LocatePLUS Online Customer Base Reaches 20,000 Users
09 June 2005 - 10:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
LocatePLUS Online Customer Base Reaches 20,000 Users - Current
Revenue Run Rate of $12 Million - BEVERLY, Mass., June 9
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- LocatePLUS Holdings Corp.
(OTC:LPLHAOTC:LPLHBOTC:LPLHW) (BULLETIN BOARD: LPLHA, LPLHB, LPLHW)
, an industry-leading provider of business-to-business and
business-to-government investigative solutions, announced today
that the Company's online customer base now numbers approximately
20,000. LocatePLUS CEO Jon Latorella stated, "Our subsidiaries
continue to successfully migrate us from smaller contracts in the
New England region to mid-size and larger government contracts in
order to accelerate our user base. Additionally, our new pricing
model, which transitions customers from pay-per- click to minimum
usage and/or fixed pricing plans, is building guaranteed and
recurring revenue streams. Since we started the plan in late 2004,
we have seen very positive results. Internally, we are adding
roughly 300 to 400 new customers each month. Additionally, we have
achieved explosive growth in channel partnership sales, up 450% to
a preliminary $700,000 for the first quarter of 2005 compared to
$127,000 in the first quarter of 2004." Latorella added, "We recent
reported preliminary total first quarter revenues of $2.9 million,
creating a current revenue run rate of $12 million. While our first
quarter revenues grew at an impressive 126% year-over-year, our
cost of revenues only rose 5% during the quarter. As our costs
flattened out, we reported a milestone achievement of turning
EBITDA profitable for the first time in our history. We expect
strong top-line growth, along with the stabilizing of our costs, to
continue in the months and years ahead, moving us to improvements
in gross margin and ultimately bottom-line profits in 2006."
Additional details on LocatePLUS' preliminary first quarter 2005
and year- end 2004 results were discussed during a June 1, 2005
conference call. An audio rebroadcast of the call is available
online at http://www.otcfn.com/lplha. About LocatePLUS LocatePLUS,
and its subsidiaries, are industry-leading providers of public
information and investigative solutions that are used in homeland
security, anti-terrorism and crime fighting initiatives. The
Company's proprietary, Internet-accessible database is marketed to
business-to-business and business- to-government sectors worldwide.
LocatePLUS' online customer base numbers approximately 20,000
members, including over 2,000 law enforcement agencies and many
major police departments across the country. Clients include
leading U.S. agencies, including the FBI (Federal Bureau of
Investigation), ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives) and DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration). Channel
partners include Loislaw, Earthlink, Imaging Automation, AssureTec,
Metro Risk Management LLC, and the nation's leading recruitment
site. For more information, visit the Company's Website at
http://www.locateplus.com/. For investor information, visit
http://www.otcfn.com/lplha. Safe Harbor Statement from LocatePLUS:
Statements in this press release concerning the Company's business
outlook or future economic performance, anticipated profitability,
revenues, expenses or other financial items, and network or service
offering growth, together with other statements that are not
historical facts, are "forward-looking statements" as that term is
defined under the Federal Securities Laws. Any forward-looking
statements are estimates, reflecting the best judgment of the party
making such statements based upon currently available information
and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, including the
timing of any expansion of the Company's database, and other
factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from
those stated in such statements. Risks, uncertainties and factors
which could affect the accuracy of such forward-looking statements
are identified in the public filings made by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and forward-looking statements
contained in this press release or in other public statements of
the Company should be considered in light of those factors. For
more information, contact: At LocatePLUS: Investor Relations: James
Fields Rick McCaffrey LocatePLUS Holdings Corp. OTC Financial
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