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HEALWELL AI Reports Q4 and Full Year 2023 Financial Results


TORONTO, March 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HEALWELL AI Inc. ("HEALWELL" or the "Company") (TSX: AIDX) (OTCQX: HWAIF), (formerly known as MCI Onehealth Technologies Inc.), a healthcare technology company focused on AI and data science for preventative care, is pleased to announce its audited consolidated financial results for the fiscal year and fourth quarter ended December 31, 2023.

Dr. Alexander Dobranowski, HEALWELL's CEO, commented, "Fourth quarter was a transformative period for the Company marked by our relaunch as HEALWELL AI and our new mission to improve healthcare and save lives through early disease detection with the use of leading AI and data science technologies. In the quarter, we achieved significant milestones including the establishment of a groundbreaking partnership with WELL Health Technologies, securing approximately $29.5 million through convertible debt and equity financings, and completing the acquisition of a majority interest in Pentavere, one of the leading healthcare AI platforms in Canada. I am grateful for what our team has been able to accomplish in such a short amount of time and excited with our continued trajectory as we show no signs of slowing down."

Dr. Dobranowski further adds, "We have an extremely positive outlook based on our organic growth profile and M&A strategy. We currently have a strong and active acquisition pipeline with the potential to more than double our current revenue run-rate of over $20 million to over $40 million per year, by using the existing cash we have on hand. We've established a very strong foundation with a solid framework for HEALWELL's continued growth. Other significant areas of focus include onboarding more physicians onto the HEALWELL platform, increasing sales of our AI tools and technology, expanding Intrahealth's footprint, and enhancing our presence within the WELL Health ecosystem. We see an unparalleled opportunity in healthcare data science and artificial intelligence."

Scott Nirenberski, HEALWELL's CFO, commented, "During the fourth quarter HEALWELL significantly strengthened its balance sheet by raising a total of $29.5 million of debt and equity and discharging a number of significant secured and unsecured liabilities. Our 2023 results are not indicative of the Company's current run-rate revenues as the Intrahealth acquisition was made in Q1-2024 and this is expected to contribute over $12 million in revenue and contribute positive EBITDA to HEALWELL this year. Furthermore, the 2023 results only included one month of contribution from our Pentavere acquisition. Looking ahead, we expect to see improved top and bottom-line performance as we activate against our advanced business development and M&A pipeline."

A summary of the Company's financial and operational results is set out below, and more detailed information is contained in the annual financial statements and related management discussion and analysis, which are available on the Company's SEDAR+ page at www.sedarplus.com. Financial measures described as "Adjusted" in this news release are non-IFRS financial measures and may not be comparable to other similar measures disclosed by other companies. Please see Non-IFRS Financial Measures below for more information.

Fiscal 2023 Annual Financial Highlights:

Significant financial highlights for the Company's continuing operations during the year ended December 31, 2023 included:

Fourth Quarter 2023 Financial Highlights

Significant financial highlights for the Company's continuing operations during the three months ended December 31, 2023 included:

Fourth Quarter 2023 Business and Operational Highlights
Significant business and operational highlights for the Company during the three months ended December 31, 2023 included:

Events Subsequent to December 31, 2023

Significant business and operational highlights for the Company subsequent to December 31, 2023 included:

Webcast and Conference Call Details:

As previously announced, HEALWELL will be holding a conference call and simultaneous webcast to discuss its financial results on Thursday March 28, 2024 at 1:00 pm EDT (10:00 am PDT). The call will be hosted by Dr. Alexander Dobranowski, Chief Executive Officer, and Scott Nirenberski, Chief Financial Officer. Please dial-in 10 minutes prior to the start of the call.

Date: Thursday, March 28, 2024
Time: 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT
For attendees who wish to join by webcast, the event can be accessed at: https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/kh2csfpp

Attendees who wish to join by phone must visit the following link and pre-register: https://register.vevent.com/register/BI6c778943adc34c2382f3833fb2d87a3b

Selected Financial Information
(in thousands of dollars, except percentages and per share amounts)

 Three months endedPeriod overYear endedPeriod over
 December 31period ChangeDecember 31period Change
   2023  2022 $%  2023  2022$%
 ($ in thousands except percentages)
Continuing operation 
Revenues $1,921 $3,038$(1,117) (37)  $7,317 $10,424 $(3,107) (30)  
Cost of revenue  1,651  1,462189 13   6,060  6,714  (654) (10)  
Gross profit  270  1,576(1,306) (83)   1,257  3,710  (2,453) (66)  
         
         
Research and development
  1,349  2,264(915) (40)   4,811  8,144  (3,333) (41)  
Sales and marketing
  321  562(241) (43)   1,280  1,521  (241) (16)  
General and administrative  2,486  2,968(482) (13)   11,984  11,363  621 5  
Impairment of goodwill and intangibles  3,143  (200)3,343 117   10,896  -  10,896 100  
   7,299  5,5941,705 30   28,971  21,028  7,943 38  
         
Net finance costs  615  241374 155   1,755  634  1,121 177  
Share of comprehensive loss (income) from associate  -

  372
 (372) 100   -  214  (214) NM  
Loss on settlement of shares-contingent consideration  -

  -  - NM   677  -  677 NM  
Impairment of investment in associate  -  -  - NM   2,180  -  2,180 NM  
Changes in fair value of contingent consideration  (1,537)  (1,718) 181 11%   223  (1,485)  1,708 NM  
Changes in fair value of investments  -  -  - NM   134  395  (261) (66)  
   (922)  (1,105) (183) (17)   4,969  (242)  5,211 NM  
         
Loss before taxes  (6,107)  (2,913) (3,194) 110   (32,683)  (17,076)  (15,607) 91  
Income taxes  652  (300) 952 317   (542)  1,119  (1,661) (148)  
         
Net loss-continuing operation  (6,759)  (2,613) (4,146) 159   (32,141)  (18,195)  (13,946) 77  
         
Net (income)/loss on discontinued operations, net of tax  (448)  812 (1,260) (155)   (596)  2,775  (3,371) (121)  
         
Net loss  (6,311)  (3,425) (2,886) 84   (31,545)  (20,970) (10,575) 50  
         
Continuing operation        
Adjusted gross profit (1)  557  1,734 (1,177) (68)   2,019  4,343  (2,324) (54)  
Adjusted gross margin (1)  29.0%  57.1%     27.6%  41.7%   
Adjusted EBITDA (1)  (1,464)  (1,797) 333 (19)   (7,954)  (9,660)  1,706 (18)  
Adjusted EBITDA margin (1)  (32.3%)  (59.2%)    (103.3%)  (92.7%)   
         
Discontinued operation        
Adjusted gross profit (1)  211  3,193 (2,982) (93)   7,610  12,910  (5,300) (41)  
Adjusted gross margin (1)  42.6%  29.7%     30.5%  30.2%   
Adjusted EBITDA (1)  112  (278) 390 (140)   (297)  159  (456) (287)  
Adjusted EBITDA margin (1)  22.6%  (2.6%)    (1.2%)  0.4%   
         
Net income/(loss) attributable to Company shareholders        
- Continuing operation $(6,759) $(2,613)    $(32,141) $(18,195)   
- Discontinued operation  448  (812)     596  (2,775)   
  $(6,311) $(3,425)    $(31,545) $(20,970)   
Weighted average number of        
Of Share outstanding: Basic and diluted  68,311,817  50,075,202     57,031,739  50,075,202   
         
Net income (loss) per share -Basic and diluted        
- Continuing operation $(0.10) $(0.05)    $(0.56) $(0.36)   
- Discontinued operation  0.01  (0.02)     0.01  (0.06)   
  $(0.09) $(0.07)    $(0.55) $(0.42)   
                   

(1)   Adjusted Gross Profit, Adjusted Gross Margin, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin are non-IFRS measures. Please see "Non-IFRS Measures" above for an explanation of the composition of these measures and their usefulness, and "Reconciliation of Non-IFRS Measures" below for a reconciliation of these measures to the IFRS measures found in the Financial Statements.

Selected Statement of Financial Position Data

 Year ended December 31,
 2023 2022 
 $ in thousands
   
Cash              19,162 1,411 
Accounts receivable1,115 5,627 
Other assets1,440 1,493 
Assets classified as held for sale1,150 - 
Liabilities associated with assets classified as held for sale(897)- 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities(6,241)(9,227)
Bank loan- (1,685)
Lease liabilities(5,274)(10,420)
Other liabilities(86)(130)
Related party loan(11,181)(5,315)
Non-controlling interest redeemable liability(1,282)(1,305)
Debenture payables(2,932)- 
Liability for contingent consideration(260)(1,637)
     

Non-IFRS Financial Measures

The terms Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Margin used in this document do not have any standardized meaning under IFRS, may not be comparable to similar financial measures disclosed by other companies and should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, IFRS financial measures. Readers are advised to review the section entitled "Non-IFRS Financial Measures" in the Company's management discussion and analysis for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2023, available on the Company's SEDAR+ page at www.sedarplus.com, for a detailed explanation of the composition of these measures and their uses.

(1) The following table reconciles Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin to net income (loss) for the three-months and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:

 Three months endedYear ended
 December 31December 31
  2023  2022  20232022 
 $ in thousands
Total Revenue    
- Continuing operation$1,921 $3,038 $7,317 $10,424 
- Discontinued operation 495  10,761  24,978  42,798 
 $2,416 $13,799 $32,295 $53,222 
Net (loss) income    
- Continuing operation$(6,759) $(2,613) $(32,141) $(18,195) 
- Discontinued operation 448  (812)  596  (2,775) 
 $(6,311) $(3,425) $(31,545) $(20,970) 
Add back (deduct)    
Continuing operation    
Depreciation and amortization 1,150  775  3,341  2,540 
Net finance charges 615  241  1,755  635 
Share of comprehensive loss (income) from associate -  372  -  214 
Loss on settlement of shares-contingent consideration -  -  677  - 
Impairment of investment in associate -  -  2,180  - 
Impairment of goodwill and intangibles 3,143  (200)  10,896  - 
Changes in fair value of contingent consideration (1,537)  (1,718)  223  (1,485) 
Changes in fair value of investments -  -  134  395 
Share-based payment expense 743  1,609  3,261  4,834 
Acquisition related expenses 529  37  2,272  283 
Expected credit losses -  -  11  - 
Income taxes recovery 652  (300)  (542)  1,199 
Discontinued operation    
Depreciation and amortization 117  621  1,312  2,733 
Net finance charges 15  77  309  332 
Gain on subleases -  (4)  -  (194) 
Impairment charged (reversal) 75  (200)  221  - 
Loss (gain) on disposal of subsidiary and clinics (543)  -  (2,560)  - 
Expected (recovery) provision of credit losses -  40  (175)  63 
     
Adjusted EBITDA    
- Continuing operation$(1,464) $(1,797) $(7,954) $(9,660) 
- Discontinued operation 112  (278)  (297)  159 
Adjusted EBITDA Margin    
- Continuing operation (32.3%)  (59.2%)  (103.3%)  (92.7%) 
- Discontinued operation 22.6%  (2.6%)  (1.2%)  0.4% 
             

(2) The following table reconciles Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Margin to revenue and cost of sales for the three-months ended and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:

 Three months endedPeriod overYear endedPeriod over
 December 31period ChangeDecember 31period Change
 2023 2022 $%2023 2022 $%
 ($ in thousands except percentages)
         
Revenue        
- Continuing operation1,921 3,038 (1,117) (37%) 7,317 10,424 (3,107) (30%) 
- Discontinued operation495 10,761 (10,266) (95%) 24,979 42,798 (17,819) (42%) 
         
         
Cost of revenue        
- Continuing operation1,651 1,462 189 13 6,060 6,714 (654) (10%) 
- Discontinued operation284 7,568 (7,284) (96%) 17,369 29,888 (12,519) (42%) 
         
         
Less:        
Depreciation and amortization        
- Continuing operation(287) (158) (129) 82 (762) (633) (129) 20 
- Discontinued operation- - -  - - -  
 1,364 1,304 60 5 5,298 6,081 (783) (13%) 
 284 7,568 (7,284) (96%) 17,369 29,888 (12,519) (42%) 
         
Continuing operation

        
Adjusted gross profit557 1,734 (1,177) (68%) 2,019 4,343 (2,324) (54%) 
Adjusted gross margin29% 57.1%   27.6% 41.7%   
         
Discontinued operation

        
Adjusted gross profit211 3,193 (2,982) (93%) 7,610 12,910 (5,300) (41%) 
Adjusted gross margin42.6% 29.7%   30.5% 30.2%   
             

Dr. Alexander Dobranowski

Chief Executive Officer
HEALWELL AI Inc.

About HEALWELL

HEALWELL is a healthcare technology company focused on AI and data science for preventative care. Its mission is to improve healthcare and save lives through early identification and detection of disease. Using its own proprietary technology, the Company is developing and commercializing advanced clinical decision support systems that can help healthcare providers detect rare and chronic diseases, improve efficiency of their practice and ultimately help improve patient health outcomes. HEALWELL is executing a strategy centered around developing and acquiring technology and clinical sciences capabilities that complement the Company's road map. HEALWELL is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") under the symbol "AIDX" and on the OTC Exchange under the symbol "HWAIF". To learn more about HEALWELL, please visit https://healwell.ai/.

Forward Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release, constitute "forward-looking information" and "forward looking statements" (collectively, "forward looking statements") within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws and are based on assumptions, expectations, estimates and projections as of the date of this press release. Forward-looking statements include statements with respect to the Company's acquisition pipeline, its plans and strategies for achieving organic growth, its intention to integrate AI tools into its other service offerings, and the anticipated performance of the Company and its subsidiaries in 2024, including potential revenue growth and changes to Adjusted EBITDA.. The words "result", "improve", "grow", "outcome", "position", "implement", "provide", "satisfy", "goal", "commitment", "intend", "generate", "accelerate", "continuing to", "potential", "future", "result in", "increasing", "anticipates", "expecting", "achieve", "revolutionize", "transform", "outlook", "solidified", or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain future conditions, actions, events or results "will", "may", "could", "would", "should", "might" or "can", or negative versions thereof, "occur", "continue" or "be achieved", and other similar expressions, identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon management's perceptions of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as a number of specific factors and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by the Company as of the date of such statements, are outside of the Company's control and are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies which could result in the forward-looking statements ultimately being entirely or partially incorrect or untrue. Forward looking statements contained in this press release are based on various assumptions, including, but not limited to, the following: the Company's ability to maintain its relationships with its commercial partners and to successfully implement its strategic alliance with WELL; the Company's future access to debt and equity financing; the Company's plans for future cost reduction; the availability of working capital and sources of liquidity; the Company's ability to achieve its growth and revenue strategies; the availability of potential acquisition targets, the Company's ability to complete acquisitions successfully, and the terms on which acquisitions may be completed; the demand for the Company's products and fluctuations in future revenues; the availability of future business ventures, commercial arrangements and acquisition targets or opportunities and the Company's ability to consummate them and to effectively integrate future acquisition targets into its platform; the Company's ability to grow its customer base; the effects of competition in the industry; the requirement for increasingly innovative product solutions and service offerings; trends in customer growth; the stability of general economic and market conditions; currency exchange rates and interest rates; the Company's ability to comply with applicable laws and regulations; the Company's continued compliance with third party intellectual property rights; and that the risk factors noted below, collectively, do not have a material impact on the Company's business, operations, revenues and/or results. By their nature, forward-looking statements are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties that may be general or specific and which give rise to the possibility that expectations, forecasts, predictions, projections or conclusions will not prove to be accurate, that assumptions may not be correct, and that objectives, strategic goals and priorities will not be achieved.

Readers are encouraged to review the "Liquidity and Capital Resources" section of the Company's MD&A, together with Note 3(c) of the Company's annual financial statements, for the period ended December 31, 2023, which indicate the existence of material uncertainties that cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Company's ability to continue as a going concern was, as at December 31, 2023, dependent on, among other things, its ability to meet its financing requirements on a continuing basis, to continue to have access to financing, and to generate positive operating results. The Company's ability to satisfy its financing requirements and ultimately achieve necessary levels of profitability and positive cash flows from operations, to raise additional funds, and to improve operating results were and are dependent on a number of factors outside the Company's control, and while the Company has raised significant financing during the year ended December 31, 2023, there can be no assurance that the Company will continue to be successful in these endeavors in the future.
Known and unknown risk factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company, could cause the actual results of the Company to differ materially from the results, performance, achievements or developments expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risk factors include but are not limited to those factors which are discussed under the section entitled "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual information form dated March 31, 2023, which is available under the Company's SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.com. The risk factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the factors that could affect the Company and the reader is cautioned to consider these and other factors, uncertainties and potential events carefully and not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Forward-looking statements are provided for the purpose of providing information about management's expectations and plans relating to the future. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, or to explain any material difference between subsequent actual events and such forward-looking statements, except to the extent required by applicable law. All of the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements.

For more information:

Pardeep S. Sangha
Investor Relations, HEALWELL AI Inc.
Phone: 604-572-6392
[email protected]

 



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