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Key Takeaway: RadNet Reports First Quarter Financial Results and Adjusts Upwards Several 2014 Guidance Ranges California, May 9, 2014 - RadNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDNT), a national leader in providing high-quality, cost-effective, fixed-site outpatient diagnostic imaging services through a netwo

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RadNet Reports First Quarter Financial Results and Adjusts
Upwards Several 2014 Guidance Ranges
California, May 9, 2014 - RadNet, Inc. (NASDAQ: RDNT), a national leader in providing high-quality, cost-effective, fixed-site
outpatient diagnostic imaging services through a network of 250 owned and/or operated outpatient imaging centers, today reported
financial results for its first quarter of 2014.
Dr. Howard Berger, President and Chief
Executive Officer of RadNet, commented, "We overcame significant obstacles during the first quarter, including the most severe
winter weather conditions we faced in the last decade and the impact beginning January 1st of the previously estimated
$22 million of annual Medicare cuts. We estimate that these factors negatively impacted us by between $8 million and $10 million
of revenue and between $5 million and $7 million of Adjusted EBITDA(1) during the quarter. I'm proud that the
early success of the $30 million cost savings initiatives we announced late last year enabled us to more than mitigate these headwinds.
Our Adjusted EBITDA(1) increased by 8.2% over last year's first quarter, and our Adjusted EBITDA(1)
margin increased 160 basis points over the same time period."
Dr. Berger continued, "Besides cost
reduction measures, also contributing to our strong performance in the quarter were robust procedural volumes outside of our northeast
operations. We are beginning to benefit from the more than 8 million new patients as of March 31, 2014 who entered the healthcare
delivery system as part of the state sponsored and privately managed healthcare exchanges. California alone, our largest market,
benefited from over 1.4 million new healthcare enrollees. In California, we drove same-center revenue increases of slightly over
4% as compared to the first quarter of 2013. This performance and strong procedural volumes in all of our geographies throughout
March, April and into May give me encouragement and confidence about the remainder of 2014. As a result, we have revised our 2014
guidance upwards for several of our financial metrics."
For the first quarter of 2014, RadNet reported
Revenue of $168.9 million, Adjusted EBITDA(1) of $27.7 million and Net Loss (excluding the tax adjusted loss on extinguishment
of debt) of $1.1 million, respectively. Revenue decreased $4.1 million (or 2.4%), Adjusted EBITDA(1) increased
$2.1 million (or 8.2%) and Net Loss (excluding the tax adjusted loss from the extinguishment of debt) decreased $0.3 million, respectively,
over the first quarter of 2013. Per share Net Loss (excluding the tax adjusted loss from the extinguishment of debt) for the first
quarter was $(0.03), compared to a loss in the first quarter of 2013 of $(0.03) (based upon a weighted average number of basic
and diluted shares outstanding of 40.0 million and 39.3 million for these periods in 2014 and 2013, respectively).
Affecting Net Loss in the first quarter
of 2014 were certain non-cash expenses and non-recurring items including: $1.0 million of non-cash employee stock compensation
expense resulting from the vesting of certain options, restricted stock and warrants; $481,000 of severance paid in connection
with headcount reductions related to cost savings initiatives; $246,000 loss on the sale of certain capital equipment; $1.8 million
of combined non-cash amortization and write-off of Deferred Financing Expense and discount on issuance and refinance of debt related
to financing fees paid as part of our existing credit facilities; and $15.5 million loss on the extinguishment of debt related
to the Company's March 25, 2014 refinancing of its senior unsecured notes with a new second lien term loan.
Aggregate and same-center procedural volumes
were negatively impacted from the sever east coast weather conditions. For the first quarter of 2014, as compared to the prior
year's first quarter, MRI volume decreased 0.7%, CT volume was flat and PET/CT volume decreased 2.7%. Overall volume, taking
into account routine imaging exams, inclusive of x-ray, ultrasound, mammography and other exams, decreased 0.4% over the prior
year's first quarter. On a same-center basis, including only those centers which were part of RadNet for both the first quarters
of 2014 and 2013, MRI volume decreased 0.8%, CT volume decreased 1.2% and PET/CT volume decreased 2.7%. Overall same-center volume,
taking into account routine imaging exams, inclusive of x-ray, ultrasound, mammography and other exams, decreased 1.1% over the
prior year's same quarter.
Refinancing Transaction
On March 25, 2014, the Company completed
an amendment of, and $30 million increase to its existing senior secured first lien credit facility and entered into a new senior
secured $180 million second lien term loan facility.
Proceeds from the increase to the first
lien term loan and the new second lien term loan were used in part to finance the payment of total consideration payable to holders
of RadNet Management's $200.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 10 3/8% Senior Notes due 2018.
Mark Stolper, Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer noted, "Our recent refinancing will result in lower cash interest obligations of approximately
$5.1 million per year. Additionally, the refinancing provides us with more operating flexibility and lengthens the maturity of
our most junior debt capital."
"We face no near-term maturities.
As a result of the refinancing transaction, our first lien term loan matures in 2018 and our new second lien term loan matures
in 2021. This allows our management focus to be dedicated to operating our business and driving strategic initiatives," added
2014 Guidance Update
RadNet updates the previously announced 2014 fiscal year guidance
Original 2014 Guidance New 2014 Guidance Change
Revenue (a) $700 million - $730 million $700 million - $730 million Unchanged
Adjusted EBITDA (1) $110 million - $120 million $112 million - $122 million +$2 million
Capital Expenditures (b) $40 million - $45 million $40 million - $45 million Unchanged
Cash Interest Expense $38 million - $42 million $34 million - $38 million -$4 million
Free Cash Flow Generation (c) $30 million - $40 million $34 million - $44 million +$4 million
Dr. Berger highlighted, "We are focused
on repaying debt and generating free cash over the next 12 months. From April 1st of this year through March 31, 2015,
we will repay over $26 million of our first lien term loan and capital lease debt. Having aggressively invested in our center-level
assets throughout the past 5 years, we estimate our capital expenditures will be reduced to $25 million to $35 million over this
same period. Furthermore, we have identified over $10 million of additional cost savings measures from certain additional programs
such as revenue cycle management and billing and collection initiatives and from the renegotiation of equipment service and vendor
contracts. Hence, free cash flow generation should be extremely strong between now and the end of next year's first quarter."
Dr. Berger added, "Although tuck-in
acquisitions at multiples of three to four times EBITDA of multimodality operations in our core markets remain part of our strategy,
we do not anticipate at this time deploying significant capital to affect these transactions in the coming months. Instead, our
focus continues to be preserving RadNet as the cost-efficient, highest quality provider in the marketplace. Growth will come mainly
from driving more patient volume through existing centers, additional capitation contracts and more joint venture relationships,
such as what we recently announced with Kennedy Health System, with hospitals and healthcare systems. We are also working more
closely with private payors who are interested in directing their patients to lower cost, non-hospital imaging settings. Finally,
as part of our eRAD implementation, expected to be complete by this time in 2015, we recognized approximately $1.8 million of Meaningful
Use government incentives during the quarter. We expect to receive up to an additional $6 million over the next three years from
Conference Call for Today
Dr. Howard Berger, President and Chief
Executive Officer, and Mark Stolper, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call to discuss
its first quarter 2014 results on Friday, May 9th, 2013 at 7:30 a.m. Pacific Time (10:30 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time).
Conference Call Details:
Date: Friday, May 9, 2014
Time: 10:30 a.m. EDT
Dial In-Number: 888-850-2545
International Dial-In Number: 719-325-2325
It is recommended that participants dial
in approximately 5 to 10 minutes prior to the start of the 10:30 a.m. call. There will also be simultaneous and archived webcasts
available at http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=109015 or http://www.radnet.com under the "Investors" menu section
and "News Releases" sub-menu of the website. An archived replay of the call will also be available and can be accessed
by dialing 877-870-5176 from the U.S., or 858-384-5517 for international callers, and using the passcode 9321285.
Regulation G: GAAP and Non-GAAP Financial
This release contains certain financial
information not reported in accordance with GAAP. The Company uses both GAAP and non-GAAP metrics to measure its financial results.
The Company believes that, in addition to GAAP metrics, these non-GAAP metrics assist the Company in measuring its cash-based performance.
The Company believes this information is useful to investors and other interested parties because it removes unusual and nonrecurring
charges that occur in the affected period and provides a basis for measuring the Company's financial condition against other quarters.
Such information should not be considered as a substitute for any measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, and may not be comparable
to other similarly titled measures of other companies. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation from,
or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliation of this information to the most
comparable GAAP measures is included in this release in the tables which follow.
Last updated: May 9, 2014