Ameri100 Reports Positive Adjusted EBITDA for the Second Quarter of 2018

Achieves Profitability Goals on Improved Revenue Mix and Cost Reduction Initiatives

ATLANTA, Aug. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMERI Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMRH) (“Ameri100” or the “Company”), a specialized SAP® cloud, digital and enterprise services company, today reported its unaudited financial results for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2018.

Second Quarter 2018 vs. Second Quarter 2017

• Revenue of $11.1 million compared to $12.3 million;
• Gross profit of $2.4 million compared to $2.3 million;
• Gross margin of 21.6% compared to 19.0%;
• GAAP net (loss) of $(1.4) million compared to $(3.8) million;
• (Loss) per share of $(0.07) compared to $(0.26); and
• Adjusted EBITDA was $141,000 compared to $(603,000).
   

First Half of 2018 vs. First Half of 2017

• Revenue of $22.1 million compared to $24.6 million;
• Gross profit of $4.7 million compared to $5.6 million;
• Gross margin of 21.4% compared to 22.9%;
• GAAP net (loss) of $(3.5) million compared to $(5.0) million; 
• (Loss) per share of $(0.19) compared to $(0.35); and
• Adjusted EBITDA was $30,000 compared to $231,000. 

“Our second quarter results reflect solid solutions sales and operational execution that takes us across a critical threshold of achieving positive Adjusted EBITDA for both the quarter and for the first half of the year in-line with our profitability guidance,” stated Brent Kelton, Chief Executive Officer at Ameri100. “Gross margins increased by approximately 250 basis points year-over-year on lower revenue as we are deliberately shifting our sales towards high-margin solutions sales and de-emphasizing low-margin professional services revenue. As an example, during the quarter we secured wins in high-growth, high demand segments of the SAP services market, including our first healthcare sector win. 

“Operationally, we reduced costs by approximately 25% as we continued to restructure and streamline our acquired entities in the quarter. Subsequent to the close of the quarter, we moved to deleverage our balance sheet and support our working capital needs through a private placement that gives us greater operational and financial flexibility with which to pursue solution sales growth.” 

Concluded Mr. Kelton, “Looking ahead to the second-half of the fiscal year, with a more efficient cost structure, a services offering aligned with high growth segments of the SAP services market and a robust sales pipeline, we have a strong foundation for organic growth. With SAP migrations serving as a tailwind, and with a scalable platform and clean balance sheet, we are actively building a stable of target M&A opportunities to build scale in the fragmented SAP business services market and better realize the earnings power of our business model.” 

Updated Fiscal 2018 Financial Outlook

Based on 2018 second quarter and first half results and assuming a continued mix shift in favor of higher-margin solution sales, the Company now expects:

• Revenues to be comparable with fiscal 2017; and
• Positive adjusted EBITDA for fiscal 2018.         

Conference Call
Management will host a conference call today, Tuesday, August 14, 2018, at 8:30 a.m. ET (New York time) to discuss the Company’s results as well as recent corporate developments. After opening remarks, there will be a question and answer period. Interested parties may participate in the call by dialing 1-877-270-2148 or 1-412-902-6510. Please call in 10 minutes before the conference call is scheduled to begin. The conference call will also be broadcast live over the Internet. To listen to the live webcast of the call, please go to the Events section of the Ameri100 corporate website. If you are unable to listen live, the call will be archived and can be accessed for a period of one year through the ‘Events’ link provided above. 

About Ameri100
Ameri100 is a specialized SAP^® cloud, digital and enterprise services company which provides SAP® services to customers worldwide. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Ameri100 has offices in the U.S. and Canada. The Company also has global delivery centers in India. With its bespoke engagement model, the Company delivers transformational value to its clients across industry verticals. For further information, visit www.ameri100.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release includes forward-looking statements that relate to the business and expected future events or future performance of Ameri100 and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause its actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Words such as, but not limited to, "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "targets," "likely," "will," "would," "could," and similar expressions or phrases identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about Ameri100's financial and growth projections as well as statements concerning our plans, predictions, estimates, strategies, intentions, beliefs and other information concerning our business and the markets in which we operate. The future performance of Ameri100 may be adversely affected by the following risks and uncertainties: the level of market demand for our services, the highly-competitive market for the types of services that we offer, market conditions that could cause our customers to reduce their spending for our services, our ability to create, acquire and build new businesses and to grow our existing businesses, our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel, currency fluctuations and market conditions around the world, and other risks not specifically mentioned herein but those that are common to industry. For a more detailed discussion of these factors and risks, investors should review Ameri100's reports on Form 10-K and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which can be accessed through the SEC's website. Forward-looking statements in this press release are based on management's beliefs and opinions at the time the statements are made. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and Ameri100 undertakes no duty to update this information to reflect future events, information or circumstances.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to financial results calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP"), information containing non-GAAP financial measures for the Company are disclosed in this press release. The non-GAAP financial measures disclosed by the Company should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and the financial results calculated in accordance with GAAP and reconciliations to those financial statements should be carefully evaluated. The non-GAAP financial measures used by the Company may be calculated differently from, and therefore may not be comparable to, similarly titled measures used by other companies. The Company has provided reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures. Management encourages readers to rely upon the GAAP numbers, but includes the non-GAAP financial measures as supplemental metrics to assist readers.

In this press release, the Company presents the non-GAAP financial measure "adjusted EBITDA." Company management uses this non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate the Company's performance. As the Company's core business is providing information technology services and products, Company management finds it useful to use "adjusted EBITDA", which does not include interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, preferred stock dividends, stock-based compensation expenses, acquisition related expenses, restructuring expenses and changes in estimates related to acquisitions. While we may have these types of items and charges in the future, Company management believes that they are not reflective of the day-to-day offering of its products and services and relate more to strategic, multi-year corporate actions, without predictable trends, and that may obscure the trends and financial performance of the Company's core business. Company management believes the exclusion of the items described above from "adjusted EBITDA" is a very common measure utilized in the investment community and it helps Company management benchmark its operations and results with the industry.

The limitation associated with using these non-GAAP financial measures is that these measures exclude items that impact the Company's current period operating results. This limitation is best addressed by using these non-GAAP financial measures in combination with "net income (loss)", and "net income (loss) per diluted share" (the most comparable GAAP measures) because these non-GAAP financial measures do not reflect items that impact current period operating results and may be higher or lower than the most comparable GAAP measure.

Corporate Contact:
Viraj Patel, Chief Financial Officer
IR@ameri100.com

Investor Relations Contact:
Sanjay M. Hurry
LHA Investor Relations
(212) 838-3777
IR@ameri100.com

– Financial Tables Follow –

AMERI HOLDINGS, INC.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

Assets		June 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	915,114	$	4,882,084
Accounts receivable		7,936,573		8,838,453
Other current assets		751,717		924,266
Total current assets		9,603,404		14,644,803
Other assets:
Intangible assets, net		7,878,609		9,469,703
Goodwill		21,898,323		21,898,323
Other assets		6,161,271		6,183,799
Total other assets		35,938,203		37,551,825
Total assets	$	45,541,607	$	52,196,628
Liabilities
Current liabilities:
Line of credit	$	2,342,960	$	4,053,318
Accounts payable & accrued expenses		7,051,356		7,907,533
Bank term loan		406,249		749,551
Dividend Payable		661,553		-
Consideration payable – cash		3,328,328		5,509,427
Consideration payable – equity		11,271,000		12,148,053
Total current liabilities		25,061,446		30,367,882
Long- term Liabilities:
Convertible notes		1,250,000		1,250,000
Bank term loan		926,899		1,130,563
Total long-term liabilities		2,176,899		2,380,563
Total liabilities		27,238,345		32,748,445
Stockholders' equity:
Stockholders’ equity		18,303,262		19,448,183
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	45,541,607	$	52,196,628

AMERI HOLDINGS, INC.
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

		Three Months  Ended June 30, 2018			Three Months   Ended June |30, 2017			Six Months  Ended June 30, 2018			Six Months  Ended June 30, 2017
Revenue	$	11,075,840		$	12,268,259		$	22,138,850		$	24,609,186
Cost of revenue		8,686,841			9,935,468			17,406,966			18,975,045
Gross profit		2,388,999			2,332,791			4,731,884			5,634,141
Operating expenses
Selling, general and administration		2,524,588			4,840,272			5,403,530			7,873,727
Depreciation and amortization		809,282			825,657			1,630,018			1,514,757
Acquisition related expenses		-			175,136			10,000			384,480
Operating expenses		3,333,870			5,841,065			7,043,548			9,772,964
Operating (loss)		(944,871	)		(3,508,274	)		(2,311,664	)		(4,138,823	)
Interest expenses		(182,521	)		(164,343	)		(393,680	)		(255,149	)
Changes in estimates		(134,619	)		400,000			(134,619	)		400,000
Others, net		1,790			8,624			7,989			4,475
(Loss) before income taxes		(1,260,221	)		(3,263,993	)		(2,831,974	)		(3,989,497	)
Tax benefit / (Provision)		-			-			-			-
(Loss) after income taxes		(1,260,221	)		(3,263,993	)		(2,831,974	)		(3,989,497	)
Net (loss) attributable to non-controlling interest		-			(15,388	)		-			(11,872	)
Net (loss) attributable to the Company		(1,260,221	)		(3,279,381	)		(2,831,974	)		(4,001,369	)
Dividend on preferred stock		(104,136	)		(504,826	)		(661,553	)		(1,004,791	)
Net (loss) attributable to common stockholders	$	(1,364,357	)	$	(3,784,207	)	$	(3,493,527	)	$	(5,006,160	)
Basic (loss) per share	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.26	)	$	(0.19	)	$	(0.35	)
Diluted (loss) per share	$	(0.07	)	$	(0.26	)	$	(0.19	)	$	(0.35	)
Basic weighted average number of common shares outstanding		18,790,998			14,610,609			18,678,224			14,352,573
Diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding		18,790,998			14,610,609			18,678,224			14,352,573

AMERI HOLDINGS, INC.
UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF NET (LOSS) ATTRIBUTABLE TO COMMON STOCKHOLDERS TO 
EBITDA & ADJUSTED EBITDA

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Calculation
		Three Months  Ended June 30, 2018			Three Months  Ended June 30, 2017				Six Months  Ended June 30, 2018			Six Months  Ended June 30, 2017
Net (loss) attributable to the common stockholders:	$	(1,364,357)		$	(3,784,207)			$	(3,493,527)		$	(5,006,160)
Dividend on preferred stock		104,136			504,826				661,553			1,004,791
Interest expense and other, net		180,731			155,719				385,691			250,674
Depreciation and amortization		809,282			825,657				1,630,018			1,514,757
Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)		(270,208)			(2,298,005)				(816,265)			(2,235,938)
Stock based compensation expense		276,955			1,904,552				574,769			2,470,979
Acquisition related expenses		-			175,136				10,000			384,480
Changes in estimates		134,619			(400,000)				134,619			(400,000)
Restructuring expenses		-			-				127,100			-
Non-controlling Interest		-			15,388				-			11,872
Adjusted EBITDA profit (loss)	$	141,366		$	(602,929)			$	30,223		$	231,393