Derycz Scientific Announces Record Revenues for the Second Quarter

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Derycz Scientific, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DYSC), a company pioneering a fresh way of facilitating the flow of information from content publishers to enterprise customers and their constituents, today reported record revenues for the three months ended December 31, 2010.  Derycz reported revenues of $8.5 million for the three months ended December 31, 2010, an increase of 42% compared with $6.0 million the three months ended September 30, 2010 and an increase of 12% from $7.6 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2009.  

"About 22% of our second quarter revenues were from new customers who were first-time users of our services in fiscal 2010," said Peter Derycz, president and CEO of Derycz Scientific.  "This surge in new customers was driven by our publisher relationships and internet marketing efforts.  We expect continued revenue growth for the remainder of this year through a strategy of customer retention, increased sales to current customers, new customer acquisition, new service offerings and strategic acquisitions."

Derycz added, "We recently expanded our publisher relationships through an agreement that allows Reprints Desk to electronically distribute articles from the New England Journal of Medicine.  With agreements already in place covering the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the Lancet from Elsevier, Reprints Deck now electronically distributes articles from the world's top three medical journals in terms of impact.  In mid-December we further expanded our customer base by completing the transition of the nearly 100 customers from research-services provider TDI Library Services to Reprints Desk.

"We also received $2.5 million in cash from the exercise of warrants during the quarter ended December 31, 2010, which strengthened our balance sheet by providing additional working capital for our operations. We believe these exercises reflect the value that these current investors see in our company and our future."

Cost of goods sold increased 22% for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 compared with the prior year period.  Gross margin was 7%, compared with 14% for the second quarter of fiscal 2010.  The decrease in gross margin is primarily due to the accounting method that requires straight line amortization of certain publisher agreements over the life of the contracts, which results in higher amortized costs in early periods of the agreements.

General and administration expenses for the quarter ended December 31, 2010 increased to $1.6 million compared with $791,793 for the quarter ended December 31, 2009.  These costs included consultant fees and expenses associated with warrants, as well as higher expenses from Reprints Desk, including increases in sales and marketing, information technology and accounting personnel.  Marketing and advertising expenses for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 were $135,329 compared with $25,113 for the prior year period, with the increase due to expanded marketing efforts.

Derycz Scientific reported a net loss of $1.3 million, or $0.09 per share, for the three months ended December 31, 2010, compared with net income of $234,734, or $0.02 per diluted share, for the three months ended December 31, 2009.

For the six months ended December 31, 2010, the company reported revenues of $14.5 million, a 17% increase from $12.4 million for the six months ended December 31, 2009.  Operating expenses for the first six months of fiscal 2011 increased to $3.0 million from $1.9 million in the prior year period.  For the six months ended December 31, 2010, the company reported a net loss of $1.7 million, or $0.13 per share, compared with a net loss of $75,957, or $0.01 per share, for the six months ended December 31, 2009.

Derycz had cash and cash equivalents of $3.2 million as of December 31, 2010, compared with $1.9 million as of June 30, 2010.  The increase in cash and cash equivalents reflects the company's receipt of $2.5 million from the exercise in warrants and $1.3 million in advances under its credit line.  

About Derycz Scientific®

Derycz Scientific, Inc. develops companies, products, services and systems that facilitate the re-use of published content in a manner that helps organizations achieve their marketing, communication and research goals effectively and in compliance with copyright law and regulatory rules.  Its wholly owned subsidiary companies include Reprints Desk and Pools Press.  Reprints Desk offers a one-stop solution for reprints, ePrints and single articles, and has delivered millions of articles worldwide.  Reprints Desk is an innovator in content retrieval and ePrint delivery, and its services are designed to help make effective use of published articles in a copyright-compliant manner.  Pools Press has excelled in the reprint market for more than 30 years. It provides professionally printed articles from medical and technical journals; prints booklets, catalogs, pamphlets, direct mail pieces and newsletters; and works with publishers who wish to outsource a portion of or all of their reprints business.  For more information, please visit www.deryczscientific.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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