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HOUSTON, Aug. 20 TX-DPDW-rev-increase
HOUSTON, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Deep Down, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DPDW) announced unaudited results on August 15, 2008, for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2008, on Form 10-Q filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Deep Down generated revenue of $14.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008 compared to $7.2 million for the same period last year, an increase of $7.0 million, or 96%. Our acquisitions accounted for $5.1 million of this increase. Mako was included for the entire period and accounted for $2.7 million of the increase. Flotation Technologies was included for two months and accounted for $1.5 million of the increase. ElectroWave was included for six months and accounted for $0.9 million of the increase, but the six month period in 2007 included only three months revenue for ElectroWave since it was acquired in April 2007. Our existing businesses continued to strengthen with increased revenues of $1.9 million, or 29%, over last year's six month period. Contract revenues were up 25%, and rentals were up 47%. Our offshore market continues to be strong as we continue to expand our customer base.
Deep Down generated revenues of $7.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2008 compared to $5.1 million for the same period last year, an increase of $2.8 million, or 54%. Our acquisitions represented $3.0 million of the increase in revenue in addition to a slight revenue decrease in the core business of $0.2 million. This slight decrease in revenue was a result of certain customers delaying scheduled projects.
Gross margin for the six months ended June 30, 2008 was $4.8 million compared to $2.7 million in the same prior year period, an increase of $2.1 million, or 79%. $1.4 million of the increase is attributable to the inclusion of the acquisitions in this period. The overall gross margin was 34 % for the first six months of 2008 as compared to 37% for the same period last year. The gross margin is slightly lower due to an increase in personnel.
SG&A for the six months ended June 30, 2008, was $5.4 million compared to $1.8 million for the same period last year, an increase of $3.6 million, or 209%. The acquisitions of Mako and Flotation represented $1.5 million of the increase. Bad debt expense increased by $0.8 million due to the write-off of two accounts, one of which filed for bankruptcy protection during the quarter ($0.2 million of the total bad debt is included in the Mako subsidiary). Personnel and related costs increased by $1.0 million primarily due to an expansion of our businesses, combined with the related costs of administering a public company and complying with reporting requirements. Additionally, we paid approximately $0.7 million in professional, accounting, and legal fees to support our various initiatives during the six months ended June 30, 2008, including the filing of a registration statement, acquisitions and reporting requirements. Stock based compensation related to employee stock options and restricted stock was approximately $0.3 million in the current fiscal year compared to approximately $40,000 for the comparable prior year period.
Operating loss for the six months ended June 30, 2008, was $1.5 million compared to operating income of $0.8 million for the same prior year period. Net loss for the six months ended June 30, 2008, was $5.0 million compared to net income of $0.8 million for the same prior period. Income was impacted by one-time interest expense and loss on debt extinguishment expenses totaling $2.6 million related to the early payoff of our secured credit agreement (the "Credit Agreement"). Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges ("EBITDA") for the six months ended June 30, 2008, was $0.5 million, compared to $1.0 million, a decrease of $0.5 million over the same prior year period.
Interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2008, was $3.5 million compared to $1.5 million for the same prior year period. In connection with the early payoff of the Credit Agreement, Deep Down accelerated the remaining deferred financing costs totaling $0.7 million and recorded this charge to interest expense. Additionally, $1.5 million in debt discounts were accelerated and recorded to interest expense, along with early termination fees of approximately $0.5 million. Deep Down paid cash interest related to the Credit Agreement totaling $0.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2008. For the comparable period last year, $1.4 million of the total interest was related to accretion on the redemption of Series G and Series E Preferred Stock.
"I am pleased to report this quarter that Deep Down continues to improve its financial position. The Company is now essentially debt free and has retired all of its remaining preferred shares. Liquidity is strong with unrestricted cash and equivalents of $4.1 million and a current ratio of 3.8. Our working capital position is $10.8 million. Stockholders' equity has improved dramatically and is now $52.9 million compared to $12.6 million on December 31, 2007. We remain excited and optimistic about the prospects for continued revenue growth and a return to profitability," commented Robert E. Chamberlain, Jr., Deep Down's Chairman.
About Deep Down, Inc.
Deep Down specializes in the provision of innovative solutions, installation management, engineering services, support services, custom fabrication and storage management services for the offshore subsea control, umbilical, and pipeline industries. The company fabricates component parts of subsea distribution systems and assemblies that specialize in the development of subsea fields and tie backs. These items include umbilicals, flow lines, distribution systems, pipeline terminations, controls, winches, and launch and retrieval systems, among others. Deep Down provides these services from the initial field conception phase, through manufacturing, site integration testing, installation, topside connections, and the final commissioning of a project.
The Company's ElectroWave subsidiary offers products and services in the fields of electronic monitoring and control systems for the energy, military, and commercial business sectors. ElectroWave designs, manufactures, installs, and commissions integrated PLC and SCADA based instrumentation and control systems, including ballast control and monitoring, drilling instrumentation, vessel management systems, marine advisory systems, machinery plant control and monitoring systems, and closed circuit television systems.
The Company's Mako subsidiary serves the growing offshore petroleum and marine industries with technical support services, and products vital to offshore petroleum production, through rentals of its remotely operated vehicles (ROV), topside and subsea equipment, and diving support systems used in diving operations, maintenance and repair operations, offshore construction, and environmental/marine surveys.
Flotation engineers, designs and manufactures deepwater buoyancy systems using high-strength Flotec(TM) syntactic foam and polyurethane elastomers. Flotation's product offerings include distributed buoyancy for flexible pipes and umbilicals, drilling riser buoyance modules, CoreTec(TM) drilling riser buoyancy modules, ROVits(TM) buoyancy, Hydro-Float mooring buoys, Stablemoor(TM) low-drag ADCP deployment solution, Quick-Loc(TM) cable floats, Hardball(TM) umbilical floats, Flotec(TM) cable and pipeline protection, Inflex(TM) polymer bend restrictors, and installation buoyancy of any size and depth rating.
The Company's strategy is to become a leading provider of products and services to the offshore industry, including shallow, deep, and ultra-deep water applications in oil and gas exploration, development and production activities, and maritime operations. Management plans to achieve this strategy through organic growth and strategic acquisitions of complementary businesses with technological advantages in deepwater environments. For further company information, please visit http://www.deepdowninc.com, http://www.electrowaveusa.com, http://www.makotechnologies.com and http://www.flotec.com.
One of our most important responsibilities is to communicate with shareholders in an open and direct manner. Comments are based on current management expectations, and are considered "forward-looking statements," generally preceded by words such as "plans," "expects," "believes," "anticipates," or "intends." We cannot promise future returns. Our statements reflect our best judgment at the time they are issued, and we disclaim any obligation to update or alter forward-looking statements as the result of new information or future events. Deep Down urges investors to review the risks and uncertainties contained within its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


   DEEP DOWN, INC.
 CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 (Unaudited)

 June 30, December 31,
   2008   2007
  ASSETS
Cash and equivalents$4,085,543 $2,206,220
Restricted cash  -375,000
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of
 $818,992 and $139,787 respectively  8,614,961  7,190,466
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  710,213312,058
Inventory  179,343502,253
Lease receivable, short-term   414,000414,000
Work in progress   681,790945,612
Receivable from Prospect, net-  2,687,333
Total current assets14,685,850 14,632,942
Property and equipment, net 10,651,053  5,172,804
Other assets, net of accumulated amortization
 of $0 and $54,560 respectively550,819  1,109,152
Lease receivable, long-term500173,000
Intangibles, net18,745,713  4,369,647
Goodwill13,001,556 10,594,144
Total assets   $57,635,491$36,051,689

  LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities$3,070,105 $3,569,826
Deferred revenue   725,521188,030
Payable to Mako shareholders -  3,205,667
Current portion of long-term debt   47,477995,177
Total current liabilities3,843,103  7,958,700
Long-term debt, net of accumulated discount of
 $0 and $1,703,258 respectively919,381 10,698,818
Series E redeemable exchangeable preferred stock,
 par value $0.01, face value and liquidation
 preference of $1,000 per share, no dividend
 preference, authorized 10,000,000 aggregate
 shares of all series of preferred stock,
 - 0 - and 500 issued and outstanding,
 respectively-386,411
Total liabilities4,762,484 19,043,929
Temporary equity:
Series D redeemable convertible preferred stock,
 $0.01 par value, face value and liquidation
 preference of $1,000 per share, no dividend
 preference, authorized 10,000,000 aggregate
 shares of all series of preferred stock,
 - 0 - and 5,000 issued and outstanding,
 respectively-  4,419,244
Total temporary equity   -  4,419,244
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 490,000,000
 shares authorized, 174,732,501 and 85,976,526
 shares issued and outstanding, respectively   174,733 85,977
Paid-in capital 60,000,402 14,849,847
Accumulated deficit (7,302,128)(2,347,308)
Total stockholders' equity  52,873,007 12,588,516
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $57,635,491$36,051,689



   DEEP DOWN, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 (Unaudited)

  For the Three Months Ended  For the Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
20082007 2008 2007

Revenues
  Contract revenue   $5,670,385  $4,508,635  $11,007,914   $6,110,916
  Rental revenue  2,249,811 636,1533,191,7471,132,266
  Total revenues  7,920,196   5,144,788   14,199,6617,243,182
Cost of sales 5,496,427   3,293,3139,372,7984,545,402
Gross profit  2,423,769   1,851,4754,826,8632,697,780
Operating expenses:
  Selling, general &
   administrative 3,681,643   1,103,9025,443,8901,763,622
  Depreciation and
   amortization 543,128  90,196  841,277  154,221
Total operating
 expenses 4,224,771   1,194,0986,285,1671,917,843
Operating income (loss)  (1,801,002)657,377   (1,458,304) 779,937
Other income (expense):
  Gain (loss) on debt
   extinguishment  (446,412)  2,000,000 (446,412)   2,000,000
  Interest income27,346  16,290   66,510   16,290
  Interest expense   (2,690,534) (1,276,770)  (3,459,564)  (1,508,657)
  Other expense (39,771)  -  (11,416)   -
Total other income
 (expense)   (3,149,371)739,520   (3,850,882) 507,633
Income (loss) before
 income taxes(4,950,373)  1,396,897   (5,309,186)   1,287,570
Benefit from (provision
 for) income taxes   85,000(447,363) 354,366 (447,363)

Net income (loss)   $(4,865,373)   $949,534  $(4,954,820)$840,207

Earnings per share:
  Basic  $(0.04)  $0.01   $(0.05)   $0.01

Weighted-average common
 shares outstanding 132,666,860  67,870,171  109,326,053   74,417,132

Diluted  $(0.04)  $0.01   $(0.05)   $0.01

Weighted-average common
 shares outstanding 132,666,860  93,799,839  109,326,053  100,315,405



   DEEP DOWN, INC.
   CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 (Unaudited)

  For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2008
 Common Stock   Paid-in   Accumulated
   Shares AmountCapital Deficit   Total
Balance at
 December 31,
 200785,976,532  $85,977 $14,849,847 $(2,347,308) $12,588,516

  Net loss--   -  (4,954,820)  (4,954,820)
  Exchange of
   Series D
   preferred
   stock 25,866,518   25,867   4,393,3774,419,244
  Stock issued
   for acquisition
   of Mako2,802,9692,803   1,959,2751,962,078
  Stock issued for
   acquisition
   of Flotation   1,714,2861,714   1,421,1431,422,857
  Warrants issued
   for acquisition
   of Flotation- 121,793  121,793
  Restricted stock
   issued 1,200,0001,200  (1,200)   -
  Stock issued in
   private
   placement 57,142,857   57,143  37,002,527   37,059,670
  Cashless
   exercise of
   stock options 29,339   29 (29)   -
 Stock based
  compensation-- 253,669  253,669
Balance at
 June 30, 2008  174,732,501 $174,733 $60,000,402 $(7,302,128) $52,873,007



   DEEP DOWN, INC.
 CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
 (Unaudited)

 Six Months Ended
 June 30,
2008  2007
Cash flows from operating activities:

Net loss$(4,954,820) $840,208
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net
 cash used in operating activities:
  Gain on extinguishment of debt  -(2,000,000)
  Interest income   (30,467)  (16,290)
  Amortization of debt discount   1,816,847 1,391,506
  Amortization of deferred financing costs  762,700 -
  Share-based compensation  253,66939,565
  Bad debt expense  832,328 -
  Depreciation and amortization 898,998   154,221
  Loss on disposal of equipment   9,136 -
  Changes in assets and liabilities:
  Lease receivable-  (750,000)
  Accounts receivable  (254,958) (531,356)
  Prepaid expenses and other current assets(586,618)1,655
  Inventory(179,343) (472,253)
  Work in progress1,135,005  (119,552)
  Accounts payable and accrued liabilities   (1,601,586)1,808,987
  Deferred revenue  537,49180,628
  Net cash provided by operating activities $(1,361,618) $427,319
Cash flows from investing activities:
  Cash paid for acquisition of Flotation(22,116,140)-
  Cash paid for acquisition of Mako  (1,319,967)-
  Cash paid for third party debt  -  (432,475)
  Cash received from sale of ElectroWave
   receivables-   261,068
  Cash deficit acquired an acquisition of a
   business   -   (18,974)
  Purchases of equipment   (687,060) (442,788)
  Restricted cash   375,000 -
  Net cash used in investing activities$(23,748,167)$(633,169)
Cash flows from financing activities:
  Payment for cancellation of common stock-  (250,000)
  Redemption of preferred stock   -  (250,000)
  Proceeds from sale of common stock, net
   of expenses   37,059,670   960,000
  Proceeds from long term debt2,687,333 -
  Proceeds from sales-type lease172,50069,000
  Borrowings on debt - related party  -   150,000
  Payments of long-term debt(12,930,395) (222,307)
  Net cash provided by (used in) financing
   activities   $26,989,108  $456,693
Change in cash and equivalents1,879,323   250,843
Cash and equivalents, beginning of period 2,206,22012,462
Cash and equivalents, end of period  $4,085,543  $263,305
Supplemental schedule of noncash investing
 and financing activities:
  Acquisition of a business $ - $(190,381)
  Exchange of receivables for acquisition of a
   business $ -  $171,407
  Warrants issued for acquisition of Flotation $121,793   $ -
  Stock issued for acquisition of Flotation  $1,422,857   $ -
  Stock issued for acquisition of Mako   $1,962,078   $ -
  Fixed assets purchased with capital lease $ -  $525,000
  Fixed assets transferred from Inventory  $502,253   $ -
  Exchange of Series D preferred stock   $4,419,244
  Exchange of Series E preferred stock  $ -$3,366,778
  Redemption of Series E preferred stock$ -$2,000,000
  Exchange of Series E preferred stock for
   subordinated debenture  $500,000   $ -
  Common shares issued as restricted stock   $1,200   $ -
Supplemental Disclosures:
Cash paid for interest $880,017  $117,151
Cash paid for pre-payment penalties$446,413   $ -
Cash paid for taxes$275,000   $ -
SOURCE Deep Down, Inc.

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