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Altris Software Announces Third Quarter 2001 Results; License Revenue More Than Triples.


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SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2001

Altris Software, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB

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) today reported results of operations for its fiscal third quarter ended June June: see month.  30, 2001.

Total revenues for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2001, were $3.1 million and $9.3 million, respectively, compared to $1.7 million and $5.0 million for three and nine months ended June 30, 2000.

Altris reported a net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2001, of $94,000 or $(0.00) per share compared to a net loss of $340,000 or $(0.00) per share for the three months ended June 30, 2000. For the nine months ended June 30, 2001, the company reported a net loss of $56,000 or $(0.00) per share, compared to a net loss of $1.5 million or $(0.11) per share for the nine months ended June 30, 2000. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) is a non-GAAP metric that can be used to evaluate a company's profitability.
:EBITDA = Operating Revenue – Operating Expenses + Other Revenue
 (EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) A metric used to show a company's profitability, but not its cash flow. EBITDA became popular in the 1980s to show the potential profitability of leveraged buyouts, but has become ) for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2001, was $210,000 or $0.01 per share and $837,000 or $0.03 per share, compared to the prior year's loss of $83,000 or $(0.00) per share and a loss of $291,000 or $(.02) per share. Amortization includes amortization expense related to capitalized Capitalized

Recorded in asset accounts and then depreciated or amortized, as is appropriate for expenditures for items with useful lives longer than one year.
 software costs that totaled $304,000 and $893,000 for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2001, compared to $257,000 and $1,226,000 for the corresponding periods in the prior year.

Carl Mostert, Altris' chief executive officer, stated, "The Company achieved significant revenue growth compared to the prior year with improved operating results despite a difficult economic environment. We anticipate that the current slowdown For articles with similar titles, see Slow Down (disambiguation).
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 in the software market will impact orders over the next two quarters. However, we believe with a continued investment in marketing and sales while also leveraging the benefits of Spescom Ltd.'s international market presence, we are well positioned to achieve our growth targets in 2002 and move toward our strategic objective of becoming a leader in the document and configuration management industry."

Based in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Calif., Altris Software which recently announced plans to change its name to Spescom Software Inc., delivers enterprise-wide document management software to its customers around the world.

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 Statement

Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this release include forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

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 that are dependent on certain risks and uncertainties, including such factors, among others, as market acceptance, market demand, pricing, changing regulatory reg·u·late  
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 environment, the effect of the company's accounting policies, potential seasonality and other risk factors detailed in the company's SEC filings.


                         ALTRIS SOFTWARE, INC.
                 Consolidated Statements of Operations
                              (Unaudited)

                    For the three months      For the nine months
                        ended June 30,           ended June 30,
                  ------------------------  ------------------------
                      2001         2000         2001         2000
                      ----         ----         ----         ----
Revenues:
 Licenses         $ 1,749,000  $   440,000  $ 4,617,000  $ 1,093,000
 Services and
  other             1,385,000    1,246,000    4,727,000    3,916,000
                  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
Total revenues      3,134,000    1,686,000    9,344,000    5,009,000
                  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------

Cost of revenues:
 Licenses             272,000      273,000    1,067,000      843,000
 Services and
  other               960,000      695,000    2,949,000    2,103,000
                  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
Total cost of
 revenues           1,232,000      968,000    4,016,000    2,946,000
                  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------

Gross profit        1,902,000      718,000    5,328,000    2,063,000
                  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------

 Operating
  expenses:
   Research and
    development       516,000      461,000    1,455,000    1,392,000
   Marketing and
    sales           1,063,000      402,000    2,959,000    1,031,000
   General and
    administrative    426,000      160,000    1,137,000      914,000
                  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
                    2,005,000    1,023,000    5,551,000    3,337,000
                  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------

Loss from
 operations          (103,000)    (305,000)    (223,000)  (1,274,000)

Gain on sale of
 interest in
 subsidiary                --           --      125,000       75,000
Interest and other
 income                16,000       23,000       54,000       36,000
Interest and other
 expense               (7,000)     (58,000)     (12,000)    (354,000)
                  -----------  -----------  -----------  -----------
Net loss          $   (94,000) $  (340,000) $   (56,000) $(1,517,000)
                  ============ ============ ============ ============

Basic net loss per
 common share     $     (0.00) $     (0.00) $     (0.00) $     (0.11)
                  ============ ============ ============ ============

Diluted net loss
 per common share $     (0.00) $     (0.00) $     (0.00) $     (0.11)
                  ============ ============ ============ ============

Shares used in
 computing basic
 net loss per
 common share      30,842,000   24,812,000   30,776,000   16,598,000
                  ============ ============ ============ ============

Shares used in
 computing diluted
 net loss per
 common share      30,842,000   24,812,000   30,776,000   16,598,000
                  ============ ============ ============ ============

                         ALTRIS SOFTWARE, INC.
                      Consolidated Balance Sheet

                                      June 30,             Sept. 30,
                                       2001                  2000
                                   ------------          -----------
                                    (Unaudited)
                ASSETS
Current assets:
 Cash and cash equivalents         $    628,000          $ 1,808,000
 Receivables, net                       848,000              498,000
 Other current assets                   382,000              173,000
                                   -------------         ------------
  Total current assets                1,858,000            2,479,000

Property and equipment, net             329,000              332,000
Computer software, net                2,452,000            3,209,000
Other assets                             76,000               20,000
                                   -------------         ------------
  Total assets                     $  4,715,000          $ 6,040,000
                                   =============         ============

    LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
 Accounts payable                  $  1,503,000          $ 1,287,000
 Accrued liabilities                  1,208,000            1,050,000
 Deferred revenue                     2,036,000            2,347,000
                                   -------------         ------------
  Total current liabilities           4,747,000            4,684,000


Deferred revenue, long term
 portion                                     --            1,122,000
                                   -------------         ------------
  Total liabilities                   4,747,000            5,806,000
                                   -------------         ------------

Shareholders' Equity:
 Common stock, no par value,
  40,000,000 shares
  authorized; 30,841,920 and
  30,291,565 issued and
  outstanding, respectively          73,843,000           74,025,000
 Common stock warrants                  718,000              718,000
 Accumulated other
  comprehensive income                  (31,000)              (3,000)
 Accumulated deficit                (74,562,000)         (74,506,000)
                                   -------------         ------------
  Total shareholders' equity            (32,000)              234,000
                                   -------------         ------------
  Total liabilities and
   shareholders' equity            $  4,715,000          $ 6,040,000
                                   =============         ============
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