Climb Global Solutions (NASDAQ:CLMB) Q1 2023 Earnings Conference Call May 4, 2023 8:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Sean Mansouri - IR Advisor, Elevate IR

Dale Foster - CEO

Andrew Clark - CFO

Conference Call Participants

Vincent Colicchio - Barrington Research

Operator

Good morning, everyone, and thank you for participating in today's Conference Call to discuss Climb Global Solutions' Financial Results for the First Quarter Ended March 31, 2023. Joining us today are Climb's CEO, Mr. Dale Foster; the company's CFO, Mr. Drew Clark; and the company's Investor Relations Adviser, Mr. Sean Mansouri with Elevate IR.

By now, everyone should have access to the first quarter 2023 earnings press release, which was issued yesterday afternoon at approximately 4:05 p.m. Eastern Time. The release is available in the Investor Relations section of Climb Global Solutions website at www.climbglobalsolutions.com. This call will also be available for webcast replay on the company's website. Following management's remarks, we'll open the call for your questions. I'd now like to turn the call over to Mr. Mansouri with introductory comments.

Sean Mansouri

Thank you, Amy. Before I introduce Dale, I'd like to remind listeners that certain comments made on this conference call and webcast are considered forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to certain known and unknown risks and uncertainties as well as assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are also subject to other risks and uncertainties that are described from time to time in the company's filings with the SEC. Do not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which are being made only as of the date of this call. Except as required by law, the company undertakes no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to any forward-looking statements.

Our presentation also includes certain non-GAAP financial measures, including adjusted gross billings, adjusted EBITDA and effective margin as supplemental measures of performance of our business. All non-GAAP measures have been reconciled to the most directly comparable GAAP measures in accordance with SEC rules. You'll find reconciliation charts and other important information in the earnings press release and Form 8-K we furnished to the SEC yesterday. I'll now turn the call over to Climb's CEO, Dale Foster.

Dale Foster

Thank you, Sean, and good morning, everyone. As you can see, our momentum from 2022 record year has carried into our first quarter with significant growth in all of our key financial metrics. Our performance was driven by continuing to execute on our core initiatives, generating organic growth with existing vendors while adding new vendors to our line card. In addition, we continue to drive growth and margin expansion from our integration of Spinnakar, which we acquired last August of last year. Excluding Spinnakar, we generated double-digit growth on both the top and bottom line, demonstrating the strength of our core business as we continue to scale our line card in the U.S. and abroad.