Traction with Partner-Led Sales Strategy Contributes to Continued Growth in Quarterly SaaS Revenue and SaaS Annual Recurring Revenue for Third Quarter 2022

Cost Management Yields 30% Year-Over-Year Operating Expense Reduction

Qumu Corporation (Nasdaq: QUMU), a leading provider of cloud-based enterprise video technology, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2022.

Q3 2022 and Recent Operational Highlights

• Expanded partnership with AT&T to support the branding and launch of AT&T’s Qumu-powered enterprise video-as-a service product offering

• Launched Qumu Video Engagement Platform on Google Cloud Marketplace

• Renewed several of our marquee customers, including international banking group UniCredit, Birmingham County Football Club and pediatric oncology center Prinses Máxima Centrum

Q3 2022 Financial Highlights

• Software as a Service (SaaS) revenue increased 6% to $2.8 million, compared to $2.6 million in Q3 2021

• SaaS Annual Recurring Revenue (SaaS ARR) grew to $13.5 million, up 7% year-over-year

• SaaS revenue accounted for 51% of total revenue, compared to 54% in Q2 2022 and 41% in Q3 2021

• Gross margin improved to 77.5%, compared to 75.4% for Q2 2022 and 76.0% for Q3 2021

• Operating expenses decreased 12% sequentially and 30% year-over-year

• Net cash used in operating activities decreased to $1.4 million, an improvement compared to $3.7 million in Q2 2022 and $3.3 million in Q3 2021

• Solid balance sheet with $6.0 million of cash and cash equivalents, inclusive of line of credit borrowings of $1.2 million

• Company reiterated its expectation that SaaS recurring revenue will comprise approximately 65% of its overall recurring revenue mix by the end of 2022, with targeted growth to approximately 75% of recurring revenue mix by the end of 2023

Q3 2022 Key Performance Indicators

• SaaS revenue accounted for 63% of recurring revenue, up from 61% in Q2 2022 and 52% in Q3 2021

• SaaS revenue accounted for 51% of total revenue, compared to 54% in Q2 2022 and 41% in Q3 2021

• SaaS ARR increased to $13.5 million from $13.3 million in Q2 2022 and $12.6 million in Q3 2021

• SaaS customer retention metrics:
  • Gross Retention Rate (GRR): 92% at end of Q3 2022 compared to 84% at end of Q3 2021
  • Net Retention Rate (NRR): 100% at end of Q3 2022 compared to 123% at end of Q3 2021

Management Commentary

“Our improving financial results and strong SaaS KPIs in Q3 reflect the increasing success and momentum of our partner-led sales strategy as well as our customers growing their investment with Qumu as their trusted provider of live and asynchronous video content,” said CEO of Qumu, Rose Bentley. “In particular, our partner strategy has been validated by the volume of opportunities we are seeing as well as by the rate we are closing new business. In fact, our new logo count for the first nine months of the year exceeds all new logos we secured in 2021 and we continue to see over 80% of our new bookings being sourced by our partners.”

Qumu CFO Tom Krueger commented: “During Q3 we built on the financial momentum we established in the first half of 2022 by delivering solid growth across our key SaaS metrics. Highlighting our success is the 6% increase in SaaS revenue and 7% increase in SaaS ARR. Renewals and retention rates were especially strong in the quarter, with gross retention rate of 92% and net retention rate of 100%. Importantly, we were able to achieve these results while reducing our operating expenses by 12% sequentially and 30% year-over-year, which enabled us to improve cash used in operations by $2.3 million compared to Q2 2022. We have made great strides improving our cash usage, and we will continually look for ways to further optimize our cost profile without sacrificing our ability to scale.”

Bentley continued: “Looking ahead, our pipeline for renewals and new customers is incredibly strong. Many of the renewals include expansion of our customer relationships as they look to increase usage of the Qumu platform resulting in a broader network of technology partners and new enterprise use cases going forward. A growing number of renewals secured in Q3 were for multi-year contracts, and we expect future renewals to follow suit. In fact, three-to-five-year contracts accounted for nearly 20% of our renewals year-to-date, reflecting the confidence our customers have in our cloud-based solution and unmatched level of customer service.

“Longer term, our three-year vision for Qumu is to achieve $50 million in revenue as a profitable and predictable company by the end of 2025. The strategic investments that we have made into the business over the past several years position us to now focus on scaling outwardly and promoting our platform through our network of partners and collaborators. The benefits of our transformation will become increasingly evident in growth in recurring revenues later this year and in 2023.”

Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results

Revenue for Q3 2022 was $5.5 million, compared to $5.1 million in Q2 2022 and $6.4 million in Q3 2021. The year-over-year decrease was due to the company’s strategic shift away from perpetual license sales, and the related maintenance revenue, and toward SaaS sales.

Service revenue was $4.9 million in both Q3 2022 and Q2 2022 and $5.7 million in Q3 2021. The year-over-year decrease resulted from customer contracts sunsetting, which impacted maintenance revenue associated with the company’s on-premise solution. Subscription and support revenue, which is included in service revenue and comprises the company's SaaS revenue, was $2.8 million in both Q3 2022 and Q2 2022 and $2.6 million in Q3 2021. The company expects subscription revenue will continue to grow as Qumu executes on its cloud transformation strategy.

Gross margin in Q3 2022 was 77.5%, compared to gross margin of 75.4% for Q2 2022 and 76.0% for Q3 2021. The gross margin percentage improved due primarily to better margins on SaaS revenue recognized compared to Q2 2022, a higher percentage of SaaS revenue contributing to the overall sales mix compared to Q3 2021, and improved utilization of professional services personnel.

Net loss in Q3 2022 totaled $(1.4) million, or $(0.08) loss per basic and diluted share. This compares to net loss of $(2.6) million, or $(0.15) loss per basic and diluted share, for Q2 2022 and net loss of $(3.7) million, or $(0.21) loss per basic and diluted share, in Q3 2021.

Adjusted EBITDA loss, a non-GAAP measure, in Q3 2022 was $(1.6) million, compared to $(3.1) million in Q2 2022 and $(3.5) million in Q2 2021.

As of September 30, 2022, the company had cash and cash equivalents of $6.0 million and borrowings on its line of credit of $1.2 million.

Business Outlook

Qumu provides guidance based on current market conditions and expectations. The company emphasizes that its guidance is subject to various important cautionary factors referenced in the section entitled “Forward-Looking Statements” below, including risks and uncertainties associated with the company’s strategic plan, transition to SaaS recurring revenue through channel partners, and the COVID-19 pandemic, such as trends in distributed remote and hybrid work impacting enterprise technology adoption and procurement.

To give insight into the progress of Qumu’s SaaS business transformation, the company provides a business outlook based on the percentage of recurring revenue comprised of SaaS revenue. Qumu’s management reiterated its expectation that SaaS recurring revenue will comprise approximately 65% of its overall recurring revenue mix by the end of 2022, with targeted growth to approximately 75% of recurring revenue mix by the end of 2023.

Conference Call

Qumu executive management will host a conference call today (October 27, 2022) at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time. Register here to join the conference call: https://register.vevent.com/register/BI807fbf299aa44f1192b19c2c4a86ad99.

Investors can also access a webcast of the live conference call by linking through the investor relations section of the Qumu website at https://ir.qumu.com. The webcast will be archived on Qumu’s website for one year.

Non-GAAP Information

To supplement the company's condensed consolidated financial statements presented on a GAAP basis, the company uses Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, which excludes certain items from net loss, a GAAP measure. Adjusted EBITDA excludes items related to interest income and expense, the impact of income-based taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, change in fair value of derivative and warrant liabilities, foreign currency gains and losses, Employee Retention Credit income, gain on sale of BriefCam, Ltd. and other non-operating income and expenses.

The company uses both GAAP and non-GAAP measures when planning, monitoring, and evaluating the company’s performance. The company believes that Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors because it provides supplemental information that allows investors to review the company's results of operations from the same perspective as management and the company's board of directors. Non-GAAP results are presented for supplemental informational purposes only for understanding our operating results. The non-GAAP results should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and may be different from non-GAAP measures used by other companies.

See the attached Supplemental Financial Information for a reconciliation of net loss, a GAAP measure, to Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021.

About Qumu

Qumu (Nasdaq: QUMU) is a leading provider of best-in-class tools to create, manage, secure, distribute and measure the success of live and on-demand video for the enterprise. The Qumu Cloud platform enables global organizations to drive human engagement, increase access to and insights from video use, and modernize the workplace by providing a more efficient and effective way to share knowledge.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any statements contained in this press release that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” or “estimate” or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements.

Such forward-looking statements include, for example, statements about: the success of go-to-market strategies or the other initiatives in the company’s strategic plan, the company's ability to continue as a going concern, the expected use and adoption of video in the enterprise, the ability to obtain additional capital as needed, the ability to attract and retain necessary personnel, the impact of COVID-19 on the use and adoption of video in the enterprise, the company’s future revenue and operating performance, cash balances, future product mix or the timing of recognition of revenue, or the demand for the company’s products or software. The risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements include the risk factors described in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, and other factors set forth in the company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The forward-looking statements in this press release speak only as of the date of this press release. Except as required by law, Qumu assumes no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, even if new information becomes available in the future, except as required by law.

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