Cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments held to maturity, as
at December 31, 2007 totaled $0.5 million compared to $3.38 million as at
March 31, 2007. In addition, under our contract with a distributor, LMS is
entitled to receive amounts for contracts contained in our backlog,
described below. As at December 31, 2007, this amount, which does not
qualify as a receivable under generally accepted accounting principles,
amounted to $0.6 million and will provide short term additional liquidity.
As such, the total cash, cash equivalents, short term investments and
accounts receivable, including this amount, amounted to $1.8 million as at
December 31, 2007.
THIRD QUARTER HIGHLIGHTS:
- In conjunction with a seasonally stronger spring quarter (Q4) and
corporate streamlining of operations, we anticipate reaching a cash
flow break even for the last quarter of the current fiscal year.
- Both the backlog of signed contracts and identified sales opportunities
were maintained at $4.6 million and $25 million, respectively.
- In total, we added six new hospitals to our client base as well as four
insurance contracts during the third quarter of fiscal 2008.
- We implemented a program to streamline operations, thus substantially
reducing LMS expenses with the objective of reaching near term positive
cash flow and ensuring profitability. There are reductions in
consulting expenses and salaries in research and development and other
non core expenditures. All operational, sales and core development
activities have been maintained. Also, management has demonstrated its
commitment to the future of LMS by making a collective decision to
temporarily suspend a portion of salaried compensation for the balance
of fiscal 2008. Upon meeting certain milestones, the board of directors
will have an option to pay the suspended salarie
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