Applied DNA Sciences Reports Fiscal Year End 2014 Results

STONY BROOK, NY--(Marketwired - December 16, 2014) - Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: APDN) (Twitter: @APDN), a provider of DNA-based anti-counterfeiting technology and product authentication solutions, announced its year-end results of fiscal 2014.

Karol Kain Gray, Chief Financial Officer stated, "This has been an exciting time for the company. We successfully completed a reverse stock split and uplisting to NASDAQ, as well as reported record annual revenues."

Financial Highlights for the Full Year: For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014, the Company generated record revenue of approximately $2.7 million, a 33.6% increase from fiscal 2013 revenues.

• Increased revenues were primarily the result of a developmental term sheet for the DNA-marking of industrial plastics, of which $219,250 of the $350,000 term sheet has been recognized, an increase in sales to suppliers of the Defense Logistics Agency of $162,000, and an increase in fiberTyping sales.
• Operating expenses were $15 million, a $2.8 million or 22.8% increase over fiscal 2013. The increase is primarily attributable to salaries and research and development expenditures related to a number of customer-funded development contracts.
• Net loss for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014 decreased by approximately $4.6 million or 26.1% to $13,066,661 from $17,686,472 in the same period in 2013.

Dr. James A. Hayward, President and Chief Executive Officer stated, "Our commercial relationships remain healthy and continue to grow; and our on-going, funded co-development projects with significant partners are approaching commercialization. We believe we are better positioned for growth than ever before, and now, with the added NASDAQ visibility, we have a broader base of current and potential investors."

Dr. Hayward continued, "Given the late date in this quarter, we expect revenues for Q1, which closes on December 31, 2014, to be over $1 million for the first time ever. In addition, steps are being taken to reduce operating costs by up to ten percent during our fiscal year 2015."

Recent Highlights:

• The Company elected Joseph Ceccoli, Founder, President and CEO of Biocogent, LLC, as a member of its Board of Directors.
• On December 4, 2014, the Company announced that it has signed an agreement for use of its SigNature® DNA anti-counterfeiting with a fourth Federal Agency. The initial agreement is valued at upwards of $250,000.
• In October 2014, we completed a 1:60 reverse stock split, and then in November 2014 we began trading on NASDAQ under the ticker symbols APDN and APDNW, and closed on gross proceeds of $9.1 million in an underwritten public offering, of which $4.1 million was used to repurchase the remaining Series B warrants from an earlier financing.
• Our SigNature DNA mark is being used to protect two European automotive manufacturers against the theft of automotive parts imported into at least one E.U. country. If found, vehicles and their component parts are traceable back to its owner and location, from anywhere on the globe.
• On August 28, 2014, the Company was awarded a two-year development contract by the Office of the Secretary of Defense on behalf of the Defense Logistics Agency ("DLA") in the amount of $2.97 million. The Rapid Innovation Fund project will develop a single authentication platform -- our SigNature DNA and complementary technologies -- to identify authentic products and deter counterfeits from infiltrating six Department of Defense Federal Supply Groups ("FSGs"). This authentication platform is designed to demonstrate the technical and commercial capability to DNA mark and authenticate with multiple new industry partners. If successful, we believe that implementation at commercial scale will to lead to commercial revenue opportunities.
• On July 14, 2014, the Company was awarded a Phase II SBIR contract by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to perform research and development for avoidance of counterfeit parts by expanding the scope and scale of its existing SigNature DNA^® technology platform established in its Phase I SBIR contract for Federal Supply Class 5962 electronic components, and by developing an optical reader. The contract provides for monthly payments to us totaling approximately $975,000 over a two-year period.
• The DLA and U.S. Missile Defense Agency contracts are expected to provide approximately $4 million of revenue over the next two years to the Company. We believe that commercial relations established via the contracts are anticipated to provide revenue well beyond the terms of the current contracts.
• APDN and a provider of polyolefins signed a term sheet for mutual development and cooperation regarding the supply of markers and related additives for polyolefin products. The contract provides for initial payments to APDN, comprised of development and exclusivity fees. The payment of further installments is dependent on achieving specific performance goals over a defined period of less than one year.
• We filed a number of new patents this year, continuing to build upon our already strong intellectual property portfolio. We plan on continuing to build our patent and trademark portfolio and on vigorously defending our IP position and prosecute others attempting to infringe on our IP.

Dr. Hayward concluded, "I am confident we will remain on a growth trajectory. Our SigNature DNA platform holds the promise of securing many different industries; and there are many opportunities to cross-sell and up-sell existing customers. "

Webcast Information:

The Company will be hosting a webinar today, December 16, 2014 at 9:00 AM EST. To participate in the webinar, please follow the instructions below:

Reserve your webinar seat now at: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1119370270152832002

To send questions prior to the call:

Please email questions prior to the call to investor@adnas.com. While every attempt will be made to answer your question, due to the large number of expected participants, not all questions may be answered on the call. For those of you unable to participate, a transcript of the call is expected to be posted by end of business on December 16, 2014, and available under the "Investors" tab of the company's website.

About Applied DNA Sciences

APDN is a provider of botanical-DNA based security and authentication solutions and services that can help protect products, brands, entire supply chains, and intellectual property of companies, governments and consumers from theft, counterfeiting, fraud and diversion. SigNature® DNA describes the uncopyable marker that is at the heart of all of our security and authentication solutions. SigNature DNA is at the core of a family of products such as DNAnet®, our anti-theft product, SigNature® T, targeted toward textiles, and digitalDNA®, providing powerful track and trace. All provide a forensic chain of evidence and can be used to prosecute perpetrators.

The statements made by APDN in this press release may be "forward-looking" in nature within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements describe APDN's future plans, projections, strategies and expectations, and are based on assumptions and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of APDN. Actual results could differ materially from those projected due to our short operating history, limited financial resources, limited market acceptance, market competition and various other factors detailed from time to time in APDN's SEC reports and filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on December 15, 2014, which are available at www.sec.gov. APDN undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date hereof to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, unless otherwise required by law.