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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 3, 2023

Marchex, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware

000-50658

35-2194038

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1200 5th Ave., Suite 1300,

Seattle, Washington

98101

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (206) 331-3300

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on which registered

Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

 

MCHX

 

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.


Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On August 3, 2023, Marchex, Inc. (“Marchex”) is issuing a press release and holding a conference call regarding its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023 (the “Press Release”). The full text of the Press Release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information in this Item 2.02 (including Exhibit 99.1) is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section. Such information shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Marchex is referencing non-GAAP financial information in both the Press Release and on the conference call. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures is contained in the attached Press Release. Disclosures regarding definitions of these financial measures used by Marchex and why Marchex’s management believes these financial measures provide useful information to investors is also included in the Press Release.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit

No.

Description

 

 

99.1

Press Release of Marchex, dated August 3, 2023

104

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Marchex has duly caused this Current Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

MARCHEX, INC.

 

 

Date: August 3, 2023

By:

/s/ MICHAEL A. ARENDS

 

Name:

Michael A. Arends

 

Title:

Vice Chairman

(Principal Financial Officer for SEC reporting purposes)

 


EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Marchex Announces Second Quarter 2023 Results

SEATTLE – August 3, 2023 – Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ: MCHX), the award-winning AI-powered conversation intelligence company that helps businesses turn strategic insights into the actions that drive their most valued sales outcomes, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2023.

Q2 2023 Financial Highlights

GAAP revenue was $12.5 million for the second quarter of 2023 compared to $13.5 million for the second quarter of 2022.
Net loss was $2.7 million for the second quarter of 2023 or $0.06 per diluted share compared to a net loss of $1.5 million or $0.03 per diluted share for the second quarter of 2022.

 

 

 

Q2 2022

 

Q2 2023

GAAP Revenue

 

$13.5

million

 

$12.5

million

Non-GAAP Results:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA*

 

$167,000

 

$(1.0)

million

*Adjusted EBITDA includes approximately $500,000 of reorganization costs. Excluding these amounts would result in Adjusted EBITDA totaling ($550,000) dollars.

Adjusted non-GAAP income (loss) per share for the second quarter of 2023 was $(0.03) compared to $(0.01) for the second quarter of 2022.

Second Quarter Summary:

New Customer Traction and Existing Customer Expansion. Marchex saw traction with new enterprise customers across multiple product lines in several verticals, including Home Services, Auto, Auto Services and others.
Conversation Volumes. Overall conversation volumes in the second quarter of 2023 were down on a year-over-year basis, due in part to some customers being impacted by customer churn and pressure from other overall macroeconomic factors. However, volumes within certain verticals, like auto, showed progress when compared to the first quarter of 2023.
Accelerate Product Innovation.
Marchex Wins 2023 Artificial Intelligence Breakthrough Award for “Best AI-Based Solution for Sales”. AI Breakthrough is a leading market intelligence organization that recognizes the top companies, technologies and products in the global Artificial Intelligence (AI) market today. This year’s program attracted more than 3,200 nominations from over 20 different countries throughout the world. The mission of the AI Breakthrough Awards is to honor excellence and recognize innovation, hard work and success in a range of AI and machine learning related categories, including Generative AI, Computer Vision, AIOps, Deep Learning, Robotics, Natural Language Processing, industry specific AI applications and many more. Marchex Engage for Automotive is a powerful sales enablement solution that leverages AI, specifically natural language processing and machine learning, to empower dealership sales teams and enhance the buying experience for consumers. By unlocking the content of conversations with car buyers who are highly likely to make a purchase, this solution provides dealership sales teams and vehicle manufacturing customers with the insights and tools they need to close more deals and drive revenue growth.
Marchex Wins 2023 APPEALIE SaaS Customer Success Award. For the second consecutive year, Marchex won the customer success award from APPEALIE. APPEALIE SaaS Awards honor customer-obsessed SaaS platforms and success stories that deliver extraordinary experiences and

 

results. The SaaS Customer Success Award category winners are selected from entrants who are able to demonstrate the best customer success stories and outcomes. Marchex received the award for the use of its conversation intelligence capabilities to help a digital marketing agency that runs call-based campaigns on behalf of thousands of local businesses and multi-location organizations across the country who rely on channel attribution with automation and to improve data quality with integration. Through Marchex's products, this digital marketing agency is able to reap significant cost and time savings every month that they are able to redeploy for more strategic work.
During the second quarter, Marchex launched Spotlight for Automotive, a key addition to the company’s conversation intelligence platform. Spotlight identifies failed calls and enables users to easily measure call handling, campaign, and seller performance results against company benchmarks, to determine how individual locations and teams perform nationally, regionally, and locally. Spotlight can measure across a brand or network of business locations, all the way down to localized dealer and department levels, providing guided observations directing users where to take needed actions to improve performance and increase sales.

 

“In the second quarter Marchex continued to make significant progress,” said Edwin Miller, CEO. “We have aligned several facets of the company in the last few months to take advantage of the most meaningful opportunities we see in what is a multibillion-dollar market with Conversational AI. From the executive team to other functions within the company, we are reorganizing to accelerate Marchex’s progress. I am proud of the team and have seen amazing effort and alignment in a very short period of time. These initiatives will help us achieve profitability earlier than we previously anticipated. In addition, these efforts are focused on enabling us to move even faster as a company, faster to innovate, faster to deliver new products and faster to serve our customers. I am excited about building a much larger company and believe Marchex has an opportunity to emerge as an important leader in this dynamic market.”

 

Business Outlook

 

The following forward-looking statements reflect Marchex's expectations as of ​August 3, 2023​.

 

“Consistent with the first quarter of 2023, we continued to face conversation volume pressure in the second quarter of 2023 in certain customer segments,” said Mike Arends, Vice Chairman. “With that said, in the third quarter we anticipate that sales traction will lead to modest growth in revenue relative to the second quarter of 2023. With our current expected progress so far this year, we anticipate to be at or near breakeven on an Adjusted EBITDA basis for the third quarter, including break-even or above levels in September.”

In addition, based on current customer momentum, we continue to believe that we will see revenue growth in our back half of the year versus the first half of 2023 and we continue to believe that our traction within the automotive vertical can lead to double-digit growth on an annualized run rate year-over-year basis by the end of 2023 within that vertical. As we believe we will see sales traction and make further progress on technology infrastructure initiatives for the remainder of this year and into next year, we continue to believe that we can see revenue growth and potentially increase our operating leverage over time,” said Arends.

 

Management will hold a conference call, starting at 5:00 p.m. ET on ​Thursday, August 3, 2023​, to discuss its ​second quarter ​June 30, 2023,​ financial results and other company updates. Access to the live webcast of the conference call will be available online from the Investors section of Marchex’s website at www.marchex.com. An archived version of the webcast will also be available at the same location two hours after completion of the call.

 


 

About Marchex

 

Marchex’s award-winning conversation intelligence platform, featuring AI-powered sales engagement and marketing solutions, helps businesses turn strategic insights into the actions that drive their most valued sales outcomes. Our multichannel voice and text capabilities enable sales and marketing teams to deliver the buying experiences that today’s customers expect. Marchex is the trusted conversation intelligence partner for market-leading companies in critical industries, including many of the world’s most innovative and successful brands.

Please visit http://www.marchex.com, www.marchex.com/blog or @marchexon Twitter (Twitter.com/Marchex), where Marchex discloses material information from time to time about the company, its financial information, and its business.

Forward-Looking Statements:

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release regarding our strategy, future operations, future financial position, future revenues, other financial guidance, acquisitions, dispositions, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions, or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Actual results or events could differ materially from the plans, intentions and expectations disclosed in the forward-looking statements we make. There are a number of important factors that could cause Marchex's actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements including but not limited to product demand, order cancellations and delays, competition and general economic conditions. These factors are described in greater detail in the "Risk Factors" section of our most recent periodic report and registration statement filed with the SEC. All of the information provided in this release is as of ​August 3, 2023,​ and Marchex undertakes no duty to update the information provided herein.

 

In the event the press release contains links to third party websites or materials, the links are provided solely as a convenience to you. Marchex is not responsible for the content of linked third-party sites or materials and does not make any representations regarding the content or accuracy thereof.

 

Non-GAAP Financial Information:

To supplement Marchex's consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP and to provide clarity internally and externally, Marchex uses certain non-GAAP measures of financial performance and liquidity, including Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted OIBA, and Adjusted non-GAAP income (loss) per share.

 

Adjusted EBITDA represents net income (loss) before (1) interest, (2) income taxes, (3) amortization of intangible assets from acquisitions, (4) depreciation and amortization, (5) stock-based compensation expense, (6) acquisition and disposition-related costs (benefit), and (7) foreign government assistance subsidies. Marchex believes that Adjusted EBITDA is an alternative measure used by our management to understand and evaluate our core operating performance and trends, and that provides meaningful supplemental information regarding performance and evaluating performance and liquidity to measure its ability to fund operations and its financing obligations.

 


 

Adjusted OIBA represents Adjusted EBITDA adjusted for depreciation and amortization. This measure, among other things, is another metric by which Marchex evaluates the performance of its business. Adjusted OIBA is the basis on which Marchex's internal budgets are based and by which Marchex's management is currently evaluated. Marchex believes these measures are useful to investors because they represent Marchex's consolidated operating results, taking into account depreciation and other intangible amortization, which Marchex believes is an ongoing cost of doing business, but excluding the effects of certain other expenses as detailed above. Financial analysts and investors may use Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted OIBA to help with comparative financial evaluation to make informed investment decisions.

 

Adjusted non-GAAP income (loss) per share represents Adjusted non-GAAP income (loss) divided by GAAP diluted shares outstanding. Adjusted non-GAAP income (loss) generally captures those items on the statement of operations that have been, or ultimately will be, settled in cash exclusive of certain items that are not indicative of Marchex’s recurring core operating results and represents net income (loss) applicable to common stockholders plus the net of tax effects of: (1) stock-based compensation expense, (2) acquisition and disposition related costs (benefit), (3) amortization of intangible assets from acquisitions, (4) interest income and other, net, and (5) foreign government assistance subsidies. Financial analysts and investors may use Adjusted non-GAAP income (loss) per share to analyze Marchex's financial performance since these groups have historically used EPS related measures, along with other measures, to estimate the value of a company, to make informed investment decisions, and to evaluate a company's operating performance compared to that of other companies in its industry.

 

Marchex's management believes that investors should have access to, and Marchex is obligated to provide, the same set of tools that management uses in analyzing the company's results. These non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to results prepared in accordance with GAAP, and should not be considered in isolation, as a substitute for, or superior to, GAAP results. Marchex’s non-GAAP financial measures may be defined differently from time to time and may be defined differently than similar titled terms used by other companies, and accordingly, care should be exercised in understanding how Marchex defines its non-GAAP financial measures in this release. Marchex endeavors to compensate for the limitations of the non-GAAP measures presented by providing the comparable GAAP measure with equal or greater prominence, GAAP financial statements, and detailed descriptions of the reconciling items and adjustments, including quantifying such items, to derive the non-GAAP measure.

For further information, contact:

Trevor Caldwell
Marchex Investor Relations

Telephone: 206.331.3600
Email:
ir@marchex.com

Or

MEDIA INQUIRIES

Marchex Corporate Communications

Telephone: 206.331.3434

Email: pr(at)marchex.com

 


 

MARCHEX, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

Revenue

 

$

13,510

 

 

$

12,522

 

 

$

26,681

 

 

$

24,738

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service costs (1)

 

 

4,864

 

 

 

5,418

 

 

 

9,799

 

 

 

10,842

 

Sales and marketing (1)

 

 

3,619

 

 

 

2,631

 

 

 

6,784

 

 

 

6,601

 

Product development (1)

 

 

3,531

 

 

 

4,096

 

 

 

6,991

 

 

 

8,260

 

General and administrative (1)

 

 

2,440

 

 

 

2,546

 

 

 

5,046

 

 

 

5,163

 

Amortization of intangible assets from acquisitions

 

 

531

 

 

 

531

 

 

 

1,062

 

 

 

1,062

 

Acquisition and disposition-related costs

 

 

22

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

27

 

 

 

12

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

15,007

 

 

 

15,221

 

 

 

29,709

 

 

 

31,940

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(1,497

)

 

 

(2,699

)

 

 

(3,028

)

 

 

(7,202

)

Interest income (expense) and other, net

 

 

17

 

 

 

(31

)

 

 

(4

)

 

 

26

 

Loss before provision for income taxes

 

 

(1,480

)

 

 

(2,730

)

 

 

(3,032

)

 

 

(7,176

)

Income tax expense

 

 

51

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

81

 

 

 

44

 

Net loss

 

 

(1,531

)

 

 

(2,744

)

 

 

(3,113

)

 

 

(7,220

)

Net loss applicable to common stockholders

 

$

(1,531

)

 

$

(2,744

)

 

$

(3,113

)

 

$

(7,220

)

Basic and diluted net loss per Class A and Class B share applicable
   to common stockholders

 

$

(0.03

)

 

$

(0.06

)

 

$

(0.07

)

 

$

(0.17

)

Shares used to calculate basic net loss per share applicable to
   common stockholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A

 

 

4,661

 

 

 

4,661

 

 

 

4,661

 

 

 

4,661

 

Class B

 

 

38,696

 

 

 

37,840

 

 

 

38,670

 

 

 

37,837

 

Shares used to calculate diluted net loss per share
   applicable to common stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A

 

 

4,661

 

 

 

4,661

 

 

 

4,661

 

 

 

4,661

 

Class B

 

 

43,357

 

 

 

42,501

 

 

 

43,331

 

 

 

42,498

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes stock-based compensation allocated as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service costs

 

$

45

 

 

$

(45

)

 

$

79

 

 

$

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

200

 

 

 

228

 

 

 

391

 

 

 

491

 

Product development

 

 

76

 

 

 

47

 

 

 

158

 

 

 

133

 

General and administrative

 

 

393

 

 

 

471

 

 

 

781

 

 

 

876

 

Total

 

$

714

 

 

$

701

 

 

$

1,409

 

 

$

1,500

 

 

 

 


 

MARCHEX, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

December 31,

 

 

June 30,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

20,474

 

 

$

14,122

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

8,396

 

 

 

7,724

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

2,015

 

 

 

2,200

 

Total current assets

 

 

30,885

 

 

 

24,046

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

4,050

 

 

 

4,669

 

Right-of-use lease asset

 

 

738

 

 

 

1,858

 

Other assets, net

 

 

973

 

 

 

1,064

 

Goodwill

 

 

17,558

 

 

 

17,558

 

Intangible assets from acquisitions, net

 

 

2,590

 

 

 

1,528

 

Total assets

 

$

56,794

 

 

$

50,723

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

2,037

 

 

$

915

 

Accrued benefits and payroll

 

 

3,566

 

 

 

2,903

 

Other accrued expenses and current liabilities

 

 

3,825

 

 

 

4,194

 

Deferred revenue and deposits

 

 

1,384

 

 

 

1,441

 

Right of use liability, current

 

 

1,252

 

 

 

443

 

Finance lease, current

 

 

 

 

 

264

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

12,064

 

 

 

10,160

 

Deferred tax liabilities

 

 

233

 

 

 

257

 

Finance lease, non-current

 

 

-

 

 

 

443

 

Right of use liability non-current

 

 

385

 

 

 

1,453

 

Total liabilities

 

 

12,682

 

 

 

12,313

 

Stockholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class A common stock

 

 

49

 

 

 

49

 

Class B common stock

 

 

385

 

 

 

387

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

354,999

 

 

 

356,515

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(311,321

)

 

 

(318,541

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

44,112

 

 

 

38,410

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

56,794

 

 

$

50,723

 

 


 

MARCHEX, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

Reconciliation of GAAP Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Operating Income (Loss) Before Amortization (OIBA)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

Net loss applicable to common stockholders

 

$

(1,531

)

 

$

(2,744

)

 

$

(3,113

)

 

$

(7,220

)

Interest expense (income) and other, net

 

 

(17

)

 

 

31

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

(26

)

Income tax expense

 

 

51

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

81

 

 

 

44

 

Amortization of intangible assets from acquisitions

 

 

531

 

 

 

531

 

 

 

1,062

 

 

 

1,062

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

407

 

 

 

422

 

 

 

858

 

 

 

780

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

714

 

 

 

701

 

 

 

1,409

 

 

 

1,500

 

Acquisition and disposition-related costs

 

 

22

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

27

 

 

 

12

 

Foreign government paycheck assistance and rent subsidies1

 

 

(10

)

 

 

 

 

 

(10

)

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

167

 

 

$

(1,046

)

 

$

318

 

 

$

(3,848

)

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

407

 

 

 

422

 

 

 

858

 

 

 

780

 

Adjusted OIBA

 

$

(240

)

 

$

(1,468

)

 

$

(540

)

 

$

(4,628

)

 

1 Includes pandemic related wage and rent relief subsidies, recognized as a reduction of wages or rent during the period received.

 


 

MARCHEX, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

Reconciliation of GAAP Net Loss per Share to Adjusted Non-GAAP Loss

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

Net loss applicable to common stockholders, diluted

 

$

(0.03

)

 

$

(0.06

)

 

$

(0.07

)

 

$

(0.17

)

Stock-based compensation

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

0.02

 

 

 

0.04

 

 

 

0.03

 

Acquisition and disposition-related costs

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Amortization of intangible assets from acquisitions

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

0.01

 

 

 

0.02

 

 

 

0.03

 

Interest income (expense) and other, net

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Foreign government paycheck assistance and rent subsidies

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Adjusted non-GAAP loss per share

 

$

(0.01

)

 

$

(0.03

)

 

$

(0.01

)

 

$

(0.11

)

Shares used to calculate diluted net loss per share applicable to common stockholders (GAAP) and Adjusted Non-GAAP loss per share

 

 

43,357

 

 

 

42,501

 

 

 

43,331

 

 

 

42,498

 

 

1 For the purpose of computing the number of diluted shares for Adjusted non-GAAP income (loss) per share, Marchex uses the accounting guidance that would be applicable for computing the number of diluted shares for GAAP net income (loss) per share.