ANGOSS Reports Continued Revenue Growth In Second Quarter Results.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 2003 ANGOSS Software Corporation (TSX-V: ANC ANC abbr. African National Congress ANC African National Congress: South African political movement instrumental in bringing an end to apartheid ANC n abbr (= ) released today its unaudited results for the second quarter and six month periods ended May 31, 2003, reporting continued revenue growth in both second quarter and six month results over 2002 results despite the declining value of the US dollar compared with corresponding prior year periods. "During the second quarter we experienced continuing improvements in revenue growth, cash flow and operating profitability in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , a strong performance from our solutions organization in delivering value to our telecom clients, improved revenue growth in Europe as well as implementing new solution sales hires and expansion initiatives in North America, Europe and Australia" commented ANGOSS President Eric Apps. "These positives were offset to some extent by the substantial decline in the US dollar and tight budgets for software purchases which continue to result in purchase deferrals by many clients and prospects outside the consumer credit risk management and telecom sectors." Results Summary
Three months ended Six months ended
May 31 May 31
2003 2002 2003 2002
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Revenues $ 1,290,317 $ 1,225,454 $ 2,839,853 $ 2,543,315
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Net (loss)
income (1) (142,236) 117,196 57,581 631,186
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Per Share
Amounts $ (0.004) $ 0.013 $ 0.001 $ 0.013
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(1) 2002 net income includes income from discontinued operations Discontinued operations Divisions of a business that have been sold or written off and that no longer are maintained by the business. . See "Results Detail". See also "Impact of Decline of US Dollar on Operations". Operating Highlights 12% Growth In First Half Revenues and Operating Profits Operating profit (or loss) Revenue from a firm's regular activities less costs and expenses and before income deductions. operating profit See operating income. . During the first half of 2003 revenues of $2,839,853 increased by 11.7% over 2002 results ($2,543,315). North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. and European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. data mining revenues grew 9.5% and 31.2%, respectively. Operating profit for the six months ended May 31, 2003 increased to $282,923 (2002: $250,554). Net income for the six months ended May 31, 2003 was $57,581 (2002: $631,186). In 2002 net income reflected a gain of $584,412 resulting from the Q1 2002 divestment divestment to strip one's investment from an entity. of a non-core business and a provision of $125,000 for future income taxes. See "Results Detail". 5% Second Quarter Growth In North America; 15% Growth In Europe. During the second quarter of 2003, revenues of $1,290,317 were up 5.3% from 2002 results ($1,225,454). North American data mining revenue growth of 4.4% and European data mining revenue growth of 14.7% was reported, reflecting foreign exchange effects associated with the decline of the US Dollar and continued client and prospect budget constraints A Budget Constraint represents the combinations of goods and services that a consumer can purchase given current prices and his income. Consumer theory uses the concepts of a budget constraint and a preference ordering to analyze consumer choices. . Operating profit for the second quarter was $11,539 (2002: $138,053). Operating expenses Operating expenses The amount paid for asset maintenance or the cost of doing business, excluding depreciation. Earnings are distributed after operating expenses are deducted. in the second quarter of 2003 were comparable to those in Q1 2003. Increases in year over year expenses relate primarily to new hires in sales, solutions and professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. , research and development and advisory fees. The Company reported a net loss of $142,236 during the second quarter (2002: net income of $117,196). The net loss in Q2 2003 was mainly attributable to foreign exchange losses (a foreign exchange loss of $164,228 in Q2 2003 compared with a loss of $82,367 during the second quarter of 2002). Telecom Solutions Result In 58% Solutions Revenues Growth During Second Quarter Solution delivery revenues including analyst training, analytics solutions and other data mining services provided to clients, increased 57.6% during the second quarter of 2003 compared to the second quarter of 2002. This increase was primarily as a result of customer segmentation, marketing analytics and churn churn: see butter. management solutions being delivered to North American telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. industry clients reflecting the Company's expansion of its solution delivery capabilities. Hiring of Director of Analytical analytical, analytic pertaining to or emanating from analysis. analytical control control of confounding by analysis of the results of a trial or test. Solutions During the second quarter the Company hired Robert Tyrie as Director of Analytical Solutions to assume responsibility for supervising delivery of ANGOSS and partner marketing and risk analytics industry solutions to ANGOSS clients. Robert Tyrie has over 18 years of experience in the design, development and delivery of software systems for enterprise environments. He has specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. in large-scale projects for Banking, Insurance and Government organizations where he helped create CRM (Customer Relationship Management) An integrated information system that is used to plan, schedule and control the presales and postsales activities in an organization. , Financial Reporting and Simulation Systems. He previously worked with Siebel Systems Siebel is a brand name of Oracle Corporation. Siebel Systems, Inc., founded by Thomas Siebel in 1993, was principally engaged in the design, development, marketing and support of CRM applications. and Janna Systems Janna Systems Inc was a relationship management solutions company. In September 2000, Janna Systems Inc was acquired by Siebel Systems Inc. of San Mateo, California. Janna Systems Inc. was incorporated in 1990 by William Tatham, the President and Chief Executive Officer. in product marketing and client services roles, deploying CRM solutions to numerous financial service clients, including one of the world's largest CRM solution implementations in the insurance industry. Advisor Retained For North American Sales Hire The Company's current Director of North American Sales, Pavel Treskin, will be relocating to the Company's European operations to lead the Company's European sales team and expand the Company's relationships with European clients and partners effective during the fourth quarter of 2003. The Company has engaged a professional services organization to commence a search for a new Director of North American sales to lead the North American sales organization. Letter of Intent For Australian Australian pertaining to or originating in Australia. Australian bat lyssavirus disease see Australian bat lyssavirus disease. Australian cattle dog a medium-sized, compact working dog used for control of cattle. Joint Venture Company The Company has entered into a term sheet providing for the formation of a joint venture company to represent ANGOSS in the Australian and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. markets. The Australian principals of the joint venture partner are senior sales and services professionals with extensive credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. in the sale and delivery of customer relationship management and business intelligence solutions. The agreement is expected to be finalized See finalization. during the third quarter of 2003. Partnerships During the second quarter the Company collaborated with Siebel Systems, Inc. on several customer initiatives relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc their previously disclosed licensing agreement. Deliveries under the Company's previously disclosed licensing agreement with Siebel are proceeding as scheduled. The Company also completed integration of KnowledgeSTUDIO with Microstrategy Intelligence Server providing best of breed data mining and OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) Decision support software that allows the user to quickly analyze information that has been summarized into multidimensional views and hierarchies. OLAP tools are used to perform trend analysis on sales and financial information. capabilities for clients selecting Microstrategy applications for their decision support and business intelligence needs. The Company also successfully completed deliveries to PeopleSoft under its previously disclosed licensing agreement with PeopleSoft. The PeopleSoft predictive analytics Predictive analytics encompasses a variety of techniques from statistics and data mining that process current and historical data in order to make “predictions” about future events. offering is currently expected to be made available by PeopleSoft to clients during the 2003 fiscal year. Impact Of Decline In Value of US Dollar On Operations North American revenue growth and net income during the six months and for the second quarter ended May 31, 2003 were reduced as a result of foreign exchange effects associated with the decline of the US Dollar. With sales completed primarily in US dollars, and expenses incurred primarily in non-US currencies, the Company has traditionally had no natural hedge for relative declines in the value of the US Dollar. Such declines reduce revenues otherwise realized on US dollar denominated sales. During the second quarter of 2003, the weighted average exchange rate applied to sales was 1.4343, a decline of 6.37% from the weighted average exchange rate in effect during Q1 of the 2003 and an 8.34% decline in the weighted average rate in effect in Q2 2002. Declines in the value of the US dollar also affect the carrying value Carrying Value Also know as "book value," it is a company's total assets minus intangible assets and liabilities, such as debt. Notes: This is different than market value, as it can be higher or lower depending on the circumstances. of US financial assets Financial assets Claims on real assets. held by the Company. As at May 31, 2003, the exchange rate was 1.3708, down 14.2% from November 30, 2002 and down 8.48% from February 28, 2003. As a result of these developments, the Company's foreign exchange losses have increased from $59,062 during the first quarter of 2003 to a total of $223,290 during the first half of 2003. In May 2003, as a result of continuing exchange rate volatility and uncertain interest rate and currency outlooks, the Company fixed amounts to be received on the delivery of US$500,000 of existing US term deposits during the balance of 2003. The Company has also announced price increases to be effective during the third quarter to offset the relative decline in value of the US Dollar. These initiatives are expected to reduce the Company's exposure to continued deterioration de·te·ri·o·ra·tion n. The process or condition of becoming worse. in the value of the US Dollar. To the extent recent declines in the value of the US dollar reverse over the balance of the fiscal 2003 year, resulting foreign exchange gains would also offset foreign exchange losses experienced during the first half of the year. KnowledgeSTUDIO 4.1 Release, Mining Manager 2 Launch Planned For July, 2003 During June, 2003 ANGOSS successfully completed its beta testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the program for KnowledgeSTUDIO 4.1 and Mining Manager 2.0. These products are scheduled for general availability in July, 2002, with deliveries to clients commencing during the third quarter. Customers have been notified of revised pricing being implemented effective with the KnowledgeSTUDIO product releases. Repayable Contribution In conjunction with the receipt of funding for R&D development under a previously disclosed contribution agreement, the Company has recorded, as a long term liability, a repayable contribution of $108,510. As R&D work continues on the funded project, this amount will increase to a maximum of $246,600. The amount will be repayable through royalties on future product sales. Options In accordance Accordance is Bible Study Software for Macintosh developed by OakTree Software, Inc.[] As well as a standalone program, it is the base software packaged by Zondervan in their Bible Study suites for Macintosh. with the requirements of The Toronto Venture Exchange and as disclosed in the Company's Management Information Circular Information Circular A document sent to shareholders outlining important matters to be discussed at the annual shareholders' meeting. Notes: Sent along with a proxy, the information circular may cover matters such as the election of the Board of Directors, possible dated March 7, 2003, the Company confirms the grant during the second quarter of 112,500 options to non-executive directors A non-executive director (NED, also NXD) or outside director is a member of the board of directors of a company who does not form part of the executive management team. He or she is not an employee of the company or affiliated with it in any other way. of the Company. Results Detail Unaudited preliminary results for the three and six months ended May 31, 2003 are as follows:
ANGOSS Software Corporation
Income Statement Information
(unaudited, stated in Canadian dollars)
For the period ended May 31,
Three Months Six Months
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2003 2002 2003 2002
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Revenues $1,290,317 $1,225,454 $2,839,853 2,543,315
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Gross Margin 1,273,154 1,220,497 2,820,974 2,534,704
Operating Expenses
General and
administration 364,333 297,858 716,659 577,382
Sales and
marketing 558,247 541,792 1,230,137 1,158,593
Research and
development,
net (note 11) 339,035 242,794 591,255 548,175
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1,261,615 1,082,444 2,538,051 2,284,150
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Income (loss)
from continuing
operations
before the
following 11,539 138,053 282,923 250,554
TRIFOX recovery 26,345 35,394 26,345 35,394
Amortization (15,892) (28,366) (28,397) (56,705)
Foreign
exchange gain
(loss) (164,228) (82,367) (223,290) (52,592)
Financing fees
and related
interest - 3,299 - (4,877)
Income (loss)
from continuing
operations
before income
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taxes (142,236) 66,013 57,581 171,774
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Provision for
future income
taxes - - - (125,000)
Discontinued
operations -
SmartWare - 51,183 - 584,412
Net Income $(142,236) $117,196 57,581 631,186
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Basic and
diluted
earnings (loss)
per share $(0.004) $0.013 $0.001 $0.013
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Weighted
average number
of shares
outstanding
Basic 38,502,096 38,402,096 38,502,096 38,395,594
Diluted 38,502,096 38,972,618 38,924,735 38,998,291
Selected Cash Flow Information
(unaudited, stated in Canadian dollars)
For the period ended May 31,
Three Months Six Months
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2003 2002 2003 2002
Cash provided by
(used in) operating
activities $6,403 $(43,578) 550,190 (89,369)
Cash (used in)
investing activities (35,393) (8,641) (72,168) (178,578)
Cash provided by
(used in) financing
activities 114,135 (20,091) 114,135 (12,730)
Net increase
(decrease) in cash
during the period 85,145 (72,310) 592,157 (280,677)
Selected Balance Sheet Information
(unaudited, stated in Canadian dollars)
May 31, November 30,
2003 2002
Cash and cash
equivalents $1,253,867 $661,710
Accounts receivable 830,824 1,420,305
Prepaid expenses and
other 88,426 100,278
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Total current assets 2,173,117 2,182,293
Other assets 138,625 94,854
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Total assets $2,311,742 $2,277,147
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Accounts payable and
accrued liabilities $305,497 $316,732
Current portion of
deferred revenue 753,789 861,240
Other 4,689 5,245
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Total current
liabilities 1,063,975 1,183,217
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Future tax
liabilities 250,000 250,000
Repayable
contribution
agreement 108,510 -
Deferred revenue 73,044 90,923
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Total liabilities 1,495,529 1,524,140
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Total shareholders'
equity 816,213 753,007
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Liabilities and
shareholders' equity $2,311,742 $2,277,147
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About ANGOSS Software Corporation ANGOSS Software Corporation, headquartered in Toronto, Canada, develops data mining software solutions that help business organizations across financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, retailing and manufacturing industries manufacturing industries npl → industrias fpl manufactureras manufacturing industries npl → industries fpl de transformation make "Better Business Decisions. Every Day."(TM) ANGOSS data mining solutions includes: -- KnowledgeSEEKER(R), KnowledgeSTUDIO(R), KnowledgeExcelerator(R) and KnowledgeSERVER(R), advanced data mining tools for analysts that are easy to learn, enjoyable to use and interoperate See interoperable. seamlessly with the Windows, Office and SQL Server An earlier relational DBMS from Sybase and from Microsoft. Sybase introduced SQL Server in 1988 for various Unix versions. In that same year, with help from IBM, Sybase created an OS/2 version that Microsoft licensed and branded as Microsoft SQL Server. application platforms from Microsoft (R) Corporation. -- Informatica Data Mining Tools, a best of breed data mining module for users of Informatica Analytic Applications Analytic Applications are a type of business application software, used to measure and improve the performance of business operations. More specifically, Analytic Applications are a type of Business Intelligence solution. developed by ANGOSS for resale resale n. selling again, particularly at retail. In many states a "resale license" or "resale number" is required so that the state can monitor the collection of sales tax on retail sales. RESALE. by Informatica Corporation. -- KnowledgeSERVER(R) for PeopleSoft, the ANGOSS data mining and decisioning solution for the PeopleSoft 8 application suite. -- KnowledgeSERVER(R) for Siebel, the ANGOSS data mining and decisioning solution for the Siebel eBusiness application suite. -- KnowledgeSERVER(R) for Microstrategy, the ANGOSS data mining and decisioning solution for the Microstrategy Intelligence Server. -- KnowledgeWebMiner(TM), the ANGOSS data mining solution for mining web data. -- The ANGOSS Data Mining SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). for SQL Server 2000 and KnowledgeSTUDIO SDK, software development kits leveraging Microsoft and Internet standards See Internet Engineering Task Force. , platforms and technologies that help corporate and commercial software developers to support rapid deployment of advanced data mining technology to enterprise applications. Related Links For Microsoft Corporation http://www.microsoft.com/sql/partners/dwa/datamining.asp For Informatica Analytic Applications http://www.angoss.com/WEB2003/Partners/informatica.html For PeopleSoft CBM http://www.angoss.com/WEB2003/Partners/peoplesoft.html For Siebel eBusiness http://www.angoss.com/WEB2003/Partners/siebel.html For Microstrategy Intelligence Server http://www.angoss.com/WEB2003/Partners/microstrategy.html Trademarks and registered trademarks referred to above are the property of their respective owners. This press release contains statements of a forward-looking nature. These statements are made under the "safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. " provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. The accuracy of these statements may be impacted by a number of business risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated, including: the risk that the sale of our products and services involves a long sales cycle; the risk that the economic environment and business conditions will remain difficult to predict; the risk of competition in our target markets; the risk that we may not respond adequately to evolving technologies; the risk that we or our customers may have difficulties in introducing our products or services; the risk that we will encounter difficulties in continuing to offer services; the risk that we will encounter difficulties in integrating the operations of acquired companies with our own; the risks of conducting our operations in a variety of international locations; the risk that we may need to record future write-downs of assets arising from our investments in other companies; the risks relating to the costs that we may incur To become subject to and liable for; to have liabilities imposed by act or operation of law. Expenses are incurred, for example, when the legal obligation to pay them arises. An individual incurs a liability when a money judgment is rendered against him or her by a court. as a result of litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute. When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation. against us; and other risks described in our filings with securities regulatory authorities Noun 1. regulatory authority - a governmental agency that regulates businesses in the public interest regulatory agency administrative body, administrative unit - a unit with administrative responsibilities , including our annual reports, interim financial statements and similar disclosure documents. ANGOSS Software does not undertake any obligation to update this forward-looking information after the date of its initial publication, except as required under applicable law. The Toronto Venture Exchange has neither approved nor disapproved the above information. |
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