlake.com and on Twitter @ClearlakeCap.

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Tristan Galvan
Provation
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