Good day and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Q2-2026 KVH Industries, Inc. Earnings Conference Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the session, you will need to press star 11 on your telephone. You will then hear an automated message advising your hand is raised. To withdraw your question, please press star 1-1 again. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded. I would now like to hand the conference over to your first speaker today, Anthony Pike, Chief Financial Officer. Please go ahead.

Thank you, Operator. Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today for KVH Industries' second quarter results, which are included in the earnings release we published earlier this morning. Joining me on the call is the company's Chief Executive Officer, Brent Bruin. A copy of the earnings release was filed with the SEC under Form 8K this morning, and a copy of the release, along with a recording of today's call, will be available on our website at ir.kvh.com. This conference call contains certain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in these statements. Words such as expect, may, intend, anticipate, will and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements which include projections, plans, initiatives and other future events. We undertake no obligation to update these statements and you should review the cautionary statements in our most recently filed Form 10 under the heading Risk Factors. We will also discuss Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, and our press release defines this term and reconciles it to GAAP net income or loss.

Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us. Over the last two quarterly calls, I have spoken about the momentum behind our transition to LEO-based connectivity. I'm pleased to say the momentum has continued through the second quarter, and our results demonstrate that we are executing well against our strategy. We are seeing strong demand for our solutions, continued growth in our recurring revenue base, and encouraging progress across several of our strategic initiatives. Total revenue for the second quarter was $33.7 million, an increase of $1.4 million, or 4%, sequentially from the first quarter, and up 27% from a year ago. Service revenue reached $29.7 million, increasing 6% sequentially, and 29% year over year. This growth reflects the continued expansion of our subscriber base and reinforces the strength of a recurring revenue model. During the quarter, we shipped approximately 2,500 communication terminals. While below the record shipment level we achieved in the first quarter, this represents another quarter of strong demand and continues to support future subscriber growth. We ended the quarter with approximately 10,700 subscribing vessels, adding more than 1,000 net vessels during the quarter. That trend reflects the value customers see in our approach. Growth in LEO service sales, driven by Starlink, remains our fastest growing segment. Not every company in our space has navigated the shift successfully. We have, and the results show it. One of the most significant developments this quarter was the introduction of our new multi-network service plans. These plans give customers flexibility to subscribe to a block of data delivered across Starlink, OneWeb, or VSAT, depending on their needs. This is a key milestone in simplifying connectivity for our customers, while giving them greater flexibility to take advantage of multiple satellite networks. Our link content platform continues to expand. the new link streaming service is now undergoing beta trials and we expect to launch it very soon this next phase expands the value of the platform by delivering streamed entertainment content that further enhances crew welfare and the onboard experience turning to our managed IT service offering we're making progress converting early customer evaluations into ongoing commercial relationships and we expect to see this reflected in our recurring revenue stream over the coming months. While still early, we're encouraged by the direction of these conversions, and we look to expand our role beyond connectivity and deliver broader technology solutions for our customers. In parallel, our land-based Starlink initiative continues to expand. We ended the quarter with approximately 1,600 sites, an increase of approximately 500 during the quarter. It's further evidence of the demand of our managed connectivity solutions beyond the maritime market and broadens our recurring revenue business model. Geographic expansion remains a priority. During the quarter, we strengthened our presence in Latin America by adding a dedicated regional sales leader and expanded our team in Athens, Greece, further enhancing our ability to support customers across Europe and surrounding markets. We also broadened our market reach by opening our first retail location in Fort Lauderdale. Alongside Starlink, the location offers a broad portfolio of communications equipment, including handheld devices and other connectivity solutions. It gives us a new channel to serve both commercial and recreational maritime customers while expanding our presence in an important maritime hub. So what did we do in the second quarter? Continued revenue growth. Approximately 10,700 subscribing vessels. The successful introduction of multi-network service plans, link streaming, enter beta trials, our first cybersecurity pilot engagements, solid growth in our land-based Starlink initiative, continued investment in our global footprint, and the opening of our first retail location. The transformation of KVH continues to gain momentum. We remain focused on disciplined execution, delivering innovative solutions for our customers, expanding our recurring revenue base, and building long-term value as the communications market continues to transition to LEO-enabled connectivity. Thank you. And with that, I'll turn it over to Anthony.

Thank you, Brent. So, with respect to our second quarter financial results, service gross profit was $10.6 million, which is an increase of $0.8 million from the first quarter. Service gross margin was 36%, which was up slightly from 35% in the prior quarter. Airtime depreciation expense, which is a non-cash charge, represented 7% of service revenue in both the second and first quarters. which impacted these gross margins. As Brent mentioned, total subscribing vessels at the end of Q2 were approximately 10,700, which is up 11% from the prior quarter. The Q2 operating expenses totaled $10.4 million, compared to operating expenses of $9.7 million in the prior quarter. This increase was in line with expectations and included $0.2 million in severance costs related to individuals who left a business at the end of the second quarter. Our adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was $3.0 million and capital expenditure for the quarter was $1.3 million. Of the $1.3 million in capital expenditures during the quarter, we would note the following items as either temporary in nature or non-cash. not 0.4 million dollars related to our ongoing erp project and the fit out of our new u.s headquarters which is now complete the erp project will be completed by the end of the year and 0.2 million dollars related to non-cash expenditure on vsat antennas using our agile rental program where the inventory has already been purchased in prior periods This adjusted EBITDA and capital expenditure compares to $2.8 million and $2.6 million in the first quarter of 2026, respectively. Our ending cash balance of $57.7 million was down approximately $1.4 million from the beginning of the quarter. This was primarily driven by 2.3 million dollars in stock repurchases giving effect to repurchases made subsequent to quarter end we expect to conclude our full 15 million dollar authorization within the current month as a result the program will then be complete so overall we are pleased with the second quarter's performance as brent stated service revenue continues to grow and was up six percent compared to the first quarter of 2026 and 29 from the same quarter last year we had another strong quarter for connectivity antenna shipments with over 2 500 unit ships and subscribing connectivity vessels were up 11 quarter on quarter compared to a seven percent increase in the first quarter on a year-to-date basis subscribing connectivity vessels have grown by 18 percent we hope to build on this strong momentum in the second half of the year and remain very positive about the future. This concludes our prepared remarks and I will now turn the call over to the operator to open the line for the Q&A portion of this morning's call. Operator?

Thank you. At this time, we will conduct the question and answer session. As a reminder, to ask a question, you will need to press star 11 on your telephone and wait for your name to be announced. To withdraw your question, please press star 11 again. Our first question comes from the line of Caleb Henry of Quilty Space. Your line is now open.

Hey, guys. Thanks for the questions. First one is just on terminal shipments, the 2,500, I think versus 3,100 in the first quarter. Can you talk a little bit about what is driving the sort of ups and downs there and what you see for the next couple quarters?

Well, hi, Caleb. Good morning. You know, as I indicated last quarter, the 3,100 was really a high watermark, we felt. You know, potentially we'll match that or beat that at some point, but we realized at the time that that was a bit higher than what we expected. I think in the realm where we see now, which is about 2,500, we should be able to do somewhere in the 2,000 to 3,000 range on a go-forward basis, but that's hard to say as market dynamics are shifting constantly.

Okay. Thank you. And then I noticed in the earning statement, it seemed like a little bit more discussion of OneWeb. I'm curious if you're seeing any customer patterns between who chooses Starlink, who chooses OneWeb, and then also who chooses VSAT, if there's any segmentation there or things that are noteworthy?

Yeah, you know, in regard to who chooses what, you know, Starlink is definitely the dominating force as far as connectivity. Customers are still looking for redundancy of network. In particular cases, customers are looking to an alternative to Starlink, which would then be OneWeb. Many of our vessels have two or more communication solutions on board. So we have customers that actually have all three on board, Starlink, OneWeb, and VSAT. We're still shipping VSATs primarily in tandem with either a OneWeb or Starlink. And in some cases, a OneWeb will be paired with a Starlink as well. So I don't know. Anthony, do you have any more color to add there?

No, I think you covered it.

Okay, and for the geo VSAT terminals, or for vehicles that have decided to discontinue using that service, do those VSATs tend to stay on the vessel, or are they typically going silent? Sorry, or are they being removed?

Well, if they own it, I'm not sure what they're doing with it. If you're leaving it on board, if it's an agile or rental program, they're required to deinstall it and ship it back to us. Okay.

And then last question from me, as far as geocapacity that has been already procured, can you give us a sense of the timeline for where that rolls off and if it has any material impact on gross margins going forward?

Well, the geocapacity, we're in constant contact with SES previously. Our engagement was with our contract allegations were with InfoSat. We still have thousands of VSAC terminals in the market, so I wouldn't necessarily say there's an immediate or roll-off of VSAC capacity, and we're just working with the provider to keep the service going as long as customers have a demand for it.

Got it. Thanks, guys.

Our next question comes from the line of Chris Quilty of Quilty Space. Your line is now open.

Just to follow up on that last question, I didn't hear a change in the gross margin outlook, so presumably the, you know, balancing of VSAT, you know, service revenues, which I think you noted this time was down substantially in a quarter, so that sounds like, you know, more than in past, but you've been able to balance the cost with the revenue?

We have been able to balance costs with revenue. As we enter 2027, we'll be able to to further balance that cost, if you will, and we don't really anticipate any exposure in regard to V-SAT obligations in regard to being mismatched with the revenue stream.

Anthony, anything else? Well, sorry, the only thing I would add, Chris, is that from our 10K, you can see that predominantly our commitment on the GL bandwidth comes to an end. at the end of this year you know we have a small commitment for next year um and then you know on top of that you know with including the press release um or if not being a k later that 55 percent of our revenue uh on the airtime now is driven from leo so obviously if leo becomes a bigger and bigger portion of that overall revenue then it kind of de-risks um a little bit in terms of the impact on the overall margin as a result of the compressed geo margins so you know as brent says we feel fairly comfortable going forward.

Great. And Combox, did you give a number of units shipped or how is that trending?

Well, it's trending up. I'll defer to Anthony as far as any unit shipments, and I don't believe we did disclose it.

No, we haven't. But we've had pretty much six, seven quarters now, consistent number of shipments in the region of sort of two to $300 a quarter.

Gotcha. And how do we think about, I mean, you've talked about managed services associated with that. I mean, how large of a revenue bundle would you generate from a vessel? Like, is this a material contributor or is it most of the profit on the hardware sale?

It's definitely the most of the profit would be on the recurring revenue. As far as the size of the opportunity. It really depends on the end customer and what their requirements are. But we would anticipate as we further roll out our IT managed services and using the CommBox edge as the backbone to increase our RPOs. I wouldn't say significantly, but a nice uptick, put it that way.

Great. Final question, or I guess several months ago, Starlink closed their reseller channel. Can you talk about what impact, if any, that's had on your business?

They closed their reseller channel for what they refer to as local priority, which is basically for brown water and land-based applications. They have not closed their reseller program for global priority, which is the bulk of our business with Starlink.

Great. And I know there's been both new products and new pricing plans that Starlink has come out with. Have those impacted the business in any way?

Not at this point.

Good luck going forward.

All right. Thank you, Chris. Thanks, Chris.

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