Exhibit 99.1

 

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Energous Corporation Reports First Quarter 2019 Financial Results

SAN JOSE, Calif. – Apr. 30, 2019 – Energous Corporation (NASDAQ: WATT), the developer of WattUp®, a revolutionary wireless charging 2.0 technology, today announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2019 and provided an update on its operational progress.

Recent Highlights

 

   

First WattUp enabled product launched; the Delight Oasis-RC personal sound amplification product

 

   

Completed $25 million public offering of common stock

 

   

Added Dan Fairfax to company’s board of directors

 

   

Appointed Cesar Johnston to Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of Engineering

 

   

Increased patent count to 215 (188 patents/27 allowed applications as of April 30, 2019)

“We continued to work with customers to bring WattUp enabled products to market, while pursuing international regulatory certifications. We believe we are making the necessary strategic steps to capture the immense opportunity of wireless charging 2.0, and while the pace of reportable progress can be unpredictable, we expect to see increasing chip sales in 2019,” said Stephen R. Rizzone, president and CEO of Energous Corporation. “Our goal is to drive revenue and become cash flow positive as quickly as possible as we focus on the vertical markets we believe will have fastest adoption.”

Unaudited 2019 First Quarter Financial Results

For the first quarter ended Mar. 31, 2019, Energous recorded:

 

   

Revenue of $66,500

 

   

Operating expenses of $11.2 million (GAAP), comprised of $6.8 million in research and development, $2.8 million in general and administrative and $1.6 million in sales and marketing expenses

 

   

Net loss of $11.0 million, or $0.39 per basic and diluted share

 

   

Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP financial measure) loss of $7.7 million

 

   

$36.1 million in cash and cash equivalents at the end of the first quarter, with no debt


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First Quarter 2019 Conference Call

Energous will host a conference call to discuss its financial results, recent progress and prospects for the future.

When: Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Time: 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET)

Phone: 888-317-6003 (domestic); 412-317-6061 (international)

Passcode: 6161503

Telephonic replay: Accessible through May 30, 2019

877-344-7529 (domestic); 412-317-0088 (international); passcode 10130882

Webcast: Accessible at Energous.com; archive available for approximately one year

About Energous Corporation

Energous Corporation (NASDAQ: WATT) is leading the next generation of wireless charging—Wireless Charging 2.0—with its award-winning WattUp® technology, which supports fast, efficient contact-based charging, as well as charging over-the-air. WattUp is a scalable, RF-based wireless charging technology that offers substantial improvements in contact-based charging efficiency, foreign object detection, orientation freedom and thermal performance compared to older, coil-based charging technologies. The technology can be designed into many different sized electronic devices for the home and office, as well as the medical, industrial, retail and automotive industries, and it ensures interoperability across products. As a systems solutions company, Energous develops silicon-based wireless power transfer (WPT) technologies and customizable reference designs. These include innovative silicon chips, antennas and software for a wide variety of applications, such as smartphones, fitness trackers, hearables, medical sensors and more. Energous received the world’s first FCC Part 18 certification for at-a-distance wireless charging, and it has more than 200 awarded patents/allowed applications for its WattUp wireless charging technology to-date. For more information, please visit Energous.com.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements that describe our future plans and expectations. These statements generally use terms such as “believe,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “seek,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “anticipate” or similar terms. Examples of our forward-looking statements in this release include our statements about FCC certification of our technology, regulatory approvals internationally, and customer releases of products utilizing our technology. Our forward-looking statements speak only as of this date; they are based on current


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expectations and we undertake no duty to update them. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from what we expect include: uncertain timing of necessary regulatory approvals; timing of customer product development and market success of customer products; our dependence on distribution partners; and intense industry competition. We urge you to consider those factors, and the other risks and uncertainties described in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, in evaluating our forward-looking statements.

– Financial Tables Follow –


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Energous Corporation

BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

 

     As of  
     March 31,
2019
    December 31,
2018
 
ASSETS     

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 36,129,119     $ 20,106,485  

Accounts receivable

     66,650       44,550  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     490,295       637,708  

Operating lease right-of-use assets

     287,134       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     36,973,198       20,788,743  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

     1,144,897       1,219,016  

Other assets

     2,410       2,410  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 38,120,505     $ 22,010,169  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY     

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 1,855,306     $ 1,861,385  

Accrued expenses

     1,858,519       1,778,349  

Operating lease liabilities

     331,261       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     4,045,086       3,639,734  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Preferred Stock, $0.00001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018; no shares issued or outstanding.

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Common Stock, $0.00001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2017; 30,328,549 and 26,526,303 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, respectively.

     303       265  

Additional paid-in capital

     269,836,155       243,111,741  

Accumulated deficit

     (235,761,039     (224,741,571
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     34,075,419       18,370,435  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 38,120,505     $ 22,010,169  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 


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Energous Corporation

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

 

     For the Three Months Ended March 31,  
     2019     2018  

Revenue:

    

Engineering product development

   $ 66,500     $ 25,000  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     66,500       25,000  

Operating expenses:

    

Research and development

     6,800,678       8,721,552  

Sales and marketing

     1,599,452       1,472,396  

General and administrative

     2,761,911       3,280,215  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     11,162,041       13,474,163  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from operations

     (11,095,541     (13,449,163

Other income (expense):

    

Interest income

     76,073       5,706  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     76,073       5,706  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (11,019,468   $ (13,443,457
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per common share

   $ (0.39   $ (0.55
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted

     27,939,166       24,536,274  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Energous Corporation

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Information

(Unaudited)

 

     For the Three Months Ended March 31,  
     2019     2018  

Net loss (GAAP)

   $ (11,019,468   $ (13,443,457

Add (subtract) the following items:

    

Interest income

     (76,073     (5,706

Depreciation and amortization

     235,368       299,520  

Stock-based compensation

     3,171,392       4,609,208  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)

   $ (7,688,781   $ (8,540,435
  

 

 

   

 

 

 


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Contact

Energous Public Relations

PR@energous.com

(408) 963-0200

Investor Relations Contact

Bishop IR

Mike Bishop

(415) 894-9633

IR@energous.com

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