BARTLETT, Tenn., Nov. 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SurgePays, Inc. (Nasdaq: SURG) (“SurgePays” or the “Company”), a fintech company providing essential financial services and products to the underbanked population and software applications to a number of industry verticals, today announces financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021 and provides a corporate update.
Recent Corporate Highlights:
- Uplisted to the Nasdaq Capital Market and completed a $19.8 million public offering.
- Received approval from the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) Program to provide discounted broadband services through the Company’s SurgePhone mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) subsidiary to qualified users in 14 states.
- Acquired Commander Communication, a provider of prepaid wireless payment products to approximately 500 convenience stores with intent to cross-sell other products and services into Commander’s customer base.
- Launched new custom private label gift card program for retail stores on the SurgePays fintech platform to provide additional convenience and loyalty opportunities for these locations’ customers
- Continued to progress towards an IPO of the Company’s enterprise software subsidiary LogicsIQ, Inc. (formerly Surge Logics, Inc.)
- Appointed Anthony P. Nuzzo, Jr. as CEO of LogicsIQ subsidiary
“The third quarter showed increasing revenue, margin expansion and a narrowing in the net loss. What I’m really excited about, though, is we are now trading on NASDAQ with a significant infusion of capital which should allow us to take advantage of multiple growth initiatives and better execute on things in our pipeline,” commented SurgePays CEO Brian Cox.
“Our core mission has not changed: We are focused on utilizing our blockchain fintech software platform to bring essential financial services and products to the underbanked communities by targeting the stores most frequented by these customers. To this end, and with our newly available capital, we plan to shift from independent sales reps to building out a nationwide in-house sales team to more aggressively engage convenience stores, bodegas and community stores in order to expand beyond the 8,000 stores on our network. We have already identified an additional 30,000 stores for targeting, and over time the addressable market is literally hundreds of thousands of additional stores that could be transacting on the SurgePays network,” Mr. Cox continued. “The combination of increasing the number of stores within our network and increasing average sales per store is really the ‘deep and wide’ approach at the heart of our growth strategy.”
“The capital generated from our recent NASDAQ listing allows us to greatly accelerate the rollout of the Emergency Broadband Benefit, or EBB, Program through our SurgePhone Wireless subsidiary. The successful limited launch in a handful of states suggests that a wider and more aggressive rollout can be the catalyst to our march towards profitability. We have ordered an additional 21,000 tablets to cover the remainder of 2021 and are aggressively putting more sales teams in place while exploring opportunities to expand our footprint beyond 14 states. We have already surpassed our short term goal of 15,000 EBB subscribers, ahead of schedule, which is a baseline of $750,000 per month in relatively higher-margin reoccurring revenue.
“Our LogicsIQ subsidiary had its strongest quarter ever in the third quarter and generated nearly $7.5 million in revenue. This is on the heels of its second-best quarter ever in the second quarter of 2021 when it delivered approximately $4.5 million in revenue. The leaner COVID periods allowed the LogicsIQ team to essentially strengthen the underlying engine of its software platform and allow for the successful development of applications to target new verticals outside the core legal industry.
“In summary, the uplist and capital raising process took a significant amount of our team’s bandwidth for almost a year. Now that this is finally behind us, our focus is on efficient deployment of our capital to achieve maximum revenue growth and reach profitability in the near term. We believe being a profitable blockchain fintech will significantly increase overall shareholder value. Our team is encouraged with the opportunities immediately ahead of us across all business segments. I would like to thank the shareholders for their loyalty, patience and for believing in the management team. I have enjoyed preparing this update, and based on my view of the near future, I will enjoy the next corporate update even more as we execute on our growth strategy,” Mr. Cox concluded.
Financial Results for Third Quarter 2021
Revenue in the third quarter of 2021 was $14.54 million vs. $12.80 million in the year-ago period. General and administrative expenses declined from $3.21 million in the third quarter of 2020 to $2.28 million in the third quarter of 2021. Net loss in the third quarter of 2021 improved to ($1.66 million) from ($2.50 million) in the year-ago period.
Cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2021 was $635,527, as compared to $673,995 as of December 31, 2020. Subsequent to the end of the third quarter, the company raised $19.8 million in gross proceeds from a public offering.
About SurgePays, Inc.
SurgePays, Inc. is a B2B fintech with other verticals in the underbanked and software development space. SurgePays utilizes its blockchain software platform to offer a comprehensive suite of essential financial services for the underbanked, and top selling consumable products to convenience stores, mini-marts, tiendas, and bodegas more cost efficiently than existing wholesale distribution models. Please visit www.SurgePays.com for more information.
Forward-Looking Statements
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Company Contact:
Tony Evers CPA, CIA
Chief Financial Officer
Phone: (847) 648-7542 ext. 104
tevers@surgeholdings.com
Media Relations:
Henry Feintuch / Doug Wright
Feintuch Communications
914-548-6924 / 201-952-6033
surgepays@feintuchpr.com
Investor Relations:
CORE IR
516-222-2560
invest@surgeholdings.com
SURGEPAYS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
| September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | |||||||
| (Unaudited) | (Audited) | |||||||
| Assets | ||||||||
| Current Assets | ||||||||
| Cash | $ | 635,527 | $ | 673,995 | ||||
| Accounts receivable - net | 1,667,630 | 180,499 | ||||||
| Lifeline revenue - due from USAC | - | 212,621 | ||||||
| Inventory | 502,109 | 178,309 | ||||||
| Prepaids | 35,001 | 5,605 | ||||||
| Total Current Assets | 2,840,267 | 1,251,029 | ||||||
| Property and equipment - net | 217,070 | 236,810 | ||||||
| Other Assets | ||||||||
| Note receivable | 176,851 | - | ||||||
| Intangibles - net | 3,596,861 | 4,125,742 | ||||||
| Goodwill | 866,782 | 866,782 | ||||||
| Investment in Centercom - related party | 411,056 | 414,612 | ||||||
| Operating lease - right of use asset - net | 522,072 | 368,638 | ||||||
| Other | - | 61,458 | ||||||
| Total Other Assets | 5,573,622 | 5,837,232 | ||||||
| Total Assets | $ | 8,630,959 | $ | 7,325,071 | ||||
| Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit | ||||||||
| Current Liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 4,159,473 | $ | 6,827,487 | ||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses - related party | 2,293,926 | 1,753,837 | ||||||
| Deferred revenue | 235,500 | 443,300 | ||||||
| Operating lease liability | 68,303 | 210,556 | ||||||
| Line of credit | - | 912,870 | ||||||
| Loans payable - related parties | 1,027,500 | 2,389,000 | ||||||
| Notes payable - net | 593,205 | 250,000 | ||||||
| Convertible notes payable - net | 1,298,083 | 1,516,170 | ||||||
| Derivative liabilities | 1,567,508 | 1,357,528 | ||||||
| Total Current Liabilities | 11,243,498 | 15,660,748 | ||||||
| Long Term Liabilities | ||||||||
| Loans payable - related parties | 5,986,940 | 1,100,440 | ||||||
| Notes payable - SBA government | 1,499,424 | 1,134,682 | ||||||
| Operating lease liability | 447,002 | 155,167 | ||||||
| Total Long Term Liabilities | 7,933,366 | 2,390,289 | ||||||
| Total Liabilities | 19,176,864 | 18,051,037 | ||||||
| Commitments and Contingencies (Note 8) | ||||||||
| Stockholders’ Deficit | ||||||||
| Series A, Convertible Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 13,000,000 and 13,000,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively | 13,000 | 13,000 | ||||||
| Series C, Convertible Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 721,598 and 721,598 shares issued and outstanding, respectively | 722 | 722 | ||||||
| Common stock, $0.001 par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized 3,288,429 and 2,542,624 shares issued and outstanding, respectively | 3,289 | 2,543 | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 17,804,181 | 10,849,968 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (28,367,097 | ) | (21,592,199 | ) | ||||
| Total Stockholders’ Deficit | (10,545,905 | ) | (10,725,966 | ) | ||||
| Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit | $ | 8,630,959 | $ | 7,325,071 | ||||
SURGEPAYS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(unaudited)
| For the Three Months Ended September 30, | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | |||||||||||||
| Revenues | $ | 14,538,353 | $ | 12,802,172 | $ | 36,905,373 | $ | 43,104,767 | ||||||||
| Costs and expenses | ||||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | 12,634,871 | 11,216,186 | 32,544,619 | 39,422,776 | ||||||||||||
| General and administrative expenses | 2,279,374 | 3,210,910 | 8,254,443 | 12,014,616 | ||||||||||||
| Total costs and expenses | 14,914,245 | 14,427,096 | 40,799,062 | 51,437,392 | ||||||||||||
| Loss from operations | (375,892 | ) | (1,624,924 | ) | (3,893,689 | ) | (8,332,625 | ) | ||||||||
| Other income (expense) | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (1,236,778 | ) | (1,164,409 | ) | (4,637,236 | ) | (2,348,175 | ) | ||||||||
| Derivative expense | - | (33,239 | ) | (1,775,057 | ) | (529,294 | ) | |||||||||
| Change in fair value of derivative liabilities | (202,784 | ) | 212,851 | 746,896 | 405,413 | |||||||||||
| Gain (loss) on investment in Centercom - related party | 21,072 | 107,649 | (3,556 | ) | 252,985 | |||||||||||
| Gain on settlement of liabilities | 136,487 | - | 979,469 | 2,556,979 | ||||||||||||
| Gain on deconsolidation of True Wireless | - | - | 1,895,871 | - | ||||||||||||
| Other income | - | - | - | 10,000 | ||||||||||||
| Total other income (expense) - net | (1,282,003 | ) | (877,148 | ) | (2,793,613 | ) | 347,908 | |||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (1,657,895 | ) | $ | (2,502,072 | ) | $ | (6,687,302 | ) | $ | (7,984,717 | ) | ||||
| Loss per share - basic and diluted | $ | (0.51 | ) | $ | (1.09 | ) | $ | (2.21 | ) | $ | (3.69 | ) | ||||
| Weighted average number of shares - basic and diluted | 3,264,274 | 2,293,669 | 3,024,487 | 2,164,930 | ||||||||||||
SURGEPAYS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(unaudited)
| For the Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2020 | |||||||
| Operating activities | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (6,687,302 | ) | $ | (7,984,717 | ) | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operations | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 579,372 | 876,512 | ||||||
| Amortization of right-of-use assets | 122,681 | 146,647 | ||||||
| Amortization of debt discount | 2,008,036 | 1,417,524 | ||||||
| Recognition of share based compensation | 8,441 | 127,992 | ||||||
| Change in fair value of derivative liabilities | (746,896 | ) | (405,413 | ) | ||||
| Derivative expense | 1,775,057 | 529,294 | ||||||
| Gain on settlement of liabilities | (935,375 | ) | (2,556,979 | ) | ||||
| (Gain) loss on equity method investment - Centercom - related party | 3,556 | (252,985 | ) | |||||
| Gain on deconsolidation of subsidiary (True Wireless) | (1,895,871 | ) | - | |||||
| Changes in operating assets and liabilities | ||||||||
| (Increase) decrease in | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable | (1,487,131 | ) | 2,719,196 | |||||
| Lifeline revenue - due from USAC | 105,532 | (162,043 | ) | |||||
| Inventory | (398,450 | ) | (177,184 | ) | ||||
| Prepaids | (29,396 | ) | 58,111 | |||||
| Other | 61,458 | 4,999 | ||||||
| Increase (decrease) in | ||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 166,163 | 2,469,612 | ||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses - related party | 540,089 | - | ||||||
| Deferred revenue | (207,800 | ) | - | |||||
| Gain contingency | - | (38,040 | ) | |||||
| Operating lease liability | (126,533 | ) | (150,145 | ) | ||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | (7,144,369 | ) | (3,377,619 | ) | ||||
| Investing activities | ||||||||
| Purchase of property and equipment | (51,396 | ) | (4,147 | ) | ||||
| Cash disposed in deconsolidation of subsidiary (True Wireless) | (325,316 | ) | - | |||||
| Repayment of notes receivable | - | 14,959 | ||||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | (376,712 | ) | 10,812 | |||||
| Financing activities | ||||||||
| Proceeds from stock and warrants issued for cash | 1,510,000 | 705,000 | ||||||
| Repurchase of common stock | - | (500,000 | ) | |||||
| Proceeds from loans - related party | 3,688,000 | 723,196 | ||||||
| Repayments of loans - related party | (163,000 | ) | (240,196 | ) | ||||
| Proceeds from notes payable | 853,386 | 1,134,582 | ||||||
| Repayments on notes payable | (250,000 | ) | (27,500 | ) | ||||
| Proceeds from SBA notes | 518,167 | - | ||||||
| Repayments on SBA notes | (3,425 | ) | - | |||||
| Proceeds from convertible notes | 2,550,000 | 2,182,000 | ||||||
| Repayments on convertible notes - net of overpayment | (1,220,515 | ) | (373,000 | ) | ||||
| Cash paid for debt issuance costs | - | (162,000 | ) | |||||
| Net cash provided by financing activities | 7,482,613 | 3,442,082 | ||||||
| Net decrease in cash | (38,468 | ) | 75,275 | |||||
| Cash - beginning of period | 673,995 | 346,040 | ||||||
| Cash - end of period | $ | 635,527 | $ | 421,315 | ||||
| Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information | ||||||||
| Cash paid for interest | $ | 117,836 | $ | 98,113 | ||||
| Cash paid for income tax | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
| Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities | ||||||||
| Deconsolidation of subsidiary (True Wireless) | $ | 2,434,552 | $ | - | ||||
| Debt discount/issue costs recorded in connection with derivative liabilities | $ | 2,140,829 | $ | 1,366,636 | ||||
| Debt discount recorded in connection with notes payable | $ | 265,268 | ||||||
| Stock issued in settlement of liabilities | $ | 1,879,785 | $ | - | ||||
| Conversion of debt into equity | $ | 948,002 | $ | - | ||||
| Right-of-use asset obtained in exchange for new operating lease liability | $ | 515,848 | $ | 355,203 | ||||
| Termination of ECS ROU lease | $ | 228,752 | $ | - | ||||
| Stock issued in connection with debt modification | $ | 108,931 | $ | 49,890 | ||||
| Stock issued under make-whole arrangement | $ | 90,401 | $ | 196,341 | ||||
| Stock issued for acquisition of membership interest in ECS | $ | 17,900 | $ | - | ||||
| True up adjustment related to initial acquisition of True Wireless | $ | 87,596 | ||||||
| Stock issued for acquisition | $ | - | $ | 210,794 | ||||
| Stock and warrants issued with debt recorded as a debt discount | $ | - | $ | 906,098 | ||||
